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fv i a 1 1 i 5 i 1 ii i i i 1 t i 1l ii f 1 t t p w if ire j5- f if- ji ll isykry thursivay m iat te free press povm mtnr acton 1 oktaitli sumommok ratt 7- ont vkjlu si mokwu mots invariably in advance it not paid in advance j1 rvcr tear will be charged o paper dlscon- thftica till n tmn are paid exeeptt tho optional the publisher advcrtoinq ratt8 i be rtott stack on cotawu i luucolamn quarter column one inch i a in 600 ww 1m0 j n www lsbtt tw aoa1 i mo 100 cmtyoi associati m met town hxst thoi was go 4 atl mug patty gem gramme vas fail unusual oaturo casus dwrilsemeuts 8 cents pwtloefor the tint luwrttonna3watpfhnioroh sub- sequent insertion cash the masher of unci reckoaod by the space occupied measured by a scadooj kifidkonpareil advertisements without specific directions will be ibsertcdull forbid aoa charged accord- igy trwwitory 4vortinibtmnttst bo paid in advance tj change tor contract advertbwioutauiust be id the offloe by 9uu on mondays otherwise thoy tritt be ten brer until tho following week h pmoore i i tuvksmx moksiso marohs 1887 halton election the official niajprity ol mr waiie tbe beform candidate is innoaoced as 9 the sameasatfirstkm oa wednesday mr hehderson applied lor reconnt of the inuota the recount will take place within a few days rim iwclt iif than sabbath duiyentioa jln ay and friday 0e the to mly oarrit ontan bleatta wirt olioeablo of notes amd comments the ontario parliament rearoembledon taesday the united states reduced their debt during february by the amount of 3000- 000 gen vtolseley in a reoent interview ex pressed his opinion that an appalling war is a certainty in the near fntore hon john beverley bobinson will con tinue to discharge the duties of lieutenant- governor of ontario until the let of june alter that date sir alex campbell will assunje the office l record was thatwlthout a aiiexoeption every pei tou ssgnod apuoe on the prd framine m at hiik 8on very inu eatiugpa jra were read and addrtfjnr del hveredi ld tho disoosaioas therwn oaunoj but bo hi ljpful t those toaohon and sab bath sell ibl workers who were fortonato enough be present too first days sessions ere held in the congregational chqnh the pre4ideut mr w s hall of hornl ytook the chair at ten ocloeik alter devotional exeroues vorbal reports and praitioal snggestions were made by messrs f batch it coates it reid j harrisoi wm hood l grant s denny g b ktenody w kitchen b p moore and wnj s hall t the afternoon was taken up with a paper bj ltev a luohardaon of charon- bill on how to get ohuroh members to work in the sunday school it was an interesti dg eoaay and was followed by a ipititodjiiaooition kev dr moyicar of maemaster ball toronto i then told the convention how how ij taught the sunday schoollesson the drv address was one of raro merit he said no one shbnld be a teacher in a s s who knot present every sunday the work of die sunday sohool should be to lead pupils to tbe saving knowledge of chrhuja to develop and perfect the moral afad spiritual nature of pupis 9 to place them in right working relations to the external world to their fellow crea tures and to god and there is only oue means to be nse viz the bible he ad vised dependence upon the bible more absolutely and much less resort to lesson helps i the evening session was opened with singing prayer and an anthem by the ex cellent choir of the church reeve mcleod followed in a j cordial ad dress of welcome short and tjo the point mr p moore statistical secretary then read his report of which tho following is as t ioal lu form wtro ijgsstfd opinion of the convention very ably han fntheeveuiug address toa large inwhiohthe totheohujand to thrhomi a ol his points vemno4bjroa take iw plaos of the homi 0ii nday school should not bo the ehltftn ob liicb laiul child to christ as eoou as i b1eto love parenwhe i able to jove c utlst it is in youth that parmauont l itnprti ilous ire made make theildaiusjo to with tho word if 1 therpoks on web others uavo been wrecked uid the pat ui wo ihonldwiow are all nmrkod by it lods wordis itsownbost dofeuw pupsu a mid special temperanee sermons were preaoh- ed in all the city anglican churches of toronto oa sunday and collections we taken up in aid of the church of england temperance society it has been reported that jnneslhadbeen fixed as the date for the national celebra tion of the jueenvjnbilee the day will be declared a holiday and her majesty will attend a state- service to be held in west- jninster abbey the toronto board of trade on friday passed a resolution urging the dominion government to enlarge the canals between lake ontario aiid tbe sea nd to continue tbe reduction of tolls on export grain pass ing throngh canada it is years since we had a winter in which railway traffic has been so ofteound so seriously interrupted as it has been duririr the present stiasori the fail of snow has been unusually heavy and the alternating sum and cold weather has made it ex- trcmclpdifficult to remove according to records from the agricul tural college the average velocity of the wind for 21 hours from 930 saturday to the same time sunday night was 45 2 miles an hour atone time on- saturday v night about half past nine it reached the unusual velocitv of 61 milfw an hour some two weeks ago the hotelkeepers in bowmauville closed hp their houses and stables and sheds and seemed resolved to bring the temperance people to better terms happily the emergency was soon met the church sheds were thrown open free of charge boarding houses were ready to serve meals on the shortest notice and a room waspre- pared for commercial travellers to show their samples after about two weeks battle it was rumored that oneoi the hotel- keepers was willing to open on temperance principles this alarmed the rest of the brotherhood and now all the hotels are accessible as before this is a repitition of heltons experience milton kotwithbtanding the fact that the petition to thecoancil asking for a loaswas favored with the name of nearly every property owner in town whose signature was can vassed messrs moore mcgarvip have abandoned the idea of occeotiog a loan in connection with their trunk and satchel business from the corporation preferring to occupy a position whence they could not be charged by any citizen with having in any sense compromised their independence to ratepayers they have negotiated else where lor increased capital i they will for the present continue their business here and do all in their power to improve the town while engaged in extending their own interests u- ar 1 commenting upon the result of the dominion elections the dundas standard remarks the globe has the remnants of the grit party behind it but the mail has nothing loft except thejkohibition cry wbae that emoonts to inaiy be inferred from the way mr henderson of halton was treated by his scott let friends fin halton last tuesday to j say the least 1 thiirtf erence is ddfoir- sod the manager i if uot the editor of the mndard is well aware that tjbc inference isfalse mr headeraons scott act fid voted for him to a man else he could not have re duced the beform majority lin the county trpm3 in 1882wwie soott act cftl fixates upin priheipte vbtod against mr mckindsey because of liis iablttsktt pro feritfcs to 9 in the election last weejt i ttaelect6tsmm loiotirohiwcan i jiawienttrnr i there are sixtyseven sjabbath schools in the county fortyfour of which filled in and rettaned the statistical blanks sent to them this is an increase of four over ast year v denominationally tbe schools reported are as follows disciple 1 congregationl 2 union 2 baptist 8 church of eng land 3 presbyterian 11 methodist 88 thirty schools are kept open the whole year purteen from bpnng until about christmas the libraries contain 8545 volumes an ii crease of 2266 since last year scholars enrolled sjtl an increase of 51 i averajge attendance 24 w an increase of 4371 i teachers and officers 437 an increase of 53 jj i scholars who are members of the church 701 ah increase of 180 schelars who united with tbe church during the year 132 an increase of 10 funds raised for sabbath school pur poses 160435 an increase of 841419 for missions 30930 on increase of t2975i for benevolent pmrposes a an in crease of 5905 the report in its various details was the most bausfactbry and enoouraging ever presented before the association rcv prof mcyicar followed with an excellent addresg respecting sabbath school work in general he thought those not sunday school teachers knew nothing of the difficulties and discouragemento je urged christians to encourage teachers in their work fathers and mothers should feel themselves more responsiblei for the souls of their children there is a door in the i heart of every boy ana girl and parents can find it when sunday school teachers can not y morning revmicamerouof esented a carefully prepared piper ton hsnnday school literature it embraced wnfe very gwxj ideas and recom mended that every bchool bbonld have a permanent library committee whose duty it would be to select and minutely examine every volotpe alldwed in the library also that tlierershould be no promiscuous pur- chaasiof books but that they should come thiongh the committee from time to time during the year a valuable essay on the duties of parents as regards their children was read by rev b phillips he claimed that all children have rights and all parents have duties two important facts to be considered worth and responsibility parents fill the most responsible station jn the world parents owe important duties to their children and are under obligation to perform them parents should get right with cjod and themselves the hope of the world was a devoted and consecrated parentage owing to the relationship of the child to the atonement of christ at the earliest dote possible he should be made aware thai he is christs and never belong ed to the devil the mind of an infant ig a perfect blank and is japable of great development then train up a child in the way he should go etc this cannot be begun too soon in the childs life interesting discudsions followed each of tho above papers and were engaged in by delegates generally the first business of- fridaly afternoon was tie electipn of officers as follows r pnrsidkrrrlames raioh burlinrton istfvicepres b e harrlsi h george townil v miiriesixiuiraiii rlwari engeorge- itownjl vjj t stitnrricu skcsktajbv j s deacon miitoli men bad their names j laced on the i assess ment roll so as that tbiv could have a vote in the future mr brituell of toronto has had teams engaged ddring the winter hauling stone from the sixth line qa rry and pilinj them here near the statiou t as to bavo them ready to ship as soon a i building opei ations commence in the city he has nov over one hundred car loads eady for shii ment citlftev iiimehousc march lit 188 beuughttoglv to moijord work to takeau interest in mfsaioiis at home aiid kboad teachcri mitt bo llljad wjti i jthq tove of christ if tejwher has his brain and heart full ho wllljbb able to keoj his pupils interested the methodist ci lurch choir provided tousle for the evening an interesting interlude being a sacred eoo by mrajonnbhiliou j the sum of 50 was raised by thevi rlous echooli of the county for aid of the pro vincial association j the people of georgetown outertained their hosts right royally and did i ill in their power tot make their visit in every way pleasant jtud agreeable to mr it d warren the emoien and paiatwungpaeral secretary nuoh iredit is doe for the saoocss of the oonveition and to him the fhx4 press represen kative extends his thanks for oourtesies received at his hands t f ltmehoiifle news i froni ow mm correspondent one of bella cos agents of gielph has sold several organs to tho people of the village during the past two weeks- others be could not sell to he left them organs on trial one of our excited pi litioians who went to bed on election nigh i got out of led in his sleep and went out sn tho street o givo three cheers for bis fav srite caudidat e he soon noticed his mista e and skippsd for indoors one offactons busiucbs men who ought to know this village better drove tl trough here with a young 1 idy one mglt last week thoy wanderol around for some time finally they got iito the wooc yard and could not find thei way opt so neone happened to see their uistressj and dndly showed him the way out of town mr duncan mcdonald who ha i been residing in toronto during the pas year has returned tojjlimehpusc the lime mirks were shut dot n on monday owing to tbicj storm of sundi ty last which drifted into the quarries mr wiggins the township assess r for this year was hero lost friday astessingi the village property several of our young i 0 medavij iv i id good frewmw -rr- havebei refitted vf iih rockwood news irom ouroirn corrtupai dent messrs heughantv urric have leased from mr john moore t tie flour mill recent ly vacated by hay ward co mr s duffield of the railroad hotel is in bed seriously ill miss wetherald with her class gives an evenings ntertainr tent of readings in tiie town hall here on i riday next mr pike of guelph is paahhjg forward as rapidly as the weather wilt permit the erection of a large draw lime kiln near farrishs oatmeal mill the foot ball team from john strachaus school nassagaweyaplayeda match here on saturday with the rockwood sohool be8olt two straight games to rockwood miss annie black has returned to toron to after spending two or three weeks with friends in this neighborhood miss mcfarlane formerly of kockwood is visiting at mr john wrights what we noticed on election day that we didnt get any of tne boodle that the independents arc with the man on top altho the lower one is iunisnt gnts drawing tory and tories drawing grit voters to the polls that tom rold his vote to the one side for twentyfive and then to the i other for ten cents among the visiting votera alex mcmil lan parkdalc jobu lyall wyevale pr curry g f dryden and mao farrish toronto wm torrance fergus gabriel wells and john nelson acton xyz rockwood 3farch 1st 1887 i-v- johnny yo trawaw8 1 timlflsdavs hew advibtisi mjints tadgebow a carb k ontario hall 0 church sjtreet toronto offjuuokilohlrilm j01fiailwicl i cbtcaowi yittofby vi8hol ltioh o iakt- jtlce i heiej given tba the undersij who for snne time wero jbgaged iu una in acton m general mere uuiu uuder tbo nm nam of ms sbajla eaiq nuson have this day dissolved pal taerihlubyn utual consent bteph bn m ab8r am habitv edmond80n he moobkwjinei acton februm r ujh mism ipslf- 1 t politic il m eeting amsetlnof tleconservatiieh of acton and vicinity wffl be 1 eld in tbe towh hall ictoh os friday evening 4 th march lteiohtpii i a large tumpti t hi expected is bctlnesi of im- portaneeistobqbxongntloriard ob staceyjfvp pbebtoent acton vebysith 17 j the anniveri iry services church will be h bid on metho list church actohc- ii tho mothodist pheston suae oy marc 1 6th anniversary sen ions will be p reached by at 0j6 a jh a id 80 pjh conectioasat i ch service ill aid of the trust fund on monday yt i lost jtr hi aoks will deurer his popular lect ire on mna puddles this lecture u highly spoken of as ne of no ordinary interest- i ii ph1l1 ips i topebtktbxdenv aucpitonieaf svervthingtiist is ottractivi ami deoirtime i i jiivcuilo 1 tcraturv bottou courier a weekly feast girw in very fan uniou itiswoudcrful- uitwrealiii tcratuivbostoii if good uiiuft to tile boys and hy which ft visits- jlroomyii matloii oml intcj ctcbrwi a- l sin9icnullllllfriivecetllse l1i isi has wild tem- wul ex ictivk cojoirrrwi j bawlay ij well rood w- h young and tiusk oajiv uebobt coates and dr bates bur- lmgtc and w s hau hornby v j dl ie ate to the international potiven- fiooihrev b h abraham burlington ne conyentiojijojee associatiibn will behettatoar1bb i- ijlasj msm 1zz at 80 vjn mass meftiwojplohil- dre f as held andjbeywajajmfig a mo t phasing arid intvmabu by mi h- odoffeaeh1na8unay erta free pressings prom our oioiicdrrejxmdetit march has come rather lamb like tbe old saying hold good at the end 1 it doubtless surprised some of those red- hot politicians who were sworn at os- pringe last week on polling day speaking of swearing is there not too little regard for it in these days if it is right to swear atall is it not too j freely and frequently done i mr innes majority inospriuge division waa 58 in 183 it was 45 at ballinafad this yejtwty iu 188 it was jjft spour acton neighboare deni privilege of acithseh in the hooso itseemstbat 9 electors iu halton jecided theywouid better without abvjutbaekiw tetrjper iniatri a uttleladwhile coastlognn t hill near the sohool house section 12 had ij view m a probibilipu euiid wesupjoe f he tenfrnce elect uth elhgion may as well be sitibtled as not with the result of the ijilectioili erms assessors dutif tnenepuntil may 1st irtinlty4oti more fed the bui liis riaarehlstlf i- are 1 not ti com- givean t asse lament j mi-ks- yifusjpuus if- i scotch kngjjsji and canadian suiting i n groat variety at j fyfe81 acton u i hwshingtoijolrcps eminent throat and lung sargeon wihvextviitvartb atdomimdkhotlx monday 4th april j 887 catabmih thkoat cubed liisteti to w h storej esq of tbeflrui of w h storey 4 son acton glove mannfactnrorsio dit washington its yonge bt toronto tbii sib i sitsuro you i foci grateful for the radical cure you have affected ju my throat troubjeand though 1 dlauko bavins tny name njjoofl with thp testimonial bush ftj fot jj giin j aving a desire to roojguiie yet affected as well as uaving auesire to roc n the results of your treatment 1 uiaka a depar ture in this case prior tq my acqualuttuico with jpu i hod suffered for two years from repeated wnsks of catarrhal sore throat- each sneoced- itgkttsokheidgmoj pugwngaiidwoiili wmuehus feeuubalametrilsoiigut the best nkedlcal skill avallablaluclaulnga much uotetl specialist aud took almost everything known specialist sari jcbaugp did e good hut c ttrouhlowagronowed heoi 14s1misplaee thodgat iit6 tfouldbpiibdltyoti ngh x eonfoss with i pot much hope of ro- hfititiybenebiowever t waslavorably iiprssedvnjiybttraaute and resolved toirive s ifue-eemea- i two months 1 mtimied duripg ihigyou auvnilli6 f r tit flrtdtogv pletowwjahloo prhicbotb my- irst your modl- hiyaaaeniligftve relief lihur jrell aud- have so l unfatorswe season tomakewristuse shall be pleased votoiuysc isfifeiitobby jambs sttrton iidb j dsntist tovetf8 block opposite foatffice guelph i vitalized air pai n i ass ext raoti or i off eetll avtiflolaltethguarautoodperreot in appear ance ftt dnd use pine gold wo rk a specialty all operations strictly tost class l appointments madoby letter cotes iwitfiiliiiliif tos catakrh cold in head tily fever kajnrtoijkb igu4altoprp ifektyottrardj addresf actaqqjpffder or 50cteaadlj0a1fnot gist sent prepaid on receipt of price pulford a co broolkvh ont qalesmewtiiii mrmined man can succeed withug pepi wr advantages to begitmois stock on pletomoludingmaayfastsiingspedfalfii optfitlree address at auto kanietbtr naimli tlflil- at nous and mi wtedfroe do 4be work starji caullreatnouisaudlna1q tooteuionev tm world oappuotnsotam large nluiohp outfit and 4lay cstsybunothlugtoseifd audnudj but if you aro wise yon once at hsmibot vol sormaii r lb vsripus smesn with and tbm3 poats go prepaid 240 per year jol viii c itiiinicri vi e ww fifsijl i keniitlanccs ri oiild hi nc le by lwiithct monvy order or 1 iraft to a vol i cliauco of ips xetvspapfcrsfirt tiot lo cojy t his odvcrliseiiieut without the cijiinis orrtt of haiijku ft pnoihkiib address halljteit a- biiohehs xewyork e 1887 flarperfil youn ah illtj 3tbated wekly hiarens you e feowjs ba i been cauedivhe model of what i periodical 1 r yonhg reader o8bhttoben the jusuee f thisbbmmendv m is amply si stained by tl elavgedrculatiaii fhas attainei both at ho nciand in great tain this mccess has ieenreacbed liy thods that mi ist commend tbeuiscltes to the judgtneutof pan nfs no less t lin to i the tastes of childreniia oely by an urnest and well sustained effort o iuovldo tl o best and most attractive rcadin 3 for voting pcopl at a low ipricc theillueiratioiis are pkus kudof a coiihpicuonrlyhi hstmtrd of excellence x 1 victores inforr iu atlvocntcxy nbw -and- boalrs ceiling dego rations allnewfof at dayj sookstoitll 8wentvlbgv r- iaooo more engravings than found in niiyoiliii american diotkiniry it alo eentafnii a iho- grapueal dtettoanr givirig brief facta win- vwrnlng nearly loooojoted persons to these features we hare rowptetnorno contain bricfh doscribiai nndl i lbing t atursl pca of every part crthe cfob qifhb bf alfdaho tolftrlliuitlmpfji summb court oii i- vl offleejand is moicmeiilo s il f 4 su so in 3b utcs r by tbe leading fpltsge presltfehtsombo united tbs hwrtea bbm ma it is the iot wc- 1 tlonary of the language the qnarterlt berjer london ms- n ztsypssuomozextant th oalowt bmbilflmm sav it t the fiflmnw as the of the it is on lavalu audi itcplsce qc says rank ifaysi itiaiecogniied useful exlsthlg vrordbook ll langnagoa over the world leotanpanton m every sohool reside snamen pastb and sent prepaid- on applhntiati amoopbllshemr 6rib88ud jv mi t mitchell osstii j5 k prepared to toko orders for weavbgah kinihi of fancy bag feiftitr culph rs m i87 day sells c heap uarallelfi opferr jnp-l- the acton fbee 1 iucss 1 00 jioathe american j ortrbftttrutf english or german 1887 1 50 no sirjthe a av new pb nltry book foileverybody 256 ages 106 illustrations mostcot iplete work evpubihed itjo o- 4engravtags ho nes- of our farmer presidents i xl8 issued during 1887 each w irth l no 5lthe same issnea d mug 1880 forwarded postpaid ir atubepre paredforjthepurposesaoh worth 1 no 6 articles desonbin tbe en rtavingsof she hones of onr- ifarmer presidents written ev ressly for this purpos a by jamea arton donald gltoheu ik r printed ontii ited paper cjoupanxcm p4i traits a maeuiflcent pqrt rait of geu- iral grant from- hi 1 ist sitting jrand cabinet eie 18 by n nohes and engraynd 1 1 large es- ipense espeoially fpr subscribers no f to this cdmbjnamob a nd supplied i to no ofer persons fmcevt 1 not 8a bbperb steel plat 9 engfaviug i et a v wh irt size jroro a pb digraph by brady heganttyf monnted oir heavy mhlybmahed paper snif- ttblbwrftamingorlfoi the center- table erwe j i 00 od 00 5 fm iwillgivo gat ajacfipn to all fcrmershaud othera whi tiu favor mo i rith ihelr ptronagetl ww a it3hejli 00 ave will f trtjnish all the above bc 2 1 s5 l v to w etedway new ijr fnr waluug m sieoimea copy qv v mm apeoimetb proofs of the jtaanmnga ai1a boo m dd scfjol allkindaofwaj 8pccliil jeweljaflfl aciw4 tabasxrat j crumbs provided by th4 proisp mlliraery op board of ng a session of jtb held yesterday jwcajdnp goelpb has i ieuten josephs church i bjb koi eeadmj thfllaii heldinftej ontario ronto next wedibe there wastfi or in the lamb in day reriwhbidl in the methodffitf evening mr johni lot17 con 2 gihbons v tthere is a i izationof awo union in acton haitonfa oakvilleyiesterdayj 1 tinoo in session the spring held at the justice armour i merchants of 1 nerahip thel hernstreetbrob the blizzard day had the effej chnrchgoers frothl 1 it was a snorterjii mr wm kj the lot on mains smiths residences shop thisisijd a blinding j day sunday snow seemed to i drifted into the over saturday i jutant philpott s a brass banidl evenings th0annive dmchuftfe day sermoni and evening bv ml for au the di bfiice collector i2 dayheyaroi their office a grand methodist chu last i evening ij we notice the naij toronto mr ml j mrs john shi to georgetown j the eighth iij tarioagriciultiin held at the aril last thursday a attcucted a nnl on afpriculturei and discussed the thiol hl intention of gil tournament ai id a military re ie parade tradet at guelph abo it 200q in pruas mrgwl ronto has bee menttotheol tho county of i j partnership wit formerly of a j firm name is no njumaiisai f