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en ay property" the}. viable poration igl Escape paying damages becatse wlege of the reading of the by-law which). afee fora privilege that i is. in it 1s very likely that the costs of ding such a suit would hsve t0 be, © © At a special meeting of the town council the following "Fproposition was brought up "Ifor discussion :-- dye) threanion conclusions have 0 to-do with the motives. tha passing of' the by-law in Rwete really dnknown, fe man who framed the by-law fully Ifthe people are to. be asked tc subject | continue these conditions it is bat fair pees whic are even if the by-law 'were ~uninimously Fi y 'sanctioned by the peoplé;it wold stil be il'egal for the cows to "run the Streets, the owners wold still have no 4 a protection, and would be liable to a y pe suit for damages in case their cows : sire |did damage to the railway property, proper .~ Thisis an instance where the will eg the = of the people has no bearing upon the : matter whatever, Docause they cannot 5 AI that cam be' secuined by the vote 'the that is suggested is that ab expr ssion fbieiifof opinion be given as to whether the 'Mr, F. H. Simpkins, of '| Vittoria, Ont, proposes to start a canning factory in the Flavelle property at the corner of Water and Cassimir streets. +1is conditions for starting the canning factory are as follows: He is to have a capital of $20,000, which will include nachinery to the amount of $10,000. 2. Of this $20,000 Mr. Simpkins wishes to borrow $10,000 from the corporation of Port Perry, said sum to be said back; principal and in- terest, in ten years. 3. The security offered to he town for this loan will be a lien onthe machinery and on the factory property. Factory . 4 Free water and a fixed assessment, 5. The right to put in rail- way switch, During the running season from 35 to 60 hands will be employed. The advantages of a well conducted canning factory are two-fold. Tt not only provides labor for" many persons, but it increases the value of all till- able property in the vicinity, because the total raw product will be bought in the locality. The proposition _upon the face of it is fair and reason- able. The duty of the coun- cil will be to carefully protect the interests of the town by examining the security to see that it is right. in every parti- cular, and to see that proper methods are employed to make the factory a going concern. See By-Law on Page 5. Miss Parrish; of Orban, i Aer sister Mrs, McKinley. Mr. Totten spent several days with his daughters at Cannington. A number 'attended the funeral of Pearce will be greatly missed by us all for most of us can r& call his visits to is visiting | "1 ur 'homes since we were children. It eof Outi ag. taken--io sop was # pleasure to know him and tran- business with' him, for he was al- ays kind and pleasant, painsralong, ystemmatic and square. | Sf Oxia to the funeral of i. Psi Aid Tea at the Rey- R, McCulloch i i8 announced "to preach at all Churches on this Is- *land next Sabbath. It is the Mission- , ary Anniversary. Mr. McCulloch is very highly esteemed on this circuit and the people will be pleased to sec and hear him. Rev. Mr. Sparling, of China, is now in Canada and is visiting the Leagues of this district. He expects to be at the Centre Church here on Friday evening of this week, All congrega- tions have been invited to meet there as he can only spend the one evening. on this circuit. One of the Toronto dailies records the fact that Fitzgerald, City Claims Agent decorated his desk at the - City Hall with pansies picked in December. {| High School Report : In the following list the students 2 who took._honors made 40 per. cent on each: subject. and those