HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-05-10, Page 9Auction Sale Of Pioneer Items
A large crowd of interested buyers came to the farfn auction at C, Brown
Lindsay's in mid-April. The history of the farm goes back to 1860 in the
Lindsay name. Uncovering old implements stored in „farm buildings brought
memories of pioneer days. (News-Record Photo)
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.414. the :famay, 1V rs, George.
Sr.,, kept e )grwn
with -14rPa glass. panes which:
Grandma 14.41.4g4y 440 g4410
when .She walked' to elur~+h at
night (they yvoiv•
144.5) .or went le week-night
meetings in, the $he
recalled hearing that Grandma
.L 3.41$ y' load walked to 401 in the early days and car-
pied hcorne a Oag of flouri Her grandmother Simpson had phce.
ridden a horse to .Goderich and
led. it home with the 1)a'g of
flour and other ,supplies. on the
saddle,
' Brown' Lindsay is building a.
new hornO for 'himself and his
mother on the farm across' the
rOad from the hnineStead,
known locally as the "FrIpser'
farm, He has established, a
fruit farm here, and also has
maple 'bush so that he can cone,-
tinge to make maple syrup.
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Ontario egg. producers have
taken exception to a statement
that appeared in a Toronto
(daily paper dealing with the
current' investigation of certain
food products by the Federal
Food and. Drug Directorate.
The story carried the opinions.
of representitives of Several
:leading cake mix manufactur-
ers after the Food and Drug
Directorate had • announced
plans to implement regUlations
requiring these companies to
use only pasteurized egg pro-
ducts 'in their mixes and froz-
en desserts. The director of
n111.1114. control for one of these
companies is quoted by this
daily as saying, 'the problem
goes right back to the egg pro-
ducer. If they made sure all
eggs sold' were pasteurized
there would be no salmonella".
"This man is either misquot-
ed or badly mistaken," said
Tem. RObson, Leamington, pre-
sident of the Ontario Egg Pro-
ducers Association. "Ontario
egg producers market their
eggs in shell form and we know
of no way that shell eggs can
be pasteurized. The pasteuriza-
tion process takes place after
the eggs have been broken by
the processor Who turns this
product into powdered or froz-
en. form. Thus' the gentleman
is obviously referring to these
firma who manufacture such
proctucts for the• baking and
confectionery trade."
This flurry of publicity has
Magnified the problem fair ibe-
yend its true Signitieance, and
it could have adVerse effects.
ncovers
The Story gees that James
Lindsay, a. shoemaker, George
414 TOM. Lindsay, stonemasons
born on a farm near Edinburgh
!eqnliRriated to Canada .in 1860.
Tom Lindsay didn't borne to
Ontlarie. He didn't like the
country arid decided to go tb
Anstralia. He went to Mont-
real .anci. disappeared,
George located at Wardsville,
He was .thrice married and
each time 'went back to Scot-
land for a Wife„ After his sec,
and wife died, he wrote to a
young woman and asked her to
come eat to marry .him, Her
mother objected to her corning
out here before marriage, so.he
was 'forced te make the tile
again, D. Lindsay, Rodney, is
his son.
Ames, Lindsay found work in
Paris, but twice a year he
walked up to the Bronson Line
to visit 'the Sparks family and.
ncidentally, Margaret Brown,
daughter of John Brown.
John Brown 'and his brothers
William and Alexander were
stonemasons from Stirling,
Scotland.
Joinn was' employed 'by a titled
Scottish nobleman to do some
marsonry at his castle. He and
the nobleman's daughter, Ca-
therine Wilson, fell in love and
eloped. She was subsequently
disowned by her father.
John Brown lived in Glasgow
where his three children, Mar-
garet, Janet and John were
(born. The family emigrated to
Canada and three weeks after
arriving in Hamilton, 1VIrs. Br-
own died.
While in Hamilton the Brown
brothers built two Presbyterian
churches, one of which was
F !s t Knox. Presbyterian
Church.
John Brown settled on the
Bronson - Line and he built the
first brick house on the line
(long since demolished on the
farm owned ;by Alan S,teckle).
It is ^reealled that it was one
of the houses' in the district
said to have been picked out
for seizure by the Fenian spies,
in 'the Fenian raid scare.
William Brown built the resi-
dence of Mrs. Charles Marks
and her son John.
John .and William Brown also
built St. Andrew's Auld Kirk,
Hayfield (demolished in 1946).
On February 21, 1862, James
Lindsay married Margaret Br—
own. The ceremony was per-,
formed in Bayfield by the Rev:
Mr. Kirby. They lived on the
13v ninon Line. Their daughter
Margaret (the late Mrs, Rich-
ard Smith) was born there
May 17, 1866.
Janet Brown married James
Sparks. They lived on the.
Bronson Line for awhile and
then located on a farm in the
Princeton and Drumbo area.
John Brown, Jr. married
Margaret Tough. They lived on
the Bronson Line until 1885
when they moved to North
Dakota, finally locating near
Dtins'eith. He carried on in the
family tradition by 'building 'the
first stone house in that dig-
In June .1866, the Baroness
Von Tuyll sold lot 6, containing
94 acres, Hayfield Line, East,
Goderich Township to James
Lindsay. He gave her a, mort-
gage ,for $296 which was dis-
83 Years Old..
Mrs. George Lindsay, Sr..,
Hayfield, is sitting in as rock-
Mg chair in the home she had'
occupied for over half a cen-
tury. She had ,celebrated. her
83rd birthday ,oh April 3 with
members of her family,
(News-Record Photo)
charged .in full October 8, 1870,
Aided by 'his father-yin.-taw,
who lived with them, James
Lindsay cut. a clearing in the
bush . build a log shelter
where the 'present 'house stands,
Later a frame house replaced
the log, and an apple orchard
planted between it and the
road. A ba n was built with
the clearing of the land,
Their 'second daughter 'Janet
(the late Mrs. W. W. Higgins()
was born here. March 10, 1869.
The late George, Lindsay was
born October 15; 1872, and the
late John Lindsay July 15,
1874.
James Lindsay, always, a
delicate man, died of pneu-
monia in 1887. Mrs. Lindsay"s
father, John Brown, continued
to live with 'the family until
his ,death in his 95th year.
George. Lindsay had done
the' ploughing when 11 years
of age owing to his father's
ill health, but he took over the
management of the farm, with"
the help of other members of
the family, at the age of 15.
In 1893, Mes. Margaret Lind-
say bought lot 5 to increase
their acreage.
Baroness Von Tuyll had
deeded this .lot, all 85 acres,
in 1867 to Hepsibeth Calloway
(Mrs. J. Calloway) in apprecia-
tion for great kindness extend-
ed ,td her.
Hut according to records at
the registry office, R. H. Gaird-
ner had' bought the S.W. part,
24 acres for taxes and re-
ceived a deed November 29,
1866. But on September 21,
1868, Robert H. Gardner deed-
ed this 24 'acres to Hepsibeth
Calloway. (Dr. Robert H.
Gairdner owned the adjoining
land. He 'built the home now
known as the old Thomson
house.)
This lot 5 recalls talks • of
early days. One cold wintry
Morning when J. Calloway
went out to do -the chores, he
found a new born 'baby girl,
snugly wrapped in, swaddling
clothes, in the sheep fold. She
received a good home, was
named Lenore and lived to be
a very fine parson.
Then there was the search
far gold. The old diggings are
still there, 1).+4.Qcw.g.'g 440,
say's .o,1414rm 'Were 'Warned.
never to go near Notwi%-
,standing the ppTeptai warping,.
they occasionally threw a long
pole down the hole just tO ,,see
it bounce back up again, .Some
mysterious pewer, probably
gas, .doe5, the trick, After the
digging 'was Stepped pioneers
were of the opinion that, it had
been a ruse, OR the part: of the
,Q411lada Company to attract
settlers to the .distdet.
On January 20, 1872, ,Tehn
_Govenlock .(who married Len-
ore) pnreliased 'thefartre Then
it. came into -possession of F,
1W„ Kingston, June 4, 1881, and
(Justin Lapp, March 24, 1890.
James' F, V.anderburgh, James
Wails, Emma G. C. Bond, Ern-
eSt A. Macdonald and W.
Kingston were other owners
until Mrs, Lindsay acquired' it.
A lime kile was established
on lot 6 which for years sup-
plied lime for bank barns and
other buiidipgs, All the lime
for the building of S't. 'Andrew's
United Church came from this
kiln'. There is still lime in the
pit.
Following the i r mother's
death in 1905, George and John
Lindsay came into the proper-
ties. But John Lindsay prefer,
red sailing the Great Lakes to
farming , and so in 1916, he
sold his share 'to his brother.
But the place was always
"home" to Jack.
In 1906 George Lindsay mar-
ried Eliza Switzer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, aumee Switzer,
6th Concession and, Hayfield
L i in e , Goderich Township,
whose grandparents, Mr, and
Mrs. !Rem Simpson were pion-
eers on the Hayfield Line, They
lived at the farm for a few
years and then occupied -their
willllage house (now owned by
Licyd Scoteihmer) for five
years before returning to the
homestead.
To them were born three
sons, George, Paris; John', Hay-
field and C. Brown "Doc" at
home and. five daughters—Jean
(Ides. Charles Bell), Isabel
Lenore (Mrs. William Orr),
Jessie (Mrs, Robert Blair),
Pearl ,(Mrs. -James Hutchings)
and Phyllis (Mrs. George
Heard).
George Lindsay, ;besides far-
ming, raising sheep and cattle,
etc., worked for Huron County
as a road builder. He had the
reputation of doing thoroughly
whatever task he undertook.
He rebuilt the home, incor-
porating the original frame
structure into the larger hawse.
George Lindsay was the head
of the .here in that not,
only his own children, .but 'his
sister's and their children
NOTICE
Tuckersmith
Municipal Dump
will be open until further
notice on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons,
from 1 to 5.30 p.m.
J. 1. McIntosh
Clerk
14tfb
SaUght '114 wdise advice,
Iii POAtiPS he was a *launch
COWriPaMtYP.,, He •PeWed PA the
village c9111101 and w4s mew
for several years • He saw like
need for a font 14rIgge across
the Bayfield river, and was.
strntnental in having it added
tO the old iron bridge. While
he Was. reeve, the roads which
OrOsSed in Clan Gregor Square
were taken ent and built
around the square according to
the original plan.
When Brown Lindsay sold
the homestead and lot 5, his
;brothers and sisters rallied
around help him and their
Mother a0 ready for the sale.
And then was that early
pioneer tools, implements and
household furnishings, careful-
ly stoned in the chlveshed came
to light, The old spinning
wheel and carder. Grandma
Lan' disay did the spinning and
Aunt Maggie did the carding.
Their grandfather Lindsay's
last far making shoes; tools
vvhileh„Ilhe toys had never seen
turned up. Equipment for
making maple syrup recalled
the Sugaring-off parties of old,-
en days.
George Lindsay picked up a
bit of old paper 'in the passage
way in the barn which he is
having framed, It was his gr,
andparerit's wedding certific-
ate. How it got there, no one
knows.
A farmer's auger put up at
auction just brought 25 cents,
because those attending did not
know its use.
In the sale were 'the flails,
cradle, 'reapers and pioneer ma-
chinery right up to the modern
'tractor and equipment used to-
day. Also there was a fine
matched team of Percheron
mares, the pride of their own-
er. These 'animals did their
daily work about the barn and
farm in good spirit, But they
weren't too happy with the fine
harness which was' put on, them
the 'day of the sale and they
didn't show off to advantage.
However, they went to a good
home in Colborne Township, so
Brown Lindsay was happy.
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Old Shingle Mill Now In Museum
J. H. Neill, curator of Huron County Museum points at shingle mill that
was purchased from the Lindsay farm near Bayfield, April 11. The shingle
mill was purchased by George Lindsay from William R. Jowett between 1938
and 1940. Mr. Jowett had received it as part of a large saw mill purchase at
the turn of the century. The shingle mill required extensive repairs at the
time Mr. Lindsay acquired it and was last used in 1946 when the Lindsay barn
was re-shingled. Mr. Neill of. Huron County 'Museum paid 820 at the auction
sale for it, Bystanders at the auction thought the mill was quite valuable and
bid Neill's price up when he showed interest in it. The mill will be reburnished.
and put on display in the Huron County Museum in Goderich.
, • (News-Record Photo)
Upon the sale of eggs said Mr.
Robson. Down through the
years considerable research and
bkiod testing of breeding flocks
in Canada has led to almost
complete extinction of • the
Sabnoneilla Puliorm, virtually
the only way this bacteria
could be transmitted from the
prodncer's flock.
"Just yesterday," Mr. Rob-
son said, "Dr. C. A. Morrell,
head of the Food and Drug
Directorate in Ottawa is quot-
ed as saying, "Salmonella al-
most never occults in fresh
eggs. The food and drug people
have indicated that they intend
to bring in 'regulations requir-
ing all processors of eggs to
pasteurize the product."
He went on, "We, as _egg
producers approve wholeheart-
edly with. this proposal in the
interests of protecting the gen-
eral public but we resent being
cast as the villain of the piece,
when it is' quite clear that any
danger to !consumers through
the use .of fresh eggs. is not
only quite remote, but almost
non-existent."
"In the course of 'defending
their own position it appears
that some - people have, per-
haps, inadvertently, cast asper-
sions on 'the fine quality of
Ontario eggs," said, Mr. Rob-
son.
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-v4 Hayfield Line, Goderich
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conneetionS With early nierieer
days were recalled..
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