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The Acton Free Press Male I I j ONT JULY 1876 THE ACTON FREE PRESS dollar a IT In advance ilia foliar a nan win it pad till the en Tor lh I Saer HI Manx more lb an out unpaid or Elf hi El ftw and U a for abVVq ant wtalvrmsrmtmaor Hi and SI lliree of altM ami Of A UoaW elswjant allowed advertise menu it rilOdd sports Itmrud turbid and tain mora islhaperninlnrTtMBeDornr an Isrraanu ft when I amnrtlilaf Bonus to I Daunt or thk Lib At a meeting of the ratepayers Wo were very soriy to of tin village recently it read the the other unanimously agreed to request day the sudden demise of the the Council to offer bonuses for Toronto Daily Liberal During a establishment of manufacture brief career it won the esteem oar midst The Council are of a large portion of the rending advertising such offer to I public by spirited and gen partita operating a bun nets which and excellence of editor in In ft doea not conflict with any already J requires an immense capital to established here We bare no float a daily paper doubt will be the mean of in days- We a number of capital to purse was not deep and see for themselves the advantages afforded by the locality splendid Opening for many 1 of la so apparent that we fancy it only require to be known to be taken advantage of MORNING JULY SALUTATORY establishing a new paper the editor is expected to define hit position and in he case of a local sheet to identify hit personality ThU we propose to do briefly Our views of the and lilies of the editor of a local news paper may differ from others but they arc not those of a if yean of practical ex have any value As al ready intimated in our prospectus we propose that the Fref Press shall not be devoted to the interest of any political party or faction that at all limes and under circumstances be free to discus matters of public policy on their merit and upon this basis we arc prepared to stand come While admitting of political since out them free gov rflment cannot well be earned on ami griming the usefulness party newspapers in instructing out growing jouih in mailers to the political of tin country we have no to plact ourselves under a joke which believe would be burdensome have a high respect for men and for the conductors of party jtCKspapcrs but we cherish no wish be of their number or to sub mil to the necessary discipline Having for a number of years con ducted an independent local news paper null satisfaction to and to our patrons we feel assured of our position Experience presumed to be a good teacher and safe guide and we propose to profit by her lessons The field being o ably and efficiently occupied by the metropolitan journals wherein party politics is a specialty and jwUerein every facility 11 afforded for fulfilling mission in the t most satisfactory manner the paper may well be content to let them do the heavy work of the craft Why try to ape their atyle tod only succeed in ven ting thin little squeak What natters it whether we howl against the Tones or shout ourselves hoarse is reviling the Gnu Who cares It seems to the newspaper can devote its energies better advantage by giving the larger its attention to mat ten of local import affairs in the local community feel an interest this to be the correct view we launch our little craft into the big ocean and the Pans Hay she never belie her name As she glides from the stocks her form looks fair and well pro portioned the coast teems clear and the hints bright though locks and snags may loom in the its infantile I tho Liberal MONTHLY FAIR A number of our villagers put their heads together and determined upon having a monthly here The committee have ex erted themselves faithfully to make its establish went a success and it only remains for our riends to second their effort it We believe the will be tnal at it will undoubtedly be groat convenience to those having stock dispose of We hope to large gathering here on Thursday next the and to be able to record large transactions Parties telling or buying slock will confer a favor on editor by reporting to hint the for publication Financial It is raid that the Hon Mr Cart visit to Montreal resulted in an erraugenient with the Bankers which will go to allay general in regard to the financial outlook He to draw lightly on the Banks during the summer and interest on and Provincial subsidies and expenditures on railways and canals will be mot by drawing upon funds in England We under stand that there is something like credit of tbr Mr Gladstone cm the of Juno 39 Mr Glad atone ban written an article appears in the Contemporary lit view and is entitled Is of England worth preserving After aumming up on both miles ho answers tbe question strongly in the affirmative He review too divisions which hove taken place in the Church and tho attempts to maintain eon form It j by proceedings Ho enforcement of arbitrary send copies of this Issue of the Free Press to many wbo have not had an opportunity to subscribe trusting they will be pleased Louis the murderer of Thomas Scott feels himself deeply injured Ho the electors of Manitoba for again Inm as their re pruoutative in Parliament and ducUres that ho was unjustly If he had banged us he should been wo would have heard nothing more of ACTON of years this vil lage exhibited hut coin pi natively ilow progress in growth and was done in an easy gomfr jog trot fort of stylo Of tale iver a decided improvement in litis a number of ful urea tnken in London and other cities in England during the pait few weeks and others expected Those houses whish have gone mostly in the East trade Their liu III most canes are lilge ftlid tin ir faihiro will buna down re morn or l on tlimn Altogether there is a general fiol of disquietude in that apprt Tl tulatiuim lh Chinch Hi past few from ligioua aid to the in and of thn agn it was incoqiorate1 with trm Christ inn number of i it baa grow and prosper in a ratio in keeping with the ideal of younger mush room Still it an ingot and we have faith to believe hat ihcituptt J which has recently wen given will to an that will carry it ward very rapid hope to bo able to record before other year lhat ill ratio of increase both in ing enterprise been not only greater than any of ita local con temporaries bat that onward inarah even outstripped many of the larger and more towns of the Province We expect to do oar humble share feet this end Business a done a better systftn than formerly and our merchants of today are energetic enterprising men thoroughly to the valui of keeping article or conlrary which are reqaired and tradiction la too low till feeling rrsotuluinsoune In tlifl of sentiments it to that mi Aught body that has by Filtered too proud and root in such tlichbtiul and which has just been to all Chr bodies in their dealings with ihhI I TnK Crisis ami its The in upon the subject of the reuiion charge that the Government is responsible for the difliciilties in the money market Is eontrary to the facte and to common that wenresuqirised that author should have allowed the public to take it serious We all mora regret these at tacks against much as they do the mere barm to the Conservative party in proper tion as they are falso end absurd The monetary difficulty is too aside from any predilection To accuse the of it in face of a proof to there purl of the rules fatal to the Chuich product of the recent loan we pre aume It is to be hoped that j M v rumored nrnmaemeiit turn 1 out to be in which would no longer any excaso for cui tailing Illume be tachnble to Ihc eminent for the existing we oh nil be ready to accord It full crcd it for such is as it may to tore Though there nothing diBuutrous the sent it is suulciontly grave to demiind action on part of the Government una we trust that such will he if it has not already been leader I state that the 11 nil fi fifteen hundred acres A destructive tornado I over the north pal of 1 troit last Sunday evening 10 Its path was about f io Home bouses sides Jcc your Alt of Oil Tut JniBUi I Dion Act nt to buy beconi Bros killed and many some of them sertoiiHly Tho low to at least 5 The and rail way propel still holds out and to a tangible A stock has been mill mom then 000 litis I cm nub LOCAL MATTERS on Mill treat few door from of lumber and shingles now Inieg shipped from Acton station Now an being laid down radiating la all directions from So cord a TLo Soil x thn an t 1 Hilton nest tig of County will held Our Milton fnenli will luxury of a Iimk V hope they Iiavo 1 lis of 1 cm to great Chin Ifcniltr Good of to be selling The Sons of in drill l Day Mr Owen of of I Be 1 Church Milton 1 f 1 tut He goes to fui the culled 10th July Faiitv of Mi in Cumin lay 8th ult fro nidi j at ta I hickliii mid an lira McMillan from Bros I fundi ruin and and ra with lining on few thy is leaving fur for the benefit of his Mr Drown Church Milton j re lermonoiiSibualhoi in regretted Itui Mr Cm tho deliver eigne lib mil wan in of its 1 tin- At the ting County of a county poor house up for disctissioti a was slitick to visit similar institutions tlis mid report at thy ineniheis fivored the of a union with the Comity of hi an institution of this At tho lute meeting of the County Council law was passed levy following rate Trafalgar Esquesmft Nelson Milton Georgetown 100 Acton Burlington winch is precisely similar to that of last Last Monday I The ass unit this lawn slums tliu ti mini of real mid personal bo being U0U0 tteenoriit year J sho Don fall to read all the Soma of the Gnat rigs In the on kept by Mr J Mr Matthews of down on old fash loned long credit and doing a pay buiineaa Thats right Let others follow suit Itaad big The urly en tli rough in and the are now open until lets light all wrong They uldclois it ereno clock So Acton It can don if you only think and ttuc The ing eight unruly of people id fully breaking uspniided of I The refiiuil to if count the firm 1hI to thefailuro ties are envy Arm of Bon son Bonnet Co Quebec is alao in dilhciilties It la sUUid oil authority that uotuall liabilities are estimated at The the West epoits from 1 Minn Michigui f the Church reached ben on j Dr is erecting a com tno I rick dwelling tliu site where the old one in few ago Town i I that all rub bo cleaned from tho withou Don t lot thoie nld planks of tho the beauty of our village I the Dominion He Sod A letLer lately rtcciVod from that ho enjoying Messrs Storey ft Co our fIove are en gaged in tho erection of a new tannery or the dressing of all kinds of 1 leathers etc Mr It recently erected a largo to bit fine it now of largeit as if the beat kept in tho owing ted for th umgycirHro CalK 1 High Walker Donald I JuhuSoLord ceorl Thoini Item Sir William Logan sBeJirs on the all The jury in the have not lendend a verdict yet Gait has been created a pert of entry a port Chicago speculators tost in four d ye recently by it rapid decline the coin wheat and oats Several and Busa1nr war about starting river of to tin Clina Wo from London that J the Marquis or Lome and L0111HD intend tour of the United States The American rirlemon in Iieland again dsfeated Irish victoryu one of which tte Americans may well Id proud Needier it Saddled I lining mill Lindsay was omit j I Iv by on Satin civ miming Insured for l0uU boots and shoes from lemon Co and 1 j eont One pur ladle J two pain for a or red legged in many 1 and are doing crops from West picture file i Snyder of of has tho purpose if carrying inuficturo of a lgo The machinery red tho building 11 ifocturing The Mis and try The 1 hit I Joseph and James indicate that Drown line of tnn ill leased over that sec- by firo on the 14th fiom till about ranee in localities j They ire All kind of iron cistern and force at Bros Acton ling at prices to encourage an extensive trade Our manufac tures are of continually growing importance and can even now vie with many towns of much greater pretensions Indeed Acton is no leager an infant thrown off her twiddling clothes and com to walk alone Very lit tle coaxing and bat few sugarplums are now required to on ward march Sail on good ship and keep Let neither I Tory nor Cut cling to thy skirts 1 test their strifes J and other may thy pathway heed them taut thy sails and the waves Thy car aajBcioajB and the beacon abort well tiy Morse turn not to UrsfteimtheMt to IVargUdtidlaaTato world and echo tfce and shows too much of thepartixan be generally believed in POLITICAL ITEMS The North Victoria election IB postponed till of gust Mr was reelected for North York on Tuesday by majority of Mr Judgment in South Nor folk Commons cose will be given at Hall on July Tbe trial of the petition against tbe election of Scott for North Grey commenced on Mr chosen the Reform date Commons for North Perth at the Reform Convention held at last week Mr A the Corner- the of ivn ny 1 Methodist Church assembled at the of the Rev A lister and prenenUid him with an address accompanied with 11 token of esteem Mr warmly replied A was spent Mr leaves for lilee What a wonderful effect the re cent ralnahava had in brightening ip tbe visage of our agricultural friends I Two or three week ago long faces and gloomy aspects were tbe order of the day and there good reason for it Tbe pro- 1 unseated the growing in- candidate- deed enough to make us all decidedly gloomy But the raia in time to revive the droop ing vegetation and our drooping pints The outlook for a good harvest now seems encouraging and the the hope that fee grain will shortly advance the reports from West Tho formal pro ceedings in this election case took place before Chancellor at Thomas last week when the Judge that Mr Munroe had not only been but Mr Hodgi Me did great damage killing a amount of live Stock tearing down houses barns and fences inundating whole farms and injuring crops to some extent Railroad bridges and culverts were away in some places and many persona injured several are reported to hare been kilted Oddfellows IK Erin A new Lodge of I OO was man tilled recently at by Jobu of Bisted by members from the Georgetown Brampton Orange- villn and Lodge Alto over fifty with the this Toronto Wool The market lor combing fleece during thu post few weeks has been fairly active with wiles of round loo principally at at which considerable bands today easier however and less inclined to buy at tho current price Globe June SO Crop Prospects in Europe Lonmw The Lane in its weekly of market mjs Owing to tbe floods in France and unfavorable from America the market is hardening Not west Europe has been farountd with plenteous rain whih east and south portions of Continent are suffering from drought The let land Lodge connection with Orungevillo Lodge in attendance The fol are the officers of the new MArthur N N RS and Treasurer After Lodge whs closed the partook of a supper served in ex cellent style at Hotel A pleasant time was spent Ouirot The Or Celebration in on the 12tli proniiaes to be a great Hamilton Brant ford Acton Georgetown Eton Fergus and Brethren have signified their intention to bo present and join in tion The Railway Companies will carry passengers on tbu Great Western for a single fare and on Grand Trunk for a fare and one third to and return Great Western will also run special ESS At a recent meeting of Cans Press Association hold Sidney Smith Esq a handsome thorough bred cow at the sale of Imported stock in Toronto at a coat of to itld to already fins stock of thorough bred cattle and Meaira McLeod Anderson Co of Georgetown avail themselves of our to announce grand sale of dry what they have to say about it The Grind Trunk people done in excellent thing that rrat unsightly wood alii from The have the thanks nwnapeoplo We hope will be a first class sidewalk in that Oureatee el friends 1 Dick was duly elected it was decided that the West Elgin The trial of this election before Mr Justu many parte Europe indieahagGwyime closed that aa being u the ta only one a Modgina sad for the petitioner end a Robinson and Drew or Mr to he relied upon Germany and J England riB best J Russia the warts meeting should lake i the July at Hamilton Mi will he from across the lake to Niagara Thursday morning to the have lately the general dry goods I in tod on with their old established cloth trade keep a nice Our neighbors are building a new Town Hall brook The Hall will be feet and the ante room 18 x It will alio IxusedasaTemperwiceHstl Mr Martin of Eden is the contractor The titling the Titian Court of will held in Kali the balance year July 13th I and November Those had better bear those dates iu mind There no doubt about it but Ao- tou IS the moat pleasantly and tidiest little tuwns in the Province- have a j end or lake upon a pleasant raw of two or three son had by following thorn all round it Kennody Bros have of their grocery sod intend future to confine thaaualvas exclusively to the boot and They have atcurwl services of Tboa Edgar to tend the ordered work See ad to 1 Falls where ttfetoftJcjtiiiMwhast Q red dull to and remain all the party will spend they will visit barley ft On eta peas Too to Friday they will be conveyed by d OT the Ceda to their Our Mass Sseord have just a fa had it la a large tank at the rear for It will throw leae a are etaSfllke Mag wall named of Mr J Speight wl lie mill poo 1 with a lie I A trjo aiicmbled an I scare till after lmglit In found till the following mo at eld a rcu lercil lio hath waa held in es ly those who knew him and especially by his employer wbo much regret the sad occurrence His at Salmonvillo This Council met pursuant to ad on Thuraday evening Iho tho chair Members Messrs Speight cd klin of hut ere read adopted Mr moved seconded by Mr That lcno be granted a by law al point fence lewera for it imimc polity fur the of Moved by Mr Mc Mr That the tor third lime in 1 Motel Mr seiOndtd Mr Speight Thit thu sum of bo granted as aid to John Me Ihe-e- Chairman of t mince suliiuitted hi but still Gents give brittle under Jon St I y order a suit of do thn an i must etylih ill the Dominion A 111 or no sals Mi Williams of liacas has again time or having part of bis by This it was to the dB Less about A rowdy Bates threatened to horsewhip tho editor of the the other day The merely on whan the former got seared Potato bugs in New Jersey in Iowa toads in Mis T J pr Thou Campbell kr 11 SO J A is S charities Moved Mr lyMr that aetounU bo paid that Iicvo his for the lime On motion the Council adjourned to Thursday July l I Clerk It is a fact beyond doubt that wo have In car midst the largest and pos itively the must beautiful hardware groceries and crockery store in or Toronto nut tvery traveller this to ba a fact tors Bros We would direct special attention to tin actions of photographic art now being turned out of graph of J Hill and would strongly advise all who wish a real to give two early call He secured Us of one of for a limited time only as be seen by another Mr the valne of ink Bead he baa to say the berth page the Tee I Tea Only fleets oar Deal tail mm Chnstlev A Ce doing a work of ru due lion print at 10 A 10c 14c 130 irth led bargains til butt ta stock A torv us from Oril- to that some captuied a nwurdflnh in that on Thursday which pounds We would hit to sun tlmt fish weiglieJ In the army and have just largai a took of taaa sugars fruits etc product of avery land and svar atuwn In A new and Parsonage 11 to bo built at ton Tbe church is eatimited to cost about speaks well for liberality of the The raits are now laid on the Lake Huron Rail frum Dover to Buncos and ass Irani was run the iu on Dominion Day the Imse ball match between li J of and the Ts ui uf In fur the Canadian club by a ji to III le person informs the 1 V t tor that in a gully 1 on stand up I 1 1 tw two young 11 tie we are told ma 1I1 and the tight full minatee A herd of shorthoru cattle wore the other from the of one hundred and twenty five thouxuudH d liars iu beon paid fur the animal On bull coat 30000 a belles on Friday morning mate infant was found on the of Mr A J Noma rreideneaj It was apparently sasoeil two or three weeks old dressed anil with it waa a bottle which seemed to have beat very recently used There wee no on the clothing by ahsai the parent could be The nit Crepe of every the potato ta haea devoured by the Colorado look well in the towaaoina thankful for ia tbe the peat two ly abundant