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l 1t7 iv v- j r vv v v m i j the acton free press 3 xbk simtlr thikqs ofijfe tho simple things of life are test l anil happy lsthe inan who seeks to tread tho quiet paths j5a hfaipttttit span who know the joy of friendship warm of tome of faces dear tti brings but golden memrieg when lifes evening shadows near j l the simple things of life are best ii the gripping ofa toand the silence witbari ejoquenoe that words cannot command the speaking of the heart to heart that bids the suncome through whenokrads of doubt and bitterness tdtmand a strength anew 7z the simple things of life are best i a little child tft- py so quick to show a spirit ajwiystjay aniother love its tenderness the hopes that ever burn ttoe wining sacrifice that asks j ito rjojgvlng in retunl- the simple things of life aretoest 7 ooptecldus and so great and poor is he who teams this truth when it is all too gate jtot90jajjuajtonds selfish end oh let tout soul be- free i to seek lifes fullness here on eartk v wltti new sincerity wilfred g palmer twbnlrt yeasago from the issue of the freepress of thursday january xi 1912 ft the sfiow shovellers have had busy week the mercury got down pretty close to ten below zero several nights the past w monday nights breezes gave more drifts than desired for comfort getting about a the longcontinued storm blocked all the roads badly and i demoralized the train service a flu tathb boiler at the schools sprung a leak on sunday afternoon and there was necessarily a holiday on mon day while it was being replaced by a new one the rink was opened to the public on wednesday night of last week and man ager macklln has been giving good ice each evening since both- skaters and hockeyists have good times in prospect the bahdwas in attendance on tuesday evening my prank havill son ofexwarden havlll who has been a member of the staff of the merchants bank here for between five and six years has b transferred to the branch at watford mr w pertrjns of markdale is- now filling the vacancy here married mtjiioiuqhtbeownat the resld- enc of the brides parents main slats mary by aoaa farqohar erlday i woodof got a good grade to my test today oney when the teecher ast whut was- optimist i sed itwas a kind a ifiah witch has got a lo of tales witch- ketch hold of you andkweze yott 6aterdayrn- ant emmy isays thinks that the govermjnt shiid oughj to lernlsh umberellas for the saylers on the- sub nareenbpatsto use when they half to go down under the water a peeh ully when the wether itsold bunday ma was asking vlry hutch bow did she like marryed life whom lias ben marryed fofa few munths and she sed they waa feachuredheidussent like and that is her husbend munday the teecher skolded me to- 4ay f or tawking wile she was telling about the purl tens when they landed on pllmoth rockbut i told her she woodent of cared to hear whut i was saying enny ways but it seams like all wlmen is curious that away jt teusdaypiwaj reading in the noose time to be off v alphonse salijl the heiress i have been thinking thinking of me precious asked al phonse 1 indirectly yesl- i have 4een think ing that if you married ine everybody would say you only dldsb to get my money j l what care i for the unthinking world f but alphonse i will marry sou imy own dar a and i will hot have people ay unkind things about you so i- havie arranged to give iny fortunetd the missionaries why alphonse where are you going alphonse paused long enyjkfeiffl hj wajjfo the door to look back and mutter- im fithg to be a missionary selfmade v cobkebatidn paper about where it sed sum muslshuns- had discovered a iieyi note and ant emmy sed she dlddent think the country needed a new note wile the depreshun is so notlsable wensday the teecher ast jake today when bath tubs was 1st lifted in america andjake sed hetbotit mus of ben on saterriay-sfiter- thirsday ant emmy sed she was a going to complain to the skool bord about the high school becuz he sed he was a bachelor ofarts and now she has found out frum his home town that be- is marryed and has got 2 or three elds and rwrst stude over the phone and what have you been -jdofrigtv- second stude i just finish washing my bvxs v central brejrttagtatm ringing theml xqfsup to vov life is a horse wlmi a bridle and bit it willdrive you if you dont drive it the self made inah is always tenuis to advertise the fact- provided hj has made a success of it if he is afalure jje generally puts the responsibility on somebody else few are ready to admit that bad temper- laziness orthe inability to stick to one purpose accounts fortheir poor shpwlng they complain that luck always has been against therislhat heir employers always have been- unfair that they never have hadva chance just as itls true that no combination of circumstances can make one avsiiecess without his full cooperation so ft is true that nothing can make one a failure unless he aids in the process theself- made are not exceptional vwe are all jnjjjitciass failures drid successes allk4 the only bope for the young people who are disappointing their friends and tlicmselvcs stop- blaming- cbcum- stances and realize that if they turn out failures they will be selfmade ones helpfiql henby traveller porter i wantto e called at 5focock inthe naorning- porter boss ah guess you alt lsnt acquainted witli these heahmoden nven- tlons see dis heah button heaih well when you all wants to be called you jest piesses dat button aa we comes an calls yofc solving the help problem h kepti cook for six whole weeks athls year said mrs trlnii- vse were cruising inn a hsaseboat and btldget coujdnt swim not the idea v ijandlady im sorry you did not think the chicken soup good i toldthe cook show to make it perhaps she did not catch the ideal boarder no it was thqjdiioken she missed bfentv anted earn f 3 to 8 daily at- auto nd rignltion repairing ibattery wew- ing electricity radlcf or drafting lcam in few weeks guaranteed practical shop training quick sure plan for profitable -spare- time jobs write for free pay raising information and em ployment service- application at once i standard trade schools a dept 33 toronto ontario a resolution for 1932 t 1 will tor 2 choice qualities red label a oranse pekoe mebby- more recognized as a leading specific for the destruction of worms mother graves worm exterminator has proved a boon to suffering children everywhere it sel dom fails going without bbeakfast street acton on january 3 1912 by rev j c wilson ba e b mcw cullough of loma alberta formerly of eramosa to jilyce eldest daughter of mr and mrs james brown acnooolboy bowlers give outiieat 2 aristocrats are peoplsho perforin oil the stage 3 a sextant is p man who digs graves 4 herrings travel in the sea in shawls 5 the highest mountain ln europe is blanc mange 6 the gulf stream is composed of warm currants 7 cereals axe stories which last several weeks -r- 8 a centimetre is an insect with one hundred legs 8 a vacuum is the residence of a pope 10 barbarliirfs are things used to make bicycles run smoothly 11 an epigram is what we sa after a mans death about him 12 mandolins are high chinese of ficials 13 all saba means that you were somewhere else when you committed the crime have you developed the habit of going without breakfast hoping that by so doing ycu will be able to take off- some of that- surplus fat this fid may result in impairment of health and is especially dangerous to those under thirty years of age statistics stibw that to be overweight up to the age of thirty gives better chance of long life and heath of course one does not want to be too much overweight but a few extra pounds provides a reserve in case of illness or for a strenuous athletic stiain robably il woum be wiesr o emit the midday meal but wiser still to make this midday meal a small one consisting of light foods breakfast is the meal that furnishes fuel for the most stren uous work of the day furthermore the wellbalanced breakfast contains orange juice milk and other foods that are par- t v if b is omi ted there is the decided likolihobd that the healthful orange will not be con sumed as heavily as it should therj also a likelihood that the duys quota of milk will be reduced no dont eliminate breakfast unless a skilled physlcran has a good reason forjt too many- troubles can easily come as a result j among friends a certain bond salesman wholiad been flred needed some money to tide him over until hecould get a job so he venwto a friend of his who happened to manage a circusvjuidasked him tor a jloan the circusmanager sajd his traln- the people whoteacb us tosee beauty s a- it was going to benefactors we would not have discovered by our selves are cur great benefactors some- times a poem opens oureycs tosome everydy bqauty that had escaped us by lt4fery familiarity agalrl some one mpre sympathetic thjn wo are reveals tous the high ideals of a neighbor we had thought-rather- dul- and-uninterest- ing or the kindness in another we had classified as crude andesmmon tv find that the world is a lovelier place than wehajf thought is wonderful but it fc- worth evi more to discover that those with whomjrwe come in contact day by day are nnerthan we dreamed v odds and ends cost him 5000 or 10000 to get a hew one consequently he could not accom- nwdatehmj the exborid salesman thought for a momenjaiid thpsuggested that he talffi the skin from the dead baboon let him gef inside- of it and- carry on in the showt the circus manager agreed and two fittljree dayslater the show went on the baboon came out and did his stuff much to the delight of the crowd who applauded and cheered and the more they applauded the more he prfinced about lihfii- unfortunately he slipped and- fell into the lions cage the lion jet oui a growl and started to pursue him but for a fettf minutes tluxbaboon kept out of thetuon- way it ls wise fish that can read between finally seofcjg thath was about to the lipcs w be captured he started to yell helpl ifelp whereupon the hon said shut did he kiss youagalnst your wll he thought he didi the ambition of every unmarried woman is u make a name for herself mother just back from shopping you are a good boy john baby asleep already heman ye3 one uppsrcut was enough so you have a baby brother whats nlswame- wctbbnt know we cant understand a word he says uj you fooll do you think youre the ony bond salesman out pfwprk is mcpherson in aye buthrs very busy hes sharpen ing the gramophone needle for the party itcnlght why jane before you married johir he was your soe topic of conversation t know but- doesnt one want to change the subject once in a while calling your memory names if you want a good memory do not lep saying that yours is bad there is a proverb to the effect that if we give j dog a bad name he wll live up to it and the same is true of memories no memory does better than its owner exr ppcts if you reiterate that you have a wrotched memory for names faces dates or numbers your memory will fall you in regard to all these things instead of taking it for granted that your memory is untrustworthy take it lor granted that it will do all you need to hje done rely on it set it to work had it accountable for delivering the goods there are no bad memories when resultsare unsatisfactory it means only that we have used the wrong methods not a week passes that you are not being canvassed v by representatives of nationally advertised products to stock and push them and to give them good window and punter displays 7f t i paok sevtw 9 t3ffieesbees at acton- naoian nauonalrailways gottgkast f dally except sunday 1007 am daily 328 pun daily except sunday- 6j3 pan- sunday only 800 pjn the chicago filer that passes through here at 930 eastbouhd stops at oeorge- townat 942p m going west dallycxcept sunday 740 ajn daily except sunday 908 ajn bally except sunday 338 pjn daily except sunday 640pju sunday only t 845 ajn sunday only rr l03srpm ji eastbound dally j bally daily i- dally i- sdsily saturdays sundays and holidays only westbound daily daily dally daily 700 ajn 945 am 200 pjn i 800 pjn 1000 pjn 910 ajn llopjn 410 pjn 730 pjrl dally except saturday saturdays sundays and- holldays only saturday only act phone rmulpm 1110 ajn 12j0ajn 58 their representatives telfyou of the large sums of nldte ing spent in metropolitan daily newspapers and in natioriallycircttt atecnpagazines uke macleans chatelaihe k canadian- home journal canadian and others to create and maintain consumer de a they try ham remotead vertising will surely create and sustain large local demand it is adniitted that it is ad- vantageous to you and your cus tomefs for you to stock nation allyadvertised products hut such products will sell faster if they are locally advertised in this newspaper in addition to being advertised in nonlocal publications there is no good or sound reason wily a national advertis- ershpuldnotdolocdvertis iri in this newspaper you see that these local sales can provide a sum ofnibney ade quate too mamtain a vertising campaign local ad- why shouldl you help a na tional advertiser to develop his business in the territory coveiv ed by the circulatioil of this newspaper without advertising cooperation from him ou-provade- local chstribul- will he tolcj when you say to the tion facilities for ers of branded manufactur- cts and representative of firms canvass- 7 your value to them is rcognized ing you to stock and pxishttiis firms product gli we could never afford to do local adver tising what he really means when he says such words ifthat lie doesnt expect large local sales if he did then he would why tlieiiu shouldlthese manu- facturers not assist you to sell these goods if shocked by you by a series of local advertise- hients perhaps carrying your name as local distributor pub lished in this newspaper the more frequently and vigorously you present your point of view to national advertisers directand through the representative who cauls on you the more surely will you persuade tli to a it nb cut out this advertisement paste it 9n a card and then shdw it to representatives who urge you to stock goods riot being locally ad vertised issued ty the canadian weekly newspaper association the money comes almost dally we receive letters of appreciation from clients f 01 whom weve accomplished the im possible and got results let us do so for you kellxlilaiken the persistent cohectbrs v obangeviixe no collection no charge painting and inuse decoration graining a speciality prompt attention attsfactlon guarantee estimates given richard h blanche box 359 acton i tyooii w iiy savage co watches diamonds china glassware weddjjig and engagbment- rings guelph ontario 1 wyndbjun st 4 j j i pwaai i alj v ul li j the door v 3 of opportunity li these small aids will open the door to whatever you v are seeking ot wfefeai rvrenwtfhrjwaa