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UTTOR 0 &S il ----------------" -------- --_--mrre-- VOL XVI, NO. 23.1 Te PRINCE ALBERT, ONT. THURSDAY, MA Yo2,1878. CF Ge Bntavin Fhsecher, SF. A WEEKLY 'AL," AGRICULTURAL AND Newspaper ; Family Ki.. | YS PUBLISHED AT THE VICTORIA BLOCK; PRINCE ALBERT COUNTY OF ONTARIO, Fvery Thursday Morning giE } EO BY : BAIRD & PARSONS, TERMS :1--$1.50 perannam, yl jifuotpaid within thgttime, . Nosu i taken for lessthan s;and uo paper f paid withinsix $: 00. mont ¥ nued until #llarrearsarepaid. Wi terssontainiigmoney, when addressed to hisOMc® pre-paid andregisiered,wilibeatourrisk RATES OF ADVERTISING. ; For each line, first insertion. $0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line... 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum. 500, Adveri measured in N, d aceordingtothe space they occupy. Adverti received for lication, without Jevife instructions, will beinserted until forbid.an atgedaccordingly. Noadvertisemeniwillbetaken at antil paid for. Aliberaldiscountallowedto Merchants and others whoadvertisebythe year orhalf-ycar I3* Theseterms will.inallcases , bo strict.ya J. heredto, Pp 8 JOB DEPARTMENT. © PHamphicts, Hang Bills, Posters, Programmes, Bill : Hoanth BI ing 2 Receipt in. dy Books, irculars, less Cards, Bull Cards, &e., of every siyle and color, executed prompily aud' at lower rates n any other Establishment in this County ! ~ arlies (rom a distance getting handhills, &e. , printed ort have them done to take heme with them, J. BARD. ] H. PARSONS, Professional Sarvs. Nr Dr. Brathwaite, PORT PERRY. "DR. WARE, ORONER for the County of Ontario, ./ Physician, and A heur, rince Albert Drs. Martin & DeGrassi, LINDSAY. DRS, JONES & MALLORY, Ppiysicias, Surgeons and Accoucheurs, PORT PERRY. Office--over Allison's Drug Store, Queen-st, R. JUXES, M,D., CORONER. A. E, MALLORY, Co. Omtatio, M.D., C.M Drs. McGILL & RAE, HYSICIANS, Surgeons; &c., &e. Office and Residences, King street, Oshawa. WM. MGILL M.D. FRANCIS RAE, M. B. WM. F. McBRIEN, M.D, M.R.C.8,, GUY'S HOSPITAL LONDON, ENGLAND. THE EYE R.O.H. L., Oshawa; J. E. FAREWELL, LLB, COUTN# CROWN ATTORNEY FOR : ONTARIO, BARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor, and No- Public ubtic. Orrick lately occupied by 8. H. Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, Of Twelve Years Experience, (Frice over Mr. Gordon's Store, QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY. 'RESIDENCE--PRINCE ALBERT. January 8, 1873. W. M. a IRE: LICENSED AU CONTE. AND TOWNSHIPS OF MARIPOSA & CARTWRIGHT, EGS to thank his many friends and the public Sonefally for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him during the past four years. Having now given up the business of Bailiff, f intend, in future, to devote my whole time to the business of A Collecting, &c, It will be my endeavor, by prompt and careful attention to business, to give full satisfaction to all Sho may favor me with their Scles or Col- ecting. Bills draughted and Blank Notes furnished free of charge. Alse Bill Stamps always on hand. Arrangements can be made for sales &e., at the Osserver Office Prince Albert, and at the Standard Office, Port Perry. W. M. WILLCOX, Prince Albert, Sept. 18th 1872. CROTHERS & WILSON Licensed Auctioneers! FOR THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO, . A RE prepared to conduct Sales anywhere in Parties piscing their Sales in our hands may rely on the utmosi attention beinig given to their interests. G. Crothers is also agent for all kinds of Ag- ricmtural Implements. | All orders addressed to G. Crothers, Epsom P. 0., will receive prompt attention. October 31 1872. Gordon, . &e., &e., F%& the Townships of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thora, Mara, Rama, Mariposa and Eldon. 3 Parties entrusting their Sales to me may relyupon the utmost attention being given to their interests, WM. GORDON, Sunderland P.0., Brock. THOS. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Town- |_4 ships of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in NorthOntario; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Or- ders left at this office, or at hisresidence will be LYMAN ENGLISH, L.L. B,, OLICITOR in Chancery, Attorney, \.) Conveyancer; &c., Oshawa. Office--Simcoe' street, opposite the post office. @. YOUNG SMITH, LL. B, ARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Bua, and Insolvency, Notary Pub y &C. a Ofos--MoMillan's Block, Brock Street, Whit- by Ontario: CAMERON & MACDONELL, ARRISTERS and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors County Council Ontario. Offices: Gourt House. - aC: CAMERON. | H. J. MACDONELL. p attended to. Debts collectedin Can- nington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSHE, the North On- tario Auctioneer. OHAS. THORN, V.S.; EMBER of the Veterinary Institute, Chica- go, Ill. Gold Medalist for the best exam- nation on Horse Practice. Author of a First Prise Essay on Shoeing. Graduated Sept. 18, 1867. 7 vo BA HURD, oe 'TORNEY at Law, and Solicitor in an- 1 Port. Perry. Office in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. ; o. . JAMES LAMON, "A TRORNEY at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, ncer, .--Land Agent, &c. xbri ot p over Armstrong's fone, Mata street, U. . 5 JOHN BILLINGS, i ID ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, 'Conveyancer, &2. Office over in the Store, Port J. W. BURNHAM, erry. {RE Of the Third Division Court. Office LE a Port Perry. Office hours fom tens. m, to 3 p.m. C.D. WAID: SargeonDentist,Cer. Main&Brock Bt. Uzbridg, "ALL Dental opera i A Hone most sil > and care, warranted to givesatisfactio RU IO0S ee, dealsrin dy ode NE g ge, Dec. 17; 1868. a Ux i] deaf Jewelry, Fancy , &c. t Hope; Rev. Hound, ons Ux bo-1y Dr. Thorn begs to announce that he has taken up his resid at Port Perry. and is now pre- pared to treat all cases entrusted to his care in the most skillful and scientific manner. All or- Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, ders left at the Medical Hall of Messrs. Allison 4 & Hard efforts to induce them to return t proved futile. But notwithstand Pig Iron, in the mother country, se Juow, roe, At which time my Spring Goods cent lower than it is now. advance. to come and obtain a list of them. Messrs. Jones Bros. 600,000 roy poe | purchased in December last when Hardware was at least 25 {WHOLE NO. 800 ware! STOVES, TINWARE, &C. 000 pov Strike in Wales! All o work have up to the present ing the great rise in the price of 3s Subscriber is determined to 1 HARDWARE, Tn, At or near former prices from the present Up to the 1st of April, will arrive. These goods were per ! w. There is a prospect of a still further Parties doubting my extremely low prices are invited Iamnow selling the balance of my large stock of Stoves at least 15 per cent under manufacturers prices. Parties wishing Good Bargains will please call at my New 8how Rooms between Mr. Currie's Store and the Store of Oounty of Ontario, FOR THE YEAR 1873. By ¢ roel HINES re aE | Royal Canadian Hotel, Eo \L PORT PERRY. The Subscriber having leased the above Hotel | OF THE DIVISION COURTS « [has fitted up in a style in keeping 'with the rapidly increasin nee co tue - public. business and prosperty of the tort and eonvenisncs ot the Strict attention paid to the Table and the Bar. Comfortable Stables and attentive Hostlers. Neither labor nor expense will be spared in = CA RS ~-- {making the Royal Canadian Hotel worthy of = 21g 5 : HE =|512 £ a aya ia G4 pri No Slo 2 |< = n (3 9 HENRY FOY. = = I= 1= r z 3 2 | Port Perry, June 16, 1869. No. 1[ 2 Tf If I 1] 22 | I] 1] 1] 2 so No.2| 8 '| al "2 * 3] | 2 | 5| *|"REVERE HOUSE." MANCHESTER 0:3 17 2(19(26128] 15 4115 B. PLANK,....... PROPRIETOR. No. 4 18 320] [29] |16 5/16 HA4s purchased the above hotel, and has No. 5 19 4121] [30] [17 6|17 furnished the Bar with the choicest liquors No. 6 20! 22 181 4 is 300 gas, Fer atientioy aid to 5 Ra al Bg 0 and from hithy cal 5 fi No.7 2 - = 19 19 ostlers always in attendance, 5 are i Z. BURNHAM, PTT ee tee Jubce. Mackie's Hotel, Whitby, Jan. 1st, 1873. THE ONTARIO FARMERS' Mutual Insurance Company HIS Company is now fully ized and is Lrapared 10 accept riska on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches. Those wishing to insure and thereby support a Home Insurance Company have now an opportunity of doing so either by applying to the Head Office, or to any of the local Agents of the Company.. Our rates will be found as low as those of any responsibleMutual Insurance Company in Canada. . Head Office--The old Registry Office Build- ings Brock Street, Whitby. L. FAIRBANKS, JTr., "Secretary WESTERN ASSURANCE COMP'Y TORONTO, C..'W. INCORPORATED .... ......1851, '2%-1y Pettet, will receive prompt 3 The Veterinary Stables may be found en Lilly street, opposite Cossitt's Factory. Pott Perry, July 27, 1871 30 To Farmers! TURNIP SOWERS, Double and Single Drills ! Can be got at MANCHESTER, or no sale. Manchester; May 1, 1873. Horse Rakes and Scufflers, PARKIN'S, Cheaper than any where else in the County (7 Warranted 40 give good satisfaction "JAMES PARKIN. 20 Capital] = - $400,000 i a HON, JOHN McMURRICH Vice-Presis . MAGRATH, Esq Secretary... ERNARD HALDAN, Esq. JAMES PRINGLE, GENERAL AGENT. (BY AUTHORITY.) : J diy at Port Perry. Office, the Scugog House. HENRY CHARLES November 11th, 1869. JOHN McDONALD, MARBLE DEALER, NEWCASTLE, ONT. MSs, Toms Tails, Sond Stones tout Marbls uitable for Cemeteries, supplied u hort i "Also Peterhead and Aberdeen C. N.VARS DRACTICAL Dentist, Oshawa, Ont.-- te the post 7 Dental Rooms directly '#Me entrance Simcoe street, third: door north ol ni aid Fe 'of the Ontario Bank a R. RICHARDSON, ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses ! LOT 19, IN THE FIRST CON. OF . BROCK, . Eeq.. Auditor forthe Dominion ; Wl ra: or Ontario Bank ; Hon. Toh ing, Mmister cf Pyblic Work, Province of Ontario, HENRY GRIST, ._ Hon. A. Campbell, )Posimaster General; W.C. Smilhe. Esqe, President British Bank Note on (= Parties will find it to their advan- jeer 10 withhold their orders until called on LYMAN ENGLISH, (LATE BRODIE'S,) WALTON STREET, . PORT HOPE Wu. MACKIE, Proprietor. DAFOE HOUSE UTICA HOOD Aue ui i ft ig ! ¢ requirements of travelers and guests. The mdi ih with the best wi i cigars Good stabling. 3 wings qwrsand J. DAFOE, Proprietor. Centre Hotel, SAINTFIELD, J. JENNINGS, Proprietor. Albion Hotel, VHITBY WHITBY. A. MASON, . ProrrieTonr. This Hotel has undergone a thorough renova- tion and been fitted np with a view to the com- fort and convenience of the traveling public.-- Every attention will be paid to the table and bar, while obliging and atientive hostlers wil} have charge of the stables, 'Whitby, 20th June, 1870. 25 TAILORING IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS, AT SQUIRE'S TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT | OVER Ross' STORE, PORT PERRY, JAMES SQUIRE. ort Perry, Oct. 30, 1872. 4 HOSE 10 LAND! to lend upon F Town 3 %% §% 8% of Interest. HE d nd orsigned hus uy amount of Soney Unusually Low Rates ny MIDNIGUT PERIL. The tight of the seventeenth of Octob- er=shall 1 éver firge its pitchy darkness, the roar of the autumnal wind through the lonely forest, and the incessant downpour of the rain 1 ; ¢ This comes of short cuts,' T muttered pet ' wh.plodded along, keeping close to the traoks of the trees to avoid the deep ravine, through which 1 could hear the roar of the turbulent stream focty or filty feet below. My blood ran cold, as I thought what might be the possi. ble consequences of a misstep or move in the wrong direction. Why had 1 not been contented to keep in the right road ? Hold gn! Was that a light, or are my eyes playing me false ? I stopped, holding on to the low, resin: ous boughs of a hemlock that grew on the edge of the bak ; for it actuslly seemed as if the wind would seize me bodily and burl we down the precipitous descent. It was a light--thsnk Providence--it was a light, and no ignis fatuus to lure me oo 10 destruction and death. ¢ Halloo-o0-o!' My voice rang the woods like a clarion. I plunged onward through tangled vines, dense briers and rocky banks, until, gra- dually nearing, I could perceive a figure wrapped in an oil-cloth cape, or cloak, carrying a lantern. As the dim light fel} upon his face, I almost recoiled Would cede now. ¢ What's wanting ? Le snarled, with a peculiar motion of the lips that seemed to leave his yellow teeth all bare. ¢I am lost in the woods ; can you di- rect me to R. Station 7' 'Yes; R from here 7' I stood aghast. 2 'Yes. ¢ Can you tell me of any shelter I could obtain for the night 2 ¢ No.' : ¢ Where are you going ?' *To Drew's, down by the swamp.' ¢Isitatavern? ¢ No. «Would they take me for the I'could pay them well.' His eyes gleamed; the ycllow stumps stood revealed once more. ¢ 1 guess so ; folks do stop there.' ¢Is it far from here ?' "Not very ; about half a mile." ¢ Then let us make haste and reach it. I am drenched to the skin." < We plodded on, my comp hae than keeping pace with me. Presently we left the edge of the ravine, entering what seemed like trackless wools, and keeping straight on until the light gleam-- ed fittfu'ly through the wet foilage. It was a ruinous old place, with the windows all drawn to one side, as if the foundation had settled, and the pillars of a rude porch nearly rotted away. A woman answered my fellow traveler's knock. My companion whispered a word or (wo to her, and she turned to me with smooth, voluble words of welcome. She regretted the poverty of their accommodations ; but } was welcome to them such as they were. ¢ Where is Isaac ?' demanded my guide, ¢ He is not come in yet." I sat down on a wooden bench beside the fire, 2nd ate a few mouthfuls of bread. I should like to retire as soon as possible for my weariness 1s excessive." ¢ Certainly." The woman started up with alacrity. ¢ Where are you going to put him? asked my guide. ¢ Up chamber.' ¢ Put bim in Isaae's room." ¢ No. ¢ It's the most comfortable.' ¢ I tell you no!' But here I interrupted the whispered maple nigh ¢ Anything mere I ca ¢ Nothing, thank you.hs 4 1 hope' you'll sleep well, sir. When shafFT call you 7 ee * At four o'clock in the morning, if you please. . I must walk over to R-- sta- tion ic time for the seven ¢'clock e: Ag ¢ II be sure to eall -- She withdrew, leaving me alone in the gloomy little apartment. Isat down and looked around we with no very agreeable sensation. "T will sit down and writé to Alice,' I thought. * That will soothe my nerves and quiet me perhaps.' I' descended the ladder. "The fir: still glowed redly on the hearth beneath ; my companion and the woman sat beside its talking in a low tone, and a third person sat at the table, eating--a short, villain- ous looking man, in a red flannel shirt and muddy trowsers. 1 asked for wri'mg materials, and retura- ed to my room to write to my wife. * My darling Alice. I paused and laid down my pen as | conclided the words, balf smiling to think what she would say could she know of my strange quarters. Not until both sheets were covered did I lay aside my pen and prepare for slum-- ber. As | folded my paper, I happened to glance towards the coach. Was it the gleam of a Luman eye ob- yeu, sir? ness beyond ; yet I could have sworn that something had sparkled balefully at me. I'took out my watch-- it was one o'clock, It was scarcely worth while for ms to un- dress for three hours' sleep. lie down in my clothes 'and snatch what close to the head of my bed, and barricad- nthe. deck ane Agar awithapwa shire 1 At first I was very wakeful, but gradu- ally a soft drowsiness seemed to steal over me like a misly mantle, uatil of a sudden, some startling electric thrill coursed and trembling. A luminous softness seemed to grow dressed in floating garments of whi, with her long, golden bair knotted back by a blue ribbon. Apparently she was backoning to me with outstretched hands, and eyes full of wild, anxious ten- derness. 1 sprang to my feet and rushed toward ber but as I reached the window, the fair apporition seemed tg vanish into the stormy darkness, and | was left alone.-- At the sell same instant the sharp report of a pistol sovoded--I1 could see the _jag- ged stream of fire abcve the pillow-- straight 1brough the very spot where ten minutes since my bead bad lain. With an instantaneous realization of my danger, I swung myselt over the edge of the window, jumping some eight or ten feet into tangled bushes below, and as 1 crouched there, recovering my breath, I heard the tramp of footsteps into my room. ¢ Is he dead 7' cried a voice up the lad- der,--the smooth, ceceitful voice of. the woman with half-closed eyes. ¢ Of course he is,' growled a voice back + that charge would bave killed .ten men. A light, there, quick, and tell Tom to be ready.' ; A cold, agonized shudder, ran through me. What a den of midnight murderers bad I fallen into? And how fearfully narrow bad been my eseape. With speed that only mortal terror and deadly peril can' give, I rushed through the woods, now illuminated with a faint glimmer of star light. I know not what impulse guided my ps--I never shall know hew many times I crossed my owa track or how close I stood to the brink of the deadly ravine ; but a merciful Provi. colloquy. ; «I'm pot particalar--I dou't care Where you lodge me. Only make baste." dence d me with a guiding and protecting care, for when morning dawned with faint red bars of orient light against the stormy eastern sky, I was close to the high road, some seven miles from 1 would |ing. * It's Drew's gang,' said the leader of the police, and they've troubled un these two years. I don't think, though, they'll come back here just at present. Nor did they. But the strangest: part of my story is yet to come. Seme three weeks stbse-- quently-lzecaised o let , sister, who was with Alice in her »l home --a letter whose intelligence filled me with surprise : \ * I must tell you something very, very strange,' wrote my sister, ¢ that happened on the night of the 17th of October.-- Alice had not been well for some time ; in fact, she had been confined to her bed nearly a week, and 1 was sitting beside ber reading. It was late--the clock bad just struck one--wheo all of a sudden she seemed 10 faint away, growiog.white and rigid as a corpse. | hastened to call as- sistance but all oor efforts'to 'résfore her were in vain. 1 was just &bout sending for the doctor, when her senses returned as suddenly as they had lefi her, and she sat up in bed, pushing back her hair and looking wildly around her. ¢ 4 Alice !" 1 exclaimed, " Low you ters . rified us all. Are you ill ?" ¢ 4 Not ill," she answered, ** but I feel so strange. Gracie, | have been with my husband." ¢ And all our reasoning failed to con-- vince her of the impossibility of her asser~ not solitude in the woods be preferable to serving me through the hoard partition ? tions. She persists to this moment that the companionship of this withered, wrinkl |°" 8 it but my own fancy? 'There |sbe saw yeu and was with you on the 17th od, oldman? But it. Wastes oto to re- | Vasa crack there, but ouly blank dark- | of October--or rather on the morning of the 18th, Where and Low she cannct tell, but we think it must bave been some dream. She is better now, but I wish you could see bow fast she is improv- 3 'This is my plain, vovarnished tale. I station is twelve mil s|tlumber I could. So, placing my valite do not pretend Lo explain or account for its mysteries. 1 simply relate facts.-- Lar'sreral~'saink woe" eipbhacdahm; bhie ther do I believe in ghosts, wraiths, or appariiions ; but this thing I do know-- that although my wife was in England ia body, on the morniag of the 18th of Oct. through wy veins, acd 1 sat up, excited | her spirit surely s'00d before me in New York in the moment of the deadly peril that menaced me. It may be that to the through the room --no light of the moon [subtle instinct and strength of a, wife's holy or stars was ever so penetrating--and by love, all things are possible ; but Alice 11 | the little window I saw Alice, my wife, | surely saved my life. ttl ~~ --e ete Probably the man who deserves mosg pity is he who is most idle ; for as there are said to be pleasures in madoess known only to madmen, there are miseries in idleness which only the idle can conceive, " A busy man is troubled with but ome devil," says the Turkish proverb, "but the idle man with a thousand." The Spanish proverd says, * Men are usually templed by the devil, but the idle man positively tempts the devil." -------- ters A young clerical student recently invit- ed a young lady to attend a concert. The damsel's answer to this invitation was ia this wise :--* If you come as a ¢ temporary supp'y' I must decline the invitation. I am only for 'regular candidates,' ' He dido't apply. rr ---- A --et. Can a civil engineer inform us how ft is that the mouths of rivers are larger than their heads ? -------------- I --e-- An old lady, writing to ber som out West, warns him to beware of billious salloons and bowel alleys. Bn EM. "_ Breaxrast.-- Errs's Cocoa. ~ GRATEFUL AND Ci --¢ By a thorough know- ledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, sud by a careful application of the fine pro- perties of well-selected coco, Mr. ope Has provided our breakfast tables a delicately flavored beverage: which ma save us many heavy dootors' bills,'?-- Service Gazette, Made simply w l= 'ing Water or Milk. Each a Boil ed--¢ Jamuxs Keres & Co, Hommopathic Chemists, London." Maxuractuae or Coco.--¢ We will now give an t of the p pled by Messrs James Epps & Co., msnufactor- ors of dietetic asticles, at their works in the Euston Road, London?'--Cassell's House- hold Guide. " HEALING ON THE WINGS," says all who have made use of Dr. Wise tar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, and by such use have been cured of coughs, colds, bronchitis, sore throat, influenza or con- So I was conducted up a steep ladder that stood in a corner of the room, into an apartment ceiled with sloping beams, and ventilated by one small window, where a cot bedstead, crowded lose against the Re. 2 Once at town, I told my story to the police, and a detachment was sent with me to tke spot. sumption. The prudent will always keep this standard yemedy b7 tem. PATENT SOLICITOR AND DRAUGHTSMAN, yy Se WILLIEMSON, Uhh 8 8H oh. OTTAWA, CANADA, guaranteed, ware | Loans can be d in manner to suit PRL Lt with bird Patent Offi¢e and: atishetion aud all work the odd sepa anys : gut dep { ts of the t, Sone January 10, 1872, Lig. are Also + several Ywproved Farms, and AWild * | Designs 'procured. i Investments in Municipal Deb and eo le 0 Sifcotions. MONE Y Bank and other marketable Stoeks, tents of Invention 0a receipt of the ; (PRIVATE FUNDS,) pply to b Model ofthe ENCES, || Toloan on good Farms, at 8 per cent interest * JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, "&o. Novem, 1866, Barrister, ge shawa $b Whitty 3pril 10, 1872, an's Block, Brock st., Whitby. OFFICE--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- 16 --on the table. After much searchiog and false alarms, we succeeded in ly 4 ruin. ous old house ; but it was empty our birds |, had flown ; nor did I recover my: valise, and watsh and chain which latter 1 had Jefe under my pillow. 4 board petition, and a pine table, with two or three chairs, formed the sole attempts at furniture. The woman set the light--an oil lamp of the nervous system, the heart mcg cA3iTt 8 -