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‘ ing Machine be sure and see V . 4.9§9\.e.3‘§€x 5 i ' r COM PLIMENTS. I A OF THE SEASON. ,- .3; an Stock 10f Cutters. rues. ROBS’ON; We. wish our numerous oustz __ ___ ' " p The Fenclon Falls Gazette. tomers,‘ 1’ and. friends. a. Merry" v Frida ,JZm. 22nd"..19.04. - ' Christmas, and a. Happy. and; L.__y____+_._._. Prosperous. Neerear. UBERMâ€" MEETING- _ A'- meeting oilthe Liberal' electors of the village will be held "in .Dickson’s hall on Monday, January 25th, at 7.30 p. m., to elect delegates to attend'the convention at Lindsay on February 2nd, at which a. candidate will be selected. [k large attendance is important. Municipal Trading. A book on “ Municipal Trading and Public Ownership or Operation of Pub- lic Utilities" has been printed and, to some extent, circulated by order of the liegislatirc Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Among its contents, which fill 245pages, is--an article by Mr. Keir Hardie, the well known English M: P., from which we take the following inter- esting and instructive extract : “Strange as it~may appear. it is none :the lesstrue that municipal trading is but a. reversion to estate 015‘ things that existed in England hundreds of years }ago.- Ih the 15th century every town was a self-governing community, mak- ing its own laws, jealous of its rights and privileges, and breaking no outside interlerence. whether l'rom king, noble or ch-ric.. Each town held property in common feeâ€"common lands upon which the municipal. swineherdtz tended the flocks of the citizens. “ So also in the case of other property which corporations held: for-the good ol' the communityâ€"fisheries. warrens, salt~ w. concerns... "10ng Store. 8. J . Petty, the Jeweler. lllCTORlA courtrs LEADING JEWELER. We are making the greatest effort in our history. to make the holiday season of l903 surpass anything we have ever attempted. We are showing the best . and most varied assortment of Gem and Wedding Rings, Gentlemen’s Sig- net Rings, Gold, Golddilled, Silver and (inn-metal Watches, Bracelets in sev- ernl designs, the richest in Gold and Pearl Brooches, some elegant goods in cases suitable for presents. EBONY GOODS Combs, Brushes, Mirrors, holiday goods for the ladies in morocco cases. Sterling Novelties, Sterling and Plated Silverware. etc. Remember we (lo the finest Repairing in watches and jewelry, and in Engraving we have no competitors. Come early and give us a chance by buying your goods and having them engraved before the rush. ltrar in mind we are headquarters for Watches, Gem and Diamond Rings, re- pairing in watches and fine engraving. S. J. Petty, The'JeweHer. I PURCHASED McKEOWllN . Furniture and. FURNITURE. Undertaking. BUSINESS, and will carry a. large and? up-to-date stock of furniture. plots of groum‘] saved in the dry bed of a river, building sites and all waste places within the town. walls; ware- houses and shopsâ€" and tenements, inns and mills; the great slopes of the city Have 3‘13; on: Hand for use when your cough commences, and you will prevent many a cold and perhaps worse. DR. MORTON’S CDUGK SYRUP is carefully made from the prescrip- tion of a. famous physician, and we have yet to learn of a case that it falied to benefit. PRICE 25 CENTS. § Robson’s Drug Store. Fails; FeneIon WWW-0 towers of the city walls, leased for dwelling houses or stereâ€"rocms;. any property bequeathed to the community for niaintonanccof the poor or repairing the walls, or paying tolls or taxesâ€"all this corporate wealth which lightened the burdens of the taxpayer was a mat- ter of concern to every citizen. The people were themselves joint guardians of the town treasure. liccman, and Worker. When the city walls had to be manned, or§were in need of repair, or canals had]: to he cut, or wharves erected, orbarges built, onland drained, each man took his share oti-‘the work as a part of his duties as azgood citizen, receiving, nor expecting, neither fee nor reward beyond the bread and 'alc provided from the common purse. Under such conditions were laid the foundations of English citizenship. The f.townsmeu and burgessos had a. strong incentive to interest themselves in the public life of the» town, because of the common-stake they had in its prosperity"- “ The-battle nowbeieg wagedaround' municipal tradingis but the renewal ol’ the struggle carried on for two hundred years against king, cleric and lordling, ere yet there was a parliament in being. Lindsay. Just. received this week an- other lot. of nice Baby Car- "; (r that are S cial . . . , ' _ 3.1;?) W A}? also Plepaled to do The issues remain the same, however an l‘lnds 0f much the methods may be changed. As the burghers triumphed then, so will they now. Already property of. the es- timath value of £500,000,000‘has.pass- ed from private to public ownership. And the process of conversion is~going. on daily. The citizens of our towns are beginning to realize the benefits which ’l‘ollew in the train ol'common ownership. 03: every side can be seen the dawning of the idea that were the means of pro- ducing the Fundamental necessaries of lil'c--f'ood, clothing, shelter-~0wned com- munally, as many of the conveniences . 1 already are, the problem of poverty a o would be solved. Municipal dairies, ' ' ~ 0 _ 'A'lsdEfi9nsion Tables, Side- boards and Bedroom Suit-es. WW Carriage Making, Repairing and Repainting, l carry in stock tr full line of i’arlour Suites Lounges, Chairs, Etc. Picture"framing a Specialty. and to- make- DOORS AND SASH.‘ ., , . d. fps Planing dam; on It you me 111 nee 0 a. ew- . Sheri notice- iny styles before buying. « I... DEYMAN. A municipal farms, municipal bakeries, -mwmmnw~w-wu~.m.. . . m ~ . pits, pasture reclaimed from the sea, ~ ditch, which Were let for grazing;.the ' T}utcs of last meeting read and approve-L. “Every citizen was soldier, and po- ' ,ings of this council‘be held‘oon the 2hd .Weduesday in each month.â€"-Uarried. -‘:\‘Ir. Robson, That the move sign orders. which in time will develop a network of industries from which the citizens of a town will, by their common labor, be able to supply themselves, as from a common storehouse, with all the require- ‘:ments of a healthy andll'rce existence. “ Foreign wars alone threaten the :outlook. Neither committees,- not in- itercsted’ schemers, nor selfish interests can hinder a. people- from» developing their institutions so as tovmeet their so- cial needs. If Parliament refuse to as- »sent, the change will come just the same. In the old days‘the battle was waged to preserve lor tliéxtowus the right to do as they pleased within their own walls ; it may be necessary to struggle again to secure that right. but the issue will never be in doubt. When rsnflicient steam has been generated in a boiler an outlet must be found or there ?comes an explosion. And is it. not the steam which is shattered. Manchester, Glasgow, Bradford, will go- their own way with or without the blessing of Parliament." New Books at the Public. Library,- The following} new books have been received at the public library : Wings of the Morning’...... .. ..... Tracy When I Was Czar ......Marchmonc The Shel-rods. ..... . . .. .. . . . .McChtcheon Handicapped .... ... . . . . . . . ...Rayner .Wnrs offence ...... . ...... ...... Wilson Tom-Sides ofn Question. ... . . .. ..Sinclair (liner-Mars . ... . .... DeVlgny Following the Equator .. .. . . .....'.Twain King’s Agent.... .... .... 7‘atterson Sir Toudy Lion ...... . .. ..... .... Crockett Bow of Orange Ribbon: . . . “H-311” Daughter of Fife ...... . . “ In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers. .Henty Beric the Briton .............. . . . . . “ A-tA-ginconrt. ............... “ Bravest of the Brnve............. “ Blood Lilies ...... . .... .....Fr~aser Alterwhiles . ...... ...... ....Riley Pipes 0’ Pan at Z'ekesbury” ” Group ot‘Noble Dames ............Hardy Qlivcr Langton ...... ......P0wles 'Dr. Xavier .... ..............Pcmberton Men 1 Have Known ...... Farrar Flame of Fire ...... ...... ......Hocking MerrjvaleBtrnks...... ...... ......Ho1mes At the Time Appointed ...... ....Bnrbour Price of Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . Marchmont Penruddock ...... ...... ....Church oolCIll' Peggy O’Neill ....Lewis Pigs in Clover...... ......Dnnby Hesper............ . . . . . . .......Gnrland When the Land was Young . . . ... McLaws Romance of Modern Invention . . . .Williams Romance of Modern Engineering “ Daughter of the Dawn . . . . .. . . . . .. Hodder The Golden Dwarf ... .... Silver Coming Waterloo . . . . . . . ..... ....Gairnes House of Egrcmont . . . . . .... ......Scwell Pasteboard Crown . . . . . . . . .. .. . Morris The World’s Great Events in Five Vol- umes : A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times; B. G'. 4004 to A. D. 1903. Village Council.. Fenelnn Falls. January :1 ith, 1904. Council mctpursuant to statute. The following met and sub-crihed to the ne "cessary declaration of office and qualifi cation :-- Reeve, Joseph McFarland. Council- lors. Thos. Auntie, lflewis Deyman, (3430. H. McGee and Thos. Robson. ' Mr. McGee introduced a by-law. which was passed without amendment, :to extend the time loathe return of the scollotor’s roll. Council adjourned, to meet on Wed- nesday, the 13th. January 1‘3fh, 1894'. Council met pursuant to adjourn- ment; all the members present. Min- Moved by Mr. Robson, seconded by Mr. Deyman, That the regular meet- Moved by Mr. McGee, seconded by 'f‘or-the following accounts :-.;Jas. Morri- sen, couplings for hose, $1 94gb}; D. Hand, printing, $12 ‘ 50 ; Er. Brock, sal- ary. $29; Thomas Scott, snow plowing, $12. 25; M. Barley; Fervworkton streets, 33 121,-J'ohn Ingram, do. do.. 620.;'M. Kelly, do. do., 31 25; Board of Com- missioners, current, 821 09;. Dr. Wil- son. board of health repert, $5; - Grand Trunk R': Go , rent of siding, $14 44; Blank forms 34" 88'; and that the pay- ment by treasurer of collector’s bond, 87-. 50, be confirmedâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Austin. sccondedby Mr. Dcyman, That the following con- stitute the standing comtnittcesafor the year. and that the first earned on each be the chairman : Streets and sidewalks -â€"Robson, .lchec, Austin. Financeâ€" McGee, ,Dcyman, Austin. Charityâ€" Deymun. Robson, Austin. Town Prop- erty and Fire Protectionâ€"Austin, Mc- Gee, Robson. Moved by Mr. Austin,.seconded by Mr. Deytnan, That the clerk be in- structed to notify the 'l‘. R. Co. that this corporation has no further use For Dcer’s siding, and will pay no more rent for it.â€"Uarried. ‘ Moved by Mr. Robson. seconded by Mr. McGee, That we make the follow- ing grants : . Public Library. 875; Sick . Children's-Hospital, 855; Consumptivcs’ -municipal workshops. are'the germs from Hospital. $5.â€"-Carriod.. ‘ ‘: .' .‘. , Bv-laws appointing-auditom‘lud‘ a lo- cal board of health were passed in the usual manner. and‘ the clerk was in- structed to ask for" applications For the office of assessor: The councilf then adjourned. m.,”..- ‘ School Board. > Fenelen Falls. Jan. 20th, 1904:. Board met. pursuant to statute; pres- ent. Dr. Wilson, J L. Arnold, H. A. McIntosh and J. J. Nevionn. Dr. Wilson was appointed chairman pro. tetn. Moved by Mr. Novisen. seconded by Mr. Arnold, That Mr. F. McDougoll he chairman of this Board for the cur- rent. vcar.â€"â€"'Uarried. ‘ Minutes of previous meeting read , and approved. Moved by M'r. Arnold: seconded‘liy M‘r. McI’utosh, That the chairman sign orders for the following' accounts: E. D.’ Hand. printing. $1.75; T. Robson, account, SI 05; Wm Stevens, glazing, $2 â€"â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. McIntosh, seconded‘ ,by Mr. Nevisen, That the regular meet- ing of this board be held on, the third Tuesday of each month at 8 p. m.-â€"--- Carried. h‘lbved‘by Mr. Arnold. seconded by Mr. McIntosh. That the Chairman, Dr. Wilson and Mr. Nevison be acommitteez- to have a new- floor laid in ingham's room, and to place an order with the OfliceSpecialty Co.- for the required number of seats, of the bear quality, according to their judgment 5.: work to be done at Easter holidays or soonrr.-â€" .arried. ‘ Moved hv Mr Nevison. seconded by; Mr. Arnold, That the following be the committees to look alter the school prop- erty :' North wardâ€"«Mason, Wilson and" McDougall ; South wardâ€"Arnold, Mc« Intosh and Nevison.â€"Carricd. Verulam- Pathmasters, Etc.-. Following are the pathmasters, fence-w viewers and pnundkeepers appointed by the Vcrulam council 2' PATHMASTERS. I John Bell 2 W. A Ellis. 31A. Gil-‘- lis, 4 W. Stevenson, 5 Joe. Fell, 6iJ'as. Kennedy. 7' S. M. Thurston, 8 Wm.. Wray, 9" N. Evcrsen, 10 Fletcher Mit- chell. 11 J. Branden, 12 Jan. English,. 13 'r. w. Thurston. 14.1. w. Junkin,. 15 W. Patterson, 16 'l'hos. Ball, 1718. Pogue, 18 R... White. 19 S. Mitchell, 20"I Jas. Nicholls, 21 G. Sproulc, 22 'I‘hos. Hetherington. 23 D. Curtis. 24 Wmt. ll‘lett Jr.. 25 J. J. Kelly. 26 'JE Junkin,. 27 R. Martin. 28 R. Wehber. 29 John~ Flett Sr.. 30 J. [{«Lbertson. 31 W. Lewis, 32 1’. Warren. 33 J. W. Staples. 34 R..- Junkie, 35 W. Greene. 367T. 3. Ken--- 37 R T. Rob -rtson, 38 R Kittie, 39'- G. Britten. 40 Wm. Elliott. 41.1.- Stew-1- art, 42 J. Tully, 43 G. Thurston, 44983:. Uoultcr, 453Thos. Kelly. 46 W. John- sten1 47 E. S. Prescott. 48 L Hunter, 49 R. Middleton, 50 J. J. Long, 51 T.'. J. Ingram, 52 J. Lawson. 53 W. David»- son, 544] Rich. 55 T. Fairbairn, 56 TI. Cosh, 57'J. Rick, 58 W. J. Falls. 59‘ A. Thurston. _60‘ iv; Furdy. 6! Wm. Coultcr. 62 J. Kennedy. 6313: Parker,. 64~ W.McFeeters, 6511?}: W. Brien,.66t J. Sheriff: 67-.N.Rr1tbertson, 68 F. Steele, 695Jos. Taylor. 70 J. Knox, 7l'Wm. Junkie, 72 T. Kittlo, 63 W. J. F:inley,.. 74 R. Stewart, 75 T. Curtis. 76 R13. Wilkinson, 7.7.. As. Duascath, 78 J. Mc- Gee. 79 E: S. Spreule, 80 R; Beck, 81: A. Bick, 82"J‘. Mann, 8'3’R. Brandon” 84::W. Bulmt-r, 85 Jas. F-lctt Jr., 86 Wt'. Poguc, 8‘75Geo. Pogue. raucsvruwnas.» ‘ Rf. Thurston, '1‘. J.’ Thurston,- Wm“. Humphrey, Alex. Robertson, Rt? War-'- ren, Thos Kennedy. R. White, .J. Taylor, W; Cosh Jr.. G) T. Kelly, J. Stinson, Thos- Wilson, B. Lyle, Wt..Devitt, J5 Foster. POUNDKEEPERS. . J.’ J; Thurston, J. Sherifli, A: Mar-u J; Knox, J: Sproule, Jos. Martin, J. W. gogg, A. Tiers, TI. Duvitt, JJ Kclso, J.‘. .cht. S._ A. MEETING..â€"Tllerc will be a. special meeting in the S.â€"A. Barracks on Wednesday, Jan. 27th, at 8 p. m., aconducted by Adjr. and Mrs. Sims. of." Toronto. The public are cordially in. vtted to attend. Is Your Breath Bad? Bad breath is one of the early symptoms: of catarrh, which should be checde at once and not be allowed to run into consurnp-A tion The surest cure is fragrant healinnr Catarrhozone, which cures catarrh by Ft: mevmg its cause. No case is too' chronic â€"--. oven the most stubborn yield in a short time to the balsamic vapor at Catarhozone. It makes cures that last, for, once cured by: Catarrhozons, you stay cured. Catarrhcm~ Miss Bell-~ ' Calvert. A“. Ellis. A: Gillis, J. Junkiu,. Coulter, W. Martin, Welsh, R. Stew-~ art, T. Curtis, J? Duguan, J. F'lett Sr.. . 'I‘L’Jenkinson. S: Pogue, A. Dunseatl1,~. Britten. J. Mulligan, Ji Bick, Wm.. doch, J; Taylor, \V‘. Cosh, W. J. Falls, , W’. Johnston Jr.,. W..Thurstou, Wr. Davidson, .G. White,. #11434 ,.;_~..;_ ? 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