J. W. Procunier,
Esq., who resides on Lot 8 broken front, Walsingham, has a three year
old colt that operates the pump in the yard, pumping water for itself
and the rest of the stock in the yard. Mr. Procunier has noticed this
remarkable action of his colt for more than a year now.
The widow of James
DeWitt, who has just completed her 86th year, has busied herself during
the past year at needle work, and succeeded in piecing a number of fancy
quilts of 64 blocks in each quilt and 64 pieces in each block, making
4,096 in each quilt, all of beautiful design. Younger ladies might
follow this elderly lady's industrious habit.
Last Saturday three
ruffians who were somewhat intoxicated -- Rudell Newman, Walter
Rockeyfellow and Henry Sanderson -- entered the house of a widowed lady,
Mrs. Harman Ryckman. They ill treated the daughter and hired girl with
indecent assault, knocking them down, breaking a chair, and injuring the
sewing machine. The stove was kicked by the vagabonds literally to
pieces. Mrs. R. is a lady of good reputation but somewhat indigent. Can
not the law be vindicated in her case, and the society of these
gentleman be dispensed with for a while?
On the same date, a
party from Langton in a cutter, giving his name as Thompson overtook an
elderly lady by the name of Brown and indecently assaulted her. She
fortunately released herself and escaped to a neighboring house in a
frantic condition. The party has not been heard of since.
On the same date,
another party known as "Dad" Becker used indecent language
towards two ladies residing near Dedrick's Creek, one of whom threw a
butcher's knife at him, leaving him a very narrow escape for his life.
The Billiard parlor
in Port Rowan is to be closed very soon; the proprietor having leased
the Commercial Hotel in Toronto.
