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L‘hnnkful for the favors of the past 20 years may still be consulted in any branch of the pro- essiou as follows: Luau! launch, 10th, and 22nd of ear" "month iobmond Hill... .. .mh and 24th dn jn‘gho Palmer House) ' Shou [tville .. M-u‘klmm . Victoria. Squ l‘hornhill. Walker anlbridge .. Kleinhurg lobleton..... Vlmlized Air always on in 1{HE LIBERAL PRiNTING & PUBLISHING HOUSE RICHMOND HILL. - â€" ONTARIO JIM,ng d? Qamagw, Toronto Officeâ€"Court Chambers. comer . Church and Adelaide Strefls. Thornhill Officeâ€"Post Office every Wed. nesday from IO to X: a. m. Richmond HI” Officeâ€" Post Office every Wednesday from x to 4 p. m. Collections in City mud Countrv promptly attended to. Money to loan. Toromo Ofliceâ€"No. 14 Building & Loan Chamheu. N3. 15 Toronto Street. Richmond Hill Officeâ€"Rear of the Canal! Bank. on Satnmdays. 'l‘olomo (miceâ€"No. 10 King St. ‘Vcfil. Mnrklm In omenâ€"Town Hall. Mm-klmm Mr Grogory or Mr Holmes wil be at the Markâ€"- ham Ofllce every Saturday from 9 a m :07 p m [551Mth Toronto I'niveisitv Ms-n‘her (‘o Physicinns& Surgeons, 011t.,(ln.lc of Stoutfville Youze Sheet. Richmond Hill. Ollica Hours to 0a.m..5t08p.m EONEY T0 [MN AT LGWEST G‘URRENT RATES Did vou ever plant the silver eyed In- dian Cum 1 If you have it be sure and d 1 in next year, but if "by chance you shmurl have had a pnir of boats which caused a. cum. which is the plague of _\‘ulll‘ life, just cull :" Dilwnrtln’s Drug 8mm», ‘70 Kin-1 S: E Isl. Turnntn, where ~vnn can get u. box Hl Chinese Corn Salve for the small sum uf ten cents, which Wm mke .mr, your cums withuut pain in less time than you 91m wall; {gulp lgere to Hux‘s Hulluw. o. s. numma‘ r. c. MILLIGAN. flogmg’s @ 615560323 THURSDAY MORNING l‘ud ofiakm's (Q: Embaituoi‘s. S’unornl Furnishings Aiu’nys on Hand DR. J. LANGSTAFFJ Fullerton. Cook a: fi’m‘lnce. BARRIS'I‘EBS. W8 ntc ‘MFEICE : 18 Elm: Sun-m? Emir. 'mmoxro Richmond Hill P. 0. Even] Sncurhy. .J s Fullarton, W Cook, â€"-Wdhce '3' inu‘n chns To nnm. “LAWRENCE & MILLIGAN. Baxristera, Solicitors, Comm, 8m. Adfirasa A ROBINSON L.D.S‘ RICHMOND HILL. ONT nighccnus Mfmnt dom‘ ball. Olfico hour I!) n m W D GREGORY Barristers. Solicitors. Conveyancers. &c. Private Funds to Loan as Lowest Rate BARBISTFRS, SOLICITORS AND IOTARIES $1 per annum, in advance.) VOL. XI. J. B. )IILLEB {6 BUSINESS CARDS. VIZ‘aflbIZEfl c213? WRIGHT BROS. le.....................,f1sch 1 .... Square.... .' 215t- 1. Walker House. 23rd dge .28th ..29tl1 lo. 10. do do. I Air always on hand at appointments Irks like a charm. Free from 1min. EDITOR and PROPHETOR. ’. E. Ilia-M31330 N, Elva {gibch ” IS P U BLlSHED EVERY Dr. “K J. “’Ilson. USED BY Dr. A. Robinson. SURGEON DENTIS Hitcdiml, '1’:an incutnl. m . . E. J. n. nvxcm G \V HOLMES Aurora One. Licensee: Auctioneer for the Counties of Ymk Ontario and Peel. Goods sold on consignment. General sales of stock. etc, promptly attended to M reasommle rates. P. 0. address. Ma?! 9&4” REM? W'QEESo Teacher of Music & Oil Painting. ‘ PARSONAGE, ~ RICHMOND HILL ‘13-le Having refittedohe nboa'e Bonus and furnish- ed it in amtrclass style. I am prepared to {five the public the best. 0' accommlnn. Emliem smbliug and ntwntive hostlea-s. Sample Booms for commercial travellers. A good lively in con- nection. Terms $1 net duv. Licensed Auctioneer tor the County of York, re- upoctfully solicits your patronage and friendly influence. sales attended on the shortest notice and at rezxsonabe rates. P. 0. address. King. @155 gnlmubfidgm DRESS MAKING Dress Maker. opposite Igglslonic Hull Bmhmond l Best Liquorsand Cigars. Good stnblin Md nu attentive hustler. Every uccommodat on to travellers and boarders. Licensed Auctioneer for the County 0'! York Sales attended on the shortest noticennd at ten.- nbe rates. Address Stoufivule 1". O THE DOMINION HOUSE, HIGH COURT OF'JUSTICE. 5m, Issuer of Marriage Licenses, RICHMOND HILL POST OFFICE. Every accommodation to guestn. Board, (1.00 per day Good accommodation {or the travelling pubflc. Chance Temperance Frinks. Best brands of Cigars. Commodious rooms for commerciali travellers. $35,000!” Private Funds to Lnnn on Mortgage on Farm Pmpertvâ€"Iuterest. 0 per cent. per an- nunl. Terms ensy. A}: 11y tn H0 ES 62 GREGORY. ' Burrinters. &c.. 10 Kim: Street West. Toronto. At Town Hall, Markham. every Saturday. Several Farms for Sale in this Vicinity AT VERY LOW PRICES: Address E. F. LANGSTAFF. Address 48-“ Richmond Hill, Benj. Brilliujgor. Proprietor. £011“ M. TEEFY. NOTARY PUBLIC, MONEY T0 LEN D All kinds of Wood, hon. Galvanized Pipe, Iron‘ Brass and Porcelain Cylinders. All kinds 0! Water Runs. Well'Digqing Curbs‘ Curb Rings um] Cisbem Tanks made to order. Repairing done on shortest notice. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL T amperage Hausa. MONEY TO LOAN WM. JACKSON, Proprietor. MISS HARRISON, CLASSES ARE NOW OPEN FOR SENIOR & JUNIOR PUPILS [N Issuer of Man-lags Licenses for the County 0! Yet - Ea émzom @fia‘fififii EMWM, RESIDENCE. 158 xxso STREET EAST, Toncs'w fit 5% Per Cenf. Leeds Richardson. MUSIC Junu-s C. stokes. Snlom Erkardt Efii isrtuzmmns. NJ. Armstrong. IN THE RE~OPENED AS A “mourn. Eula: E43034. RICHMOND HILL. THURSDAY. DEC. 6, 1888 “'33. BE LL. Prop “In Essentials, Unity; in Non-Essentials A. J. RUPERT. Prop Richmond Hill MAPLR ONT UNIONVILLE. MAPLE You are our friends. We want you to count us among your friends and to allow us the privilege oi rendering you a share ofthat faithful service which thousands all over the Dominion now enjoy. Furthering your interest furthers the interesL of the store. This is Well under- stood by the people who at- tend to your Mail orders. Careful, cautious buyers all. One choice only is their motto and that in strict accordance with the written wishes of the far-off patron. Mistakes have been made. When our Mail Order Department was in its infancy,perhaps a good many, but always when such was the an t of our people, even and am' le compensation followed. Past errors act as future guides. Mistakes now-a-days are rare and of a. trivial nature. Stlll, the compensttion when the fan: lies at our door. Do you want Dress Goods, linens, woollens or that like ? Don’t be slow in asking for samples. Busy scissors are cutting and clipping to have them ready when you write. There’s a big lot of philos- ophy in purchasing through the mail. Perhaps you have nFVer given your thought to its «dutlonâ€"wholesale saving ‘tim Your share of the weary drudgery of ‘shopping’ dispensed with. The advan- tages ot the variety that a big store presents’ in every line of --:o<=s_(,t< , etc., not forgetting the money-saving. Take any itemâ€"any half-dozen items promiscuously out of any de- ,.al‘u‘nent. V Look around you. Prove by comparison that there is money saved and find how much. Every preparation has been made by our Mail Order De- partment to insure accuracy and despatch in the execution of Mail Orders during the Holiday time. BLANKETS-Prices range from $1.50 to $6.00 per pair. Their very looks bespeak high quality. Get inside._ Handle them for anything lumpy or shaky or shoddy. You‘ll look in vair'1 for such-imperfections. We haven’t a scrap of blanket meanness to give you. Size and weight have all to say a- bout the price. Horse Blan- kets too, from $1.00 to -, 7.50 each. ‘ Address T. EATON &’ (Look here next week for new: of Xmas things.) T. EATON & 00., 190 to 196 Yonge St., ex- tending through to 10 & 12% Queen St., Mail Order Departme 190 YONGE ST-‘ oronto, ()‘nt . , Liberty; in all things, Charity." As. with every chrisfizm the villnge increased in 1 spiritual interests of the pt 3 place for public \vonhip. )iberality of most; days wu only in the erection of 5:» l ure as the ‘ 1d Presbyterian it equalled in dimensiox Cathedral in Toronto as it time), but in the union 9 clmructerzmd its promuten Junies Miles was :3 mm of very even temper, but when roused would display considerable energy. He once struck an incorrigible boy so hard that he drew blood, for which the really kind-hearted old gentleman made ample amends, On another occasion a buy darted out of school to avoid punishment, the Superin- tendent gave chase through the mmds for nearly half a mile and brought the delinquent back to castigation and dutyI and he would often box a boy’s ears with the Bible. which, in thuse days.wan about their only text buuk, and out of it the gclwlara were instructed mentally, spirit- ually, and with it sometimes corporeally. Many boys and girls in this Sabbath School could recite almost every chmpter in the New Testament, and there me those srill living who recollect with pleas- ure the time when they received how his hands, on a. day set for the occasion, :1 Bible, for reciting the Squire’s favorite selections from the scriptures, the Set-ulna on the Mount,ami 14th and 15th chapels of St. John. 0f Bibles and Testamenls he seemed to have had a good supply, nor be presented them frequently to young people who he thnught Would appreciate the gift, and what appears to have been somewhateccentric with a. copy (If the scuipture he would give a. pocket hllld' kerchief, perhnps intended as a gentle hint that “Cleanliness is next to Godli~ HESS. Mr. Abner Miles, to whom we have re- ferred in previous letters, when dying, left all his property, consisting of some two thonsund acres of land, to his only son James. These lands were situated in the 'l‘ounships of Markham and Vaugh- an, in the city of Toronto, and on the River Than-es, not) acres of which now comprises part of the Indian Reserve, afterwards purch: sed bv the Indlan Missionary. the Rtv. Peter Jones. This property, if owned by any one now, with their increased value, Would constitute him a millionnaire. Of all this land Mr. James Miles never sold an acre, but di- vitled it among his relatives, and donated for public purposes. In our village the si‘es of the Presbyterian Church and Manse, with all the rentals along the front. the cemetery and the grounds of the High and Public Schools, are all the of this man's liberality. James Miles was a man of quiet and dignified dept-rtment, and commanded ct irrespective of his official position Justice of the Peace. Hts religion, though leaning to the Scotch Kirk, em- braced the welfare of every denomination and his hand was extended to aid the dis- tressed or struggling circumstances of every l n ortnnate.Mauy a young man has profited by his timely sympathy and fatherly advice, but human nature was sometimes perVerse even in those early days for his kindness and generosity was not,nlwuys appreciated. He once offered two hundred acres of excellent land to an able-bodied young man, and to find him in axes and provisions, if he would go and work on it for six months. and the offer was rejected. _ Mr. Miles’ Sabbath School was eatlb- lished in 1811. At. the first Provincial Sabbath'Schnul Convention held in the city of Kinuehm in 1857, the Rev; “'m. Smmm, of Gunanuqne. was presented with a testimonial for being the founder of the first Sabbulh School in Canada. The date was 1811. It is only a question in reference to the month as to whether the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Sabbnth School has not- the honor of being, the pioneer uf the thousands of Sabbath ,Schools in our Duminiun. Mr. Miles‘ life of useful and philan- thropic efforts to benefit all around him, bugnn a long way back. Before the vill- age was large enough to support. a church the Squire organized a Sunday School. and by his energy and liberality kept it. gulug tn the benefit of many a boy and girl whose only chance of obtaining the rudiments of education: were derived from that source, for Sunday Schools in those days were similar to Public Schools in after years, the alphabet and writing taught, and corporeal punishment not. unirequently administered. - 0f the names of all the early settlers of our village who helped to clear away tune forestsâ€"organize society, and build. up homes for those who were to come after themâ€"there is no name so green in the memory of all who recollect him as the name of James Miles, Esq, the first. own- er of lot 46. To the Editor 01TH}: LIBERAL Richmond Hill and Vicinity No. 20. ' .lnmos Miles. Esq. of 5.. large _a struct- yteriun Clmrch (for )ensions St. James' oasit was at that. lion sentiment that muteys, for our first ncommunity, as population the pmple demanded p. Thechriqtian was shown. not J. Jackson started last week for Am- herstbnrg, where he intends to work at. engineering. G." Nixon has been quite ill, but we gre glad that. he is agnm able to intend to Quite a number went m Maple last. Sunday evening to hear Rev. CA. Simp- aon,uf \V'Illuwdaln On the way home, owing to the darkness, one lady fell OH 3 bridge intu the ditch, but fortunately re- ceived nu uthcr injury than a sprained ankle. Th3 friends of the Methodist Church have decided to hold their annual dinner and concert. on New Year’s Day. Great pains are being tukvn in order to make this the event. of the season. his zitudws. In 1826 Squire Miles, with Messrs. Marsh and Fulton and the Rev. Wm. Jenkins, organized one of the oldest ao- cieties in our village. The Richmond Hill Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, from which the village WM supplied with religious literature. Mr. Miles built, lived and died in the large square residence ll'JW owned by Mr. John Boyle. From the side line to Mr. Atkinson’s Concrete was long known as the ‘public lot.’ because Mr. Miles would allow every family that wanted wood to gel, “hut they needed, and others who would not cut on their own lots, or were too lazy to go further, went there 1500. James Miles’ business transactions were on a very accommodating basis. If a neighbor wanted a too of hay the Squire wou'd first enquire the market price and If you want to buy or sell a Farm, ad- vertise in the Toronto WEEKLY MAIL. That. paper reaches 100,000 Farmers’ homes every week. and your advertise- moot should meet the eye of some one who wants to purchase. _ Advertisements of this Class are inserted in the Toronto WEEKLY MAIL for Five Cents a word each insertion, or Twenty Cents a word for five insertions. Adam.“ THE MAIL, Toronto, Canada. Mr. Tom Kirby has commenced storeâ€" keeping at Testun,in J. Lund’a old stand. We wish him success. __V.......v y: :vu ouu. then always sell below it. Kind and liberal to all others. he was negligent of himself. His wardrobe consisted of his every day wearâ€"a linen suit and a. straw hat. When a hint of warmer clothing would be thrown out by those who knew his circumstances, he would rub his hands over the fire and say “he couldn’t afford it.” Asa Magistrate he was often called upon to unite such of his neighbors who were inclined to matrimony. Money in those days being a scarce commodity his marriage fees were various. On one oc- casion it. was a pair of warm socks knitted by the industrious fingers of the blushing bride, and on another he received a. pair of tame pigeons, which comprised all the riches ofthe youthful bridegroomâ€"riches in this case, of a kind that “had wings, and flew away. This pov strength a: . ‘ - 7 if _-uu" years, until u. gave place to ma handsome and commodious successor. church was built by all sud for all do- nounuatimis in the village, and no Ono exemplified that .‘ ~' ~u spirit more fully than Mr. James Miles, for he was the most liberal contributor and the most active promoter in carrying on the work, and for many months supplied from his own purse the funds uecessqry to supply the pulpit The church was completed in 1821. and sheltered its flock for sixty ...... .. ...s land”,- 7 A -. - - [Single copies, 3 cts (TO BE CONTINUED.) Hope. VHYIBS '1 me Oldeat, so. The Richmond 5" and Foreign ‘h the Village wpv, No.23.