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iaimssxsshi 1 31 j 1 m mm jits l- ra 2 tkwuut hofaljcd jcw 10 188 the notorious petition the pwdoti document known u the anti 8oott act petition vras deposited in the 8berit office here lwt friday one day prior to the date advertised u the 28th wm a statuary holiday there is said to be about 35ot names on it oat of about 5000 electors in the county in ward no 1 trafalgar thirteen names are on the petition twice in icuon about forty ore nonresident repeated died removed non- voters and wellknown boott act men the petition is the clumsiet tiling ever exposed to public gaze names are repeated over and over again names are on it of men who have been dead nearly two years or who have been that length of time away from e country the same names are on the list o two or three different muni cipalities names of municipal voters are also on it aad after the thing has been thoroughly reriaed and corrected there will be scaroeltmore than 2000 good names left of that number there are many who will vot against the petition and this is the precious petition the people of canada have heard so much about that indicates a change of sentiment in tnis county upon the scott act jf iltok xcvn we had the priviledge this week of ex amining this notoriooa petition- it brings to light some strange and amusing revela tions it is one of the most disgracefully prepared documents that have ever been circulated in this coanty taking acton petition for instance ind it is if anything above the average in the matter of appear ance and general makeup we find it con tains ug signatures of this number 37 do not appear on the voters list at all ig never had a vote in the municipality i have signed the petition twice 3 are boys under 21 years of age one has been dead nearly a year and ailf and another for nearly a year several names appear on the petition of men who removed from acton over two years ago the expression waa freely made by interested parties when the petition was being circulated that the friends of the act would be considerably amazed if they really knew how many of the foremost men from among their ranks were tpgmng the petition for the repeal of the act an examination of the petition fails to reveal the troth of this statement we do find however that among the genuine electors who did sign the petition when it was circulated no less than 17 of thfn now express themselves as so thorough- it satisfied that the act- is accomplishing good results and that it is correct in princi- pie tiiat if a repeal vote really takes place they are determined to vote against the said repeal a thorough scrutiny if thfe complete petition of the whole county reveals the tact that at least 900 or 1000 of the signatures attached are illegal and conse quently cannot be counted there is cer tessly nothing very formidable in this mochtalkedof instrument of warfare and there is nothing in it to intimidate in the least the scott act supports of this or any other county- notes and comments the methodists and presbyterians are fraternizing in r ireland as well as in can ada- the c p b has reduced the fare from winnipeg to toronto and return to h9- this special rate will only continue for the summer months scott act 3tten do you know what you arer2 the ottawa sxji says you are a old maids and women without families thfs is antiscott act argument 1 in haltoc ft petition has been got up for a repeal of the boott act but it is well understood that this is done to effect the result in peel and other counties where the act is to be introduced there is not the least chance of repealing the actin halton orangtxiuc advertiser when a farmer finds wheat going down at this time of the year he looks around the granary fiids he has a few loads to dispose of and runsit into the market and cells at 10 and 15 cents s bushel less than he couldhavegot nine months before- this waiting for prices to rise a few cents when a general average has been reached is a bad policy xnninecseeoatof ten wheat reaches a maiimmn price in octobernd november in this country the- hoarding of grain by farmers- besides running the rie of depreciation in price loses by ratage and shrinkage and when the in terest xm money is taken into consideration ten centea bushel would not cover the l0h it has been decided to submit the scott act in lambton in february next every possible precaution should be taken by the managers of the campaign in order to avoid the disastrous mistakes that have is this and other counties nullified the will of the people the vote on the repeal of the act in halton coanty will be anxiously watch ed and the result of the- contest in that county will have great inflnrnir on the campaign here watford advocate- adviser thus it is halton is really fighting this question for the whole dominion and dur ing the past five years tins little county has pent more money in testing the matter than all the otter counties of the dominion put together bat our people are still working and are in every way sanguine and no county need have fears for the sue- cess of the act in the coming contest halton will not take a book seat on tiiu gaettlen sunday parades 4o to a editor of the ft prut dtir 8 ik the paiigrapn in the editor ial columns of the fa x press of yesterday entitled sunday parades drums ac contains the following statements every body in acton apparently sauctione and appreciated the military church parade and service on sunday morning last even the drums and band failed to disturb the con scientious scraples fcnd tender religious feelings of those citizens who a few weeks since interested themselves so actively in endeavoring to bring municipal authority to bear upon the officers of the lords army for the suppression of their parade drums ec there is apparently some illconceal ed sarcasm in these sentences and perhaps it would not be altogether uncharitable to conclude that the writer derived consider able satisfaction from his unfounded fancy that certain citizen of conscientious scruples and tender religious feelings felt and acted on the occasion contrary to their professed principles and previous op position to the self siy led lords army though i do uot amjertake to vindicate the sincerity of every one who condemn the noisy conduct of that strange organization yet i canassureyouthattnbse whoa few weeks since interested themselves scactively in en deavoring to bring municipal authority to bear upon the officers of the lords army for the suppression of their parade drums ac do not now admire them any more than they did then and if the said army be come again as boisterous on the streets as they were a few weeks ago it is quite like ly that the petition then drafted and sign ed by a good many will be presented to the council with double the number of sig natures attached to t besides this there is good reason to believe that not a few who regarded them pnoe with favor have little- or no confidence in them now i doubt not that some who look with dis favor on the obstreperous proceedings of the socalled lords army appreciated the military church parade and the music of the band list sabbath but it does not require much intelligence to distinguish between these and the unmelodious din of drums cymbals ana tinkling tambourines whereby the inhabitants of this village hare been disturbed for two months or so savages enjoy loud sounds and shoutings bat i could hardly expect any of the people of our village to be such barbarians if some of them did not make it manifest- by their approval of the clamorous proceedings of your protegees who profess to warship god by these noisy and fantastic antics ton are aware that christ the kin ft and head of the church alone has the right to pre scribe the manner in which he is to be served so all religions rites and practices which he has not authorized are willwor ship and cannot therefore meet with his approval you seem to think that a change affecting in favor of your friends and their grotesque wceedings has taken place because the volunteers headed by acton cornet band marched last sabbath to knox church to take a reverent part as hearers in the publie service of god but if you believe this which i rather doubt you axe altogether mistaken jthough you bo jauntily maintain that the conscientious scruples and tender religious feelings were not disturbed by the music of the band on that occasion 1 am able to inform you that i heard it denounced after i came oat of the church aas a profanation of the lords day whether this complaint was reasonable or otherwise is not now the matter in question bufclhe fact that the religious sensibilities of some were hurt though you assert the contrary consider ing your position it is not too much to suppose you to possess intelligence enough to know that whether the minister elders and members of knox church approved of the cornet music r not as the volunteers marched to and from the place of worship they were not in the least responsible for it because they had no power in the mat ter seeing the law allows commanding oflicerb to order or procure military music on a march even on the sabbath on special occasions and colonel allan as he had a legal right to do exercised his discretionary power on that day i also say in con clusion that were the people caflfng them selves the lords army with their paraphernalia and ostentatious pomp to march through the streets to knox church room would be made for them provided they behaved decorously in gods house and ov nothing that appeared as a bur lesque onotvine worship suffocated in a paper mill on tuesday afternoon an accident occur red at messrs barber bros paper mills georgetown by which a man named pat rick mcqrtw lost his life it became neces sary for soma purpose for a man to go down into the rotary boiler an employee named alexander went in and was almost immediately suffocated or overpowered with poisonous gas mcgraw went m to get him out aud soon succumbed to the same in fluences martin the superintendent of the mills then went in but was also over powered other men werer let down with ropes who succeeded in getting the three men out drs webster and todd being telephoned for were soon on the spot and succeeded in resuscitating first alexander and then martin but tfcgraw was too far gone he loaves a wife and two children and a widowed mother the watch clock house of gtjbijbirh still ahead with a new stock which can b how at rockwood newb from or ovn ciirrttpandint the ollowifltj record of the domestic efforts of a goose belonging to ifr john wright baker is deemed sufficiently in teresting to merit a place in the columns of the fbze paras this remarkable goose commenced laying on the 13th march and was set on ten eggs on the 2nd april all of these eggs she brought out on april 30th of this brood 8 are still living and are now as large as the goose herself on may 23rd she commedced laying again and was set the second time on the gth of june on 9 eggs all of which she brought out on the th july the goslings are all living now she has thus hatched out two broods of 19 gos lings within a little over 3- mouths mr wright thinks he is sound an the goose question and would like to know if any one can beat the above record the fine showers daring last week have been of great benefit to the crops which are now looking well in this section i hayiug has become general now i mr john mckab is raising a new barn i this week mr stovel raised one last week j in rockwood new buildings are in coarse j of construction mr d l shulte is build ing a new brick residence the first of iti kind harris and bro are preparing to baild a new stone factory to meet the de- mandsof their increasing business since the wool season has commenced it has looked very much like a fair around harris bros premises from morning till night dozenn of teams each one waiting for their turn are to be seen the stores too are busy and do business for a large area of country around mr motrie has resigned partnership in the firm of mutrie strachan mr k strachan who has been ia the north west takes his place mr knowles has returned from the xorth west and purposes opening his old stand again the eoxroonding country will be fully met in the harness making trade as this will make three shops for this village st johns church grounds are being terraced and when the prospective plans are carried out will present a pleasing ap pearance eaviscr leased better rooms for sit repairing department 1 oak uve vou better satisfaction thak ever wm s smith fearisgtht thi communictiou is 1 ready too long i close it and remib tool truly jd b cimttins joly i 1884 very little comment upon the above column of strictures is necessary on onr part ber mr comeron ihows that in one inrtanoe at least the apparau sanction of the banday parage ot the volunteers was not real this o coarse proves that we were wrong in concluding that firery citizen was soincicntly charitable io accede to the volunteers and officers in charge pore motives or their parade and attendance at divine service te are indeed sorry that there arc people in onr midst so disloyal to the nobie defenders of oar country a perusal o oar friends letter mast cause the reader to conclade that the mani fest intention of i the writer was not so machto correct the wrong impression re specting the anscumous sanction of the church parade as to direct a covert thrust at the lords army 31r cameron calls this organization pur protegees bat al though we are nojway ashamed to befriend any body of christians that has for its ob ject the amelioration of the human race still we are at a loss to know by what au- our protegees we mad their cause and we some ai their proceed- arrival ben we have t them with at least the army have the y should be allowed to vflege allowed other religions organizations of conducting their services in the manner they deem best calculated to advance the interest of the marterthey profcas to serve p they conduct thai oselves as decorously aa hae thus far characterized them en- thority he calls have never cham do not coincide ings but since thi endeavored to christian charil right and quietly enjoy the business brevities some raets about our bualaeaa kea and house of besefltso our ksneral reader ht from 75 cents to s250 at j fyfc if yoa want a nobby durable and cheap suit j fyfes is the place to go the largest and cheapest stock of boot shoes to select from is at xelson hcraee tape vonst our readers should notice advertisement of heywood co who claim an infallible remedy for tape worm scotch enrliih and canadian suiting a ret variety at the east end clothing store j fyfe acton suits and overcoats at extremely low rates and made in latest styles be sure to call and see them j fvfe acton dn staeas cobs asd wart solvdct k- moves hird wd toft corn dea sxte find harmless iuch bottle bag a brush attach ed to cork for applying ose no other sold by j e ilcgarvin druggist price 25 cent i i at this season of lie year there should be a bottle of pectoru in every house it is unequalled far coughs colds and hoarseness is pleasant equally safe for children price 25 cents at nil druggists 30 there are lots of people going aroaud grumbling and half nek at the stomach all the time who might be well and happy if they only used- dr carsons stomach bitters occasionally it fs a splendid blood puriser all druggists 50 cents 45 the triangle dyes have attained a popu larity unprecedented in the history of dye stuffs no wonder for they are perfect in all their shades 10c at j a mcgar viua drug store 45 catasrh is a raihful inflammation and ulceration of the mucous lining bones and oartnge ot the nose and air passages and can only be treated by direct application to the diseased parts dr starrs catarrh conqueror reaches all parts as cothing else can and gives relief at once sold by j e ucqarvin druggist 60c kot another pill shall go down my throat again said a citizen when i can get such a prompt and pleasant cure for my bilious attacks as dr carsons stomach bitters it renders the blood pure and cool and makes a splendid spring medi cine large bottles 50 cents 45 to be permanently estaemed toy article must have virtues so marked as to be plain ly apparent the good name of the tri angle dyes is evidence of merit they prove themselves always reliable 11 at j e moqarrins drug stote 46 timid llffcialae there sre bat few that have never suffered almost intolerable pain from toothache neuralgia or like acute pains to them such ap instant relief as fluid lightning is an untold blessing in time of trouble no disgusting oneusire medicines to be taken for dsys opeappllestion of fluid lbiht- ding cafes sold t j t mcoarrlns drug store m guelph nelson mcrae acton x ifcrae wycljridge writes i hare sold large qaantillfs of dr thomas eclec trie oil il ia taed for cima fore throat croup kc cud in fact or aur affeclioa of the tliroar it works like magic il is a sure care for barns vcoaads aud braises found a lu aa article that will gire catisfactiori hcmrirds pare couceatrated alkali for clcaninftaad scrubbing purposes printers ns- lieep washing before shearing and ala for uiakinx bard aud eofl soap a tioglfl trial is lut necessary to convince the moat skeptical if ts teal valce it will make the hiwririg f bright i uevc docs not crack uicyimu vat body who baa used it likes it it is pa uy n tii boie with fall dircctiok uud by oar special aggnuooly thruutrlj the dommioa sund- ard chemical cvi s puprictor- toronto ool- j e mchtrrin sole agent for acton andviciaily 45 backleas arnica mutc the best sale in the world for cats cruises soros ulcers salt rheam fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin erupttoas and posi tively cures emes or no pay required it is guaranteed toive pericl enlisf action or money rrfuuikri lnco 2occst per bor for sale bv j e mcgarvin 31 prominent among the greatest medica discoveries by the many cures it 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cloth hall our 8prngstock is now fully assorted comprising alt the newest shades in plain and fancy worsteds west of england trouser ings and scotch and i canadian suitings stvc cso assure our cuetorers and the general pablic that vq have this season the choicest selection of- goods we have ever been able to place before them aad iu coo sequence of the low prices prevailing in the wholesale markets we arc able to sell clothine at very low figures shaw crundy ilxbchast xllloss gnelph testimony il ages ob browns household pan acea being jicknowledged as the great pain reliever and or doable the strength of any other elixir or liniment in the world sboald be in every family bandy for ose when wanted as it really is the best remedy in ffceworld for cramps in the stomach and fains and aches of all kinds and is for sale by all druggists at 25 cents a bottle u notice to trespassers any peebon ob persons found trevpuslng on these premises by htr shooting die trill be proaeeuted tncardlng to law gabbiei wells acfon july c painless dental operations ttttalized me or nitrous ox- y ide gas for painless dental operations at the office ot c b haves vd tovsxls blocs upper wynillmm street grlxfh good stable fob hale mhe undersigned will sell x for a reasonable price the stable at pres ent located on her property on tredflriok sosst the bnudfng is of good solldtrame about m i m feet in alseaadbss a leanto is x feet apply at this office or to ubs edwabd moobe acton janet w early closing e the undersigned mer chants and bnaumesmsn of hereby agree to close onr iocti btudness at the hour of eight oclock intaeoven- ingsaturuayi axosptsdoii and after monday the wiaayot june ibm- hbliocarbiy nelson t mchae geo harul j b pearson kssnsy brosv jljafoxton tiusvhiil acton fust l to idwo aaaslett wfbrown wh howell majahsbe4moddsou tfihanubg oberuhn confirmation of the scriptures modem bmonce and reoent discoveries ancient records and monaments the mini of cities tad kelioe of tombe the greek tua latin cusaics assyrud in scriptions vnd egyptian hieroglyphics antkraa sculptures coins gems and medals the ordinance survey of sinai the late exploration of palestine the lit eral fulfilment of prophecies as attested by the writings of heathen nations etc ej ip which the plain reader can understand which the scholar will appreciate and which the skeptic cannot refute bt herbert w morris dd author of science and the bible qr the work days of god 4c this work contains over 1000 pages has 112 illustrations a number of which are excellently executed steel plates has 5000 scriptural quotations and also from 436 authors it is printed on first class paper and is bound in the best style mr wm cripps agent for the county of hultoo will call upon yon with a copy of this valuable work ia the coarse of a week or two below will be found testimonials from resident clergymen j the pmsoxine acton thursday june 27 84 i have cursorily looked at the work testimony of the ages by rev w morris d j and find it all that it recom mends itself to be both as a classical and historioa compendium ot very useful in formal lug the general take pleasure in commend- to the patronage of the public wjpigottsa incumbent st albans church thx afjuta acton june 16th 1884 mr wm grippe an agent ot messrs bradley garreuon i 4 co publishers brajufdrl called today with a specimen ottiae 7 thft ages in con- firmatioii ot the seriptnws and it seems bom noi jerous tsstimonials by ministers ot varion denomlnaaons that the work is vary vain ue and well deserves the pat- ronage of thepoblio dbgamebon knox church acton pils of white and grey cottons dundas shirtings cottonades brown ducks etc i at less than maaufacturers frioes f n job lines of iveods and suitings suits made to order froms i p perfect ft every f ime r job lines of boots and shoes iooo pairs to be rushed off at any price job lines of hats fc caps from 15c up ntnrsl ttk k- bad r 1 i s r eill i wnt b bii- r5 lab at we are hushing ofl balance of oar ilmlliiery tock at 15 per cent lese tlxan cost splendid value in sugars a nice bright raw su6ar 15 lbs for 100 k i sas we intend takujg stock in about fifteen dys we are deter mined to reduce our stock arid in tend offering big bargains in all unea- do not fail to secure some of our big bargains i remember our famous 50 cent tea iir trif nklson mceae i eivf-