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TERMS :-$1.50 P : J:R ANNUM. OUR TOWN AND COUNTY FIRST: THE WORLD AFTERWARDS. M. A. JAMES, .EDJTOR AND P:noPRI:tTo.t.. VOLUME NEW SERIES. Nu:rirnER 280. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DEU'EMBER 14, 1883. XXIX. N UMBER 20. TEMPOS FUGIT I Holidays & Holiday Presents! Gratulations & Congratulations I Meetings and Greetings I Partings and Parties ! Will now be the order of the day. ~MERRY . CORRESPONDENC:i:D. OOUR1JCE '. NEW HAVEN. Some p eople were eurprised a fe w week8' ago to <hscover the extent of N e w H aven. I think we might still furth er enlarge the b~unds and claim Maple Grove as a n :intly1~g enburb.. h h.as 111.tely shown Rli;(IlS o,f hf~ and activity, masmuch as the Sn.nde.y 8choor has arran~ed t o hold a C~?lgmas Tree on t~e evemn~ of the 24th mst. A prog~a.mme Is also bemg prepared , and a good ~ni11e and a large crowd are expeeted. The Y_E>UD g !ailies and gentlemen are already d1scnssrng what they will plac~ on thoe· ~ree for each other. . Miss Ma11~re Burdfl,!1, of Ilowmanv11le, has been· v1s1tmg on Kmg St., east. Mr. James. Burgess, who went to Manitoha last S1Jrmg, ret urned recently . Mr. Al~red _ Van<::Jamp, brother o~ ~r. '.fbomas "\i llnt'.Jamp, who has been hvmg one day last week m l\!~ntana, returned _ t o v1s1t tile scenes of his childhood._ T. A. C. ( CRYS'l'AL SPRING. CHRISTMAS !" "HAPPY NEW" YEAR I" "THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON ! " N ext Tu'e:Jclay evening,. a.t the Y 011n People's Association at Ebenezer, the following subjectr wiill be debatelil· ::-R esolvP.d, " That it is no!J right to ta~t-e· babieEJ t o church." Mr. John Brooks takes an<'lther lot ©41° 95 hogs to '.l'oronto. this week. Miss A. Colwelli who, about four weeks· ago, through the effects of a·.\)ad c©l'd, lo11t the use of her voice, has not' recovered i yet and is still under the doctor's.care. Miss Porte1\ from Oshawa1 is· visitin at Mr . L. M Courtice's. Mr. Edwin Worden has-s11ld: piwtl of his· farm t o Mr. Found. Mr. Littlejohns has pu11cllasedt fi:om Mr: Thos. Worden the propeuty.- kuu:..v.1uas the' Harris farm. Btrn. ·w. Our Division _ is orogre&sinit very rapidIv under t he skillful ru 1u1a."emtmt of ou:r 0 P. SHA W '.S SCHUOJJ,, HOmJR. will echo everywhere. ARE IN HARMONY VVITH IT ALL! DEAR FRIENDS,Most heartily do w~ wish you (and you are numberless) a Merry Christmas and many happy returns. · · Mutual, you see. Mud and mild weather have This is evidenced every day by shorte ned up our se1:1.son, but not No house will give you a warmer the happy countenances ranged on len crthened our visages-nor our welcome. 0 each side of our counters. prices. We have much to tell you, much So if you are in search of happiAnd, mind you , it isn't summer to show you, much to sell you. ne ss and. cheap -goods here is your yet. Come ! Come soon ! Come all ! opportunity. I t w1'11 not b e all sunsh. . and ine We hn.ve plenty of goods, plenty We say CHEAP Goons. Cheaper p erspiration between now and next Qf bargains, plenty of help, plenty than usual. Cheaper than e ver ! June of room, plenty of mo-Our Dress Goods, our Knitted · Well, no, not plenty of money. Goods, our Hosiery, our Gloves, our 1\.nd our heavy g oods have got You, please, bring t he money , and Millineryr our Mantles, our Blank- to go l ets, our Clothing , our Tea, our But we are getting excited. we will provide the 1·e st . We talre this opportunity of extending to you .a cordial and pressing invitation to pay us a visit <luring this holiday season. This importRnt centre of civiH..r<ltion was formerly known as Peasoupville. In former days it contained a house of refuge for the traveller and a flburishing general etore. The only pnblic building that rem'l-ine is a school house. Our popular school marm, Miss W s.lsh, is prtiparing a grand treat for the old and Our stock and our prices are such, ' Groceries, our Crockery , our China, young of the section. A Christmas 'l'ree :Entertainment is to take place on Friday j?st now, that. buyers fi:11d a posi- : om· G~assware; our eve~f;hing is evenmg, 21st inst., wheu a rare proi.:ram 1 ~1ve pleasure. m e x pendmg money cheap', Cheap . ·. Cb.~ap . . , and an attractive Chrietmas Tree will be presented . In~reasiug interest has been m our establishment. Don t you beheve it? And we ml!Ly b e allowed to. 8:dd Come i n , and we will make you. manifested in the school this year, and the trustt:es are men of the right stamp that . we always find a pos1t1ve b elieve it. and second readily the teacher in her enpleasmre in seeing money e x.pended are boiind to ?'educe o-ur stock deavors t o promot e the interest of the there. · section. Admission 15 cts ; to begin at 7. i n all these dep artm ents. H.AMl'TO'l:v. we TAUNTON. The Canada M ..t hodists and the Bible Christians have joined their plans for their D«rlington circuits. which results in a better service of circuit preachers. Rehoboth is not to be closed at present. By the way, the conduct of some young men coming home frou1 Zion ohurch on Sunday ni~hts might be improved. Tb.~y make the nights hideous with their yj)Hing some times. Boys, have some resP,!')ct for yourselves, if yo11 have none for t he L ord's day. · Taunton has two book agents, both doing well. Somebody's pocket-books will have to suffer. Mr. Francis H odge h as returned fro m England after an absence of about two month!<. H e says it r.;iued all t he time he was there. A little e x:citemerit is beginning to crop i1p about elections. ---~· ~~~·--- Yours very truly, McCLUNG BROS. for holiday presents. And that Great Half-Dollar Tea is going to be in ·e verybody's mouth. Have'nt you heard about it? Have you triedityourself? Try it. , ab~ P S.- An excellent stock of .F ancy Goods in the Grocery Department suit- ORON O. - , _ On Thursday evening last t.l1e Rev. Dr. O'Meara, of P ort H ope, agent of the B ible Society, lectured in th e B. C. Church h ere t o, I regret tu say, a small :tttdience. Have n ot heard what am onnt was collecte d h ere, but understand t he collect ors r eport poor success. Our teacher, Mr. Guy Andrus, who h as been very successful in bringing his pupils forward dur ing the past t wo years, has been offered and lms, I underst and, accepted t he position of Teacher of English and Science in the Port Hope High School for t he yea r 1884. 'l 'his is an honor sel · dom conferr ed upon teachers h olding only a second-class certificat e. His reputation as a successful teach er no doubt had much to do with the appointment. Salary $ 600 per annum . On Ruuday mornings the members of the M. E. Church att end service at the B ible Christian Church , and in t he evening the B ible Christians return the compliment by attending the M. E. Church. A brutal fight occurred on t he street last night between Bowm an ville Charley and Orono ditto ; result, a fearful am ount of swear ing and a bad pummelling for B 'ville Ch arley. · '.!;'he fracas took place wit hin 50 feet of our Chief of Police, " ·h o as usual, was conspicuous by his absence. CoM. EXHIBITION OF ON SATURDAY, DEC. 15, AT 12 O'C[OCK NOON, The following Choice High Bred and High F ed Animals will be exhibited by XIMIAIS FfAII CIAITITILIE AILlllVIE ! J_ E .. :M:ARTYN_ Two 'l horo' Bred Durh~m Heifers, bred and fed by Jas. Leask, Esq., of Darlington. 1 'The above Heifers took first prizes at Central Exhibition, Lindsay ; also first prizes at the South Ontario Ex hibition, Whitby-years 1882 and 1883-for best fat heifers. They have also been shown at P ort Hope, Bowmauville and Oshawa, and have been very successful a~ ize takers. B N N ISK ILLEN. The Ontario & Quebec .Railway ar pus hin!l forward their work with grea.t r a pidiiy. They have the track laid west of l'ontypoole, and the track layers ex· pect to reach the En11.iakil len Station in about two days. We expect t o be able to take this rout e to T oronto abClnt Chris ma.s, if det1ir ous . One of our village lads came to e in s leig h-rid mg do wn our big hill one night after dark ; when about half way down, a nd under a full head of speed, he saw a t ea m of horses coming up, and in trying t o avoid the team l\e collided with one of the posts oo the edge of the embank ment. H e was picked up unconsc1uus, but is around again- with the exception of a black eye and a sore finger - as well as e ver. The fi rst engine of the 0. & Q. R. R. r eached t he gravel r oad, nort h of Ennis· killen, on the 11th inst. T he track is laid to P e terbor o, a nd trains will be running through t o Toronto in a m onth or t wo. A gang of men are also at wor k building the new sta tion-house which is expected to be a very comfortable and con venient one. Th e Bible Society Meeting was held iu the Methodist Church 1'er e on 'l'uesday e ve niog, 11th inst. A very good attendance and au able address by the R ev. Dr. O'Mea ra, of P ort Hope. '.!.'he congregation of the M. E. Church will hold their Annual '1.'ea on Ch ristmas Day. The congregation of the P r esbyt erian Church will do likewise on New Yea.re's Day. Mr. Geo. P"yne, of Mariposa, wmi ma r· ried to M iss J ane Hooey, of Darling ton, by t he R ev. 1'. A tkinaon, at,the Man11e, on Wednelday, 5th inat. ·' ARQUIS.- A Thora' Bred Durham Steer, three years old, bred and fed by John T. Symons, Esq., Darlington. 'THE MARCHIONESS.- A Thoro'-bred Durham Heifer, three years old, bred and fed by T. G. Colwell, Esq., Kingston Road, Darlington. ROSIE.-A Thoro'-bred Durham Heifer, two years old, bred and fed by Samuel Allin, Esq., Darlington. .A GRADE HEI FER, bred and fed by Sampsonl.t,rayne, Esq., Kingston Road, Darlington. ~HE The above will be on Exhibition, dressed ~ at my store, on Thursday, Friday & Saturday, Dec. 21, 22 and 23. J. B. MARTYN. J.B. MARTYN'S Grocery, Crockery, Glasswa r e , VVine; L iquor a11d PROVISION DEPARTMENTS .Arb l'"':itlow complete, and will be foun d to contain everything usually kept in a first class Establishment , and will be sold at p rices that will defy.competition. l J. B. MARTYN. The C . MT. and 13. C. coLgregatione now meet in the B. C. 0hurch, the minis ters of the two· deuominations conducting the . services alt ernately. · Miss Lawry is or· ' ganist and Miies Cla.rke assistant. The Q · oibbath Schoo~s have united with Mr. J. , , atw01itrhy an~ Mr. J' · M cLean as Sup~r. m:tendtents. It 1s·propos1:1c1to have a. Umon , Tea on Christmas E:Ve. , : Mr. John Marsh".\ll 's· little daugh ter, Eva, is very HI ;. her recovery is doubtful. A lail'ge qu·a ntity of wheat has been deliver6d u.t the· mill here during the pas t , MR, W. H. Conant of Oahawa, is going few days. to r~move to New York. Mr. E. Hastings"s· children are afllict ed P rNK e.ve is raaing am l)ng horses in with the mea3Je&. diff'tir eut parts of the P rovince . !lb. J. Saher, who,. several years ago, A succes,ful Sabbath S chool inr.tlt ute li ved here, bu·t who has been farmin g u eft.r }us been held "t Brookliu , o11 t. · . MancheRter for so me yeal'il, has again settled in this village·. l'he Pert Perry ba:aq net to She riff The l ast shipment of cheese from the PaxLon . has, .owinl!' ti> the fire, been postHampton factory was· 310 boxes ot' Sep- poned till Friday, Jaouary 25. ALPHA. Mr. C. J. .Art ur will represent the te mber and October make. Dominion Orgau P iano Ct>. of B owa.nd 0 1hawa. manYille, in Wh1 NE WCASTLE. 'l.'he excitement over t hs 11.pproachinl{ Dea.th has again visited our village. contest for the Mayora.lty in Por t Hop" On Satnre !:ay Mrs. Isabella Greaves, aged is between 11fr. Hu1it1l and Mr. R8nd all. seventy- two y ears and t hree montG1$, d ied Mr. Jae. I. Dnidson, the well·knowa at the family residence, Mill St. The funeral . took .p lace on T uesday t o t he atock·breeder, of Aeh bnrn, s hipped to lo 'll'& last Wee k a bull oix months old, the Bond H ead cemetery. M r. Palmer, his mother, brother and price l"-eing $300. A few day~ ago Mr. Royal MaDon!!.ld sist(,lrs have moved intc. the d wellrng o wned and lately occupied by Dr. B rent, who ehot & la r~e lynx which uad been tree<i has gone to acr as snl'geon on the Canada. by some boys upon Mr. Steele's fa:-m, in P acific Rad way. The foundry, under t he 3rd Con. R each. the management of M.r. P almor, seems to Tnic Port. Hope police men have been. be progressing very fa vorably . H" ex- ser 'l'ed ~Tith their winter clothiul(. Cope<Jts in a short time to e mploy a.bon e bouriz police don't need a oy ; t hey U ije forty hands. H e h as already received a hot ltJng protectors iuswad. lal'g.i number of orders. We wis h him DECEMBER opens with a circulatiou of eve·y Sl'JCCCSS. 2100 ..copie~ fot· the Wltituy CmwNWLl~, The newly furnished Bicycle Club Room a ligure seldom reached by a local pa.per .. was opened on Monday of last week. Cobourg had t wo I.i re~ la1:1t wei.k : c ..ie The room presents a very invitiug appear· ance, and contains ai ne w library of uearly in So. Peter 's Church and another at G. one hundred volumes of selected authors. S. B ickle'e res idence, whic h wat~ comT he ch urch W!l.3 uot The leading daily a nd weekly papers will plet.ely gu tte d. be there for perusal. We believe lhl:'y greatly damaged. are now on the rif,(ht track for mor11l and .A shooting m atch was held on the beach intellectual i mproveme nt , and as lonq as 11t Port W hitby on 1!,rid&y week. lHr. they kael! ou this track they will have our J ohn T weedie made the highest score in approval and support. both matches, killing 8 and 9 birds ont On 'fneaday evening last the third of 10. Messrs. Shrap11ell, E. Amistron:.t, mat ch of d raught was played here between of Whitby, B. McQuay, of Brooklin, ha. Messrs. Audrus, Tucker, Lockhart,Gams bv Hall and Willoughby, of Oshawa, Pll.xton an d Renwick of Orono, and Messrs, Vm:- and !Uong, of Port P erry, also took part. coe, Burro ws, J . Allen, H . Allen and As Mr. Samuel B uckett, 3 Con. H ope, Gray of Newcastle. The score wae was binding a load of straw on the farm th ree st raight games for N ewcast.le. At of Mr , H . A. Walker, York reii.d, M onthe above games each member cond ucted day, the bindin~ pole b10ke and !l'Ir. himself as a gentleman- no dri nkir>g, - Bucke;t fell from t he top of the load to no bettin!(,-no gambling,- no profanity, the frozen ground, cu t ting hill face iu a. &c. ; creditable. terrible manner, Mr. R euben .Bennett has leased from M r. R ichard B light, lot ~O 9th con~ Mr. G. A. J acobs the W indsor Hotel, a t present under t he a ble management of Whit by, while dressing a beef on Moaday, cut hie left hand eeverely, soY erMr. L . Dayman , and expects t o take posint: t he vein over the forelinger. It W<>s ses~ion about t he midd le of march. The U nion Bible S()ciety M eeting was im pos!!ible t o atop t he bleeding until medical aid wa.· procured. held on W ednesday evening the 5th inst., ID t he Presbyterian Church . The ni1tht About noon on Tuesday, M r. Wakeman was favorable, but the crowd wag very L o1ee, 11 retired far mer livm g in Pict.on_ small indeed, empty pews greetin~ t he accidentaily ran a sharp shoe knife into speakers on every ~id e. E xcellent adresses hi11 thigh, severing an ar tery, fro m tho efwere delivered by Revs. Drummond, Ad- fectH of which he bled t o death. Mr. Loso~ dison and the Agent, Dr. O'Meara, which was a.bout 65 years old. ould ha ve aroused the people t o th eir uty had they been ther e to hear them. A D ICTION.A.RY AND E.tHJRA. VING FREE. e greatly fear there is not mucb interest - I t will be 11een from the adTertisement on t he par t of the people regardin g this of the Amtrican .tJ.griwlturist (N . Y.) mission of sending the Bible to d istant elesewhere, that a splendid six·h und i·edlands ; however, we t rust that a much page DruTIONARY and anperb Evgravini:;.i, larger crowd will turn out to these meet - can be obtained fr9 e, by everybody . 'l'h& ings in the fnt ure . '.!.'he President, M r. .Amtriwn Agriculturist n ow :roitTY-THRRE A. F. \Val bridge, M. A. , presidrd over years old, contllluee to be the recogni:1;ad the meeting in his usual active anci efli- lead ing Agricultural Journal of the world . cient manner. T h? officers (all bnt t wo, Every n umber contains nearly one hunwho ha ve left the village, ) were re-elected. dered coluom s c.f original reading m11.tter' 1 and OIH:i hundred original Eugrni. f'G by FoLLownrn is the report of Starkville S, the leading R ural writers of the country. S. No. 10, Cluke, for November, t h e 1md by ~he lea.dint>{ a rtist11. 'fho edtturial. names beiug arranged in the orde r of matter Is furmehod by suoh well known merit :-4th cla&s- Emma Stark Al btirt writers as Geor ge T hu rber, J oseph Harris. Ballagh , David McMull en. 3rd cl~as senior Wm. Clift, Byran D. Halsted, PreR·r.. L1Annie L Q.wery, Vana Stark Al lie Stark a_ut11rd. .l:'rof. S\ade, of Harvard Univc.' Ma,.y ,Ann Haury. 3rd class junio1 - Bella s1ty,_an dP~of. '.Ihornpson, Nebra.sk:a. UmScott, Mary Ann Mc~follen, A rthnr Hall- vers1ty, while such well kno wn ar tists as. owell, Thomas Hoy. 2ud elass- Wilhe E dwin Forbes, Wm. M. Cary, and A lfred: Henry, Ad:!. Shaw, Howard Glover, S usie 'l'rum ble ~ct up t he or gi n1.1! illustr:!.tions. Stark and Cfor" A. llison, eq ual. A,verags DURING th~ coming_ year the p~per will attendan ce 41, Kate R. Squair, tcii.cherdevote specrnl attention t o home plans . tor farmers, exposurea of humbu~s, and . P ARTIES who send us letters for rnser- f infor mation as to the best pointR iu t h6 t1on m t he STATESMAl' must remember West for settlers. The circulation of the that their name a~d ~ddrese must ncco!ll· A.meriwn A griculturist is to-day larger pany t he ?om_ m umcah on- not necessa.rily thn.n at a ny period sinctl the org1rniz1ttion for p uJ;>licat10n- but ~s a guarante~ of of t he Company publishing it, and it will good faith. Let ters without such go m t o cont in ue t o be, as here tofor e the g reat t he waste ba2ket. j unroal for the Farm, Garden,and Household, P rice $1 .50 a year. English or R EAD.ERB of tile SEATESMAN will find German. one of the largest assortments of boot s a.nd shoes at Borland's to be found in t he coun ty, a nd t nousands of pairs are bei ng b you want a good Shawl or Scotch sold at nry low prices for cash. Call a nd P l11.id cheap see t he large & tock a.t the Star 1napco5, H ouse, they 1 u11 bound t o elean them out. No_ t long ago we h -.d a debate, snhject , ' '." Winch 1s tl!e '~Ore pleasure i n Anticipahon or Reahzllt10n." After· str on(! ar,.mruen~s were produced on both sides, the umpire gave the final decisiorJ i n favor of Anticipation. According to promise, the & 115, of T emperao~e ga ve a grand oyster $-U pper en ~ho 4th ult. A good number participated m the fea9t. .After supper, a short aud ap~roprfate programm" e was reodered, whrnh added much tu the comfort of tb.3 on-lookero, after which the company disparsed, all\ well satisfied and expressin~ t heir willi~ness to atte~d anot her such ~ treat . Son ooL R EPORT for November: F <>urth Olass.-Annie Carscadden, M. H. Devitt. Sen. Third.-.J . C. D evitt, F. White-. Jun. Third.-Joaephine Johnston, David ohnston, Tilley McK ee, M. A . Brown, . G. Devitt, w. P a. r.-:is h, A. B 3 bee, G. utchinson. ., S.an . .Second.-A.A. Johnston,E.S tone, . Parish, F. Thompson, Minnie BebP.e. J ., ~ un. oecond.-Freddie Bing ha m,How· afd 8 t0ne, Wesley Irvine, Annie P arish . · is ls accordiog to merits obtain d L e. · ETTll.t.. District N ates.