BmNS PSOPBIErOE A- Prfee Press Keligioias Jhiberty JSqual Riglits to all men TEKMS 125 STMOTIY IN ADVANCE Vol IL No 16 NEWMARKET ONTAEIO CANADA KBIDAY OCTOBER 8 1868 Whole No 42 3 Cfourr Thurtdiy MornI BT G H BUraS Tn 150 per aonai i bulneu Cards of Ten tiaes p Bositiess Cards oi Ten Lines and u solid brr The following rates irilJ be charged to mei baiit4 and others vbo adrertiM bj the jea Trill be inserted ti Something all should Know h r lundt IE PORCELAIN PICTBE Do not forget wiere you will find pleasant Waiting Boom Coaon Cotes H B LUNDY Atlitt maricet Jan 29 1868 6fim on Wednesday not li U BUSINESS CARDS H Fhilips Co CABINET ORGANS ALFRED BOULTBEE Barrister AttorneyatLaw 80LICIT0E IX CHAKCEBY CONVEYANCER c q SAMUEL BOADHOTJSE CABINET MAKEE UTTDBRTAKBR e MAIN STEEET NEWMAEKET A on Iiand Gofflnt Ready Made Dr EAOEETT MABRIAOE X xtarf BARGAINS in JM GOQSS AL WA 78 V S0D Newmarket Dec 31 1887- 21 fatcb tbe aithfol do HpBie not merely roof ii wmr ttisis ometUng to endear it is wbere the heart can bloom re theres some kind Up tooheer What is home with none to H PIPER Co 01 YONGE STREET first door Oi King S D ter Coolers Celebrated Aichim lolesale Dealers in Tubs Brooms Brushes Ropes Wooden Ware JAPANNED TINWARE Lamps Chandeliers Coal Oil PIPER 1 PIPER 24y Stationery NOTICE anything in the Fancy Goods MALL WARE LINE 1 Or anything Jp the sbupQ of FIRSTCLASS JOB PRINTING t QUEENS ELIPTIC SEWING MAGHINE NO HUMBUG price without THE OLD ESTABLISHED HARNESS SHOP N E W 31 A R K E T SADDLES HARTOSS COLLARS TRUNKS And every other Arlide in the Tradt kept THOS ATKINSON THOS ATKINSON ALEX BUDQE BLACKSMITH H0R8R 6II0EIN0 and all kinds of g cral work in his line esecutfd k ON REASONABLE TERMS main street newmarket on EDWAED DOAN Begs respcctfully to notify the puUic that he 6 amply prepared to manufat f marble and freestonr MOIVTJMEilSTSi head aT0H8 Tomb Tables Tablets Poat8y c and iuutfli- A Light Employment Candle Why is a ladys bon ise it covers the Why Tom i bell y life losquite bites time the irritation An Intelligent farmer being asked ses were well matched replied Y re matched first rate one of them J to do all the work and the other willing he should A conceited young man asked a friei one of the party the day before to which he had a card oC inviUUon Oh my deai said the wit say nothing about it A Nit of KayBtooe ifd ilacea tliat I believe EDglasdrthkt of ft d of tbseaine c not refer to the andaf beys which yet the conDtJesj- I mett farm houses uoiie- It vfts iow and loagi4llTi7ta8t ful bat it solid anbitectare The whole froat wafl covered mlh iyy loees cle matis and hoDemoUe which extended their beautiftl dark and light green foli age gemmed witlimyriwsweetajeiited blossoms over the thfttied mf and oltmg lovinglj as it fteemed abouj the low stacks of quaintlooking chimneys that started ap in themoetpecoliar bnt pictdae places but especially did they lavtah their affec tion opoD the wooden beller hanging in BO many gracefnl festofiis aronnd the heavy black alarum as to materially deaden its sound had it ever been reqoirrf which am glad to say it never vis Kayetoae was situate to a maritime comty and was jast far eiosgh inksd to of Bight of the set but yet near to feel its cool breezes on the iTot summer days and jhe bleak north east wind and sleefcr even at times the 9onnd that added comfort within Here it was that I and my two sUters had been bronght up and here it was when our father and mother paid a visit 10 relatives in Londcn which they inually that dear god kind Aunt Martha used to come and stay to take add of us yoting things These times were always great delight to us girls for it fell about tbat sweet aotuoin season when the short- ig days yet of pleasant walks amongst rustling leaves and fresh breezes and the long tWights are rendered charm ing beyond description by necessary fires the red glow from which atfitcastA strange shadows on the walls gves rtK to pleasant dreamy thoughts It was this hour when we could only see each otheaces by the firelight and the old took of quite ints for we haye to support our own c s The Sewing Mac with whflt it will do its im it has no equal ROBT JJ JOY JlSr Corns are of two kinds vegetable nnd animal Vegetable corns grows in rows 8 not likcto KG INSURANCE CO FEATURES POn years THE NIAOAHA DISTRrCT BnTDALFnffiramcEcoY 8T PAUL 8T ST CATHARINES NEWMAEKET BEEWERI The subscriber has great ple iure in noUfying tM public tlit be K onbfs own reaponsibtllt andbopeibystrlpt ALK PORTER AND VJNEGAlil Conirtantly on hand BBt- hlgheit prip paid for Bauvt and olbcr grains 1 Newmarket Dec 11 IBCT he wont do as well as if ho isnt Doct say that corns are produced by tight boots which is proliably tlio reason wi roan is tight tlicy say be is corn WDicr manages wellje can get a g tliat one corn tbat makes the biggest achcr ois farm The bigger tlio crop of vegetal lo corn a man rises the bcllr he likes it j but the btggcr the crop of animal raises the lietter ho dnut like it deat opnsdering at least he fancied eo and m to pay them a visit and see a year after they bad been tere that I did so and fotmd Herbert ud his wife delighted with their home which was in a country beautiful beyond dewription wd eepeoially with the bright prospccta it promised in the future while the ohildrea for there were two sow were patterua of health and It waaafew days after my arriTal that pairing a book from the stady I went in wund my brother in conver- eatloQ with a small landowner eo stoall that hwaa little above tbemod eabia aad darlint pig proprietorB Fearing I was intruding I hurried to what I wanted and to leave but while doing so I heard Herbert say Well McQttin the Limerick tenantry em more belligerent to their landlords an ever I think Thrue sir they do sir they do the boys is a thronblesomo lot and theers always a set of idle discontinted people to distbmction fii silf Rembran the low clear lical voice telling us ifidents in hei past life or Ules she had It was during one of tfese periods of r parents absence that fine evening ai hel we were clustered about Aunt Mar tha with no other light se that from i red glowing fire which threw gigantii hadows of us all upon thfe walls giving c Host ghostly appearance t the room A sudden pause in the convfrsation had oc curred ond vre were sct c tbe burning coals and our pinds occupied thoughts wien Aunt Mai tha breaking the silence gaid My dears do you not think we ha better have in the lamp Oh no J not yet I I eried IJore the firelight especially if jou will tell something grey though you years older than mami blaek Why ia it Lucie Surely you have heard the reason No indeednot one of us I an- ered for all Was there any reasoi its hecoQiing so I thought it cam turally Not quite Gertrude But as you ar acquainted with tljo cause suppose iko it the subject of my itory tonight Ohycsjycsl wochorBedcdgingou tools closer while the Unffl in the Prii oner of Cliillon ocourre4 to my mind for though livin Jn a fannhouse Lucie as was her ctiston took her seat at Aunt Marthas feet and looking up in to the kindly face with her large thoughtr ful blue eyes while Aunt Martha would cntly smooth her favourites rich golden looks Their position seldom varied dur ing Uio story telling it did not this oven- unt flfartha ban ars you arfl of oouree aware that your U Herbert residA in Ire land beforo ho settled in the of Franco It was about thirty Jears ago that ho hod a small estate left to him in Irelanc iide- t id yer n tinclnees to m brm and I remained wUte and Uembling clasping the child to my bosom and gasiog mto Phelims tale terrified face But not for long did I re- n 60 I was sgUy recalled tti my 8 by a low whine of terror from my jpanion who eaddenly beading bis head forward exclaimed Oh its toolatitB too late the boys are here 1 This caused me to list sjlttvely and aa 1 bcoaaio ded softened tread of mmf back of the house I was also made aware that Phelim had jumpeoa to the cill of the had left me alone in the house bad time to reflect upon the dangers of my I the thought mlghi hare jaralyeed I know it was impossible Phelim had done even if I had not I answered Herbert with a laugh turning some papers over which lay befort Noindeed we get on well enough together Praps yes dont press iftid MoQuin Do I not I began by not doing so till I found the rasc only took advan tage of my leniency and becai cepted but half the rent in pay first quarter taking pity on their tales of distrees I found the amount less the next id the following none at all so lately I ive tried to bring them to their seni f being particularly hard on them Mind yez not too hard for you aii 1 Irishman and they think they have call to respect yez sir Theyre a quare I turned n and felt ratli slrflnge expression of bis face and the look he cast at Herbert but took little heed of it then though I bad cause enough call it to mind afterwards I had forgotten the occurrence entirely by the time my brother joined ind began urging me to accompany a dinner party they were going to that evening but to which owing to my arrival in Ireland not bciDg knowuj I had ihink you very had the child in my arms and I already heard the stealthy tread of men entering the passage below My first idea was to get as far from them as I could so taking off my slippers I sped softly upstairs In each room I glanced but with the quick perception of imminent danger saw ia a second there was no safety for me there I rushed with beating heart op the last story and hei I know would havo included they known you were here and if you frill come with ua I am euro you will be welcome No Herbert I really would rather ot accompany you I answered First bceauBC I would sooner take care of baby home as little Claude is to go with you play with Mrs Bouchicrs children d secondly because as you axe wel arc some people arrange the quantity of their guests according to the size of their tables In which case I should cer- Inly be de lroj So notwithstanding Herbert Lauras persuasions I remained firm nnd saw them start in their little carriag with the only manservant my broth kept in tbo house who was to remain i the Bouchiers to bring them back again night As I I hadtak a alone I made the J serve for din arly t was sitting in the drawingroom with hi Ethel on my knee that Mary the prel darkhaired blueeyed servant girl cai and asked if I could spare her for a i inomenL so that she might run down her mothers cabin to sco how she was knew her mother was ill so readily gav my c AgWood 3 forJniurince of 10 lentAS TAYtog Ewj fit Catharint LIFE INSURANOE OOMPANY 1 Head Bull iris look conccntredall the Their glowing courts run Though by ten myflal gems decked To llm there 1 but one- Bo I look up into A glorious Into a calm kind eye BMllant with ClM brookH that o There miBbt be facts fifty times OhdwloTed lady mine I Rut thouKhJliere were Id nelth Im blind to Kll but thine being at that time very well off with tbo prospect of a family speedily growing ftboutbim ho determined inBtBf of letting it to live on it himself as it was situate in a very fertile part of the county of Leriok and momiscd to an energetic man such as Herbert a quick and remunerative return for any laliour ho might spend upon it Ircbnil was In a rather unsettled state at tlio timo but my brother resolving to keep himself quiet and others if they did not nm did not let this deter hi but direetJy all arrangements wero conclUMSd started with hiswifo and child for Duomeath But Herbert was new to landlordism in Ireland and speedily found despite his rMolvee It wu no ewy thinu to keep on friendly terms with wnie of the tcntnts who when nmable to pay the nU rents of Uteir cabins nd patch of ground imme- diatJy took a hlttr aad deadly wlmosily Iferbert however got on very well wardrobe the first ested on a high ma fixed against the wall No sailor saw a beacon hght in h p of peril more joyfully than I did this piece of furniture for it was my only hope Placing one chajr on another 1 mounted them with difQculty for I still held Ethel in my arms and placed the pool little thing wtom T had wrapped in i thick shawl on the top then descending removed one chair not to create suspi and standing on the other managed to lyself up to the top of the wardrobe afterwards thanked it cealment for here I laid the child clasped in my arms during one of the longeathalf- honrs in my life All this while I hndheard tho stealthy tread of tho men entering the houso by he back entrance and going from r 0 room Suddenly on fiadig partment deserted they became an 1 suppose that their intended victim my brother had escaped ihem for a yell a cry a mingling of the two a howl of mad fierce ungovernable passion arose from at least a dozen throats and casting all pi ntion aside I heard them tush shouting d swearing from room to room tearing down tho draperies and destroying fumi their angry fruilless search en there was a lull then a shout ar was broken open and they adding to their evil passions by ui strained libations of tho fierce ardent spirit Then after awhilo their savage shouts grew louder and they renewed their search They had rcachcd tho second floor and each sound of the demolition of Hei bcrls property caino acutely to my eai while I turned sick and faint at th thought of what my fate would bo wero I discovered and what pity I could expect the hands of such men itly to Thin Uiank yes cindly my ly fJie replied with a ourlsey and disap peared When flho had left I blew out Uio oandle8and sot in tho firelight as Wo nro doing now witli tho child upon ray knee hinlrjrg ofmtuiy things fluoh as a young girl for I was not much more uiiht think of and gazing upon tho glowing I began tracing after an old habit and cntiro stories in them I had been so engaged for about half by every sound below for my prayers In thought to have much sense in i uttcraneo in fact I could but articulate such short sentences which I need no tell you caino direct from my heart as Oh Heaven protect mo I Oh Hea help ine 1 But theso words wero chilled on lips by tho sound of tho men asccnding to tho room whero I was Tho next in stant tho apartment seemed full of them Tho upper part of their faces was covered with crape and only tho mouth loft seen To tear down tho curtains to pull off the bed and rip it open after stabbing it ihrough witliftho weapons they carried such fifl knives pitchforks and one or two old bayonetswas tho work of an instant SJoon- in less timo than it takes to tell thero was not an inoh of tho room save where I was that hod not been ransacked from my chair in Ronio littlo terror for I remembered tho girl must havo loft the door imlatohed and that I was aJone in the house Beforo I could movo how- from the place whero I stood tho thrown open and Phelim Marys brother whon my brother occasionally employed rushed in his kind Slilcsian faco quite white and scared Och Miss SlanhoM ho cried fly- fly for th9 boys is oommT Phelim what do you mean I ox- clairood Whore is Mary I mane Miss ho cried tlonding all tarrorstnick before me that ihfi are comin- tho mosthers tinantry and a loi more of tho miserable neople who havo nothln else to do isrdy to make or jine iJanyonoi quarrtls It a Mary sint mo Miss They ro comin to ransack the boDSO and murthcr the moether if they oan find him I robo shod Tho drawers of tli I wero thrown with their contcni to the floor and I trembled as I thougl do something ior relief but my ideas were speedily diverted to frefth channcl of dread Suppose the child should awakoand cty Ny heart beatso St this now trouble that but for thp noiso they nijde I believfi tho men would havo hoard it Largo dfop pf cold pcwpira- tion ran down my faci and I wrapp and wrapped tho shawl oloMbout Iittlo Kthel tho dread of her making our pre- senoo known to the halfintoxicatod men below prevented mo thinking that I might bo Bufating her Havhig done this I once more turned ray eyes to a small crack in tlw ooi through which I could sec all that passed Oh horror I my timo had come Ap- proaohing tho wardrobe with a chntr m his band was one of tho men 1 guessed his intent he was coing to see if anv ono wore obnooaled on tho top Breatblcasly I wfticled him plooo the chur get back on to he ground ThechaJr broken in tlie searoli had given way beneath hii Diverted by their companions mishap tho others hurst into a roar of Ji which quickly brought the fallen man to his feet and the next moment with an epithet anil a dram kaife be bad flows at the throat of the man nr him I turned away deadly sick feeling that blood was about to flow and so undoubt edly Itwould have done had not one of their party just then rushed in with the intelhgencie that one of them had Just learned that Herbeit waaj Mr Boa- chiers and would soon be rctumiug Thin said ono who appeared the leader sind one ot two of the noys on to tV iQaieiid a baa a gun that tKey tea shMfc him down thQ wreed mtriysliierl To my horror two instantly offered themlves for this service menUoning as a reason why they should so and no others their possession of a tW Irish gun which niver had missed fire yet when aimed at a thaviog landlord or a rascally processserver My blood ran cold through my veins id the pulsation of my heart ceased as I listened to this new terror on this awful night My brother and his young wife would yet fall victims to these men and I cunld not move a band to save them But attention which for a moment had ndered away from my own danger was suddenly and painfully recalled I felt the child move in my arms its if about to awake I pressed her closer to me and looked down at the rough I had ahnofit icivilized faces below They ap peared about to renew their search when irose from those downstairs that ly heart leap for joy hesodgers the sodgers are comin I Tim Marooneys seen em Niver mind said the leader answer ing the inquiring looks I fancied of ear turned upon him by the others Paith they shall have a warm reception for if we cant destbroy the masther well ave a roof of his own to cover him boys well sit fire to the ould The proposition was received with a howl of exultation and in an instant the was cleared as they rushed down- to fulfil their terrible purpose aing till their footsteps were some way off I arose paralyzed with fear Oh Heaven 1 I murmured they will set firo to the house and I shall bo burnt alivol Tho stillness however after the noise id frightful language I had been com pelled to listen to seemed to clear ay con- fns brain sndaQow of its rantming ile power of reasoning and I was not long in decidingwhattodo With some difficulty I managed to descend frgm my hiding- place by the aid of the supports for tho drawers which latter were still piled in the centre of the room ond then softly itole downstairs listning at every step iil seemed quite and dark save at tho baefe of tho houso whero there was tbo mur of low voices interrupted fre quently by some drunken speech and the occasional flash of a light They were setting fire to tho houso already but thank Heaven 1 it had drawn all tho men from the front which had been thus left deserted I felt so assured of this that without a moments hesitation I hurriedacross tho dark diningroom softly pencd one of the windows sprung on to ho lawn and ilcw towards the road with jno idea occupying every thought that f warning my brother of his danger But beforo I had run a dozen yards from tho house n fierce howt such as had ihilled my blood once previously that light told mo that I was sceu and a glance over my shoulder showed I was ilso pursued Since that awful time I havo never in recalling it ceased to thank Heaven for the strength and presence of mind hich I then possessed Jn an insUnt ly couio was taken I knew to continue on tho open road would bo fatal tome so quickly Bwervinj to the right I almost and lacerated my hands and feet I foivv my way Ihrough the hushes ond whcu in tho densest part I crouched down on tho wet marshy ground and fervently prayed Heaven to prevent my hiding placc being discovered Soarcely Jiad I done so than like fiends for tho firo from the nowrapidly- Lurning liouso cast a red glare on their heated and intoxicated features tho men rushed in as it seemed from all parts piercing tho bushes in every direction except for some time where I was but finally they worked their way to that spot and soon tho bright gleam of a bayonet fastened to a polo was thrust through tho bush tliat concealed me coming within an inch of my faco How it was I did not sliriek so overstrained had my nerves been 1 cannot tell but instead drawing back as far and asquickly ti8 I could I elenphed my teeth and with closed eyes awaited for perhaps a less Ibrtunato thrust Itcwno I heard tho bushes break as they gave way beforo tho great force witli which tho weajwn was sent and tho next moment a deadly sickness came oyer mo as I fell tho bright steel nicrce my dreai and pcnetrato my leg repeated Aunt Martha as wo shuddered with horror penetrate my leg t And oh I tho agony though momentary it occasioned when tho man too intoxicated perhaps to noUco tlio reaifitanco it had received drew it flerccly out again I knew the blow was to be repeated and felt I could no loow keep quiet hat the agony which I felt must eventually betray me Almost road with excitement and ter- Cencluded on fourth