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fHE EXETER IIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER M 1M8
Pioneering in Usborne as told by
Mr. John Cornish, Andrew Street.
What & wealth of history of the Mrs. J. Harding and Mrs. Morley,
early settlements Is being lost as‘ of Exeter, all well-to-do and quite
the pioneers are dropping off one1 prosperous. Mrs. -Cornish's people
by one, Last week the writer had t also came from Devonshire but she
the pleasure of having a chat with fW!,H tinm in bivemnai iin irko. on
Mr. John Cornish of Andrew Street;
Exeter, He is in his eighty-sixth
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There is a real need for a revival of homecrafts and homecraft,
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was born in Liverpool in 185'2 on
the way to Canada, When this little
, „„ „T. band of emigrants Cornishes, Man-
year and recalls quite easily the days nings and Herns ‘‘reached London
of more than seventy years ago when' in 1852, they started out to walk
Usborne was covered with forest [to Usborne nearly 30 miles. They
except for the smell
around the shanties of
settlers.
Mr. Cornish was born
shire, England in 1847.
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It’s a grand thing that we’re not all poor at the same time.
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clearances were iqet by Samuel Cornish on the
the eaw way and given a night’s lodging and
' rest,
Ml\ John Cornish tells with pleas
ure of the old days when they were glad tq wear a cotton shirt anti
blue derry trousers with no under
clothes and all the children went
barefooted. In winter the girlsi
wore dresses of home made flannel
and the boys wore home made full
cloth. It was only a man here and
there who had an - overcoat. Boys
grew to manhood without one. Many
children had no shoes even in the
winter time. (Sometimes a fortun
ate one got an old cast off pair
Somewhere, iMoney was too scarce
to buy them for all the family.
Feed for the few head of cattle
eaph farmer had was scarce- too.
Very little which was kept for the
oxen in the spring when they had to
work but they had a little more
straw which was fed carefully night
and morning and
I
in Devon-
In 1850
his father,* John Cornish, a labor
ing man in England, emigrated to
Canada-. 'When he reached Usborne,
about two miles south of Elimville
where he bought 50 acres of bush
land he had only lialf-a-crown.
about 60 cents, in his pocket, but
he had courage, During- the sum
mer he went to London to work on
the railroad. He and a number of;
other Usborne pioneers helped to
dig out gifton's Cut with the ordin
ary pick and shovel. Thus a little
money was gathered together and
coming back to his farm a small,
shanty was built and-^a few acres,
chopped to be logged and burned
the next summer. As lumber was
costly, or none at all, the shanty wue
covered with basswood troughs made
hollowing out with the -axe, logs
that had been spjlit, through the I qattle went to the woods
centre, When these were hollowed browse. Farmers chopped „
out the open .roof was covered with tlie trees and the cattle nipped off,
a row of these laid with hollowdd the buds and small branches eager
side upwards. Then the joins were iy. This
covered with another* row with the
hollows downward. This made a
good roof. The walls were built of
logs and all holes and cracks were
chined or closed with pieces of wood
driven into them. To make these
close enough to keep out the wind
and the snow they were plastered
over sometimes with a plaster of
stiff clay but sometimes with lime
and sand. ■
home made
■and a small
■Cornish sent
for his wife
was Mary (Manning and in 18'52 she
came with her four children. Later
on other children were born num-'
bering five sons and five daughters.' The religious life of
, eel's was not forgotten for itinerant,
ministers rode into the settl’ements
, and held services first in the homes
and later in the school houses. Ser-
, ies of protracted meeting were held
, where many conversions were made
and as early as 1869 Horne’s church
, was built with the^ible- Christians
. in charge. It is now known as Zion
and for the past 63 years the ser-
, vices there have exerted a great in
fluence for good in that neighbor
hood. In addition to the regular
ministers who could not come every
(Sunday a large number of local
preachers gave excellent services on
Sundays when the minister- could
'not .be present.. Among these may
be mentioned Mr. Edwa-rds, an old
man; Samuel Skinner, George Mill-
son and John Millson, uncles of Rev.
Dr. Millson, Secretary of Evangel
ism, and .Social (Service of
United Church,
settlers was.
who came out
a sister -of Mr.
■saw Mr. Hern
•tree and as. he
do it he chopped round the tree and
■then was at ^a loss to know which
way it would fall. 'He did. not feel
i very safe still the tree was down.
I The descendants of this same Thos.
Hern are still, to a large extent
Then the joins were iy.
The shanty
> furniture
clearance
back to
whose maiden
built, some
constructed
made Mr.
Devonshire
name
Farmers
during the day
_3 to
■chopped down
food kept the cattle very
healthy and strong and pn it along
with the straw they did well. The
writer remembers well that his
father gave the cattle a feed pf hay
on Christmas and Easter mornings.
This act coupled with the reason for
doing it left a deep impression on
our young-minds. Many others, did
the same thing. God bless their
memory.
Though bears were pientiful Mr.
Cornish never saw one but he saw
many deer. One of these sometimes
gave those early settlers a very ac
ceptable supply of meat
bears sometimes carried
. their porkers.
though the
off one or
Not for fifty-five years have farmers found it quite as hard
as they find it this year to pay their taxes,
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Few people have come ,to loss through easy credit, while the
’ road to ruin is paved by easy borrowing.
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• The average man in the republic may not be aware of it, but
the United States has come to the end of a political era.
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""“Steers have been sold in this locality in the lifetime of one of
our citizens, for $2,50 a cwt. arid hogs, dressed, have sold for $2.25
a cwt.
PRESENTED WITH CANE
Majo.r “Drew’*' McWtie,
Marys was presented " with
headed cane at their council
by his council colleagues.
McVittie hag decided to give up ow
ing to ill health and also due to the
fact he expects to move to Ingersoll
in the spring to reside.
of $t,
a gold-
meeting
Major
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Folk who claim to know say that the snow fail of last week
was the heaviest ^November snowfall that Ontario has experienced
since 1873.
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Why should not one of the Exeter churches invite the Sunday
Schools of South Huron to- participate in a
Rally?
Grand New Year’s Day
DEED IN ST. MARYS
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days* Policemen haveThe way of the criminal is hard these
discovered that they are required to do something besides wearing
municipality’s clothes.
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’Still the big crowds at the fowl suppers do not look like hard
times. Have people money for things they really want If that
is the case we know nothing about financial stringency.
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/ QUITE SO
And after all, isn’t the modern girl with her paint, lipstick and
.^rouge just about as real as grandmother was with the false hair
and bustle.—Forest iStandard.
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Thomas Lancaster, who had re
sided in fit. Marys for over fifty
years passed away at.his home af
ter two weeks of serious illness. He
the
He
the
un-
was
was bpm in Downie Twp., being
youngest of a family of seight.
had been employed as agent for
Paris firm of D. Manwell & Sons
til two years ago, when he
forced to retire owing to ill health.
Surviving are his wife, three
and one daughter.
ROBINSON-—LOW
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Lil-
Wil-
SOURED ON THE
WORLD?—THAT’S LIVER
Wake tip your Liver Bile
—-No Calomel necessary
Maay people 4who feel sour, .sluggish and
generally wretched make the mistake of taking
salts, pil, mineral water, laxative candy or
chewing gum, or roughage which only move ~
the bowels and ignore tfio liv.er.
(What you need is to wake up your liver
bile. Start your liver pouring the daily two
pounds of liquid bile into your bowels. Get
your stomach and intestines working as they
should, once more.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills will soon fix you
up. Purely vegetable. Safe. Sure. Quick.
Ask for them by name. Refuse substitutes.
25c. q.t all druggists, ,51
For some years Mr. Cornish con
tinued going to London to work
on the railroad or other jobs while
Mrs. Cornish remained at hpme car
ing for the children and incidental
ly doing the underbrushing for the
next winter’s chopping. Under
brushing meant that she cut down
all the small trees up to about six
inches in - diamet’er, trimming oiff
the branches, cutting up the trunks
ed also to roll the logs together arid
then piling all in neat brushpiles
for the clearing during the follow
ing summer. When the logging
came to be done Mrs. Cornish help
ed also to roli the logs together and
pile them up for the burning. It
was hard and slavish work but the
people of those early days, seventy
to eighty years ago- were made, of
good .stuff, with nerves of steel,
hearts of pure gold and a vision
that .saw a smiling homestead in
the not too distant future; a home
stead where a happy group of chil
dren were growing up into a strong
and vigorous young manhood and
womanhood. One of these sons was
Mr. John Cornish now living on An
drew Street, living, with .his
who was Miss Eliza Parrish
girl and whom
three years ago.
long years they
loved together. Without wealth to
start they have succeeded well thro-’
thrift and hard work and today are
enjoying a well-earnea rest.
Mrs. Cornish though eighty years
old is still very smart on her feet
and can do her own housework well.
Mr. COrnish in his, eighty-sixth year
is not so active but his mind is clear
and he has a wonderfuj memory.
They have reared four children,
John J., of Thamesford; William,
he married
Through all
have worked
■those pion-
(Service of the
(One of 'the early
Mr. Thomas Hern
in 18'52 and married
,Cornish’s mother. He
chop down his first
did not know how to
wife,
as a
sixty- [
those’
'and *n,eru Hle
l ar-o.und the old afrm and today they'
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B 32 You'll get relief I -J
JF*' Take half « traspoonfal of
11 Minard’s in molasses, Heat
■1 I Minard’s, inhale it. Also tub
KI it well into your chest.
own at least a thousand acres of the
very choicest land in the township.
What a fine lesson the present
generation can learn from the suc
cess of these pioneers who though
poor yet through thrift ’and industry
became quite wealthy before they
passed away.
dren are still carrying on with the
same..,zeal and energy of their won
derful parents. A few however left
with" wealth and good farms are to
day in want. 'These are the excep
tions and today if you go into the
south end of Usborne you may hear
of the successful careers
Hornes, Cornishes, Pyms,
Herns, Delbridges, Pearts,
■Chowns, etc., nearly all, if not all,
you
des-
Many of their chil-
of the
Jones’,
Towles,
good Old Devonshire stock and
will run across some of their
cendhirits everywhere.
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Suffered From Headaches
Attacks
Mrs. R. E. Kavanaugh, Slack’s
Harbor. N.B., Writes;—-“For years I
Buffered from headaches and bad
bilious, attacks.
I tried'several kinds of medicine,
but none of them seemed to do me
any good.,
Orie day a friend'advised me to use
Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Rills, and they
proved to be just the remedy I re
quired.”;■ For sdlo at all drug and general stores; put up only by The T. Milbum
Co., Limited, Toronto. Ont.
A prominent editor of an. American financial paper points out
that while in the United States there are no end of laws allegedly
regulating banking, there, are no end of bank failures, while in
Great Britain, where they have scarcely any bank regulations, they
have no- bank failures.
The marriage of
lian, daughter of Mr.
liam Low, -of Downie,
binson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Robinson, of Blanshard, took place
at the home of the bride's parents
recently. Rev. Hugh W. Stewart
officiated. The wedding music was
played by Mrs. Harold -McKay and
B. E. Collier sang during the sign
ing of the register. Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson left on a trip to Toronto
and other cities.
Margaret
and Mrs,
to Joseph Ro-
SUPPER SERVED AT
SAINTSBURY CHURCH
A successful ham supper was held
recently by the congregation of (St.
Patrick's Church, Saintsbury. It was
held in the parish hall, and was. well
attended. The program
lowed was in charge of
Parsons, rector of the
comprises the following;
Rev. Capt. Francis Felt,
■ violin duets by Messrs.
Kane; banjo- solos by “.Scotty” Gar
rett; duets by Harry Carroll and
Cora Harness; reading by Miss Ken
nedy; solos by -Mrs. H. Davis; nov
elty songs by Alvin Carroll _and har
monica selections by William Til-
berry.
which fol-
Rev. Mr,
church. It
Address by
of Granton;
Ogden and
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,We were delighted to, see a school marm teaching her pupils to
make their Christmas gifts of odds and ends of material that other
wise would have been useless. A little, good taste, a whole lot of
gumption and some effort and ’S’aifca Claus will be helped out,
friends remembered and the right investment made for Christmas
Day in the morning.
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TWO BROKEN NOSES
Two University of Western
■tario students who drive too
from the University every day,
suffered a broken nose in an
dent recently. They were driving on
No, 4 Highway five miles from Lu
can when- their car rammed into the
rear of a truck parked on the, road
way. John Neagle and Orville Gib
son were taken to St. -Joseph’s Hos
pital, London. The third boy Leo.
Conlin, driver of the car was unin
jured except for shock.
“Anyone who knows Irishmen is sure to like them!” remarked
the Prince of Wales as he left Ireland after opening the new par
liament buildings. That remark is worth more for the peace of
Ireland than an army division and a score of alleged diplomats.
Good will walks securely where suspicion treads on bombs, amid
a storm of soft nosed bullets.
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We heard a thrifty farmer say the other day, “I had a good
deal of winter buying to do and thought that I’d patronize one of
the big markets. I was surprised at the prices asked and thought
I’d try Exeter. To my surprise I found I could do much better
in Exeter. I was out my gasoline, but I was in on bargains and
in experience” His case is by no means singular.
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effort to, adjust
that Question is
the debts
answered
enormous
WHAT?
What is to be the- outcome of -the
resulting from tlie World War? Till
there is bound to be a stalemate in business.
When the Great War was on ''the nations borrowed
sums .of the money from the United States for the manufacture of
goods within the borders of the United States. In this way United
States workers were'paid with their own money. By far the great
er proportion of the money borrowed by the European nations for
war purposes never left ’the United States. Nor is that all the
story The goods manufactured by the United States citizens were
sold at enormously inflated prices. Of these prices the govern
ment of the United States took a toll sufficiently heavy to remun
erate the United States for the l-oans thus advanced. Ony way and
another the United Staes would have been away ahead financially
had she, on the day the Armistice was signed, cancelled every dol
lar the European powers borrowed for the conduct of the war. Yet
in the face of all this she demands the last pound of flesh, regard
less of the cost of collection.
Nor is that all the story. When the war was over the United
States government, by building tariff walls that made international
trade .anything but a paying proposition made it practically impos
sible for Europe to pay her bills by trading. In this way Uncle
Stain milked the European countries of their’gold. Now he finds
that he can’t trade and the gold in his vaults is no more remuner
ative than an idle machine or an idle railroad'" or an electric wire
over which no electricity is carried. He lias the medium of ex
change but little exchange. When he complains of loss of trade
his one time neighbors point to his unreasonable tariff walls and
to their c.wh tariff walls erected to prevent his making their ter
ritory the dumping ground for his products.
That is not all. Should the United States government under
take to remove or to lower its tariff walls, immediately that govern
ment will hear from the manufacturers aild the farmers and the
working people of the United .States the complaint that the United
States is to be flooded with goods manufactured in countries where
labour is so cheap that the American standard of living will be
lowered.
The United States has been playing a far more dangerous game
than they thought. ' W.hat will be the outcome of the effort- to can
cel or to adjust the war debts is difficult to foresee, one thing is
cleat. More depends upon the issue of the effort in that direction
than depended Upon the issue of the war itself
was a symptom The war debts is the disease.
The Great war
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