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Shopping Days -104
Another Episode In The
History Of West Wawanosh
V' r.• (By E. R. Br, St. Helens)
• A,s.the cleering'extended away from.
the little 'log shanty, 'the trees were
o urned. The ran.
cut' itr. lengths and b P
eer planted. potatoes-, turnips or -.corn
among.the stumps The. earth was
cabin church was, built., In 1864 a log
schoo j .was built on , the, Craig .pro -
petty. • • .
In -1872 `Patrick' Kelly, of.:Diyth :was
given the contract for a • new' fraiine
church twicethe size . of. the log
church. This was built on.a plot given
by john .,eddy. Phe present cemetery
Was laid out;atthe same• • ,.
• rch -+'stone edifice,
was built in 1903, the cornerstone of
Lucknow ' Ont., Thursday December 7th, X193.9
BOUGHT FARD'I'PROPERTY
ADJOINING • VILLAGE
mg
Mr. Harry -Anderson, of Silver- was solemnized • at Knox :nth
wood's do1wntown office, has'purchas- 'manse, Goderich, on Monday, Novem•
ed the residence and property of Mrs. , ber 27bh by .Rev. 'D. J. 'Lane, when
S. Reid, south of pile village. The. ;Hazel Jean, ' only daughter of Mrs.
property consists of sixty ,acres of M. G. Bruce an the late Thomas E.
land, '•Mr. and.' Mrs. Anderson will Gauley, was Married to .Private • Gor-
den •Souter'; only son.ef Mrs. W: Ring-
•ler, of St,. Helens ttnd the late Souter
Taylor. The_ couple . were attended by
Mr, and Mils. ';Lorne Sills of • Strat-
ford, They will reside a 1.38 Front
Street, .Stratford.
MARRIED AT GODERICI�I
Taylor=Gaule3N'--A quiet we
receive possession on 'Mardi 1st.Mr,
and Mrs: `Reid and fainly will move
to the. apartment- in,.the Reid 'Blind-
ing, above the •offices•`of (l. IL Smith
and Dr. Evely.
rich ,and 1pan:y ` owing , to; decaying time {' the ;bar, '
vegetation, but the task of hoeing The present chu Where Dennis. had 'liquor corked i
:vas rather irksome among so ,many
roots. n necessary to build a Jar;
�..as laid: oh .Delay .3rd} }iy the.-.. m e. eat had two swigs whe
• • It was the
tree=
' Bishop of the Diocese.. F
was the priest in charge there. Father
length, . perhape- 12 ' feet l,on; . These
'y•iere split -in two, split ak,ain in one-
quarter. and, if then too' large, were
split down again. To the casual ob-
server, driving along country roads,
• rail fences are just rail fences, :but
when. one 'considers' how • many rails
wauld be necessary to encircle one
• hundred . acres, to say nothing of "cross
fences in order to lay out fields; the
task must have• seemed most form-
have
.�• held •their own in the face :of modern
improvement's :but are slowly giving
wire
place to•..the more up-to-date
fences, but it was a rail fence or.
nothing for -the settler. •
Lf fli�ere-Wts- a . s'h'orrtae• of rags- to •is lie Robb- cleared, thelar on
surround the clearing, ' a brush fence
of young green trees was substituted.
• These, were cut sufficiently: to let the
• • tree. fall, but still be attached to the
stump. This:•was all right When green
but. drying' in the summer sunshine
;made them brittle • and• the pioneer
cow,' knowing the weak. spots in the'
fence,. -very. saved. her master
• the 'job of topping,. the turnips To
• deal • more fully with the.. pioneer cow
would take more , space than we have
at .band. She was the production of
many breeds, • She might have been'
Ayrshire at • one-. time but through
cross -breeding ultimately she was just
plain cow; . She Was lean. and' rangy.
Her horns:were, long and ended . with
- sharp turned -up, points and -woe betide
her adversary. • She inherited 'all. her
grandmother's, vices 'but, retained her
one virture, a grand milker.:She yeas'
a born thief. but gave all'back in.. an
abundant flow 'of inilk.'What. we have
already stated.were some' of the con-
.ditions• under - which .the early settler
of West Wawanosh had to' contend
with'" and those 'of:.the'' Sixth Couces-
slim were ' no.: exception, to . the ' rule.
About'the; year 1850. this Concession'
began to be .opened up. The . Wilsons,
. Fowlers; Durnans and' the' Smiths; a -
'(bout ;whom .iy_e shall write in another
article, were among the earliest. Chi -9:
Stuart with' his wife and nine children'
settled' on" •the farm no* owned And
occupied' by ' Wm. Cranston. Stuart.
had been' architect to ' thea Earl • of
Fife in Scotland and it must have
been quite a change to then all from:
:what they bad teen accustomed to,
a. log shanty. The' Northeast farm at
the,. intersection ' was.. owned .by, • the:
McLeans, .cattle' dealers. • •
• . The 'Southwest corner farrii: now
•
Owned by • Brown Smith was . cleared
by Wrn. Fowler`. The Southeast corner
farm noyv owned by Abe.' Smith was
cleared ;by Ed Radford: The next.
one east now owned"•by -Albert John-.
ston was cleared by a.' man named
' »Hanlon.. The next farm now oceapied
by : Uric. Thomson', together with the
one now owned by Miss Thomson is.
the site.of the old'. Thomson holm --
stead.
The'corner farnPwas owned and clear-
• ed by Barney McCabe and is. now, .ne-
cupied ..by Joe Boyle.' The 'place now
owned by Mason 'McAllister is. the old
•homestead cleared. by his grandfather
David McAllister. .
-:Continuing ,on the north side the
next farm owned by David McAlli-
ster, was settled and cleared by John
Fortin; -Sam Horn . cleared. the farm
now owned by Graves. ,
•.The next • farm,' comprising 300'
�.' acres, was originally bought by Geo:
Brophy on' the . 16th of ,S:eptern�ber•.
•185$, for the slim of £200; lie divided
that into. three •farms., giving one to
his son, Eduard, now owned 'by his,
grandson Ambrose, - one to his'son
Geo now held by Theodore and 'Gus
Redmond and the third tb bis son
John, now occupied by Wm. Redmond.
Torn ,Carne ran a hotel at.the. corn-
er }which is.new St..Auguetine. Father
Schneider. was the first priest here'
and served from 1950 to 1856. He
came front Goderich and • held ser•'
'rides- in Met abe"a�,,•iog,:•; lauu :a.
first R• C: •C:liurch was- a. log -cabin
:built on the b dward Brophy .place.
' its rise was' 34 feet by 24 feet, It
was. built in• 1857. The cemetery was
at er an on heard Pat declare
He was' glad he' came to.'Donny;
brook Fair.•
MacMahon is the present incumbent.
On the south side of the. 6th Con.
the corner lot was ' owned 'and cleared
by
,Plunkett • and is now owned by
Wm. Thomson.• : : • "
East of St. ' Augustine on the south
side, E. Robertson cleared the farm
where ' C. Carnie . is now. • Charlie
Robertson was back . of Carrie. Torn
cleared the farm now, owned
by Mrs. Jefferson. Meiotic an c eare
the place .now, owned • by R. •Chamney.
'
Next farm was 'owned -. Eby Pete Don-
ohue. Thomsons were next and, still
owned by the family:
occupied by Murphy.: .
For- information in 'the compiling_
of this article we' are greatly indebted
to' Donald Murray, : George Alexander
and, Win. 'Redmond: .' Also for the
courtesy 'of. Father MacMahon for Ob-
taining the history regarding the 'Ito-
man Catholic, Churches. .. .' .
This brings us to the corner, called
Donnybrook and here was, where' the
Fairs, were', held:. Everyone came to
the Fair: They came for • various reas-
ons. -Some •.brought 'their best, to ob-
tain prizes, some to, meet their neigh-
bors, others for'a'day's fun. The plow
was :left in the furrow, the spinning
wheel pushed 'back in the, cornea and'
everyone was out for the day' •A
snake: rail fence, encircled the .`Fair.
ground and if a., man 'wanted to. make.
some pin money•he just placed a plank
on the• rails of,the`fence and placed
some jugs of whiskey and some glass-.
es ;en the plank, got' in behind and he
was 'a hotel proprietor in •good stand-
ing. No taxes, or rents •to, pay, no
policeman snooping around, he was
sure •of a roaring trade, and the day
wen' merrily on.. •A man might sock
another on the jaw and get one back,
but it was- all in• the' day's fun :and
td mipo 9witoom 9r; 4 Ie; +fon •
ELECT ;LITERARY
SO•C.IETY: OFFICERS'
There's'.a:'man named Allen, all knew
him`' by sight,
When he drank half a gallon was'
gloriously' tight. ' ' '
When he stripped - Off his coat T heard
" him declare '
He could lick any reran at Donnybrook
' Fair• .
There's'a man named Wat Nicol over.
• DELICIOUS• This Year. HOME -M•
ADE
I. : Candies
11,1 Are GoingOver Bigger
Ever sob McGregor. gor.
A. nomination meeting' was held in'
Form IV at the Lucknow High School -
on, Thursday,, 'November 23rd, 19'33',
to nominate officers for the'Literary •
Society. The, following Friday
ection, Eby aballot,..'was held.under the
supervision .of the following commit-
tee--El
ommit-tee- El va Twaniley,. Mary' Fisher aril
Fred ifnwrrgbt.. The; list of officez•S
elected is' as `follows: - President -BoU .'•
Ma,cIntosh;,, vice president—Etta Belle„
ldlacDonald Asea.— Madeline; Caesar.;
„Treas.TClaire' ;Richards'; pianist,
Santa : Claus
a
Hal Left 8'
'a
LiIftdn'earruthers; •Editors, E.
ingham & " D.' Finlayson, Glee Club`,
Leadeof
rs—Marjorie Hfman and Fred I ttit
Wainwright.. The 'Form' representa
t.ives elected ~ were Grade' IX, Helen r
Salkeld; and Stanley Prest;• Grade X
S .--Grace Campbell and John Mow,bray;,;
Grade 4Xl-Carolyn Allin;• Grade X1.11.1^
Gerald Culbert, (�by..acc`(amation)- f
lam•
Than Grade XIII -=Margaret Salkeld and
They Are Pure '8c Wholesome. a
E Some of the' 'Leaders: •
At .The
uck now
For some 'Lucky' Farmfr
From December • 4th until December'. 23rd, 1939, at 4 p.m. •O'clock
UTO ONE GUESS
FOUND $126 IN OLD VEST;
ON• THE SERIAL NUMBER? OF THIS $10:00 1MLL-
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'EACH' .500 itis CHOPPING WILL, ENTITLE YOU
BELIEVED STOLEN LAST • SPRING .. • Treleaven s • Today
Start Chopping At . IWE...
Who • got first prize , for his ' corn and
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his: :carrots;
,
Likewise for. his • pumpkins, no better
were there- ,
So - he' got ; on. humping at Donnybrook
That famous stock -breeder, the terror
Of "dogs, •'
Get • first prize for colt, cattle and
as, one old. lady, remarked, "Sure,. it.
was a foine way.for t-he=Bh'oys-
git : acquainted." The 'following poem
can 'describe the.Fair much better
than this scribe. • ,
DONNYBROOK, •FAIR
4;t must: have been in the very early
days 'of settlement in. Wawanosli 'that'
fall fairs were held in the. little village
of Donnybrook—now little ' mere than
a country' cross road: But for a num-
ber' of years Donnybrook. had a fall
fair • and- evidently a poet who cele-
brated the annual event in the lines
which .follow: •
Likewise. for 'loaf sugar which he did
prepare,
And tidied well with :butter for Don-
nybrook • Fair.
Young Enoch Shorts got > prize; for
some wool, '
And so did Tom Taylor for a thorn-
bred 'bull;
While little . Andrew Black came in
'• for .a. share;
'With a prize for a,•coltout •ofI Din-
• ny's old, mare.
The• show ab •
out over and 'coming on
PEANUT •BRITTLE, •
HOREI OUN D
:'BOSTON CHIPS, SUCKERS; '
t BUTTER SCOTCH, •
A. few days .agqm,near
;' a • arer.
Dum';
rha'.p•'at •on -an old vest; notworn
•since last slating,' mounted his wagon
qg� for town; dug into 'the vest for .' a ,
SAW GS 4 match: tot light bis . pipe, and instead • ti
yv`)lPcl ant a Awad of $12600,,. from.
This.Is Not $10.00 Worth• of Merchandise .But• Is A Cash Prize
$10:00
'And We Will Make It Worth • Ydur While To Trade , At
During .December:
FLOUR MILL
'Canes; All Sizes '
"lVIABE To ORDER" • a
Get Them At Iotir Grocer's
or 'Phone REID'S,' 68 ' irartpawavanirofigictowesFwigreA
night, -
A few lively Irishmen started •a. fight;
When Robin Buchanan, got,,a box on
the •ear;'` • -
His friends standing by all trembled
' with fear.
'Till wee Peter MacDonald who, never
Was slack; . ' .
Says fight away Robin, I'm here at
your back.•
Old Billy ,Farguarson, to. pieces we'll
tear,
And we'll have satisfaction .at Donny-.
brook Fair. ' •
Now,. i -hope' you've enjoyed this song
'TwaS in '1866 in the fall ol the year.
When the Fenians were thinking
• of venturing here,
I girted My saddle and •nrunted my
. mare
Then' off I skidaddied lox Donny-
brook •Fair.
From the North came the ChamneYs
,. and Bruce and O'Neils,
Some came thrmigh the bush and
some by the fields
The Deacons and ..Xartins arid Ag -
news were there, -
All out for a time' at' Donnybrook
Fair.
From the 'East came the Marwoods,
. the Cooks and the Snells,
Toni Parrott and Fothergill came.
with Sam Fells; .
The Scotts and .Mellurneys and Hen-'
rys were there,'
FtPln the South came the Redmends,
• the Hoovers and Fox,
McClinton and Helps with butter
in, crocke,
were there
And Carrols and Cassidys came to
Prom the 'We$ We' saw Wallace and
, Thompson and Brooks, -
O'C'nrynnrg Flynns, the Filen'-
MeGrogiur and Brirphy mkt Arm-
, strongs were there,
Who came to encourage the Don-
nybrook Pair.
'I have given.
And ' I'll promise . another in • 1967: ':
Now 'don't disappoint me, be sure and
be there
•
And bring all .your friends to Don-_r....:.....a,.,,a,,..�,,,+sxe;��r,rtraarti
nybrook 'Fair.
PECIA�.
RICES
'on
RANGES
and
STOVES
Wm.
Murdie
Son
where he had sleepily tucked it 'last .
'spring before retiring•.
The $126.00 was the receipts from
Sti,s0n",s..•
the sale et caale. The' farmer and
the trueker, whom he engaged to haul- .
.the cattle td the city, ipent the night Mave you
, larr you owe
in city hotel -dad in the merning
the farmer couldn't find- the monev,
."undec the pillow," 'where lie thought
he had placed it. The truck Other
Was • accussed, but it could. not he
proved 'he itole the money.
Needless t.o say it was a hapPy find
for the .farmeu, but rather ihniniliating
for him in 'blaming the truCk driver,
•who suffered a good deal of embar-
assanent by the affair:
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KING MAY 'BROADCAST
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MESSAGE ON CiAtisTmAg bAY
King George VI is considering. a
Christmas Day broadcast. It is re-
ported the King. vay deliver spec-
ial meSsae to the Men and women
of the fighting and auxiliary* forces
as well • as to civilians of Britain
and the„ Empire. •
. Ills -.Majesty announced two , years
ago the did- not Prepose to ;carry on
the "tradition so personal to' my
father," who broadcast to the 'Em-
pire on ChristMas Day for several
years, but the war is, understood te
have: caused him to reconeider:
Greetings
OF
The
forgotten the i five dol- "Certainly' not: Didn't you ' see Me
. e
Look Your
Lovehest
For The
nstmas Season
MAKE EARLY AF'POINT1VIENTS
FOR A PERMANENT, FINGER -
WAVE. MARCEL, AND ALL KiNDS
OF BEAUTY WORK.
Hair Styled To Your Liking
EVELYN'S BEAUTY SALON
IN OUR NEW' LOCATIO-N THE TRELEAVEN BLOCK s,
' 'PHONE 19w
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Set apart the same year. Father Was- ,
sereau ,was the' Pastor when the log Myself arc! Pat Cain stepped up to '%Ittrigtete
tore Ful
Your Christmas
I Store
. ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED; WE cl, 6'
13 , CHILDREN'S. WOMEN'S AND a E
Shopping . a e asy When You - Visit Our I MEN'S I'RICED FROM , a , t
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• ' - . . - ., ' . , • '1`i 49e to $2.95 . I. i
Practial Gifts *Are Always Appreciated I • .. • . • • S. E
To Mother, Sister,, Sweetheart. Our Stock
Consists Of Overnight And Week -end Cases,
Areopacks and Matching Travel, Twins.
First .Qualiti Rubber Footwear
We Carry A Complete Range Of "DOMINION,
BRAND" Rubber Footwear At Cometative
Prices, That Make, Ideal Xmas (Gifts.
a 2 FREE PRIZES
AEROPACK AND
OVERNIGHT CASE
§ Coupon With Each 25c Purchase— '
'SHOES. THAT
Hockey & Skating
At Nci Increase• In Prices
VV 'CLive You A Liberal Allowance
For Your Old Pair. •
JUVFNILE. SKATING OUTFITS $2.79 $2.95
AT
WOMEN'S.. SKATING OUTFITS, & A §r1
OUTFIT'S 3.50; 4.95 7.50
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A Small Depcisit Wilf Hold AnY Artide Until Christmas