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"()I... I o h laud ever Wednesday gt the oliice. Vic» tum um. inwarwilie. Terms. 75 cent: per your in advance or v.00 it not paid within six month; No paper» iiiqutiuuod until all 3mm are puid. l‘rui’uaaionli and business curd: of one inch ID!!!» and under. per year three dollars. Editor-hi natives in local column live cents r line for “rational-lion and three cents wr Inc for each subsequent. insertion. A limi mi number"! udvertiwmouw inserted a}; Ipocinl "no". The Reporter oiflco is supplied wuh II lfnud equipment of poster am well as fine Job type. “mirtli‘r I ntrnulv No. 18â€"‘vat. ngggforut We SOME three y« um ago, Mr. Joseph Tluuusuu came to this villuge frmn one of Lin: rcur townships, and started a small millinery shofi in an unpre- tensinna building on Main Sn. former- ly occupied by ’J. P. Lamb as a drug store. Tht' amount of business dom- at first Was small, by“. by degrees the custom increased until it became necessary to unploy 'an assistant. About one and a hult' years agu it was decided to open a grucury and pro- vision aim-e. and part ul the name shup was utilized fur that pun-pow. This Branch of the business was also very an ill at the lnrginnmg, but by perse- vet-misc, ulnae ultoutipu to business, telling at rcaaonnble prices, and strict honvsty, the business hm heroine one pftlw best in the tillage. During the past two seasons, 3 r. Thompwn has been on the mud moat of the time, gathering eggs for the Boston market from the h) nil doalers in the surround- ing village-s. He seems to have been fin'lmmm in securing a large purtion of the local trade in lhis‘ commodity, for frnm a glance» at lnfihuokn we learned that‘he has this seasmi handlud over 25,000 dozen eggs, for which he has paid out the Ruin uf $i,irl55, the awr-l age price living 16 11-500.. per dom‘n.‘ We his!) learned that during the past year he. bought and Hold m-u $4,500 worth of groceries and provisions. The niillinery business during the past your has brought in some $1,200, which shows that Mrs. 'l‘hompson coni- bines the twu Very essential elements, viz.: a good saleswinnan and the faculty ol‘ tilting up an article so an to please the must l‘us'itlinns. Mr. Thompsori‘nlsn does a large business in outside. halter, dealing in hides, pelts, 850. to tln- extent ol'sonw 81,100, making the yearly lnmim-su foot up to smnuthing near 810,000. “r. Thump son says his business has been greatly curtailed for want of transportation l'ucilitii-s, and he is therefore an ardent mipporter ol‘ the managed Brocki'illu, “’vstpoit. & Sault Ste, Marie Rail- way, believing that when the railway is built he can do a larger busincss, :it far lens mst for shipping, thereby mahling him tn pay higher prices for the (-nnimn'lilins ihatlic hnmllvs. ‘ovu .VIORJ'IJ‘G STROLL. ’l‘] [E RE 1’0 RTER IT_ is said that cumr-mp'a'e petitim so amend the Scott INTECH (1984)” associates I025 Harsvicvg Rd.. Unit Londnn. Ontario NGE 1P7 BE’I‘HHEL LOVERIN. Publisher and Prnvriu the liquor-dealers? 1885. \iug Parliament to! Mr Act as to admit of} culled THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT IS kn" 'merflvillu; \Vednesduy, l)ecen|b01 the sole and consumption of beer and written. Any movement in thiudirec- tion should be promptly check-mated. The temperance péuple have had it hard light from the beginning. Mon. eyfur the furtherance of their cause and tho nominating of their omnp-igns they have had to supply llH‘lllM‘lVel. And this, too, with no selfish object in view. Ari-atyed ngainm them they have had an interest of W'i'le-SPI'C'IJ in- llnence. lighting for its very existence -â€"~u monch intore'nt in do'ence of which money has been frevly “find. But the rtendy pent-voting work of the mum-nous temperanon societies; scattered though every village andj hamlet in tho Dominion has odw .ited‘1 the public mind too TOUOgHiUOIl ut'thw virtue or, and necessity for, a prohib itory law. The sentiment in favor of temperance has for many young been tezeadily imrcasing, till now, when that sentiment is tea-w d by a suhmiasion of the Scott Act, it is found to be enter- tained by a very large majority of our pcuplc. The carrying of the Scott Act in the fifty-one Counties in which it is now in form: has cost the temper- anCc party a large amount ol' time and money, and anything that would tend to interfere with this finished work should be promptly and efl'cctchly re- sisted. it in somcely likely that 1’.“- linniont would grant stub a petition, but the temperance people should see tnjii. that. they have abundant unison for not doing so. On Monday last, punctually, at 12 o'clock, Jus. H. Blackburn, Clerk of the municipality 01' Rear 01' Yonge and Esau“, took the chair at the Town Hall, and announced that he. was prepared to receive nomination».- 1'm- the positions of wave. deputy move, and count-more fur 1885. Mr. Isaac Alguire was also present to receive nominations for police trus- tees. The fulluwing persons were then unmimtted 2â€"â€" F‘or Reeveeâ€"Isaac C. Alguire, S. A . Tuplin, R. B. Alguire, Jas. B. b‘uun- ders. Hugh Mulvena. ' For Deputy ream--~ Jas. B. Sm!» ‘ darn, Ii. B. Alguiro, S. A. Tuplin, M. Hallway, Thos. Bea-nay. Fur Councillorsm Ransom Browafl Geo. P. Wight, Thus. Meultnn. M. Hallway. A. W. Kelly, John Wiltse, A.Jnmes, 11.11. Arnold, 1). Fisher, Horace Brown. Chas. J uhnuton. Police Commisaioners.â€"â€"N‘. Dows- Icy, H. C. Phillips, Wm; Parish. 15y acclunmtion. At the lapse nf one hour, the nom‘ inatiuns were declared closed when all the candidates for councillors re. signed, excepting Ransom M. Brown. Thus. Bm‘ney, and Gen. P. Wight. The Clerk declared these gentlemen elecfed‘by acclamation.40 serve f0: Mr. Saunders, Reeve, was men called upon, and in response, he gave .Vlunlclpul .N‘omlnaflonu. IN VERY POOR CONDITION a rename of year's busineu, thawing everything to have passed efi‘ smooth- ly and ntieliwturily. Referring to RuiIWuy afl'uire. h.: said that he haul consulted with un-n who were p0 ted in the matter, and laid learned tmt the debentures could be floated at five per eent., and calculating on the present assessment, in urder tn “mine the amount of bonus in this munici- pality, ratepayers would be required to pay the sum of $1.92 on each 81,000, for a period of twwty years. He wusin favor of the bonus being granted, and said that the ratepe - ere wpuld likely be infermed by pu - lie speakers before polling day as to tell details of the scheme. He eou- 1eluded his speech by thanking the jrutepeyera tor pest and present ifavm-u. Mr. Isaac Mguire said' he had served the municipality in the capacity of recve and councillor, and with his record before them, if the people wished him to be their move for 1885. the choice must be unani- mous, otherwise he wan notin the field. “ Messrs. Barney and Reid Alguire returned thanks for their nomination in shorflspgechesx 'I‘ {I Mr. Tufflin spoke at considerable length, reviewing his relations with this "municipality us a public maul and man citizen. He arraigned be- fore the meeting several who were} present, accusing them of truckling and nlamderiug. He gave some in- terealiug tit-bits' of municipal his- tory, vindicating himself from vhurgeea which he said had been madawgainst him. H18 speech Was a vi‘mus, scathing denunciation of his allwg‘t‘d trnducers, and an effective dumw nl himself. He closed by ex-’ presume; hiumell' willing to resign, if ‘ ' ' I. ' II...‘:..,. The only contest, therefore, will be between Messrs. T aphu and Saunders b . . . . for the posutmn of reeve. l" ' ‘ n- “ u v by his so doing Mr. Isaac Alguire would be elected by acclamatiou.‘ , Mr. Saunders spake in contradiction of mule statements made by Mr. 'l‘apLiu, and said that. he also was will- ing to allow Mr. Alguirc to be elected withuut opposition, providing he was givm_ the deputy reeVeshil). D- Miniâ€"REM ‘Aléuire withhew his can- didature for the deputy reevcship, and M. HaUaday Was declgrednelected'. Yum}: Fnon'r.-â€"-Reeve-â€"R. R, Phil- lips. W. A. Foster. Councillors- P.,F. Purvis, Jas. Dickvy, Chas. Mai. 1011;, Vincent Buell, Ed Punle, P. U. l’urvis, George Leader, Jae. Avery, John T. Tenuaut, Roderick Morrison, 1). '1‘. Tcnnant. ELIZABETHTOWN.-- Reeveâ€" F. 11. McUrca, R. J. Jelly. lat. deputyâ€"- Samuel Simpson. 2nd deputyâ€" Wm. Wilsm. Connemaraâ€"â€" Anson Mau- Imrd, Thos. Smith. The contest. wall be confined to the Beeveship. SOUTH Gnosnv.-â€"Reevcâ€"â€" Gray, acâ€" clamution. Councillorsâ€" Sxanton, Stout. Smith, Lenka. Murphy Dolnng. - :n. 1881. Phone: (519) 686-1970 After Hours: 657-0390 BABTARD no Bummuâ€" Reeve» W. O. Steveul, Thou. lye". Dev“) --â€"Frauk Harri~on, A, Elliott. 00ml- cillome. Murphg, R Seymour. 1‘- Derbydsire, John l’reaton, m Smith, J. A. Bell. : Purmoue on now in circulation throu rhout the Dominion, “Q be pr- - sente to the Senate and House («I Commons at the next session of pa:- limnent, praying these bodie- “In amend the scan Act in such a man- ner 'aud form as may be" deemei proper [to remove the injqetice m present existing, by making It neces.» ary theta thrwfifths majority of tin- tqtal vote polled at any election which may be duly ordered hereafter by an Exaelleney the Govenmr-in-Counciz, "elmll be necessary to the enforcement of the Act." Now we have every respect for .th: rights of a majority, and we eertolnly think that the talee princl le upon which this petition is based 5 onld b : recognised by the Government and people, and a fitting reply be made in answer to it. The Soott Act, like other just laws, is framed and intend- ed to confer the greatest possible good on the greatest possible number. And it' even a bare majority fever its adoption, then the opinion and rights of that majority should be duly ro- epeetcd. Of course, where the peopiu of a county or “city are nearly evenly divxded mth regard to the merits if the Act, more difficulty is found in enforcing the law, but even in such 4 case, the friends of the Act should in. member that they are fighting for th r rights of the majority, howew c quiescent that majority m iy be. i‘h size ut'the majority does not in 3.2-. may atfvct. the priuuipia m: j‘h-iiC-t' u} - on which the law 11 than; !:«i. TIN grunting ofthis [telliiim “with; plat: - the temperance party iii. u scout. dio- udvantage, and Would be a COilCtiSaiO to the liquor interest which its 115- eumed merits do not deserve. 1. Would also have the effect of defeating; the Act in counties where its beneiiuin. eifects are most needed. Kr. and Mrs. P. Harrington haw: returned from Grand Forks, Dakotiz, to spend the winter with friends in this vicinity. Mr. Barth:ng new owns 460 acres of land, 23 OfWhicl are under cultivation. The anil’ is -1 black lean), three feet thick, with clay subsml, The average yield of whe.” per acre is from 25 to 30 bushels; outs from 60 to 70: barley from 50 z » .55. Boots of all kinds are also grqu in abundance. Mr. Barrington thinks that. Dakota is just. thu place for young men commencing life without capital. Mr. D. M. McPherson the cheese king of Eastern Ontario, gave a grim] entertainment at his residence, Lun- caster, the other night in honor or his brother from the far West. Glen Buell. 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