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T- jivxpc v i riy- NORTH INTELLIGENCER AND Give mo liberty to know to titter and to argue freely according to conscience above oh other liberty ADVERTISER PAGES J GST No sent outside of North York unions paid in advance m r Copies Conts Newmarket Friday February 5 per annum i if paid advance Historical Sketch the ToWjq of NeWiiarkeL J-S- The following goods we do not wish to carry over the season t and will clear actual cost 40c to 2 per pair SLEIGH BELLS an kinds TOVES Box Parlor and Coal SHOVELS Steel 30 and each UCK 49 and each LA MP S Library Hall and Stand Especially fop this edition to 30 editor and proprietor of the Era SN Continued from last peek AH located near the caretakers residence furnishes an ample supply of pure water for domestic purposes for the refreshment of visitors to the grounds and for- general use in irriga tion A largo proportion of lotowners who have friends interred in this city of the take special pleasure in the cultivation of flowers on and about the graves of their loved ones while Directors also plant out beds of flowers here and there throughout the grounds giving premises ft sacredly charming appearance through out the summer months INDUSTRIAL HOME Repairing promptly done LEGAL Notary o Street ao000 to on- Qq DENTAL etc or Tow Honey ken Block Money to Loan V J Com oner MEDICAL father Aberdeen Main Newmarket Office to pm and pm R i Dentist Poet Block opposite i for Resident Dentist Aurora Successor totko Into Dr Robinson Ofpick Dr late Street Aurora Over Dr Campbells Friday and Saturday Gold and and Bridge Work Irregularities corrected Appointments may bo at Store Toronto Office Street Campbell if P A A At Pharmacy and to at residence Street two East of Churcb in York Co Farm and Chattel Sales will receive spccJal attention Slain St or Box Newmarket PO Duncan Licensed Auctioneer for the Co of York Good sold on commission Terms reason able Farm Sales attended to A trial solicited Residence Street Newmarket Formerly at Chelsea Hospital n gland for Diseases of Women of Hospital Children Toronto Centra Pharmacy to a and Off Office of Dr Sogers first door South of Post Hours to am I R flurtfcon at the Toronto Homo for Incurables and Keswick PAINTING Of House Special Attention paid all branches of business vix Glazing Natural Wood Finish Paper Hanging and Satisfaction E8OKKGBnd door the Primary School Church Street fiolton Practical and House Decorator r TUiifttii South side Oeo Carriage Painter Main Opposite Main Street Wootfcens of PIpher nousQ Haiti Vernons For the Finest Turnout in Town Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with Hypophps- brings back the ruddy glow of life to pale chefeks the lips become red the ears lose their transparency the step is quick and elastic work is no longer a burden exer cise is riot by ex haustion and it be cause it furnishes the body with a needed food arid changes diseased action to healthy Withabetter cir culation and improved nu trition the rest follow or nit id SCOTT A very erected under provisions of Municipal Act located on Street about a mile- from the Corporation as a County Poor House but as the latter name is somewhat repulsive being with kind of institutions tho memorable Dickens satirized in one of his novels the people of this County call It Industrial Home It is indeed a home for the poor and friendless of where the aged and infirm in their declining years are provided with comforts possibly not enjoyed in their earlier life Its location hero is conceded to be largely attributable to efforts of Mr Jackson while occupying the position of Reeve and it was formal Iv dedicated for public use in trio year he was honored with the the County although really opened the previous year chitecture was designed by the late Mr Stokes County Engineer at that time and has a capacity for about one hun dred inmates Fifty acres of land are attached which serve for the growth of necessary vegetables for Home pasturage o- exercises are conducted every Sabbath by the of Newmarket and Aurora As a- County Institution it is supervised and managed with care having due regard to economy con sistent with comfort of its inmates and is in every way a credit to the of York Mr J is the present and Mr James Keeper A Committee of the County Council appointed an nually supervise the management and audit the accounts COKCLOSIOX In penning this very and im perfect sketch of Newmarket and sur roundings we have had to draw our information from various largely upon recollections of some of our older inhabitants some of admitted that their memories were failing and consequent ly may not be altogether accurate but in the main it will be found correct and- quite within the lines of moderation ahfl truthfulness To the old pioneers who cleared away primeval forests and made homes for themselves and their families the present generation- owes a debt of gratitude that will never ho paid Want of space prevents our relating incidents of parly settlers of whom we have heard who shouldered bags of grain and tramped on foot down to the frontier of the County to get it ground and then trudged all the way home through the woods following the marks of trees to guide them But were heroes in those days and we tribute to their memory I Some amusing incidents linger in the memories of the oldest inhabi tants of and occurrences which transpired during the decade and half between 1886 and one night Some miBchievbus persons took the of a dis tinguished citizens rig so it is said and placed it crosswise over the roof ridge of the old Methodist then the cornerof the present Public School grounds on Avenue It was no doubt hard work to do it but to them there was fun in it A good is told of storekeepers who Bought furs of the Indians before the forties It appears so tradition goes that they only had a certain number of weights and when a bundle of furs was tumbled into the scales if weights to hand were sufficient to determine tho quantity hand of the buyer was on the scales and estimated at so many where this was insufficient an arm and hand at a greater fixed weight was brought into requisition to determine how much Poor was to get for his bundle of furs but of conrsethis is only a drive at the merchants of those days It was a common thing on holidays and frequently on Saturday afternoons during summer season for the stalwarts of Whitchurch East and King to at Newmarket have games such as the oldfashioned base- ball etc Among the names which figured prominently in those days were the Fletchers Dunhams Evans McCarthysPegg3 Rogers Stephens Lloyds Wests Pear- eons and others Not to wards evening too much cornjuice was imbibed and knockdowns and dragouts very often ended a days sporting Pure unadulterated whiskey distilled in the Old Survey could then be had for a- gallon But those old fellows didnt hold grudges after the relative prowess of tho parties had been determined they met afterwards as if nothing unpleasant had occurred and all was serene to take him away as a prisoner and at the same time robbing his family of the requisite food to sustain them while he might be away This same prisoner was indicted before the grand jury and a true bill found bat whenasked to plead thereto declared in open court that he was as loyal a subject to Queen Victoria as any man living but if Colonial rulers were meant he was opposed to the whole crew down at headquarters at Quebec who were robbing the people of their liberties He was never tried and is still a resident of an adjoining town ship a true and faithful Wend of civil and religious liberty- The writer has in his possession a copy of the true Mr to make him wedge to split wood with and the veal This he didtho farmer waiting while be away This same wedge was arid then trudged is afterwards taken to To- home carrying it with him as the of the veal We had this from the farmer himself who is still a dent of an adjoining township but it shows kind of way in which a good deal of business was done in early days Mr John Bennetts father a miller in the Robinson Mill at the foot of Main St for three years when there only four frame houses in Newmarket He hid his money in the mill until he collect ed in gold and carrying the money in a tin pail he purchased a bill found by grand jury with the farm on street from names of the jurors attached thereto Proctor The farm now belongs to Sometime about a fire destroy- Ik the buildings then erected between the Forsyth House and the Cawthra property at the comer Main and Eagle Streets The chimney of the dwelling where Mrs store now stands was left standing after the fire and one Halloween some frolieksome young took one of wheels from Charles carriage and placed it on the top of this chimney How they got it there without being observed or having the bricks tumble about them no one knows but the next morning after Halloween there it was ornamenting the top of the chimney and affording large gossip for everybody who passed along to the postoffice at Mr Roes store Names are given in connec tion with this story but as they may be improperly used we refrain from giving them The boys of those days had their festive streaks as well as the youngsters of today During the 87 Rebellion this part of tho country was considered the hotbed of the A lot ffsr A mark opposite indicates that iho has not been renewed A prompt remittance will be received and knowledge I J P fn this Canada of ours any man who will Wmsetf to pnblio interest for the locality in which be resides baa an to in the estimation of his and places in public life The of our this week was born on Con of Town ship in the County of in the year When ten years of age he com menced to hie own living by J working on a farm Cherry going school during the winter months- After three years at Churchill work- at farming to the time of his re- moval to Newmarket in In October of the same year he commenced to- work for Cane Sons and has been in their of men suspected of disloyal sentiments employ ever since with the exception of were apprehended and- lodged in the about eighteen months old Presbyterian Church on Timothy Street now occupied by the Salvation Army One of the prisoners confined informed us that one day becoming dissatisfied with the food Hunter has always taken an active interest in our Brigade and proved an efficient officer When lie joined in they were working old hand engines and his years of service our Fire Protection System has gone through great changes He was Captain of the Hose Co for five years and now fiUing his second term as Chief Eogineer of the Fire Brigade Mr Hunter has also been a society man for years In 1879 he and the Encampment the following year and in both these lodges he has filled all the principal chairs as well as being a Canton No for several years He joined the Ancient Order of Foresters when first organized and Is a charter member of the Bona of Scotland He was also a member of Old Guard in the exciting election times that are now passed into history i In Mr Hunter was elected Council lor for St Patricks Ward which office he continued to hold till year when he was elected DeputyReeve of the Town of Newmarket Daring hie term of fiveV years in the Council he has tken anactive part and for three years ha has been chair man of the Property Committee It was mainly through efforts that lane was widened to feet and fa now called Millard a Avenuewith prospects some day becoming a leading thoroughfare J Mr Hunter was married in to Jennie and has two children a bo and girl A Col Cotter was an eccentric man in his way and some tunny yarns are told to this day respecting his some what irraseible temper under certain in particular when he was having family devotions and discovering that a few pigs had worked their way into his lawn he ordered his son to quit read ing his prayers and put out the qued- rupedsrthen to come back and finish his morning devotions But this too may only be a skit as the boys liked to have a joke on Sax A prominent figure in whom the loyalists had strong antipathy against after he had returned homo from the Montgomery tavern skirmish in accordance terms of amnesty proclaimed by the Lieut Governor was surprised by the of a of militia under command of a local militia oftber who arrested him as a rebel and ordered him to forth with accompany The mans wife was ill at the time but while he was making hurried preparation to leave the who came to make the arrest went down cellar and began helping themselves to whatever nice things they could hold of Rear ing was going on the supposed rebel seized a chair proceeded to the cellar and drove the but berat ing them hardihood in coming supplied and tired of restraint the prisoners picked up a long bench and banged away at the door till they scared the poor sentinel from the place to search for assistance When the officers arrived all was quiet hut the prisoners got better rations after this occurrence An other good story is told about an in cident during the march down Street with these prisoners to Toronto but we must wait for another occasion to relate it AH through the forties and even for the next decade money was a scarce commodity during the summer season and as a consequence there was a good deal of bartering done between farmers and tradesmen while chants allowed those of their custom ers in whom they had confidence to trade by the year on adding per cent to the price of goods to for waiting Two or three years the railway was in operation a farmer in East a few from Newmarket came into the village the sell part of a of veal was to a hotel keeper but the he peddled from house to house without finding a cus tomer Finally reaching Mr Whites blacksmith premises now occupied by ho threw the meat down on the anvil and told extra jj AURORA An absorbing topic not only Aurora but throughout the is the treatment of members old Canadian Mutual Aid Association taken over by the Benefit Life Association The M B gobbled the surplus of the Canadian said to be and after one assessment on the began jump them up reaching bi monthly and the last which matures Feb 1st varies from to nearly straw broke camels back and on receipt of notice the members sent a deputation to wart our member- public were held in Toronto These were too to do any good work and were appointed to the case into- shape The again J3et and decided In Wllpre arid iii license Use days time ftrven fter tension will be called t