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ty:U;kThe Town Council.council meetings were very ^ reported in 1865. The report . Lindsay town council is brief ®ads very much like it would on ®®ute book. However, the bus-l * {he council seemed to be ™e same lines and the troubles K.T kind as to-day’s encoun-Bishop, a widow in the had her tares cheerfully so the council of 1865 had kind of generosity and goodas i spirit that later councils have ofter of | shown. If the council was kind, il of also could, be firm as may be judgec from the motion passed, “That thf Clerk do notify Mr. Thos. Hanlon tc return to him the blank assessmenl roll which he, Mr. Hanlan, got from the Clerk on the 8th of February, and if he do not furnish the roll before Wednesday next, he, the Clerk, dc instruct the solicitor to proceed to recover the said roll from Mr. Hanlon.’;Among the members of the 186£ council were: Messrs. Moloney, Mitchell, Spratt, Doheny, Bell, Deane, Stephenson, Browne and Grace. Mr. Moloney kept store where O’Loughlin McIntyre now conduct business. The building was a frame one and was demolished at the big fire. Mr. Spratt was the father of Mr. Kichard Spratt, who is now one of Lindsay’s enterprising and respected citizens.Mr. Thos. Doheny kept hotel in a frame building on the site now occupied by A. L. Campbell’s grocery. Mr. Doheny passed away some few years ago, but the property still is owned by the family.Mr. Bell is also. dead. He built and conducted the Boynton Hotel.Councillor Deane was a land surveyor.Mr. Stephenson, like some present day municipal men, found delight in a fine trotting horse. He was a tinsmith by trade and his business place was on the south side of Kent street.Councillors Browne and Grace are both dead. Mr. Browne was a tinsmith, who held down the Mayor’s chair for a term or two.The “Mr. Hanlon’’ whom the motion suggests the Solicitor to get after, kept hotel where A. D. Mallon’s corner house now stands with the pump before it, on the corner of King and St. Paul streets, East Ward.The Town Hall.In 1909 there are some citizens who are, or pretend to be, ashamed of Lindsay’s town hall. The growth in appearance from 1865 to 1909 in the town hall would lead to the firm hope that in another -43 years Lindsay will have a municipal structure that will be a delightful place. In 1865, the town hall was a long, narrow roughcast building of a storey and a half high. The seats ran the long way and seating capacity was not very marked. The building was on about the same site as the present municipal buildings.Wanted a Church Bell.Rev. J. B. Muir was the pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church, and he had a letter in The Advocate calling attention to the necessity for the ringing of a bell on Sundays to inform churchgoers that divine service was about to begin. As no church in Lindsay had a bell at that time, Mr. Muir suggests that the town bell be used and that the several churches join together to defray the cost of having a bell-ringer attend the duty.The Markets.The housewife would give a sigh of regret for old times if she could see the prices prevaling in 1865 on Lindsay market. Eggs sold then at 20c. per dozen and butter at from 15 to 17 cents per* lb. The farmer of to-day might also sigh, for barley, oats and hay all brought more in 1865 than they do today.An Entertainment.The Advocate announces a lecture by Mr. James McCarrol, on “The House that Jack Built. This is a little different style of entertainment to that enjoyed by Lindsay of 1909, but the eternal press agent seemed to differ but slightly from the flowery fellow of to-day. There is a display advertisement of the event and a reading notice elsewhere, for all of which it is to be hoped that the editor received tickets for himself and all within his gates as was customary in those days. Mr. McCarrol is described as the famous ‘Terry Finnigan' and celebrated Flautist, Humorist and Poet.” His entertainment is referred to as an unrivalled musical and seriocomic lecture, interspersed with brilliant, elaborate and extraordinary solos on the flute, etc.” Times have changed in many ways in the past 43 years, but the advance agent and the advance notices are the same old highly colored and artistic productions.The Advertisements.Lindsay merchants of 1865 were good advertisers. The advertisements inthis issue occupy all of two Pa8es “d two columns of the third. The advts-. however, are all small, comparedto the quarter-page, half-page and ful page efforts so common today. ,Every one of the advertisers in this issue is now out of the line he the solicited trade for. Somethe sheriff- Mr. McDougall then hv-from the town, others retired or gone into other business, while a majonty, , alas, have passed from earth s busin- , ess altogether.1865 County Officials. .The county judge in 1865 was Mr. . Tames Smith, now dead -Neil McDougall, also dead now, was i
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Lindsay Weekly Free Press
Lindsay, Ontario, CA
Thu, Jan 21, 1909
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