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Newspaper
Lindsay Expositor
Location
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1869
Page
2
An ad lists a seasonal stock including portable desks flower vases and card cases with low prices. It urges readers to recommend to friends and notes gratitude for support. The copy uses quirky phrasing and several misspellings.
The article discusses the rise of mass organizations enabled by improved communications and the press, comparing unions to other benevolent bodies. It weighs unions' benefits against harms from strikes, arguing infections of public policy and economics, and questions optimal wage outcomes amid varying trade conditions. It also reviews provincial finances, debt, and revenues in Ontario around 1869, noting surpluses, investments, and future revenue streams tied to timber, education funds, and crown rents.
Advocates urge a Toronto to Lindsay railroad with no extension to Cannington via Uxbridge, arguing it would bring western and eastern markets closer, boost competition, lower freight rates, and spur growth for Lindsay merchants farmers and manufacturers. They claim $260,000 is a fair price for the road under the platform.
The December session convened with members listed and one absent. The Warden outlined year-end tasks, settlements with Peterborough on County liabilities, investments in Renfrew and Lindsay bonds, and approval of volunteers’ drill compensation. He noted bridge repairs at Bobcaygeon and a dangerous Rosedale bridge needing a new covering and repairs.
The court sat on Tuesday with Judge Smith presiding and adjourned to 9 am Wednesday after a Grand Jury list led by foreman John Dix. Friday’s papal address praised the bishops’ numbers while warning against false science and impiety, and a Peterborough Town Council meeting referenced a Toronto deputation seeking a $60,000 railroad bonus to extend the line toward Mud Lake, Lindsay, and Uxbridge amid new road plans.
Fragmented reminiscences and comic anecdotes mix biblical misreadings, classical allusions, and social misinterpretations. A Cambridge “little-go” jape about knives, Cain’s wife, and a Calais table d’hôte tale showcase literary parsing, language slips, and Paris exposition banter from a 19th century column.
The piece recounts John Bright and Gladstone as pivotal figures before the Crimean War, noting Bright’s fiery oratory, the shift of English public opinion from peace to war, and the impact of the peace party on foreign policy, including Russia and America. It laments later public sentiment and touches on Irish outrages and вик prompt political repercussions.
Notices from Manilla and district report the Debating Society at Woonvillx, a rake factory in operation, and the Bible Christian Church Manila awaiting a January dedication. Town accounts due by the 20th, revival services in Little Britain, and various church and fraternal notices fill the weekly column with local civic, religious and commercial details.
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