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THE FONTHILL NURSERIES. [ARGEST IN CANADA OVER 465 ACRES. WOODVILLB AND BEAVER'I‘ON. Pumps and Cistema of all kinds to order at short notice. I will b0 in Beaver-ton on runway and Friday of each week, orders by um“ um bo nddrcmod to Bonvortonmr Womlvllleand wll mama promo ’ uni metal numxtinn. Steady Employment and no lost time, liberal cmmnission or sahu'y. best ml- vantngos. splomlid outfit furnished free ; any pushing: man can succeed. Apply for bonus to. We want ("ire Hundred Good Men at once to sell for fields are tum. but Inn-e '21“ mm to Stimson A ('n.. Portland. .\':\Iu¢,till rficmro free. full Infmmntvon about work time}. lhey can tin. and lin M hammflmt I!" pay them (mm :5 In 02*. per day Roma have «mod Mn 8'41" u!" EM.» 321. mum: or oh! 0an“! not required. Ynu In mmd me Thou.- whn um at once an “wound: Into of gun; Mule fortune; All is new. March 96. 88-ly JACOB BARNES, Eump Maker, ADVERTISEMENT. 4. Uxbridgo: (Wm-k. Z. Homphill. Uxhridgn. Feb.9. April ‘20. Jmm ‘32, Sept. 7. Oct. 19. Dec. 14. 5. Cunnington : Clerk. Geo. Smith. Cnnnington Feb. 10. April :31. June 2:}, Sept. 8. Oct. :30, Doc. 15. 6. Bem‘urton: (,‘r. f". Bruce, Bonvortou, Feb. 11, April 22. Juno 2!, Surf. 9. Dec. 16. 7. Uptorgrnvu : Clerk. F. J. Gillesrie. ['pter- grove, Fob. 1-3. April 2:3, June ‘25. Sept. 10. Doc. 17. By Order, J. C. FARE‘VHI.L. 1. “'hitby: (chrk. D. C. Macdonnoll. Whitby Jan. 3, Feb. ‘2. Mar. 2. April 3. May 3‘ June 2,July 4. ‘Sept. '2, pct. 3, va, 2. Doc. 2 9. Bron 4mm : Clerk. M. Gleesou, Greenwood May 4, Ju y 5. Sent. 3. 9.. Pickering \‘iilnqo: Clerk.M.Gleeson, Green. wooq, Jan}, Mar. 2:. Nov. 3. 3, Port I‘érry : 'C'lérk: 3'. W. Burnhnm. Port Perry, Feb. 8. April 19. June 21. Sept. 6, Oct. 18. Doc. 13. County of Ontario! LI QUOR TEAS l Farmers will do well to given. man \\ uh wlnm ymx ,"nt n valuable book With I who 18 gonug through the different town- cvory tlu'uu puumls of ten. ' ' . _ P " .. {ships selling a. new klnd of wheat, [1. Good Currants 2olbs. >1. School 35,033 15113195860. Ewide berth. He was through Gavan All kinds 'Batcnt Medzclncs. ’ and several farmers in that township Agentby‘Allun Lino 9r Stemnslxips also 101' i were victimized to the tune of a. couple Globe, Mm]. and all lcudmg, nmwpnnors. * of hundred (10“an J- 8 QSLGHRIST 5 Prior Buys J C. GILCI'RIST‘ \‘fnoflvillo. “lonev to Loan . M 11 low “Ito of iutmcst. {1111118 to 9.0 v0 .1rs. C.G[l1(‘lll{IS'l‘,Clerk Village of \V"ood\illo, .\Vood11llc, ()ns. C. (vlLCllltlh'P. agent for first-class insur- L . ance (.‘11111111111111< dm-s insurance at what it 3 worth 11.11!‘ 110 alucnt :1 foes 1cqui1a_,d making 11. aviug of $1. .10 to the 11:111cr own; time. Ll OUOR TEAS Woodvill‘e Cheap TEA Store! 'Seed Drills Binders. Reapers 2mm, 3 Patterns. Gang rloughs (2 and. 3 Farrow!) Etvln lorits object to collectfrom all that it in youth a to collect from. then publish the names 0! .n that caunnt or will not ay. which list is supplied to ever member 0 the Association throughout Can: a. and United States. Address J. BIDWELL MILLS (30-. ~â€"-â€"-DOING BUSINESS INâ€" OANADA AND UNITED STATES. ESTABLISHED IN I884. -- Dollccting Association -- MERCII A 'N T’S PROTECTIVE an d Rollers! Division Court Sittingsâ€"1837. Farmérs! ""' “"335. flowers at Beaverton Foundry W. SMITH mmmhmillflm TEAS. JOS. J. CAVE, Publisher. STONE WELMNGTON. Toronto, Ont. E. FAREWELL. Clerk of the Peace. Managers, Hamilton Ont. From QOcts. up. “'00 UV] LL E. Horse Rakes, PROPRIETOR gather on Tumday lost to play a friendly 1 match with tho juniors of Ileoverton. on I the team from the latter plnco turning l up, however. thoywero found to be com~ 3 posed of boys who should rather he call- ? ed young men from their siza mu] ages. : ()nr boys faced them and after a brief ,gnmo tho lloavorton boys carried the ,' ball through the goal. The play was a spirited however and hm] tho teams been at all fairly matched Woodrillo's juniors would have given an oxcpllcnt 1 account of themselves. l Sumo of our young lads gathered to- l l North Victoria and Ontario General Advertiser. .......Dr. W. Gunn, of Brucefield. Ont; is spending a short vacation with friends here. I ' Eldon Bram-h Aurlelll‘flll'fil Ronny. The directors of the Society met last 5 evening but no report of their delibera- 1 tions as has yet reached us. I i Lacrosse. Mr. E. J. Sidey, of Creaton. Iowa, is spending a few days in Woodville, visitâ€" ing friends. Mr. John McLeod. of Mich- igan, also arrived on Tuesday evening from Michigan. where he is now working A great improvement has been effect- ed at tho “Eld'on House" by the laying ofn new platform on the east. sides of the building. It adds largely to both the looks of the street and premises. Personal. I? Prior‘s for Dress Goods, Prints. Muslims. Shirtings. Twecds. Cottons, (Jottonades. Parasols, Laces, c., Wood- villo Chem) Store. New Platform. A bald~heeded St Louis man. whohas been troubled by flies, has devised a. scheme to get rid of the troublesome in- sects. He noticed that a. fly always walks upward: Put a. fly on a. window and up he goes towards the top ;he can’t be made to walk downward. Forthwith he made a window screen divided in half. The upper half lapped over the lower. with an inch of space between As soon as a fly would light on the screen it would proceed to travel upward, and would thus walk outdoors. On reaching the top of the lower half he would be outside. Not being able to walk down, he had no way to return to the room. Dress Goods. L‘YL Eggs, Butter Pork Pota noes and all kinds of saleable produce, “ oodxille Fol-the Fly Season. Another Swindle. cw- All kinds of Plain and Ornamental Job Printing neatly and quickly executed Address Jos. J. CAVE, " Express,” Bea.- verton. Rev. Mr. McTavish will preach in Orillia on Sabbath next. E For any quantity of Eggs. .‘ Prior, Woodville, Cheap Cash Store. In Orlllla. MrINeshitt. teacher here, passed suc- cessfully at the recent examination of teachers and obtained a second class professional certificate. He has been reengaged for the next six months at an advanced salary. He gives very general satisfaction. â€"-Penetang. “Her ald. "â€"Mr. Nesbitt 1s now home enjoy- ing his holiday’ 5 in Woodville. Cash Pald cents for eggs. Relief. I. N. Marshall. Barrister, Brockville, 0nt.. states :â€"-I was so troubled with cold in the head that I could not speak plainly. One application of Nasal Balm gave immediate relief, and thoroughly cleaned out my head. "917LT‘V' mmm: 50ml 3mm. FRIDAY. JULY 29. 1887. .R. Prior, Woodville, pays 14 WOODVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1887 . What is it that keeps you busy writ- ] lng so late in you: oludy (“my night!" horn-d of its reputation. ‘1 in: furrow about the howhler.wlnich is Still distinctly trucnuhiu. is pointx‘d out as the trench excavated by tho turmers’ shovels, nearly one hundred {can ago. in tho cfl‘ort to unearth the lack mtch cat that had eluded them. “When the crow camo flying over, the plow-chip came down out of the air. and the crow changed into an old woman. with a coclml hat on. She was pur~ueal by '_:,-.- lll;".1 to the rock, Wucn sllv turned lulu a «at and disapâ€" peared into itsmystcrious underground recesses. Shovels wore fetched. and willingr hands dug around and under the rock. but no trace was found of the cat. After that the lot was left to grow up to weeds. wild grass, and bushes; the cabin to” to pieces about the enchanted rock. and finally the thick woods that. you know see covornd tho Iraot. hiding tho witch's stone from the world.” W ilch‘ 3 rock is rarely visited by hunter s. and others wh "Iio_vu5ld§ said that as soon as the people run away a crow calm: from tho norm, perched itself on a. (loud 011K hour by. and began to cry: ‘Cuw! cuw! cawl’ At. this. John Hopkins, who owned the magical piece of land. and who had been attracted from his home to the spot after the fright of the people. cried back: “ ‘Squawk! you -â€"-â€" old Pat Jen- kins!‘ ' “Reynolds started into the field. and the plow ran smooth enough till ho crossed the witch's line. and then all of a sudden the chip flew off. The plow edged away, and there were a. good many white faces, for nobody knew what; might; happen next. But the old plowmau was not at all dis- heartened. lle soon found the chip in tho furrow. under a turf. and he picked it up and clapped it on tho framewurk. Again the team was skirted, but in u. jill'y away flew the chlpaguiu, and vanished in the air. and the oxen Were found to ho un- yoked. Mr. Iloynolds hunu-d the fur- row orer. but could not liml the miss- iug piece. After this tno crowd edged away, slowly at first, but us soon as they were out of tho old man‘s sight away they sped home. ,,,,- “J. "1 can recollect. whnn the wood was cleared land, but; it was never possible to plow within a hundrqd yards of the bcwitchcd stone. ‘3 ”As soon as the witch’s line was passed, it is said, olf Went tho plow chip, which is now call- ed the land-side, and which at. that timc was made of wood. You might fasten the chip on again. if you could find it, but 011'“; would go as soon as the team was started. The last at- tempt to plow near the rock was made by an old mam named Reynolds about eighty or ninety years ago. llc said that he could put. on a plow chip so it Would stay. and many neighbors gathered to see the trial ' "A couple of hundred years ago,” ‘he said. “when settlers had begun to break the ground in the neighborhood of Hopkin’s Hill, a witch made her home in acabin that had been aban- doned bya pioneer close to Witch rock. Everythino within a hundred yards of the roc became enchanted and she caused the settlers many an- noyances by her pranks. Tools that were left out over night mysteriously disap eared, cattle were afilieted with singu ar diseases, stones were hurled through window panes by unseen hands, and whenever a hail-storm or ahurricane swept over the hills, de- stroying the crops, people saw her 11y- ing through the air, driving her storm onward with her broom. At last she Was driven out of the settlement, but the rock and all the ground about it remained enchanted to this day. It Lle- ln Buollntod 0:0... and h It!!! Shunuod B! m Somatic... ‘ In the midst of deep wood. not far from this beautii villa in western Rhode Island. wri s a lo kiu's Hill ‘ correspondent toilho New ork Sun. is an enchanted rock. It is a common bowlder. about {our test across the top. and not more than two feet high. Around it is a sinoular shallow furrow. Tall trees bend afiove it, and it is only in midsummer that the vertlcal sun pierces the interlacing boughs. The whole wood bears an uncanny reputa- tion in local tradition. add within the memory of the older inhabitants witch- es are said to have been seen flitting about the outskirts of the forest. The neighborhood of the rock is especially shunned, and belated children return~ ing from a berrying trip on the hills hasten their footsteps as they pass the dreaded bowlder. More than two hundred years am the regicides G068 and Whalley iied’from Point Judith to this place, and since that time the stone has been known as Witch rock. An aged Rhode Jslander related its le- gend the other day: _ THE WITCH’S noon, and others who have . except u..v .uvu-u The social season of Labrador is the mntor. There is no fishing then to‘ keep people at home; culling Wood and a little hunting are the only occu- pations. Winlor lasts about, eight months; when the channels among the islands and the bays are frozen over. do: teams can run up and down the must. for three hundred milesâ€"from Miugan to Bonno Equ-ranoe. l’enplo then go visiting; they carry no provis- iom. fur ewrybody keeps open house. and the little cabins are often packed with people and digs. The winter homes. 'ns n rule. are back some miles from the coast. where Wood is handy. Son-ml families" who - fish at Whale ”and live on a swamp in winter, where the trend of a man nlontr the street shakes every house. Th: Abbe For- i l '-4 -- us We urnâ€"just. line the «lugs. rlhrllly any of us can rcutl or write. Our houses are too tar apart to get the minivan together [or school, cxucpling at Esquimnux Point, Natlnshqltun. and Mutton tiny. Thun, too. wu can’t see the priest more than once or twice a year, and that’s very incunvenlcnt about dying. tor plcurisy and con-â€" sumptlun are Very huzul~strong. And there’s no ductor alt. all. nor any roots or herbs for luv-amines. We keep alive on pain-killer and salts that. tho trailers sell. It‘s a hard lite, and we don‘t liVu to be very old. We have to do all our owu Workâ€"jack-ot-ali- trades. you know. When we came here to “w, my wife and I cut all the timber in the winter for building these houses. sawed it by hand in a pit. am! in the spring rafted ittlnwu the I'le‘.‘ "We“, 511‘, I expect We're fools to stay here. Inn wmst of it. is. our cnmircn an: gruwing up as ignorant E In the best places there may boin fl. ' hoilow a little sand, enriched with de- cttytng lish, where a few turnips and Ctlbbzlges manage to show themselves during a brief season. You get a glcnttt of hope and of horror on be- ltoitliug a gaunt Ecztflbltl about eigh- teen feet high; but it is not a. gallows for the ending of life, only a platform for keening the frozen lish for (log- meat. ‘l'he interior of.these homes ts not quite so distressing us their hard surroundings, for the human hand in- doors cun make its mark. which is not: always a clean one. The furniture, dict. costumes. are rotwh and com- monphtee; but the peopfi: are courte- ous and kind. and. they observe well their religious rites. ‘i‘lteir isolation is such that they keep the rtnt of time by markingr the days of the week on the ttoor-post. An exception to this drear- ineas is to he tut-t here utnl there, at a light-house or at the home of :t uter- cnnut. l atshul :tn ittteiitgent fisher- llltln how he eonul content Munich in anctt :l PHIU'E. If environment moulds a people. then the Lnbradorenns should have strong traits. The climate. the uni no fee- turee of the country, the no is uted supremacy of the sea. the iso ation from the worldâ€"all their circumstan- cos. indeedâ€"new so strongly marked as to he irresistible. The population of the Canadian part of the coastâ€"- down to the bonndry line at Blane Sa- blonâ€"is of French origin. Canadian and Arcadian; the Newfoundland part of Labradorâ€"the Strait of Belle isle and the Atlantic coastâ€"is inhabited by English-speaking people. Moravians and Esqnimaux are found in the far North. The French Canadians consist of two classes: a part of them come hero every spring to fish for the mer- chants, and return every fall to their families and small homesteads bettveeu l Quebec and Gaspe; others iive here ‘ permanently. own little isolated es- tablishmenls, and fish on their own ac- count. The Acadians have collected in two principal settlements, Esqui- inaux point and Natashquan. where they have their schools, priests, church- fo. and some other features of village I e. 1 was fortunate in being storm-stay- ed at a. few of these French Canadian homes, where I found new and then a person able to give me some account of the summer and winter life of the people. To begin with external and material things, the average home of Labrador generally consists of a rough board dwellin , with two rooms and a garret, asmal dock and store-house for receiving, cleaning. curing, and storing fish, and Wm or three open fishing-boats. All those buildings perch like anxious Water-fowls on the bare rocks; they never impress me as homes. for they make for themselves no niehe or place in the surface of the earth; you expect them -to be washed or blown away at the next galeâ€"as they sometimes are. For the sake of being near the fishing-grounds these shelters are generally established on some outlying island otfering a moor- ing or else a beach for the bum; they- seem to be banished from the earth as far as possible seaward. They stand up gaunt. stark naked in the gales, in the midst of a desert of sea and rocks. THE PEOPLE OF LABRA- D0". fibmmflm VOL. XI.-â€" NUMBER 26 ,-,_ -....V vyvu "\Jll blilluu'lc The most remarkable performances are the exhibitions of their potvers of mimicry. They imitate a brass band so perfectly that a person outside the hall in which they are humming would almost invariably be deceived. Their imitation of the organ is equally per- fect. Each of the singers makes a pc- culiar noise and carries his or her own 'part of the performance. and the com- bined result is a deep music. Ver «like the peeling of a grand organ. {fire are two of their many tucks. ' , (W are Constantly adding to their reper- teire and perfecting themselves more and more in their curious arts. ‘Shey have educated the sense of touch to a very remarkable degree. By feeiing of a person’s face and head, they can give an accurate description of his or her appearance; and one of the sisters claims that she can tell the color of the hair by touching it. The seven will stand with joined hands and any object can he placed in the hands of the oldest brother at the end of the line; while he holds it he claims that the magnetic curreutwhich passes through the entire line will eu- aLle any one of his brothers and szslvrs to tell what he has in his hand. A’ any rate some rematkalile guesses 0‘ "“5 kind are made.â€"â€".lt rlnlrt Lollwc'f "1'”- ‘finrtqmn hum numcxy number. It is fo'r‘cbis reason that when n simp- keepcr halves :1 {ZS-cunt pcho he 'ln- variably ghost you 1:! cents. The shop; keeperis unselfish. and no somebody mat run the risk of bad luck be freely takes it Humanâ€"Lesion Transcript. They went to Raleigh to the State Blind Asylum. and were there Well ed- ucated. Every one of them developed a remarkable talent for music. and on leaving the asylum organized them- selves into a concert Company and be- gan to travel through the South. The eldest. brother married a smart negro woman. who acts as guide and busi- ness manager of the party. They hum been all over the South, giving enter- tainments which have paid them haml- Somely. They sing aml play on vu- rious inslrumeuts with remarkable sxill. All of them have good voices, which have been well trained. Ln For several days past there has been a remarkable family of "00mm! in At- lanta. Their names is \Vifiiamsoumnd they came from Wilson County. North Carolina. There are three brothers and four sisters. all of whom have been totally blind from their birth. They are the children of black parents who were slaves and ordinary field hands. Unto them Were born fourteen chil- dren, seven of whom had sight. whilo seVeu were blind. The blind children were not only hardier and healthier. but their mental endowments are su- perior to those of their brothers and sisters who could see. It is not suzprlslng 'to find all sea- men superstitious; the irresistible and whimsical forces of the ocean must ap- pear to them supernatural. and their changln fortunes must often seem the result 0 some unfathomable mystery. Could events so supernatural as those told by the Ancient Mariner be so ap- propriate to a landsmnui’ These lish- ermen arenot behind other sea-faring men in either the number of their su~ ,perstitions or the faith they repose in them. But Labador. in time. will ‘ doubtless produce still more astonish- ‘ ing results in this regard; for what oth- er region on earth offers each element- al powers, such Weird scenes, such im- pressive hardships and horrors? Here Is a region without a mile of road‘iir three thousand miles of coast; lnever elsewhere appreciated a wheel and at horseshoe. Some of these people haVo no idea of the shape and size of a cow or a horse, and they flee like hares at the coming of a stranger. l have stat~ ed elsewhere that lawlessness often prevails. and that those who are in " need do not hesitate to break open stores and help themselves. But their most astonishing traits are laziness and improvidenee here in sight of heart-rending hardship and want. Labrador. however, was formerly a sea of plenty; fishing. scaling, trapping. gave even the indolent a sure though a miserable living. In afew weeks the aVerage man could catch lish encugh to excnange with traders for the nec- essaries of life. This enabled him to idle away three-fourths of the year. and relieved him of any Sense of reâ€" sponsibility. But now fish, oil, uni iur are no longer so abundant. '15-) average family spends about one hun- dred dollars per year to get only tho absolute necessaries of life; and yet‘ WVvi yearns oâ€"tlle hos ltulity of the count was we the pcopoon going away hem home used to leave food. and sometimes even money. on the table. and the doors unlocked, that needy traveler. might outer and help them- selves. But the advent of more trav- elem in these days has led to more cau~ tion and less genegosity. ‘A1_., A land any: 0”.“ in ma timeâ€"anon: nuy van-- ‘1‘... A ‘- I_A_h!‘ ,‘9. , n Seven Blind \Vnnders. grce. By feeling I hand, they can :ripllou of his or mm of the sisters {cs ape- hcr own Lhu com- vulmgiku