The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-29, Page 50Kathy Nesbitt, Ottawa,
examines a prayer book used 100
years ago by her great-great-
great aunt, Mrs. Phillip Carlin of
trishtown (now St.) Columban).
(Photo by Muriel Trott)
Best Wishes DUBLIN
onyour
100th Anniversary
Phone 348.9961 HURON ST
FORREST HARDWARE
A COMPLE:TE LINE OF FARM HARDWARE & HOUSEWARES
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 29, 1978 -- 27
Prayer` book treasure by family
•
(By Muriel Trott]
(Editor's Note: .
This story ;was written by Mrs. Trott (nee
Muriel Lopby+ w hen the prayer book was
100 years old in 1971. in the London FriN.,
Press.)
When I ..aM dead and in my grave.
And all my bones are rotten; ; •
This little book will tell my name.
When others are forgotten.
and all Fridays throughout the year. Eggs
were also forbidden ,a number of Fridays,
Frontier farm families also had to miss a
meal on all the days of Lent except Sunday,
every' Friday and Saturday in Advent atud
on the eves of six different festivals
Looby) died just before .the ,turn of the
-century, the prayer book was lost to fhe
Loobys of Dublin for more than half a
century.
. It resurfaced in 1966 when the descert-
dantsof Edmund booby, (a brother of Mrs.
Carli n) who also settled in the Dubli n-St. through the year
Columban area about 1850. wee'-gathering MrS. Carlin's prayer book. described. by
' for a family reunion which brought more, the publisher as "a sel- eetion of fervent
than 300 to Dublin. prayers. pious reflections and .'•-,solid
• The prayer book was given to Joe Lopby instructions" is now not entirely religions.
When Ellen Carlin wrote this bit of by Mrs. Leo Fortune (Jenny Kenny); of. in character.
doggerel in her prayer. book, almost a Seafo .rth. The .Kenny family had lived She seems to have used it as something
century ago. she could scarcely have next door to aunt Nellie in Dublin after of a family journal, frequently scrawlin'g
imagined just, how prophetic her poetry Mrs. Carlin moved into the village from her rtmdom notes in pencil m the 'margin,
firm late in life. . reminder-rand -Ia p—ric familyThttes.
wound. --•-- • --OddlY.-the site on which Mrs.. Carlin's , One such note reads:. "the 5th of October
Today. "Aunt Nellie's" prayer book, its house stood is now occupied bv the 59 we come here paid in. full up to the
well-thumbed pages browning at the edges
With age, is a prized possession of her .
great-nephew, contractor Joseph. LoOhy of
Dublip, Ont. • •
And it can be read by children, four
generations and. almost a century removed
from August 30, 1887'when, Nellie,Carlin
sat down an her farm near trishtown (St.
Columbatt), 'to try her hand -at poetry. ,
'.The prayer. book itself is now 100 years mass.. brother). •
old exactly. The Manual of Catholic Piety Nellie Carlin had 10. ' • Most poignant, however: is a tiny note,
was published• by Rev. William GahAn; in Several of these - Ascension Thurs-day. written in an undentitied hand. which
Dublin, Ireland, in 1871. •
Just-how the book gotto the New World.
is a - never-to-be-unlocked •secret.. It
certainly did not come over with 'Nellie
• Carlin. Records show that" she and her
husband, Phillip, was farming in McKillop
Township. Huron County, as early as 1850.
A notation on,the fly-leaf, also written in
her own hand, shows that Mrs. Carlin
owned it on Aug. 22. 1875.
' After Mrs. C,arlin (her maiden name was
Creamery ts now
East Huron Produce
maintenance yards of Looby Construction
Co.. a bridge-building firm run by tour of
her - nephews.
The prayer hook itself reflects how'
radically Roman Catholic religious practice
has changed in 100 years.
Modern-icay Catholics now have only t wt.')
holy days - Christrnas, and New Year1 4 - on.
Which the faithful are required to go to
Mine 1891." Presumably sh.e:referred to
some' family debt, perhaps a mortgage.
Another simply states: "hall ,gal. malt.
'horseradish. mustard7-..... a grocery list or
a strong remedy for. so me a
The 'back page carries the dates . of
deaths of loved ones: Sept, 20. 1882. Mary
(her •sister) May 10, 1883, Phillip: (her.
husband); Oct. 10.• 1883, Ea-TOT-rid-0er
•'
Epiphany. 'All Saints Day, Immaculate
Conception - have'been dropped in the last
decade. .
Catholics of the 19th century, however,
also had to observe Corpus Christi; 60
days after Easter; the Annunciation,
March 25;'t-he-feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
June 19; and St. PatriclCs Day; March 17.
Today, there are no days when eating of
meat is forbidden. Mrs. .Carlin's book
demanded no meat on all Sundays in Lent.,
• appears on an inside page t ow ards,the back
• of the prayer bOok.
"Saturday. January 18;'1896, death
came to Ellen Carlin".
by Martini Meagher
In 1914 the Late Louis Looby built and
operated the Dublin Creamery. He also
built a blackSmith. shop to' the side of the
creamery -but 'it ,was moved across the
street two years. later. Als,o; behind the'
plant,' Mr. Lodbybuilt an ice house where
ice , which the men ctn from the river in
winter .was stored for use during the
summer' months. •
In 1921' Mr. •Looby sold to Tim O'Flynn
who operated, the creamery • sometime,
before selling it to Ed Tyers.. •
Bill Hanley bought. it in 1933 and in 1938
Yoe Kostick bought from Handy., •
In 1942 H.I. Rubenstein purchased the'
creamery from Mr. Kostick but Kostick
managed the businesS till 1945 when he
opened his own egg grading station down
the street in..the Looby block.
In 1946 Hugh Pugh who operated a
creamery in Mitchell leased the Dublin
Creaniery from.Mr. Rubenstein. This was
the year of the big fire 'and the back end• of
the creamery -was all demolished but was
rebuilt- the following year.
In 1958 Mr: Pugh leased the business to
- Hutton Produce of Scarborough for 2 years.
Mn Pugh. nicived. to Claremont and Jack
Wills was appointed manager. All this time
cream.•Fggs and fowl were brought into the
plant • but in 1960.. governmdn t 'inspection
started and cream' and, eggs were, not
allowed in the same building. ..
-,Mark"K Products formed a company and
leased the business, they built •a' new
killing line and put in a .new
However after a.short period of time this •
company dissolved and everything wasid.le
for some tittle.
Then • 'Gordon Stephenson became'
manager 'and once again the poultry..
processing started. In 1968. Ron Bennett
sold his egg grading.. business' in Walton
and cattle to Manage the poultry prOcesSing
and Gordon became foreman. Then he was
moved to,,--the egg , grading station in •
Brussels and Gary Bennett was brought-in •
as assistant manager. At this time the
name was changed to East Huron Produce.
The planthas been mo-ernized and it now
has-become necessary to install a second,
ice machine to supply the needs for more
ice as the processing of mature-turkeys has
now gotten into full swing.
The CounciI and Citizens
of the
TOWNSHIP *
of
HIBBERT
Congratulate
Best Wishes
DUBLIN
an Your
100th Birthday
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