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ACCOUNTANT A mm If a a sons STIVER lYONStiVALE n Solicitor MATHEWS C Stiver vaU MAIN ST MILLS violet r m SOLICITOR ETC DENTAL J DR NOBLE MUNICIPAL OFFICE Office Residence E VanderVoort TT fta S J BOYD 4 TORONTO tSSrc ML G Physician and Surgeon Phone 485 LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE RUSSELL GLIDE Aurora Phone King On St North End Oak Ridges Contractor For BULLDOZING GRADING CELLAR EXCAVATIONS and Aaron SAND for appro red embed stone of various sires concrete gravel Delivered or at bin Plant phone Office phones and ELECTRICAL CONTRACTUS House and Farm Wiring DO a BAIN General Repairs Oil Darners Space Heater Electrical Ike Story Of SHARON ETHEL is twentyseventh instalment of a continuing Story of Sharon from its founding to the present The story was written after almost two years of research and will we believe be a major contribution to know ledge of the past The remaining instalments will follow weekly Phone Box Ontario St Newmarket S1EWART RADIO PARTS TUBES BATTERIES ETC 113 Main St Phase A Raglan St Piano Tuner and Pianos Bought Sold and Rented PHONE Hie Crimean War In newspapers of Canada carried the latest news brought by ship of the struggle between Turkey and Russia in the Cri mean Peninsula and where shortly England and France entered the war to pre vent the preponderance of Rus sia in Eastern Europe The bat tles were hard fought and much disease and suffering rampant in the camps Stories of endur ance and bravery among the soldiers in that war have paral leled any such records of his tory Sharon was intensely in terested and her interest and sympathy were exhibited in a practical form when a notice was published that on Feb a public meeting of the Patriotic Fund would be held in Sharon A good attendance was requested to show sympathy and liberality with sorrows of Allied armies in the East That same month Queen Vic toria issued a proclamation for bidding British at home or abroad aiding the enemy by sup plying munitions of war Inci dentally the price of wheat climbed from per bushel to 2 especially along the lake front more than one fortune dated its beginning from the Cri mean War Even then as now war was an opportunity In March following the pub lic was credibly informed that the Children of Peace Sharon had contributed pounds shillings and three pence in aid of the Patriotic Fund The following item appeared on March 16 Sir In con formity with a resolution ad opted at a public meeting at just east of Sharon on the concession of East by Jesse as sisted by David for con tributing aid to the Patriotic Fund the sum of eight pounds eight shillings and onehalf pence had been received A fur ther canvass was to be carried corner of 4 J and St I and ABKINSTALL t James J Wall PLUMBING HEATING CONTRACTOR Dealer for Water Pressor Systems Oil Burners Cement Septic Tanks OAK RIDGES Phone King 111 Phone Aurora Office Residence C- WILSON by Appointment i VANS FURS newmarket Coal Coke Wood and Stoker Coal Orders taken for Gravel Sand and Crushed Stone and General Hauling on David composed the following The call is from a distant land Oh brother shall we hear Withhold or reach a giving hand A deaf or listening ear by Jehovahs great com mand That there is rich or poor A blessed or a fruitful land A full or empty store The earth is given to us in trust And all that we possess And answer to our God we must For He can curse or bless The GovernorGeneral pro claimed that Wednesday April be observed as a day of general fast humiliation and prayer for success of armies in the Crimea Miss Nightingale Ships continued to arrive at ocean ports bearing tidings of the progress of the war Early in May of the same year word was brought of the work of a wonderful woman and her band of devoted nurses was Florence Nightingale Incident ally a member of parliament DALY Repair St or ALL WORK GUARANTEED W INSURANCE AUTO Bill J MAIN ST NEWMARKET PHONE w Parade Contributions fvv OPTOI l fV f INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE LMiat Invited Client AUBREY STEWART BE SURE INSURE JOHN ST BRADFORD Phone Tom Local MILLER St ST NEWMARKET DESIGNS Newmarket i flwl alwajra My MAIN ST aKCi t- -V- MENDING AND KEN riANO TUNER AND TECHNICIAN Dealer New Mason Orfaaa Sold GRACE NEWMARKET J McONKEV SONS Brick Hock Laying Sattw i- fc i speaking from the mass of het erogeneous reports of suffering losses and mismanagement tes tified before a committee that in some weeks stay at the Crimea he had found only two people who possessed common sense Florence Nightingale and Omar Pasha No Red Cross existed previous to that time By Oct 25 the hoped- for news was received of the fall of SebasiapoL There was great rejoicing in Sharon and the liveliest enthusiasm was dis played David compos ed another poem Now we rejoice before the Lord And join the great victorious day- Our sentiments on earth record Against despotic sway may the throne of Britain stand We loudly for our Sovereign pray That she may earth and sea com mand From Russias proud exalted sway That France unto her throne be joined Despotic power to subdue Republicans more wisdom find Than joins the oppressive crew Nations may dread the Russian power Till powers combined shall join the cause She crowns and nations would devour Oppressed to triumph in his laws Each thoughtful mind rejoice and sing The pride of Russia has come down England and France doth tidings bring Their powers worthy of re nown Lets with their troubles sym pathize The troubles that their nations feel Cannot be hidden from our eyes The cost of blood their griefs reveal charity to them extend It is through blood our wealth doth flow A giving hand of help to lend Is debt to them we justly owe The neighboring villages of Holland Landing and Aurora also staged big celebrations June was proclaimed by the GovernorGeneral to be a public holiday to celebrate the peace American Civil War A civil quarrel was developing in the United States and its progress was watched anxiously by the people of Canada The southern States had the mon opoly of the cotton trade and the major portion of the fabu lous southern wealth had been derived from the enslavement of its colored population The rich cotton planters resented the en croachment of the North In De cember 1859 when the famous 30th Congress met a comparison by contrast suggests the tension which gripped the Union from the North to the South South Carolina declared The South asks nothing but its rights I would have no more But as God is my judge I would shat ter this Republic from turret to foundation stone before I would take a tittle less Pennsyl vania retorted I do not blame gentlemen of the South for using the throat of rending Gods cre ation from foundation to turret They have tried times and 50 times they have found weak and recreant tremblers in the North who have been affected by it and who have acted from these intimidations Beginning with South Caro lina southern state followed southern state in secession from the Union and on April I860 the first blow was struck by the Confederates at Fort Sumpter Abraham Liacala The witches presiding at wars cauldron could not have brewed more potently for those whom the gods had wished to destroy they first had made mad Abra ham Lincoln had been inaugur ated in March His policy from the beginning had been to permit no secession A second plank In his platform was his determination to abolish slavery and thus squelch the mooted question of extension of slavery into the territories He had made the proposal to pay the slave holders and thus emanci pate the slaves for in the opin ion of Abraham Lincoln slavery had been an unhappy necessity that had had to be tolerated This was a proposal of such so cial magnitude that policy of war alone could not have under taken War Hysteria At the close of Canadian papers warned that we in Can ada must be affected by any excitement to the south The war hysteria ballooned spread across Canada for many years slavery had been looked upon with Canada had aboliahtd slavery in The following is the list con tributors to the Santa par ade In thanking the business men of Newmarket Eugene Mc Caffrey chairman of the parade committee said that the exten sive list was the best indication of what Newmarket businessmen can accomplish if they want to work together He added that while every ef fort was made to reach all busi nessmen it was inevitable that a few would be overlooked He asked that those overlooked and wishing to make a contribution could do so directly to himself Contributors are Frank Robinson Dave Williams Taylors Shell Station Morton Brothers Milton Chandlers Store Wonder Bread Murray Baker Grant firth Triangle Sendee Sfn Victors Jack Jill Dawsons It Flower Shop Hookers Elman Campbell Harvey Lane 5 Singer Sewing Centre Atkinsons Drugs Dr Hewitt Mathews Stiver Lyons Vale Store E Adams Smiths Hardware 5 Bruntons 5 Bank of Toronto Best Drag Store Doris Ladies Wear Pollocks Shoe store Van Corner Cupboard 5 Eves Peter Gorman 10 Cecil Taylor Leo Ross Allan Perks Aubrey Rowland Rupke Bells Corners Constable it Magee three tractors for parade Henry Bell ft Son Ward ft Allan A Alex Hands Jeff Smith Stewart Bear Thompsons Beauty Salon Charlie Lee Roadhoose ft Rose Doris Sargent Era ft Express Stadia Hillsdale Dairy Mitchells Barber Shop Maenab Hardware Morrisons Mens Wear Dominion Bank Jack Robt Burnt ft Avenue Cleaners Larry Bell Crawfords Mrs Dr Noble Town of Newmarket Joe Smith The Yates Johnny Glovanelll Stanleys Restaurant 5 5 5 5 5 t 5 5 5 3 5 2 and her frontiers had sym pathetically been opened to fugitive slaves By June of 1861 thousands of these negro es capees had crossed the border and their wellbeing at times had constituted a problem The following notice appeared in July the people of North York The unsettled and divided condition of our country has caused David and his friends to appoint a public meet ing at Sharon on July 20 at p that for the good of our coun try all concerned may have a free expression on the present state of things as the man is not without the woman they are free ly invited Not only was the American war an alarming ques tion but too the proposed plan of Confederation was beginning Invasion Danger England was accused of favor ing the south he- main source of cotton Many southerners found refuge in Canada and pre suming upon Englands supposed friendship they in turn raided the northern states The natural out come of this breach of kindness was very unfriendly feeling on the part of the Americana and In the danger of American in vasion sufficiently threatened that England sent trained troops to guard Canada The New York Herald of August boldly ex claimed The Canadian papers are terribly exasperated against the northern press for the stand it has taken against the insidious design of England Till the pro gram of John Bull was known the Canadian papers sympathized with the northern states When they are annexed to this Repub lic which fa only a question of time we shall show them the way to act an independent part and to assert the dignity and free dom of the AngloSaxon race By December active pre parations were begun to fortify the frontier The government or gan at Toronto called for 100000 enrolled volunteers to be equip ped for active service and in the same month the of the and Bat- of the York militia toned Bills for Sports ft Newmarket Grill Dr Grant Broad bents Bakery Master Cleaners Embay Salon Evans Fuels Les Arctic Lockers Clarence Allen Fred Thompson Newmarket Taxi Frenchs Parlor King George Hotel Sam R Lewis Cleaners Boyd ft McMath Fines Jeweller The Mar McCaffreys Flowers Austins Hardware Furniture ft Electric Steadmans Harrys Dry Goods Manufacturers Ass Newmarket Lions Club Business ft Professional Womens Club Eaton Co Simpson Co Theatre Kranta Dairy ft Creamery Dyers Furniture Fry Myers Arcade ft Sons tractors for parade Stephens ores Gordon Phillips Economy Store 2 Lome Baker Canadian Legion Bank of Montreal Newmarket CoOp West Mahers J ft Son Eves Ladies Wear Don Cameron Dr J Lockhart A A Loblaws Newmarket Em and jossm Real Estate 61 Count INTHNATIONAl L fyCQ Total to date m r OR I VA BE REFRESHED w AiJ I HU1 rum v M I DAVIS DRW a I e fc I ml W iption V 1 PRIZE WINNING DISTRICT t MAKE BACH WISHES fc a r j vm la tuna with W la for on year M B to for two to Era Express ket Ontario I 7p The BiWlMi rival Ty