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VOL. XXI, NO. 138.4 PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1878. ONTARIO AND GENERAL ADVERTISER NE ---- esos { WHOLE NO 1057 Poth Ontario Obstrurr. A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL § FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT., EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrears are why RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ........ $0 08 Subsequent insertions, per line . 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum . , 5 00 Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk. Adver ed by Nonpareil and charged according to the space they cupy. vertisements received for publication. without specific instructions, willbe inserted antil forbid and charged "accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or half-year. . p@~ These terms will in all cases be strictly .« ed to Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and color, exceuted promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. pay Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &c. printed can have them done to take home with them. J. Barnw. oc- H. PARSONS. vafessional €avs. H. SANGSTER, M. D., « geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of «ueen and Perry Streets. OMce hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. Physician, Sur- 1h id 1 for ti id. it teed ¢ of the acid, nor how long it would last. At : f I om pany binding thems: lves inthe mort- ger, as 1 have said, and was an assistant toa | uring it 1 started violently and dropped | for the acid, If once & man received any. 0 cents T determined to mark my friend BH: WARE, Coranor for the County of | Gory left at this office, or at his residence gaze (0 accept such "sum, whether largo or Walker House than at 80Y 71)' Greenfield, long since dead, who after. DT ame XY Pudi st, or even the spray, in his eyes, he. would alFevents'lidutertsin ¥: yutario, hysician, Burgeoll ve. will be punctnally attended to Debts col- uth and apply it us a direct reduction of other Hotel in Town. ' ) | my stick, which, in the thick snow, I was | * Ys ) coucheur, i . princi Otlice, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. Business Sarvs. WwW. IM. WILIL.COX Soll LICENSED AUCTIONEER. I ETURNING my sincere thanks to my R numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past eight years, I would now. beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or Cartwright, : My long and extensive practice as Auc- tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock hc may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale, Bill stamps always on hand. J Sale Bills urranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Onsgrvsr Office, where a Sale Register will be kept. Terms Liberal. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. W. MW. B. MAJOR, : y [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties | 5% wishing his services can eall at the «Qbserver" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales. Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. WM. GORDON, A y VY , &e. OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, { Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, p@™ Parties entrusting their Sales to me x1 ad to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, I ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township 4 of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, etc. in the County of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock, lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made, Remember-- may rely on the utmost attention being given | MUNEY TO LOAN | MORTGAGES WANTED. JHE Subscribers have Jars sums of mon- ey placed in their hands for investment on Improv Farms, Village Properties, and other Securities in this and adjoining Counties at the lowest current rates of interest. As we have funds on hand at all times Borrowers candep nd on Sung their money with the east possible delay. WANTED TO PURCHASE, Any number of Mortgages for which the high- est figures will be allowed. Wearealso appraisers for the Canada Per- manent Building Society, the ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINCS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection with this Branch. Deposits of A Doctor's Story. It is more than twenty-five years since I first set up in practice in this part of the country, having come here a stranger to it. Now I know every inch of the road for miles around, rough and wild as it is; then I often lost way, and it was with some" dif- ficulty in so sparsely-populated a country that I learned the landmarks which guide you over the moors when bad weather ob- Five Dollar and d and inter- est allowed thereon, No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. st Monetary Institution in Canada. Paid b> Capital $1,500,000. Instalments re-payable from 2 to 20 years. Lands Bought and Sold. Several good farms for sale. la u 1 Zr Agents for several first class Fire In- surance Com panies. Collections made and a general agency busi- ness transacted. ## DEBENTURES BOUGHT."&X JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Ofce in Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, IONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Afidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. MONEY TO LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &c., Collected and prom pt remittances made. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment of interest once a year (not in advance), and he can at any time, just as circumstances nit repay part or all of the principal, per th pal, immediately cancelling the interest on the sum paid. . No extra charge is exacted on such repayment. Loans made from 2 to Peusic. tes the track, You remember when we rode over the summit of the moor yesterday, how you ad- mired the distant view of the sca, and how you called my attention also to the pictur- esque appearance of a deserted and dismant- led cottage on the right of us. The view of ROF. HARRINGTON, Teacher of Music, Port Perry. Also dealer In Musical In- struments. Residence,on Unien Avenue. ISS 8. 8. HARRINGTON, Teacher of Musio. Applications by Post or in person Sofia} . Residence, on Union Avenue, Port erry. hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY HE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public. THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province and surpassed by none out of the best cities, Commercial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and the gencral public will find in THE WALKER HOUSE all that can 'be required in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges. The Charges are No Higher at the The House is fitted up throughout in the sea is undoubtedly a fine a one, and strikes me now every time I see it, even after many years' acquaintanceship; but 1 cannot admire the cottage, though rich greeu moss and yellow liuchen have gathered upon its thatched roof, and though the purple heather grows close up to its walls. I responded to your admiration of the view of the sca, but said nothing about the cottage, nor, you may remember now, did I make any response to your fancies regarding A wornand wholly-obliterated sign bangs before it; the place had, evidently been an inn, you said, and as we rode down the hill, you indulged in some fanciful spec- ulaticns as to old travellers who had sought shelter therein; and how the wind must have beaten around it at nights, bringing strange messages from the stoim-tossed sea scaring them with its violence even within the strongly built walls, The place looked as if it had a story, you said, and on my as- senting, you p:essed me to tell it. I now fulfil my promise, and no one can tell you the story of that roadside inn with more authority than I can, for I passed the most terrible and memorable night of my life there, and I had something more to scare me than the sound of I came here, imme 1 or sea, ely after passing the college, nearly thirty years ago, a strau- wards took we into partuership. The practice of those days was not what it is now I found more of the nitrate ot silver solution than I expected, so 1 merely filled up the small bottle and returned the phial to the case. 2. I had entertained some suepicions of the goodness of a certain acid supplied us, and finding an old bottle of it on the ob- scured shelf, I put it in my pocket to take home and test its strength. 3. I found the ring of the large brass syringe we kept there was broken ; the syringe worked perfectly well, but the ring was broken and should be mended, and I pocketed it also tor that pur- pose. I need mention nothing else--the silver solution, the acid and the syringe are all the details with which I need trouble you. I started off at a brisk pace, and cven asI did so I could feel the wind rising, and I when I felta flake of snow fall on my face, That ought to have warned me, but I was some what stubborn and self-willed, and I determined at all hazards to persevere, Night fell but neither moon nor friendly stars shone out, and presently I found my- self in the midst of a heavy snow-storm. For some time I managed to keep the track, at least, so I imagined ; but at length I be- | came conscious that I had lost it, though I flattered myself that I was bluodering on in the right direction. For a little while the storm seemed to slacken ; at all events I was able to make some progress. After a short time I felt myself gettiog drowsy, but I knew it would be death to stop; and then again the flakes came down heavier than ever, and I coula hardly make headway at all against the driving wind and drifting snow. I was plodding feebly on, when sud- denly, above the noise of the storm, I heard a sound that, cold as 1 was, seemed to chill me through and through Ite was a wild, loud scream--a man's I concluded, for it was [ strangely strong and hoarse, and it continued | until suddenly it was broken off sharply and I heard no more, Something had stopped 1t, or, I argued, a turn of the wind might have | swept the sound away from me. | It was sufficiently appalling, and on first | unable to find. What terrible scene was | bad not gone over a hundred yards or so heless, one that T never staid to argue with myself ; a conclusion justified, to after these discoveries, After putting out the whisky, which, as 1 anticipated, smelt strongly of opium, I tried to fasten the door, but found no lock or means of doing so--merely a latch. This was not reassuring; and I made another dis. covery shortly which alarmed me still more, The table, I found, formed part of the bed. The chair, as it seemed at first, was a seat let into the wall, into which also the press was fastened. There was nothing to drag, against the door and nothing to turn into an offensive weapon ; for there was neither fone der nor fire irons, and the wash bowl was thin and very small. I was caught in a death trap, and scarcely dared to breath a prayer that I might get out of it in safety, so impossible did itscem. For some time I was stunned, and if Sturm had come up then I should have been an easy victim. I seemed in imagination to dic, and the shock nearly deprived me of my senscs. But I kept awake and gradually got ac- customed to the situation awful as it was, I seemed resigned to the struggle which I felt must come sooner or later, and my mind began to wander vaguely round the subject. I can recall my thoughts now, but I hardly | know in what order they succeeded each other, Sturn would be sure to be armed, mores over, he had evidently the strength of a giant, and I was by no means strong, and | had nothing what with which to defend | myself, except (the absurdity struck me even then) a syri A syringe and a bottle of | diluted acid. You smile at the idea now, | as, even in the horror of that moment, 1 could smile at it then; and yet the event proved the two together made a weapon not [to be despised, The syringe, as I have said i before, worked perfectly well, and only | wanted the ring bandle fastening. It was a | very powertul instrument, and would carry a | strong, continuous douche of any fluid a con- siderable distance, spreading as it went far. | ther, just aa shot spreads out of a gun, As ge. | be blinded for some hours, if not for lite-- -- EE ----. 1 have no words to describe the fearful yell of astomshment, of fright and of paifr, which he emitted, He would have faced either a blow, a stab or ashot, boldly encugh Idare say, though in any case he would have been terribly startled ; but I have used a weapon unknown in his armory, and the eflect was like a thunderbolt. He gave a spasmodic leap in the air, the crowbar fell from his hands and then he fell prone, Then with a repetition of bis awful yell, accompanied by a perfect hur- ricane of oaths and imprecations he staggers ed to his fect with the evident intention of finding his assailant. ; But it was fn vain The strong irritant had done its work, and he could pot open his blighted eyes for a second. He was, in- decd, blind ; and after a frantic rush against the press, in which he cut his head severely he felt the door, and st: g ting out, fell head- long down staits, 1 heard the crash, and then all was still. Simultancous with his fall, I must have fainted; and had Sturm any accomp { a3 I must have fallen an easy victim to them. At last I roused myself, and still hearing no sonnd, ventured down stairs, the way through the front door being the only means of egress, imagined my antagonist had gone out, but, at any rate, [ knew he must be VLlinded still; but betore I got down stairs I could see him lying flat on his face his head buried in his arms, A bottle wa: thrown down beside him, and he was breatLe ing stentoriously ; he had evidently taken refuge from his agony in the stupor of diunk- enness, 1 was passing lightly out, when it sud= denly struck me that, except when 1 saw it fn the moonlight, I had never obtuined a good view of my antagonist's face. He had shaded 1t, as 1 said, coming in--It was ter: ribly distorted when I saw it for that single not be cerlain of recognizing it; while it wats hidden on his arms now. I had blinded him, you will say but I could not judge of the effect of the moment--and 1 cculd who was quite iusensible, so that for ten days or so 1 would be able to identify him. the latter-a contingency which in my con- dition then I did not for a moment consider. 1 do not know how the idea, whieh yon | being enacted on that wild moor on such a | --for this town has grown wonderfully of | night? What crim'mil was trusting to the late years, as have also some of the surrounds | I nerved WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction # years on farm, or good pioductive town ' property. oe NR entices, Ring se | 20 In ant enses Shere the title is : g ns ere s perfect, the &e., &e, Offieg aid Besidsnos King st., | Ina cases Sehr the title in perfect, the shaw I took my little bottle of strong solution of nitrate of silver, and just under his hand- FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the | white snow to hide his crime ? WML. W GILL, M.D. FRANCIS RAE, M.D. D., M. R. C. 8, Guy's land. The lye R. AL F. MCBRIEN, M WwW Hospital, Loudon, 0, H. Ly, Oshawa, REWELT, LL. B., County Crown Ley for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, and Notary Public. Oilice laely oc- . Al Mlieitor, pled by 5. Ha Ci yehrane, Esq., Brock street, whaithy. NGLISH LL. B., Solicitor in Attorney, Conveyancer, &¢. Oshawa. opposite the Post Office YVAN L. L Chancery, )Mce--Simeve street, g SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At- I Solicitor in Chancery, 'nd Insolvency, Notary Publi, &e. Oifice--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. W. Maurica Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan- LA cery Notary Public, &c., &e. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Moasy «o Lan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. . PATERSON, (late of Beaverton) N Barrister uni Attorney-at Law, Soliel- &V in haneery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- lie, &v., &cC. : Office over Brown & Currle's Store Port Perry. LINGS @ MeGILLIVRAY, Barristers B'ioiliciors 'Notaries Public, &e. Port Perry. 78 A large amount of money to loan at 8 r cent. John Billings. | John A. McGillivray. . RD, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor - SUED Office in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & L outon, Surgeon Dentist Office over Corrigen & Camp- bells Store, Port Perry. All work done in the very latest und best style and warranted to Rive satisfuction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. JAMES W. BEALL. rpoyRsmp CLERK, TOWNSHIP OF EAST WHITBY. Conveyancing and General Insuance Agent. Office in the Town Hall, from 9 a. m. till 5p. m. The Clerk will be home for township vusiness on Mondays and Saturdays JAMES W. BEALL, Tp. Clerk. Business hours Columbus, March 28, 1877. Third Divi- Ww. RN HAM, Clerk of the = Block, « sion Court. Office in Bigelow's Port Perry. Office hours from 10a m, to3 p. m. . . FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf Tew Harriage Act. Port Perry," July 1st, 1874. ENRY CHARLES having been re- appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as heretofore--at Port Perry. R. RICFARDSON, Re-appointed Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the 1st con, Brock. Brock, Aug. 5,1874. 33 T C. FORMAN, ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. C. N. VARS, L. D. 8B. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- i Jib of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- ost, and as good as the best. Teeth fill with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted Jom CHRISTIE, TOWNSHSP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. Offi without pain by producing local angsth- esia, Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. CHAS. THORN, V 8, MBER of the Veterinary Institute, ME, Ill. Gold Medalist for the best examination on Horse Practice. Author of a First Prize Essay on Shoeing. Gradu- ated Sept. 16, 1867. Dr. Thora begs to announce that he has taken up his residence at Port Perry, and is now prepared to treat all cases entrusted to his care in the most skillful and scientific manner, All orders left at the Medical Hall of Mr Allison, will receive prompt attention. sa The Veterinary Stables may be found on Lilly street, opposite Cossitt's Factory. Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1873. architects, Kc. ENRY GRIST, PATen SOLICITOR AND DrAUGHTMAN, Ottawa, Can Transacts business with the Patent Office WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, 3 WHOLESALE and Retail dealers in / Foreign and American Marble Man- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas St , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. Also Building Stone en 4:3 orde:. HN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. Whitby, July 29, 1874. 3 The VICTORIA MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company of Canada, HEAD OFFICE, ....... HAMILTON. HIST idedly one of the best in the Dominion, and parties having property to insure will do well to consider the many advantages of insuring with this C ani {pant d other of the G Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, 1.3 tions, and other 1 neces. pany. T. H. WALSHE, Agent, " Cannington, Ont. to secure Patents of I C i Sept. 26, 1876. int of the model of the Invention. M. SPENCE, Coxrnaoror, BurLoss, xe. bscriber In ret: sincere i) or the very liberal patron: id stowed on him he. ill in future give Fi e Ww atte! his business as Contractor, and is ow ready to ndertake Stone 'Work, Brick- 1 lastering, and everything eonnecte fore th, which he will the short and Hair Cutting as they Spaying should be done. : HE arrival in Port Perry of the two first T class Tonsorial Artists, "LEWIS & POWELL, Has created quite an excitement with their Smooth Shave and Artistic Hair.Cutting,-- The Rooms are over Thurne's Dry Goods Store, opposite the Walker House. An ; b ont notiee and In the best and most « durable Wes! Si a ot th vd vo HEL Hed and first-class workmans| 4 rr. SPENCE. Prince Albert, Aprils, 167, le and smooth shave and hair and &! heh | whiskers cut in a stylish manner. Remember the place, over Thorne's Dry @oods Store and opposite the Walker House. Port Perry, Dec 5,1877. MONEY {am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies theres can possibly be no publicity in the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be aig here in two weeks after making applica tion. JAMES I Parrish's Block, Cor, | k streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, I¥ TO LOAN. The undersigned hasany amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &c. Orricg--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873, NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a laage amount of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--interest at eight per cent. Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H, CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1877. MONEY [Private Funds,] 'I'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, BARRISTER, &C., Oshawa November 21, 1866. 4 choice ot the market and the utmost atten- tion paid to the convenience and comfort of ALL GUESTS An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers, W. B. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876. Pr PORT PERRY PERRY HOUS JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR.' The above House is now most comfort ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in! the Home St Good Liquors and Cigars, | also, first cla; tabling and good Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which make: this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. Pree HOUSE, PORT PERRY, The Subscriber having leased this comfort. able and convenient Hotel, will spare neither labor nor expense in providing for the com. fort and convenience of guests, The Tables will always be supplied with the best to be had in the market. Only choice Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. Any quantity of firstclass Stable and Shed accommodation properly attended to by careful Ostlers. CHAS, HOLT. Port Perry, March 8, 1876 I EVERE HOUSE, MANCHESTER. By GEQ. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. NTARIO HOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at home. Whitby, Nov. 9th, 1876. Money to Loan N Farm Property at Seven and a half per cent. No Commission. Enquire at P. A. Hurd's Law office, Port Perry. P. A. HURD, Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan. 9, 1878. s 1." OF DIVISION COURTS FOR THE County of Ontario, For the year 1878S. 4 F] nln ?l= olule E z[k lel[s se He HEHEHE EERTREERER sl {al | 2 [33 |2 a1 B17 0261 | 412714) ol12, lu2i21] | 5l11 1620 2h tesla! fell |e 4 19 H 18 Atherly ... 1] 18) 8 17 G. H. DARTNELL, Junior Judge. Whitby, Jan'y 7,18%8. PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, c. MK ENZIE, PROPRIETOR. HE Subscriber having now fully ec nipped his new and extensive Livery Stabl:s with a supply of superior Hi Carriges, is repared lorses ane Li to furnish first class Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1878 VERY RICS On Moderate Terms, C. MCKENZIE. UEENS HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, . . ProprieTOR This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers pe First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached. Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. A oio-avERay HOTEL, 43 PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in 'First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort of guests. The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. J Buithoxe HOUSE, '(LATE ALBION, 'WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. ing hamlets--though we had a great deal of outside practice beyond the moor and even in some places still more distant, A country doctor's life is not a very enviable one. He does not get paid too liberally, his fees are small, and the gratitude he earns with them still smaller, while the amount of responsibility. thrown upon his shoulders is enormous. Bear with a word or two in defence of my professioa, You go toa Lon. doa doctor, who examines you, prescribes, and pockets his guinea and probably you never see him again. to my care--your regular medical mau in the country, and if yon get well, what a wonderful man the London doctor is ; while if you die I am blamed for it Take another case. It is comparatively eusy to perform an operation in a London hospital, where, if you fail, there are half a dozen men competent to takegp the knife and finish your work ;1t is another thing to have to perform a hurried operation with the nearest medical man miles away, and no one to assist but a unqualified assistant, or per You return s a diepenser, whose knowledge of surgery is, to say the most of it, painfully rudimentary. Liberave animam? You will pardon it, and I will go on with my story. Some few weeks after I bad come here, T had occasion to zo and visitone or two patients in the little cluster of cottages ab ut two miles beyond the top of the moor, and consequent. ly between ten and eleven miles from the town. It wasa fine winter day, and the snow lay crisp and bright in the sunshine, There was no need for haste, as we were by no means busy, and I determined to walk, 1 was young and active then, and I seldom lost the opportunity of walking, for by so doing I gained a better knowledge of the country, as well as an increment of health from the exercise, The journey to town was a long one for poor people, so we kept a small stock of medical necessaries at the piace of which I | myself for an effort and struggled on wildly for what seemed a long time, and at last I came against a door half covered with the [ drifted snow, and stooping down, I picked | up, to my astomishment, the stick I Lad | dropped an hour ago. Close to the door was a narrow window through which I could sce a faint light, and in an instant I recognized | three terrible facts connected with my situ- ation, In the first place, I had walked for hours, and had only covered the three miles which separated Gabriel Sturm's from Hobtrush, I knew it was the house because I could feel the sign above the low door. In the second place I had passed close to it an hour or more ago, as my stick proved, and thercfore must be wandering in a circle, In the third place--and this fact was most terrible | --the awful scream I had heard, must, hu- | manly speaking, have come from some one inside the inn, | But whatever might have happened I | must have shelter. I could not have strnggled a yard further, so I knocked loud- ly at the door, and after some delay it was opened. The man who let me in--I can say now | it was Gabriel Sturm--was most anxious, | | apparently, that I should not sce his face | He had a large comforter round the lower part of it, and a hat slouched over the fore head, while the horn lantern he carried gave out a dim uncertain light. «What d'you want?' he said, ina loud, hoarse voice. I would have given a good deal to have been able to turn away ; but, better the pos- sible dangers inside the house than the mer- ciless storm without, so I answered-- ¢ A night's lodging. 1 can get no further in this snow.' The man hesitated a good deal ; certainly have spoken, under the guardianship of one of the cottagers, and I tool several small articles I remembered we required there, among them a little phial of a strong solu- tion of nitrated silver, to be diluted hereafter and used for certain diseases of the cye. Bear in mind that little phial of nitrate of silver, for, under Providence, it brought a murderer to the gallows, 1 set of briskly for my twelve-mile walk about noon, On my road over the moor I passed that cottage inn; the sign was legible then, and it told how Gabriel Sturm provided good entertainment for man and beast--the house looking far more suited to travellers of the latter species than the for. mer. It looked, indeed, nearly as woebe- gone then as it does now, and as if few way- farers cared to accept Mr. Gabriel Sturm's offer. This was the case, I learned after- wards ; for the house had a bad name, though 1 had been too short a time in the neighbor- hood to hear of it. How far that reputation was deserved you shall presently judge. In the meantime, picture me striding bravely up the hill, now and then having to make a defour upon the moor to avoid an unusually formidable snowdrift, I reached Hobtrush --for so the cluster of cottages which was my destination was called, after a local The Only First Class House in Town. Baer HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. ROL EXCHANGE HOTEL, WILLTAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT. E. BRYANS, Proprietor, 'The Subscriber having succeeded Mr. Mason in this pleasant and commodious Hotel has spared neither labor nor*expense in re-fitting ni he Bar rally Badin d Ahn sod su] with a superior class ors SDpied brands of Cigars. The hom or 'the market provided for the Tables, Excellent stabling and attentive Ostle rs, 'Williamsburg, Dee. 6, 1875. E. BRYANS HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, Prormisrons " 1 spirit d to haunt woods--and on ar- riving there I found more work to do than I had expected. There, was, moreover, a young woman, who, with a consideration for ber a medical man not often shown by her sex in such cases, took the opportu- nity of presenting her husband with another baby, and so saved me a special journey. All this made me very late, and had there been any dati in 1 might have been tempted to stay. As it was I made up my mind for the walk, fer. vently trusting it might be moonlight. But before I went I looked carefully over our small surgery, which was in an attic room in the cottage, and regarded with superstitions reverence by the inhabitants. These may seem trivial details, but, as you will see, Eve d for the they are ial to the story. At the sur Ty public, an innkeeper, this, who did not care much for custom, and at last he said, quite gruffly-- ¢ Come in. With a shiver that was not all owing to the cold, I crossed the threshold, and found myself in alow room, very roughly and scantily furnished, with a doorway ina cor- ner of the room leading the upper story. 1 could sce algo by the dim light a few rough shelves, with some bottles and pewter pots upon them. Still keeping his face as much as possible in the shade, but still, I could see, intently watching me. he took down a bottle and a wine-glass, and then saying brusquely, this road, I sleep here,' led the way up stairs, As he strode up he said, as if an after thought, ¢ And there's no one else in the house'--pleasant news from such a man, I followed him and was shown into a small room containing a bed, a chair, and a table, and a small press near the door Sturm put the lantern on the table, filled up the glass with the liquor, and saying, 'whis- ky, handed it to me. Strange to say he retained the bottle, which aroused my sus- picions ; so I drank, and then only nodded. He gruffly said good night, and strode out of the room. The moment his back was turn- ed T discharged the whisky which I had retained in my mouth into the basin, --At all events, I thought I would not be drugged. Two things were very noticeable: His anxiety to be seen himself, and his evident desire to watch me that I should see nothing more of the house than he choose to show me--should not take a step into any room or passage other than those through which heled me. He succeeded in both, for 1 never, even when he oftered me the whisky, had a fair look at his face ; and, at the same time, 1 felt that he watched me narrowly, 1 felt very sleepy from cold and exposure --but 1 had made up my mind that I must not go to sleep, or my life would le in dan- ger. Delt that as 1 stepped over the threshold and it increased upon me every momenta conclosion arrived at on insul- gery, among others, I did three things: 1. ficient premises you will say, but, never- | over before my attack, I was bound to be will not have scized, flashed across my mind but I saw if only I could get an opportunity of syringing Mr, Sturm's cyes in an unpro- fessional way, I had a good chance of escap- ing. The only difficulty was how to get a chance of applying my novel charge when the attack came; and though it seems simple enough now, it cost me many minutes of agonizing thought before I could determine it that night. The storm had abated and the moon was shining out, flooding the room--for the window Lad no blind--with a stream of light It behoved me in the first place to make up some semblance of myself and place it in the bed, und in the second place to conceal | myself where unseen, I could get | assailant. near my I could not get behind the door | for it opened right on the pr and more- kerchicf, at the back of his neck, I traced with a cammel's hair pencil accompanying figure of a cross. You know the action of the sun upon the salts the solution the of silver--if his eyes 1ecovered quickly, I should still have something to identify my man by, for I did not know then whether it was Sturm or some lodger who had made the attempt on my lite. I was, however, to" meet my assailant again sooner than 1 ex. pected, . . . . . Immediately on reaching home, before 1 could see any one I was called off to an- other case, which kept me till the morning of the next cay. Arriving home then I was told that Dr. Greenfield bad gone to an in- quest of a man who had met with hi§ death at Gabriel Sturm's inn. At Gabricl Sturm's { sure of my assailants intention, for he might come to visit me in a friendly way only, and 1 must be cautious. You luughas I can now, at such casuistry ; but it is a fact that I did go through that process of reason- ing and acted upon it. There was a little spac: between the press and the bed. In that I crouched down having arranged the bolster with my coat under the clothes to resemble as faras I could a slecping man Then 1 took out my syringe, and trivd it very gently in the bottle of acid, and with beating heart and pulses which seemed to sound all over the room waited the event. My preparations had taken some time, and I was not kept long in suspense. Very shortly I heard a steady footfall on the stairs, which, step by step, approached my door and then stopped, 1 forced myself (I don't know how, now) to breathe heavily and regular, os if in sleep, and, after a few min- utes hesitation, I felt rather than hoard, the door open. A slight jar against the | press told me that it was wide open, and that the spring was to come. I had no idea, you see, of the nature of the attack, Would Sturm fire on me 7-- Would he spring upon the bed and smother me? Would he stab me or beat out my brains ? The catalogue, you will admit, has a certain interest for you now; judge how it affected me then. Iheard, or fancied 1 beard, a more decided step than any which had been taken before, and I knew that the moment had come, 1 have performed most of the greatest operations of the day, here and on the Con- tinent, and I had more than once witnessed a certain tremor and hesitation on the part of the surgeon just before the operation be- gins but the moment the knife touches the fiesh, his nerves was steel, aud the work was done as if by machinery. 1 do not talk boastingly when I say that whereas when I listened to the steps and felt tie door open, it was only by a super- human effort that I preserved myself from a dead faint, yet when I knew a sccond or two would end the afluir one way or the other, my hand was as firm as a rock and 1 held the syringe charged as cooly as I now hold this cigar, or as I should hold a knife at an operation, : Sturm was breathing heavily for a moment 1 heard him catch his breath in, wnd then, with a growl like a wild beast rushing at his food, he sprang forward and with a short crowbar dealt a feartul blow on the place where, but for God's mercy, my h ad would have been, Again and ajain he repeated his blows, not seeing in the blind fury of murder, that they were falling harnl ss jand then seemingly exLausted, he drew back, and with wide open bloodshot eyes, gazed upon his handiwork, Then was my chance. The murderer crouched over the bed with the moonlight fall on his face, hardly a foot from me. In another minute he would discover his mis take and see me; but I steadily raised they syringe, and exactly at the time. when his gaze turned to me, I gave him a full ounce As you may imagine, I hurried off, and was just in time to hear my late sdversary t 11 the following ingennous story--which re- vealed to me and to me alone, the fearful extent of his crimes. The body of a man had been found in the inn with his skull broken in by a crowbar. That Gabriel Sturm's admitted to have done Lut said it was in self defence, that his assailant had thrown vitiiol, or some such In proof of which there he was, nearly blind with his eyes ina terrible state of inflammation, substance into his eyes. The plausible story, which he had evi- dently concocted in desparation, trusting to the chapter of accidents not to bring his real antagonist forward, would have probably Lrought about his discharge ; but 1 stepped forward and requested to be exumined, say. ing I could throw some light on the subject, There was a geueral murmur of astonish ment, and even the doctor turned to me (remember 1 had seen no one) and asked what I could know about the affair. How: ever, it was impossible to overlook the offer of such evi lence and I was sworn, then tonishment and d was looked upon with a good deal of sus- picion. You see 1 was quitea stranger in the place ; and if you look at the bulance of probabilities, Sturin's story was in some ways better than mine, His solicitor ridie culed my whole narrative, but said be could believe the story of the strange use of the vinge if 1 had any cvidence that I was ever in the place. I bad come back, too, and gone off again, and he asked was I not wandering on the moor all the time, In fact I saw he was making an impresson, and it seemed as if the jury were uanwilling to condemn a neighbor on such extraordinary evidence given by a stranger. 1f I could prove I was in the cottage--and Sturm, who could hardly sce, swore I not been there--the story would have had a very diff- erent complexion. Suddenly the mark 1 bad made upon the muiderer flashed across me, and 1 bi if forwaud as proof. With considerable diffi culty the coroner allowed Sturm's neck to be bared ; but umid loud murmurs and to my horror, no mak was to be found, Had it been removed 7 1 felt certain it had not, It had only Leen covered up, and exposure to the sunlight would bring it out I des manded that Sturm's neck should be turned to the winter sun, then shining through the windows, explaining ns well as I could the reason it had not appeared. After much objection this was done, and then, amid a scene ndescril excites ment, the sun gradually acted on the salt silver, and by degrees the place blacken: till slowly and surely the mark ctime and there was the accusing cross, a silent witness to the truth of my story, and a sure condemnation of him who would fain been a double murderer. «It is a conjnror's trick," cried tha soli- citor angrily, while Sturm stood and the people leaned eagerly forward catch a glimpse of the mysterious mark. « No,' 81id the coroner; \it is no trick. That cross is the haud-writing of pi 20 "of the acid straight in his eyes,