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ttjomtttf attl 4- thb acton free press vjuw av kvtywo wa w uonv all day tteaablt cloud had east or earth table hue uy hear w haavy with iu load and datfeanad all my uw bat uthidiy wnad to iu etaae lot in tha west that came kit tiory of a nimto flow and then a burs of flaw which soon aufrumd thou aafela clouds with eoloredaaung brttht lloooillm tftjby naartrat wsrungshall be light 111 rtiddy tun sank slowly down to its erlaiun neat upon tha rippling waters of old tka nuraal braat a sphere of molten gold in form a fairy land it asamed ivoplad with all bright visions which pormlnds had dreamed ita am raj atreanvd widely oer water and oer sky aa if from out the open door of man sions up on high had issued forth on foldtipped feet anfallo cohort vast their facea bright with heavenly light their burnished arms outcast i to pledge anew oods gracious word with hopeful promue bright that to earths weary weeping ones at 1 evening shall be llghtl w f caswell twbntt ykafta ago prwa the jarae af the pre press at thursday april 11th mil the straw hat has come again a number of workmen have moved their families from hilton to acton ra- oantty mr chester plank has sold his farm lot s3 on the first line to mr joseph johnston of milton mr and mrs ira b vannatter who sold their farm at balllnafad removed to oeargetgown prior to leaving for th4r new home a farewell party was held by the neighbors and a liberal purse was wwumted to them up until the end of march uso0 automobile llcwntea have been issued the oanvass for acton red cram funds ar enrng in very satisfactorily over ggflo has already been handed to the treasurer the acton red cross society report 910 pairs of knitted socks were sent to airownboys to pranc besktes a large shipment of supplies to the army medical oorpa toronto prevailing prices at the farmers mar ket toronto are butter ate to 50c egg 40c tb 80c maple syrup gallon 325 to 3 so hogs iftc to 30c lb calves lo to 33c died 6tcvxnson in burlington on man day april jat iblg william steven on aged 71 year slats diary oltvcr n warrxn monday yeeter day the sport page sed i that joe dl madaeo of the yanks wont sine up for leesen thousend ft if i was rttch i wood pay the yanks morn that to let me play on there teem and 1 am thr big hit ten on are teem a onct made leven hlu inrludelng fore homers in 1 afternoon p m rnlng game tueda i at pa this emlng what do he call lb hcn 1 man has actral wife hr sed it are called pougrmey then he otto of stopt but dkldent sed if he liave only i that are monotcnr ma mil lent of liked it becoa she look about s ore at lert lhr fambl write gi ami to her rm wednesday the nechrr u nhool ed i and jafcr and uluicr l a gtting badly behind 1lh are study shr laarnt en formed on alt the aubjec of us 3 wr arr u so twdl behind alth axr nailing and are swlmlng and are b b and etc thursday i begin to ret a fcllspisheii that jake t la ctomr what enr how on thr e homr from school this p m banker keddjkmah wa tut muring hi yd and asl jke did hr aaiu to rrti a quarter jake lnt a intel a lookt at ho big the yd aert at thru ed to hr daddent a hr all redd gt quarter what tbade mr auaplahes m i no hr tuta alt got nu quarter i all moat poke up r aed i an ted to tk thr urk but i dlddent plidajr ttte teeclier are claaa ru studying blblr today miw aat all of us what beooin ot noey ark busters aed he aupoaed they put it in the arhlvea bounded ofcry to mr but thr teecher shuk her bed witch means rong 1 flaturday ma nearly got araated for apedctng the ford uua p m but the oa alter let her go a ben ah told him the breaks were not working good tfe ahr were in a hurry u get home deforr she had a i ax denl try to beet that aed pa i ct1qi lttf notes ulu should be paid a twit a death has occurred m llw fanuly alter a frleod has a nr bavb a hen a bride lit ahum one erl an m terra l tuu hd time u get aettled a martfc1 ttit tiung anotiier married mn- lmvtic mr t her isnu and two uf her huabauid a aholn that he wishes to br mnembrred though he doea i ol ko ajih her the theory back of the nlsunn ts thal nten lalt both men and women but vtomcii iimt tnly inni no gurs evxr orkok a letter of ac- precutkn to be sent to hl ti w a1thn a tea dajt after hts vjlt in gltng our luune u a friend i r quatntance oer the telephone jou say this is helen ora sprsulng not mrs oray in cdn versa lion alth mere acquaint ancea a couple refer to each other as my husband or my wife not as mr smith or mrs arollh to those who know them better they speak of jean and bui it la only to sarvaau that one speaks of member of the family aa mrs usa and mr going back i some day til go back to the little town i to the little town not so fax away j when the wild bees burden the clover down i and the air is filled with thr scent of hay and itl walk up iu ahad street till i come to the smith door and there ulu be those i uin longing to meet and iu bid thm good bye nrrr more some day 1 11 go back to the little town t over the far horlaun a rim ere the leaves of the maples flutter down and lne feet grow tired and the cyt are dim and 1 11 turn to the hallowed place that i left in the dear dead past and 1 11 know by the light on a grotlr face it it good to be home at last home day ill go back to i he utile loan for im tired of the ciij o uaya auidl noise and id toe ahere thr earth is clewn and broan and the das are mid alth their simple i and tbere i 11 bt itltul to rest with thorn- of a hom lor i am uir pvir i e found i hat tin i initb 1 m i youth are th beot nd 111 nrrr fare forth am in rr b ay ir the editor or tim pair pus i received th following letler onuigevllle march 29th 19m editor of at ton pars pata dear sir i i read the old man of ue clock lower and thmk ulat hr doea rr well i but think that hr muki a feu mlstukes uut week hr said that tin sandy miui farm rame on to the slderoad ills farm was mi lut up and he alex i bron r nmij owned thi orner lot donwld mium hu vt rked c r huiivni adania was ronald mann v i i alchraon a usnnery ai hut they i ailed thr beurdmorr tuiinerv a tit n i first knew it and falorm a mot rr b tan nefj aaa betftrel brown a halls ahlnglr mill and the railroad therr wui a few more but do n t r tin tub r them al pr sent t urs tiulv j a m i rmew housas wall uw ouwrsld houm an young street naar in uvtbgatona home had a cheowred earaar so far as iu tlcularly the unngsone and oarslang early tenant wre corioarnad x ramam- ber a tenant of this plaos batwaan slity and aetmhty years or jtiore ago who was a great lover of what you young folks now call booae fiapaatadly ha would go down to one or other of our four taverns or perhaps take his utile tin pall down to one of our three liquor stores and always hed get bowled up and go horn and abuse his wife und family he waa a fairly decent fellow when sober but a beast when drunk attar this had gone on for aome time a number of actons heads of famlllm and other cltlsenj always ready for a lark decided to give thla wlfebeater an ex perience uhlch he would not forget tn the effort to cure him of hbi abuse of his meek and longsuffering wife like a crowd of kukluxklan oper ators they gathered one dark night down at the corner of mill snd main streets and stealthily proceeded up to the qln- dinning house on young fitreec jack was drunk as usual and it wasnt much difficulty to get a rope around him he waa led down to the old mill dam and after explanation were made to him as to the reason for the punishment being meted out the rope was removed and he a as unceremoniously dumped into the pond as soon as his head would bob up out of the chilly waters some one in the crowd would push him back again this continued until the wretched fellow had not strength enough left to come up again then here was a flurry tom in greatest fear exclaimed boys drowned hlmi mike speight rushed into the pond to rescue the drowning man and he und jim kelso anally succeeded in getting him out and laid him down on thr mill pond bonk he was unconscious and then there waa a time in bringing him to it was not until young dr mcoarvtn was hurried down to the some that the dfownsd man waa brought to ufa again aijta openad hit eyas ha gamed upon a crowd of acton urns who ware mora scared than hlmseu they soon cleared out and the victim hustled home wetter but wiser than hehad been for a long time 11b wash t seen around acton much after hat night for he moved away from the village before the week was out the land behlrd these houses warjor many years cultivated as farm lands then about futynve years ago the use of the cross road for trotting having been given up and there blng no otlwr place conveniently available those surveyed lou and parts of mid arthur and wel lington streets were utilised for a quar ter mile race track 1 think andy oreen and xd matthews were- the prime movers in this new enterprise they laid out and put uito condition a very fair track this scented to create quite a new in terest in horseflesh and for several years there wftj a lot of training dune there by the owtirm of migs which they coruflder- ed fast the men who owned the fast colts hi those earlier days had rral good times and the training and exercise they got there helped them to win some of the red and blue ribbons at esqueslng erin and rock wood pairs of those jme inside the race track a splendid cricket crease was madi you know from the earliest days in acton cricket was a popular name the old country resid ent and rape lolly the englishmen brought their love for their fine gentle manly game to canada with them i remember away back when bromley johnston ant hi father and robert swann and dan shook and james mat thews and dr mcoarvtn and the nlok- llru and others of the old days enjoyed u game of cricket as well oa our present boys do bajteball or hockey the boys played it at school and in the homo door yards and on the mrcete w 11 a new cricket club uu organised when this old scorrs scrap book by r j scott o rii camada tltajj yhl ala4ka ei jott a pajumwuv wa btcoaatep wrft fat crfaa amt rlbsom arffat ltuiom of kohor- btxowaftom avan majldu 1m 4umaaa i bimia1 q a f faka evac m wo twsrx t fua aoov l kcpf in k i moodth coh q two vltrt amik nh f htap 4 huftild im am urn amd t mly oafli 44 sallys samfs tla ulp ti r llw n rrr umis jack in w tiling u adnut i m not always a him dred per cent correct i m just nunb ting aiong ryom memory in thrar writ ings when ou ulink of tile rest of the correction ut send them aiong im rlad to have the help of other memories laat week i told yvu about the first three houses on young street and pax picobac pipe tobacco for a mildcool smoke a vomjn vkoul 1 ill uo fa id titun be doublechinned raoa track was laid out i think taaehar moore waa captain of tha ohib and u uooarvln was secrsury tha dub at tracted quit a few old playara and some new man who would go up to spend an evening or so looking on at tha game and then began to think they could play aa wall as us old oodgara among these waa a stalwart oerman named conrad huff oon was a foraman in the tannery of charlie kneeihe dane who operated thcurdova tannery whloh nourished here for a number of years in those earlier days after some mpntlis of practice the l ticket club became quite expert and naturally looked around for friendly games with outside clubs ber lin crack unm was invited down and uno bright day tn august they arrived in town by the noon train t riu re were no automobiles in thoe days uy tills time oon huff had kurned the gume played pretty uu and wiu put iui the eleven who wtre chosen to try conclusions with the vlsltore in tlte first inning that acton tmt ui but after oiu or two nf the beat player had played and mudr gtxhl soores before being bowled or caught out cons turn came to protect his wlckem and pile up a score with much assurance con alepprd up to thu crease and took his statid the umpire called pui and before oon kirew where lit uu berlin lightning bowkr had his ball off and his wicket down with a splendid bowled ball oon was a bud torn r und immediately cried out 1 viuui t ready i i viun t ready all t1u kunu the umpire invited him to go back ana lt down and die next butter wo called it was an tnijoyabli gamr but uu vuiltom caught too many acuin players who were not rrudy or could ntlt mulch tltem in thrir playing and they won tle luureln rr st vi rul ytura the ttunv thrived und thin tht uu tiers of uiut section of young mtbdlvlslon woke up to tlw fact that more building lot wen desired for acton n growing population and the horsemen ind th truktlir were itouned to kit off tht lot leucher moore udmirullon for that purl of acton torrltor was abiding houi ti und he purchust d uu two corner lout at mill and young street and hi erected there n npkndld rcsld ence which he occupied until his lament d death and where mrs moort- l tinued to renldr until her r moval from acton the root courar was flnull trunafcritd to the new park ind a trlrktt l reuse wu madi there too but viry little crlcktt was evir played i think the lut cricket match in acton was played between old bay of the old school ut the last re union of robert utile pupil in june 1000 w 11 bleaa me there i am still on young street and it ittokn as if i could klvi it unothtr rolumn or two rtllll rhplnti a smaii town skull on of thr tilings whiih kit pv u mhu town small und which mukts dolnu buahirmf or pruclh iiik u proftsftlon to himirdou l the numb r of peopli in that low n w hi euni tht lr incmni thrrt und l nd it in llii mnr in lniu t lt nn mnull town dcntut in trrttaud by tht locul cltizxn w ho goes to the large t ity to put roii 1m tin hi up udv rtlslnt dentist whin hi hinuielf m i to llh big lon tulu r to huvr lil lot hi inude tlie tmill town lw i diiipliiliia win n uie blm c its luu r bi allt d in n mi liu uortuiil ciwm bill w h n hi ui gi ttinti riiurrted he mill to tht big ity to buy uin tluncet a fiikik tnent rintl tin locul drugglat is unnoyrd when tht woman w ho run thr beuuty purlor tfots to uie big city for her ritio and creamn et he ullinvs tun wife u gi lo that aunie big illy fur bargain prrmutu nt wavrn let him among us w lu 1a without mil bat the first stone when a man makes hts ihlng out of the clusrns of a town it 1 his duty ut aeid every dollar of that income in lhe uiwn if poaslble if he expect the peoplr of that ton to do bustneea with him uirn he should realize his own ubltgatkiii to do btuuieas with them of course women are the worst ofleu dem the larger stocks the good advvr tlalng che bargain days and all thr other attraction of the big store in the city have an almost irrealstlble appeal to lbem if a husband would only poln uui u his wife that the money arte u ftoendum was put lnu hts hand by thr kau people and tlial if they tot began lo deal in the big city shr would starve shr might be cured of this bad habit kiwanu magazine a mattut of aoottlt i one thriving industrial community in ontario ilka many others prides itself on its hookey taamj for many years local manufacturers have patriotically been ready to give jobs to likely looking boys who could show dexterity tn hand ling a stick and the town turns out in force to root for the team whenever it plays on the home lee althoughlhe town haonly a icw thousand inhabitants the team calls itself the national the name itself is nn indication of it elf esteem and never seemed incongruous lo thr teams supporters some yours ago the null mill sweat era ware showing signs of fhr haavf mt ate they had endurad and tha boya war measured for new garmanta at tht looal imittlhg mills the mulownar an gtaf- lishmah made a special rata for ufct work as a gesture of prtda in tht unfortunately one detail of tha i era design had been omitted whan tha order wan given so a few days latar tha uum manager telephoned tha mlh oarnar h ae if the team a initial letter in red could be pla on tha chests o tha sweater the manufacturer said mat n itiuld rosily be done ho unit season the nationals plajwd ho key in 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