Hallowe'en Pranks at Langstaff Corners

Langstaff's Wheels

At the Langstaff corner, Mr. John Langstaff had a pail factory. Part of his equipment was a pair of wheels more than six feet [about two metres] tall, and an axel and chain, used to haul large logs into the factory by means of a team of oxen. The pranksters seized the wheels and hoisted them to the roof of Cook's Hotel. How they ever managed to do this is hard to imagine, for the wheels were very heavy and awkward to handle.

G. Elmore Reaman,A History of Vaughan Township(Toronto:University of Toronto Press,1971),p. 237

Ghost

Another practical joke played at Langstaff was to frighten people with a make-believe ghost. The "spirit" was a sheet stuffed with straw and strung with wire so that it might be lowered in front of an unsuspecting villager. This went on until one man was so frightened he went into hysterics. That put an end to the ghost at Langstaff.

G. Elmore Reaman,A History of Vaughan Township(Toronto:University of Toronto Press,1971),p. 237