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VOL. XVII. Mt. Albert W oodbrids Kleiub urg o bleton.. S to 10 a. nu; and 6 to 8 p. m. Aurora. ls Richmou IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING- D R. LANGSTAFF. W. J. WILSON, M. D.,{ W. ROGERS, DENTIST, HE LlBERALPRlNTING& PUBUSHING HOUSE VETERINARY Graduate of th. with diploma f Dental School, w Friday of each ‘ from 1 to 3 p.131. Diseases 6f horées. ca: ed animals treated by 6 proved methods. RICHBK stone are show windows, 7 ~1glasstop csuuter. T stories, with h1g1] ceiling the house‘ Store-house fl feet. Located between Vpost office, the best bush age. Possession can be g Apply to Uniouville. Oct. 11th, 189; A Store 20x10 ft. It, to rent in the V W. HEWISON, Glazier, G-ainer and Paper- Hanger. RESIDENCE Also dealer in Groceries and other Staple Articles. Prices right. Patronage Solicited. Address A R $I per annum, in advance] liable Gum A ?Get your Chi u J. '1'. Mommy, A little ea Collins“ S to 10 :1. m.; 6 to RICHMOND E tore 83 Dwelling TQ RENT. BU SINE SS CARDS. VETERINARY DENTIST, RICHMOND HILL, .L.8KEELE, “’atuh-Wiaker & Jeweller, Vlfl‘filéizgflfl £19 TORONTO We fiihmi RICH OFFICE HOURS OFFICE HOUR§ IE LIBERAL $1.00 ner Year. HOUSE PAINTER, EDITOR d 0ND HILL, Ont. 31'} ttcrinarg RY SURGEON macaw ‘fF Ontar 319T A . Robinson. and 3h dwellin 1ge of Du rte Aveuné‘ )N L.D BOPRIETOR 11ml. IAHON. The bfiildifi ILL. ONT. 14th .2811]: 29th 30th of R s. Cellar under tr feed and grain 'obber's hotel an 1853 stand in th iven at once. late RICHMOND HILL 'le'Efi’E'CKARDT 15-tf :tation, over W‘ i Queen and 'FI'TT.T NTIST 5. Auto: a Ont if Suud: of eacl of each month 1 when required binson. ‘t and attached 24x28 ‘nville. In the xre‘ 4 counters .Ill. mded to iomesticat most ap- are ', 21st month 1 the Toronto Officeâ€"No.x5 Toronto Street. Richmond Hill Office open every Saturday. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, &c. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. MONEY T0 LOAN AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES NOTARY PUBLIC, LAWRENCE & ORMISTUN. MMLEE a} awe/mama Toronto Officeâ€"~34 Bank of Commerce Buildmgs, x9 King Street West. I‘homhillOfficeâ€"Post Office every Wed- Collectionsin City and Country promptly attended to. Money toloan.‘ Licensed Auctiofieers for the Counties of York Ontario and Peel. Goods sold on consignment Generalsalez a stock. etc., promptly attended to at reasonable rates. ROBINSON, LENNOX & MACLEOD Licensed Auctioneer for the County of York. General sales of implements, furniture. standing timber. eta, attended on the shortest notice and at reasonable rates. Patronage solicited. P. 0. address Maple. Every accommodation to guests. Board, $1. per day Thisfine hotel is fitted up with all the modern appliances for health and comfort. Best brands of liquors and cigars. Sample rooms for com- msrcial travellers. ’Bussea meet all trains. Rates $1.00 per day. THE PALMER HOUSE RICHMOND HILL. Havin refitted the above house 1am prepared to furuis the best accommoducion to boarders and the travelling public. Best; brands of Liquors and Cigars. Excellent stnbling auo efficient hostlern. Sample 1001118 for commercial men First-class Livery in con- uectiou. WM. RICHARDSON. Proprietor REGHARESQN HOUSE, Nov 26*91 Mr. T. Herbert Lennox‘will be at Kelly's Hotel ichmond Hill every Wednesday, for the trans- DRESS - MAKER, RICHMOND HILL. A - CALL - SOLICITED. Undertakers a: Embalmers, Funeral Furnishings Always on Hand es at @1119 LIN RI. E. mem MXWE @3an Bai'I-i'slers. Solicitors, &0. LAWRE TOKES .sed Auctioneers for t1 fully solicit your pm wuce. sales attended 0 ' rensonmbe rates. P. 15B MISS C, HARRISON, HMOND HILL POST OFFICE Eckardt (8: Pl entice, iAuctioneer for the County of York tended to on shortest notice and at rea- rates. Patronage solicited. Residence LIIOFficeLPosi'Office every Wed- Jay from :0 tom a. m. MILLEF Barristers, Solicitors, ace. WRIGHT BROS, TORONTO AND AURORA :IND DSEY & LINDSEY, Stokes & Blough. KING STREET EAST. TORONTO J. I). Readmnn, B m'lding COMMISSIONER IN THE iters, Solicitors, Notaries and Conveyancers. MAPLE J. ’l‘. Saigeon, SOLICITORS AND NOTABIES 35mm. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1895. JOHN KELLY. Pronrietor‘ In. Essentials, Unity; in Non-Essentials, Li Scott St. Toronto W S OBMISTON, L L I J E. J. B. DUNCAN County of York,re- wage and friendly the shortest. notice .uddxess King LYON LINDSEY J. H. PRESTIGE, Carrville. Money to Loan D BLOUGH Early Methodism in Rich- mond Hill. 80011 after the rebellion of 1837, thoughts were entertained of building a place of worship for the society, but the province was still in an unsettled con- dition. Then, as now, religion some- times got swamped in politics. The Methodists took sides, and some for their zeal and activity in circulating their opin~ ions were arrested and had their latitude circumscribed during that historic agi- tation. Yet even in those dark days our village was not without men who kept an eye on the interests of Methodism, de- termined as early as possible to provide for her needs. In those days, too, there were blunt and outspoken preachers, who gave broad hints that a church was neces- sary. The Rev. David Wright, who came to the circuit a second time, once began the service, after giving a signifi- cant look around, with the remark, “the same old log school house, brethren, and as dirty as ever.” Among others of that day who were anxious for a. more suitable place in which to worship God was Mr. Robert Campbell, a. talented and eloquent local preacher, a pious and devout man, one highly respected by all who knew him, By him, Jan’y 28th, 1846, was deeded the half acre of ground now owned by Mr. Charles Mason, to the following trustees: Messrs. Amos Wright, Abra- ham Law, Robert Campbell, Robert Hewison. William Wright and Benjamin Jones. This was fifty years ago. Prep- arations were immediately made for building. A frame of timbers, massive enough to last for centuries, was erected and closed in. Mr. 'l‘hos. Harris, father of Mr. John Harr13,of our village,was the architect. and Mr. Chamberlain builder. (A Chamberlain burlt the first Methodist church, and a Chamberlain, half a century later. helped to build the second). In 1847 it was dedicated by Rev. Anson Green. then in the height of his popular- ity. But’the building was long in finish- ing. It was much more dimcult to erect a $3000 church in the forties than a $17,000 in the eighties. For many months there was nothing but the unplastered walls, rough planks set on blocks for seats, and a board platform for a pulpit. The new church was illuminated by the “light of other days,” long tallow candles which flickered and flared in tin sconces hung on the casings of .the windows, requir- ing the attention of the sexton several times during the serVIce, to the intense amusement of us youngsters when by his shaky hand a light would be snuffed out. To the candles succeeded a chandelier, with two smoky oil lamps, then came ceal oil, then gas, The pulpit then settled in its place, and the body of the church was filled with pews, all with doors, close communion style, and then to accommodate the increasing congre- gation a gallery and a large room for the , Sabbath school was built. In 1879 a. catastrophe overtook the church and all its contents, which had been brought together under such form- idable difficulties. On Sunday, the 21st December, it was burned to the ground. The Rev. J. \V. McCallum took for his morning subject “ 'l‘he Accrdents of Life,” and in his sermon said, “ who knows how soon fire may overtake them,” when at the same time fire was actually burning in the school room within a few feet of his back. The congregation had just left the church when the flames burst through the roof; The old church was sacred to the hearts of many because of tender memories. Within its ualls many of our villagers had been baptized, and others joined in wedlock. From its pulpit many had received their first religious impress- ions, and to the majority of its members it had been their spiritual birthplace. Before its alter had rested the remains of many a departed loved one, and from its sacred desk the consolation of the gospel had been conveyed to many a bereaved and stricken family. Its pulpit had been filled by many of the most emi- nent ministers in the Canadian Methodist Conference: the RyersonseEgerton, William and John-â€"Wellington Jefl'ers, Morley Punshon, Wilkinson, Bredon, ‘Wood, Jervase Smith, Lachlan Taylor, Spencer, Potts, Carrol and Carson. Among the pioneers of early Methoc dism in this vicinity in its more modern days are the names of the fathers of those with whom we are familiar, some of whom are leading spirits in sustaining the cause to-dayâ€"JVright, Law, Sander- son, Hewison, and many others. Mr. John Sanderson. grandfather of the Sandersons of to-day, was a. local preacher in England when- preaching the gospel outside of the Established Church had to be a specially granted privilege. The family have in their possession an heirâ€" loom which reads as follows: “ This is to certify to all whom it may concern that the house of John Sander- son, situated in the Parish of Wawue, m the County and Diocese of York, intend- ed to be used as a place of worship by His Majesty’s Protestant dissenting sub- CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK of that day who were are suitable place in God was Mr. Robert ted and eloquent. local Methodism has not been lacking in earnest men, neither has it been without its devoted women. In all the affairs of the church the women have been ready helpers. Mrs. Henry Sanderson was in- stant in season in everything that con- cerned the temporal or spiritual interests of the church, the Sabbath school and the prayer circle. Her health was shat- tered and her life sacrificed in her ur.- ceasing efforts to do good. Mrs. Parker Crosby, like an angel of mercy, went from house to house ministering to the financial and spiritual necessities of many within and without the church. And Mrs. Sterling, lovely in character and queenly in deportment, abounded in lib- erality before and after death to the church she loved. These devoted women have all left the church militant on earth to join the church triumphant above. Other women of later days have follow- ed in their footsteps in their work of faith and labor of love, and by their noble efl'orts have helped to secure to the young people of the present generation the comfortable spiritual surroundings which they at present enjoy, so that to- day they worship God in a. beautiful church, which for lofty spire, fine toned bell, great seating capacity, splendid acoustics, and excellent organ, is not ex- ceeded by any church north of the city of Toronto. Wu. HARRISON. Richmond Hill, April 19th, 1895. (From an occasional correspondent) Notwithstanding the depression in bus- iness of the past few months, the merch- ants and tradesmen of this little hamlet have been fairly successful. All seem to have the necessaries and comforts of life, and some are not without: its luxuries. There is a great demand in Toronto for the famous Hawthorn Mineral Water; the villagers may be seen in large num- bers filling their pails at the springs every evening. It is probably the free use of this natural remedy for so many bodily ailments that keeps the people liege So healthy. Last Advent and Lent, for the first time in its history, the altar, pulpit, lecturu, and so on, of Trinity Church were vested in the proper ecclesiastical color for the season; the purple frontals, &c., having been presented by Mrs. E. Langstafl', of Brooklyn, N. Y., that very earliest and energetic churchwoman, who does so much for her own parish, St. John’s, and indeed for the church throughout the whole Diocese of Long Island. The congregation at Thornhill have now pontals in all the ecclesiastical colors, exoept that for the season of Trinity. On the great festivals of Christmas and Easter all the services were well attended, and the number of oommunicants far above the average. The decorations, too, were very chaste and appropriate, the Easter floral cross and vases of flowers being especially beautiful. The music on Easter morning included Jackson’s Te Deum, the anthem, “He is not here, but is risen,” Mer- becke’s Kyrie, Plummer’s Tor Sanctus and Gloria in Excelsis ; whilst the Venite, Benedictus, and Gloria Patrt were taken to Gregorian Tones. The congregation showed their appreciation of the faithful and eflicient services of the organist, Miss Flora Langstafi', by presenting her with a ‘ special ofi‘ertory. They hope also to‘ hays one of Warren‘s best small pipe organs in the church by next Christmas. On Friday last the pupils attending Langstafl Public school gave their annual entertainment. The building was crowd- ed to the doors; the little ones acquitted themselves most creditably, and the whole affair was a complete success. Miss Langstafs performance on the violin, ac- companied by Miss E. Ball on the organ, received an enthusiastic encore, to which i the young ladies responded very gracious- ly and in their well known graceful man- ner. The village brass band was also in attendance, and added much to the en- joyment of the evening. On their way to the school room they stopped at the Rectory grounds, and, having formed themselves into a. circle on the lawn, in all things, Charity.” Thornhill favore with s‘ must also have an ex‘cellei have learned to play with precision in the short 1 elapsed since they organiz Patterson Masonic Lod regular meeting on the 2: amongst other business committee was appointed picnic or some such entei held some time during the summer. The next regular meeting takes place on the 6th prox., the chief business being the election of officers, who will be installed on Monday, June 24th, the Festival of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. preaslve sermons mormng and evel Quarterly services were held i Methodist church on Sunday last: Mr. J. P. Rupert, of Toronto, was visiting in the village on Sunday. His many friends in Maple were pleased to meet him again. Last Friday being Arbor Day teachers and pupils of the public i spent the afternoon in cleaningY the and planting trees. Eighteen trees planted, which will add much t beauty of the grounds. Mrs. (D11) Ashbrook and Master Ed- mond and Miss Lucy Ashbrook, of Wash- ington, Pennsylvania, and Miss Evaline Collins. of Toronto, are guests of Mr. M. Powers. Mr. Shunk, of Clinton, is spending a few days with friends in this place. MiSS'B. Powers, of Toronto, is home on a. short visit. T. W. Kirby, 7M.7D.,r has secured _a practice at Sanâ€"Ni Sb. Mafie on the Ameri- can side where he intends going next week. We wish him success it; his'future calling. Two of our citizens hitched up a spank- ing team of poniea and sped away to the Holland Landing a. short time ago to fish. The catch was large and the hearts of many were made glad on their return by getting some of the Emmy tribe. U 'I‘usEorora fishermanr ponds here very often line, but fihe pay- is pogr‘ A number of the ladies of our town he- longing to the E. L. C. E. went to Maple on Monday night to meet the society of that place; they had a. good time; the rig was full; gentlemen had to stay at home. A concert & entertainment was held in the school house under the management of the side walk committee. The child- ren of the day school took part in it, do- ing their part well, under the training of Miss Evans, but we cannot particularise where all did so Well. The dialogues, the singing and the whistlingâ€"all was good. Mr. Jos. Tyndall occupied the chair. There was only one thing more that the boys would like to hear, and that was a. tenor solo by W. W., but the programme was too long without it. The E. L. C. E. society is doing well. Great praise is due the ladies that are pushing on a. good work. . u m m, The Sabbath School is doin' of the scholars walk three here. Mr. Hamilton, late visited and addressed the short time on Sabbath last. Mr. Joseph Gardner was visiting at Mr. John Nixon’s on Sunday. The quiet Sabbath mornings of the in- habitant- of Mill street and Dufferin avenue are somewhat disturbed by the rattle of milk cans of late. "-Miâ€"SSâ€" Woods visited at Mr.John Nixon’s on Sunday. ‘ Cook is in Toront?) on the Grand Jury. â€" ENAVPerter Mcéarty, one of whose legs was so badly broken last fall, is able tu walk as far as Carrville church again. The Spring Exhibition to be held here on the Queen’s Birth-day, promises to surpass anything yet given in this place. Besides the usual prizes for horses, cattle. ladies’ work, etc., good prizes are being ofl'ered for speeding in the ring, so that many iast horses are sure to compete. There will be an open trot, and a 2.50 trot; purses for each $560, besides a. running race, farmers’ trot, and best lady‘s turnout. Also mile and two mile bicycle races. But the great draw- ing card this year will be the feats of skill in front of the Grand Stand by the celebrated Parkor-Partello troupe. The periormers will introduce some wonderful performances on the horizontal bar and trapeze, to con- clude with their laughable speclalty “Celes- tial Pastimes in a Wash-House," introducing their trick laundry. There will be no extra charge, and those who visit Richmond Hill Uuungu, nuu vuvuv "uv n...- “w... ._.. __._- Fair this year will say that they got the worth of their money. The concert in the evening will be given by a company of first- clasa artists. only i the member )me choice sele [Single h a. Our Spring Exhibition. Carrvflle DII copies, 3 cts. :cti 3f the h Arbor Day, the he public school :leaning the yard hteen trees were visit the mill with hook and instructor, to uch taste and me which has lay last. Im- reached both ’wv. M. Faw~ ; well. Some miles to gel; of Chicago, school for a. household They must music, but nt when to be . The 1 the Jmn‘ the 44