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ie 25 2 park. It did mot seem to : was fight and the toes did part was cut down. : THE N EWSPAPERS are so common and so plentiful, iti is hard to ar dei piri highly prized. They passed from neighbor to neighbor, for the papers were freely borrowed, were read as long as they would hang together, - In those days the local press had a much wider field and influence, as the city papers were not distributed so freely as they are now. Following is a sketch taken from the historical atlas of the County of Ontario: "The Tribune and the Friendly Moralist are the earliest papers of * which we can find any trace. They were printed in Oshawa. Both be- came defunct, and were followhd by the Freeman and the Reformer in 2850. They were small sheets which had only a short existence. The Whitby Freeman. was ventured upon in 1850, to be replaced for a few months by the Whitby Reporter by J. S. Sprowle, and which subse- quently became the Ontario Reporter, a sheet of somewhat respectable dimensions published by Messrs. Perry & Dornan, and afterwards up to 1857, by J. O. Dornan alorie. The Whitby Commonwealth was started in the town in 1855. 'The publication of the Chromcle was commenced in 1856 by W. H. Higgins, who Published it eqptianously for many The Commonwealth and Reporiet were followed by the Ontario Times, the Watchman, and the Press, all of which after short intervals disappeared, leaving the field to the Chronicle. - The Gazette has taken the place of the Chronicle's old. rivals. It has gone through many changes of proprietorship, and at the time of this sketch (1877) is pub- fished by Mr. Thorne. ' The Vindicator has been continuously published in Oshawa since - 1854. It was established by Messrs. Luke & Orr, and since Mr. Orr's retirement has been published by the present firm, Messis. Luke & Larke,who also publish the Reformer the second paper printed at Osha« wa. The publication of a paper called the North Star was attempted in Brooklin in 1855. In North Ontario the first newspaper attempt was made in 1855 by William Hillman, who published the Packet for a couple of years. The next was by Mr, James Holden, the Whitby and Lindsay Railway Mana- ger, who commenced the publication of the Observer at Prince Albert in 1857. Subsequently Mr. Oliver published the Review for a shott time at the same place, The Observer is now published at Port Perry by Messrs. Baird & Parsons, Uxbridge has had several newspaper ventures previous to the estab Jisment of the present papers, the Journal and the Guardian, The late Mr. Caldwell Brown was unsuccessful 'in more than one attempt to give the place a newspaper. Mr. Mundy kept the Advocate going for a while there, but it did not succeed. "The Standard was afterwards established by him at Port Perry. The Gleaner was commenced in Cannington by Mr. Currie in 187x Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to publish a paper permanently in Beaverton since Hillman's. time with the Packet, the last being 4 sheet called the Bee. - After six months' trial it succumbed. The material was moved to Woodville, where it was and is still used in the publication of the Advocate, Tee first semi-weekly was published by Mr. Higgins at Whitby in 1839; and was called the Semi-Weekly Chronicle, but was discontinued after a trial of eighteen months, oaiara Jotenal vas anotet empt of fin 186%, which wag ot A Manas re changed Considerably or In Oshawa the Vindi- ator s published by a company beaded by Mr W. J. Watson, and the { In Whitby the Gaz- 0 he ot opt ere