CHAPTER III.
Progress, material and social—Fondness of the young for dancing—
Magisterial nuptials—The charivari—Goon-hunting—Catching a tartar—
Wild pigeons—The old Dutch houses—Delights of summer and winter
contrasted—Stilled voices.
CHAPTER IV.
The early settlers in Upper Canada—Prosperity, national and individual— The old homes, without and within—Candle-making—Superstitions and omens—The death-watch—Old almanacs—Bees—The divining rod—The U. E. Loyalists—Their sufferings and heroism—An old and a new price list— Primitive horologes—A jaunt in one of the conventional "carriages" of olden times—Then and now—A note of warning