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the files portray the early life of acton as a young and enterprising country village fire completely destroys grist mills passing freight train whistles warning april 13 in the grist mills of miur c and l to i ton situated unit milt mtt at this vllujrr iut known us thr irn tjiwum mill wrn rft ilmynl by firr about flvi o clock lat friday morn in thr employer uf w pacing frrlgtit train seeing the firr and nobody p tan ntlv iwirr of it gave thr ularm bv a prolonged whistle of thr tnglnr thm had ihr rffeot of arousing thr residents of the vlctn tv wio fountf thai thr whole in trrtor of thr mill waa tn flamra and that nothing could hr donr to aavr it or th run i en is th y al oner umrd thrlr attrntton lo mr tol on i rnldrnrr whirh is only about twrnty feet from thr mill and tiv itrrnunui rrrttnni saved it from ihr devouring element at onr tlmr it waa thought thr houar would havr lo go and thi fiirniturr wax all removed whrn thr millers menses r 13 liott and t imb irft work thr night before thrv locked thr mill but uhrn ihr flrr wu dlarovrred thr front dkr wit rtandlng wide prn and it u supposed that a tramp or tram pa had gained ad mittanrr and probably whllr in tnxirated had ace idrn tally flrrd thr tuildinjt to substantiate thin be- hef a hrap of rharrrd rrmalni having thr appearance of human hoir an found in thr ruin on saturday a ft r moon but thry wrrr yo badlv bumrd that it la impos siblr to sav w hrthrr thry arr the remains of a human brine r n no other reason ran br glvrn for ihr flrr late cold night animal disgusted march 15 1177 a oung man from thi rou n try who altrndrd an ntrrlainmt nt in ailim a frw s is ht inrr rot into rathrr an awkward fix before hr reached homr llr had taken thr young lady who had accompanied mm u hrr residence and had lrfl hi horse ktandlnft bv thr roadside whllr hr wrnt into thr houar tn warm hlm- wlf and talk politics with her mr rrmalnrd rathrr linger than suited thr animal idi as of thr fit rmhu nf thtngw al inch a latr hour of a cold nigtit and whrn he returned to thr road id r lo thr rig w a invmblr thr hormr had rlthrr broken awav or had brrn un fantrnrd h mime mischievous lndl vidua and trnttrd off homewards thr young man uas thus compelled to trudge four or flvr mil throorh thr slush and snow mcgarvin reeve defeats henderson nomination drrrmhrt 10 i7s r or itrt r p hi nth rstm ir mcgarxtn for fount illor john sprtqht edwnrd nicklm john si cord cha s smlb jfcav i thrltlr homer hair rniimftii adiims thnnms fb bagt hi chant i unlit on dunrun ki nnrdv r lictid tnmiiti v t ii fi hie iv mcgarwn councillors john s t ord u d christie richard hamilton c s smith wristlet party entertains novelly frrrujru 15 1177 wristlet par ties arr thr latml thr ladlrs fur nish wristlets and rach pair i numbrrrd onr of rach pair with thr number la put into thr box and mild to thr frntlrnwn by a com mitter and corresponding wristlets with thr numbers arr worn br thr lad irv thr fun commrncrt w hrn iarh gentleman buy a rlstlet and finds thr ownrr of thr matr to it to whom hr t to pav attrntton during thr ev t nmj last toll gate in vicinity withdrawn marks advancement of municipality junr 4 lk0 on iniiv night t iiiki but not t ry wrlous it if imiikiji i w i oininltlrd in mir o uklly quirt lutlr town thr i liikl mmiki four ir five lmo umi tb it print ipl idra arrrns to imvr l n lo obtain a hk nipplv if pmmmnn tlry firxt vmt1 ttw ifuliiiir of mr sato u rl mixtt i t otrnnj thr crllar fit m an t r itiir b lprd thimuhti to t oi m vt ral loavn uf bread and i kh k tontainlnc flftrm i r twenlv i- und of butt r thrv then pr i ili1 to hn midflev and after i 1 uik a ludib r nt an upttalr window prim ri1n1 to enter but w re iitirmi 1 ly onr of the in rii tt i jiwakirik and lighting a lamp t n t pi are at whuh thrv lie1 thl or mr m knnedy her th tin v mmmiin of a teapot a i n nt iiiiiik o mint of knr i t ii ii r of km ill rnh and then timjht mi lliiuv smith w the next v ii inn nnd hi re thr un known vimiiii w it ii httli mi ik hi thin at th iithi r plnrea after jnniiik j1nihtane bv a hark door th v prorndrd to thr brdriwm u r mr smith and wlfr vere li n1 tkk mr smith a p- kttxhk ontalnlnk iix dollars and h niimlm r of paprii out of hi pant ind hi hilrli from hut m nt po ki t th w ilih a up ndul fnillh leer w is ii ft on thr atnvr letwrern the two ftit irona aftrr helping them- u to anoth r lot of mijrar thry tikk th ir have this is thr ex lint of their work as far ai wr ran trrtain no rlix lo th tw bank co formed henderson head intuit ix ikffl to mri i the ilii increasing drmand for more un rnirnt banking farllltlm a partnership hai brrn formed by w h storey d ii chrictir and d 11 ndrrson under thr name and slli- of storry chrintlr and co who shall on or about thr first of s pti mhrr br prrparrd to nprn a binking office in acton for thr tr insertion of grnrral banking busl- ii ss such ni collrctlng and isiulnf drifts discounting notes draft ic mil rrci ivinu monr on drpoalt t n the most liberal trrma thr tiuln s shill br drslgnatrd thr i ton binklng co and v ill br uncti r thi manaffrmrnt of mr hrn rl rimiri 17 l6 the t ii gute on the mioilh line of kwjuesiiig tti ority ne thit ha been in ri itriiu in hall ii for inanv rm ha al m un nmoed iv 1 may now travt on the only few nillra f ra t 1 loud in the untv wllhut umg loiiiprlld t irk r a dimr o rotrr c iii at lo- pubue riing fir the mlrtlon f a ilu i tie nrw town hall l rtrnlftf t m u naolvid that thr n th lh at imi i 1 mill a i r lin ti t tie pun haved pro idrd a 4ht tnlr louhl lie given at a rra- illr prlti olhrrwlar th n-lec- r i 1 1 ft w ith the tuunrll change has affected th old aioi vhret n can lr t hi i ijy toinprtr ifuj ihe picluii lhovp witl ihc present tiiy no tlu irl church wot built on the corner of ifuv vtn i t nh john itrrit when the village was called adim- villr lights erected blaspheming lady walks all recorded in acton free press files noirnihir ii mhomovrd b w m slor i ondid by 1 1j hntn that thr committer on trit nod mtli walks tr initructrd ii imi nimny itrert lam pa n this dim ni tivsary not rxcrrdinf twiut irrink nunu to in made for likhtlng with thr persona op pomti whos preminri thry arr 4l- uaiid with a view to making them us int xp nali to thr corporation u possible moved by d d christlr arrond ed b w ii storry that thr offrr of j f mrcan in of fifty crnta prr lamp for thr prlvllrgr of advirtu me on thr strret i am pa br accrptrd provided that thr ityle of advrr tisrmint br approved of bv a com mitlrr consisting of ihr rrrvr the mover and sreondrr urn ata- ning jful un- lutwil h ikk a lad i nt ff thi 17 train at tn n going i ut mondun iliauv she ii id no tlckr fi rtitnjl ly hnl nu mom pur- his uni sh had rkpectrd her husti mil to meet hrr on that trmib it gu iph but ms he dull i turn h got on ihi car to did brat hi r way to toronto hut it waa no m aftrr amualng herarlf for soma tin ut thr ktation by vejnng at thi tonductor and all the ifficlala h utti mplrd to borrow rnoufb mom y to take hrr to tomnto but is hl olno fallrd in this hr pro- th d aftrr ti tting rverv body to it to wimr warm place to u alk to thi ity f itilv 0 1r7s mother should let that two er olds arr not allowtd on th stritts on fair days thr rn wd of pi oplr arr opt to trample mirt h 1 1877 our bovs maj t r up in thrlr mrmorv thr fact ttit th y have brrn able to play it nrhli s on thr aldrwalk nearly viry day during thr month of t 1 rujry 1877 placed in darbys arraigned fined sipfrnihrr 1 175 wm smith k railwav labourer got outxidr of ttn ntuih firr water and went on a regular old tear hill smith tore around and smashed furniture movra and thing and created a furious commotion in his house hold drunken smith was arrested and had his hands placed in thr durbs s crar smith threatened mischitf and engroncr snakes roubled him sober smith un ar raigned b for the reeve and fined mv 13 1878 enurprise some of our mt nhanu have been buying rggs ten cents a dozen and selling them at eight talk about enter prise early settlets viewed acton from the breezes and this is what they taw the cluster of buildings does not bear much resembu ance to the scene of today but prospect park and fairy lake are st ill guiding land marks from this place today the view it obstruct ed and the only remaining vantage point of teeing the town is bil ton s hill since another old landmark cobble hit disappeared this year