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0lPACK 10, V III Ii Ir r lxi .V 2UÂLJUAi ., imAtl%À Ai, à jus S.tPHARM J'o IPd oughs, PEC.TORFÂ, For'Colds, t Pl Pl r It ii M3CTORIAY Qr ?Hoarseness. ?>WTORIA) For Brouchitis. Dr any affection of the Chest or rhroat. [s safe, reliable, and pleas- ant to the taste. BOTTLEB 25 AND 50 CENTS. W. -.HOWSEI Orner Brock & Dundas Sîs. W HI -ITB'Y! FREE PRESs. EVERY SATURDAY FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. WHITBY, ONTAR1O, ]Y!3OEMI3ER 4, 1880. VThe Whitby Free Press, as today's readers know it, has been in operation for 16 years. But a Whitby resident recentlydiscovered a Dec. 4,1880 edition of a short-lived Whitby weekly newspaper - known as The Free Press. Eleanor Correl discovered the 106-year-old newspaper while cleaning her Byron St. home. It was the lth edition of the newspaper published Saturday rnornings by the Whitby Gazette. Gazette publisher Charles Sarnay described The Free Press as "Independent, Not Neutrai," and it was distributed free of charge. The Gazette, which began in 1862, was one of two weekly newspapers in Whitby. The other, also published mid-weekly, was The Chronicle, whieh began in 1856. (The. two papers conti*nued to pubiish until 1912 when they amalgamated to become The Gazette & Chromecle. That newspaper continued until 1941. In 1942, the newspaper joined with the Oshawa Daily Times to become the Oshawa Times-Gazette. Two new weeklies, The Independent in 1946 and Whitby Calling in the 1950's, aiso sprang Up for a short time. The Whitby news published from 1955 to 1967. The Dec. 4, 1880 edition of The Free Press contains news of various events of the time, several advertisements by Whitby's businesses, a letter to the editor and- three chapters of the ladies coluxun "Maud Seabright's Fate. " Perhaps the biggest news of the day was the mayoralty race which had so far attracted two can- didates: Dr. D.P. Bogart and W.H. Billings. Under the heading "Town Mat- ters," the editor describes the raice: "'Flie re'sî for tuie Nlayorality lias comaîîcaaiýt. Fic hegeîtlenen in the field are Dr. Bogart and W.11. Billings, Esq. The former hias aIaly f illed a place ai the counril Board for the past two years and( is weII î;,ualified for the position. The only objection we heur ho him is that lie h.îs fot heen here as long as Mr. Billings. ,"Surely the people of Whitby who were born here and those who settled here first do flot mean to say they know ail and that those who corne here afterwards know nothing. How long does it require a person to live here before hie is qualified to fila position in the gift of the people? How is it that the old inhabitants have flot done more' to make the town prosperous? Why have they allowed the town to keep in about the same state as regards the number of population 'but largely increased ts taxation during the past twenty years? "It is time they put aside ail the old fogie notions about the lengtb of time a mnan has resided amongst them. Choose the best man you can get for the position. We are al Canadians and ail have an equal in- terest in seeing the country prosper and particularly that part in which we res;ide..." Among the businesses adver- tising their wares were: W.R. Howse Pharmacy ("Use Pectoria" for couighs, hoarseness and bron- chitis) located where the Van Belle Flower Shoppe is now estabiished at the corner of Brock and Dundas Sts. R. & J. Campbell's Glasgow Warehouse (ladies' black fur muffs and boas, $225 a set and pan- ts $3 and $4.50 a pair), where The Olde Quiit and Linen Shoppe is now on Brock St. S.; C.F. Stewart's The Fashionable Dry Goods and Clothing Store (black cashmeres, 30 cents a yard), where Donald Travel, Brock St. S., is now; Simon Fraser's Cash Grocery Emnporium on Deverell's Block (dandelion coffee at 20 cents per pound and white granite tea sets for $2.75), in one of the stores south of Donald Travel; Hamilton & Harrower's The Lon- don House (tweeds, millinery, flan- nels), where Celebrations to Go, Dundas St. E., is now; Mirs. Allin's Whitby Book and Fancy Goods Stores (school books in iron binding, new Preebyterian hymn book and the weekly Globe, with portrait of the late Honorable George Brown, for $1.50), where Picture This and That, 115 Brock St. S., is now; W.J. Gibson's Whitby China Tea Store ('Housekeepers, farmers and, others* are invited to pay us a visit before making purchases elsewhere'), where Judy's Flowers, 113 Brock St. S., is now. Meanwhile L. Fairbanks noted that he continues to seil "The Genuine Singer Sewing Machine" while H.T. Clutie invited residents to see the Raymond Sewing Machine at his Brock St. office. R. Snow's confectionary on Dun- das St. offered wedding cakes, fruits, oysters and finnan haddies; Yeoman Gibson wanted 15,000 bushels of barley, 300 barrels of good apples and 500 good-dressed hogs at the "highest market price paid"; John Farquharson, money and land commissioner, offered "improved and wild lands for sale; Lyman T. Barclay offered legal services and J.E. Galbraith medical services. The third chapter, "What Maud Did,"i of the ladies coluinn "Maud Seabright's Fate" began this way: "How handeome he," thought Maud, in a kind of involuntary men- tal whisper. And so the world goes round. These two, wherever they met, could neyer be strangers again. In the county judge's criminal court on Dec. 2, 1880, John Goheen was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for stealing a horse from John Vance. He received another two years for stealing John T. Birch's horse. Nelson Ross received four years ln the penitentiary for steaiing f ive barrels of apples from R.J. Brown of East Whitby. Nicholas Shearin received five years in the refor- matory for4 similar charge. A letter té the editor from "War- wick", a confessed watchdog of coundil activities, berated coundil miembers for denying payment of $6 to a committee- which had organized a visit by the Governor General. Warwick noted that coun- cil had approved payment of aq- counts to certain council members: "iverily it is good to be a Coun- cilman," he wrote. News bits in The Free Press in- SEOOND AiNUAL BUPPER COU N CI1L Chambor, W HIIBY -OU- Thurigday, 9th Pecember, '80. Our Ana ual 8upr viii b. bymid enthe aboya date. at 8.30 p. . hoBIl cd Y . iii hé irsl tlia.s.Atter Suppea'ape.ches viii b. given l'y à, number of tal.a.tud gentlemen; the wbole peadUaga telobe itrspéred wtmusio aud JOHIt BLOW. CHAS. 9ARNET. Oalrmau 0cm. sec.cm. YICIKTU 01 eub, eau b. obtainu froualte abova. or et Wbftidle DM gStère. and a& lta door. 0ài WHEY SU FFER WITH: A çOUGH WHEEN YOU GAN BE OU-RED FOR only 25 OENTS. Whiitly, Nov. lot, 1879. To T. 0. Whitficld, Esq.: Deur Sir, La winier one of my children bail a severe cold, and a congh tiat was dimtreung to witnemm, I trieti everal other remedies, but nothing dioi bitai any good until I tried your puirnonio SyruF, wbicb reiieve.d biniata once-, and entirely curad Igin in a faw day.. Sunce th&& lime difforent meinhers of any famnily have uséd it witla thecamre pieaing ramait. I would ailvipe everyonsenmffring witia a cougb or coid to igive il a fair ttuai. Yours iniy. HENRY THOMPSON. TTG. Wbitby. Nnv. 24th, 1879. ToT .Wiitfield, Erq.: Dcar Sir. j Durung te past few yenrm the, virtues of y'our 1'uironic Syrup have been tiîorrnîiaiy Ietedin i my faiy, andi t consîdor it a aiafe andi eff. clive'remnity! fora congI1. coiti or any affection ôt lhe ithroa'. Your r lmi. HUOII FRÂSER.1 Whiby, Peb. 27th, 1879. To T. G. Wbiîfieid, E4-1., Whitby: Dear Sir, 1 lriad your Puimonia Symnlp as you directed, for my chilren's colèa, whicb were very bail. The firmi botile gave great relief, anti the second quite cured them. The Puinionie Syrup abould b. kepi in svery houas. Tours, &o., CifÂS. SARNEY. Whutby, Oct., 18%h, 1879. To T. G. Wlhilfield, Esq.: Dear Sir, 1 have ranchplisure in siaiing tiait your ruimonia Syrup liase been ini us in my famihy for mare ilian two pears and il bas proveti itsl.to b. an invate- able rernedy for cotaRbs and couds, and I leel coxfileaat ini recoumonding ià 10 olhera. I reaîin, poure truiy, 1..IR. PRINOLE. To T. G. WVlitflold, Emq.: Dear Sir, Having na ev.re coiti, I usad o0fl bottie of yotar Celebraied Pulanonjo Syrup and with pleaaurl bear ieeîiniony ta it. eficoacy. 1 Cau beartily recommenti ilt t mi eeons fflioleai witheiher a oouàh. cold or oretilaroat, feeling tMat Il watt aa in my ee, effeot a cure. Youra trtly, To T. G. Whltfield, Esq.: Dear Sir, 1 bnno ave frequently used ycur Pumnc.Syrop for affectionuof the tbroat, with the mont paiifyinq reenita and would heartily reeommead ià to a&l singera and speakere. Tourseiroiy, -N. BAKER., Of Ail Sainte Church Choir, Whitby. WII J. FOR8syTHl. November 261ba, 187. To T. G. Wbiifieid, Esq: -My Dear Sir, Whitby, l4ih ifarci, 1879. 1 have pleasure la tentitylus To T. G. Whitleld, Eoq.: te the effioacy of your Puimonie Syrap Dear Sir, About Febraary of Ibis year 1 waes if' Having umeti your Celebrateding ro a severe cold, andt trougb the Pu'mnioSyru inmy smuî fo ~ u se o> f Oeboitle. was eniireiy reieved. Pu«mnicSyrp i my amiy fr a nur* Oe o mychltiren wàaltuo taxez with ber of yeart. I taire pleasure lnu sating a bad coiti liter in the. yeotr, andti b. use thal I have founti greai benefit froan il, of your Syrup was productive of th. saoe5 andi bellee àlta be au excellent remedy. rcli torsluly, rmit. youri faiibfully, E. J. JOHNSON. J. S. 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