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The leading County Paper as well as the Oldest No paper sent out of North York unless paid JACKSON Editor Three Centuries OF Canadian Story NEWMARKET or JUNK the United States troops i possession of Fort- George ill the of ho wind to be tho one that is moat strikingly en dowed with personality Sunlight atari ighl moonlight thunder and lightning rain and snow here is no ox res von ess in any of thorn Hut the wind has moods and a many- sided indeed there is no human emotion nor virtue and no vice of tho human soul that does not find its representation or its symbol in the blowing of wind The insane destructive fury of mankind at war has its counterpart in the tornado and Violent though less demoniac in temper show occasional outbursts of brutality cor responding to those that human beings some times exhibit Then there are the menu spirit ed illnatured gusts that do spiteful malici ous things and play disagreeable practical had been the chief British stronghold on jokes experiencing them Niagara River A small detachment of Regiment only rank and file boisterously humorous usually he expense at a vindictive bully At other times better disposed yet not amiabl usually at the people who dislike boisterous humor even those people will admit now it has got rid of its malice and is merely prankish and their lupics were called ml above playing lib clown The Americans about When the wind ceases lo be aggressive it under Lieutenant Fitgibbon held jiosL three miles west of the present town of in stone house a build- in- standing to this day This small band from llnj facing the Tigers syintScTaffec POdtbes and caresses it stimulates Queen to Le lot agreeable personality of all the forces in the In Gueenslon at Ihe tunc there lived one world In the poets imagination it Wrecks militiamen James still nursing becomes a lover murmuring endearments to n wound received in the battle at Queenston his or a mother singing a lullaby to hep Heights With him were his wife Laura or an old nurse crooning softly to a as years old and five young children To theehild J house of Ihe came two of phe wind i scouts seeking a meal While they were eat- he at its ing they talked loo freely of the American plans When and his wife were alone denounce it tiiey wondered what could be done to warn he I his danger for they were sure ii the forty men would be overwhelmed by a lirise attack on the part of COO moan I were not crippled and I would DID BEST like people it cannot always r much we may object to it and long for and welcome it of can never do have- In the absence of the regular social reporter his wife the dramatic critic was detailed to write up la wedding Ill do the be can he said man he but feel sure shall make a botch of it Id not get This is what he turned in milting the pre liminary remarks about Ihe size of the ly twelve miles to delay in beginning the perform- pleaded the tall strong woman and I could know manage it in three or four hours Mr- in the role of he bridegroom dont like the idea but perhaps you right declared with sudden resolution 1n Ins wifes courage must lacK of he warned Go at once and God preserve go at once to tell the just heard You cannot go of course why noli The distance is too great for said dejectedly and besides through the Yankee lines- Ml Jones as the bride was much Her costume was bewildering yet If one may venture to her to overcome her obvious stage fright t was the daring project but this man woman were both of United Empire Loyal- lin duck and had often heard from thei up tales journey mad- hi the midst She was in good ilacnis and her enunciation was clear and aura had an inventive brain andP P i ftoon formed hoi She took her milk that both Miss J and stool and went out lo where her l deficient in their the lush Ju3 grass llu1 rumpled almost by ling once to milk she drove towards the Yankee sentries 1 soon became alarmed at the new sort Ley the Rev who as the officiating clergyman was decidedly the star of the per started to ion had fa at the incident j out of sight of the enemy hid her milk- let her cow wander at will and ran When j a good mile or more When she have bivids about three miles west of leadhi since day was very hot and she fatigued she rested a while at the ho relative who tried long TAPPING THE WHEELS have travelled on the railroad you that when you have come on- the line and the train for a while a man in overalls would of a come along with a hammer and tap the wheels to dissuade her lf ears If you would ask him what he doing thai for he would tell you that most dismal and difficult part of her ad- sometimes as the wheels jolt along on the track was now ahead of her In those re- they become cracked and might break in rattlesnakes were numerous and throw the train off the track and so or Armecican lynxes and even wolves many people He tests led in the dense underbrush of dense true and are all right Ho an auto Is Mohawk Indians too might at anydnver often looks around his car before he out appear as thev under young Brant starts to see that there are no flat tires other chiefs were reported to he moving After one days journey and you help of the British from their settlement another it is a wise thing to tap your Brantford There had besides and see that they are perfectly safe h rain for a fortnight and the is a good hammer to tap with night and the woods were muddy and all A few verses out of the bible will swollen to overflow In order to rings true Sometimes el more safety Hie discreet woman did notiad of great moral accidents a boy a young a direct route to and of the track falls down the bank of became nearly twenty The or into he river of wickedness They Twelve Mile Creek near Catharines Very swiftly she crossed with difficulty and Ihen finding she had gone too far she for a place to recross the stream See- a liillen tree limn to bank she began walk along it Near the middle ftf Ihe creek she became dizzy and got down on hands and knees to crawl the rest of the way over When at last she reached the moon shone out and she lifted her hands and thanked Heaven for its friendly light and flieer Climbing a high hill utterly tired out she came suddenly on a large band of the who seeing her and thinking her an ed a startling warwhoop The did not examine their car wheels that morning before they started Now and again an engine into Ihe roundhouse or shop amined and repaired Sunday is a good round into for repairs one soldier k carried by two Indians walking on each side as guard The story of the battle of Beaver Dam which was fought next day may be found any History of Canada The Americans when attacked by the yelling Mohawk Indians ambushed behind the forest frees lost their nerve and surrendered Not a single British woman with forced courage walked soldier fen he engagement nor indeed was to one of Ihe chiefs and told him single shot fired by the regular troops had great news for and that he tain Norton an officer of he Indians was often take her lo him once or they all wouldiaflerwords heard to refer thus to Ihe victory at The Indian chief did not understand a Heaver Dams The Mohawks did the fighting she was saving but exclaimed got the glory does woman want here She at last After the of the war of 181214 another of the chiefs who understood her the moved to follow her lo the commander some years James held the office of There are some who say thai when of customs Laura spent the arrived at she was received rest of her long life in that quiet little ghl royally by and his men who In the autumn of I860 the Prince of Wah arms as she came in the newg of King Edward VII having been announced by a later sent her a peps readier on horseback who had passed her on pounds- In the foil an hour before At any rate the in- Ihe request of the I she conveyed to official account of her exploit Tho Ml and to of Upper Canada lived until Mrs spent the night at the when she passed away at friend being escorted thither in a year of her age