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AV C gives more ivjt- fc t a if a Give me the liberty to know NORTH YORK INTELLIGENQBR AND ADVERTISER tiSiSiiWS apesant outside of PAGES North York unless- paid- in advance- No Single Copies Gents Each Newmarket Ont Friday June 21 TERMS per if paid In advance Sew HOT WEATHER GOODS Written for the Era a pail We It We Patrick OConnor For Years He Was in the Newspaper Business and Once Went Up in a Balloon- All sizes Blue Flame Oil Stoves Hammocks to 4 IceCream Freezers up Screen Doors any size Screen Windows 25 and cents Refrigerators big assortment 9 up Garden Hose ft lengths Sprayers 50 and each Poultry Netting 18 in to 72 in wide yard up t Lawn Mowers each Water pans and 10 quarts Oil Stoves one burner 75c Oil Stoves two burners and 1 Paris Green lb or lbs lor and Glass A BINNS NEW ARKET General i Now is the Time TO ORDER YOUH Wedding For the June Wedding- The very latest design of shape and ornamenting Having had years of experience in many of the largest shops in the leading cities in Ontario we are prepared to make as pretty and as tasty a cake can be bought any- where Jellies and pansy Cakes made to Of del Fred Bakery Seed Corn Feed Corn Land Plaster Land Salt All Varieties of Seed Corn White Cob Yellow Dent Longfellow Early Mammoth Southern Sweet first recollections loaded up a whole train of us my days child- started on our railway journey- just interesting hood were spent I went travelling over bridges past natures bosom in thru towns and cities and the trackless on the shores more we saw the more we wondered tlw Georgian Bay While I was still at the man Why and enjoying the days of my fe a slave to mar from J- ivatec the rivers to the trees In youth sometimes in warm sunshine io is slayfr and holder in the strictest sense of the laced tempest in all fury but word animals obey and proudly defied them all I thing an animal can do longingly at my proud him do Well we have more them towering heavenward man wo had in the about hundred feet won- when I would be as as But we are Rearing our journeys they Some pi oh it makes end J At last we come to a to think it standing on sized town named Newmarket We the edge oi a high rock or precipice are sidetracked here and loaded on proudly defying the tempests blasts wagons drawn to a mill yard and which every moment threaten to hurt rolled in big piles thousands them intc the depth below I see on us together In the distance we see tot hand many a forest most- a big of buildings and of course arch still standing after the life has curiosity getting the better me departed from him as it he were rim- wanted see the inside This 1 and disdained tobe laid low terwards did to my cost as you will Many sights have I seen many a soon My turn came next I time the hunted deer have hidden in was loaded on a wagon taken into my thick garment when pursued by the stave mill where they cut me enemies many a bird has found blocks and not satisfied with that repose in my top branches sheltered they cut me thru and thru and sliced from blazing sun the frost and mo up till I was called staves We the storm Yes and a time were then tossed into an elevator and have sheltered the weary traveller dropped into a bin between 10 and protected him from the snow and and feet and when they turned the storm And thus my time was the heat oh it was awful thought till by and by I became is well I was in the lower regions it was so grown as my brothers who instead of hot down there They call this a dying of old age as our forefathers dry kiln and I found it dry and hot had done were cut down by the wood- enough to kill anything What had mans axe while still in the prime of done to man that I should be treat- life Yes by some of the very thus Alter three days was men we have sheltered on many a taken out into daylight again and stormy night No wonder we call started to see through the big buck woodmen our enemies building here J saw some great clear bright morning wonders tho merry sing the when dame Nature had clothed us all saws is a very diftercnt thing to white I was enjoying the fine view them cut you thru as over and river and lake when have done They took me with a I felt the dreaded woodmans axe lot of others trimmed us up on the buried deep in my foot for a tree saws and put us together in the only has one foot Oh it was- ter- rough We like a pail rible they did not stop but kept out any bottom in it Then we chopping at me till I could stand it found out they were going to make us longer and fell to the earth I into pails thought my time was come at last We were pretty tough looking at no had time to collect first but they put us on another part my thoughts I found they were cut- the machine and us off on ting into logs Then they hauled the outside then they put an iron me to the river bank and piled a lot hoop on us to keep us together us There were thousands other man dressed us on the inside here out in the cold and snow and wo went lor another trip up a till spring We thought we were left hoist into another room where they here good but we were surprised put bottoms in us and put more when the ice melted to hear a big hoops or us Then we went into the noise and then we soon they finishing room We were nice and were rolling us into the river When white and clean but you know when Jthey got a lot us together in the we go Into society we have to be water they put long logs around us dressed so we had to be painted and us together bo could grained and varnished and they riot get away Just fancy we who gave us each a handle We were aU had been free all our lives were packed in cars and started out on our chained together like a lot prison- second railway journey but wo were were going We landed at last in a big wholesale out to see world store where people admired us till But we had ho confidence in men somebody came and bought me tho way we were treated say again everything is a just got a last glimpse of our slave t man That man bought me paradise when we heard a loud puff- to carry water for him and what else This we found to he a tug he but a slave dealer He neither was lastened to our raft and nor clothes The only suit I away we started out to see the had wich he bought world through swift running and it had to last a lifetime out into the open lakes then when think it Well I served that the wind blows it tossed us faithfully for years till he got about and sometimes bruised us too old to care for me and l feel old against the rocks but whoever got on for they use rough through the world without some hard Sometimes they leave knocks they do they arc lucky me out In the blazing sun till I just At last we passed lighthouses boats feel I could fall to pieces for a drink and saw a lot of other wonderful again they leave out in the the water but we are near- storm and snow but the animals all land and I wonder what they will love me still and they all know me dowith us ft keep a While these thoughts Were crowding water for them and they seem to thru my brain I felt the river thai me for it I have seen many drivers a sharp polo in my side strange sights done many queer and shoved me along in water to- things but how many that look on ward an elevator Up this I went the old yard bucket will ever realize and before I knew how got there the travels find life pail A when Fred Jones The following article is from Ohio Vindicator arid relates to a man who in his early boyhood days resided in Now- and learned the Art Preser vative the Era office The had rolled over onto a car when they Mills Huron Si OAK RIDGES I Fight dad mullah A MONEY MAKER Alpha Cream Separators The beat and cheapest in the market In use years Information cheer fully given by WILLIS Lot Con Whitchurch Newmar ket PO sole agent for Newmarket and vicinity By the- explosion a cartridge near Paris fifteen people were killed and twenty injured CASTOR I A Children Hall The Sabbath School children of London June A despatch to Chalmers Church Toronto were Foreign Office from the ah outing to Bonds Lake over General says that the the Metropolitan on Monday Mad Mullah expedition had heavy The old trolley wire on the Glen- fighting on May 28 The flying grov division of the Metropolitan column mounted infantry under Railway replaced on Saturday by Merewether struck the Mul- heavier Much annoy- lab supply camp dwtng a night from breaks has now been re- march and captured head of tit killed one important chief and week W J pi Aurora captured another covered several hundred dozen eggs and a quantity- poultry The 6yearold daughter Mrs Th children the Presbyterian Cornelius Kelly of Ottawa was Sabbath at Richmond Hill latallj burned Monday She was will outing to playing In the yard with matches and Lake Friday afternoon i companions of who have not passed away or removed are the then and business men the Town today but his fellowworkers office so tat as we can ascertain have all been called to spirit land Rev Patrick OConnor for years til newspaper business in this city has hat varied experiences during his more than years life some of hi achievements being much out of ordinary Patrick OConnor was born March His parents emigrated America in and set tied in town of Newmarket north Toronto Otitario where Jive years ware spent in a He drifted toYoungs- 30 and held the position foreman hi the printing office the late John Webb who was then printing a Democratic pa per the Mahoning- Sentinel Mr OConnor Was married June 1864 to a lady Miss adopted daughter of the late Cramer He left Youngs- town and resided in Cleveland for a time but returned in the spring- of and in partnership with his brother the late Richard OConnor purchased the printing material own ed by Mr Webb and about the mid dle April the same year the publication of the Youngstown Courier- The late Col James was then publishing the Ma honing Register a Republican paper In Mr OConnor sold out his interest in the newspaper business ami entered the ministry of the ME church He was admitted tp the Krie conference at its session at Ak ron and was ordained by Bishop Peck at the session of thecoh- at Erie in 1871 Sub sequently took a local relation and settled in this city and for time entered the busi ness which he finally retired to his present gardening and greenhouse business This was in the spring 1883 business is now conduct ed by his son and successor Mr E OConnor Early in the 80s Mr OConnor ordained elder by Bishop How- man at a session ol the East Ohio conference ol the ME church at Warren this state Mr OConnor claims the honored distinction oi being the first newspa per man lr conjunction with his late brother referred to above to apply steam power to run a- newspaper press within the limits the old Nineteenth congressional district the home dis trict the late president James A Garfield This steam application oc curred if 1868 Mi OConnor took a balloon ride July from the Public Square at the dedication of the Soldiers monument had a splendid trip and lauded near He return ed to the city with Mr Brown who kindly drove out in his buggy for the purpose The fact that Mr OConnor was to make- the aerial voyage was extensively advertised and drew a largo crowd some of whom not seeing him on the ground near the time for the ascension declared that he lacked the courage to undertake the daring teat Shortly all was ready he appeared and the doubters were forced to admit that they had concluded too hastily During the publication of Mr OConnor engaged In a theo logical d the- adversary being late Father OCallaghan That polemical con lest attracted wide attention and before finished was tak en In by quite a number of able writ- en in addition to the original prin cipals It was reported at time that one of the was the Rev Henry Ward of New York Since that notable event in tho life of Mr OConnor he has been heard to pay high tribute to the abil ity energetic character and virtues of Father Mr OConnor not long ago was confined te his suburban home with For the Era The Voldnteet Gamp June Great Camp has settled down to work of weaving the various smaller units into effective regiments and brigades While- occasionally one sees squads practising the man ual exercise and here and there a company drilling by itself still there is more frequently presented the Im posing spectacle of a Regiment mov ing into line and advancing in more or less feasible attack formations Owing to the contracted space it is not possible to extend the in South African fashion at ten paces interval from one another or to the supports far enough be hind firing line to be out of actual il presence an enemy Still the work is practical because it illustrates the idea of a general at tach and the men taketo en which in bayonet charge- amid cheers Haley arrived npoifthe seene in time tc attend the church parade This was the flcst in camp in which the various corps moved in There deal of lost labor when grass is cut alter it has begun to ripen Unharness the horses during the noon hour they the better lor it tew weeds are found on well cultivated farms for the reason that they are kept down and not allow ed to produce seed they must conse quently decrease number until the farm is clear them there ever was a- time when the farmer should be a student that time is now The whole system of- supply and demand is rapidly changing and the man that does not study the new is sure to bo cast aside by the logic of events He Indeed die before be feels the adverse Influ- very but death is the only escape toi him The who his crops will not always be met by oyer pro duction in the markets as the and as an conditions are not favorable to 1 and the precision with which alt the all crops at same time conse- moved their places it market is well supplied formed a hollow square quarter with one article in abundance there columns the in front oh may be a scarcity something else their battalions was extremely Diversity crops is also better for liable The service consisted the soil and assists in maintaining hymns prayers and a sermon On fertility duty and character of a soldierj Thistles can be eradicated by shal- produced by the singing of low cultivation the ground They some 3 Of men was one are propagated from the roots and not to be easily forpnUch- seed Every time the plowing Among the corps present none deep the roots of the thistles are appeared to better advantage than broken and every piece root de- Col Lloyds famous old regiment the from the main root sends out York Ran Both from the size another thistle The easiest and best this corps which is the most 1 met hod of destroying thistles is to any in the Camp and from grow sugar beets or some crop that the neat appearance of the men in require the use a hoe or that serges and spotless needs only shallow cultivation for if helmets it was evident to all that in the thistles are cut down as fast as anj competition efficiency this they appear above ground wilt crack regiment is still to be reckoned die After the crop grown upon the with the acting tant la doing very efficient work in keeping everything up to the high Standard maintained by the late Ad jutant A needless scare has been produced outisde the Camp by the isolation of a tent on account of a case of tonsilitis some overenthusiastic reporters hav ing diagnosed it as a ease of diph theria The scare is not shared by anybody in Camp ftfMGQrs land has been removed turn sheep on the land and they will give the this- ties no chance to more than show 7 above ground The of Weeds Noxious Plant Growth Does More Than Anything Else to Lessen the Profits of Farming How are weeds to be eradicated Know what kinds of weeds infest your premises Know their characteristics London June 17Cabling from I and habits of growth Learn how Pretoria under yesterdays date they propagate themselves Study Lord Kitchenr says Near Welmansrnt miles south of Victorian Mounted from Gen Beatons column were them from every standpoint Then apply the remedy which will suggest itself Concerted action among farm ers determined to rid their farms of surprised in camp at aU forms of objectionable weed life by a superior force of Boers at will attain the ends sought June The enemy crept up to within short range and poured a activity in this direction desirable but without harmonious fire intc the camp killing two among all interested it will oflken and Ifi men ami wounded quire a much longer neriod men of whom were eRort beget larger Interest and slightly wounded Only 2 officers and purpose and the result will lie that mc Beatons in a short time the camp The remainder were taken priJwill be inoculated and released Two pompoms wen captured the enemy Full detail have not yet been received WITH Under date of June Lord Kitchener alsc reports During march from Vrede stroying fever Then weeds will go The destruction of annual weeds is accomplished by preventing them from producing seed which involves cutting off of tops before seed is pro duced Biennials which propagate by root stalks and seeds require more River- Colony column rigid methods of eradication They engaged the enemy under Be Wet on- yield only to persistent cutting off of June and after severe fighting cap- tops which prevents seeda from 4 convoy loaded wagons and deprives them of plant food prisoners rifles rounds from the air Perennials are still ammunition and cattle more stubborn than either of- tho The Boers left killed and Most weeds ace perennials wounded on the field Qui casualties Annuals are the most easily officers and men killed and officer men wounded Household Hints All kinds of weeds whether an nuals biennials or perennials may be destroyed if their tops be kept- cut oil at the surface of the ground no stems being permitted to develop This re sults in the starvation of the roots as it were the laboratory with which they act in harmony being removed their own functions are destroyed Many kinds of weeds may be smother ed out by sowing the infested land to grass or other crops which are knowa to possess hardiness and thickgrow ing habits set are to her dress severe sickness but has- so far boiling cabbage that he now able to be about on the stove will and give directions relativo to the coofc going thru business of the gardens and green- house which perhaps the most extensive and In this part tho Fire in the Ontario Lumber yards at French River destroyed four teen million feet lumber- The colder eggs are the quicker they will froth Meat should always be cooked with the fat downward Whipped cream Is easily di gested than plain cream Raw cabbage is more easily digrst than cooked Halt a lemon dropped in salt farmer consider himself copper vessels bright a committee appointed by A small pinch of carbonate am- to eradicate all th weeds in the water prevents the odor Ws arm He thus may begin the weed destruction movement whose outcome the total elimination of the thousands of varieties of weeds- the house which so seriously menace agriculture may bo safely used materially lessen Ms returns boiling water to whiten yellow voice clothes The quantity required is to the gallon suds a Jacqueminot is pronounced Charcoal in has a tend- Shackmeno with accent on the to sweeten it and keep It pure I first syllable 1