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f-fe/ **' jigA'.';;. ^"..i ;." < v-: Aiwa. i.. PS Iph, &t^crs. WH. LOWRYi, JI. .. M. TT * ' ". ^ <-r ><|ti:i( el Trinity CoMt-c-. Ylrlii!>--r o: OoiWipc'-'of rilv-SiOlauii nixl sun: eons.--M ilj. si it,Kn- \c-is>.v.. _ K. K. 3HIKKOW. fhysf- oiail. S;in;f.r.t. Ai- . O! "IJcUt VAI.' Tfill- !<->: '. NV' York. :w*our..duHt' oi VttUoHa. iV/vice, C..-.-:.I.-.' Oi-1-.oIiu'hiii ilavi , 'T;".i-^:.~>s i ii.'m.'nu i .--. m:- KL-r-Hti'.r.ix' Wca-t-liower-sirtn-l,-' Ai'rtN. - ' '-- '. f AMES !U U Til KM S, ;- Von- .l\v! ;vi:( iinv- -Vci-n:,"" .->vmi. V,):yv ii* l.vi:i, .\sou: Myninul U*It>-. jrranh 0<v; i""ors Ki-,;i-; t\' ( ,i-;*-n n Court,.- l\-:!i.j!v.,'. t;.,; Ac, ArroN-.'Osr. - _ -' HKNlfrEKSO.Y, Convey- siiu'.. r. .t/., u.m>#| AXf-Mt i";iii:ul.1 A>S S.r.lU oo lo. .-J'Oy -.IbV- Mori s-'iZ*-*. vVc . $^ivjva:v.! in!a:!vl iin*:M;y i c-rivptly ' i-.r. I o:: T\ :i^-n-db-o.- irrm^ ---.Ylvii---y to* L-*vt o:t - at^risr.-rirtf lius-io-vr 11 or..--*.-,' Aeion. ; . -' F)OSIIXIOX / Harness SHOP. J I). The subscriber begs to a.nnounco tjo tho inhabitants of Acton and iiMtitly that bo has commenced the I arne'ss business in tbb (Did lVst Office Building, HILL STREET. At'TOX, 5 A UIVUUi:U YlMU+i TO 4'OMF.. [ In these days whoa tlio Centunhial reign* in uvory story ami song, wo may fitly, pauso. to road tlio following beauti ful linos : -] Whore, whoro will bo tlio birds that sing ".-- A hundrod years to como ? The flowera that now in '-beauty spring, A-hundred years to come! The rosy lip, tho lufty brow, The hcarti that boat so gaily iiow? O, where will lie Jove's lHiaming ey<!, lev's plcxsant smiles, sud sorrow's aigli here ho is prepared to turn out A liuiulrod years to come. woik second to none in tho Bomln- pn. Ht""u '" "?"" ^7 .' rt!' Who'll press for gold as cheap as the .cheapest, andJj street this crowded oju the sh<$ries't' possible notice. | tiive on hand a large and well solecu- \l stock ot . " orsfTSlaBtots.JWTiips. Bruslios. . _. Cotabs, Tnin&s, ole'J \, ---- I - . 1 J- Impairing promittly attended to. JI. MITIIUSOX, Attoriiey- :lt:u:0T- s,,,:-v^lv,\0'l:,^ll,1^rrc}j 4ve me a caOl and^be'eonvinced. S^-oeis.^it or^et.o\v:i I TT- At:>.TlH>-:it-l-:.W N luMiT 111 "amiei-Tv,.---*<. i--,Tic<^: Hauxliioo. In K'ai *u-tf*i ; Mi(<>, M:;|!i si>vri. J'lio.-, M:lloa tlljico will f>: an.ii-r Hn- l-a:.(:o- m. ::; "f i'. Vv. i"iii>'v-U. .in! Mr l-uil-. l:i%v.w.u :\:tr-r.d ;t: lite "M;:o:i orTiee". LA1DL.VM, Barrisrcr. .-'{.; . J. F. DEMPSfiY Acton,:Xi?t. 25, ]S7o.-.'- : l VTOS MSAIL^RY. HES ItY L. I>ii VKE, Iliirrali.. - At! 5\>fK;\<'i; xa'-yr. a.: i: : - I'-siir.-j-'-"- a :r"-V^: i" j :\i < :;t". rhx>. v..re :-l !'< - ii-is liy mall t,. UKA-KM -: Vt-iiJ" .-O^Til.^.'i'S iW" I.VVi:XTIO\j!: 1 .. l!s ii.i:iV-)ii-:>-;';<: i'r...ir:> ioi;ij\a. j . (-:i^ii.>,t'4-- r-.::U ! M.-,l".~ :fllj Ku/o|'<'. ; J-.,<-,::)L.Br':.."r:-:!:e. a ofl,,. , : :i -aU ;ii.-jjia:.>'. ilKNl. i -tiii4- .. - :. \;u: i::;:r-'.' K^if.^-'r." .-~-^iel.t>r ^1 i' CHEAP BREAD. Shoes, j - cheapest, a&i ; ! . btbiere.. Iiing your r : the laUt m:.; Arr.errran A^.'-^Ba * ..v iujL'.: Ai-^ii.t.-muii! .."- -E-i;r...---"{"* coi.V.UcliEiu! :S:-.-"- ;':i- "H'-% . ,iu'uw.iiliL.iu, TtaeUer'fffJIa.ir. D.-airlns anJ FrfUcJi, ' j. OLJVSia li;>Zii:;:, i'4yslcrer. . A,-; ..a. -'!:. i-:.--r. w~~>fi >n oi - P.-L- r.'-sr" a:>i I !; -.irii-v-a-l-.ns 'J..i:a i n L'v :a s;'r--i--ii:i.iO'.v iumu... ^u i .-srvKl-c- OppfKliIr.ii Is the life of triidi, Bay M.il!oiva>-'i sujK'r'or iifeSd. streut, A lnmdroit~j'ears to cimwS j Who tread yon eliure.h with willing feet A hundivd years to eome? Pain, trembling ago and tiory youth And childhood, with its brow of . truth The high,' tho low, the liotid the free, TheKeli, the jioor, on laud and sea, iCIfundrcd years to coine. - ' \}itf'all within ojur graves shall sleep, ; A hundred velars to come l Xo living soul for us to weep, I- A humlretl years ito come. liut other rauii'onr lands shall till, And other tfie'n.'our strvets will till, While other birds willsiug as gay; As bright the sunshine as to-day^, A liundred yejirs to eome. NOT A DROP MORE, DANIEL " D. GALLOWAY ^s-to am;n;.iT re in iheriniiablt'ants of Ac un iirul vfJii.jiy ihat lie lias removed .his-Baking EsUib'lsluuelU li tlie.preul- i^e next"tl(x>r to Motor's dru^r store, lit're lie lia-j'-biiilta C'rsl cla^s new oven Daniel Akin, hrnl become n con firmed iirunkard. So fully had lie come under I he dominion of the bottle. th:it be -was~i"ferfectly miser able .when he could not obtain the 'Oaliforniu. jneaiis, of gratifving his tlui-si. 'lie bad iiegh-Cted his family till bis wife's lather Irad taken her and the children to -the parental roof, lie hud!spent air bis-substance in drink aihl was kept from the poorhouse oulv by performing menial-services, fur his food and the kindness of 4 CT&Y FtOl SKILLS. T". u.^ e. N-:'i:<:-,v,'iic,i*i'-!'-'r-'!-t- ' uht.i.- y F.bu Vi:. ,>:i I. :.f-ir :u; -i'S V ~^\ ' O i -EI'Y" BKOS. ' r A . "- - " ji pit m " ^ ?? -' jLi a^ i> a.iKi: 11'Ji-K 111' U. .r. Ki. (-. .:i:'l:;.r!.l i.-:i .1 HV-. l'.l.\i . ton. for til'*' Havel- BEtl., i r->i.ri D svuixiax SfOToL,-ArtH, ;;l-U*. *'nj i icujr. I Ills T--tVU::.Ts a ai nr: :,iuv. vimiM- Z^. I*jit:*- van u tjr>i-;-iu.-> Cf-ti..ii.orc u.-i ..,i;s.-'.-].:lat l"rUv XT3S 32Z&D X2AN" 373S; Solas, j_ .. _ __ - ' .Ca&es, ,'. ., . Sissaits, i '.- ' Pastry, '-: -' Caallcs, ttie'besi tunliir autl at ijreatiy re duced priced- Milled Candies at ri.'ic per: lb. |iLii-e if-.i'l liiiuls takt'n iu'iiclisnge foi* Ooods-: - | -'-- 'i : ! tli't for weight given In firead iu ex- Ciiu'-si; jorrluur. J^Lri.-un;' i.i.easiest j '(';-"r:~ i-ixjI S^iibliLif iit.d J.*:;irs. . > - I lire >A .Umctive *od '/ T-:a. HEM STREET, liicepseci Auctioneer: ,. ,- . h-'i-d-niti-J-- made to order and on haml. -' ;or.' -1.>r-vr- ,l"'t. a; (Ij -1>iIIc<-' Actii , Oi.^1' iiiy its Pi:trs-~ T Vl.ieUUe, ill j ij -tLle'iTtlei' IO. [; at.i r. lilted tup rreialse* In n Qr.t-cluss L TlioniaslEdgerton, il member of the M^-fe for a Katery. and Confeeiloncry ; ict of Fn^nds,, vrho bad known Bufine=>ti. and it turnlci;out . , . - , . , , . , , ^ ' lam from bis yontli, anil wlio hud a sj-'rong btipe that, in the course of tiine, he would sim bis folly and turn again into the.right path. "'Ho.ikius, the lending, liquor fell er of the place, hud let bim have I i^riiik soiling as his money lusted | lint would trust bim no longer. He was lounging about the Saloon one bright moonlight evening, pleading wii.li the k"-per to trust, him for u drink. His reply was sharp and unfeeling':. ] : ^ ' i ' " Not a drop mole, Daniel I". lie remained a wlbile longer and then left. As thelcool air of the evening fell upon bim, be, all at once, gave uttenincejto his feelings in the following strain: -""_ " '.Not it drop more, Daniel.' Am I drunk or am I sob^r '? Did Hos- khis think it drop would hurt we ? No; but my money was gone. He lias-got all; got everything I bad -even the Bible thy mother gave uie. He has got' the boots which my wife, with biir own turnings .bought for Jenniet ' Xotja drop '- _ Jrea<, Burs :ind ;Cakts<!elHere<l every t- I Uu/, Ires , around the village. iWECpDIKG & FANCY CAKES In ,tUe liitesl dor rooms and we are a happy fum- ily once more. 'Net u drop nicro, Daniel,' j Help mo, my God,' till know. The Quaker Iind* tlhat day received a letter from Daniel Akiri, stating that be was at the mines all these things aro accomplished! bard at work and sticking to bis I thnnk. you, Hoskins,' for these (motto, "Not a'drpp mote, Daniel; wordy. I s|inll not forget thorn." He bad [become so much occupied with his tbojughts and spoken in a tcno so loud, that be bad not noticed tho waggon which ;lmd reached, the road, in jwbifch was seated tho kind- hearted Quaker before mentioned. Ho stopped 1 bis horse and heard distinctly tho language Daniel used. As ho closed|bis soliloquy, bo turn thut-ho bad^Iaid up aifow hundred dollars audi desired hini to (enquire what tho placebo once owned could be bought for. i; " M'-. Edgerton had taken the metliod above; , nientionedi to find out the viewfs of Hoskins respect ing the place ; bo confident was ho thnt Daniel Akin would come homo u sober. man, with money in ed and saw Tliomas Edgerton, who .bis pocket, that ho had ventured said: " Ditniel, does tbeo mean to keep thy.vow i" |. " Yeb, friend Edgerton, I do." "Thee has promised a great! many tinies iheo'd drink' no more. What makes [ tbeo think thee will keep thy vow this time?" "I know-j friend Edgerton, I havo often 'vowed I would drink no more. But now I feel different from what 1- have felt before ;' my heart is almost, broken and I feel my weakness; and 1 believe God willbelp ino' this time." " God :grantt that it may, bo so ! Daniel, get |iti and take ' a eat. Tbeo nii|st be hungry; go homo with me." ' i Quaker drew but of him altjthat has buuu. writ ten, and he advised 'him toj go to He told bim to' go to New York anil work bis way round the Cape.', , Ho decided to- do so; The Quaker; kindly promised to furnisti bim with suitable clothing. " Thee would like to see thy wife and children before thee goes J" ' "I should but they have be come so estranged fioinmo: if I went perhaps^ they would not be lieve me. . 1 think it) would be bet ter they should not' know wbere-I nm'. I want to! surprise, them and bo|>o to do so by coming back n sober man, and (with tnoney enough to make them comfortable, ^pre fer that you and your wife should lie the only: persons in the place who'shall know where I am or- vrhat I am cloing." " 'iTiius, while Iriding toward the quiet futmhousa of the Qaakar, the whole thing was arranged. When tbev reiiched tle farm the horse was put into.the tered the house, barn, and they en- As they seated Quaker said to b themselves befdre the tire, the wife: licensed Auctioneer For thcHiuurty of ilaiton. ,A.Jif: riiej t-iji:i aa_'-" p.irl ol tlio r :l-")i:u!>\-; r.^lf s. V:tni;> -i'rv X-.l' noiin Its mil lit reasonable cuargesi : AU eon^ls are-TrarrMnreil pure, as g but tb* betl of material is iK-ed. The riatr<Jnaj;e of tlie publie is respict- fi.lly Solicited. : Call f nJ seefor your.-elves. . tiALIAW'AV I5KOS. Actdli, March f. ISTtf. iOX rr^"KXXEI>Y'?! '.Marble Works,. piIaotng mills -liiore, Daniel. you. to that ? oneeSbad good have nothing but rags. drop- more, lj)aniel,' till Sirci Set* - "I-," ~ CAP&: .- >' ..i:-.:L!'v,-s i'- -orlv 3Ji2! 'im.'ry, :d <Xear Eraiuosa;-Bridge,] 2 <illt'iplli- '-" H 'S.V . f 'AJ.L KI-'.'l^ UfMOMUMENTSf 'Tomb .Stoics,- Mantle. Pieces, &c.( m/^rli to auy.sizeor design, and pui Ululfl any P".rt i P[v couu*ry. ..-.- ',,. *i" ijeotch Qiamta- MoriUj -.-:ists" imported to-order. -A.- Kennwly-isaprac- tie:d marljv cutter.. ; .: ' T>KI2E ?-^ --; PHOTOGRAPHS, Puui^, Sa-sb, Door aiid Blind Factory ir*: TSOHAS EBBAGE, Xow is the Time for Viieap /Pictures. . Manufacturer of; .... [ Venetian "Blinds ' ) Mouldings, .And ot [icr Building Keqnisites AIeo Makers of . IMPSOVSO STT0TI6N /PTTlffPS U^st: Retouched and Burnished. L 1'ho'togragbs reduced to 1.00 per-. Lumber jPIaned and Dressed to Crde r'rr . i p^y^0^-^: loUSE, snce; dozen at the Ontario Pholo'jrajjJiGallery, Aeton.1 - 'Calljat once and'obtaih a good-and cheap picture, finished iaibe best 6ty1e, before prices arfe again ad " vanced. .'J - S, B; We were awa'rdei' all the uret prizes jjver all competitors at 'helate-CountvM'-airat Jlilton, (ict. ISthamJ I4th, 1&75. ~'r c" / c. w. hill;: photo, .' NoT. 26, 1875.'-, ! . 22-30^ set, . ! Tj^AKMFOBSAHJ.j - ? " : \ ' i ' j Oae humlrcd ^ acres" of. Uand, iwell ^Wdedi beinj" ?fie east iialfjof Lot 21 x rafthe 3rd Concession, In th* Towiiship loMIsquesicg.: 'fr'dr part.fculari adVlreBS j | j -; THOMAS-CAKVI!K.i " ,. jgrinp,Q,, Qnt., y0y.'^t m5. j] OARBiiis. | ;-. - Parties wanting board in-a private lionse can hear of such accommodation bJ- applying at the Fjhek Puess office. ': Acttm* Slarcii 1, ijj-ft; in the best manner. fgg" All work guaranteed. - .,i87'a. ' '.' TpTBI MILK. The. or dersigaed begs to thank his. customers for the liberal patronage re ceived, diring She past summer, aiid would Ba\ that.te is now prejjared to Vnpply an additional number of custom ers .with r ood, pure, fresh ;,milk deliver ed eyery-i ioming, s^d twice a day on Saturday!.". Parties who keep cows will _fcad it niu ch cheaper and less trouble to get milk" delivered .at their doors, and they wot Id do well to .sell their cows and Tjuy-.tfieir milk. Tw^nty-ono quart tickats i irj?i, if paid to -ftdyaace, or tweiity-oi ,e pint ticketsfor 50 eents. H Aoton, :Vi jiext the P. S. -ARM&rBOXG. Kov. loth, 1875. ]_ JOB -1INTIW of all kinds neaW^ und promptly oxocuted^tl the r EE PKESS OFFICE, V*i onUe, JIUl Street. Daniel, what say I say so, too. I clothes, but now, I 'Not a I have clothes again ilsgood as when JMary audi were married. .._ " I once bad u good watch ; but that too is gone. ' Not a drop more, Daniel,' till'I Shave .-another horse and buggy as I once bad. : I once bad co'\ts that furnished my family with butter and cheese,but Hoskins has got them. I 'Not a drop more, Daniel,' till, those cows,'or other goods, are mine again, r I once bad this wallet full of billk;- but now not a cent have! got. \ Not a drop rubre, Danie-l,'j"till this wallet is well filled again." By this time he had reached the place wh'ere lib : formerly resided, and leaning up against the fence, he jtiused .a long time in- silence. He' viewed th^ desolate place by the light of the moon, and' his eyes ranged' ovet the house and farm, once his, own. He then-.said to himself : " Once I . owned -this bouse and farm. Here I was born. Here my father and mother died. I was the pride of their hearts; but J brought down their gray hairs with sorrow to the grave j Here I began my married life, and all that heart couldi wish was mine. Here Mary and I toot qora fort to gether, till Hoskins;/came and opened bis riim shop, and now be calls it his. In that south room jny children were born, there my Jen nie died. 6, bow. sorrowful she looked when she saw me take her boots and start for the store to pawn tbem for rum, while she laj sick upon the bed. And then, hjow she begged for me never to strike her mother, agaiji I lean see her now_her pale face, her .wasted form, she cannot come.to me agairi. Arid O, my wife iow shamefully I abused her.! It was not your Dan.- iel that did it. No/it was Hoskins' accursed riinij! No wonder yori were taken from me by those who Wed you and would not see you db^ised. They won't have me in tha house; they won't let me live with you. 'Not a drop more, Daniel' till this honse is mine again. ' Not a drop more, Daniel,' till these broad acres are again in my possessiofl arid the wife andv Amy, thee ci n put on another .plate. Daniel ;will stay with us a few days, and then ho .is going U> California." The good Quaker felt, confident -Duniej would kcjep his word this time. '" At'tbeeW of a few days every thing was in readiness. The old horse Was harnessed, and before, daylight ^Daniel -Akin w<is' on his way to the railway station. : He bud not been in the village since the night when tlie words, "Not a. drop .more, Ctanid," we're uttered. He was missed fi am his customary haunts; but: it was .supposed he had gone on aspr;e, and so nothing was thought of his absence. No' inquiries were n ade, for all were glad that he was .missing and- cared not for his return! Ho had. been gone somewhat more than a year, when the Quaker was in the store of Hoskins I and wished to hire a pasture for the coming season. ".I have one 1-kvill let you have freejif you put"up) the fences on the place," said Hoskinp.' to purchaso fho placei to keep for him till his return." Where is it ("j said the Quaker. - "ilt's on ! the ]^.kin farm," was the reply. | . " If thee will let it at that rate, thee must have le; it get out of re pair. | " It is indeed the store to look I cannot leave after it. The house is pooj; and the family who lived hr-it wbre to J shiftless to buy wood,' so r tl/ey burnt'- up all the fences; in falit, I.-vould rather sell it than rent it." " What', will th;e take for it?" inquired.the' Quakir. "It cost meie00." ".;Yes> ui tHee P'"4 m S^>- and 'charged) thim owp price for them." -I ! " "To be sure I did. Akin could "not get.'trusted an;'where[ else, and I felt I Was runniig a great risk in letting bim hjave goods, so I. charg ed accordingly; jilst as everybody else would: have done under the circumstances." " But thee' has not told' me what thee will'tak^for the place- I will give thee 800 for it, if that is any object to thee." ' 1- ' ! " Hoskins tfioughjt long enough over the matter to conclude., that tbe interest on $80p was far better for him than a farm fpr the use of which he realized nothing, and at lust'ibe said, " You can have it." "'Very well, Hoskins, thee can make out theldeeds to-morrow, and thee shall have thy! money. v By-: the-by> does thee know what has becotaie of Daniel Akin 1". . . " "Mo, he has not been in the vil- lageibrmpre than a year; at any rate K have not seen hini Ho wrote id Akin, informed him what be. bad done; and .about three months I after ho ' received a letter from him stating; that he had sent by express 500. in- gbld to a banker in Nofv'York,witIvorders to sell it and remit the proceeds to him, to go tojynrds. the money for tho farm. Ij ' 1 Gold at that'time commanded a high premium, uncT the $500. be came $800 before it reached the hands of friend .Edgerton.i Akin "requested hin| to druw up a deed., giving tho property to his wife -Mary, to havd it duly recorded and left with the register of deeds. In his letter ho said : " ff, per chance,- I should ever brelik my resolution, 11 shall have sefiiirpd a home'for my:wife and children. I prefer, however, that they should not know unything of this for the present. If I live to come home, I will give Mary the deeds-Avith my own bands, if riot, you can do it. Now-'that the farm, is bought, you- had better stock it,' for I still stick to my motto, ' Not a drop more, .Daniel.'" " j / Another year passed away. By liiis time friend Edgerton". had stocked tho farm with young cat-: tie and sheep, tljo fences were put in repair, arid everything but the house wore a j (tidy appearance. Another remittance came, which paid for all the! stock and left an over-plus with which to repair the house. Curj>ent<sr3 were busy, and villagers who happened to pass that way found tbjitj 'extensive repairs wre going on^istill no one pre sumed to question his plans. These repairs completed, furniture fo'und its way into the house. A yoke of oxen were sent on the farm. The villagers were astonished to see the Quaker driving an elegant horse and riding,, iri 'ja new buggy. He received this short note one day : "i I have arrived safe and sound. Please go and get Mary and the children." > Friend Edgerton rode over to the next town and culled on Mary's father, and invited her and the children to go home with him and make a visit. The invitation was accepted and they returned .with the Quaker to his house. On the afternoon; of the next day he said : " Mary,. I want to go to the railway station. Thee and the children.can stay with ArDy.-" J He went down-to the station and fetched Daniel and left him at his own house, where he had previ ously conveyed some provisions, and where' he was to pass the night. It was dark when friend Edgerton, reached bis home.' - Next morning friend . Edgerton said to Mary : ";Mary, I suppose I thee has heard I bought thy. old 1 place ? I have got it fitted'upi and I the children shall ride over after breakfast and/see it. I think thee will likeSit;. ,J '" They rode oyer, and Mary' was surprised to see the changes vyhip had taken place. They looked over the house and the rooms. Over-the mantlepiece in the sitting room was a frame, and under ,the glass, in large gold letters, were these words : - "NOT A ItOP MORE, DANIEL !" Mary, on reading these words, said, " O,friend Edgerton,if Du.niel could have, said these words, and Stuck to them this beautiful place might have still been his." '.' "Then thee don't know where Daniel is ?" said tlie Quaker. - / " No, I have not heard anything of him for more than three years." "Thee would like to see him, would thee not?" " O yes, indeed t should." " Let us walk up stairs." j. - As they went np the front stairs Daniel slipped down the back ones and took his stand in the front room, When they returned, Mrs. Akin noticed a; stalwart man standing in the room with his baek to the door, and started back for an. 4nstarit. r The quaker said: " It isla friend,'Mary." - Dajiiel turned . around; but in the man with (the heavy beard and moustache Mary dipt not recognize her hisband. Daniel advanced to the step where Maijy was standing, and iita voice tremulous with emo tion, exclaimed : ' < - I I : Amy^ and addressing himself to Mary, said: ; ' | 'I Mary, this iome and farmVre thine. Daniei iss got the papers and will give them to thee. Thee c$n stay as'long) as thee likes J tl.ee will live"..happily once more, for that, pointing; to the frame Lover tho mantlepieieq 'Not a drop mo.re, Daniel,' is. his motto now;, and will be as ong as he lives." |. D^miel and 1 is wife fell on their knees before th 9JLord7 Their prayr ei-s were mingled with many tears; but in their future lives tbosepray ers were found to be answered. Several years had passed away since the above events occurred and Daniel Akin, now an earnest Christian man I'still sticks to his motto, '-'Not a drop more, Daniel !" G15MS OFi THOUGHT. A; good conscience is a continual' feastl They who would rul<v_8afe!y.miist rule with love, not arm's. -V. of riches is content ment; the worse of poverty,'low. spirits..^ ' j . :\ , ,.. Prosperity seems to ho scarcely safe linJ^SB it is mSixed with a little adversity. !*. . i ' " Some people use. one^half their ingenulty to get into debt, and ,tbe ;otber half to avoid paying it. Thoile aro many who say more than tho truth on some;occasions, and balance the-account with.their consciences.by saying less than the truth! on others, i ' ' . Ifjregim'en, equity and! morality werer well understobd and: conscien tiously practised, the physician, th^' lawyer and the clergym4n would be^spared a vast deal of trouble. ' FUNNIGEJAPHSv Sonaetbing about Sdogs ifleas. A dougbtnestic difficulty -heavy bread. ;j , ' Spring is on hand Lettuce have peas. -. k ' . ;' - Improving one's ti'me^ mending the dlock. '..' . - ' . It j takes a pretty smart inan to tell when he is happy. ! . ^^walking round with the baby at night. What is better than a.promising young man f, A-paying one/ When.a-man can't.find anything to do, he has lived lorig enough. Why is the sun liko a good loaf f Because it's light when it rises. Question for actors ^Can an act or be said.to work when he plays ? . In what ship has the greatest number of people been wrecked J Cdurl|ship. The man who doesn't hang out his shingle and advertise dies and leaves ho sign. ' Those who rise to e'mitience sud denly are very apt to come back on the next train. ^-: " Bashfirlness is often like the plat ing on spoons, r^- wbenj it wears off it shows the brass. ! - A -Spanish; proverb says : "A kiss without a moustache is like an egg without salt." " Why do you use paint?" asked a violinist of his daughter. " Eor the same reason that you use rosin, papaif' "How's thatP "Why," to help me to draw my beau." Nevada ice-dealers are already preparing to double their prices next summer, upon the ground that the crop will.be/almost entirely eaten up by the.grasshoppers. ' A man in Minnesota recently madea'ffire in his barn to.drive out the mosquitoes. [ The ifasects probably ^t out, but the man's two horses were not bo fortunate. They] went with the barn./ Halt on County Council Council met Bfarch 7th, pursn- ajit to adjournment. ThB, Warden iri the.chair. MeTnbers.presentr Messrs. Buck, Clay, Clemeritii, iFos- ter, Menzies,"- Mcihjrvin, Ramsay, Robinson, Warren, AVatson and ,YoUrig.; /: ','/: ' ' AUDITOBSjnEPOBT.^" . i On motion of Col. Clay,-second ed by Mr. Clements, -the 'auditors'- report was adoptei'and ordered to bo printed. : : -'/ ; - repokto. . -.'-" Mr. Clements, from committee ^school which-had.-bten pr^ioiisly ..- jnhder the management" of thoiotigfi- jy. "efficient teachers, whom, they ,. bad discharged bocadse they Tasked"- a reasbhabls increase .of salary, -He referred to.lhe -state -of 'the school, libraries' in th'e cojinty. The .best - was., at Acton,, which ntimbeneb!' about -t 100 vdliim.es, worth 01000; Thei iext bestj'was ,at v Qakyilfe,/ 600'voluriies. '. There were rvgopdjY libraries in two sections of Esques^/: iifg, and also oiie; at -Burlirigtdn.f. In' NaB8agavviH-a eaph S. S. had,; nominally A library, but they' were'/ seMdm-usea. ;! ,&e found it very- on printing, reported tenders:-had,'+ difficult to enforeethe hiwV in response to- advertiseriient, been received for printing the minutes, and tl.e work, had been awarded to Tlie Oakville. Express lh&- lowest tender. " :> ! , 5. Col. Clay'thought the comtnittee ought to"report before awarding the contract';. >'._ . ,. i Mr. plenients pointed out that it had been , the|express instructions of the -Council to get the work- done with'thd leiist. possible delay ;' and- coriHidering that fact, arid that there_-zer, B. A;, C. H. Lusk/aud/JSev-JfU if.. ing;-t|ie engagement of assistant teiuc'herrs.' The buildings and ground attached; used for'-school purposes theo.ughou.t tbe^/county, witbjj'ohei-' exception, provided the -accoirioda-: ./ tioh the paiv-required. . ,'J'i .< - BOARD OF EXAMIKERS..- j / -. .-. -Mr. Youn^f moved, seconded J>y" _- Mr-- Eobinson, that, tfife- following."r-- gentleijteri'Comprise, ttie boai^ji pf,/': e.xa'mirr'ersfor.tb.e;i)resen| year,; vis: Messrs.; Robert Little, P.;A. Swit-- vaa^^^__________ We" may here fell the reader children that are living are in yon-something that Hoskins did. not ? .An enterprising, grocer in the town; of Santa Clara, California, has adopted an original! method of business. Each side of the store is fitted up for, business on : its own- account. In the general arrange-T tnent each sidet is a duplicate of the Other, the difference being that one side is xash and the other credit. When a customer comes in, the first question asked is, " Do you wish to buy for cash or on account ?" If it is a cash customer, the goods and -prices .on the eash -side jarendiown, but if it is- one who wants credit, he is shown the other side, and for the first, time in his life, perhaps, niade to realize the value of ready money. ' Streaked Buttpr. The cause of streaked butter is in the imperfect working of the butter after it' is' saltedl Salt in butter sets the colorl dr deepens and brightens it; so thHtjif the salt is worked into the butter, and net bo fully worked h to salt every part,then the fresh butiec retains the color it had when it came from ^________ , the churn, and the salt butter grows ' Don'tTybi know me, Mary J1' so much idaricer that it is decidedly The remedy ?s. to work the stFeaked batter more tho^1 oughly;. ; -/_ ^----f- was np^'doubt g to the lowest tell- der, nothing could suffer by the. work being plac'ed'pro.mptlyjin the haiids Of, the printer. The adver tising of the'list of convictions was different, [and the con'imittee left that nia,tter to tlie decision of the Council. . 'Mr. Young 'said' the brily object aimed at byitbe cpm- rnittee was to save timet As re garded the advertising, be moved,> seconded, by Mi-. Warren,' that the Actox Free Press be awarded the bontractjfdr advertising the list" of convictions for the current year,' the tender frorri that office being the lowest of any in the county. There was. a lover tender, but that paper was printed iri Hamilton. ' Col. Clay' had no political organ to support; but if the only object tion|to;t&e.^[r//^tf was that it/Was printed in Hamilton, te thought that paper ought to .have the con1 tract! It made no difference if the paper was printed in. Chicago,, In his opinion.the committee /ought to. have ^settled the whole matter. Mr. Warren tbougbt'it would-be nnwise: to spepd anyScounty money outside of Sthe county. He; 'differed ft-onilCol; 'Clay. It did make a dhTerence/jwhether a paper was pub lished in Hamilton or Chicago or irj the county. All members of the council had or ought to have a greater interest in prompting'the prosperity Of the county than tiat of Chicago or Hamilton. It might be said it was a small matter ; but the principle: <*'as the same whether- the amiounfc'i of money expended was targe! or iiisignificant.^ 'TnyB Council had always acted upp$ thfs principle of confiding these matteii. within thk limits of the county. iThej Wiirderi thought the mean ing of] the wo|rd '" published"-could only applyi tola' Jourmj^/doinkaled in ih'e|couiityJ . The motion "was passed, award ing the advertising of the list of coriyictiona to the Free -Press office.-"-"- ' j' 'V 1 - ' j _ FIKAK^IAL REPORT. Dr. Buck, chairman of thestand- ing|;committee on firiance, presented their .report, which was-'read, and adtjpted. ' 1 ' ' - J8CHOOI INSPECTOR'S REPORT. '. pr.McG-aryin moved, seconded by Di-./'Bulok; that the report'of the Injector" of High and Public Schools'bo. received. . ,: . The report was received and qr- derM to be' i)r{rited with the min- utet;,.'-;, \ %, By permiss on, Mr. Little, the Inspector,]addressed the Council referring to the-'report just present ed by him. lie pointed out the fact! that there was a falling off in attendance last ye^r,: although there were a larger .number of pujiiis en; rolled. Only two per cent attended, school the year round. Thef ailing off iri attendance was two-per'cent.-' The besFatlteridance was at Oakville cent, .Milton came next, with 49: per eeiit, Nelson^ 45; Es- quesing, including A.cton^ 38;.and Nassagaweya, 37 per. cent,. He had [found in yisiting schools that in some cases the attendance was sq .bad- that entire classes: were sometimes absent. . This was the' 'greatest'evil thit militated against the prosperity of our pubjic schools; andJif the Council.could devise, some means of mitigating it, great good! Would result. He thought the &f\l was promoted by frequent changes of teachers, and the erigage- ment-of those of alow,grade.> The Council of public instruction never intend^ that teachers holding third class' certificates] should be placed in charge-of schools they were,^- be employed as I assistants.". -^h's was a matter Entirely-< under the control]of the trustees; although any ratepayerwuld.i&istand.com-' pel thelemptoyment of a: coinplejteht .person one holding it second .class certificite. '; The cause o( the jfre- quent change of ieachersVas purelj' I We! leave the reader to imagine what the meeting^ was. Ei-ierid Edgerton said he must go an|d see t Ti'femav'ne., i". -.-"'" ' J. . - \ Dr. McGarvin thought that Dr.;). !Lusk shoi'ld'not- be -.appoiritedlex?..- amineri He was one of the" high/, seh/ool teachers, and consequently , would send up pupils to be exam*.'.'"-'. ined. It hiight leadL to favoritism;;' ^ Th^ position of Mr. Svyitzer vj-is. , dififefeitt.., Three could do the. V woi-k,-; .; _.-.-' . -Mr. Young could not ne& the _--:. force of Dr. McGarvin's'objectKri., - The/examination papers had to; be" ~~ seni to the,Department at Toron < So that favoritism ; was' imppssib !e>. ,- -rJkl r.- NYarren thought; the gfisat > ppiiit to be ..secured was,-to secate efficient teachers. It was rather.. humiliating. ti> firid on the .autLori- if of the Inspector^: after the. very, *! " large expenditure of mohey^ nntary in.mariy instances:and copi-" pulspry in'mpre that.the workmg_, . of our educational institu.ti6ns ^ was"-;] ^.'. so-indifferent. /He donbted wheth- , { \ / er it would have beep, so tinder odr / old-, system: v The.'kti regblafjotos \ ' ] had ;turned"Ont of- tbe .profession - ' 1 ': large numbers of*efiScient teache^, ~*>. .;] and he looked to this; rather tain'.!. ,f, to low salaries, as tlie cause of-jthe ,--; j lackpf well qualified teachers, w&O '*"' '. ai though not possessed of high cbss .'certificates we're trained by long practicei arid were well, qualified\to;-.;. v teach' the h^apches it wa^^ most-;. j -. needful to know. Last year^.only/ .->: 23 s^cohd-clasa certificates were granted. L Tiis . left very few> :o, ' \ ; chopsefrpin. T!he exariihaers Vrttght V , to p*y greater attontion to ability -/ to, teach. It was !quite possible! for a teacher to fake the highest; S*er- J , tificat]e^and yet be ia. iTery.>-poo'r:;- " teacher. YA^ther refor'ni greitl/1' ' '. needed was that the, >potver'| be ~, granted to trusteesi'to allow'pupils ~ ? A" to confine their attention to'cerfain,-, _ j branches th*t~it was ttost neoea- ,/-./ sary they should know, 4nd exclride , ;' " I others. This could be done witb| ' '.. . - out ipterfering'iwith 'the efficfBnt " -.-V- working of a schopl ~7Be thought many! books were' placed iri-,s0bdol": libraries which he thought object ^oriirble. He referred! to work4 of * 'fiction^' ' .-'!-Jr. ^r|.. ]MrJ Little said the trustees, s^,-;- l^ctedi the books, and if objeciibil: ,, I. wias taken to tliejn tbey'alohe WefB-. ' - to blaine,' _ " '" I i', i 5- Coli Clay-thought it would) . be betteri that_ the :examiners be ribri-.-': t "-. residents of the countyj -as then. ' ( there Scoulch not possibly be.4ny:.-.' ;' charge! of favoritism:- Tha^ in his] %y opinion, was therreasori why per-' r *, sons outside the .county had hitljer-;, {' to been appointed. _ ' ' ' \ ! ! ^Mr, JMenzies said the reason Why; \hon--residents -Were appointed was/ ^because, there was ; none ; iri ithe; county^ who were; legally qnalifijed.' That-w]as the distinct ground taken- ' __ last year./ ., '-'. " I ."; The motion of Mr. Young \ras' tten pt# abd carried. / \/\ - " TRXFAtGAft AND ESQtrESlkG HOAl>. '-' cial.comniittee appoiijted,' 'to car^ry^ - '-. oiit' the resolution of! the' Coubbii r regardingi theTtollrgate on the Tith ) :[ line EsJju^sing, had mft the Presi- ,' . dent arid trustee's of the Bead Co; , They presented '.[]-. 8trpiigly as possiblei: urgHg upon .i th^m to yield gracefulljy to the itaii h; evitable^ and not frce the ooun|;yi to institute a : Suit against 'itieni.'j. ;The : trjustees'; then jhandsoajely 'y agreed to surrender all} claims, and aUowthe charter to lapsW after the-/ 22rid February, j He was-glad '^ inform the Council tha.t the who Ji matter was now settled, and ,tl; tcilf-gato removed.: J/" ; ] 'VTHfe' SAU.WAY DEBIWT'ORJBS.' / By permission ..of.tiiei'Counc^,./ itfeBBrB.; Williams; .Di.yfobt, and,%.jl. -Sanford addi-essed the Council j oh. ^behalf of the Hamilton and! Nortji Western-' Railway Cc mpaiy,i ~vrz questing that the.debentures' isso' by the County of ,Halt'dn-should delivered to tiieTratai.' I A lengthy dis<isBioiiihlB) j between "the roenioeniiqf it tation. and; theCoiinei -1 t : / r\-. i. financial in mosti cases./ He knew of Trustees, who engaged teachers hoidmgja third class; certifitjsto a,. .. . . short] timeV tojake chargd of i being opno^: to allow^ the 4ft