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AT THEUBEML PRINTING d PUBLISHING HOUSE RICHMOND HILL. â€" â€" ONTARKO Utmflville ,. Knrklmm Victoria Squnr t‘hornhin. Walk Woodbridge .. leiuhurg .. a‘.)leton..... .. .. ...‘.30th Vimfind Air always on hand an unpaincmeuts ' Works like a churn-L Free from naiu. THURSDAY MORNING t‘mnklul {or the {avers ol the past 20 years may mu be consumed in any brunch at the pro- osse'on as follows: luom lstfich, Icahn-Ad 22nd of cork month iohmond Hill... .. at]: uni 24th fin (“the Ptlmerflouse) >_ Ileanth Toronto Universitr Member (‘0 Physicians&8ur eons,0nt.,(ln.le of Stouflville tango Street. Rchmond Hill. Otfice Hours to oa.m..5003p.m MONEY T0 LOAN AT LOWESJ CURRENT RATES A. G. F. LAWRENCE. ‘1'. C. RILLIGAN. DR. J. LANGSTAFF, Toronto Officeâ€"No. 14 Building & Loan Chambers. N3. 15 Totonto Street. Richmond Hm Ofi‘meâ€"Rear of the Central Bank. on Saturdays. Tmmnn (“liceâ€"No. 10 Kim! 5!- \Vesl. Markham onceâ€"Town Hall. Markham Mr Grngory or Mr Holmes win he at the Mark- nu.sz (Juice every Snmrdu' from 9 a. m to 'I p m Mamas g $336052; lama: a: gammy, Toronto Office â€"Court Chambers. corner Church and Adelaide Streets. Thornhill Officeâ€"Post Office every wed. ncsday from [0 to u a. m. Richmond Hill Officeâ€" Post Office every Wednesday (mm x to 4 p. m. Cd1lections in City and Cuman promptly “tended to. Money to loan. (Fullerton. Cook a; Wnunce. BARRIS‘I‘ERR. SOLICITORS dtc .u‘EK‘E: is Kim Simm- Eur, Tonono Richmond Hill P. 0. Every Saturday. J ShllaMn, W Cook, â€"â€"Wall&ce I? Pawn: "mos To nus. ". Addrass A ROBINSON L.D.S.. AumnaOnt. LAWRENCE & MlLLlGAN. Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyutm, 8cm. WRIGHT BROS. Undertakers & Ennbnlmors. Funeral Furnishings Always on Hand Did mu e""" plant, the silver eyed .' ' - dinu Cum I 1: you hnve it he sure and dry it ncxt vear. but. if by r‘hunce ynu shmud Inn-e had a pair of hunts which caused a cum. which i“ We plague of ynnr life, just «all »! Dilworth’a Drug 5mm, V7010“.- St 3315!. Turn-mo, whare ynu can get a box uf Chinese Cum, Salve for the aInaH sum «If Len cents, which will take nut. yuur curns withnnt pain in has vinw tlmu ynu can walk from here to H ~23 HHHUW. RICHMOND KILL. ONT nightcslls nuan door ball. 0 ID a m VOL. XI. $1 per annum, in advance.) W 1) unaoonv Barristers. Solicitors, Conveyance“. ac. Private Nude to Loan at Lowest Rate ‘t BUSINESS CARDS. mnms‘rv‘us, somcxrons AND sonmas J. R. KILLER VIZ‘te/JZflQ JZIQ T. F. MGMAEON, EDITOR tad PROPRIETDR. (Elm (gnaw ” IS PUBLISHED EVERY ’, LIBERAL. USED BY Dr. A. Robinson. -. \V. .l. “’llsou. SURGEOX BERT!“ Hardiral. 25mm. mum. E. I. B. DUSOAN boll. 0mm hour G W Homes 5'35me Private Funds \n Lean on Mortgage. on Furm Propertvâ€"Iuwrest 6 per cent. per au- uuul. Terms eusy. Apply h: HOLMES a GREGORY. Barristers. Arm, 10 King Street. \Vpst. Toronto. At Town Hall, Markham. eVury Saturday. .45 5% Per Cent. Sever“ Farms for Sale in this Vicinity AT VERY LOW PRICES. Address E. F. LANGSTAFF, 48-“ Richmond Hill HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE. &c., Issuer of Marriage Licenses, RICHMOXD HILL ['OST OFFICE. RI. TEEFY. NOTARY PU BLIC, License“ Auctioneer {or the Counties of York Ontario and Peel. Goods sold on cnnsiunmeut. Generalsnles of stock. eta. promptly attended to M; reuommle tubes. P. 0.11ddress, Licensed Auctioneer for ‘he County of York. re- spoctmlly mums your pamnnge and friendly influence. sales “tended on the slowest notice and at nmaonnbe rates. P. O. nduxess. Ring. MONEY TU LEN D Licensed Auctioneer for the County 01‘ Yark Subs amended on the shortest noticemnd at ten- nbe mks. Address Shoufi‘vuw I‘. 0 .11.! 9&3 PM!!!” W’QEKS. MONEY TO LOAN 33w galmnbridgw All kinds of Wood, Iron. Gnh’mxiud Pipe, Imu. Brass and Porcelain Cylinders. All kinds II! Wu tar Runs. Well~Diggiug Curbs, Curb Rings and Ciswru Tanks made to ordol’. Repairing done on shortest notice. $imgsnn Teacher 0! Music :1 Oil Painting. PABSONAGE, - RIUHMOND HILL DRESS MAKING Dress Mahmoppnsitelégfionic Hull Richmond 1 THE DOMINION HOUSE, Htving refitted the Above House and furnish ed it in firskclus style. I nu) prepued to give the public the best 0' accommodatmn. Excellent stabbing and ntteun've hustlers. Sample Rooms for commercial travellers. A good livery in con- uectiuu. Terms 8! her (law. Richmond Hill, Ben]. Brnlllnger. Proprietor. Wu. JACKSON, Proprietor. Everv accommodation :0 guns". Board, $1.00 per day Good ncco Choice Tu; Cigars. Co: travellers. GRAND CE"€TRAL HOTEL Best Liguors and C' . Good smbling and an attentive bostler. vex-y accommodation to travellers and boarders. Issue: of Murrmge Lireuses for tho County of Y0: ' CLASSES ARE NOW OPEN FOR SENIOR 3: JUNIOR PUPILS IN Ten‘mriie House. @uufi’s 12:11:}: gintrl. MISS HARRISON, KnamRscE. fl. égazom @RXBE Eirfi’fl‘ififb, 158 use arm-1141‘ EAST. TOBCNTO Leeds Richardson. IAIU'S Salem Ec-knrdl James 11. Stokes. 51:32 Emmi mans. COXII'ISRIONRR IN rm: N. J. Armstrong. RICHMOND HILL. THURSDAY. DEC. 20, 1888. autumn. “1". Essentials, Unity; in Non-ESSentials, Liberty; in all things, Charity.” \VJI . BELL. Prop HIED AS A x {or the travelling public. 2 “rinks. Best brands of , moms (or commercial A . J. RUPERT. Prop. ML: ONT kad'NVILLE. MAPLE Toys that step with the period. Ot course the spark of womanhood in the girl de- mands the D011. Here they are blue-eyed, coquettish beauties, kitchen' and parlor belles, white and black, and at prices that range from 5c to $1.00. A unique doll stock. And side by side are the Guns, Swords, Balls, Tops, Horns and Trumpets, etc., that the boys look so eagerly for. T. EATON & 00., Apart from this we have floated with the times and found that advancement looks for more of science in the toy. Something that while it gives all the pleasure that the Toy can give, performs the service of, and is in fact a great edu- ’ tor. For this reason we have brought together Me- chanical Toys. Men and Animals that do strangely amusing things. Buildingy Blocks and Architectural Model, Game Boards, Steam- ship Models, Sleighs of Scien- tific construction and all of that kind that are apt to pro- mote intellectual activity in the boy mind. Benevolent people who have dollars to spend in bringing together oddities and nick-nacks to make the Christ- mas-tree look bright and tempting. -All will make a serious mistake in paSsing our Toy collection. Melton Checks at we per Va'jd, ligtrn. Heavy Meltons in Fawas’ Navy, Grey and Garnet at 12c and All~wool Foule Cloth in the freshest and newest of shades at I8C should be especially price in- teresting. By looking around you can easily prove the gen. uineness of their value. The low prices that Furs go at here may be the cause of many a wondering thought. We mean to keep the load inl these as in everything else we sell. Bear, Otter, Lynx,l Nutria, Seal, Goat, Astrach- an, and all the Fur family have prices at the lowest ebb, and from the Coney Mulls at 750 to the higher priced Bear 0r Otter or Seal Mullsâ€"â€" ,Coney at 75c, 90c, $1.00, $1.10, $1.25. Astrachan at $1.75 to 353.25; Goat, $1.75 land $2.00; Nutria, $1.75 and I3.15375; Snow-hare, $1.75 and $2.00; Beaver, 856.50 to $9.00; Baltic Seal, $53.00 to $4.50; Boasâ€"Coney, at 75, $1.00 to $3.00; Goat, $1.25 to $.;..oo; Squirrel, 11.00 to 15; Lynx, 9.00 to 1600; :Bear, 15.00 t1. 20.00. A lull ,line 01 Fur Caps, Capes and ,Fur Trimmings. Write for :price list. 190 to 196 Yonge St., ex- tending through to 10 & 12$ Queen St, T. EATON & CO, Mail Order Department. 190 YONGE ST. Toronto, - Ont. Capt. Gut. Playter, father of the above, was an Englishman by birth, who came mit In the British Calcinies befure the Reanuti-nuary War at 1776, and settled in Phll8\‘el[)ll:fl unmng the Society of Friends. He became“ member of the silent hrvtherlnmd, and frnm among the modest sisters selected for himself a Quaker wife. During the slruggle of the revultlnu culunies for independence. Mr. Pl:Iyltil"L lnyulty to old England maniâ€" fested itself pretty strunulv. As the exâ€" cltenient Hm high and hustilities began to lnulll up, he became more and more inclined tn belligerency, until one day he threw ufl' his cut-sway buttonles coat and giving his brand hrimmed hat a fling into a. corner he said: “Lie there, Quaker," and dunning u military suit he was ready for marching or fighting. A spirit like his “muld not be long before he would find something to (10, resulting in his be- ing engaged In active service until the close of the war. After the Declaration uf Independence the [loyalist soon per- ceiVed that he was not min looked upon by his neighbors as a dangerous citizen in the past hut u doubtful citizen for We future. and that his surroundings were made as “net-mfunable as missibles To the Editor of Tm; Lmsmu. In "18 Gazette and Orable, the fin. newsoaper published in Torcnto, u: Dtcember 29th, 1798, under the head of marriages was the following nntioe:- Married, last Monday, Mr. James Playter to the agnrenble Miss Hannah Miles, at (his tuwu York. Richmond Hill and Vicinity No. 22. AL the close nf the last century Kings- ton was just cunning imu notice an a naval and inifilaly station under the British lag. There Suncne was sworn in as w-vernm of Upper Canada, the first Cabinet furmed. and from there the writ was isaned fur the first. Legislative As- sembly cu meet. at. Niagara. It was known as the co-ntre «If attraction to French Ivf'lueen. U. E. luyalista and mili- tary « fficers. To Kingstun Capt Genrge Playlrr calmt', and between him and Guwrnnl Sum-0e (hare sprang up an in- timacy that lasted as long as His Excel- |ency n-nminnd in Canada. When the neat nf G--wrmnent was moved from fiewaik (Niagara) tn York in 1795 among the first nettle” in the new capital were the Pinytera. In cloae proximity to Castle Frank, the Governor’s residence, was the estate of Capt. George Pluyter, and on the uther side of the Don that. at his son, Capt. John Playter. During the war of 1813 when the town was in the hands of the Americans n large number of valuable papers, hrionginu to the Gorelnment, were secretly conveyed to the houses of these gentlemen for safe- keeping, but maraudmg soldiers in boats made their way up the windings of the Dun, ransacked the hnuses, found the documents nnd carried them off. Dr. Scadding, in his “Torumo of Old," says that. when a boy he remembers see- ing Capt. George Pluyter, that he WAS a Hign‘uf‘rabriglwlvy" and'hulinurnus tempera men! and that his society was lunch en- joyed by all who knew him. Capt. Playter seems to have been a fair spect- - . . h I: L ,__A' .,__,_ [1”] .n. -... -_-__ men of an old English gentleman. Col. \Vhitehcnd who visited Yurk in l619 says that. he had often walked by Castle Frank With the nld gentleman who Wllnld be dressed in the nestesv. style, silver knee buckles, biond-tued shoes with large buckles and white silk stockings, to these equipments was added a gold-headed cane, of what would now be thought. an unnecessary length. ./ The Playters have pluyed Important parts in the early history of 'l'uruutu and the adjacent tuwnshim. One of the captains’ sons. his namesake, was sheriff of the Home District, and his brother, Mr Eli Pluyter, tepresented the North Riding of York in Parliament for several sessions, and another brother w-s assessor fur the townships of Markham and Vaughan. In the year lSOOmccurding to tlleGa:¢lte the people of Yul-k had. a meeting to improve Yonge street, Mr. Chief Justice Elmsley (who perished mth Survevnr Stegman m the ill-fated Spa: iv in 1804) in the clmr. The rnad was :0 be opened up four rods wide. and the stumps in the two middle rods (0 be cut cine to the ground for seven shillings :‘..:: sixpeuce per rod. The committee t< see 1' is car- ried out was Secretary Jarvis, Mr. Allan and Mr. James Playter. In 1801 we find Mr. Playtex-’3 name on the subscription list for six dollars for the purpose nf making Yonge street “accessible and con- venient fur the public ” 0n the (-Oth nf March, 1802, Levi Willard :‘dwrlizea that he will run a boat to the hcad of the lake once a weekâ€"all commands to be left at Milee' and Playtere’. . it u... u. u-...... . _ .__, --.V Capt. George Playter'a grands'm, Mr. James Playter, succeeded to the home- stead of Mr. James Miles, and li2ed Among us fur many years. He was a well-read man, useful in many ways and kind to me poor. He wts Captain of the 'l‘hc Plnylvrs. 4th Battallion of York militia, retiring with rank III 181“. Dr.Edward Playter is the talented editor of the Sanitary Journal, under the patronage of that Dominion Guternment. At a still later date the family show an admiration for military valor, tor after the Fenian raid of mm; We find a Playter rising in his place in the York county council and moving “That. the heartfelt thanks of th. enuncil of these united councils are due and are hereby tendered to the gallant officers and men of the volunteur organi- lition.who so m;ny did thoir duty in tha defence of all that is dear to us as Briti3h subjects." Another gentleman Connected with the Playler family was Mr. Thomas Stoyles. From the trequency with which Stoyle’s name appears as witness in Mr. Miler’ account books it lends to the supposition that he was the book-keeper. He be- came Mr. Miles son-in~law by marrying his daughter Mary. Stoyles was the first settler on the farm now owned by Mr. John Duncan drawing his patent for the same in 1806. He was a non-practising medical man from the States and was rather suspected of being loyal to his adopted country on the wrong side. Amng with Mr. Playter he was assessor for the townships of Markham and Vaughan. ln religion Mr. Sioyles was a Methodist, but as it was long before the advent of the temperance reformation this did not prevent him from becoming Mr. Miles’ successor in the house of en- tertainmellt at York, nor did his being proprietor of that establishment hinder him from opening his house for Divine service. fur before the first Methodist church in Toronto was erected Elder Henry Ryan land Elder Case held their religous services in the doctor’s large kitchen. the most commodicus room in the house, untll a more suitable place was provided. At a later date the doctor rel red to a private residence, where he lost his Wife, and in suitable time won provided with another,“ was pleasantly remarked by the Methodist ministers, “as a small token of their appreciation of his courtesy and libel-silty in the past.” This wasa widow lady,a Mrs. Matthews, with several daughters, one of whom was married to Mr. Mchugal, father of the Hon. Wm. McDougul. and grandfather of the present Judge McDougah At his death Dr. Stoyles was considered a wealthy man, as builder and owner of one of the largest breweries in Toronto, and the possessor of twenty acres of land in the centre of the city. When living amongst us his residence was a rough log settlement duty house surrounded by a dense forest, the swampy nature of the land discouraging muen improvement. Intelligent and kind, Stoyles was deservedly popular,but, as wtth many other good man, his popu- larity was Iolnetimefl an inconveniencm His neighbors used to borrow the doctor's cart, returning it only after long intervals, often trying his patience to the extreme. Un (.ne occasion when the vehicle had been a long time kept by a negligent neighbor, Stnyles went to the bush,selecl- ed three stout beech gads, trimmed them and hid them by for future use. In course of time the borrower arrived with the cart and a load at excuses. The doc- tor never answered u. word, but went for the awltclles.atrlpped off his coat, went at the cart and switched it until he had used up the whole three. “There.” said he, giving the cart at shut-e into a fence corner, “you Wlll stay at home after this,” and Walked into the house. The man stood by and looked on with astonishment, but he never inked the loan of that curt again, and when it: was told around among the neighbors it stopped all the rest. If you wqu w buy or Fell a Farm, ad= Vertine in the Turnntu “'EEKLY MAIL. That paper ranches 100,000 Farmers’ homeeevery Week. and your advenlse‘ ment should meet the eye of some one who wants tu purchase. Advextisements of this Class are inserted in the Toronto WEEKLY MAIL fur Five Cent: 8. word each IlluOl‘tiOll, 0r Twenty Cents a Word for five insertions. Address THE MAIL, Toronto, Canada. MYRTLE SMOKING TOBACCO 15>1y In Bronze on each Play 7 and Pal'lsuxm [Single copies, 3 cts FINCK THAN EVER. 36(- . (.- (111‘ and PLI‘G (T0 as CONTINUED. 'I‘IIIS YEAR’S No. 23.