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A ONTARIO 1,, m BUSINESS :‘fim COLLEGE ms-EW TB RM 565 positive advantages. Individual {in by experienced specialists. Re- ntivc employment for graduata. has- sent free. ROBINSUNJOHNSON attendance up to the present time this {Lily ...... 100 per cent. Send for Catalogue. Most widely attended in Ameria. 31 st YEAR. :1‘119 Famous W ”have a. larger EARNING POWER who new efolloWiml lines of prepantmn under our 551511.231 0F TRAINING. n HAS NO in advance of any previous yeat. 1 would like a thorough course :11 either _e.eping or Shorthand and Typewriting JNESS and IJHfiND .r. Yonge and Collegeosts. TORONTO. :rboro Business College gins Jan. 2nd, 1900 IIIO [$3 ma" commence BI: any “me. 1. mm JEFFERS, u A.. Pm .BELLE\ ILLE. ONT. ougb, OBI. lleville [siness llege )ECEMBER 28TH, 1899 -"'.U (Commerc'nl inn Railway Work) NIMMO HARRISON L, Single Chairs, es, Ottomans, Lounges 91° and Bed-Room Civil Service Options (French and German) my commence at any time. Bookkeeping shorthand Typewriting Telegrapping #675074, lgem‘ 59‘ C0. F.c.A. Belleville. Ont. To the people of this district in the furni- ture line. For many years we have enjoy- ed an increasing cus- to hold it. We are determined to in- crease it. \Nith this in view we have put in an elegant stock of goods. Everything Inc-no.0 These are in the lat- est woods and styles. The prices are as low asfany. JAS. HARRISOI PRINCIPALS W. PRINGLE, ADDRESS : \Ve ' shall try EULLEGE Established 1 889 Principal In Lindsay, the hour had been fixed for 7.30 instead of 12 o’clock and alarge aud- ience occupied the town hall when Clerk Knowlson declared the nominations closed at 8.30. The following names were on his list: For mayor, Geo. Ingle. T. Walters, R. Kylie, Capt. Crandell, R. Smythe, J. D. Flavelle, and J. H. Sootheran; for alder- men, Dr. Burrows, R. Chambers, L. V. O‘- Connor, Rev. J. W. Macmillan, Rev. L. S. Hughson, R. Touchburn, E. P. Gillogly, A. D. Mallon, A. Horn, A. Jackson, J. H. Lennon, J. Hore, A. McCrae, J. O'Reilley and J. D. Graham. Warden Bryans took the chair and on motion the nominees were heard in the order in which their names appeared; nominees for the mayoralty were given ten minutes and others five. The Warden said: I am glad to see this large audience. It is an evidence of the interest you take in the affairs of your town and it is yours to make or mar. Good work has begun and should be carried on Mr. Geo. Ingle said he had not decided to run for mayor. was a surplus of nearly $2,000 with the rate only 24. This isaserious thing. It is all very well to talk of aprogressive town but if the rate must go up like this our progress is a great mistake. The ratepayers will not complain if they get value for thcir money. I do not think the pavement laid is durable. Besides there was no need of bringing a man from Tor- onto as inspector, Mr. Fred Reeves is quite competent and should have got the job. It was a mistake also to borrow from the bank at high rates instead of issuing bonds. There have been connections made with the sewers where they were un- necessary, for example they are laid to the Separate school lot from both sides. AA.‘ .. 1' I have had to difl‘er about the sewers. They will choke up. The combined system should have been put in. The wcrk should not all be done in a hurry but spread over years, so our citizens can have work in- stead of having it all done up at once. You can’t get the water off the roads now, "When the rain-water comes 7 'lhe streets will overflow For the present sewers Will not let the water go.” The inspector and the engineer cost $1,300. A good many people who have to pay for the sewers cen’t afford to have a Wzttgr _ .2--. ....‘.-...t n . Mr. R. Kylieâ€"I do not wi-h to criticize the past year’s council, nor am I sure I .will run for oflice this year. What I shall say will be from the standpoint of a rate- payer. In oflice or out, I am in favor of the pavements and sewers. I was among the first to advocate the Chipman plan. I think there has been no sufficient reason given for raising our rate from 24 to 26 3-10 mills. It makes a difference of $4,000. As much was done last year as this and there service and v» ill be paying for years with- out any benefit. A short time ago the night police was ordered to guard the banks after 11 o’clock so that they get the gaud of him instead of the town, although we pay him $400. Aid. Lennonâ€"You agreed to that. Capt. Crandellâ€"I did not. Ala. Ingleâ€"Yes. YeJ. Capt. Crandellâ€"If I did I wouldn’t have the haxdihood to get up here and deny it. (Laughter) I have not decided whether I will run for mayor or not. Robt. Smytheâ€"I will not run if Mr. Kylie does. 1 promised him not to. I have not heard why the rate was advanced. 1 think it should have been kept down to ‘11- It is a mistake to keep putting up our Capt. Crandellâ€"This is the 29th timeI have appeared before you. I take a great interest in your municipal afi‘airs; butI must say the secret meetings prevent me from showing the wav I guard your inter- ests. My colleagues have done their best but these meetings allow us to impose on the public and the people have no way 0f finding it out. Make all your men promise to Oppose secrecy this time. STIRRING MEETING IN TOWNâ€"MANY NAMES PROPOSED â€"IN FENBLON FALLSâ€"IN OPSâ€"MARIPOSA, VERU- LAM, EMILY, ELDON, SOMERVILLE AND OTHERS. Because. Monday was Christmas day, municipal nominatiOns were held on Fri' day. They were of more than usual inter- est and the numerous candidates for hon- ors indicatealively time on polling day throughout this county. Friday’s Nominatinns and the Men who figured in Them. 24. It is a. mi taxes. bu muuu uuLu-- ‘-_--- good men away from office sort, of thing goes on we sha.’ to get, men who are fit Ior th orfer themselves. Criticism but. it ought to be given in a I was surprised to hear Caps. ‘ abouc the sewers. He was ix when the Chipman pian waTs L A214. .. huf- CI' PROPOSED FOR HONORS D IUCGu-u a- .. -,, e unbruthful reports that, he proacedings. I was at, a abiug and the report of in in the Post was non fair. .hat sort: of thing the coun- ‘.0 take the course it; has. Lhad been geeking votes or :y would not have done aé or the sake of not havin‘g I am not a. candidate ‘ town takes a. wrong a. We think we do ,4 Lhem. The honor men sacrifice their do our bualness the r side. Icispnlorw- with- o the 1 the t the Ex-mayor Taylorâ€"You should have the report of the auditors for the town who examine the books finally. There was a sum charged to one of the departments that afterwards was correctly placed in theisurplus. Mr. Sootheranâ€"It was counted in your surplus. Ex-mayor Taylorâ€"The auditor sald not. Mr. Sootherauâ€"I am reading from the Egatemenb of the auditor. He is here, ask un. my efforts for the town's welfare, butI can no longer give them attention at the council board. Mr. J. H. Lennonâ€"The rascals are al- ways gomz our. of office and the good men coming in. That is the story we hear at every nomination. Is it very reasonabli? I made no promises; the council has made mi~takes, but you never had a body of men who served you more faithfully than your council of this year. \Ve have had a busy year; we have held 170 meetings. Yet there is complaint. Do you expect to pet the improvements of a modern town with no increase in your taxes? How do you think they ale to be aid for? We did what you told us with ider and Kitchener and the steel bridge How can we obey you and then take your censure f or doing so? Mr. Malian talks of our chames for attending the court of revision.” Did-we .wn ~u-un' Mr. Sootheran-I make the statement that we paid $2036.48 of debts left by laat year’s council. Mr. Smyth-Nanie some. Mr. Scotheranâ€"The entire list is in the clerk's office. There was one item of $500 for hose. I forgot to mention in our extra expenses the Rider 85 Kitchener and Public Library bonus_es. There was $800 Capt. Crandell was honest in his opposi- tion to the sewer system, but I think he is wrong. Mr. Campbell says this is the right system. We can see that if we had put down pipe large enough for a com- bined system most people would have been unable to pay the cost. It would be enor- mous, for the average depth is 12 feet. You can see how the larger pipe required on Cambridge-st. increased the cost. There is no need of putting the drain pipes lower than juSt below the frost line. The cost of putting down and repairing drain pipes at the depth of our sewers would be enormous. With regard to getting Mr. Reeves to inspect the make, I may say that we tried to. but he was engaged at Kinmount. Next year if he is available he will likely be employed. “ u Mr. Sootheranâ€"In lieu of a fire site which we spoke of, but found we could not give, Mr. Real had given up the town when Lhatproposition brought him back. (Applagsed n,,_,-_- -._-3_-L fir. Burrows went into figures against the council. Mr. E. P. Gillogly madea clever, humorous address. Mr. A. D. Mallon did not approve of the present council in any one point. He had been the first cause of both new factorles coming. It was the game to crowd ofl new men in that meeting. This was the worst council that ever sat. They were afraid to be seen and so went into secret meetings. They voted themselves $3 a day for attend- ing the court of revision. Mr. Mallon was asking for an extension of time, when Aid. Horn rose. Mr. Mallon said: Never mind, I won’t say anything: about the new 108d in front of yiur place Mr. Horn. Mr. Horn then took the platform. He saio: I had nothing LO do wi. h having the road fixed in front of my place. We did have our aSreSSHlk‘nt fixed by this council. I am not acandidate. We all make mistaken even in our own business. Mr. Mellon talks of our pay on the court of revision. Did you Want. us to sit on it for nothing? Mr. M'allon did not tell you how he asked council to reimburse him for his efforts to net Rider Kirchener here. (Laughter) Ihave tried to act conscientiously in al'i J. H. Sootheranâ€"The rate was struck this year at 25 mills. Lag: year it was 24. We had to make it 25 because the assess- ment was smaller than last. and because our income from various sources such an liquor flames and rentals was about $900 less than last year. These account forl mill; the bridge 1 3-10 mill and hence the rate is 26 3-10. We had a grant to the Home for the Aged of 3400 left bylast year‘s council. We settled in for $200, so there was that extra. as well. HEY-‘Jibifisiâ€"thic did you give Beal ex- engptiog on_his hou§e far? ,E A fi,,_ -2L- Mr. Smy theâ€"That was provided for by the ’98 council. to pay these two. Even if the rate is higher, the town is prosperous. 1 know of only one in my list. of 50 houses, that is not; rented. Rents are higher too. This is we growing Lime and the taxes munt grow LOO. My aim is not to lower the rate, but to increase the assessment. We must go ahead and make a modern town. “chuulufi t-Alv vvunu v- .. make the court c f revision? Did we just go there any day we took a notion? No; the people demand that we hold it and the law fixes the price. We attended some 20 days my} hot SQQ. ,_u. 4!... Ln" nit-yo vnn J aul‘ u. vy urn) yum Mr. Manonâ€"Doesn't the law give you only $2 a day ’4 Mr. Lennonâ€"No; $3. and we did not charge all We couic’. have. Mr. MalIOnâ€"Oh Well, its all 'g'me; you Mr. Smthâ€"There is $900 on hand and to make up the price of the bridge only $900 more was needed. That is about half a mill, so I am not responsible for the ris-e in the rate. I was only one anywav to op ose the debentures. r. Burroweâ€"Thar’s right, that’s right. Mr. Flavelle-I will admit you are only one. Your also did your best to defeat the debentures bv which the cost of the bridge would have been spread over 20 years. Because they were defeated two and a fraction mills were ' added to the rate. W_hy_§re_you complaining ? 0311’!) 1295 any more. 0311!) “UL: an} uuu v. Mr. Lennonâ€"You are talkingand don’t know “hat you are talking abom. You. the man thwcotfered to paint. the letter homes fer 50 cents and then pose as the friend of the laboring man. We hear of the secret) meetings. I will ask the Pow representative whois here to name one instance in which the town has suffered through those meetings. Moreover Since the police have had to go into the difierent banks and adjust a clock every hour the order on the streets has been improved. It is a good thing and not: the opposite as Capt. Crandell makes out. , _ . . 1» ,1____. T6nh1cnmn hesitatinn the town affairs misrepresented to the public they excluded _t-be press. D Ul‘nuucu um“..- -WH Udp Mr. Alex J a ckson---I feel some hesitation in offering myself as a candidate. I have not nor shall I ask for any votes. There is a tendency to criticise that is not encourag- ing. Capt; Crandell complained that the secret meetings did not give the morale a l chance to know who originated certain measures. That is the trouble I expect. : It is not that tha town takes any hurt, but that some shining light is hid. Well we are all martyrs to that oblivion. It is said we should not go ahead. so fast with sewers. The council did not originate a single sewer. They were all begun at the request of citizens and late in the year a petition has come in that we cannot deal with. We have not failed to get capable men to do the work. Nothing has been neglected. I was not a member of the court of revision, but the members did not charge all they were entitled to. The salaries of the clerk and auditor have been raised because the improvements have added greatly to their work and we pay less than other towns now. In fact there was less paid for salaries this year than last. Mr. B. Touchburn criticised the advice of Road Commissioner Campbell. Rev. J. W. Macmillanâ€"I take my nom- ination as an honor; nor do I regard my profession as any bar to accepting a place at the council board. I am a citizen, a taxpayer and to some extent a human being. It is said that ministers live largo.- ly by popular favor. It appears to me that nothing could more effectively bring us out of that benighted condition than a seat in the council. The fact that the THE WATCHMAN-WARDER: LINDSAY. ONT; Adam Block Kent street. a Suit or Overcoat iere always gets the worth of every cent he puts into it. Whatever his order includes, he gets the finest goods, the best style, with linings, trimmings, and workmanship of ibe h‘gh- e:t order. Tnat’s why we call it a paying investment. Messrs. John O'Reillv J. Graham, R. Chambers and L V. OConnor were not p19_sent_wrhen pulled upon. ’ Mr. John Bore, eibfe'ssed himself as anxious that capable business men should serve in the council. Rev. L. S. Hughsonâ€"IE my evenings were not so fully occupied I should feel it an honor to take a place in the council. Aldermen should be criticized in a proper spirit. To err is human; in is also human to criticize. I do not believe the secret meetings were held for any dishonorable purpose, and yet I have often wished to know more of the means by which certain measures were arrived at. WWWW MY TAILOR. 3 doors east of Post Office, South sid: K Albert F. Morgan, Agent for - - A Paying Investment The Man ‘vVho Buys SANTA GEEEEBE AT THE TEEE PHOEEE . v--- .1 vvuuv-a’ vuvubu not boon companions, ‘ have not a qud to say against each other, is evxdence that there has been nothing crooked in their dealings with the to“ n. After all their association they retain strong respect for each other. It is well that there should be criticism. Without it competition dies, then the office ceases to be desirable, then the people lose interest and we, are given up to rownes and rascals. But personal, captions vriticism known to be untrue by those who utter it. but uttered because it is expected to go faster and further than its correction is a danger to any town. If there has been dishonesty, then it is a case for a court of law, and he who is convicted should receive the public contempt; but it it is onlya question‘ofafew rods of sidewalk, about which any men may differ. let criticism alone and pay our public men the honor they deserve. I A. F. MORGAN You will find me at BRAUND’S FAIR this year. If you want Holiday things take Santa Claus? advice advxce and Come here. We have something to suit the hous:bold from the baby to the grandmother. Dolls, Tovs, Games, Rocking Horses both single and double, Doll Carriages, Two-Wheel Carts, Rocking Chairs, Crokinole Boards, Sleighs of all kinds, 1 0y Books. Pansy,Scott and Marguerite series, Bibles, Hymn Books, etc . Fancy Mirro: s, Baskets, Purses, Photo Frames Albums,'Cellulold Dressing Cases, also Collar and Cuff Boxes,' Writing Desks, Fancy China and Glassware, Baby’s Booties, Mimes, Hoods. Toques, Tams. Caps, Bibs: Ladies’ Vests, Ladies’ and Children's Hose, Tea. and Baking members 0; this vears cpuncil, though “A‘- I.-__ A Subscribe for Watchm an-Warder Hello, Little Ones, MONEY TO LOAN on Mortgage at Low est. RaLea. No es Discounted. e atd see. our guods and prices before you (my. Don’t icht the 13140:. . . . Money and Insurance BRfiUfifi’S FMR,’ . Peat Office, Lindsay The Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada, The Scottish Union and Nation- al (Fire) The Union Assurance Society of , London (Fire.) All exceptionally strong Com- panies. ' (Continued on page 7’.) Powder ofthe best. o 45 1 \L E K 0. u” NEDY ant-st, Special Otfeeing During December in Suite to Order ................ . A special discount of 10 per cent. Off regular prices on all o~ders given thls month. Large range of Worsteds, Serges, Tweeds and Trouserings to select from, and a good TAlLUR TO MAKE THEM UP IN GOOD S TYLE. GROCERY STOCKS complete in best quality. Raisins, Currants, Peels, Nuts, Figs and Confectionery for Christmas trac‘e. Just placed in stock 5 splendid assortment of New Goods, sui for Presents, at very moderate prices. . . . . . Albums, Plush Cases, Fancy China Cups and Saucers, Sets, Plates, etc., Toys, Bibles and Hymn Books. NextfiDoor to Porter’; HUGE .-6:R08_ - unmet) Parties intending to build will find that our Lindsay Yard contains all that; is ne- cessary in Barn Timber, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- u 6:11:31} of the best. quality for Stable or Cellar Floors, Walks. etc. ‘---------I Because it pays you to look at these for 41mg; 1513111 Ba]. at $1.00, $1.10. $1.25 up to . _Men’s.Plou2h Ba1., 95c.. 31, $1.25 up to $2 Dr 855111 g! -â€"Boy's Fine Ba].. 9513., $1, $1.25 up to 32 -Ladies’ Dough. B81. and Butt., $1, $1.10, E ] -.$;1'25.tq$3 on f.- TELEPHONE TOWN OFFICE - 71 MILL OFFICE - 78 Why should ycu buy off- Way Chililren’s' 15min 35c. up to $1.50 A Quarter of a Century in Easiness. Holiday Presen ts ! Call and see the custcm MOrk fiaRBH. CfiMPgELL’S, ”“néfigcer Our Crockery Department M I S S BANNE - KENT STREET, 9 LINDSAY. SISSON C0. .59 '3. 7, â€"-Patras Currants :EST L37. â€"â€"Malaga La) ers $32,? -â€"C. B. Peels â€"Purc Gold Spices â€"Grinobles Walnuts â€"Tarragona Almonds â€"-Cooking and Eleme Figs The finest seleeted imported Groceries. A full stock- is compiete. See our imp0rt line of CHINA suitable for Xmas Gifts. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS, LINDSAY ':|Book[Store We are selling the balance of our Fall and Winter Milline1y at surprisingly low prices. Intending purchasers are invited to call and inspect the goods and secure a bargain. Fashionable Trimmed Hats and Bonnets at the very lowest prices. I G. H. M. BAKER, We have been in the Tailorirg Business 1:: Lindsay for more than that long We are in it yet. In that time we have learned to suit the perple. We catty the largest stock, ketp the most hands wixh thc iwf‘ett experience or any tai1ms in the county. St me bf iur 11.1045 have been with us near)y tuenty )rars. Our goods are all chefullyâ€"fkuqht and are won}. a’i we ask for them. Nmbody can beat Us in quality m gm 6?, piers or stylish suits. Conic in and luck at um stcck. A. CATHRO C0. ..M1'111'n ery” We are in it Yet. Uur Holiday Specialties- Hard, Soft and Blacksmith Coal. always in stock. Hardwood and Miliwood delivered w aanarjt of the town. Windsor Salt (Daii'y Cheese and§Butter Brands). All at reasonable prices. done: by GEO. H. ROBINSON Dressings, Trunks and E...Yalises... va'ues : uork and have I , suitable AGENT