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J r Give the liberty to fcaoW to utter and to argue freely INTEL to coWeoce above all other liberty No Copies Each 8 PAGES No paper seat outside of North York paid in i 5f Feb 7 TEHUSJlfifi per annum If paid In advance I Prices 100 125 150 200 250 and 350 Leather Shin Pads pair Shin Pads with ankle supports Pucks 15 and 25c each White Duck Knickers heavy padded 125 Hockey Sticks 15 30 and Spring Skates 125 2 a pair Best Straps tan or black IOC pair GENERAL HARDWARE CARRIAGE BLACKSMITHS SUPPLIES A BINNS Opening of Settlement of jftietinQifd- flill a l Written toe- Era by Win Harrison 4 X PLUMBING KET PRICES on PATENT MEDICINES are the LOWEST -AT- BROUGHTONS DRUGSTORE Have a Look at Some of them Regular Our Price Price Williams Pink Pitb Kidney Pills BO 35 Ozone email 35 An three of above- Regular Our Price Price Chases K Chases Syrup and Turpentine Electric Dr Ozone large Burdock Blood Bitters Ayert Hoods Scotts Emulsion Pierces Family Prescrip tion 4- Pierces Golden Medical Discovery 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ascertained their recall from the of the past cause them to be of value as lijfipgsfor- tit of those who are curious mat ters In our younger our memories are collective in later life they be come more distributive As people get older they become more narrative Availing himself of this talkative propensity in human nature the writer when- a youths has sat at the feet of aged citizens listened while the trials and privations of the days long gone by and by judicious questioning elicited unrecorded facts which may be interesting to those of later years lit may be that these incidents may claim a passing notice inasmuch as the Village of Richmond Hill has a local habita tion and constitutes among the towns and villages which help to make- up the Metropolitan County of Like all other places of great mag nitude and of more historic imports Hill once had an origin and unlike many others it has resolutely continued to exist and is still determined to work out its des tiny- The birthday of a village is as of as importance in the make up of history as that of an individual Let us go back a little in the dim vista of the past and from the shades of oblivion a few of the recollections handed down thru the generations to our oldest inhabi tant whoever that ubiquitous in dividual may be and introduce our selves to some of the hardy pioneers of our earjy settlement who opened up before them in the midst of the forests the sites for the splendid homes which their descendants now enjoy and we will begin with our first settler In the dosing years of the century a man named Baker residing somewhere in had a dispute with his father resolved to leave home and struck for Canada This was long before Horace had given his sage Young man go West build towns and fill them The first preliminary survey of the region north of Lake Ontario seems to have been made in Little was Known the newly surveyed ter ritory yet sufficient had been seen of fertility and magnificent to make it the topic of conversation among those on the but look for a change of situation especially the un settled Loyalists some whom had already crossed the line and had homesteads in other parts of Canada This tendency to north instead of going West was af terwards stimulated by the liberality of the Governments British and Can adian so that isolated Loyal ists soon became respectable commun ities Among the many families around hearthstones the advantages of a new home and the satisfaction of dwelling under British rule was dis cussed was that of the Baker the eldest son was a man gifted with great of character and having arrived at estate married and- the father of three lively boys and two girls resolved to leave for the North and seek his fortune In a new land In the spring with bis wife children John and Jacob Betsy and Polly whose descendants axe with us today and a man named Christian started for the land governed by Brit ish laws Their travelling outfit of a huge Pennsylvania wagon with a stormproof cover cog- all the goods it could carry drawn by a yoke of m and a span of horses In addition to travelling equipment he brought three cows and to clear the way- lording stream or sur mounting rough places the children rode alternately on the wagon or- on the backs of the oen or horses When they camped the cows were milked butter churned and bread bak ed in the oldfashioned hake kettle familiar to many bid settlers ingenuity- instructed by neces sitythe mother of invention added many other comforts to the little community as it plunged deeper and yet deeper into the unbroken forest Coming around the head of the Lake he passed over many lovely sites now covered by villages and towns the centres of trade and commerce and filled with the hum of business Without any definite idea as to he should locate first object was to reach Fort Toron to of as it was called by the French Fort built in a trad ing post in opposition to an English trading company established at Oswe go but which afterwards become a military outpost In it passed into the bands of the British govern ment and tor fiftyyearsit was but a memorial of the past The- stirring events of again brought it to public notice as the scene a terrible explosion and loss of life After threequarters of a century a monumental stone has been placed on the site so that the thous ands that attend the Industrial Ex hibition should not that it is a link in the chain of past events When arrived at the Fort the only building the of the thousands that have gathered since was a log shanty where blankets and fancy goods for presents to the Indians were kept by the government and where peltries or skins of fur bearing animals were brought for trade stay at the Fort was but a short one Whatever may have been its after developments as an eligible situation in a military or commercial point of view as the capital of a Province was no temptation for a man desirous gaging in agricultural pursuits for it was then a low marshy spot encroach ed on by the waters of the bay and Tamarack Swamp still persisted in pushing North and plunged still decker into the woods All north of the Lake was then unbroken mass of foliage a vast labyrinth of gigantic- pines proclaim the fertility of the soil but destined in a few short years to be treated as great must be downed bow their tufty heads to the stroke of the woodmans axe arid way for cleared and cultivated farms It is not to be supposed that our pioneer had the accmnen of the abor igines in knowing his whereabouts in the interminable forests or was guid ed by a scientific knowledge of lati tude and longitude in the use of the compass but being possessed of a large amount of common sense a very useful commodity in travelling he made use of the perhaps made a little more discernible to the hew comer by the blazed track the agent the North West Fur Trading Company As to what prompted to push his way so far into the wilderness we can scarcely guess but the idea of being ahead of all others has often been a sufficient motive for many a hardy pioneer No wheel yet had ever tracked the virin soil along the trail that was afterwards to be come the great military highway be tween Lake Ontario the Upper Lakes and the water ways of the Great North West Yet those two men with a persistence characteristic of our early settlers cut and slashed the ftrst wagon track which the labor of years and the expenditure of an im- amount money has converted into one of the best highways In the Oornnion tin reaching what Is how called York Mills the trail took its way along the old route of Street where to surmount the hill the wagon was taken to pieces and drawn up in sections by a rope around a sapling at the top put together again re loaded and another start made The horse for one had died on the and the cows were led along foot of hilt until a climbing place found i Alter wading through an al most impassable swamp marked on the original map as Swamp stretching nearly two to the south of us and bis reached what is now called Richmond Hill The site of vil lage at time no doubt was suf ficiently to please the most ardent lover natural scenery and there was necessity observ ing Arbor Day for natures provi sfqn was superabundant pioneers are not generally Very ro mantic and could not see that here Was to- locate so he pushed another days journey farther on and camped on the bank of the stream that drives the indus tries of Mills Here their tra velling friend the Pennsylvania wa gon served them as a tent until a shanty of- logs and bark was raised for the summer months It being the month of May a clearance was around the cabin seeds planted and preparations made for- a lengthy stay That summer sixth child was daughter sjie being the first white- child in Township of Vaughan and ih first on Street The girl was called Susan and was afterwards- married to Mr William Wright uncle to the late Amos Wright Esq who for eighteen years represented Bast and West York in Parliament A short time after set tlement passing Indian informed him that a white Indian had settled a mile south of the hill not far from the trail For many months none but the dusty faces of the Indians and their squaws as they peered timidly in at tint cabin door were ever seen by the lonesome family Curiosity and the desire to meet a neighbor prompted to go in search of him- With the red man for a guide and our hero for a hero he was com pared with many much less deserving whose names are blazoned on the pages history the site of our present village and what is now called Thomhill shook hands with anolher adventurous spirit like himself To be continued Restless Ones Peevishness and Sleeplessness a Sure Sign that Baby is Unwell When are restless cross or peevish it Is the surest possible sign of illness Well babies sleep soundly and arc cheerful and playful when awake When baby is cross too many mothers give socalled soothing medicines which contain opiates that deaden hut do not remove the trouble What is wanted Is a medicine that will go right to the root of the trouble make baby sleep well eat well and be cheerful in a natural way Such a medicine is Babys- Own Tab lets which sold under an abso lute guarantee that they contain neither opiates nor other All mothers who have used them for their little ones speak of them terms of warmest praise Mrs Al bert Young Stratford says My who Is now five months old has always- been very cross and peevish She was very constipated and sleep less She was a thin delicate look ing child and cried neatly all the time I did not know what to do with her I tried several medicines but they did her no good A friend who had used Babys Own Tablets ad vised me to try them I did so end since using them baby has been quite well her bowels- are regular and she has grown plump and goodnatured I delighted with the Tablets and keep them on hand all the time and whenever baby gets cross and feverish I give her a Tablet and she Is all right These Tablets the best medicine in the world for simple fevers colic diarrhoea all stomach troubles con stipation and other minor ailments of little ones They are for children of alt ages and dissolved in water or crushed to a powder may be given with absolute safety to youngest infant Mothers who once try will never afterwards use other medicine for their little ones Sold by all dealers In medicine or tent post paid at cents a box by ad dressing the Dr Medicine Co A Vancouver referring to Canada as a mineral producer re marks- The Dominion now ranks third In the list of producing countries worth having been produced in this amount came from the Yukon district witha population of people The total value of Canadas mineral products in reached over or head of the population We hope the fellow who has got our will please pass It over we want It badly to help thru this For the Kra- Strike fort prohibition Who will be faithful and who will be true Who will be fearless their duty to do Who win be willing to lead in the van That others may follow and d what they can- it Who will comfci forward and say Here am I i Ready to or to die Bravely face every at appears Heedless of ridicule taunting or jeers ranks of the today Doing their to clear the way hindering the cause -Mi- Prohibition is one our laws Shutting the shop and saloon to while stars sun moon Shine in the heavens or send us a ray So that the Gospel may speed on its way Saw ye the host from the enemys camp Marching by hundreds to parliament tramp their frail arguments tried to dissuade Others from keeping the promises made Look at the crowd and at once you may trace i Signs of the tragic in manner and face Poor deceived mortals we pity them all That which they deal will encompass their fall t Anxious indeed I for the revenue loss Souls are no value redeemed on the cross Money their god is the aim of their lives Sad that their fate should be that old Dives a V m No one will doubt the true statement there made That the great numbers who live by the trade Could if they came wreck the place where they met Was it intended by them as a threat Surely their power to wreck is well known Millions of homesteads and livecould be shown Wrecks are everywhere on every hand Wasted to buildup ginpalaces grand Oh they will get compensation at last God will reward- them for deeds ol For they have robbed through their lust to get gold Heaven of millions shut out of the fold Broken the hearts of the and wives Scattered the orphans to lead sinful lives Filling our land with the saddest of wails Through the despair which the- traffic entails Let us alone I just the words that were said By the possessed of the devils who led Poor human beings in tombs to abide Crazed until Jesus drew near to their side Fitting their words well befitting their case When we contemplate the demons swine chase So may rumtrade find rest in the sea in oblivion forever to be Now at this crisis be true to your trust Drive the inktraffic to mildew and rust Tis not for gold but for souls that you toil God will be with you your foes to despoil Richmond Hill Jan P Grant Population Following are from the returns the recent census just published Toronto Hamilton WS34 11485 Kingston Windsor- St Thomas Belleville Sautt Marie Port Arthur Toronto Junction Ottawa London V St Catharines Chatham in Rat Portage Bolton Georgetown Smiths Falls Owen Sound Aeton 855 Cannington J i I IK Port Perry Newmarket y Mrkham Bradford Sutton Weston Whitby Brampton Aurora I Holland Landing 446 Richmond Hill MS Gravenhurst 1 i -jjiit- 57W Fife at Out Feb The hull known as the Henry block at owned by Garland of Toronto a occupied by as a store was completely destroy by fire this morning about A blinding snowstorm has been for tie past nous and proved of no little service ieg adjoining buildings stock valued at about 14000 Is total covered by ame Other losers by fire are Mot Smith agents of the Company Thomson in farm machinery The Browi combe Co McOuire Son and A Hit hards hart their plate windows broken by beat The Telephone Co Post Office aridM- Crosby are also losers by reason removal 1 i A Tottenham Lindsay Berlin Waterloo -j- Figures showing the immense tr flc on the Canadian during the year 1901 have been The gross earnings were as against mi previous year J The increase net earnings of the road for amounted to l902993i The Baby sick Then probably a Babies catch cold and recover so slowly however when a night is thai necessary for a cure You Creaplehem the vaporizer I the lamp beneath and place near crib While baby sleeps he breath In healing vapor C61d hose 1 flamed ra em braces heal and trouble ceases ft perfect spec for and croup old dtttUw A VpoCtcafD 1 r an Ad te It v fey and sold by drligglst I