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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-01-18, Page 3THE TIMES ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, WJ Reeves Bawden Taylor Heaman Taylor 1 aman, called the Big Reeves J 873-4 Isaac Carling 1875 George Willis 1870 Wharton Hodson 1877-89 Lancelot Hardy 1890-1 Dr. J. A. Rollins 1892 William Bawden 1893-4 Dr. J. A. Rollins 1895-6 Williani Bawden 1897 A. Q. Bobier 189 8 T, B. Carling1 1899 Hugh Spackman 1900-1 W. G. Bissett 190'2 W. H, Levett 1903 T. B. Carling 1904-5 W. G. Bissett 1906-8 A. Q. Bobier 1909 T, H. McCallum 1910 William 1911 John D. 1912-3 W. J. 1914-5-6 John 1917-23 B. W. F. Beavers 1924-7 W. D. Sanders 1928-9 C. 'B. Snell 19 30-3 B. M. Francis 1934 W. D. Sanders 1935-6 Thomas Pry de 1937-9 W. D. Sanders 1940-8 B. W, Tuckey 1949-50 A. J. Sweitzer / Page 3 Historical Humour Reeve Whips Pig To Get Food, Tramp Flees, Cow Fills Office A young man, on Sabbath evening last, while accompaning a young lady to her home dur­ ing a thunderstorm, met with rather a laughable mishap. While coming down Main street he had occassion to pass a crowd pf boys, and in so doing allowed the lady to proceed first. Hav­ ing got nicely past, he increased his rate of speed and in endeav­ ouring to catch up to his pre- cendent, came in contact with a post, over which he fell into a pool of water. After a few minu­ tes had elapsed he recovered himself. — (Exeter Times -1886) “Is the new patient taking medicine religiously?” asked doctor. “On the contrary,” replied nurse, his the the “he swears every time I give it to him.” will remind A. Stewart tbe days that were. It shows Clarke., who were sometimes green and carried off a goodly number of won on Exeter greens. Below are, Fred —Joseph Senior (Photographer and Village Clerk) of A. any Trophy THIS PICTURE R. G. Seldon, J, Four because they were hard to beat on prizes. They are shown with the Merner Bush, George Case, (unknown), G, .MacDonald, runners-up, of Hensail. Visitor Found Town Gay On Dominion Day, 1886 At the banquet following the inauguration of Exeter’s first Town Council, Ex-reeve B. W. F. Beavers told an in­ teresting story of early days. He was referring to an early reeve, Lancelot Hardy., interesting stories of whom have come down through the years as Mr. Hardy was quite a character. of the won wife of the name east of desolate /Reflector/ Wa flooding the Reflector ofof 1882 has been kept be threaten- for by WILLIAM GRIGG Merchant Tailor it was the deci- a meeting that was the proper village council and and of the town Second Paper The “Reflector,” predecessor of the Advocate, was Exeter’s second newpaper. The Times was first published in 1S73 and in 1877 the Reflector made its ap­ pearance. Dr. H. M. Cowen was the founder and he was later succeeded by Moir and Sanders. It was during this period that the name was changed to Advo- Later, C. 1-1. Sanders and Creech were publishers amalgamated with J. M. Soutlicott in Park Bought For Waterworks Plan cate. R. N. • until it was the Times 1924. A copy November by Charles and Amelia Acheson. It contains a two-column obituary of their grandfather, Mr. Joseph. Acheson. The paper says, in part Mr. Acheson came to Exeter in 1848 where he started in the shoe business, being the second business place in this locality, Issue Carling’s being the first. At this time Exeter was wilder­ ness and two or three log houses formed its dwellings. In move- ing to a place of this kind a per­ son might have considered it the height of folly to undertake any pursuit save that of agriculture, where so very few persons lived still it seemed only to serve as an incentive to Mr. Acheson and he continued in business up till 18 65 with considerable success, when the fire fiend Yisited his shop and destroyed it. During his business he was appointed magistrate in which capacity he acted for some time and numberous plaudits. “Why do you call your ‘Angel’? “Because she is always up in the air harping about something and never lias an earthly thing to wear. EXETER QUALITY FARM WILLIAM BAWDEN Former Reeve Importer of Horses Years ago, the citizens of Exeter voted in favour of a waterworks system for the vill­ age. The securing of the land and river rights were investigat- ed_by the council and in 1908, the land from the old dam east was purchased by the town so that the height of the dam might be increased some two feet and the town would not ed by a law suit certain lands. The land south the dam was waste until some citizens thought trees should be planted there. After the Horticultural Society was organized in 1920, certain small trees were secured from the goverment and planted on the north east side of the river as well as the south west bank. These trees were all plant­ ed and cared -for by loyal citi­ zens of the town. The Women’s Institute also was given the chance of doing anything they thought advisable in the interest of a clean-up* in this part land south of the river. , During the first years Horticulture! society, the of Riverview park was selected by them as an appropriate name and this name has since been used. Since the need for a hospital was recognised and a campaign organized, a number of sites were considered by the commi­ ttee. An architect was brought in and his choice was Riverview Park. A'meeting of the citizens was called and sion of such Riverview park location. The gave their consent to this land being turned over in 1950. That decision was upheld by the pre­ sent council who voted to trans­ fer the deed for the. Park to the Hospital Association. When it comes to downright durability ... to rugged strength for taking the gaff of fast, steady plowing behind today’s tractors, John Deere Truss*Frame Plows are unsurpassed. They’re the only plows with Truss-Frame construction . ■. . which breaks down the shocks of hard work and distributes them over the entire frame . . . which offers you extra strength without bulki­ ness, without sacrificing clearance. They’re the only plows with genuine John Deere bottoms—bottoms known for more than a century for light draft, long life, and all-around top-notch field performance. See us for complete details about John Deere Truss-Frame Plows. W. G. Simmons & Sons GODERICH (Exeter Times, 1886) The following letter was writ­ ten by Mr. Harry Hems, and which is taken from, the Exeter Post, England, will be of inter­ est to the village portion of our readers: Sir:—A few evenings ago a correspondent asked for informa­ tion relative to our city’s name­ sake in Canada. I am, I believe the only resident Exonian who has ever visited the town in question. I went there, purely out of curiostity, whilst upon a holiday scamper through Canada in the summer of 1881, and have the pleasantest possible recollec­ tions of my sojourn there. Exeter received its name from Mr. James Pickard, who is an elder brother of the Mr. Richard Pickard,' who visited Exeter from Exeter (Canada) last week. He left Devonshire for Canada in 1834 and settled in the prov­ ince of Ontario at the .place known as Exeter in 1852. He is a wealthy, hale and strong man of sixty-five or thereabouts and is known locally as “Boss Pick­ ard”. The town itself is about as big as Crediton, England, and is a thriving busy place. It is thirty-one miles from New Lon­ don, line, west visit first, on Dominion Day, also the day of the Exeter races, and found all the house so in­ toxicated that I was glad to shift out to another hotel a little lower down the street called the “Commercial” — where 1 have still a lively recollection that a very obliging chamber-maid, call­ ed “Rosie” made me particular­ ly comfortable. The inhabitants consist quite a smart little colony, majority of them from this and ’Devonshire generally; the names one sees up over shop windows have a particular­ ly homely look. For instance, there are Dyer and Howard’s wood-working mill; Willis’s lum- bei’ yard; Rowe, the tailor; Gid- ley, the 'cabinetmaker; Bucking­ ham, the smith; Southcott, tail­ or; Wood, butcher, Abbot, den­ tist; Thorne, harness-make; Ross and Taylor, cabinetmakers ; Kemp, grocer; Kinsman, dentist; Drew, undertaker; Jones, watch­ maker; Taylor, publican; Week- es, statuary; and John Gill, the constable. Among other ber seeing were shire, Brewer, Sweet, Harvey, Moore, Kerlake, Robinson, Toms, Grigg, Shelley and Sanders. The obliging stationmaster is Mr. Knigjit, who was formerly sta­ tionmaster at St. Thomas, (Cana­ da) . Exeter has a capital town band of about twenty members. Apart from Main-Street which a fine straight thoroughfare, mile or more long, and boasts as good shops as the best our own High-street. Exeter laid out much like the better parts of the new portions of St. Thomas area. There are no poor, and everybody seems fairly com­ fortably off. There are five churches, viz: Church of Eng- upon the Great Western and is fully 1,000 miles of Quebec. I went on my to “Oke's Central Hotel” but happened to land there which was IM I* Presbyter- d Roman and Exe- brick built the child- attend; land, Bible Christian, ian, Methodist, a n Catholic respectively; ter .possesses a large school,, at which all ren in town, I believe, There are four hotels and two smart weekly newspapers .are issued every Thursday, viz: “The Exeter Times” and “The Re­ flector”. As the guest of Mr, Pickard, I attended church one Sunday and heard a clergyman, who was a native of Mor chard, North Devon, officiate. A dozen miles west of Exeter is Lake Huron and on the oppo­ site shore is the United States. There is a small river called the Sauble. I will only add that if my fel­ low citizens have treated Mr, Pickard and his daughter as hospitably as he and his towns­ folk treated me during my stay amongst them, then I am sure they will leave the “Ever Faith­ ful” city and return to their Colonial home (4,000 miles away) with particulary pleasur­ able recollections of their visit to England generally, and to Exeter in particular. Yours obediently, Harry Hems, Fail’ Park, Exeter, July 10, 1886. Mr, Beavers stated that a tramp had slept one night in the flax mill in Exeter north. Fear­ ful of fire they had the man ap­ prehended and taken to the Wal- per Hotel that had then stood on the site in Exeter North now occupied by L. Gibson. Mr. Har­ dy was seftt for. He took along a neighbour, John McLaughlin, hoping for some fun. On enter­ ing the hotel and befoi^ hear­ ing the case, Mr. Hardy asked if the prisoner was represented by counsel and was told that he was not. In order to give the man a fair trial Mr. Hardy stat­ ed that he had brought along a learned gentleman who no doubt would act for the defendant. Mr. McLaughlin said he would be glad to act but first it would be necessary" to consult with his client. He was allowed five minutes whereupon he and the tramp went outside. The tramp admitted his guilt and Mr. Mc­ Laughlin advised him that he had five minutes to make good his get-away. He hiked off north while those in the hotel had a good laugh at seeing him hustl­ ing up the road. Another good story is told and old-timers vouch for the truth of it, Mr. Hardy was a and bridge builder, building a bridge on line between Stephen Townships, The bridge was al­ most completed and Mr. Hardy figured they could finish it the following morning and the men did not take along their usual lunch. The job was not complet­ ed by noon, however, and the men were without something to eat. Mr, Hardy, so the story is told, saw a pig near-by and tak­ ing a piece of board drove the pig to a neighboring farm and when near the house started to hammer the pig. 1 house came out why She had they whereupon them with a hot meal. the small built old-timers will office of Jos. on the corner the market for At another time Mr. Hardy was building a bridge in Stephen Township and a plank was being used as a foot bridge, A man used to come along and git on the plank and watch the men at work. To have a joke Mr. Hardy had the plank turned over and sawn partly through and then replaced. The next time the fellow sat on the plank it collapsed and the man landed in the water. ■Many of recall the Gobbledick of what was then grain buying. It is now used by Lorne Johnston as a motor re­ pair shop. The bookkeeper was Mr. Harding. One Hallowe'en night some of the pranksters locked a cow, fresh off the grass in the office. In the morning the office was a shambles, books and everything in an awful mess. It was Mr. Hardings cow and he was sent for. He stormed away that if he could find the culprits • they would get the full extent of the law. The story goes Mr. Harding had inspired whole affair. that the Wong, used by at least 000,'000 Chinese people, is world’s most common family name. 150, the contractor He was the town- and Hay ■' of the city and the names I remem- those of Broken- Lewis, Dearing, Ching, Passmore, is a of in is Be *' iJ S. G. SANDY’’ BAWDEN (Son of William Bawden) Ono-time Merchant of Exeter, Now of London The lady of the and enquired the pig was being beaten, was informed that the pig eaten the men’s lunch and were without their dinners- the lady provided » i Evening Service One garage will be open in Exeter on Sundays, Wed­ nesday afternoons and dur­ ing the evenings through­ out the week. Open this Sunday, Wed­ nesday afternoon, ing the evenings out the week:— SNELL BROS. Garage and dur- through- & CO. ■