EARLY HISTORY OF SETTLERS. 17. 
riage of Mr. T——-— to Miss H———. Nothing was objection- 
able in this match, but the company assembled in considerable 
force, and after having demanded the fee, which was refused, pro- 
ceeded in the usual manner to make as much noise and confusion 
as possible. The married couple were located in a house, the 
upper portion of which was unfinished. The doors and windows 
below had been bolted, and barricaded, but the windows in the 
upper story had not yet been put in. Some of the company soon 
perceived this, and climbing up, entered through the window ; 
they then found their way down stairs, unfastened the door, and 
let in the crowd, who rushed into the room occupied by the bride 
and bridegroom, laid hold of Mr. T——-—,, and brought him, ex- 
deshabille, to the street, where they placed him on a rail, with the 
intention of giving him a free ride. He then consented to com- 
ply with the rules of the company. The money being in the pos- 
session of his wife, he asked permission to go to her room to get 
it, which request was granted. In the meantime, some of the 
party, with a view of rendering his appearance as ridiculous as 
possible, had blackened his face with lamp-black ; but his mind 
was so much occupied with other matters, that he did not think 
of this, and when released, hurried to his wife’s apartment, and, . 
in a hasty and confused manner, demanded the amount. The 
lady, whose natural amiability of character had given away to one 
of hostile feeling, did not recognize her husband in his changed 
appearance. She seized a brass candlestick, and dealt him a blow 
. over the eye, which produced a very ugly flesh-wound, causing the 
blood to run freely, and placed herself in an attitude to repeat the 
blow ; he shouted to her not to strike him again—that he was her 
husband, her dear William. Aware of what she had done, she 
expressed her regrets in the most piteous tones—took him in her 
arms, kissed him, and called him by the most endearing names ; 
the whole forming one of the most affecting scenes, probably, ever 
witnessed by a charavarl company. 
A case of practical joking is related of two old residents, one 
of whom is still living in Bowmanville. Mr. G—— who had been 
out shooting, observed Mr. S standing near a field, in which 
a horse was quietly grazing. Having first loaded his gun with a 
