The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-07-23, Page 350
NE$DAY, JULY 30th, • I..90fc
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TIM LUCKNOW SENTINEL, CKNOW, ONTARIO
Story About The eers
(BY. Dean McLeod) In medicine we Profit from those
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e. er tar Qf tlw - hulnan WhO. blazed, the trail and made 1
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race is an acctimulation, It in.- possible new and:powerful. drugs,.
eludes 4111.inventions 'both ancient blodd transfusions• -etc.; saving
and 111QaP;/•?, • the wheel, the thousands of lives,In .agiTculture 1
plough, the ace, ,•stearn and oil and household science new meth-
eriginesi • electricity, p r i nt 1 n g 'ode have glade. great contribtitibn
• presses, atom power, radar,. etc. to our way ef life, but in all .
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lines we •.piut 140 'forget
the 'pioneers who came tto the
bush and laid the tglAndations.
Strong able men and wcimen• suf-
ficient to.' theniselvek,,.prnduced
the essetitials'ef life and, Wrench-
ed food, clothes„ and happiness
out • of the primeval fore.st. We
do. well to -review a bit of -their
history. ' ' : ••
Before'. the corning • Of the
French explorers and ;Jesuit
priestss-in; the :early p4rf of the
16th CenturY, Bruce County was.
peopled With. the *I'liechnen". The
treaty laY-whith-the 'Indian ,titles
• Were surrendered, provided f�r
censideration,of 'the Indian tribes
as, long as grass, grows and water
run.. •
notirs For Registration •. •
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• • Morning Afternoon Evenin
•. Hewing, Out A Home
le pioneers of Bruce C'qunty•
could iitAtarled--dn•to
es, irs , t e •fur traders;
secOnd; hardy fishernien who lo-
cated at the fishing islands and
third, thote who opened up the
Queen's I3ush. 'The first perman-
ent settlers took up 'land iii. the'
County in 104.0. A typical pioreer'
Set out from'Goderick or 'Inver-
Juiron with • his pack containing
a blanket,.• ari. axe, PosSibl3r an
auger or. Chisel and • perhaps a
gun. =He travelled through the
•buili till he. carne to a favorable
spot where hardwood' trees grew,
as' they,groW en fertile soil. Af-
ter hiding his provisions in 'the
hollow Of a =tree .he began to
clear: the rand and erect a shanty.
'The logs Were Cut .Into suitable
•lengths and notched- at the.endS
to fit the cerners. A narrow open-,
,ing was made .for• -a door, planks
.eplit from Cedar logs =were ade
into' a" door.' The chinks bet ' een
•the: logs, were -stuffed with oSs
Or ' 'clay: Elm 'bark. coyere'd* the
reef and - .a bed • of. hemlock.
boughs :.in the: corner of the
shanty 'served as a ,bed: * '
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SUNDAY • • '. • ,' ; ' ' '‘,. 2 to 5 .". 7 to I
MONDAY • .„..:.....„...4. . ....,.: 10 to 11.30 ' . .2 to*:5-.. - • ' .I.
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Everyone : Is Requested : To' Registei
Local people are requested to 'register as soon ..a§.poslible, ... -
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Arc and Acetylene welding .' Machine: Work Pioneer ,
Chain Saws, Lawn and. Garden: Equipment •
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RMER RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
from
ohltston's Restaurant
(NOBLE and JESSIE A ' JOHNSTON)
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Our Restaurant will be open for the' serving of home -cooked
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...• s. Meals' and lunOie's for. the entire Centennial, •••
, • • Friday Sattirday, Sunday and li/lond4)i
• The, chopping of the, great trees
went' on from .dawn to dark ,day
in and day' out. , As :more -settlers
came in, they had legging
The,. fallbvv• tb be logged was
staked out abeut"an acre in each
part, and..a ..four or five
men arid 'a teani ef exen were
ded • of stakes, each. gang doing
its :hest ' to outstrip'/the • others.'
All was 'ejoiternent-`.. and hurry,
even. the • oxen' entered with spirit
into the contest. . • ',at a • neighbor's' put sometreat• 'The, housewife, assisted by herlin a,zbasket, picked up her knit.; -
'neighbors, •mustered' all stores Ong and starte. o .her way
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Now A Museum "Piece” At Southampton
picked -up and in thi, even fong sea voyage frOrn :far off
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the children helped And • so, Scotland, they landed at InYer-
ari-iid charred' stumps and Spread- huron and started walking to the
ing roots, the precious grain was strip :of land procured from the
soWn. When .ripie: it Was cut with QovernMent, As..drkness, Over-
sicle; and bound byhand with: took thein, they. saw a light in
bands of grain/ When harvested a clearance : When they ..reachec1 ,••
the grain„ was/ 'threshed with a. the shanty they asked*: fOr
flail, and cleaned" by hand; let- ter At once, a' big pbt of potatoes •
ting . the :Wind bloW, *away the With a -few herring on top was
chaf, :all Very! far from the Conf.:. made ready and cooked and • they
bines of our day When flour 317as.'hancl meal, the taste of which•4
needed; , often it was •the was never equalled • or ever for
women, who shbuidered the bag gotten.. Thy, rested on the floor
the to/have it grOund be- Were on their way
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of miul wheat' and Walked miles to all, night and in the: morning.
tween: two large' stones; turned The Sabbath' Wai Saciid
Y water power.
HOniesPuti life . of ". the 4Pioneers:: They did •
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Religidn Wae part • Of the daily'
;The 'sttlers dopeneled:'on Sheep:
fo'r, the faroily-:clothin Afterthe
not. have. many books' but ' the
Bible. was- 'alWas thr and
sheep were shorn, the 'wool wa hreavvPtyrc`U;ctal:.s'.g.tob-06d FattlPddu'e*tiliwo:s,•a•la2
carded by . hand; spun and dyed
with colors•thade from herbs or lowed to turn, the Pages 'Of the.'
bark. Thn, the; yarn wa: woven
ante cleth'... Sonie beautiful plaids
as well as beatitiftri bedspreads,'
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were made bythe womn; Which
are treasured heirlooms tOday.-.
FeI, leather, the hides. of anmls'
killed • fol.:. Meat; wre•tannd 'by
the. men. A !travelling' shoemaker
came around and 'fitted the fain -
Uy. Sewixig,; even the
clothes was all ' done ..by hand,.
knitting •-wae. always .onthe go.•
The mother o' the
heaFiRg .offisicicileSS , or troubJe':
• sides of perk or hrnsbi. mutton
with potatoes, bread; butter, for
the. loggers had •huge appetites:*
The piles: of -Liege high as houses,
had to be • burned, and wtched
all the time, lest • the forest be
• set ' on. fire.. Then the brapdheS
and twigs lying around had to
knitting as she•. went. •HopitatitY
in its trUestsense was. character
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istic of the pioneers. They would
share' their last crust with any-
one.s
One' of'the Old settlers tells of
-her firet meal. inBrue :CotintY.,
Tired and lvern,ater, a hard
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big • farrilly: Bible and look at the • r
picttires: Thec•Sabbath: -day waS • •
revet•.en:ced by the pioneers,' T6
thern it. Wag a 1-101,17 DAY -not
a hOliday, :Saturday was a da Y of •
preparationi. The children had t9 •
polish. or 'g.reaseAthe Shoo: The
pen had to 'shae..Sundaymeals.,
had to be prepared,: even the , •
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water drawn. On Sunday every-
one who was able ' Walked to
church and Carried their .shoes • '1.•••• •
till. they neared the 'church (for . • , . • .•
sheet wei'e a luury)'. • ,• • ' :
At 'this' season -sof, the' Year, •
flUlt, it be. interesting to
read the following article; . '
When liouseWives . are Canning
Ho* • Our. Grandthothers• Canied.
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:CanningIineWledge was as • yet
locked Up in the future. There. •-• •
were no glass gems,....nii.rubber •
rings, rib .•eierew..tops.: The fruit
and sugar were•• meas -tired- in •
equal Proportions • of pound for • • •
Pound, and ''the mixture* was , , •
given long • boiling; then it often
kept . for a ; :year', or • there,
• ,When sugar, was sarce and,
it Was ,••scarce ;:in many homes
*fruit wai • ccmked :with
three-quarters, One-half green •less • '
sugar to ..the 'pound of frtut; . .
Alas, •this' mixture 'often fer- •
mented, but no one ,,,seeMed to
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of gem? Why, all the1iars_grey,
brown and 'whit, that the
gal housewife 'hd come • by, one, .
Way and .arixiiher, with an • �c-• . -
casiorial butter crocCadelft tod-:
q3otwth...-bioken -lid or -spout or
bath, bigcups and bowls, in- ,
ded, any dish that could •sb
spred. 1 reinerriber seeing a 'big
aristocratic water -pitcher b.elong-
Ing ..to a bedroom S9tfilled with; • .
;good' iSound-fOr-pound plum jam,' , • -
Howth,ycover these -den-
tainers?If ,.there. 'Were
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ting ltd s were. put ons, with. •
1a coVer of cOtton or brown paper • •
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other covor Ofibrown• paper was • .
tied Sectil*0 arid neatlY Over 01, •
these days
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fitblr, considr in regard to the ' •
joys and 8Orras.of our pines • -
but for ;today this must Suffic. ••
They have • passed. on but th.
fertile fields and 'Cornbkahle
hoinesof today, bear' eviqiiceto . .1 • .
the , thrift and i
those who blaze the' wy„;
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