HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-08-21, Page 7THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st, 1847
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LDCKNOW,. ONTARIO
reame
A copy of The Sentinel of De-
camber';°
• -11386 Contained, an aiticle
i .11er't. The .inspiration
by
the story came a ter a vlsr :.
wl
4•elated , to, "Traveller",: 'the how story -
the" castings for the Som,
er
vlle mill .in ' West Wawano :h
were hauled from ' Goder•icl by
an oden •earaVan, The sttrr'y: as.Qriginally publish, -
.ed..
er• 60 years age, - hast- •been
st , ts .A . Ht. Wilson:
sent"t(a us .by M��"•
'acid• reads AS fol-
of Fort �lilliaxrr, ,,
lov/s
Dear : Sir:
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I ew �'
.x•'{
of. ,our, young'• readers
Have aaly ' cun.ception of the ,hard.
work. and rough usuage . their
fathers •and .suffered,.
Dennis Cari pl,.:: who still holds ort
on his old farm • and' as • good a
rit as; 'eve ; William. Anderson,,
who has retired from'agrIculturat
IVr
•th James Somerville Who• 110 pursuits with a cornfortable a1-
lowance and is'.a 'citiien of your
'=town; John. Armstrong,.. son of
",Gilnockie'.', or "Auld Wattie" ,
who' with^ his two sons "moved
awg'y = to therac:h lands of the
Dakotas; Donald', Came�•orx, true.
and , trusty 'Lochiei—who, o, alas,
•has 'joined"the majority;;Duncan
McPhersi:n 'eanny ' IDi"nt'an., • and
l ` "1i ,,T'4ut`herfo d,; :the' .f',1der;'. to'
dug,
Jeeep°'a11 stl ait,ht,
along'.with ]~.teen
Radford, Soi.ner� i1ie's�"own' team' -
early set•iyrnentcif,the.tc:awriships'
'surrounding the .stirring 'and far`
known.'. village of Lucknow.. On a
. late visit ,to. your town, a weird.
picture of the past ; was presented`
to me' while spending'. an evening:
with your townsrrl•an, James, Som-.
erville, whose stalwart frame still
:holds :out and. whose ..memory
holds dear the' , kind ,.deeds and
swords, of ',many,. Of' the' old Set -
tiers, and: delights to+ tell of the
•enduring'. fl;iendship• : of. these .'old
welcome
We entereci: ou
the 'past. eEnquiring' about :'mutual,
'friends found, that, many, bf them
had 'left for: riew: settiements.�:
some Still: i•emained'•on their orig-
locations while ,others had'
passed :away, 'and ••as some Cif'•the
stir,' add eitiit .yoke of good.
'strong.. oxen and the necessary
carts•and' wagons started'f•or God-
enrich=ntrt• a' flake. of • s,rnow, Th(
roaxl°s,, or make shifts for •.r.oads,
frozen lzarjd,. through the woods',
careless of either concession: or
Side .line';. Many a lj'oke and story.
was told- while dodging` with the•
patient, long enduring oxen, and
the ' comments on the farms `and
farmers -which .,,they. passed, kept
up` the excitement .until."near mid-
night,. 'when the .MVlaitland
was.•reached and as there. was no:.
.bridge,: • it hard • been considered
Wise to stay.. there' 'tin:..rriorning
stream. But alas, no .hay ' dould
be obtained. for the oxen and 'it
c,;-_
astonished at a tali
nderwent Second Operation '
'
first .settlers;” There every wand -r llarry Alton of ,V{�alkertorr
spectre stalking. in amongst titan, return- •.
but were ;relieved' • When they erer found a Highland welcome who 'unde�rw.ent. an operation to ♦ -
lound it to be --"Bi .Toe" who: had: t any .hour,:_,niiht ,or day his London in June,recently,
g 3
as he • said; been snjoying a bit. door was • open, I•Iis'{ cheery voiee fed to. Victoria hospital to under.': -•-----,-
1 :of
of a discussion wid sticks: Isis at once gained. the affection• and1 go .a second operation minor
Lin °grade wife's zeal to in sup- nature. He has returned -to his.
home in the County Town but a
-__.. ought to take
substitute is being s
Al•tonzs -place-until he-
-�'-r-�.ia's��-pal.-'
is •.able to resume his teaching
duties. '
PAGE S>VEN
hirt . was all .spattered over with
blood stains • and around his • head
a bloody bandage but . his l_augh�.'
and.. true pet voice in full. blast ma e<z
soon gained the confidence. of t'he' it. was-_ __called upon, and' their
crowd, and'although°rather rough 'many virtues 'are still spoken of
aricLdilapidated i an. a -. irk. the homes of those who par-
. _., t(z•.:put...x� . p ,�..
pearanci� i�n• `'genteel society,, he ticipated in their T�ospital ty. Thi
proved •Crdite an agreeable corn- oxen were cared for. and fed,: The
plying in the often frnuch'needed re,
fr shments.. ' never wearied, no
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panion Poor .old Joe, -what a Whole party treated with, the
miserable:endin to ' wasted life usual•generosity,.;and in the fore=
.. g a..w •.
Daylight_ broke on 'the; compan' ,noon 'started for • the last stage,
Y'1,which• was reached ' in safety
While wrEstling with "'then" bi eek
Numbered Egg s•
During the war it was not in-,
uent to -hear .of •mafliings on
frequent
eggs that resembled numbers, or
letters; 'and which ,Were some
tiirnes. re added. as•.portending the
g
. ' witholi't a y hurt to. Man,, beast or. war's, end or •the '.victor. All that,,,
fact; the; open we're brought .,out �' . - •
' ''ne Three, days, •and:two seemed :ended .until Tuesday of
'anti hitched, gild - away to the: maohl ry.. e ys
l'oMndry, 'where
h i t nights. u i:thout sleep in 'the 'cold this' - '..week when Ed Baker show '
;wzli�ng ea s
A z J
a`n'd. air ong,
arm's.' Soon the •at;a..Huron yomter:
.
tistings . and - other traps in the
.:arts and wagpns, :The sun'•had' Buys 'J,eeswa er Residence
:carcely made an. • appearance on Mr. Simon • IDcinaldsori has` put --
the frozen rpud w1ien9hey'reach' c
ed. the, bang of the' Maitland. 'The d
daylight only •added• to :'tk egdangep
,,y dis''playing an, . increased vol
-
Mini of ':water on the river., but '
they consoled themselves that the
additional loads "would ,'Prevent
fraatrhg, ;and .in .they plunged',f
Watched by quite • a crowd :All,.
reached .the'': shore • safely' .'but
Lochiel; whose oxen turned down.
stream:• and did not,, reach shore'
for nearly ha'if'a mile, just at the
:place 'whertoll gate, stood,
lowed along •the .bank and cheer-
ed as he `surmounted each ob
ed. us •a.n egg `Wil h a 'large' 6 which
;:tbod o rt f)oldly on one, end.' The ``.
e 'was fro't Bob Mac'ponald's
gg •
flock. at: HQiyrood.'
hased the 'Harry, • bet e es .
Teeswater,'`and will ob- Main .possession shortly,
Owe in ,
vias. determined tocross by the: stacle, •'congratulated on his land.-
light
and=light of the` Moon. Although• there ing and bidding adieu to the
.was, no • ice, the river :`was deep �'.M�aitland by ` a rousing::cheer
arid •rap;id enough ..'to'• 'make • it' turned :their oxen' to: .the `hill
names brought: to:mind occur- rather dange •.esus : Radford and 'homewards ',happy as lords, the.
enjoyed- many a,, laugh.: His. ex
- perience,in mill.wrighting in; the
.biish has been: rather: interesting,
He assisted;in abuilding the first
grist m'ill.in•the township -of Mc-•
°Killop; the firs£ in ,the township
.pf'�Wawdnosh`and' the first, in the
township of '�'lKinloss. 'The first.
'two• are only'.�living in the m•em
ary; -and the ,last is` replaeed7.by
�l 5-r"wuuus erhaiiL with. the -tiro ha of.
they .rile}nged into the streamthe the di iVers, "arid. as:, the: shades qt'
onIookers • wet e 'dubious . of.:'thei evening cloned over . 'them : the
.reaching the. :f urthei• shoi•e ;and a 1 hrtel of William Ma1.lough 'loom-•
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the water entered the wagon box `.ed in view in what is..nnow.,: