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XXIV, NO. 51. RIO, THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1881. PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONT mss _Ontarin. Obaeruer 5 rth te : ? 4 WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL 4 FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per anrium, if paid in ad- wince; if not $1.50 will be charged. No aubseription taken for less than six months; sand no paper discontinued until all arrears wre paid. * RATES OF ADVERTISING. or 'each line, first insertion ........$0,08 Subsequent insertions, per line .. [RY] Cards, under 6 lines, per annum .... . 5 00 rs containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester-| wd, will be at our risk. otis measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc-- Lenpy. . Advertisements received for publication. without specific instructions, willbe inserted antil forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for A liberai- discount allowed to Merchants ani otac=s who advertise by the" year or half=venr, p&™ These terms will in all cases be trictly v..evvd to 8 Job Department. Pamphlots, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and lor, executed promptly and at lower rates chan Any other éstablishment in the County. Partics from a distance getting hand bils, &e. printed can have them done to take tome with them, J. BAIRD, Tarotegsional €avas. ¥. PARSONS, D ANDERSON, MB.MD,F TMS, oJ. M..P.5.. L.R.C,P.. Graduate of the University of Toronto, graduate of the Un i. vorsity of Trinity College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School, Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons ; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinbnre, Physician, Sargeon, and Accouchenr, Oifice over Mr. Cortigan's Store, Port Perry. oH. SANGSTER, M. 1, Physician, Sur- J « Reon and Aecoucheur, Coroner for the County of Ontario, " PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Quecn and Perry Streets. Office hours from # a.m, to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mra, , Paxton. R. WARE, Coronor fdr the County of DSnraito Physician, Surgeon and Aec- soncheur, OMee, opposite the town ball ALL F. MOBRIEN, M. ~N Tospital, London, I. aay N, (ate of Beaverton.) A'ttorney-at Law, Solici- neer, Notary Pub- TF. PATRI N. Barr! Lor in "haneery, i Fo Brown & Currie's Store > Port Perry. LLINGS & CAMPRELL, Barristers B and Attorneys-at-Law, &c. Sulicitors or the Ontario Bank. Office in Bigelow's Block, Queen St, Port Perry, Ont SONY BILLINGS. COLIN . CAMPBELL. Port Posty, Feb. 12, 1881. AREWELL, LL. B., County Crown » py ma for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Snileitor, and Notary Public. Office lately oc- wcupiad by S. H, Cochrane, Ksq., Brock street, Whitby. . Ne ¥ YMAN LL. ENGLISH LL. B., Solicitorin J Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &C. Oshawa. co--Simene street, opposite the Post Office YOUNG SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At- es Ralicitar In Clianbery, 1nd Insolveney, Notary Publie, &e. Omee-->e atilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. i nar --- HUGH D. SINCLAIR, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor inChan very, Conveyancer, &c. Office lately occupied by W. M. Cochiraus, Digelow's Bock, Port Perry. ep J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, * Office over Corrigan Jamp- oh Port Perry, March 38, 1877. . VARS, I. D. 8. d on all the latest princi- the ch the west, Teoih tlied : extracted i his cus- md TU JAMES RIGGS. Port Perry March 8, 1801, : < - | Street. > 2 "Business EADS. ONTARI10 BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 et PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in AUCTIONEER. oh HE undersigned takes this opportunity T ot returning thanks for the very libernl patronage which he has received as Anc- tioneer in the past, The increased expe ence aud extensive practice, which I have had will be traced to advantage of patrons, and partis favoring me with their Sales may rely on their juterests beng fully pro- tected, No effort will be spared to make it profitable for parties to place their Sales in my hands, My Sale Register will be fonnd at Laing & Meharry's Hardware Store and at my own residence, Union A venue, Port Perrys 8 vent; ! YG. DAWES, Auctioneer. Port Perry, An. 17, 188). ight rbd E. MAJOR, Ling his services can call at the es. Port Perry, Jan 10, 1879. days of WM. GORDON, wetioneer, Valuator, &c. Licensed A NOR the and Eldon, may rely on the utmost ttention being given to their interests. 3 WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, 4 of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in of Vietorin. Residen lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- ev Wn. HEZZELWOOD, Li-ensed Auctioneer pe Undersigned having taken out a to attend to all sales entrusted to him.-- Having bad much experience in handling ments of all kinds, Farm Preduce, &e, &e., parties placing their sales in my hands may rely on getting all forthe property that is possible to bring. 4 All orders promptly attended to, sale bills mado out aud sale notes turnished free of charge. ' Parties leaving their orders at the immediate and careful attention, Charges Moderate, WM. HEZZELWOOD, Raglan, Sept 10, 1878. pratt REE w* SPENCE, Coxriacton, Buiioer, &e, wed on him in the past would inform the Soe general that having bought a pro- he will in Juure give is whole ntion to his business as "ontractor, and Is ate ready to undertake Stone Work, Brick Laying, Plastering, and everything connecte e ith, which he will execateon the short- Albert, good job can class workmans| i Prince Albert, Aprils, 1876, SPENCE. Marri Office ! I HAVE issncd Maniage Licenses at Port for th 18 e to = i veo Qo Remember on Perry blocks south of PVightman's Perry, See Sign. FES 'MRS. E. DRINK WALTER. Port Perry, Oct. 27, 1881, Store, Port HESTER JONES' SUNBONNET. "What in all the world is the matter with Hester Jones?" exclaim- ed Mr. Samuel Iawkins, who had been standing gazing curiously for several seconds from a window that overlooked the front garden of his BAVINGS BANK, DOMINION BA NK. UXBRIDGE. No notice of withdrawal required, WALTER DARLING, EPOSITS taken of $1 and upwards, at three per cent per annum. Uxbridge, Sept. T, 1881. H. GORDON, Notary Public, Commissioner in B. R., Land, Loan and Insurance Agent, Representing the following first-class "Come here wife, come quick, and see if you cn tell," said he, connection with this Branch. Deposits of FiveDollargand upwards received and inter- Hawkins, npon sceing the familiar i figure of Miss Loster Jones,s maiden of forty ortherenbouts, standing on her own doorstep, dressed in an old grey cloak which was partly cone cealed by a faded woolen shawl, and ber well known sunbonnet drooping like a mask over her face. swaying around and bending back- ward and forward as though con- vulsed by rome powerful emotion. "Is she laughing or crying, or what in mercy isthe matter with go straight over and see, tive | but she's such a queer, reserved sort of a body, like as not. she'd tell me to (mind my own business. She is al- ways more civil to you, John; won't Zopesa an every day necessity in| you go?" est allowed thereon, No notice of withdrawal required. A. AALLEN, Maxacer. and Guarantee INSURANCE COMPANIES : The Canada Fire and Marine, The New Compound, its werful affinity to the Diges Apparatus and the Liver, increas- the dissolving juices, reliev- | tly the dre TIRE Porictrs Insuring all classes of insor- ty, upon the shortest notice, and Life Policies with premi- utd! death, or for a lim FEodowment Polices pay- able at a cortain date, or on previois death. Accident Insurance covering death by acel- dent, and weekly Indemnity In case of non- Zor Marriage Licenses Issued, "BR and Tickets for passage to and from Great Britain sold at lowést rates, "Port Perry, April 20, 181. MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, for 'Westeny Caxapa Loax ax It acts gently and speedily in| Costiveness, Head-| that! ache, Sick Headache, Distress al ter Eating, Wind on tho Stomach, Heartburn, Pains in the Side and Back, Want of Appetite, Want o} Energy, Low Sp. ach. It invigorates ries off all surplus bile, regulates the Bowels, and gives tone to the She has certainly gono crazy, is hitting her head I against the front door. | spoken to ber since he came home ?' " Not that [ know of ; but, Samuel it he is your brother, ~ [CENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties » Ofhee, Port Perry, and arrange for Cut this out and take it to youx Druggist and get a 10 cent Sample, ora large Solio for marry Miss ilester yet." " Butshe is rather old, now." "So is he, ten years the older." " Well, they would haye married 1 twenty years ago if it bad not been & | for your senseless clatter, and that 2 of a few others of your kind, telling = | her be went twice a week to sco Al- = |derman Stephen's daughter, when he | was only posting tho old gentleman's m books, doing night work to increase © | his earnings." " Now, Samiel; don't go raking Iam sorry enough He has also been instructed to invest a large amonnt of Private Funds, Inter st Eight per cent, »waship of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, lama, Mara, Mariposa Port Perry, May 20, 1878, . {throw them aside, disclosing a beau- Pactics entrusting their Sales to me IAE Sobscriber is -ON 8 Farm Seeuriy, Squaty | At 6! per cent. Cannington, Brock. ifr Bry tt : Orders lft at this office, or at his residence Ais on Village Security at a Higher Rate will be punctually attended to. Debts col- Nog Ta JCENSED Auctioneer for the Township North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County | "HE nndersigned takes this opportunity | OVOF tha | of returning sincere thanks for the very {und old him all about it last night; but yon know 1 didn't find out the Lin the | truth until ho had gome to Austrilia, ! Dear me! to think that was twenty HUBERT IL. EBBELS, liberal patronage bestowed upon the late firm of Rose & Shaw of Port Perry Marble Works. The liberal patronage rece past has bad the effect of causing eve tery throughout this and WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- Perry, May 10, 1881. or, now he has come But, bless my soul! what's the matter She's doing that to attract Peter's attention," Its only alittle after six, and 1 don't think he's up yet." "Tl warrant he's up, and watch- ing her from bis window." « Well, it doesn't seem to me that she would dress in that kind of style and make such a fool of herself, think a womun, no matter how old she is, will try to look respectable and act decently if she wants to gain an honest man's heart." But don't yon sce she has the very old shawl on sho used to go walking with him?" 6 Well, she is making a protty show of herself to others as well for gee the crowd of boys climbing on the fence, and yondor goes a crowd some of them still in |"I'o Loan on good Karms, at 8 per cent in- ) Stones and Yionuments, PORT PERRY MARBLE WORKS ! The undersigned now takes the business and with increased facilities and if possible greater attention to business hopes for a still further increase of public patronage. -- CER TER SE z BYLNGy one of the finest Sculptors and most Artistic Carvers on Stone have been secured, All orders promptly attended to, Choice. Material, First-Class ship and Moderate Prices. License as Auctioneer is now prepared | LYMAN ENGLISH, - Real Estate, Live Stock such nas Horses, November 21,1866, Cattle, Sheep, &c., ulso Farming Imple- | -- PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES 'C. M°'KENZIE, Onsenven Office, Port Perry, will recive; | ) his new and extensive Livery Stablw with . a supply of superior Horses and Carriages, is taglan. prepared to furnish frst class VERY RIGS On Moderate Torms. The Subscriber in returniug his sincere thanks for the very liberal patronage bes port Pere E WALKER HOUSE, PORT PERRY, I? COMPLETE in- all its Departments Se Gai SH AggURANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1851. | *Yes, there's Mrs. Smith and Mrs Squecrs, and Aunt Sallie Sly. I'll just ran out and see what they think of such antics," and the uneasy but gopd- «ured gossip was gone to join a crowd of her kindred spirits | buery inc toward Miss Hester's gate. In 2 lew, minutes, nearly the en- Itive jopulution of the village had gathered around the neatly kept where the oddlooking| (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) Pos PERRY HOUSE. The undersigned having leased for aterm comfortable, pleasantly located cavor by strict attention to the and comfort of guests to make the Port Perry Ho: se a desirable place of ment for the general public. Choice HEAD OFFICE; TORONTO... §&" Insurances effected at thd lowest | and other property, against JNO, & D. J. ADAMS, and yard carefully attended to, Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879 Por! Parry, Deo 9,1879 3 1 JMMERCIAL HOTEL, Sure enough the dudacions young rascal mounted the stops and fplaced one arm tenderly around the sway. ing figure, To the utter amazement of the giggling crowd, she did not repulse him, butstood motionless, with his arm encirciling her lank shoulder. Now the old bachelor, Peter Hawkins, had been watching the curiousspectacle, a8 his sister in law had suspected, and when he saw the audicity of young vagabond, Tom Jenkins, he dashed down stairs without his hat, elbowed his way through the expectant crowd, bis round face purple with rage, and his bare beld thead ehining. With as much alacrity as Peter could boast he leaped over the low fence, dis- daining the low wicker gate afid reached tho interesting pair with three strides. With his open palm ho strack Tom astinging blow on the ear that sont the young rascal spinning halt.way across the yard. At this critical moment who should open the dvor but Miss Hester hor- self, in a neat morning wrapper an expression of surprise on her still handsome face. Tho look of horror with which the old bachelor first re- garded her was ludicrous in the ex- trome, "Good morning Mr. Hawkins!" she said with dignity. Then notic- ing the quecr looking figure that confronted her, she raised both bands in surprise. - "My sunbonnet,' she oxclaimiéd. " Who bas dared to put it on top of my oleander ?" and with deft®fingers she undid the fas tenings of the three garments and tiful oleander tree exactly her own height. " Ah! Tom Jenkins, this has been your work," she said, espy- ing that erestfallen individual slowly picking" himself up from a bel of tulips. Tbe mingling of shrill langhter at the gute called Miss Hoster"s at- tention to the fact that the villagers had called upon her in a body. Her thin cheek flushed a little, but she addressed them coolly, "Will you walk in, my friends,and assure yourselves that it is I?" Bal, seeing them about to disperse, she added, as a parting thrust, "I am sorry to bave been the innocent cause, for even once, of you ladies neglecting your morning work. Ag for you Mr. Hawkins," she added, without looking at him, " you are welcome; but did yon know the town as well as 1 do; you would not share 1n its idle curiousity." ¢ [twas not curiosity that bronght me here," stammered the old bache- lor, "it was --" But Tom Jenkins steped forward, holding his brimless hat with bath bands while hesmade his best bow. " Look hero, Miss Iester, it was me that put the jobup on yer. I didn't mean no harm. 1 just wanted a lark, 1 see that fanny lookin' thing a swingin' around every time the wind blowed. I knowed what it was, for I seen you a-rappin' itup last night, and comin' past this mornin', thinks I to my self, "all it needs is a bonnet to make a woman out of it;" and as good or bad luck would bave it, I spotted your'n a hangin' on the back porch, So I jest hopped ovey, about an holir ago, got it and chucked it on 10D tho shawl, jost for a lark. 'Then seein'how well it took, thinkin' I'might mako a little spec, I bet my last ehilling that I ""TONTARIO Famers Mutual Insuance (oy n figuro wus swaying now gently, now vehemently, and again standing f | motionless, but never glancing round land scemingly unconcious of the various 'gaze of the villugers. Migs Hoster had lived long stone, taking no interest in the gossip and ten drinking of the neighborhood, ; Jeisare time to birds | hile she earned her right, intends fitting it up. witha to comfort and convenience gS. il known habits vf seclu- the fast swelling. crowd dislike tointrude further. hiloshe seemed convalsed ysms of grief or mirth GS & CAMPBELL, "I dare you to do," sai ducing a similar coin? Jake Harris, you bold them." said Tomas be relinquished his coin and vaulted over the fence. y street, two wright every Friday. $@5°$100,000 to Loan at 6} per cent. Port Perry, June 22, 1881. 'Agent, A. J. PA Chemist and Druggist, Bigelow's Blook Port Perry. EB could come up and hug yor, meanin' the bash, beggin' yer perdon. Ned Gibbons, took : mo up; and when 1 was here -squeeszin' it gentle like, 50's not to. press it out of shape, Mr. Hawkins he came np, and knocked me down for my impudonce, as a gentleman should, . . Daring the recital Miss Hester's countenance changed considerably, and at' its eonclusion a rare smile broke over hor thin lips, ac Bave : dark when 1 covered. it first wi cloak ; then, fearing the. top might be exposed, I threw awl over as an 'extra .protoe- tion. 1 thought if it wus well wrap- bd wp Tcould risk it outside, for, it has grown 100. heavy fot wo to lift it in and out alone." | There was a plaintive drop] vaios on 'the Inst word § SE -- es: 5 his two big, strong ones tho hand that be bad coveted so. years the hand that had yef years of the better part of our lives; by withholding itself from any other; he would not let it go: No « Oh, Hester!" he said; in a broken voice "lot me keep this now and forever, 1 will lift the oleander and all your other bardens. I now know that om estrangement was caused by idle gossip. We were not to blame, Wehave wasted twenty shall we thi away the balance ?" cast eyes a ushing cheeks, until alow whistle called her attention to the gaping mouth and quzzical oyes of Tom Jinkins. "Tom," she said, " did you gel your stakos "No, by Jingo. Thai sneakin' Jack Harris has gone off with both.' And; taking the hint, Tom was' out of sight in afew seconds, Bat, betore hunting up tha mis- oreant, he wont from house to house in the village announcing the fact that he had "left the old Hawkins and old Hester in a confidential confab." The result af that confidencs was made known four weeks from that date, when a bride and groom no longer in the heyday of youth, stood up in the village church, and repeat- ed the vows they had plighted and broken twenty years before, Mr, Blankitt's Error. Mr. Blankitt sat and looked at the baby trying to think of the usual idiotic, unmeaning and unmeant things that people say about new- born babies, and at last, in aspasm of originality, remarked that the buby "had its father's complexion." Then all satand looked at the rich cardinal hues that made the wrinkl- ed countenance of the unconcious in- fant glow like a mountain, sunset, and nobody said anything until a feeblo voice from the adjoining room Miss Hi w stood with down- | Maer. i nd AA said : "It was a good thing that baby | had it naturally, then, asit required | and the co-operation of three scien- tific clubs - and five political campai- Then a sad quiet stole over the breathing of the baby's father, look- ing at the thermometor to see what time it was, while Mr. Blankitt, feel: what had alregdy been said, stole down stairs, softly whispering to | himself about some fool, but the company couldn't catch the name | and didn't know what he meant, -- A thief charged with stealing a Bible pleaded he had been led away | by his pious propensities. "N-no," he said, "I didn't mind having that Newfoundland dog run totween my legs. But when that angel whistled to the dog as he was balt way through, and made bim turn back suddenly and go back; 1 grew mad." A certain bishop tock octasion to rebuko one ot his clergy for fox- hunting: "My lord," answered the clergyman, 4 a man must have some relaxation, but [assure yon 1 never go to balls." "Oh!" said the bis- hop, " 1 see you allude to my pre- sonco at the duchess' party; but I never enter the smo room as the dancers." My lord," responded the clergyman, "uy horse and 1 are gotling on in yeirs; Woaronoevel in tho samo field as the hounds." ------ Grhoste. Ghosts have of lute yeara become 80 scarce that fears have been eu tortained that they are becoming ox- tinet. It i: therefore encouraging to hear that a romarkably fine speci- men of the goud old fushivned ghost has tarned up at Garstang, in Lan- cashire, where it seems lately to have ereated quite 8 poauic: The ghost, y | which in 6.0 of 'tha class known us «ighite ghosts," was frst seen atu s [lonely spot botween tho railway gation and the village, and appeared {Lis status few nights ago ws maidiservant who pissing that wa, nt confined to her bed, doubtless to tho great in. convenience of hor employers. The village postman has, it is also stated, résigned his post! "than Abe about fifteen years steady practics 'to bo tening her so ity that hus made so many pefwdnent cures. o telievid so much pain and misery: » It ig called by some the Good Samaratin by thers the Cure-all, and by the afilicted an Angel What every one aysitust And every 'one who has tested its merits spoaks warmly in praise of Hagyard's Pec~ toral Balsam as a positive cure forall throat abd luhg complaints, coughs and colds, sore throat, bronchitis and incipient consumption. : A World of Good: One. of the most popular medicines now before the American public is Hop Bitters, You see it everywhere, People take it with good effect it builds them up. Tt is not as pleasant (o taste as some other bitters as it is nota whisky drink. It is more like the old fashioned bone set tea that has dope & world of good. 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