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' -* ¥ » x wv "3 > VOL XXV, NO. 8. ------------ ---- « Horth Ontarig Obseruer. A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL & FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18- PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, a BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS. --$1 per annum, if paid in ad- cance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No ubgceription taken for less than six months; nd no paper discontinued until all arrears re paid, RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ........$0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line ...... 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ..... 5 00 #&™ Letters containing money, when ad- deossed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk. ~ Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oo cupy. : Advertisements received for publication, without specific instructions, will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertiseinent will be taken out until paid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and otaess who -advegtise by the year or half-year, §&F These terms will in all cases be trictly +. ocd to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bilts, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Chocks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, kc. of every style and solor, executed promptly and at lower rates shan any other establishment in the County. Parties from a distance getting hand bils, &e. printed can have them done to take PORT PERRY, PROVINCE "AND GENERAL ADVERTISER OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1881. < Business Sardis. ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open 'in connection with this Branch. Deposits of iveDollars and rds received and inter= est allowed thereon. { No notice of withdrawal required. | A.A. ALEBN, = MANAGER. AUCTIONEER. | RS A p HE undersigned takes this opportunity of 'returning thanks for the very liberal patronage which he has received ag Auc- tioneer in the past, The increased experi- ence and extensive practice which I bave had will be turned to advantage of patrons, and parties favoring me with their Sales POSITS taken of $1 and upwards. at three per cent per annum. Uxbridge, Sept. 7, 1881. SAVINGS BANK, BRANCH OF THE DOMINION BANK. UXBRIDGE. No notice of withdrawal required. Interest WALTER DARLING, Agent. -H. GORDON, Not Public, Commissioner in ary Roland, Loan and Insurance Agent, Representing the following first-class Fire, : 1 'Accident and Guarantee INSURANCE COMPANIES : The Royal, The Pheeniz, The Imperial, The Queen, The Citizens, . Ths Canada Fire and Marine, The Sovereign, The Uniom, and The Travelers. FIRE PoLIcIES Insuring all classes of insur able property, upon the shortest notice, and at equitable rates. Life Policies with premi- ums payable until death, or for a limited pumber of years, Endowment Polices pay- able at a certain date, or on previous death. may rely on their interests beng fully pro- tected, No effort will be spar«d to make it profitable for parties to place their Sales in my hands, My Sale Legister will be found at Laing & Meharry's Hardware Store and at my own residence, Union A venue, Port Perry. Accident Insurance covering death by ucel- dent, and weekly indemnity In case of non- fatal injury. 25 Marriage Licenses Issued, "GX and Tickets for passage to and from Great | Britain sold at lowest rates, Port Perry, April 20, 1881. home with them. i 0. DAWES, A 3. BAIRD. WPARSONS. | pore An. 17, 188. ' BE. MAJOR, Wroafessional Cards. D. ANDERSON, MB. MD,F TMS. e). M.0.P.8.. L.R.C,P.:Gradnate of the University of Toronto, graduate of the Uni. vorsity of Trinity College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School, Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons; Ticentiate of the - [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties 2 wishing his services can call at the «Observer Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales, Port Perry, Jan 10, 1879. TT WM. GORDON Royal College of Physicians, Ed » ® Physician, Surgeon, and Acconcheur, Office over Mr. Corrigan's Store, Port Perry. ete H. SANGSTER, M, D., Physician, Sur- J. geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. (Moe over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. * Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupled xX: by Mrs. Geo, Coronor for the County of nN. WARE, Surgeon and Ac- Ontario, Physician, esounheur, Mee, opposite the town hall. Port erry. WM. F. MCRRIEN, M.D,, M. R. C. 8. Guy's iF ospital, London, England. The lye R. Hang Oshawa, mee F. PATERSON, (late of Beaverton,) N. Barrister and Attornoy-at Law, Soliei- tor in 'hancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- r., Homes over Brown & Currie's Store. Port Perry. ee tm mmrenees ILLINGS & CAMPBELL, Barristers and Attorneys-at-Law, &c. Solicitors or the Ontario Bank. Office in Bigelow's Block, Quéen 8t., Port Perry, Ont JONN MILLINGS. COLIN T. CAMPBELL. Port Pe.ry, Feb. 12, 1881. 1. FAREWELL, LL. B, County Crown . Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Snlleitor, and Notary Public. OMce lately oc- eurtad by 8, H. Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. teers mor. ¥ YMAN L. ENGLISH LI. B., Solicitorin 4 Chancery, Attorpey, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawn. ee--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office SMITH, Ll. B., Barrister, At- x TT Totieitor in Chancery, nd Insolvency, Notary Public, &c. , iMeo~--Meuliilan's Block, Brock street, 4 Whitby. HUCH D. SINCLAIR, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor inChan 'very, Conveyancer, &o. ~ Office lately occupied by 'W. M. Cochrane, Bigelow's Bock, Port Perry. J. A. MURR ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Officeover AGES Corrigan & Camp- & bell's Store, Port Perry. All work done in the ve atest and best sty! satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. AY Ty le and warranted fo give 23 OC. N. VARS, T.. D. 8. eer inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as ch 8s the cheap- ast, and as good as the, lst "Teeth filled with Gold and Silwgre © Tooth' extracted t ducing local anmsth- ms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King 'Hanning & Lally, 'L. SURVEYORS, CIVIL EN- Draughitsmen, "Solicitors of " o GINEBRS, t 4 g Patents. | Office, Goulds Block, Uxbridge. c. a. BANNING. ¥ 0. Ww, LALLY. Moxsy ro Loan --C G. Hanning. Agent orthe Freehold Loan & Bavings Co. Uxbridge, March 26, 1879. ENRY. GRIST, PateN SOLICITOR AND _DravaaTMay, Ottawa, Canada Transacts business with the Patent Office and other dep ts of the Go t Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured." Drawings, Speci ¢ and other Documents neces. rary to seguse Patents of Invention, prepared » cooeipt of the model of the Invention. | Ww. BURNHA rk of tho Third Divl- J: Yon Goure eo etows Block hort ha nd ' \ Marriage Licenses. One' Sone west of the Walker House | ness. She is prepared Lf 1 Aunet Vv , de. NOR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, pay Parties entrusting their Sales to me to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, : ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township L of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. * Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer. WM. HEZZELWOOD, Licensed Auctioneer. HE -Undersigned having taken out a License as Auctioneer is now prepared to attend to all sales entrusted to hint. -- Having had much experience in handling Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, &c., also Farming Imple- ments of all kinds, Farm Produce, &c, &c., parties placing their sales in my hands may rely on getting all for the property thatis posible to bring. All orders promptly attended to, sale bills made ou and sale notes turnishgd free of charge. > Parties leaving their orders at the Onserven Office, Pert Perry, will receive immediate an. careful attention, Charges Moderate, WM. HEZZELWOOD, Raglan, Raglan. Sept 10,1878. : WwW M. SPENCE, CoxtraCTOR, BUILDER, &C. The Subscriber in returning his sincere thanks for the very liberal patronage be- stowed on him in the past would inform the public generally that having bought a Jro. perty and moved into the Village of Prince Ibert, he will in future give his whole attention to his business as Contractor, and is now ready to seriake Stone. Work, Brek. y! , Plastering, and every ng connecte Ln hy will executeon the short the best and most durable 1at the very |owest figure at which a good job ean he domes ue est material class workmanship. di War. SPENCE. Prince Albert, Aprild, 1876. 'Marriage Licenses Office Established 18 Years. I HAVE issued Marriage Licenses at Port Purry for the past 18 years, and continue to do 80 opposite the same old spot, Queen Street. HENRY CHARLES. Port Perrv, June 15, 1881. COUNTY OF ONTARIO Sitngs of the Division Courts for 1681. Apr. 1, May 2, , Nov.1 Dee 1. Whitby--Jan. 3, Feb. 1, Mar. 1, June 1, July 2,Sept 1,0ct 1. Brougham ¢ May 3, July 4, Sept. 2. Duffins Creek § Jan. 4, Mar. 2, Nov. 2. Port Perry--Jan 41, March 4, Apr8, May 13. June V1. July 22, Népt 6, Oct 7, Nov 17, Dec Usbridge--Feb 9, March ,5 Apr 14, May 20, June 2, Sept 8, Oct 11, Nov 18, Dec 29. Cannington--Feb 8, Mar9, Apr 13, May 19, June 22, Sept 7, Oct 12, Dec 22. Beaverton--Mar 10, June 23; Oct 13, Dec 21, Athelrly--Mas 11, June 24, Oct 14, Dec 20. may rely on the utmost attention being given MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money | T on improved property for terms from one to twenty years. Agent for Westery CaNapA Loax axp Savings Company. fle has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Inter st Eight per cent. No Commission. NF. PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor 0 At 6! per cent. Also on Village Security at a Higher Rate sey MORTGAGES BOUGHT. HUBERT I. EBBELS, BARRISTER. HE Subscriber is prepared to EN ANY AMOUNT --ON-- 0 Farm Seecurty. Port Perry, May 10, 1881. MONEY (Private Funds,] "'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest LYMAN ENGLISH, BARRISTER, &c., Oshawa 4 | - November 21, 1866. MONEY 0 LOAN AT 6 PER CENT. HE undersigned is prepared to loan money at 6 per cent. ALL LOANS STRICTLY CONFIDEN- TIAL. JOHN BRUCE, Nov. 30, 1881. Prince Albert. PORT PERRY L C. MK ENZIE, PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber having now fully equipped T his new and extensive Livery Stablas with a supply of superior Horses and Carriages, is prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Torms. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878 WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. INCORPORATED 1851. CAPITAL . . $800000. (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. §@F™ Insurances effected at the lowest cmrent rates on Buildings, Merchandise, and other property, against loss or damage by fire. JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, Agents, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan 23, 1879. x IVERY STABLES; (FROM BRAZIL.) The New Compound, its won- werful affinity to the Digestive Apparatus and the Liver, increas- ing the dissolvi. uices, reliev- ing almost instan the a results of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and the TOR LIVER, makes Zopesa an every day necessity in gvery house. It acts gently and speedily in Biliousness, Costiveness, Head- ache, Sick Headache, Distress ar ter Eating, Wind on the Stomach, Heartburn, Pains in the Side and Back, Want of Appetite, Want o} Energy, Low Spirits, Foul Stom- ach. It invigorates the Liver, car ries off all surples bile, regulates the Bowels, and whole system. Cut this out an Druggist and getja 10 cent Sample, or a_ large botule lfor 76 cents, and toll your neighhdr about it. AN EMPIRE'S [UST LIES 'M0138 038HIING3S takes this opportunity re thanks for the very liberal vatromace pte upon the late fi'm of Rose & Shaw of Port Perry Marble Works. The liberal patronage received in the past has had the effeck tery throughout this To Bristle stones and \ PORT MARBLE The undersigned n and with increased f greater attention" still furtber increas The ? BR one of the finest Scy Carvers on Stone hi All orders prompf Choice Material, ship and Mod, ) HE undersigned of returning -in and adjoining Counties with "Tomb Yonuments, THE i PERRY WORKS ! pw tikes the business cilities and if possible business hopes for a bf public patronage.-- rvices of JRNG BEG, §ptors and most Artistic ve been secured. ly attended to. First-Class Workman- rices. C. SHAW. Port Perry, Aug. 1% 1881. tels. HOUSE, PORT PERRY, S COMPLETE W. HASLAM, Dec. 15, 1880. gives tone to the, all its Departments BRAVE JERRY. The dull,cold day was at its close, but the heavy rain and strong south wind which had swept the town sinco early dawn still continued with undiminished fury. The gale shrieked as it tore about the corners and lashed the faces of the few burry- ing foot passengers, while driving rain penetrated every where, drench- "ing the streets, floeding the gutters 'and collecting in deep, treacherous pools at the corner crossings, The bare trees moaned and writhed and wept, the swinging signboards in front of the small taverns creaked ney of Dumbledon Knife Works rocked threateningly, and in the midst of all tho tumult the great river was swelling and straining at its wintery bonds while a sharp crackling sounded ever and anon from the broad field of ice that stretched from shore to shore, and lictle streams of water began to ap- pear here and there, ransing swiftly along the frozen plain. March had come in like a lamb, it wus departing like a lion; and shrouded by wind and rain and heavy mist the last night of the month name thickly down. It was past closing time for the mail and factories, past trading time for the stores, and except for an oc- casional light fiere in somo saloon or | corner grocery, the windows along the business street of the town were dark and the rain beat unheeded against their black panss. Few people were abroad, and oven those fow seemed to liave been forced upon unwelcome journeys, for they hasten od through thesloppy streets with \gusts of rain beat upon them. mn back. boy." comtinued : you?" " Yes, sir," raplied the other, bal "Why, Jerry is tha head, "if you please, sir, its me." " What's wrong ?" great mills that skirted the river for it was he. mills closed two hours ago." "J know it, sir; but I haven' Nellio's sick, an I've been a.nussin Pr PERRY JHOUSE. The undersigng of years this comf] Hotel will endead convenience and the Port Perry supplies for the tible and bar, The stable and JOHN RUDDY. b, 1879. | HOTEL, Port Perry, Dec (JO MERCIA The subscribdr Dewart in the C¢ burg, Cartwright' view to the comfort and convenience o guests. The supplies fully selected. PETER HOLT. Cartwright, Mafch 4, 1879. i having leased for aterm frtable, pleasantly located br by strict attention to the komfort of guests to make bo: se a desirable place of entertainment ci general public. Choice yard carefully attended to. having succeeded Mr mmercial Hotel, Willinms- intends fitting it up witha or the table and bar care- the boy stopped abruptly. You're not afraid of me. what sho said." « Well, sir she did say as how to be sick an' I was agoin' to qui too; all but twenty cents, an' that Mis' Crawford, she said as now couldn't eat at ber table, 'thout f THE MAVKATIAN FEED aS For HORSES, CATTLE, MILCH COWS, SHEEP AND PIGS, KENDALL'S FURRIER. HE undersigned would inform the public that she is now & going into her season's © work in the Fur Busi- ™ GLEAN, RENOVATE, ALTER | Chemist and Druggist, Bigelow's {Block : Port Perry. { SPAVIN_ CURE, ill pletely remove a Bone Spaviu, Split, ete., without blistering or causingany sore. en NEW HORSE BOOK. A Treatise on the Horse and his Discases," -* has 65 fino engravings. "Price 35 cents, Tn Agent, A. J. DAVIS, in First-Class best Liquors and Cigars! \ tion raid to the comfort of guests, A Noro-4 RICAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, |" - PROPRIETOR, Having pu Strict The tab.e and bar well supplied. 7 Ww PARK. Prince Albest, June 12, 1875. A MISTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO, E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. ree QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. TAYLOR, PROPRIETORS. McCANN & n for the 1i Anti ased 'the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1. have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished tyle and Stocked with the an' that's how 1 cam bere, sir." at bis long speech to "the master, the cold rain beat down upon hi scantily clad shoulders. more by sight, the only support of Every ub lic. | W. H. MCCAW. and groaned dismally, the tall chim- bent heads, shivering as the sharp win tore at their wrappings or the ' Onesuch a man, clad in a heavy oil-cloth coat, was walking rapidly up State street, when just at a par- ticularly windy eorner, crouching in front of a baker's window, where a single lamp still burned, 'eycing e with hungry gaze the dainties withe of cansing every Ceme- | . "Hullo!" cried the man starting "[ almost ran over you, my Then looking more sharply at the dripping figure before him, he pulling his tattered cap from his asked Mr. Watterson, the proprietor of the " What's wrong ?-- Why are you not at home? The worked this week, sir, for sister ot her up to our boardin' house. You soe, sir, since mother died and our house was sold, Nellie an' me bas stopped at Mis' Crawford's boardin™ house, but my money's give out, an' Mis' Crawtord she told me this morn- «|in'--she said, sir, this mornin',"-- «What? Come, Jerry speak out. Tell me must pay my board in advance every week now: for, if Nellie was agoin' work to nuss her, she didn't see how she'd get her money. An' our week ran out to-day, sir and my money spent for oranges for Nellie. An' paid first. So I jest slips out into the street at meal times, for fear Nellied know 1 wasn't eatin' an' 'twould worry her; she bein' sick, The boy finished, half frightened and again pulled his ragged cap, while the March wind tossed his yellow hair about his wet face and Mr. Watterson stood fora moment in dosp thought, It was hard for him to realize such poverty as this, and among his own bands, too. Jerry was a "bobbin-boy" at the mills, whom be had known for a year or widowed mother and her sister-- now of the sister only; it seemed thatthe 1ad had always been bright. faced and cheery, and the great pro- mr stery which his lips bad repeated, stood Jerry, dinnerless, supperloss and almost homoless, upon this the wildest night of all the year. Mr. Watterson forgot the rising flood which even now was thFeaten- ing his mills he forgot the urgent errand which hud driven him out in- to the storm, and he seized the boy by the arm, pushed open the door of the little bakery before which they stood, and fairly dragged him with- in. "Here!" beocried to the baker's wife, who came, bowing sand smilling, to execuie the great man's commands, "See" Give this lad the best supper you can cook, and all the provssions he can carry, and send the bill 'to me." Then hurriedly drawing some meney from his pocket-book, he thrust it into Jerry's hand, and said: "When you have eaten, go back to Mrs. Crawford's and pay her fora month in advance. Them find a doctor for Nellie, and stay with her yourself until she is well. After that come back to me at the mills. It they are standing you shall have work. No. Nota word I" he con- tinued, as the astonished boy would have® spoken. * The money is pre- sented to you and Nellie from me." And before Jerry could recover from his surprise Mr. Watterson had one. im Supper | money! and a doctor for Nellie | Could it be true ? The boy unclasped bia hand and looked at the precious bills. Yes, it was true? As he eat the bountiful meal pre- pared for him by the baker's good wife, the bobin boy pictured Nellie's * delight when he should return and tell her of what had bappened to him ; and, later, when he faced the dreary storm, homeward bound,with a great basket heaped with buns and cakes and oranges upon bis arm. his heart was light, and laugh rang merrily out across the darkness and rain, as he thought how boldly be would meot Mis' Crowford, and how astonished und puzzled she would be when he paid her--not a week, bat a month in advance! "1's just like a fairy stery 1" said be, halt aloud, as he climbed the sloppy steps of his boarding-house-- "just like a fairy story, with a grat, big, splendid, rich man fairy I" TOR ko ® * kx f| It was almost morning? Already the back curtain of night, ront here and there by a furious wind, was slowly lifting towards the east, and the anll grey dawn appearing form- ing a sombre back ground, upon which the lenfless trees that fringed the far.way hills were" painted in waving silhouette. Since ever the sun had gone down the wind storm had continued, and oven now the rain, driven by the mighty wind, fell in long, slanting glances upon the town and the froth- ing river, that, filled with great masses of broken ice and debris from all the up-country, roared and plunged between its banks and shook with giant hands the founda- tion of the mills beneath which it ran. At the head of the dam, where the channel was the narrowest, and directly opposite the Watterson mill, was an ice jam. Piled block upon block, until it towered high in the air, pressing with terrible force against the mills upon the one hand and the natural wall of rock upon the other, the broken ice had formed a great white barrieade, growing each moment which checked the mad rush of the water and sent it whirling backward in eddying waves, which beat furi- ously upon the mills and threaten 'each instant to engulf them. Along the higher shore the towns- people bad gathered, powerless to aid, but simply awaiting the ocatns- trophe, and among therm, pale and haggard, was the proprietor hime self already a ruined man. As he passed to and fro,intent up- on the scene before him, hoping against hope that the jam might even yet give way in time to save the buildings,many a watcher turned side with pitying word und look, for Mr. Watterson was a man belov- ed by all of his employees Suddenly there was & movement in the crowd--a hastening ' towards t ) t I t I I 1 " a faces both men and women gathered ing earnestly. the common centre--and, with eagef| about a new comer who was speak- that a great log which bad lodged at the very crown of the dam is all that holds the ice. If that could be cut; the jam would be broken." « Bat how can it be reached ?" queried Mr. Watterson, anxiously. " Cun any one get at itto cut it?" " Yes. gir," replied the man; "in one way." "And that is--" "Qver the ice itself." A shudder ran through the'listen~ ers, and even the proprietors face grew more pale. Who would even ventare upon such a bridge on such an errand 7" With a common impulse the crowd, led by the workman who first discovered the log, turned bur riedly away from the river's brink ran through a side street, and gain- od a position lower down the stream from whence the dam could be plain- ly seen, The report was true: The jam was held in its place by a single timber--a great square stick, doebt- less torn by the angry waters from some bridge far up the country. If that could be out the blockade would be broken, the ice would no longer clog the stream, and the mills would be saved, For a moment silence fell upon all then, suddenly, Mr, Watterson's voice, hoarse and thin, sounded out above the noise of the storm and the war of the waters : " A thousand dollars to the man who will cut that timber I" The women in the litile group looked at each other and shuddered; the men fixed their eyes upon the dam; butno one replied. The roar ot the angry stream increased and the wators deepened beneath the mill walls. "Two thousand dollars!" The propretor's yoice was hoarser than before; but the women closed their lips and shook their heads.-- The men moved a little uneasily, and one drew his hand across his mouth, as it he would have spoken ; but still no one replied, and the white foam from the imprisoned river was tossed by the wind against the lower windows of the mills, while the corners of the buildings were already beginning to crumble and wash away before the grinding ice. "Three thou--"' "TI will go!" The two voices sounded so closely together that it was not until the crowd turned their eyes upward and saw the one that had answerud that they fairly understood the reply. Running from the third story window of the lower mill directly across the river, above the dam, was along endless chain used to convey power from the mighty water wheel of the mills to the machinery of a little box factory located upon an opposite bluff. The chain was at rest now, and here appeared at the window near it the figure of a boy ina blue blouse, carrying in his band an axe, He it was who bad said, "T will go." When the people saw him, and realized what he was about to at- tempt, for already ho had fastened a rope around his body and was pass- ing the other end over the chain, evidently with the intention of slid- ing down the same until he found a point from which he could lower himself within reach ot the timber; when they realized this a great mur- mur went up from the crowd, and the women cried out in terror, while many turned to Mr. Watterson and urged him to order the boy back. " Who is he ?" said the proprietor in a dazed manner. «Iya Jerry, sir. Jerry the bobbin- boy," said & man, stepping forward, "An orphan, sir, an' strivin' to care tor his sick sisters" « Jorvy! Isit Jorry 2" cried Mr. Watterson, turning quickly, "Then he ehall not go," and he waved his hand and shouted towards the win- dow : "Go tack | Go back!" But already it was too late, for, with a little cry, the boy dropped from his perch and bung swinging above the rearing, grinding ice, the rope which supported him sliding and towards the centre of the dam. The breathless crowd, the terror- stricken proprietor, | watch and wait now. slowly downward along the chain Fr could only | Slowly and unevenly the looped | rope from which Jerry was suspend- od, slipped, link by link, down the surging chasm; slowly bis feet near- | WHOLE NO. 107 crowd broke into a wild men and women ; bat | no time in listening. ) balf a moment lost might fom : truction to the mills, and before the ocho of the shouting had ceased he was plying his axe with vig " strokes, that apo above the voice of the crumbling ice: and gathering waters. i It was not a long task, Thesteain upon the timber already was 'enor-. mons, and ere the lad had dealta score of blows, an ominous orackling sound warned bim that his errand was accomplished, and that bé must be gone. Dropping the axe he seized the dangling rope, and began to elimb to- wards the chain, when with a shot like the report of a cannon, the beam gave way, and in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, the air was fill- od with a borrible gouring, as the imprisoned waters burst the bonds which bad confined them, and in one impetuous, boiling dood rushed over the dum, tossing the great cakes of ice that had formed the barrier high on the foaming waves--so high that that they hid from sight the poor Jorry--and there went up from all the people a single cry: The boy is lost!" But the jam was broken. The mills were saved. » * * And Jerry was saved too. Bruis- ed and "stunned and bleeding, bang- ing half insensible above the black waters that swept witha sharp curve towards the fall, when the ice that had buffated him had passed away tho watchers saw that the boy still lived ; and quicker than it can be told u boat was procured and manned, a long line made fast to it; and dropping down the stream until they were ciose to him, tender hands were upraised, loving voices called, and with a long, sobbing ery the little hero losed his grasp upon the rope and dropped, fainting, into the waiting arms below. * * * To-day the great mills stand by the river's brink, and the ramble of their machinery is beard all day long: as of yore but it does not reach the ears of- the "vobbin-boy," nor yet those of sister Nellie. For the one is at college andthe o her at school, both foster children of that most pleasant of old bachelors, the pro- prietor himself; and "it is only at vacaion time now, when his days are brightened by the presence of both his loved ones that Mr. Watterson's memory turns back to that spring time long gone by, when his son Jerry, insimple, soulful gratitude, risked his life to eave the mills. Perils of the Deep. Special to the Chicago (I11.) JntersOcean The world-renowned swimmer, Captain Paul Boyton, in an interview with a newspaper dent at the hore, related the following incidents in his experience : Reporter ;--# Captain Boynton you must have seen a large part of the world?" Captain Boyton: --« Yes sir, by the aid of my Rubber Life-Saving Dress, 1 bave travel- ed over 10,000 milles of the rivers of Amer= ica and Europe ; have also been presented to the crowned hends of England, France, | Germang, Austria Belgium, Italy, Holland, Spain and Portugal, and have in my pos- session forty-two meddles and decorations ; I have three times received the order of knighthood, and been elected honorary member of committees, clubs, orders and societies." Reporter :--* Were any of your trips ao= compained by much danger 7" Captain Boyton :-- © That depends on what you may call dangerous, During my trip down the river Tagua, in Rpain, I bad to " shoot " one handred and two waterfulls the highust being aboutjeighty-ive feet, and innumerable rapids. Crossing the btraits of Messina, IT had three ribs broken ina fight with sharks ; and coming down the Somane, ariver in France, I received a charge-of shot from an excited and startled huntsman, Although all this was not very pleasant, and might be termed dangerous, I fear nothiog more on my trip than intense cold ; for as long as my limbs are free and easy, and not cramped or benumbed, I sm all right. Of late I carry a stock of St Jacobs Oil in my little beat,--[the Captaln calls ~ ad all kinds of Furs. Tanning | RF FAL, 20 Tos ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, |prietor remembered him as ote of}. "Yes. If that timber could be cut A mek up New Fur dons nth newest | CL HSMN EEL py | tonsa, ormame. happiest among bis boys. That this | it would brealk the jam. * It lies just Mi mnie SRG PORT PERRY job colt stele] hd vm . a re Holak le vow comp tod nd foraigy)7 for. BILLINGS & CAMPBELL 'while striving caro, for b it be "What timber ; where ? Quick? neers which beld the | A1} orders promptly attended to, satisfac. | \g comfort of guests, and every attention ARRISTERS aid rs Hofatymat bay charge--the orphan Nellie--seem | Toll me ; can. the jam be broken ?" Tata slna tin content ontciuges module {wil be piven to seus foe sopseniesna aod BARRISTERS nd Attorney ten to tho gontioman. to terrible to. be] «Yes, sir" returned the other, re The rope Losing okly. »| ~Bemember © place 8 approl of the public. Charges moder-| oyope Mr, Campbell will attend Cart=|qpge, © = 0 : | spectfully touching his hat ; "it can, hands be dropped lightly Books" south of "Wightuan's Store, Port ats. : wright every Friday. : 24% | Gimber ho had Ferry: Seasien, iE WS. LATTIMOR, |" si00000 to Loap at 6 percent. | "And yet thera just before him, bis| butits dangerous work; I have just | 10% d Port Perry, oS E DRISEWAL TER. Cartwright, Dec 5, 1881. Lg Port Perry, June 22, 1881. honest blue eyes telling the same been below and from there saw| At the sight the © : % > 0