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--. .i-:t--.=w(r..i. -? .-r-v(. -^ rrr-v/^?^ / THE FREE PRESS,! ACI02ST, HELTON COlJNTt, OtfT;, ^Vmfami ^ 1876. Si t^S &--<' IK.- C-.'*1, ' ii Nr-" '; f\'T"; "s' -&*< p '"1" ^\" '" ^M &M >pHE ACTON FREE PRESS Published Evcrv Thursday'Morning. J..H-.'HACKING, lV>prictor. $1 Par Armuui in Advance JOS H M^CKINO EDITOR Educational. HON.. A. CROOK8 IS MILTON. "THi'Bf.*>Y M or si so. Nov, 9, 1876. jfREE -The bnlanrc of this year."* The FreetPrcss will be sent to- all NEW Subscribers from now nntfl the 1st or Jan uary, 1878, Tor One Dollar, if paid strictly in advance. Peace or War. The friends -of peac* nnist fpel greatly oncouragwl at tho prospect ahead. The period is evidently not On Saturday hist, according] to annonnoeweut, tho ! Hon. Adam Crooka atldt-u.*so<l tho to.chers, trua- leos.'jiv.a,r'of the County of Hat ton, in tho Town HikJl^iyniton, on sev eral questions whieli have been'agi tated ;pf late. Previous to tho -meeting in tho hull, u meeting of tfachers was held iu tho School House, wliereaovcrni important mat ters voro discussed. Tho chair whs occupied by Mr. Littlo, County In spector. TlieSecretary, Mr.R, Coatos of Lowvjlle, read tho proceedings of tho Inst .meeting, and mentioned that he. hud been promised' papers for the afternoon- meeting by I)r. Lusk, Mr. Swiuer, and Mr. Cam eron, nud that if necessary ho-would furnish one himself on object teach ing. Mr. little then suggested 60. far distant *a some imagine, ^hen the .." sword shall b beaten ' ,hat tho ""siness of the meeting be proceeded, with i ft 'hi - % tf' *s into the ploughshare' and the si>ear into;-the priming-hook, and men shall'learn war no more," and when the wish'ex pressed Uy Jauuifr to Jennott<'- shall'be'carried out : " I'd have those who make tho quarrels be the-only ones' to fight." Never Ix-foro was there so much 'smoke with so Jittle fire, as in what is termed the Eastern squabble. Un doubtedly, 'Russia has bepn the prop and mainstay of tho Servian insurrection,-'. Hut, when hist comes .- to last, th'e-Xprtbern Bvsfr dare not r~fight/because the Rothschilds, with their money-hags, have forbidden it ; and all Europe cried " hands off " 'when Constantinople is threat ened. This very fact of the nations being so averse to war is one of die -- most hopeful signs of the times .in which we live. Very few nations -can sustain the exj>ense of war as ,^it is conducted in this age; then % again, weapons of destruction have ' Kn brought, to such perfection in these days that armies can be deci mated in an hour, and that, too, .-without - seeingd_their opponents. -When" one hundred ton guns send shot and shell: twelve mut fourteen miles distant,.-scattering death; and liiin in all directions, it may well make the stoutest heart pause he- fore .engaging in a conflict. Tug Franco-German war taught the modern world a lesson by its fabu lous expensivenees. and awful de- strnctivenesa ; a>d*rtbe . i' common herd" can no : longer be j readily .lashed into unsovernttbleTmry over imaginary or sentimental wrongs, for they suffer most in- a fight, and most afterwards. The eclat Is taken from the war-god; and, being stripped of the false tinsel styled glory, he is discovered tc be a eruel, libinous and bloodthirsty de- - mon. It is a subject for rejoicing that it is so, and that- the rulers of .th.e earth pause-^as they never did. before, e'er they let slip the leash vrbich keeps in. check the dogs of war; and it is owing to these all ' bat irresistaWe arguments, that a peaceable solution, is, likely to: be. found--1 the difficulties eiis ting1 in the East. . Death of Cardinal Abt raelll. A telegraph despatch on ^londay briefly annonneetJ tlie "deatih. in Kome of thfe distingoished ,;>relate, -Cardinal AntonelLL He'hi d been in infirm health foe many months past, though there wak no immedi ate apprehension of death.. He " was transacting business with the Pope on Suuday, when bje was seized with'a severe atack of gout in tie chest. He expired ;it 7^:15 after >e ask- iloring might I idinin- ;id for morning, shortly on-Moiidav sending !t--n7es.s*ge to the Po in'g-for his blessing, and fmi paidon foi all the faults lie have couirnittejl-during his ' - istrationsf The deceased h "many.years occupied a prominent position in the administration of Papal a flairs. - : The Cesteskial Exhibit :ox: i\ Thongb the Exhibition clo'ea on 'F,ridy; the'10th inst., the Cen'ten- j/iai Comtnission in; Execnliv sian last (Thursday, passed a i esol j- tion contlhning the iisnal fee jf 50c - ifpr aihniision jintil Saturday, the 18th inst. President Gran; h;is consented to be _r>re^nt,; and; will -discharge inhLsXifBciiil ca|raci ,y the duty of fihafly and;fbrmaHy c osing the Iflternational'rE^hibitio l of .1876. ,'- .' '- ":'. -The annual drill of tlielscveral companies comprising the 30tl Cat-- tilion of Wellington lias been com pie ted. The full strength of tho ' i&ttsilionlR'420 rank and file, and 'of these 371 men put in th'ei ~ nual -drill. The iErin Coin was very-small, comprising on y 21 Tnen, but not co'nntjtiig thi^ |6om ;-pany, Hhe ayerage iof drilled "was 39 [>er company; the full num ber'being 42. Aftei many statements and coun- an- piiny terstatemenfj* itsoems certain that the wretched Turco Serrian slaiigh- ter has come ,lo an -egd^ "The Ser vians-come o^t of the affair witu a very -nsiseraltle record. Those who believe that no evil is done but that good arises will require keen syes and a lively imagination to find the beneficed resu I ts; of; this, war. QtXBEa -r-A young man Vaa ar rested in Bront some.time ago', and logded in" Milton jail for theft 3f a bag of clothes, ]' After he had been in-. prison 'for^. j twelve - or four en day^ the elotbes were found, anil he waajlefc. out on his own recogni san- eea, Ui appear at the spring ass zcas. Tho following resolutions were submitted to the meeting, and aftei some discussion passed, and will bo placed in the possession of the Hon. tho Minister of Education. r-; (1 'was passed at afternoon meetiiu;, and will Iw mentioned further on.) . ' i That in the opinion of this meeting candidates for second and thinV;class certiticatcs l>o pennitted to take :liut a portion of the miml>errvf subjects at the exaininationr. thus dividing the work into at least two sections. 3. That tlni" niidsumnier vacation should be extended nmi~madv similir.r to t! at enjoyed Ry the'High Schools. 4. Th.it the school year should eml on the. J5il July or at the closie of tho- sprini; term. V . r>..That this meeting favors tho for mation of Township Hoards of trustees. 6. .That this meeting considers the quarterly payment of teacher's salaries desirable. The afternoon -.meeting in tho hall was attUnded by large numbers" of those directly and indirectly in terested in the matters to be dis cussed,'-which were as follows: PrograSnue of-Studies. School Ac-. cotuodatiou. Assistant Teachers, ic. John WalUie, Esq., was appointed chairman, and introduced Mr. Crooks, who was listened to with deep interest whHe giving an ex haustive account of the progress of educational, matters in this country, from "its.first settlement toihe pre sent date. Mr. Crooks was enthu siastically applauded on. the "conclu sion of his address, and the chair man then announced that it was in order to submit resolution^ for dis cussion on which the following en sued :, "" i- -W^'D. I^yon, Esq.,MM. P. P., moved, seconded by-John Warren, Esq., DepjEeeye-'~ofl Esqueaing, that in the opinion of this meeting the programme of studies. for the public schools is not adapted for rural sections, inasmuch as the multiplicity of studies prevents pupils from making as much pro gress as. they otherwise would in those branches of study which would prove more useful in after life;ind that the present system of classifications of. pupils is too rigid, as it frequently happens that owing to a popil"^incapacity in certain sub jects, his progress is hindered or re- tardedjin others for which he is more Hatn.rally adapted ; and that the School- Law anil Regulations ought to be so amended that the master of a scbool/ -when requested bjr tue parents or guardians, might, with the consent of his :board of trustees, alio wan option as to sub jects of study to pujuls of the age of twelye years ami upwards, thus enabling them to take' up such sub jects only as will be more useful to them in their intended sphere of life ; and that the roaster of a school luij/ht, with the approval of the trustees, promote a pupil from a lower to a higher chiss,. although from incapacity or inability ]ae might be unable to come up to the required standard-in some of tire studies prescribed for his class,- . whenever, in-the opinion of the master, it'would be to the pupil's ad vantage to do so. Mr. MePhee" moved in amend ment, seconded by Mr. Maxwell,-, -that in tlie opinion of this meeting the subjects of study prescribe^ifor the first, second and third divisions in our public schools are well suit ed to thewants'af our youth at tending said schools, but owing to ;the diversity of pursuits followed in after life,-we are. f'-opinion' that at a certain stage '6f progress, and when a certain trade or cjcctipation "has-been decided upon, such pupils arriving at this decision or stage of progress, should be allowed to study those subjects best adapted to qual ify them for such trade or occupa tion. Therefore, resolved "that the study of subjects in our public schools on promotion from the third divisjon be optional, and that the parent or guardian who desires a departurefrom the prescribed study, shall acquaint, the teacher of it, in writing, and ideo~of the; nature and extent of the departure. Lost. Several prominenfand influential gentlemen from different parts-of the jCOunty expressed their views with regard to the programme, and but one opinion prevailed, viz"., that some relaxation was'necessary', and that something more flexible and plastic than the present pro gramme of studies wot needful in order to meet the wants of Cana dian Bchools. ' On a vote being taken, the motion of Mr. Xyou waa carried almost,.unanimously. , A similar motion-of- Mr. McLean, Milton, seconded"by Mr; Nixon, Esqueaing, was carried at the teacher's ihee ing held in the forenoon. Mr. McPhce moved,seconded'by Mr. Monsies, that tho rural Bchool sections be not required to furnihh ttccomniodation for nil ohildren 6f school ngo iiV the goction, but for the largest nttendancp in Bchool in any one tponth during the previous ybm\ i'Curuiod. j '/Mr. II. Watson moved, seconded by Mr. Geo. Smith, that the law be ho modified iia to nllovr the em ployment of monitors to teach tha junior dopitrtinontsofiiublic schools. i W. D. Lyon, ^ohnl Warren, H. M. Switnor, H. Wntson, It Little, P. MoLoan, JNorrisb, H. Mo- Pheo and othors spoko during tho afternoon. I I Mr. Crooks ;Ws greatly pleased with, tho ninnnor in Which every one expressed his opinions about the varioim"siibject8 tinder discus sion, and said it'wiu th;o best meet ing he had attended in! Ontario.- Champion, [ Tho fall shipments of .tipples from Oakvillo are nearly 5,000 barrels. Tuppor, tho English! poet and proverb man, is t.o lecture in Hamilton on the lQth. | I A man named Robert Stewart was arrested in Guolph on Tuesday on a charge of cattlo-stealing. The anniversary of th6 Gunpow der Plot on Sunday,-wuti generally observed by Orangemen throughout Oujt'ario. .' -I - the Government School of Art and Design at Montreal opened on Thursday evening with over a hundred students.- The farm of 175 iici|es, composed of lots 1 and 2, division C, Guelph Township, sold the other day for $10,000." . .. ' . j y W. H. Brooks and family raised 2.000 pounds of fii-st class'hops, off two acres, in the township of Ryde, for which he was offered $600* in Barrie. r Last week a!speculator; brought over fifty barrels of .apples^ onions, and cabbages from Rochester to Oshawa, nud sold them at a good profit. . f Shipments of barley from Toron to for September -tfero ,78,322 bushels, and for. October! 303,850 bushels, against the corresponding months last year of 236,869 bushels *nd 780,041* bushels. '[ The Deaf and Dumb Institute at Belleville at present contains two hundred and eighteen pupils,' the largest number at this season of the year since it was opened;* Darid"Wilson of Harwick, took a flock of Leicester.sheep to the Tliq Montreal Robbery. per|>etration of the' robbery in Lazarus' pawnshop, and the discov ery of jth goods on Saturday, aro of tho pibst nBtonlBbing character, and have probably never boon equalled in tho criminal annals of Montreal. It was found that tho thitjf wcA Isidore Marochul, a jew eller by trade. When tho police caught him ho was desperate, and turning suddenly drew his revolver, bu't. bef >ro be could use the ham mer Gil euult took hold of bis hand and dashed -the weapon to the AUCTION SALES. 'The Revelations in regard to the ^f^i N"4 ,J0-h'I -nt ^, S?]lro^ ,. . IUlekwood, ft quantity of hounohold fitniituro, also a cow and , sulky. Wm. Homstroot, auotionocr. Tuosdiiy, Nov. Mth, b1o of-' Durham anil.Oradof.Ottttll), Uorsos and i'atm ; Iinploinents, on tho premises of Mr. Thos. EaatQD, lot No. 27, fitli Nassa- 1 gnwoyo. . W. Homstroot, Auctioneer. Thursday, Nov. lGtbj a^i cxtonsivo salo of live stock, farm JLtonlorobuts, houBohold furniture, grain, # hoy, straw, roots, oto., on tho promises ot Messrs. Slkkseu & Alexander, Lot 26, 4th con] K'qucsing. Geo. OiblM, auctipneor. { ' r \ -_. ' Wednesday, Nov. 22 Sslo of house and two lots inI Acton, estate, of tliq Into Samuel Wprden. j W. Hemstrcct, Auctioneer. | ,. ) [Parties gottrog salo bills printed at tho Frkk Piiess oflico; may havo a no- tico similar to tho abovo freo of charge] ground, hini to when h Thoy proceeded to drag the: \Volfe street Btation, > thraw a parcel from his popkot and Marois picked it up. Said Mareehal, " Thero are ton thousand doilais in that parctd ; let me go, take it and be a happy man for.the txsst of your life." The riolico picked up the parcel and took tho thief to tie station, when ho confessed that he had got intio Lusarua? safe '.with a ky ne had matle from a wax impression taken off the safe key. lie said ^ie had melted up all the cases of over five hundred silver mid gold watches,' tearing out all the move ments, and in ono night destroyed workmanship to the. value of over -ten thousand dollars. He had u crucible,' and in, his room, over a sweety shop, at tho east end, he melted the precious metals' doWn and then secretly took tho bullion to tho back of the old burying- ground on (be Papineau road nnjd buried it. Tho works, etc., not be ing valuable, he put them into three bags and threw them into the Sb. Laurence, s The police took him to the. bury- ingjground, dug down at the spot, .shewn by Mareehal, found, nino blocks of silver and six of gold, and somedoose jewellery, revolverSj etc;, wra'pped in jiajier. Getting this they drove down opposite; the gaol and went down to the river side. Then tho prisoner taking a small storjo, threw it into the water at ;a placje where the water was about six feet deep, and said, " I sank a bag of watch cases and movements here." Detective Cullon got a pike- pole, and in about ten minutes fish ed up a carptt-biig full of plunder. The' ]irisoner said he had thrown twolother bags into the river oppo site Molson'a wharf, but as the water is deep there and runs swift-; ly, the detectives have not yet found them. Tjie nine silver blocks were saucer shaped, and it was estimated weighed seventy-five pounds, or 1,- 200 ouncw, worth $1,200.-L-Tho six gold nuggets, it is estimated, weigh ed 380 ounces, one alone weighing #KW ADVERTISEMENTS Wisconsin State Fair, held at Water- -97 ounces. If the gold is on the * * .... average twelvecarats fine, it would' be worth $12 an ounce, or $4,560,,' -making a grand tptal of S5,760 ai the value; of th0 metal bullion! Some indignation,'was expressed at the reckless conduct of the thief, who destroyed over 500 good watches simply to. get the gold and silver in the cases, the least valu able part. | The bag full of broken works was a sight to behold. There- were crystals, dial plates twisted, wheels, smashed, caps and brass cases all rusted from their long im mersion in the river, while here and there; wax; a locket or chain. The ruin here was eonipleU, and competent jewellers said the works were of no! use except for old metal. Tlie stuff represents . a value of about $7,500. It is believed Ward has escaped'with some of the valu able diamonds set-, in - lockets, brooches and rings. Mareehal has a hard, determined expression of countenance, and seemed very little affected by his disgraceful position. Mareehal is a remarkably talented mn, and has invented a machine with which he can open any ordin ary door or safe lock without trouble. ! . ' ' - Underthe alias of Gus K'ngtbe has/served ;a term in Shng -Sing prison, and cracked the safe-of Mr,. W. McKenzie, the broker, and that of Mr. Chisholm, news agent, Bona- venture street; also a safe in.To ronto. He made the most swag from [the robbery of Mr. Silver stone,] pawnbroker, in .1874. A more ]accomplisbed scound rel has never infested Canada. He speaks fluently English," French and Ger man, writes h good hand, and haB a pretty daughter, who, it is alleg ed, is sneakijig au-ound somewhere with several stolonidiamonds. town in the early part of last month and earned off nine first and three second prizes. : The Central Prison authorities now decline to admit vagrants sentenced to less periods of impris onment than six months. It may save magistrates some trouble to keep this in! mind. Recently Conductor Bostwfck, of the Grand Trunk ran his express train from Detroit to Buffalo, a dis tance of 250 miles, in Beven hours and forty-five minutes, making twenty-five stoppages. The Allah Bteamsliips have been making remarkably good tiine this season, the latest instance being that of the Polynesian, which ar rived out on Sunday, having left Quebec on Saturday, 28th ult. - The Canada Fire and^Marine In surance Company Jms made the necessary depo.fit, of. $50,000 witi the.Dominion Government, and ob tained a license to transact busi ness throughout the whole of Canada. , . . Mr. A. Frank, of Caledon, took six silver medals at the Centennial ! Exhibition, for aged SBfTolk'.boars, two'sows, and best pen of Siiffolks. lie carried off the sweepstakes prize for this breed of pigs in com petition with the whole world. Large quantities of apples are beirigjiow snipped.-from Montreal to the United Kingdom, it^being estimated that our export trade in apples this year will bje about 50 per cent greater than that, of any previous, year. A : despatch to the Globe from London states that advertisements for a new Dominion loan for' 2,-' 200,000 have been issued by our Fjjna-nce Minister.! The loan will be issued at 91,. practically 90J. The loan has been veiy fairly re ceived upon the Stock Exchange. A deputation from the Licensed "Victuallers' Association, lieadod by Messrs. JohnCarling, Frank Smith, H. L. Hime, and, John Cosgrove had an interview with t&e Hon.- Adam Crooks on Monday, to dis cuss matters relating to their trade. Messrs Smallpiece, Barrett & Pirie of Tointo, will publish the first number of a new weekly jour nal,1 called the Observer, on the 17th inst. It will be thoroughly inde pendent in politics, and opposed to thei: temperance movements. It will be the size of "the National. The Kincardine Reporter tells of the building of a brick wall in that town on Sunday,the workmen argu ing that if salt could be made oh Sun day they should be allowed to build ovens on that day in which to bake the bread in which the salt was used. The argument was about as stable as the wall, which fell down next day.' We leurn ; that there is no truth whatever in the report cabled from London that Mr. Hicksqn, the gen eral manager of the Grand Trunk, has resigned. It appears that there have been anxious and pro tracted ; discussions in New York during the last few days-,among the representatives of the through lines,- relative' to a proposed advance in the rates, of freight from Chicago and the West to the Eastern sea board. No action bas, ^however} been determined on in the matter, owing to the difficulty of reconcil ing conflicting interests among, the Trunk linos having their termini in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. - The railways controll ing the traffic- to the New England States are agreed as to the necessity of an advance, and are willing to put up the rates at once: but no movement can be made in this di rection, until some agreement has been reached as to the rates to New York and Baltimore; It is thought that all points in dispute between the various companies will be satis- j ACTfO* MABKETB, Flour ... ..T 275 White Wheat .. .. 1 00 to|0 10 Now Fall Wheat., .. Spring WJicatJ Glasgow -;. New Spring Wheat . Barloy Barley, No. 2 Oats ... ', Poas Apples Onions -.. Potatoes, per bag Butter ... Eggs. Ihirkoys .. Geese Ducks I 1 OOtol 05 1 00 to 1 05 I 00 to 1 04 0 75 to 0 7G 0 G8 to O 70 0 35 to 0 00 0"65 to 0 70 6000^EB]ft,CItftf Tho building committoo of the Con gregational Church, having a surplus of Whito Briok, offer tho above quantity for sale. Apply to - L JAMES RYDER. Ao.ton, Nov. 1, 1870. - 18-3t :. L -DINE TIMBER FOB 8AL1 Sealed Tenders will be received ^>y the undersigned up to the 20th ins for tho purchase of all the Piao Timt or Pine Trees onthenorth-wiest half the west half of Lot 20, in the 1st'con Esqueaing. Terms, one-half cash; b.1 anco in three months, properly secure i. j - Ciiristib, Hendbbsoh t Co, I Acton, Nov,, j, 1876. 18-3t; XMAS IS COWING "1 JUST 3EJ3D. - GitATKyffL and Com- roitTisp. " By a thorough knowledge of tho natural laws which govern the operations of digestion J-jud nutrition, ond by a careful application of tho fine properties of well selected cocoa, .Mr. Epps has provmed our ,bi eakfast tables \vjth a delicately llavt red beverage which may save us many lieavy doctors' bills. It is l>y|(the jmlici ins use.of such articles of diet [that a coiistitutioii may begradually built up until Btrongeuough to-resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating nroutid us rc:.dy to attick wherever there is a weak point. Wp may escape many a fatal si aft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a pro perly nourishejl frame. "-l-Ciri! Service Gazelle. Sold only in packets labeled "James Errs & Co., JHomoeopathic Chemist, 48, Threadncedle Street, and 170, Piccadilly London." A UCTIONI SALE I . "' - A OF 'Valuable Eeal Estate . IN THE VriiLAGE OF. ACTON.! Tho undersigned Executors.of the Es tate of tho latc| Samuel Worden, -hove authorised Mr. [William Hcmstreet to sell by Public Auction on Wednesday, 22nd November,; that valuable propert^ Wtnatcd on the corner of Agues ond jlolin streets, consisting of two lots oij 0 40.t<).0 70 (ivhich there is a good frame house and bam. Also some fruit trees. [ TEnsts, One ithird of tho purchaso money to bo paifl at tho time of Sale and the balance within one month /roin the day of sale, when a deed of convey!-, ance will bp givep. ' ] JAMES SHAW ;) JOHN WARKEN ,j 1 00 to 0 00 .0 50 to 0 60 0 17 to 0 20 0 14 to 0 15 0 00 to 0 00 0 05 to 0 0G 0 05.to0.06 Executors. Attend to Your Bend and Hair ^Don't D elay Using This. Wood'* Improved Hnlr Kcsloratlvt Is utjllko any other, and, has no equal. The Improved n|as new vppotablo tonic properties; retores eroy haJr to a glospy natural color; njstore^ faded, dry, harsh undfalling hair';, restores, dresseB, gives vigorto iht hair j restores hair to prema turely balcf heads; removes d indraft", htrr mor, fcaly eruption*.; removes lrrlta Mod, Itching arid tcaly dryness. No article produces] such wonderful eftects Try it, call for Wood's Improved Hair Bestoratlv^s, nnd don't bo put off with any otherartlote]. Hold by n'l drnggrinU in this place and dealers everywhere. Trade supplied at niantfacturers'prices by C. a^Cook 4 Co, Uhleaeo, Sole Agents for the. United Stales and Canada?, and by iiTMA^ Bros, A Co., ^Toronto. jC_rCTIOSi feAXE OF : Household Furniture. " Mr. Hcmstreet has received a con signment of goods, which he will sell at public auction, at the Itailfoad Hotel, ROCK WOOD, on Friday, 10th of Nov., commencing at 2 o'clock p.m. Tho. articles comprise a sofa, centre table, bedsteads and bedding, 3 parlor stoves, 1 cook stojve, 5 box stoves, din ing tables, chamber ^sets, whatnots, G hair-bottom chairs, writing desk, a lot of good carpets atid mats, etc. Also a good- cow, and onp sulky. Terms cash, or three months! credit on approved joint notes.' | ' ; I Wm. Hbmstkeet, Auctioneer. i Rockwood, OatJ 30, 1876. 18-2t ,A Splendid ^aorjbjiteiit (JO ,op/ -i ' ' yj Wedding Tfrxgs, I Fancy Gold Ring^, r Cuff Buttons,' o > Chains. Lockets, Nil Braoeletfir, eto.j eii Glocks; torn h$1.00 Call and See Themi -1 Acton, Oct. 31, 1876. GEORG. BE SURE TO CALL ANDIeXAMINE THOSE Grand | Slau - AND Tumbling er Down IN DRY GOODS MILLI NERY D, McNAIKS: Terrihlo Sacrifice. GOODS SOLD AT ANY PRICE. Must be Cleared stock into the ne'lv nearly completed Out. We don't! want ;o carry any of our store,, which is DRESS (GOODS MILLINERY, WOOLEN GOODS, ' SI]APLE JGCJODS, [at astonishingly Must all be sold i Low f rices. BARGAINS FOR YOU, BARGAINS FOR YOU, BARGAINS FOR YOU; Bargains for Our Millinery i'b ri^t "class. Eyervbpjtjly. T I>COLX ASD LEICESTER Jj 8HESP IOB 81l. The undersigned lias several Shear ling Rams and Ram Lambs for sale, on his premises at.Acton. Some .of then} have taken prized it the Exhibitions. J i\ C. S. SMITHS Acton, Oct. 16, 1876. STKAW AND FELT DOVE OVJKK, HATS ^vil And made up in jthc latest style, orders promptly attended to and satis faction given in all cases. Residence on Main Street, opposite the Presbyter- Church. MRS. S. L. PEER, Acton,?Oct. 11, 1876. 15-5t CJUUAR FOUND. . On the- York Rood near Rockwoad, recently, a bag containing a quantity of sugar. The ownei- can have ;it on ap plication to the undersigned ;by prov ing property and paying charges. WM. GORDON, near Acton. October 25, 1876. 17-31* mo BREEDERS. ! Oil] Bobtail'.'- will be kept for service on the premises of the subscriber, during the season. Terms for the season $1, strictly cash at the time of. service. Black Bobtail took a prize at the Guelph Central Exhibition this year. He was bred by Royal Briton, imported J&. John SnelL A -young , Boar froin^Hie Model Farm, will also be kept for ser vice. - ' . ' ROBERT SIMS, Lot No. 30, 2d-eon. Esquesing. October 23, 1876. 17-2m CAMPAIGN OPENED! WESTERN ADVERTISER WEEHXir HBEK.4X. & A Six Dollar Premium Given' Away. Balance of Year Free! - j All new Our Di|e88 Goods wanted for the seison. patteinsjand colore are just what is The latest A large stock.of Siaple and Fancy Dry Goods-i-cheap. Qeatlemea'B" TurbiBhlasr 0ooi good and and fashionable. :heap. Jewelery, Jewelry. Rimjrs. Brooches, Ghains, &c. Also a good stock (i-QfiOOERIES. |' ! -AT D. McNAIRS Call and See 6 factorily adjusted at an early -date, j Prices. AdTON. ir Goods and In opening the Annual. A'dvebtiser Fall Campaign for 1876-7,we do so with the full intention of making it-the most successful ono entered upon. We want to add at least 10,000 new subscribers to our rolli this j^ear. The Adveutiser, ;iu the future as in the past, will be found advocating every true Reform and eyery really Liberal measure. Among other reforms it ad vocates an elective senate and the pas sage of' a Prohibitory Liquor Law. TO AGENTS.^-In. order to make this paper the very best and mqst.remu- nerative one in Canada- to canvass for, We will present to every subscriber for 1877 a copy of the great- steel plate on- graving entitled " Wellington and Blu-' tcher Meeting after the Battle of Water loo," size 18 x"40 inches. It is, beyond doubt, one of the finest engravings ever produced,1 being' the premium of the London (Eng. j Art tTuion for 1872, and sold at one guinea tin England and six dollars in the| .colonies. -Tlris magnificent pure Hhe engraving was ex ecuted by Lumb.-Stooks,- R. A, from the yffill painting in 'the Palace of Westmin ster by-Daniel Maclise, R. A. It occu pied six years of this celebrated painter's life, and ;the, steel plate by the equally renowned, engraver opcupied five years more, costing the sum. of 3,150. Tho best critics throughout England and Canada' unite in praising this wonderful picture of the culminating point in the battle'of Waterloo. I ear We also give the balance of this year free to oil subscribers for 1877. , vmA* weIoffek. Okedk EIIRSIJ AT THE Bast End Clothing- ALSO GENTSr UJmEECLGfH^ In great variety from $1 to $2.50 per 8it, Ax!ton, October 31, 187&: DI3K30IT & McNAB, d-BAND 'l b. --U- %..-. :;,---4.^ OF NEW FALL AND WINTEB IV-- Oar magnificent stock of new goods now to hand, oornprlding all Uw-i ' .. : Btylea'and Most Fashionable Assortment of Qbods i - Wes^erri Canada; GOODS. --. ii--*S." We have been very successful in; buying- and getting.opened out, ! upon inspection^ will be, we are sure^ :.-". The Cheapest Lot' of Dxy Goods in wai " rnA' tWd T'.arf-TAQ ^ ^ni-show tle lirgesirfia^ _ \Jz:vl\} XJCLU.1CJO. and-icostexUinsire etoefco*! | :" ' '. DBES^ X3-bOi|)S v| in tbe.couniy, comprising all the!new fashionable color?, in seal biowi, navy blue?, plum, prunee, and myrtle green Dress Goods: ..Also Blackbi** tres, Far*maUes,._Persian Cords, Repps,-French Merinos, Wincej^fc. JfrimmingSj'Tassel Fringes, Cords, Battons,-&c, to mate]i all shsdai. ';- Woolen Goods. ^kfaT1^ ^ Squares, Polka Jackets, Hosiery, (Cloves, fiCj-in^all the ftohionablo calM and 'styles. ' '_ . ' - _' , ; Miiiinery, lyEgntles & TBfs department is far ahead of all competition. rWe na^je this season i* cured tbe services of a first-class miliiner from New York. Ladies, yJ should not fail to see our millinery, ^e sure and call befc re yoa buy- -W Mantles and Shawls we have importied direct from ths head ce$t* faeUion; viz., London, Paris and New York. Novelties in Floweij*, ?**^': ers, Wings, Velvets. Silks, <S5C, i.-. i^V 1-L newspaper in esses, good paper, free to new-siib- 1. The best 8-page fi Canada. 2. Wo hprepay posta] 3l._New types,' new p; 4. Balance of this yei scribers. C. A magnificent'steel plate engriving - free. . ! . j , 6.. A Ladies' and Children's department 7; Songs (music and .words), pictures, chess, &c. -.- j 8. W.'F.1 Clarke editsjour Farmers'"de- :, partment. - ! r , tar ALL POJB $1.60. Either singly or in clubs. To clergymen,' postmasters and school teachers, 81 per annum. ar We,toant Agents everywhere. : Send for sample and Agent's Package containing miniature /ae-aimik of pta- -ture, premium list, club heading*, terms, oto. Sent free to.any iddress. JOHN CAMERON & CO., "Adxtrliser" office, London, Ont. ---TV. -.- Y~i2*.**t (.-^ -i^; , V Ladies and Children's _. , No where-in the conn try is such a display of Furs, in i able, seajj^W otter, lynx and beaver ,se*tti. Fur Jackets and Fur Caps, n Stf8****?^. Men's Fur Caps, Fur Gloves," Fur Mitts, Sleigh Bu^s,BiifiBdo ^owl^*0' cheaper than^he cheapest.- "-.' r!"^-i. Ordered Clothing.>sisJ8S|^ besticutter and turn out the most styfiah arid best fitting uitfm tbgjggj of the Dominion, . We.iiave; just received a splendid lot ^"W3r%k- Tweeds,' wbicb we are) prepared to sell at rock bottom price i/^aafWJSi our stoclc It will (pay you to do so.f No i trouble to ihow our Ready-made ClothingT'Men's and Boys' Qverooats, Uln'teis^ Sm Oyercoats, Boys'^Youths' and M'enrs Suits, warranted tho Urf**< arid Cheapest stock in Canada. . - 4 ;-'-'_ " :.> j bur Staple Departmer t -^ with extra good, cheap, goods in-Cottons, both white ai id grOTisw*^; F4noy and Grey Flannels, Blankets, Table Linens, Towelling*, Afc'-j ;:;:. : Carpets, Floor Oil O&j&i Rjjgs, Matts and Mattings^ at extra low prices. ..... _ .. .i-,,a "iafge" asscrrtJoenT airf'^*?- Boots & iShpes. ,Ja cheap. We would ask & cohtintiance ot tho'patronage>o liberally us; and in return we gnarantoe^ to seU goods cheaper than t rer. OcU 3,7876, ---" :trUivlOTfl HOUSE, GJSPBOBtO^ 24*MiaOTfl HOUSE, it t :..->'s? '0 it tteyarei, Secord 1!] ^ythejr, ' ?oered ii .JMjiSO