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The gives more home every week than any two other in York is fe County NORTH YORK INTELLIGENCER AND mo liberty to know to freely to above all other ADVERTISER 8 I paper sent outside of Yet unless paid in advance Copies jGaoh I Newmarket Ont Friday Jan J M7Rr J Terms per annum if paid in advance YOUR Stove Cheap Our whole Stock of Heaters of description of Coal or Wood must be cleared out at ff for Cash Try our Coal Oils NEWMARKET I CORN bushels Old American Yellow Corn direct from Chicago This consignment was bought on the recent break in prices SHORTS Pounds ail fresh ground SALT 150 Bbls Rices Pure Salt bought before the ad vance and will be sold at regular price 115 bl All above must be sold within next two weeks to make room for further purchases letter from Parry Sound District By Rev -oxo- Sound on will bo a those who enough to visit North York Excursion last Juno it cosy task to recall the scenes then visited Visitors and tourists ever been enthusiastic in their praise of scenic beauty and grandeur of the High lands of Ontario Leaving die familiar of North York and coming for the first time into this part of our Province one cannot but he impressed with the decided change in the scenery in fact in almost every feature Leaving per steamer City of Toronto the six hours sail between thai place and Parry Sound unfolds to view of the observant traveller a ma of grandeur and majestic beauty Soon after fliartinK on Northward journey tie islands for which eastern shore of too Georgian Bay is noted appear in sight at times a little distance away and then again almost touching tho sides of our steamer as the steers us safely through the narrow channels- Some of these islands seem nothing more than huge barren rocks that have been thrown up from the bowels of the earth at tho time of some mighty upheaval in the days gone by Other present a less barren appearance as wo notice trees and shrubs that in some unaccount able way forced their way through the devices of the rocks Many of theso islands are now owned by private parties and are being fitted up as summer resorts proceeded to clamber uj rocky embankment towards the light with object of seeking shelter His progress was effect u ally barred by the proximity of a rail fence Up to this time I had thought it was only a rough piece of rood we were getting over but when horse came to a standstill I knew something unusual had happened Ho I got out of tho cart for the road with roy feet and backed Jinking down again and turned him in the right direction once more Wo had not proceeded many hundreds of yards farther when the road took a sharp turn in opposite direction This time the temptation took the form of a little brook by the roadside and then the horse thought a opportunity pre sented to a drink and so ho down into the ditch Thinking the heit thing I could do would be to some light on the CO ASSURANCE CO The Company has now enter ed upon its 74th year The following figures testify to its Stability Liber ality Popularity Accumulated Funds about Annual Revenue over Bonuses Already Declared Claims Paid During Polices wore STANDARD investments in Canada amounting to over Four teen Millions of Dollars YEAR Begin the New Year dealing at The Central Tailor Shop And you will gut the Boat to be had It will be cheaper for you In long We make you perfectly wc the Tailoring Block In Town besides most experienced hands that can be had Compare our goods be tore finishing your purchase and Judge for yourselves Wishing you all A Happy New Year Jas McLaughlin- Assure now secure a share of the profits GEO M District Inspector J A Afient Wessons in Painting by a Art Graduate of Heliool The a iBMULSION EMULSION a EMULSION EMULSION It a fluh and win give jou an per DAVIS WWBEKCE tto CO It you else Cutler or the country on slow name tome nice and very ones and An amusing incident occurred it one of consider able for tho passengers of boat hut consternation and dis may to the unfortunate victims As the boat drew up to the improvised wharf the tourists their to the shore to receive their expected quote of provisions among which there were a couple of fino water melons eyes of a real pickaninny could hardly be more expressive of de light as these luscious being carried from tho boat From some cause or other unknown to us theso watermelons behaved so badly that they rolled from arms of bearer of the precious burden and tumbled into the water How quickly those expres sions changed Consternation and was written on each countenance and as the boat steamed away the last scene that met our view was a row of heads close to the water with eyes peering intently into blue grave of their lost treasures On and on we went passing island after island drinking in from natures fountain tfte scenes revealed The sun had set far over the Western hor izon and the shades of night had gathered over us when the town of Parry Bound was reached Like many other places Parry Bound does not appear to its best advantage at first sight especially if the town be first viewed from the deck of the steamer as she draws near the dock Bound lias a style of beauty all its own or rather I should say a stylo of beauty typical of this north country To one who is accustomed to green fields the first impression is that of barrenness as wo see the huge bould ers of rock in different parts of the town A longer stay in the town however gives an increasing concep tion of the grandeur and beauty of the scenery which Dame Nature lias provided in such liberal measure The town is rather scattered and the space occupied by the people who now live in the town could ac commodate twice that number very readily An era of prosperity seems to have opened in the town popula tion is increasing and in all likelihood will increase for time During the summer season the influx of tour ists is quite a factor in townlife Dur ing the past season the summer ho tels and Rose Point as well as the hotels and other places of ac commodation were crowded Parry Bound seems to ho an increasingly popular summer resort The mainstay of the town though is in the lumber industry from day when early pioneer Ret his foot in trackless forest that then reigned from east to west from north to south up to the present day the growth and develop ment of the town has been with growth of the lumber business For a- few years there has been a lullthe buzz of the saw was almost silenced and in consequence the activity of all business inter ests of the town and country have been impaired to a or a less degree But more the ban of in activity has been removed and every indication points to an exceedingly busy season in the saw mills of the town and vicinity Each of the saw mills is preparing for a largo output next summer One mill after being idle for five or six years is being refitted and new machinery put in to meet heavy demands that will be made upon it during season of Another of mills which after several years idleness ran part of contracted to cut some million feet of lumber And this is typical of the demands that will bo made upon the several mills of the town and vicinity To make adequate preparations for meeting this increased demand of the coming necessitates unusual ac tivity in the lumber camps during this winter season Higher wages and more work have brightened the hopes of the men who look to the for their occupation during the winter months and in consequence more men are to be found in the bush this sea son than for several season back A great many men from our congrega tions are to be found in the camps at this season of the year and in many cases seem to be cut off from attend- ance at the church services A short time ago I had privilege of visit ing one of these camps about twenty miles from Parry Sound and it prov ed a very interesting trip indeed The day was one of those typical fall days in which clouds hang heavily and the rain threatens to fall at any time However we did not think it sufficiently discouraging to postpone the intended journey So accompanied by an old friend that was visiting me we started the journey which proved much more eventful than we had anticipated The roads at that time the latter part of November are not usually of the best in any part of the country but they are rather more rough and mud dy up here In fact they reminded mo very forcibly of driving over some of East roads in the condition in which they were last spring Leaving Parry Sound short ly after noon about oclock we ar rived at what we had expected would be our destination- Much to our dis appointment we found our stay at this camp was an impossibility owing to the overcrowded condition of affairs Hope red was our inevitable lot Upon inquiry we found that nearest village was over five miles away The sun was set shadows had lengthened considerably and the prospect of a five mile drive over those winding hilly roads was none too bright especially as everything pointed to a good dark night How ever we bowed to the inevitable and turned J head in the direc tion of village of All went well until wo had half the distance and we were congratulat ing ourselves that the horse was find ing his way around the curves up and down hill and through the mud in a very creditable manner By time tho darkness had become intense it was as dark as the inside of a black cat when going down hill and around the curve wo espied light of a farm house Its aHureuHnts proved much for who yielded temptation left the highway an subject I felt my way through the in tense darkness toward a farmbouse light close at hand Hero I endeavor ed to borrow a lantern but was met with thy reply that there was only one lantern and that was needed I effected a compromise by bor rowing two boys with the lantern to lighten our pathway to the nearest where we hoped to be more successful in securing tho covet ed light Arriving there we were kindly received accommodated by the loan of a lantern which though somewhat in a superannuated condi tion was quite acceptable The rest of the journey to the village way tra versed with comparative ease and shortly after eight oclock were housed within the walls of the humble village the wants of the inner man to and in slumberland we found the rest so acceptable Next morning we awakened to a brighter prospect The clouds had dispersed and the sun shone brightly dries sweaters socks and last but not in the eyes of the tobaccu We were after informed that over two hundred ten- cent plugs of smoking tobacco as well as chewing tobacco were sold to the men each week We could easily Hove that when we noticed how great a majority of the men in the en nip were the centre of the room it Imjx to warmth and cheer to occupants After waiting a few minutes the the tamp Mr Martin came in and we introduced ourselves received a woodsman and in due time were shown the diningroom a room forty by twenty feet This as we have already stated is a part of the main buildings Three long tables two thirds the length of the room accommodate about men Oilcloth takes the place of linen i in- wave china and iron knives and forks are used instead of silver plain but useful things are none the less clean and no means detract from the attractive ness of the meal The cook and his assistant were our companions at this meal and in conversation with them wo gleaned some interesting facts con cerning camplife The bill of fare which by the way is substantially the same at the three meals of the day consisted of the traditional fried pork and beans boiled pork roast beef stewed beef good homemade bread and buns apple sauce molasses and apple pie as well as biscuits ami drop cakes The cook shown his ability to cater to the netda of the in ner man by providing a wholesome substantial meal just the kind to suit a hungry hardworking man The cook told us he baked sixteen five- pound loaves of bread on five days in the week in addition to the buns bis cuits and pies A quarter of beef is consumed in a and pork in similar Crowded out week Council Special meeting on Tuesday even ing Present Mayor and Council lors and Smith Following bills passed lockup sup plier Can Gen Co electric sup Packard Electric Co American Co supplies Express on John cleaning Town Hall shovelling coal Win Blue electric work at tt vlader work at Power Hoiift ft Manning re adv for electrician Lloyd postage etc freight on electric goods freight on coal 3 f 171 S 03 14 37 re tobe and cheerily In due time all prepar- portion Camp life today is very were completed all necessary information obtained and we resumed our journey towards our next destina tion Martins variously estim ated as fiv or eight miles from The first three miles of the trip were covered quite easily but when we turned from the main road to the Cadge Road the interest deep ened To the initiated I might say that a cadge road is the name giv en to trail from main road to the lumber camp One can read ily understand that under those con ditions they would hardly spend the time to pave the road and hence they are not the most comfortable to the traveller We had not proceeded far into the bush before we came to I he conclusion that the easiest and most comfortable way to ride over that road would be to walk aud we carried our resolution into effect On and on we went around stamps over up and down hill following the circuitous trace of the waggon trail until at last our efforts were rewarded and we emerged from the bush into the clearing on which the camp build ings stand At a glance we could see the unique and picturesque appearance of these log buildings grouped together The first buildings to which we came were the two stables each about twenty by twentyfour feet making com fortable quarters for about teams of horses was the first to enjoy a practical demonstration of the hospitality of the camp and show ed his evident appreciation of this by the heartiness with which he received his midday meal Our arrhal was welltimed The men sixtyfive in number were busily engaged in the diningroom Our guides ushered us into the office to await the arrival of the who was at dinner The room into which we were shown was about fourteen by twenty feet democratic in its furnish ings but suited for the purpose for which it built The office was situated in the centre of the main building of the camp with the dining- room to the left the sleepingroom to the right Two corners of the of fice into which we were ushered were taken up with double bunks affording sleeping accommodation for eight men The bedding consists of a straw mat tress and two pair of heavy black blankets All other unnecessary lux uries are banished from the camp Another corner and one side of tho room was taken up with the book keepers desk and the shelves upon which supplier are kept for colling to men r The shelve were laden with tisvsrVA varieties of different to it was years ago and many of the men recognize that fact There is considerable competition be tween cooks of different camps es pecially when the camps are close to gether I quite interested to know that the gentleman who was cooking for this camp was a staunch Methodist and en otiicial on one of the neighboring missions Concluded next Pop my Packard b coal 134 J If Collins drawing coal Hunter A- it A- Jesse Cook lumber B The bill of Dr Webb vices on Medical Health Officers to Finance Committee paid if found correct The bill of J McKay was referred to Printing Com and communication re lighting office to Com The report of the Chief of the Fire Brigade was received as satisfactory The Market Com recommended a reduction of 10 hi the rent of Weigh Scales but declined to reduce rent of Market Stall occupied by ifc Hill Report adopted The sum of 250 was granted to the Mayor to cover his espouse in at tending Good Heads Convention A bylaw was passed exempting certain property belonging to the Specialty Co from taxation The interest on back taxes and West Prospect St to percent Council adjourned aim die on lota was re- Piles were Sapping the From Him Dr Ointment Cured- Mr M of Knotmaul Mich says For seven years I had suf fering from itching and protruding piles I tried all kinds of cures but got no relief until I used Dr Ointment One application did more for than any remedy I had ever tried I have been such a sufferer that I would willingly give my acres of land rather than have a re turn of my suffering from those tor menting things cents Use Dr Agoews Liver Pills for liver ills cents Sold by Lehman Bent- Pharmacy Newmarket The of Congo State New Jan The Southern Board of Mission at Nashville Ten has received letters from Revs and P Hawkins missionaries of the church stationed at Congo Free State Africa giving account of the burning villages and the killing of or more natives by the state troops They report that some of the victims were eaten by cannibals and that the bodies of all who were slain were mu tilated Rev W saw dead three of whom had been eaten The chief said that or had been killed and persons eaten Mr saw right hands cut off and drying over a slow fire in order to be afterward taken back to the State officers Sixty women prisoners were confined in a pen and men had already been sent away prisoners It is said the raid was ordered be cause could not pay the exorbitant tribute demanded by State Eva is in a lethargic condition at Montreal for the second time A year ago she had a sleep that lasted days and was only red hot need lea Council met on Monday morning at oclock All the probe ra elected were present as follows Mayor Cane Councillors Robertson Koine tville Trivttt Hughes and Smith After subscribing to the necessary declarations the Mayor addressed the Council He congratulated the members on being elected opposition and hoped that the harmony that had previously characterized the proceed ings may continue The only unfin ished business the Council is the building of the Metropolitan to the North end which will be pro ceeded with in the Spring The Mayor considered this an time to build Trunk Sewer on Main Street and also to lay Granolithic walk from Timothy to streeb on both sides payable on the frontage principle at a reasonable pro portion Smaller towns are putting down a large portion of Granolithic walk and believe it very advan tageous It will also necessary to make provision for increased electric light probably by duplicating the plant The Council was reminded that BO action had been taken regarding the widening of Main St The Mayor and Messrs and were selected by ballot to strike the Standing Committees for the year A bylaw was passed reappointing Jackson as High School Trustee also J A and as Auditors the former nominated by the Mayor and latter by Council A better system of bookkeeping in connection with the Electric Light System was discussed but no action taken A resolution was adopted the motion passed last fall in favor of the Metropolitan having connec tion with the trunk railway lines in Toronto requesting that the mat ter he not reopened Ivfoie the Rail way Committee of the Privy Council