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it p l thursday september 13th 1934 the acton fre press wmr n crajvdma beajnts bread anna brownell ddnaway ht the witching hour of two oclock in the morning a dim yellow light flared eerily in grandma beans kitchen grandma bean a tall erect figure in a peaked nightcap and a gray yarn hugmetlght worn over her gown washed her hands at the sink and tied pn a clean apron then rhythmically and methodically she pro ceeded to pound and pummel a mass of white dough that was threatening to run over ithe sides of a huge dish pan grandma bean had never included a punching bag in her kitchen equip ment and she would have scorned a daily dozen butshe never omitted the semi- weekly constitutional of jkned- din down her bread at two oclock in the morning it had come to be almost a ritual grandma bean had taken the blue ribbon at the buffalo county fair ever since miltonvale the county scat had held a fair and she jealously guarded the secret of her noc turnal meadlngnow though almost breathless with her efforts she gave the spongy mass an extra thump that set the starched peak of her nightcap bob bing for this batch was going to the county fair as soon as the plump loaves should come from ithe oven let mis puokett take her selfrisin for all of me grandma bean- said to herself gloatingly as she removed her apron tucked the bread up in a faded red tablecloth and put out the light let her take it and let sally horn take her graham bread they dont kned down their sponge like i do in the night time she lay awake vlslonlng a brown loaf rlth a blue ribbon floating from it the crowds surrounding it the stares and the envious glances of her neighbors her program for the day that had al ready begun was as clearly mapped out in her mind as an etching hattle and prank would stop for her in the late afternoon hattle was her married daughter they would drive to milton vale and stay all night with jen an other daughter then she would be there to enter the bread by eight oclock the first day of the fair grandma bean was bustling about the kitchen that morning earlier than usual the bread was pushing up its cover and she was just ready to make it into loaves for baking when a strange horse and buggy drove into her yard she hurried out to see her daughter hattle alighting in the seat were haitttes elxmonthsold baby and her two little boys of three and seven were on our way to miltonvale mil cried hattle exuberantly she wasnt much more than a girl and with her little family life on a farm did not afford her many holidays frank said he could bach it tonight and we could stay with jen in miltonvale and take in the fair tomorrow i took a notion i wanted to get in a visit with jen frank lowed he could not go today and its hard anyway driving six and a half miles in a lumber wagon with a slow old team like ours so we got the loan of this horse and buggy from a neigh bor were goln to miltonvale gramma sang bertie gleefully squirming with the discomfort of his stiff new shoes to the fair to the fair chimed in threeyeafc old jimmy well now thats fine said grand ma bean beaming ill go in the morning then with frank i spose hell want to start right early not till afternoon said hattie the men are so busy in the fields one afternoons all he can afford to take grandma beans erect shoulders sag ged thatll be too late to enter my bread hattie what shall i do i was counting on going this afternoon wri you folks and so we did aim to ma i declare thats too bad i never thougtttpubout your bread tell you what in girlish abandon she pushed her mother before her up the path bordered with sleepy fouroclocks you- come along with me and the children now why not my bread remnstrated grandma bean it aint baked yet thats nothing said hattie laugh ing you take it along with you and well bake i it at jens when we get there and youll be right on the spot to enter it bright and early tomorrow morning at jens repeated grandma bean weakiyrttiunno hattle you know ive always took the blueribbon im used to my own stove and all a cook stoves a cook stove declar ed hattie pshaw come on ma you need a holiday well be there in a jiffy with his horse and buggy ant youll have your bread baked before you know it just wrap it up pan and all and put it down in the back of the buggy battle had pushed her mother into the kitchen and now she was flying round capably getting her mothers bonnet and jacket- and packing a straw suitcase with a clean wrapper and an apron what else do you need ma weve got to hurry put in my best switch directed grandma ben in a dase and my clean nightcaps in the middle bureau ptttvyt drawer she cast a dubious look at the ballooning white dough in the pan and shook her head i dunno hat tie now ma it aint every day you get a ride with a fast horse and buggy and you cant enter your bread without you do go that was true grandma bean gave the dough a few swift punches washed hastily and dressed herself in her best black silk waist and serge skirt then before the glass over the comb case she adjusted the mourning bonnet that had been new seven years before on the occasion of grandpa beans funeral in her cheeks yellow as the old melodeon keys in the parlor arose a faint flush of excitement grandma beans calen dar boasted a few red letter days hurry up grammaw the shrill tones of- bertie echoed through the still ness of the kitchen giandma bean stoopedover the pan of bread and tucking the faded red cloth round it tenderly lifted it in her arms as if it were a child she set it down on the step and with eager fingers locked the door in spite of her heavy burden she tripped down the walk erect and youthful hattie clucked to the horse and held the reins itaut in her brown hands just set the bread down in the end ma and climb in she directed you hold the baby and put jimmy between us and bertie can set in the bottom and hang his feet out its going to be a hot day and this buggy hasnt got a top but well be there soon get up dan for a mile and a half they jogged along smartly the sun climbing high er in the heavens shone down on them with hot rays grandma beans mourn ing bonnet where she pushed it up from her forehead left a black streak i wonder how my bread is she in quired anxiously im hot complained bertie aint we most there pretty soon now son hattie gave dan a smart slap with ithe reins sure you didnt forget anything ma nary a thing replied grandma bean comfortably were all here you and me and the baby and bertie and jimmle and the bread battle laughed if mis puckett could see that bread whats the matter dan she gave the horse another slap why- dont you go glddap do for dan had stopped stock still on twsunbaked road mobbe he wants to rest a minute hattle said grandma bean horses get tired same as folks well he makes me tired snapped hattie crossly for a few minutes she let the reins hang slack then cluck ing persuasively she struck him sharp ly get up dan but dan didnt move get up dannie thats a good horsle wheedled hattle get up good horsle good horsle echoed bertie good ossie chimed in jimmy like a flute that conies out a measure be hind get up daniel urged grandma bean with dignity but dan with feet planted firmly apart remained deaf grandma bean and hattle alternately coaxed and urged hattie fed him crackers that she had brought along for the children to piece on still dan with his ears laid back stubbornly refused to budge half an hour slipped by hattie in desperation reached for the whip and flipped it gingerly across dans back give him a real good cut grandma bean advised her- i dont like to whip a horse but when they get balky that way-5- hattles whip descended heavily on dans back but her welldirected blows might have fallen with as much effect on the iron dog in the yard near which they had stopped grandma bean reached out and stayed her daughters arm dont whip him any more hattie its no use we might get arrested by the humane society the long and short of it is hattle that hes a balky horse hattie wiped her heated face what- everll we do ma looks like youd have to got out and lead him hattle when theyre balky that way hattle handed the lines to her mother and climbed out taking don by the bridle she started to lead him when she stopped he stopped too the sun beat down fiercely hattles new turban draped in red silk in arabian effect hung over one ear her fresh blue lawn was crumpled and dusty her reddish hair so carefully crimped with the curl ing iron tumbled straight and stringing over her shoulders her round cheeks were crimson and mottled with pers piration and dust j best stop a minute hattie and let me kned down my bread called grand ma bean after the second mile i just know its runnin over she climbed out and gave the baby to her daughter who sat down beside the road and rockeclwith laughter grandma bean kneading the spongy mass laughed too its too funny gasped hattie chok ingly a balky horseyand bread dough ohohohl youve pt a new kind of bread mixer ma arrd thats the kind of a horse he is our slow old team could have been there and back if frank ever hears about ithls there said grandma bean trium phantly tucking the cover over the sub dued and flattened dough wed best start on again hattie its as hot as a furnace back here and pretty soon ill have to mix it dowfi again hattle handed the baby to her mother and jerked dans bridle come on you old cowcatcher she said wrathfully thejstrange procession started after a few rods hattle stopped to wipe her face dan stopped toot bertie craning his neck round the buggy announced dramatically r shes comln down again gramma comin again chimed in ttimnvy in his flutelike tones grandma bean scrambled out and going round to the dough mixed it down once more twa time it was so light that it started rising before she had tucked it in at halfmile intervals they stopped and grandma bean mixed down the bread the sun now shone upon them from overhead it was noon and they had gone four miles they had been three hours on the journey after the fourth mile hattle climbed in imolean tuckered out shepant- ed dragging that stubborn old horses head ive just got to rest if we never get there i wonder how my bread is said grandma bean anxiously take the baby hattie while i kned it down again grandma bean came round to the side of the buggy a moment later and faced her daughter tragically whatll i do hattle the breads been knedded down so much it just wont be mixed again its runnin all over the back of the buggy throw part of it away hattie ad vised her laughing im sure i dont know what else to do ma my poor bread lamented grandma bean throwing out great handfuls of snowy whiteness its plum mint i know if i ever do get there and get it baked it will be hard enough to know down a yearlln i wish i had a loaf of it to throw at this old mule declared hattie i hear a wagon coming announced bertie ik wagon hattie sat up and stop ped fanning with the red turban grandma bean peered down the long white stretch of road behind them she made put a team pulling a load of gravel when it drew alongside the driver stop ped weve got- a balky horse hattle informed him ive walked and led him four miles weve still got a mile and a half to go can we hitch on behind your team sure the man agreed kindly just let me tie the critter behind ill keep him moving grandma bean gave the bread a final mixing down before the little cavalcade started for a mile they jogged on serenely under the burning sun the town of miltonvale lay at the foot of a gradually sloping hill about half a mile long the man with the gravel had no brake onttolp wagon and the team kept gaining momentum as they started down the long incline as they neared the bottom they broke into a trot and then into a canter dragging dan after them stop em screamed grandma bean in trepidation theyil tiurow my bread outl im falling 1 yelled bertie jimmy and the baby set up loud cries hattle held the baby tight and was forced to hold bertie down with her foot grandma bean clutched jimmy and held on to the sides of the careen ing buggy the team was now run- ningtwlth the gravelfllled wagon bumping behind them it was a ter rible ride grandma bean had ceased when youre healthy yoijpre happy i the blame for bine days can be laid often to common constipation it may bring loss of appetite and energy sallow and pimply skins even serious illness correct it by eating a delicious cereal research shows kelloggs aix- bnan provides bulk and vitamin b to relieve common constipations also iron for the blood the bulk in ailbran is much like that in leafy vegetables isnt this better than taking patent med icines bo often harmful two tablespoonfuls of aiabbatc daily relieve most types of constipa tion with eachmeal in chronica ses if not relieved this way see your doctor get the red and green package at yonr grocers made by kellogg in london ontario f i aubrah kiep on thi sunny sidi of livi n3 disappointment georgetown lumber co w h kentner prop geeorgetown and acton builders supplies sash doors trim flooring roofing shingles n mcleod manager acton yard to think of her bread she thought only of their safety her lips were moving silently as if in prayer were tipping over screamed hat tle as they reached the bottom but after two op three frenzad whirls tho buggy finally righted itself and stood pot on the smooth road that led into the town hattle jumped out with the baby in her arms and promptly fell down im that dizzy i cant stand she cried for pitys sake are we all here if dan had fallen down wed all been killed mir what a ridel grandma bean scrambled out dizzily my poor bread hattie she sold i wonder how it is for the second time that day hattle sat in the road and rocked with merri ment bread ma she repeated be tween gasps bread i if there is any of it left it had ought to be baked by friction she rocked again oh what a joke it was on dan ohohohl hell be willing to go back ill ven ture put in the man glancing at the subdued horse well if youre ready 1 well get on ril leave you where you 1 want to stop a few minutes later the queer pro cession arrived at jens the drivers whoa interrupted grandma beans mournful musing she was visloning mrs pucketts saltrising loaf adorned with the blue ribbon and sally horns graham wearing the red she her self would take nothing but when she had lilted the pan from the rear of the buggy her spirits rose visibly the bread was up to the top of the pan ill make it right down into loaves she said to hattle happily and you get the are ready ive tried a lot of bread receipts said hattie later that evening as they all sat round the supper table with the pungent odor of freshly baked bread ailing jens little kitchen but this is the best i ever tasted ma i dont think therell be a great demand for our receipt hattle ob served grandma bean with a twinkle in her eye onless somebody wants a fast ride and a balky horse i guess ill be satisfied to ride in a wagon behind our old grays after this 1 ma said hattie and ill be satisfied declared grand ma bean running an appraising finger along the flaky crust of the brown loaf that was to wear the accustomed blue ribbon on the morrow to kned down my bread in the oldfashioned way slats diary by ross farqtjhar j w jones red white grocery quality groceries fruit vegetables at thfa homeowned independent market you owill find quality variety and freshness it has and always will be our ai serve only the best quality foods at all times and our price are in keeping with the times acton ont prompt deliveries phone 26 tylers transport local and long distance moving general trucking service to satisfy bonded and insured carriers service from acton to toronto and immediate points prompt careful economical gas oil tires acton ontario phone 133 j b mackenzie son lumber builders supplies coal and coke contracting financing every man who builds a home learns the lesson of first cost and upkeep theres no way to leam except toy experience and it is noticed that the man who builds a second time demands absolutely the best materials available for every detail this means that good materials are the best and that cheap materials bought at a temporary saving of a few dollars are false economy vet good materials are not necessarily costly we have the best and the prices have never been more reasonable friday pa says he gesses he miss judged aron frump when he sed he was to lazy to live becuz today as he past arons house he sed he seen aron winding his watch saterday ant emma woodent never eat deviled ham til just lately becuz she all ways thot that deviled ham was ham without the evil sperlts took out like what you read about in the bible if you read the bible sunday jenny cole was at are house today and she told pa she was one thirty 6 yrs of old age and pa sed very very galllntly why by goodnes you dont look that old and she replyed and sed well your a blger lire than i am fact is she graduated the yr pa started to eat oat meal a cording to whut ant emmy says munday pa cum home this evning and he sed to ma that he was so tired he hardly new his own mind and ma replyed and sed to pa well you havent mist mutch at that tuesday ma says she duzzent care for men witch has got a inferiority complex like pa use to have she sed if she had let him have his own way he wood have ben satisfied with a ensur- ance pollsy for a 1000 but she made him take out 25 thousand wirth and now he is a egotist she says wensday i ast pa where the popala- shun of the it states was the most dense and he sed right here in this room he is either grouchy or else he has been looking over my home wlrk 1 of the 2 thirsday well it looks like as if are drug store is beginning to go to the bad ma sent me down town after a cushion for the davenport today and i went to the drug store and they didejij have none but the clerk did try to sell me sum uuhg just as good he offered me looaspimsfqr forty 8 cents it is usually safe to say that when a child is pale sickly peevish and restless the cause is worms these parasites range the stomach and intestines caus ing serious disorders of the digestion and preventing the infant from deriving sustenance from food- millers worm powders by destroying the worms cor rect these fahlts of the digestion and serve to restore the organs to healthy action dodging difficulties theodore roosevelt once said that greatness comes only to those who are seeking not how to avoid obstacles but how to overcome them indeed the in stinct that leads one to dodge difficul ties to shrink away from anything that is hard is a bad sign a sign of weak ness probably you know- young people who seem to have a positive genius for avoiding anything hard while jbey may be gentle and amiable they are not the sort from whom leaders are made when you see a difficulty on ahead do you think or how to overcome it or of how to avoid it much depends upon your answer i acton f1i fair september 1819 1934 special prize list horse specials no 1 jbest high stepping horse in harness 1st 300 2nd 200 5 00 2 best single turnout 1st 300 2nd 200 g 00 best agricultural or heavy draught brood marer by george cowie whlfflctrees value 400 this special takes the place of class 1 section 1 first prize 4 00 4t best general purpose brood mare by ritchie agar five gallons motor oil value 400 this special to take place of first prize class 2 section 1 4 00 5 best span high steppers in harness open to halton county erin and ecamosa townships this special takes placo of society first prize class 6 section 6 by robert simpson co a silver plated old english reproduction casserole value 9 50 6 best span heaiw draught this specia to take place of society third prize class 3 section 1 by the pioneer equipment company goods to the value of 500 or off a larger purchase 6 00 7 best carriage brood mare this special takes place of society first prize class 4 section 1 by the daymond motor co guelph goods to value of 7 4 00 8 best single saddle horse 1st 300 2nd 200 5 00 9 best colt- one or two years old sired by a thoroughbred horse suitable for a hunter 1st 300 2nd 2 00 6 00 10 best lady rider by acton creamery cash 1st 300 2nd 2 00 5 00 11 ia 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 best lady driver 1st by acker furniture company guelph venetian mirror value 300 2nd 200 r 5t00 best span of agricultural owned in the township of esqueslng 1st by masseyharris co 1000 off any goods purchased 2nd by alex hume masseyharris agent 500 off any goods 15 00 cattle specials 13 best group of three dairy cows consisting of 1 mature cow 1 twoyearold heifer and 1 yearling to be sired by a pure bred bull any family having won a t eaton co prize at a fair in 1934 not eligible to compete by the t eaton company limited 1 mable and onyx mantle clock valued at 15 00 14 best herd of pure bred holstelns this special to take place of society first prize class 9 section 7 by guelph weston cake and bread co tickets to value ot 6 40 15 best herd of pure bred jerseys this special takes society first price class 10 section 7 by canada bread co guelph tickets to the value of 6 40 16 best baby beef steer or heifer not to weigh more than 850 lb this special to take society prize class 7 section 10 by union stock yards toronto 1st 300 2nd 200 5 00 17 best cow any age this special to take place of society second prize class 8 section 2 by carrolls limited acton goods to the value 2 00 18 best holsteinherd to consist of one bull and four females this special to take place ol society first prize class 7 section 8 gilson mfg co f mooney agent acton plow shares to the value of 6 00 sheep specials 19 best flock of sheep consisting of 1 ram 2 ewes and 2 ewe lambs any breed by deputyreeve l l mullln 1st 300 200 s 00 20 best pair marketable wether lambs 1st 200t 2nd 100 s op i hog specials 21 jjest pen of bacon bogs this special takes placeof society first prize class 15 section 9 by toronto elevators ltd per d h lindsay acton 200 lbs master pig feed concen trates value 4 60 22 best sow born after march 1st 1934 tins special takes place 1 of society first prize class 15 section 7 by o w barber guelph side of bacon value 3 00 poultry specials best pen of 12 bredtolay pullets s c white leghorns or b p rocks 1st 125 2nd 75c best six bray hatched pullets any breed by bray hatcheries per george brown norval representative 25 bray hatch ed chicks best pair spring roosters alive not to weigh less than 4 lbs each donor to receive same by j w jones cash 900 5 00 grain root and vegetable specials best collection of farm produce including grain roots vege tables fruit flowers domestic science ladles fancy work and childrens work not more than forty samples gar deners not eligible 1st 200 2nd 100 best collection of 3 mangolds 3 turnips 2 pumpkins and 2 cabbages 1st 200 2nd 100 best 3 samples of grain consisting of wheat oats and barley bushel of each by m pallant cash 1st 200 2nd 100 best 100 lbs malting barley exhibit must be of 1034 produc tion no exhibitor may win more than one of these specials at fall fairs in 1934 basis of judging shall be as follows barley will be judged for its suitability for molting not for seed the points desired in barley for malting in order of importance are soundness size and uniformity of kernel freedom from other grains freedom from weed seeds and inert matter by the ontario and quebec brewing ih- dustry 1st 60o 2nd 500 3rd 4 00 4th 2005th 100 best bag irish cobblers donor to receive same fay alex mclsaac cash jj best bag of dooley potatoes donor to receive same by j c matthews cash best bag of irish cobblers donor to receive same by w m cooper cash best bushel of dooley potatoes donor to receive same by a t brown cash l best basket of yellow globe danvers onions donor to receive same by a t brown cash best bushel irish cobbler potatoes table size donor to receive same by woods grocery per j wood cosh best bushel dooley potatoes table size donor to receive same by woods grocery per j woods cash fruit specials 3 00 3 00 3 00 r best bushel mcintosh red apples donor to receive same sample of ave to be shown deliver later by g a dills cash best bushel of klner apples donor to receive same sample of five to be shown deliver later by dr e j nelson cash best bushel of northern spy apples donor to receive same sample of five to be shown deliver later by mrs isaac adams leave at rev c l pooles cash 39best bushel mcintosh red apples sample of five to be shown deliver later by rev c l poole cash 38 39 is 00 a 00 2 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 75 75 3 00 3 00 900 3 00 concluded on page seven