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v f r twtwgj wbkkffllltjtmwmmkilik a volume xii xo 14 v is rinutki 11very thursday moaning at tnk free press power printing house acton ontario subscription rates ovkvmh nv six jiostusu wets tallhh months 45ctr tmariitih in advance it not paid lu advance jliwr v- v wil 1 be chargod n o paper dieoii- tivnod till all arrears arc paid eroopt at the option of tlio publisher advertising rfttes- sfxg jl r x na 1 mo no column i waooi 35001 a30w 7d0 half column w00 aooo 1so0 sjo quarter coluinu w 1400 t00 iso on inch njo 900 100 casual advertisements 8 cents per lino tor the first insertion and 2 coats per hue tor such sub sequent insertion caslr the number of lines reckoned hy the space occupied measured by n scale ot solid nonpareil dvcrtiscmeiit without specific direction trill be inserted till torbul and charged accord ingln tranvitorv atwrtiseimeutsu3nt be paid in advauee tj diffuses for contract advertisements must be in ll e ofaco in u a m ou mondavs otherwiso thev will bo kft owr aatil the following week h p moobe kauoran1 proprietor yuiq dadcd rnay r found enflle at geo v i jnlo rfirtn ronrll co newpaprr a muncburu 10 spruce stawhttv adrrrtulnf jcatract mar be made for it in new vorb- 3usiness directory w r ii lowry m b m g- p s graduate of trinity college mem ber of college of physicians and surgeons office and residence at the head of frederick street acton ce stacey m j cml graanate of trimtv univereitv fellow of trin ity medical school member of the college of physicians and surgeons omu campbells hotel ll bennett l ds dentist georgetown ontario ac mcklnlay l dfs surgeon dentist georgetown out uses the new system of nitrous oxide gas coiu- monlj called vitalized air for extracting teeth withoat pain having been demon- atrttir and practical teacher in roval colle4e of dental surgeons toronto pat- rou rii v depend upon receiving satisfaction- m anv opervtious performed will visit acton everv second and fourth wednesday of etch nioatli omct agnews hotel john lawson graduate ofon- tano yetermary college toronto vetcnnirv surtoa actonronf pffitt in kennv bros boot and shoe store resi dence inthe rear horses examined as to soundness and certificates given all calls night or diy promptly attend ed to terms eas tohxston i mcleax barristers solicitors notaries convey ancers ac 3pnvate funds to loan oitict town hall acton e f b joffiton wsi a mclian t acton banking coy storey christie 4 co -bankers- acton ontario a gunhral banking business tbansactkd k0n3yl0a1tbd oh approved k0tb8 notes discounted and interest allowed on deposits albert college belleville ont fw artered and opened in 1857 over v 3000 persons have been in attendance 170 students enrolled last v ear representing british columbia maxitoiu mn mo oc nkw tonk ontario and qriwi 67 diplomas and certificates awarded including matric ulation music fine arts commercial science collegiate and teftclicrs courses fall term begiiib sht 7th lt80 for annual catalogue etc address rkv w p dyer ma pros f business college gueleji ontario m emitchell solkirr cosvetcctn ac v oii ill first door west of the champion ofhee main street milton money to loan at 6 per cent s hilton allan baird barristers solicitors ac toeosto jtsd gtorgetown oiiiies creelmans block georgetown and so king street east toronto w ttuiln 3 snnto bv 1 baibi ca b ainlaxdlaw a co buastens a soucrron ofnec- over imperial bank 24 wel lington street east entrance exchange alley toronto- joirs bad q c c a mastes wiltjam ljjdlaw geobge eapfele patents secured for inventions henry grist orrvwacasuu 20 years practice no patent no pay w m hemsxreet llchnei alltiomer for the countie5of wellington audhaltou orders left at the fiiei pkls office acton or at m resderice in acton wiu be promptly attended to terms reasonable moet toloax also money to loan on the most favor able terms and at the lowest rates of in terest in sums of 9500 and upwards john day architect grtiph 0t okfke quceus hotel block market square tjlrancisnunan successor to t f chapman bookbinder st george s square guelph ontario mhe third scholastic year x begins september 1st patronage drawn from ten states and proviuces young men and boys thoroughly prepared for business pursuits graduatesemment- ly successful as accountants business managers shorthand writer clerks salesmeu travellers etc both in canada and the united states moderate rates thorough practical work and courteous treatment characterize the institution ladies admitted to all the advantages of the college splendid facilities afforded for tho ac quisition of french and german for information address m maccormick wtf principal lumber shingles and lath fttbe undersized desires to inform the public j that he has now on html and will kev tu stock a full lino ot pine and hemlock as well dfl other kinds of ltrnlirr also first and second class vine shingles a loath i coal wood having purchased the coal business of mr c s smith i am prewired to supply au kinds of stove coal i have also a good stock of w ood hardwood ash cedar and mill wood at reason able prices wood and coal delivered james brown acton ontario thursday september 30 188h new goods dayd bookstore -at- guelph 25000 rolls wall paper ioo sets lawn croquet carload express wagetjons bi6 stobk low prices day gells cheap guelph clhi hall s merchant tailors 11 vv i kimtlvkdtheir fire mutual insurance company of thl- cohntr of tteumiov i established 1810 headoffice cuelph insures buildings merchandize manu factories and all other descriptions ot property on the premium note system fw stone chas davidson president secretary john taylor asrent- heloi pause and consider that it will be to jour own interest to pat ronize home trade we would respectfully inform the inhabitants of acton and sur rounding country that we are again in fall rbniimn order and in a better poaitiou than before the fire to fill all orders entrusted to us to parties building lumber vill be dressed while j ou wait and mouldings ac made with neatness and despatch n b- we are also prepared to fall all orders for first fal instalment j new l goods shawcrundy merchant tailors guelph wellington marbfs works quebec st guelph john h hamilton proprietor wholesale and retail dealer in marble grauito ajnd everything pertainijig to cemetery work direct i importer of all kinds of granite and marble i account bookb of all kinds made to order- periodicals of every descripti6n carefully bound rnling ueatly and promptly done john j daley baccessor t thompson jackson money to loan on farm property at 6 per cent mortgages purchased money oaned for parties id mortgages and other security conveyancing in jail its branches properly and neatl done charges low farms and city property lor sale list with farms for sale sent to all parts of the dominion toinendingpurchasers and cir culated in europe european capitalists wantmfarras in ontario will be sent di rections through our european agencies farms wanted for onr lists correspon dence invited office near the post office guelph ont rphe hanlan barber sh0p mile stbeet acton au easy shave a stylislr haircut a good seafoara an exhilarating shampoo always given razors honed and put m firstclass condition ladies and childrens hair tastuy cut j- p wqiiukn tonsorial ar jawe8 stirton ldflut dentist honor graduate and member of the ontario 1 college of dental surgery pftiafcas extraction or no charte ambmt teeth perfeot id appearance aad verrset written with omceltp pumps on short notice and from long experience in the business we feel confident that we can give satisfaction every time so come on with your order and help to roll the ball along money makes the mare go whether she has legs or no i tiios ebbage manager aotqn liverysalr stables john street acton wm e smith proprietor mr smithhas purchased the livery business of mr hb mccarthy which he has removed to his commodious stables on john street in the centre of the business portion of the town mr smith has had lengthy experience in this business and feels confident that he can give satisfaction to every patron anyone desiring a oobercll plea- sure or company biff can be supplied with a firstclass turnout on the shortest notice t 2utptt fm rss thchbday moms in g skptkudku 80 1880 poetry look up look np i the world is wide on land andt sea on ship or shore tlioro is no rust no rest a heart throbs outward from each human breast and moves it onward to ita destiny what if its hiddon doom must end indeath why meet it bravely with tho honest thought i of no rood deed undone no ruin wrought to kill the hope that soothes a dying breath ho who would soar fromdarkuess in to light and likeiparus mount on waxen wings will novev reach and touoh the golden bprsuga that open tho gates which oloso upon tho night who rises lifting others up with him is strong indeed within his call or reach j aro hands that aid him hearts that help hinvteach what ho has learned himself and taught to them wo build our thoughts liko mountains to tho clouds tho mvstcry of our being still unsolved save that no know tur lives are not evolved for the sole end of filling empty shrouds william wartl ik acic orleans timtt- de irtoei nf our story how they made money price three ce3tts mrs chosnoy oried herself to sleep that night and wakened the next morning with every bono instiuot with shooting pains and no wonder said sponoon thores a foot of water in the cellar wo mubt have it drained said mr ohcsney with an uneasy look but thores plenty of things to do first and now began a reign of the strictest economy mr chesiiey himself paid for everything with ohecks and not an article came into tho iioubo or went out of it with out his cognizance new dresses were frowned upon spring bonnets were strictly interdicted orders were issued that old carpets should be renewed and broken dishes repaired with cement and quicklime save savo savox that ib the chief thing ho kept repeating briskly wo menfolks cant earn they should try their best to save its allvory well for papagrowlod will jh goes i to the city ovory day and sees something ibesidcs the pigb and the dead apple trees needs it and ltosiej thoy cant objects and he orders a new suit when he look at mammas patched gown s dyed bonnetstrings 1 why evon go to church thoyro such tie gets his lunch at a restaurant having intel j visited the day of fundygranito quarried and 1 ividr purchased the entire stock of gray dud rod granite monuments headstones crosses orns etc of alexander taylor at les than cost i ill until further notice sell at prices never be ore known in ontario for in stance granite monuments 0 ft high i00 7 ft 75 8 ft 890 0 1 1 8100 10 ft k120 all work and material warra ited antclass parties wanting anythlrigin this line will do well to call and soe me beforepnrc losing elsewhere as i guarantee my prices aro from 30 to 50 per cent below all other dealers acton- meat market xtatleige crosson iiutchers have purchased the business of mr r holmes ant solicit a share of public patronage r the rhemb irs of the firm are praotical batchers anq are prepared to ensure their customers thorough satisfaction there will always be found on hand a full stock of all kinds oi meat ac in season we have 8ttlec in acton to stay and feel satisfied that by transacting business upon busines i principles we will win pablio confidence at d support rutledge crosson acton feb othj 1886 horses boarded and 8old terms reasonable i wm b mith donft read this the undersigned is prepared to furnish on the shortest notice in any quantity i and at bottom prices firstclass lumber jlath8tave8 head ing shi ngles wash tubs churns butter tubs porkbarrels wood also flour and peed and anything in the line of farmers house- or contractors necessities 7psgsotmoor1 pack up your things as soon as you please my dear said mr chesuoy were going to move on saturday j mr and mm chosnoy were a matri monial firm there was no question about that but mrs chesuey had always been a silent partner if ever get married said klma a bright eyed danghterof seventeen i wont be put upon as mamma is papa is a regular despot thats what papa ib de cided will a tall stripling of fifteen but gasped mrs chesney what is to become of the childrens education theres a very good district school in the neighborhood not more than a mile distant explained her husband aud the exeroise will do them good and what aro we to do for society pshaw i said chesney i wouldnt give a rap for people who cant be society for themselves therell bo the housework to do you know nobody keeps a girl in the country and plenty of jobs about the place for will and spencer i shall keep a horse if i can get one cheap for the station ib half a mile from the place and ive bar gained for a couple of cows and some pigs will and spencer looked askance at each other itll do us good to walk a mile to school muttered the elder but father must have a horse to carry him half a mile to the station thats fathers logic all overobserved spencer while mr chesney explained to his wife the various advantages which were toaccrue from tho promised move its unfortunate said he u tlmtlilma and bosio arent boj s such a lot of wo menfolks is enough to swamp ny family men now can always earn their bread but we must try to make everybody useful in some way or other its so healthy you know added he aud the rent wont be half of what we pay here are there any modern conveniences about the place timidly inquired mrs chesney theres a spring of excelleut water about a hundred yards from the house said her husband have i got to walk a hundred yards for every drop of water i want said she and a large rainwater hogshead under the eaves of the house added mr chosney and ive already got a bargain jn kerosene lamps as for candles i am giveu to un derstand that the good housekeepers there abouts make em themselves in the molds theres nothing like economy now i do beg to know abigail he added irritably what are you looking so lackadaisical about do you expect to sit still and fold your hands while do all the work give me a woman for sheer natural laziness i am not lazy george said the poor wife with a bewildered air but all this is so new and strange at first but ill try to get accustomed to it ill try my very best i nevertheless rosie and elma and their mother shed many a salt tear into the the trunks and packing boxes on top of the woollen blankets and rugs and piles of do mestic linen i hate the country said elma id as soon go to prison and done with it oh ellie dont talk so said rose there are wild roses and robins there just as one sees on the painted plaques in the shop windows and perhaps i we can have a flowerbed and some dear little downy chiokenb i but the first sight of mullcinstalk farm was dispiriting in the extreme between rock and swamp there was scarcely pasture for the two lean cows thatmr chesney had bought as a bargain and the hollow- backed horse which stalked about the premises like some phantom buoephalns the appletrees in the orchard were thre quarters dead and leaned sorrowfully away from the last winds until their boughs touched the very ground the fences were all gone to ruin and the front gate was tied np with a string is this home f said elma with an in- desoribable intonation in her vqicej well get things straightened up after a while said mr chesney bustling to drive away the pigs which had broken ont of their pen and were squealing dismally under the window hives under tho hollyhocks for it was there that walter asked mo to be bis wife i and mrs chesney tearfully kissed her daughter she too had been happy once and had her dreams it was to be hoped that walter penn was made of different metal from george chesney i to elma however all the world was coiffeur dc rose had she not the eternah talismaus of youth and love and ue eat cold beans and drink rfandelion coffee and sage tea boysf fluttered rosie ive an idea mary penu who lives ou the next farm you know camo to see elma and me yesterday papa is earniug his living weh earn some thing too i should like to know how muttered spencer i might go out somewhere as farmhand if it wasnt for that wretched old horse aud the pigs and the woodchop- ping and v oh but there is something that wont iuterf ere with tho work nor with the school said cheerful rose just listen all i ask of you is to listen and the weeks prew into months and the red leaves eddied down in little swirls from the elm trees and pig killing time came and with the aid of a lamo oneeyed man mr chosnoy laid down his own stock- of pork and sausages for the winter with a bcuso of being triumphantly economical the family had left off complaining now apparently they were resigned to their doom but there were some things that mr chesney could not explain at all a new rug brightened up thodismal hues of the parlor carpet rosie had a crimson merino dress trimmed with black velvet bars elmas autumn jacket was edged with substantial black fur and climax of extravagance mrs chesney had a now shawl in place of the old broche garment which had been her mothers before her he looked over the housekeeping books with renewed vigilance he consulted the stubs of his checkbook with a glance that nothing could escape i i dont kuow how they manage it said he scratching his nose with the lead pencil that he always carried i hate mysteries and i mean to bo at the bottom of thib before i am on hour older ho took his accountbook nnder his arm and marched into the kitchen where his wife was clearing away the late supper abigail said he how is this ive given you no money how have you man aged to smarten yourself and the children up so i wont be cheated by my own wife klma set down the pitcher which she was wiping and came and stood before her father with glittering eyes and cheeks stained with crimson like a flag of battle papa she said you must not speak to mamma so mamma would not cheat you nor anybody else its money that we have earned ourselves thsrel now mr chesuey started at the girl with in credulous eyes atidif you dont believe it come and see how said elma fhngiog down her towel mary penu showed as she told us everything and gave ushhe first swarm of bees there arc fourteen hives down under the 6outh wall spencer sold the honey for us and we planted all the nice flowers that grow down in the meadow that you said was too btony and barren even for the sheep to pasture upon and will dug tnd hoed around them after the work was all done and we sent boxes and bouquets of lilies and verbenas to the city every day by mr penns wagon and we gathered wild strawberries before the efcn was up and got cherries out of the old lane and the money is all ours every farthing of it honeyr eh 7 said mr chesney staring at the row of hives for elma had dragged him ont into the november moonlight to the scene of action well ive seen these many a time but i always sposed they belonged to squire perms folks and flowers and wild berries i didnt think there was so much money in em believe ill try the business myself next year queer that the womenfolk should have the start of me and after that he regarded his family with more respect the mere fact that they could earn money had elevated them immensely in his bight bat when spring oamo he lost his ablest coadjutor miss elma incidentally announced to him one day that she was going to be married to walter penn the next week and mamma is coming to live with us added elma she cant stand the damp house and thib hrd work any longer but mrs chesney did not go to thepenn farm mr jhesney hired a stout serving- maid aud laid drainpipes uuder the kit- ohen floor ifhib wife really understood her business so well it was worth while to keep her wetl and active he considered i couldnt well leave papa yoirknow said mrs chesney to elma he means well and now that rebecca beokel is com ing here and the kitchen is dry we shall get along nicely i wouldnt go back to the oity for anything now nor i either said elma and oh mamma i shall always love those bee comeatable knowledge euowledge is power but it must be comeatable some people have a facility of acquiring knowledge but no faculty of applying it who has not seen the book worm who knows everything yet is utterly helpless and cannot take care of himself any more than a baby if your knowledge is packectaway so that you cannot come at it when it is needed you might as well not have it at all here is a case where knowledge saved a young girls life three young people a young man and two young girls were out in a sailboat a sudden blow capsized the boat and before the three were taken out of the water one of the young girls was to all appearance drowjuedi tho group of summer boarders that nat and sad never seon a snake before and this morning they came run ning into the house very much excited o mamma mammal iried nat theres a tail running along out in the garden wifont anybin on it youths companion making dctteb a little- city boy who had just returned gathered around the dripping form as it ffrom his first visit on a farm gave this de lay ou the sand knew not what to do but a boy of sixteen quickly pulled his coat off aud rolled it up placed it under the drown ed girls shoulders he turned her on her face and cleared her mouth then on her back with her shoulders raised by the coat and opening her mouth he pulled her tongue out and asked someone to hold if then he raised her arms above her head and moved them slowly forward next the arms were drawn down to the sides and then crossed on the pit of the stomach then the arms were raised again over the head and theso movements were repeated again and again all tho others stood round helpless bat in ten minutes of this kind of treatment there were signs of life some ran for wraps and some chafed the cold hands all uuder the direction of the 16year old boy who had somewhere read and remembered directions for saving a drowning person a golden wedding fifty years oweddecllife half a century of bliss since we first were man and wife what a consummation this through the sunshine and the shower bound by golden bands in one handinhand in darkest hour we the race of life hare run i- true to vows f early years faithful to each others love yet with tenderness and tears ripening for the courts above years of joy and love and peace full of happiness and trust learning- as the years increase god is ever wise fend just soon at last bis voice will call one or other hence away still remaining ose through all wedded thbouoh etepsitt j- the little folk a good case a well dressed stranger walked into the office of a dakota lawyer and real estate agent and said suppose a man made misrepresenta tions to me about a piece of land he sold me what could i do about it have him arrested for obtaining money uuder false pi etenses if he said it was good land and it wont raise white b ans he could x heavily fined and that here wasnt a stone on it and i find yon cot id build a stone methodist church off of svery acre imprison nent sir he would be lucky to gfet off witl five years thats wl at i thought now if he said that thei 9 were good buildings and there proves t o be only the latticework off of a bale of h y why my dear sir nothing short of fine and imprison nent and pleuty of it too j it would be a clear case u much obi ged i had about the same iileis myself well hold oh dontt you want mo to take your case oh no i guess not you see it was a piece of land you wrote to me about and finally sold me ive been out looking over it and have retained this other man across the street to handle my case i just thought id step over and get your views on the subject too well good morning ill see yon at the trial scription of butter making yon ought to just see how auntie makes butter with a barrel and a broomstiok 1 youths companion j aljobs my boy said a- west end parent not long since who still believes in the old fasliioned virtue remember that yon will never lose by politeness but father i have contradicted the boy now what did you ever ioso by being polite demanded tho parent my seat in a car eagerly returned the youth instruction was discontinued for the rest of that morning ajbany argus fbutktcxi sociabujty a mild mannered young lady moved gentlyup to the counter in a scronton drug store yesterday and in a musical voice asked the medicine man please let me have some insect powder an unobserved urchin who had been standing close by managed to hear the order and astonished the fair cubtomerby asking aloud are you troubled much wid bedbugs mum in this hot weather the lady gently screened her embarrassment with a blush and remarked to the grinning dmggibt that childhood was sometimes very original scmalon truth summing up all bubiness men give a yearly account of profit and loss amateurs may want to know how my accounts stand as regards my garden the past season i have spent 306 happy hours allowing two hours a day among my plants i cured a heavy cold and warded off a severe attack of catarrh by working in the open air i had twelve beds of plants that furnished me blossoms from early spring to fall 153 bouquets for our table and as many more given away have been picked 1 have made twenty- five corsage bouquets for as many young ladies and given twenty young men a bunch of rosebuds for their best girls i have liberally supplied the plant beggare and been supplied in turn i have received 208 packages of seed by the exohange columns in the different agricultural month lies from almost every state in the union received many letters from plant lovers and written many in return have 16 rooted slips ready to be transferred to my hay window octl have allowed the sun and air to paint my face a rich brown color the end and aim of so many fashion able girls at the seaside my interest in plant life has so increased that i have sub scribed to four agricultural papers and spend my leisure time reading them i have learned lessoub of patience hopeful- neb8in trouble and oheerf ulness that will carry me through a long winter of cold and storm no use for bustles to know how ridiculous a fashion is let someone rig herself out in the style of past years we look with scorn on the immense breadth of skirts worn some twenty years ago but pity will be added to scorn a few years from now when someone finds a bustle in the garret how disgusting the coming woman will say as if god didnt know what a perfect form ought to be without sticking a protuberance at the end of the spine and as she will be versed m all the rules of hygiene she will have profound pity for the ignorance that would submit to wear anything ecr heating as the mass of rags wire leather and wads of papers now used to make a goodsized bustle all the dry goods stores display them to the unblushing gaze of crowds that enter the store and a yoong girl will buy one from the gentlemanly clerk as calmly as if it was a pocket handker chief and now bustles are advertised with traveling bog attachment a woman can pack away her night dress brush and comb v powder box and 6 witch also a change of collars and a book or two a woman was arrested for smuggling not long ago and her heavy bustle wastiaken off a tight ly fitting cork palled out and nearly a gal lon of trie best brandy poured oat muoh to her chagrin and mortification how corsets support my own corset theory is this all corset wearers are more or less injured by the practice the injury being in exact ratio to the tightness of the lacing any physio logist will tell you in what respects and to i what extent the support the corset gives the spine enfeebles the musoles whioh are necessarily off duty naturally therefore one grows to depend upon them and to feel flabby and helpless without them and in my humble opinion their inventor was in spired by the enemy of mankind in propria persona gauih giurros cupid versus cupidity it was a maine girl of whom the story is told that she refused to i marry a most devoted lover until he should have amassed a fortune of 10000 after some expostu lation he accepted the decree and went to work about three months after this the avaricious young lady meeting her lover asked i well charlie how are you getting along oh very well indeed charlie return ed cheerfully ive got if 18 saved the young lady blushed and looked down at the toes of her walking boots and stabbed the inoffensive earth with tha point of her parasol i guess said she faint ly i guess charlie thats about near enough i a shrewd boy a jar of preserves had effected a very mysterious disappearance during the night and the fact was mentioned at the break fast table next morning denials of guilt came from every side but it was noticed that one particular youngster was silent l and what have you to say georgie finally said h is aunt turning towards him and then very honestly and solemnly came the response j f my pa dont allow mei to talk at the table i holloways corn cure destroys all kinds of corns and warts root and branch who then would endure them with such a cheap and effectual remedy within reach a nntlonnl evil there is no question but that dyspepsia is the national disease of c ur country and when complicated with diseases of the liver and kidneys is the use of untold misery burdook blood bitters will al most invariably oure the worst case known 1