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Newmarket Era, 21 Nov 1902, p. 1

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V J Era hem J 1 9 ma Kb to to to above other liberty No paper sent outside of North York uaiff j J s f- Each Mr Newmarket Friday Nov j By Becker in The Four Track News RePublisbed in the Era by special 7f 1 j Vote It 1 if paid In Wifeless Telegraphy The wonderful experiments in wire- Cooking Holes I SIZES FOR WOOD SQUARE SIZES FOR COAL SQUARE The be read- hear Pond In the with of the traveler continued his residents of North York from trie I alone ftis route lay fact that land in North district of about thirty miles he- and acres in East the two armies tailed neutral ground where tory and patriot some times met like insolent arid sa vage bat avoiding content with snaps and growls One authority claims that the socalled patriots often more faithful to personal than to the countrys inter ests waylaying travelers end de manding tribute which appro priated But the course of Andres capture refutes their part any suspicion of disloyalty to the Amer ican cause The traveller trotted along the Kings road and with the his cheerful nature hum med a familiar air as his thoughts December is polling day on the The bal lot is so worded that each voter by marking the same declares for or against bringing into force the Act of In the form used Wotoc makes his under the word Yes if he favors -prohibition- but If oppos ed he makes his under the word No Here is a the ballot at one time the property Benedict Arnold given to him by the British Government in- recognition of his services was distributed in acre lots inj of the townships- find on the death of rnoids wife was divided among the heirs by the Court of Queens The is lengthy and is corded in the Registry market J SIZES FOR WITH TANK SIZES FOR TANK Cold Rolled Sheet Steel Oven in One Piece PERFECT ECONOMICAL BAKERS WITH FUEL The Greatest of Coot StoYes also handle this aWecohatrficted as unde of the Household There is better Big Line of Heating Stoves General Hardware and NEWMARKET tit T Intern Stock Food -AT- DRUG STORE A COMPLKTE STOCK OF Dutch Hyacinths All Colors at each Easter Lilies and LJ W PATENT MEDICINES See a few Samples of Our Prices Oar Price Chases Pills 25 Jj Chases Nerve Food 50 35 boxen for ft Carters Little 15 Kendals Spavin Cure Burdock Blood Bitters J R Y tot Dye The at Albany cent Every line breathes of the poetic of the past Bide the building is so filled with varred treasures that each citizen owner may find what appeal to his taste or to his interest Pity that so few are acquainted with their possessions In a corner of the library of thej capital are the manuscripts relating to the attempt to surrender West Point to the British detailing the tragedy that followed the covery J J are faded by time worn and creased by the hand and foot of the soldier to whom they were intrusted more than a hundred years ago The commandant of West Point- in had been a brave soldier under Montgomery in disastrous invasion Canada and again at Stillwater ftf 1 under Gates He was made of the American forces Philadelphia in and infatuated with Margaret a beauty and married hex Soon after entered upon a of that he Was unable to maintain Eager and ambitious this young-Am- became and arrogant Pressed by of excessive ex penditures the amount he asked of Congress was deemed exorbitant and down- Funds that passed thru his hands were appropriated to his own use and be was reprimanded by Washington at the instigation of Congress Stung by this rebuke harassed by debts unsuccessful In some speculations he had attempt ed the man became desperate and deemed himself Washington appreciating the and valor of officer listened to the request for the of West Point But sooner- Benedict Arnold in stalled there than he opened a cor respondence with Henry Clinton at New York overt act of treason was thus early accomplished Washingtons headquarters were at Tap pan was at Hart ford- and there Washington went to confer with Hearing of the proposed absence of bis chief Arnold dispatched a messenger to Clinton requesting that an agent le Kent to to arrange for the earliest pos sible surrender of the post Gener al Clinton lost no time but sent the British sloop of war Vulture with his inost trusted officer on board The Vulture sailed up the Hudson to a point designated below the fort ress and anchored in the stream At a email boat was sewt from the shore for the officer who though In structed otherwise decided to leave the vessel under cover of- darkness On shore he was met by the person expecting him and together they Are You In Favour of the brinffitiy into force The Liquor Act A rf Every elector should to the polls and every man should act cientiously in marking his- ballot The people Ontario never had such responsibility as is involved in tbe decision of the of Dec next Following is the complete list Polling Places in York with wandered the landscape around respective DeputyReturning Officers htm to the fields and hedges along the Kings Highway in his native England At Tarry town there is a monument surmounted by a bronze figure ever on duty that marks the spot where On September WfiO a man sprang as it were out of the ground seized the bridle travellers horse and at the same instant de manded a halt Two other ment joined tie first arid to these three the traveller offered the authority or John Anderson to pass public business and signed the major- West Point For one moment the pass sufficed there was a doubt In that moment- of hesitation the travelers eyes rested upon a coat that one of Jhenion wore which he had obtained white a prisoner not long before and recognising the garb of the Hessian soldiers attached to the British army the traveller concluded hastily that he had fallen among friends in stead of foes sec you belong to the army below as do he remarked with a slight gesture of the head toward the river Fatal words they sealed the doom of Adjutant John Andre of the British army He was quickly dismounted and searched without result and still there was delay Some latent sense requir ed vigilance incited these humble mil itiamen to renewed search of the travelers person West Point was saved In the stockings the peaceful trav eler wore were the papers giving mi nute description of the fortress and all its dependencies and the forces necessary to it The travel er stood revealed a spy In vain soldier pleaded for his release in terms manly and eloquent descending at last to the bribery of promises and gold the ears of his captors were brass their beans- were stone The arrested journey was completed the silent march of the men with their prisoner from Tarrytown the hills of the nearest post of tho American Army Here from the still beautiful old stone house Washington summoned a grand court martial of his most able officers to try the man and pass sen tence upon his great offence The court convened in the small Dutch church at J The room and table where the death warrant was signed arc sMU and an air of something hard and solemn deepens the Interest of place The world the sentence of the court and that tho chiefs of both armies made almost superhuman Shop J Jenkins Davis House lot 2nd Phillips Shop King Horn A Temperance Hall 5 T Ross House Lot Con Gillies A O Davis Hall Stewart Carriage Shop town v Temperance Hall Black Barrys Shop Con J Fuller Whitchurch John Youngs House White Rose John Scott School House No John Hall Simeon House Mays fchop Pine Orchard Nelson May Hall Vivian Martin Roach BAST 10 Driving House H Haines Temperance Hall Sharon A J Hughes Wrights Shop lie A Fletchers House Lot Con Eugene Town Hall Mt Abert r Tinsdale Jos Manors House Lot Con John T NORTH Temperance Hall Keswick Wm Hall John A School House No Jeremiah Graham School House Virginia Hall School House John Yates House I AURORA Centre Ward Council Room North Ward Wilsons Shop j South Ward Wilsons Samuel Holland Shop It NEWMARKET St Georges Ward Reel House Prospect Ave M St Andrews Ward Market Building Lloyd St Patricks Ward Fire A J SUTTON WEST Hall John Yates HOLLAND LANDING Council Chamber Mechanics Institute Room John less telegraphy as demonstrated Ion the first time by exchanging signals from a railway station to running at the rate of sixty miles an hour made on the Grand Trunk October carry ing the members of the American Association Passenger and Ticket Agents to their annual convention held at Portland Maine October and has prompted the Passenger Department ot the Grand Trunk Railway System to issue a publication giving a de scription of the experiments together with a concise popular on be principles of wireless telegraphy dealing with the subject also from an historical point of view and a chapter on recent develop- meats of this breach of physical This article is from the pen Howard Barnes DSc of the Physical Labo- a tory of Mont- and is most opportune in view of the great interest occasioned by the recent arrival at Glace Bay Cane Breton of Marconi on an It alian warship with the object of perfecting his plans for wireless tel egraphy across the Atlantic Ocean In addition to the article On this subject a description of the luxurious Grand Trunk special train on which the experiments were made and a short resume of the trip from Chi cago to Portland Maine is given in an interesting manner Copies of this valuable publication have been mailed to the principal officials of the great railway systems of the world and anyone desiring a copy can secure one by sending a two cent stamp to Belli General Pas- and Ticket Agent Grand Trunk Railway System Montreal iiil V ILL Cartridges for Defence Chas H Julius J Baker A Little Tyrant The Trouble not Due to Original Sin I t V i Two Papers One Price TRIAL TRIP withdrew to the woods where thev to escape its execution but consulted for hours regarding- the ru warfare wait not on to the British of the post roan and Major Andre paid with above them Daylight alone put an life the penalty of violated law end to the conference The rooms of the old tavernprson Meantime the Vulture Earned by house have a dejected air Yankee who had discovered never to have glad voices her dropped down stream out happy to have given out hams way and also out of reach AoppUallty that i the till in i Vilest the wife and child home and country and from the last remnants of respect he was ever to know In his headlong haste he passed the clos ed door through which Washington with some of his had Just itred unconscious of the proximity There is no tyrant ike a toothing of the man whose whereabouts they baby His temper isnt duo to orig- vainly seeking Mounting a sin however the tyrant suffers horse already caparisoned the than the rest of the family Ho tor sped with the proverbial dont now what is the matter They that arch fiend supposed j The trouble is they do not hard pressed to move invisible know what to do for his lor d- rcachcd a waiting for him fc Ontario mother writes to at the river side This conveyed him what test to do When my to the Vulture which had returned baby was tcothirg she says he to Its former position and so he was bo cross and restless that I Bailed down the stream to the knew what to do with him if Era and Mall and KmpSrO wot to any Canada or from now until w An fefid your order to I J Hew market PHOTO PAPER vrith of Developer and photo M the officer he Boon learned to Ms great discomfiture After urging by W confeder ate Wi with great reluctance he entered the and ta the greater part of the re mained ridden- at the house of a se cret sympathizer Then by jfuising as a passes signed by the com mander of Point mounted a kfalp With his the day as guide reach New York land arid deliver to his superior officer the bill of sale he carried aniy humble home The guest looks furtively toward the closed door of the apartment where Andre as though it still harbored a ghost- voices of convivial a disturbing sound and with each storm the old roadhouse a little lower as though seeking ob livion still- his fancy alowg this trail may an echo ringing faintly yet Awlipity tis House at Garrisons the residence of Arnold while command er of West Point post was not long He had a poor appetite ate hut little Clinton halt wild with anguish growing thin I got a box the scTitcnco of his favorite Own Tablets and they made sleep have been glad to ex- great change He now rests well Winnipeg Nov survey who were working within seventy miles Winnipeg spent agreeable night recently work led -thru- thick wood Two tents were erected in the timber The large was used the chain rod men and cook smaller one was the temporary home of the chief Provisions in the shape of beef and pork had arrived and were hung up in some trees near to the tents to keep them sweet and cool The party had retired early to their blankets weird howl almost as a human being in distress aroused them Again hut closer at hand sounded the horrible shriek As they stood in the dark night the call was given to the right of them at a few paces was repeated to the left of them echoed back from their front Then they knew their visitors They wen the big timber wolves as mournful yell is at- together different from the bark of the coyote or prairie wolf The or dnance of the camp consisted of one ancient fowling piece and a few cart ridges loaded with No shot for pratrie driven or partridge that be met with Tho wolves had smelt out tho meat in the they were in force and evidently meant business The gun was brought from the and at intervals flred in every direc tion where the howls came from The enemy withdrew only a dis tance and kept camp defend their property at night with occasional shots At the break of day one of occupants of the larger tent a stroll up the blazed path but re turned with much rapidity followed at a trot by wolf A shot sent the brute hack into cover The footprints of many Wolves were found In close proximity on every side of the The party congratulated themselves on saving their land grub although lost their over would tire rt- tt- At Kings Kerry party crossed destroyed by Are The river passing American cm of house fiuard safety and spending the where Arnold began Mb flight from change an Arnold for an Andre as has a splendid and gives mo Washington proposed but felt himself trouble at all This is the ex- bound by his contract with Arnold of not only Mrs D K wherever he went Arnold j of Hanover Ont but also a cold and unnatural existence thousands of toothers nil over the as an army man in London and died A baby teething Is cross thereMs synonym re- lxxauE0 his blood is heated and his wherever language little bowels constipated or or spoken and his system heated by Today West Point girt round with getting the teeth thru noble mountains resounds with life gums Babys Own Tablets aot and the healthy activity of coming not only in this but in braves There is no bid etui shadow ailments of little ones Sold by over it our flag significant or sent postpaid at of all that is best and glorious floats by writing direct to the Dr in blue of heaven above the hills Medicine Co LOSS- OF APPKTITE AND are quickly over come by the use of a few bottles of The Cod Liver Oil Manufactured by the Davis AJ Lawrence Co Ltd ij The World says one deal er in that place has paid out over 000 this year for seed alone the rocks and the river or Schenectady to TWO DATS Laxative cause Groves signatory Ion every box Price cent

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