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thursday september 17 1931 the acton free press a mono tho homely keepaakes at the old squint a ww a pyljui that ho had broutfht homo from portland yearn and years before when ho ujed to drive there to markut hu arm produce the distance was sixty mile or morn but portland wa then iho only market in tho stale whore money was paid tor what a farmer rubied and- even tin r this was not tho invariable custom on one occasion tin oid squlro took thu marlno npyvlasu in puymi nt lor a linn drod and nity weight of dry upplo sliced and dried by grandmother yountf handa orundmother was far rrotn botntf wall tpujoiied uho had oxoecttid to mit a ttuli mufl with the proceed of unit hwiij jiut years lauir to uji yohng people that old marliio laut not mod a for lunula acquisition prom no othor koeprfako at the old fannhouao did wo derivo no nun h pleasure and advaiitutjt wo often currlt d it on trlpi and excursions to mountain tops and frequently uod it when look ing for lumber up in tho ureal wood to spy tho dlffimit kind on distant hillsides win tlur pliin or apruco or fir it wan a tfbuut of foreign muki about three foot b 1 nth wlien xtended and ono of the rl or it i uv r looked through prom tho hilltop to tho north of uio farm wo could plainly discern tlie tiptop hou m on th summit ofmt washington thirty eight miles away and evi n tun tho people walking on tho platform of tho mountain railway ut tho ind of tho hotel at loait addln and iheodom could my own oyuii were in vt r uullo o good a their i hut tho ghua wili toally a r murkubln good mi at tho dl lance of a milt or more i rt number watching tho tolti und young ittlo rodlng on tin hilltop in tho upper paituro x could iet their every movumnt and t vt n ui tho llttl oloud of grin hoppt ru rl o ni they fi d forwurd and tho black tullii of tho colli brush uiuiy tho fill t that troubled them once i reim mhor that 1 heodoru and i hud a gnat laugh watching addison declaim upartiicu i on tho top of uald iedgo uciofui tiro vulhy to tho east of tho f irm ho wilt to declaim it at iyceum tho following saturday evening and that rilday morning ho sllpptd away over tin n where ho thought nobody would hear him to declutm it to iui im aginary iiudicnoo for fjpirliuuii ai evreyono known li a declamation that falls for a good deal of noiio theodora chanced to glanco out of the chamber window and ofipltd him again it tho sky lino on top of tho ledge at that distance she could not dli tlnguuih who 11 was but she i iw him brondlnh hh mmi and grow uo curloiui that f ho ran for tho old iipyghuu wlun alio saw that it van addiion she chili d mo to iihare thi fun und for u n or ttftccu minute j wo looked and laughod on hli return to breakfast wo greeted him with yo cad mo chlifl somewhat to his cmbarnuj mciit hiram oewall and uron ion chiplln two claumaui of ours at tho village ncaikmy had been going around tho country with a not of tripod i and thri inlrrofh looking into woiij wlun tho tautumn tinn began at tho academy they left tlielr outfit with ui at tho farm at odd moments addun and i oxporl- mentod with it and ono day- wo dla- covorod that it wai poutlblu to look over thetop of a hllli or a mountain and m a objects llko a house or a rock on tho otlunddo of it by urronulng the looking clnnien each two foot by threo at dif forcnt angles on tho hilltop lhrough tin ipyghiflt tho n flection traiomltted from oiil mirror to anothe r would bo suagnlfhel sufficiently to lu soen qulu dltinctly on a clear runny day ono sunday night hi october 1 lde r wltham emu to the old bqulros to utay ovor night an ho ortcn did aftt r preaching at the meetinghouiui lude r wlthum wai audi a good man that 1 have often wondered why adilllomiiufc i did hot liko him bolte r hut wo ceruilnly old dlallko him and for several ye a nothing butted adeil on or myself more than getting the 1 kit r at a dl advantage nncl compelling him to oun up that he v n i worflt el lho rtuum for our antngonljim to thu yidor wiui tliat ho waa harel iuid unfor giving v uo uos an old it tame nt christian which in re allty lint a christian at all when people filnfio 1 ho thought tlt y ought to bo punt ihod an i he minted to jio it clone lh god lit wrved wiu u ooel of ju tlco and rotrlbu- vm but not of love or meicy win u we orreel ho caino lowu on us harsh ami umrd with all his exemplary trulu h had failed to learn tho one grat lo o that tho u iy to le ad human beings on o ixtttor things la to love miem j hat sunday tho uldtr hail again preached hu itrmon on faith and the duty of belief ono of hin best discount and one of uhtih i think ho was rather proud at tho old ami iron mippor tablo he bald ho hhmbly hoped wo had boon edified by tho worcli of ocripturo las ho hd tried to oxpounil the m that day jhe old tkpilro replltsi that ho doomed h a good olid proflttiblo duiconrso arand- niother hald tho samo ulnco th topto wai one that always pleaaed her wo boyn did not fool called umm to reply par ono x wwmndi too diffident and would not have known what to say hut x think elder wltham xpeolcd ad dison to make some response to liu gen- ial qumtlon 11 bi not doing ho led the elder to glance at him rather more kindly than liuinl and say 1 hope young lr unit you too woro tdlflil to day adlbi iedlathi and tlu u mid that lilji own idea of fallh wiui hovi ry cli ar itut why the rid r iutkid in a tono not qulu mt kindly t luirdly know nnyi if addlmro pllisil indlftein ntly ho mild uttt rwardi dial ho did not wish to r ply lat all at d have dm 1 hit r r buku him at til table i fear thbi is mm uillxluf young f r iului uio iuliit t if thi ro li a tcn- d ncy of the tlmo moro te bit d plor d than another it lit thin potty tikt pti4ibni that upiurs to be rteplng into uio iulnua eif tho yexmg i have notlcd all summnr th it you appear to bo fallintf into that error ilbi tono hud taki n on that hunduiwui whlcli always rubied resent- merit lu addlaoii orutidmeiuu t and llicodora wero making all tho silent lfeirls in tlu ir iow- or to have addison itecquiu ce and ha pi table i tforts lutwevcr lie wan now too m rverio to iumki iiu toad ho looked it klder wluiam with a queer smll and said i i haps air yeiu are right about ire i havon t tho eyu of filth that yod think i ought to havo if ho had nupied tlwr it would havo bwn b ttor but ho did net ho k pt on lunlling and mild that ho could nmetfimn mh tlilmpi ery iitrangily with juit hli natural oyo tho 1 leler regarded him all itcroly what do you me m by that he ilike d aeldlimi phelgt el me under tho tabic we 11 ho repllod h i thiui a month ugei i wili jitundlng ovt r tho othe r sldo of llald idgo down in the valley of tin uobbln i brook and i saw the lioitu over he re und j aw tho tunlly out in the yurd i saw giuntlmothor como out on tho plilji with a y how at then lwwl in hor hand and that wili iui much iui tw j mile i off yen ju muoh ili iwo milt i and a half iho udf r uumi d uddculy aoled by unbe lit f hlmie if you nn an to tell me young sir unit you could ico through fluid le dgt g i lld not jiy i saw through it per hupi i i aw ovir it ilut i did jco tho hou c lu ro and saw grandmother with iho yellow bowl lu her hand i you cohltln t dl itlngul h one pcrso i from another to milei and a half otf lot with tho natural eye 1 idcr wltham xcl aimed call it any eyt you like i aid addl on hut that h what i law i don t believe it the luder dt clarcd bluntly twa1 all your imagination i can prove it addl on nudged me u u u in i don t bellevo it you re fal ilfylng i cun prove what i s iy prove it then very well sir i will to morrow morning if you lay so and tlw weather li fair the old squire said nothing iho 1 uler i wuyt wert not hi f u iy i ho did not llko our cla he i with the old preacher but of late he had held aloof from thorn grandmother win at a lost to know what uo wero talking about and at tint time we hud not told iho girls about that la t oxpcrlme nt with tho mlrrorji nil npyglili addl on wiu up at daybreak tho inxt morning jind carried the mlrrori and ipyglau over to the top of tliud iodg but win back and at brtakfa t an usual ulth tho re it of uj ho had recovered from hli rulflcd feeling t und wore his nuee tent smile at brcakfiut addl on said to tho ldor i um all r luly to provi to you that i uoi not fal lfylng but night very well haiti tho fldcr tlffly nut no hocuipociu none whatever i v ill go over to tho brook beyond llalel udg you may 10 what you pleam hero at tho hou e you shall mo if i can tell you what goej or iiojv do i know that you will go over there you might hide down be kit tho pa turc wall lu plain sluht of tho hou o 1 111 i was another rather offen ilvo re liction on addl on it veracity bit ho laugheel be net i um body with me then h nalel some ixkjy you lo tru t to t u the truth make the u t in any way that atl hi i you iho ijdir glance d at me but did not appear to b fllltd with conlldcnci thin lu turned to lhtodoia young lady j on go with him hi mild i wouel triu t you anywhere iheodoia glaneid at addl son oiprt catlngly foi we all felt that he would no more fahiify alwiut urh a thing than ho would commit perjury in court iho old uqulre smiled but i thought ho lihikt d a lilt dligu ted wo ret tho tlmo for tlu test rtt nlm o clock theodora got hi i old vhip oleon watch and uftt r m mug that it agruod exeiotly with the tall clock in tho hitting room wo time went over to hald idge ailddon had already fu t up tho mirrors to catch tho refit ctlnn from the old rami arrows tho valley ho changed thorn a little to allow for tho upward movunent of tho im toward the m ntth or rather to bo exact the downward meivcnunt of tho earth revolving eastward ho and theodora then loft mo there hi cluirge and taking tho old npyglaxs descended to tho valley of uio llobblns brook 041 tho othor side of the high ledge eldr wltinm hud already loclfled uie test should be he was an active nr man in sptta of his fiftyeight years and a few minute before nine ho oumbt d out at one of the farmhouse windows to uio roof of the ell walked along to the roof of tho wagon lfiiuso crooned it and getting upon the root of tho east barn stood orrct on uio ridgepole or creat afterwards ho walked to and fro there for fwo mluivtrs ho hm ftettldd in ills own mind tliat if addlnon uaw this it would bo fair proof tliat lie couid look througli or ov r uald i lmo ho ft it rlnlii no 0110 would guess that ho intindid performing 1 urh a font it wili iuy addltoii xi lahned und tl 1 11 tin y told mn how they uil wen the i ulrr on thn bam roof h ltrnke tl like a tall bliu k spanish rooiurl atl dlson nald i uliiitud thought 1 ould m him flap hie wlnus and row t mill i laughing tluy liosti nrd liomn li avlng mo lo bi lug tho tripod and mlr- tori uit 1 modi lia ui lurtl caught up wllh thi m u- tluy n ithi d uto houie yanl tjiler wllh em wan 1 landing tin ro waiting for tlu m the old squire too untl griuulmotln r anil 1 hi n wei yoiuig i ir what did ytm 11 1 tlu rcldi r diiiiuiult d i 1 aw you walk ueicvu the wagon hou to remif limb ov r the burn roof walk back and forth thi re for wmei mbmtou and tin n flip your wings 10- plieet adelloii promptly j ho hd r looked nonpluuod then turned to mukidoru young laly did you uo that too he asked yr5 sir nlu u plwl trying very hard 10 keep a lober face the 1 itk r turni d wluiout a word and w nt into uu houo to got hli little bluck vullio for ho wiui going away unit 11 ornhitf aiidlwm imd i fairly hugged ounielvei for gloo i hi hlorji howevt r luui iui attack of t onixlt nee uho did not llko to iwj a party to practicing 1 dt ceptloil on tho old ire oclu r going after him into tho hoiwo she told him all about the mirrors and spyglicui ho cumo out con ddi rably piqued and ittld to addlium oh you oro u pretty cuto young lit r but tuko cur sir tliat you don t grow loo cuto for your own good addbon walked awiy on tho grin hit old squlns tyt i twinkle d a bit he wulktd a f 1 w sttpi will jim lele i and we ovt rlioard him f iy i lie young fillown are hainlng a great many m w thing 1 nowdays i nup po o wi old heads may 01 well re ille it and iwvo charity for the m cvt n wlun they an u little bumptious ilut the 1 idi r trode 011 an oil llut hi rued 1 verywhro dr ihmiia1 icbctrlc oh wi put ujwm the market without any flohrl h over fifty jtars ago it win put up to met t the want 1 of a i mull 1 cctlon but tu 1 oou lti mi rlli bicamo knoni it hud a v hole contini nt for a held and it 1 1 1 ow known and prlcd throughout thu conttntnt there 1 nothing iquul lo it nn si ns 01 ritoroimon v few wtulct ago a fallor of newark j rlggi da lwiii 1 chair which l nn arnuigimenl of looped ropt 1 raited it to the top of a mait on a tall building ami 1 ut lu it contlnuou ly for a little more than twelve days and nights of roune he got what lie wanted a great deal of notice from tho newspaper 1 and 10 a wide publicity atti ntlon that hn uttructe d miut havo excited tho envy of another feauier- hralncd pen on he too rigged a bonni chair anil lent it to tho top of tho flug- liolo on one of tho hlghe it building 1 in ioiton and announced that ho was going to bout sailor kelly a record but un fortunate ly for him the idlemlneli d crowdi that 1 topped to 1 taro at htm becamt an obstruction to truffle and 1 me nice to public inrcty and 10 ut the nil or lwo duyj tlu pollco onlered him down now neither of thoic men wiui doing anything new st shut on slylltui alioht flftun luiuelrcil year 1 ago climbed to tlu top of a 1 ixty toot column mid staytd them thirty yi ai 1 without ovt r coming down onco and win thtr you think th it lu wili vi4 or fooll h a study of hit lift will convlnct you uiat i1l1 purpo i rlout mil altrulitlc if hi 1 ought publicity it wu1 to get a firmer hold on the oul of me n ry yt ir wi huvi marathon run 1 which aio inirtly long dlitanci t ndur- anec tt ui the wlnntri of which are in rott for a little while and we have had dance m million and piano play ing munithon 1 and otlu r illy dtgrad 1- tiont of ono of tho mo it glorlou i inrid- of an li at lit itory foi pheldlpplde 1 who made tin great run by which nlono iho aveiuio choolboy n mi mbt rs an porh making battle w 1 1 not 11 1 king tlu plaudit 1 of a crowd of ipectators who had no be lit rue for hit ir time hut uit putting hl will jiower hi 1 endiinmc uu that nature had glvt n him of mind and body at the service of hli country it take will ikiwor pi rili ta nre to do a rood mmy of the thln i by which tin light minilt d tck to win the applau 10 t he y coulel not hope to gain by more commonplace dt cd but will power to hat uult then wilt alwayn hi human file 1 who crawl up the face i ot tail building 1 to tttw admiration of giipinpc crowdi until nature which ihhoin a varuum swaul tin m 1 he re will always bo contt stanu for the plet atlng cham pionship and tor ral dug tin ion t wills ktin and opining tho largt it nhmbei of oysurn in a given time but tluy all fold back the ir euiw win n they come to low inldge chang o wollk no av wayk it mi ono of the mofit frtqunnt symptoms of wniirlmfut in in do fatigability munyj nervous people defy fatlguo by forcing themstaves to work ohang ofjoccupa- tlon in aometlnwff rest but not always exhaustion bt exlunintlou whether it u due to mental or to physical effort slats diary by ross paftquhar friday unkjo ui n and hu wife went way up in the- north part of the state where they tuul a funeral on aoct of ills wifen uncle nort or died yesterday and we are a gobig to tuko core of hbt slock wile uiey are gone tint rtbiy ma hod pu and mo t emu into town lo tluy to tho dmg tor for u now ban din for th e lu in and the dlddinl huvi nopi at tho drug htoro niitl pa told btwii it wcj a lu ck- uvu tlrug j tore simday iuix uu ntl r wiui ut tho fiirm a while today ami lie hiu lw n imt or wlrk for about a yr ami a j he tiny the moiil thing ho ml e is hbt viu utlou btcti ho wont gi t to lake none on iutt of iw lug out of wlrk n munduy till at unktl lie 111 farm l told inn at dinner tlmo that llcr hilih wiui vi ry good on y u little thin ma got ioro but dlddmt uny uivythlng hut i huplhii to know that it wilueiit hilih a te 11 been yna mm sht wiui making vhfgitlblt ittipo for dlnnt r iiiumlay anl immy ueyu tho noote pupi rn iirt printing a lot orf fotllih suirf now tliys ijko thoidd nho 1 ecu where a storo win advt rtlu lug alligator luioes iu if enny 1 wood ikj dum t miff to be lt 11 ve that tllry woro shoes hack homo toduy oji ucct of unktl h 11 got homo wtiln iduy ant 1 mmy m d every bride shml r iui the 111 w look wllch li calli d advlo to manyttl wlmmt n uimjiu nlu nt w 11 girl wlu h red it and now nho ti gt ttlng 200 u moiiutli allamony ihlr day it4irdil kin has loft his wife hi ml it wai ilthe r it avt hi r or give up hid ford witch he ciidiu nt kt ep tho paymi ntf up on anil 11 wife to at tho uiiiio umt ttcvlh pub u th 1 and ileklythlld- ron owe tin ir condition to worms motht r giuvei w01 in 1 xlti minuter will itllevo tht m und rt tort lit ulth better after school ilavtt a bowl of kellokb p1cp bran flalceu waiting for tlio children after school a wonderful health dlnh full of whole- wheat nourish ment just enough bran to be mildly laxative and the fainouh flavor of pic p thatu what makes them known an better bran flake tf at all erocem in the red- and green package made by kellogg lu london ontario bran flakes fashions for the smart woman slri ami ini sii houi 1 il slitimlmt 111 luljeclivc nieiilihj nowiui hue uiuillv dcicnptive of expiii ive eui 11 whit tins lovely 1 1 tick lugesi another coincidence h lid bhrk mil green the newcht celoi toniliiti itioi for automobiles n wlia tins ti urciiiuo or fiockjlike tlu 1 th it go limine mil tl mcing in town but if you want it to go to the country club a printed chiffon blend ing fulcd pink wilh silvery blue recommended iniie id mil you may 1 weir 1 long ribbon a isli tied in an cum moil bow 1 1111 frock by the way owns 4 bolero jacket plcwlid w lummer evening telephone wires make broadcasting possible it m to tin telephone 11 iy ii a ut lions vict president of tht coliiinhe 1 hrtwdt mting syutem not to r ulm th it ucout the th i lupine nt of tin t njipiiient when by itpt ccb mil imi ic tut 111 nle av ul tide for bnud t lutuii it m tin teltpliiiiu iirl nut t nho uhicli c irries prolrammcn the ltn til arid lm ulth of tins country how true tin 1 si ett uu nt n m 1 li n hy the fnttlitt iltlioii h on ee ition it their iiiiiiiiinr homeii on i ila nuvi uiutii 10 tin tuo popul ir t utt rl muni amu 1 n andy it ill 111 lint nn tin ir ri igenient c ich neiunj un t suiki iy by 1111 111 1 t f tlu nm rophone anil telephone win s nn t ille i 111 tin ir hoiut 1 amly tho irtailt nt of tlu i rt h air i 1x1 c ih ompiny uid lm fellow dirtctor anmi 1 1 tti it tint the t icpbono u i m t illt d nit i rt 1 ly 1l1t n tin irnt i n ith tlu ir f uuilieu amly ht 11 in the boon at tin rn lit iiki amos uiul his f uiuiy ueeiipy tlu tint it tin it ft f tlu pn i arc record time across two oceans around half tho world in 17 dayw london to yokohama by way of canada and honolulu in tho record of mis d bowloy of london on route to join lior undo allan cameron oriontul managor of tho canadian pacific hona kong who loft vancouvoir july 18 on tho canadian pacijlc liner kmpreuu of canada miim bowloy in company with lady lindloy wifo of sir 1 rands lindloy brltiiih ambaasador in jajlhin and othor tliroukli pakbonaoru loft southampton july 8 arrived in quohocjuly 11 on tho now rmprcas of britain was ruimod to montreal by boat train whero who hoarded tlioy imperial limited for vancouver itonchin vnncouvor july 18 at 8 1g nho hoardod tho lmprtni of canada thuii ohtutninc direct connection to tho orlont combination of tho linnreau or britalnu fant timo acroiut tho atlantic and tlio hmpresn of canadaa faiit timo over the pacific maltcit thia tho faatuit trip on rocord between london and tho oriont by way of canada and honolulu dr bell honored left the russiw jortwiit of dr bell above c mchnyrt dy blu and thomas byoos builders of the first ulephow line m canada ir i iulo hirst p nil a rt ul tribute to a tlmtinnuuihi tl cinntl hiitution of i lectneal i m uieeru 11 lift aite pimtinu of dr ale lienttiiftwiiitet lecentli to the tlritinli i11- n ndcr jraliim 1111 b tlic famomi artist wultcr vventley uumell can uli nm imve ho honor of ihiiiik tfu world h lariat nt ma nt of the telephone i us in au it nlujultl te for iwib it not a stotlmli canneli m alixaiukr gramim lb ii who mvcntttl tlio telcplmiil ut llr mtfortl in 1h74 j ii h crutlo tcuplinuo wlurh lie utietl to in ike the first luny tlmt into c ill fruin 11 runt fort i to paris auuust 10 1876 h pi yrowu until them are now qtr one million four luintlicd tliouiuiul telcplioned in canada 14 18 imitriimentii iwr inhiilred iiihahitaiita j if you expect to sell you must advertise