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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-05-01, Page 7THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY J, 1952 Page 7 A father cannibal was lectur­ ing his son. “How many times nfust I tell you not to speak when you have something in your mouth!’’ Salt, Flax, Carriages Early Hensail Industry!Ml M Horse Racing, Bear Hunting Among Sports AUTO SERVICE More Power To You you want per-Of course feet performance from your car! But, like any performer, your car has to be kept in the peak of condition. Remember, a checked motor, checks trouble . W e guarantee that you’ll get top per­ formance from your car after our experts give needed repairs. it tr Ed’s Imperial Phone 38-W Exeter Hensall was settled year 1875 when the was put through. When of way was purchased land to the north and the county was purchased for $60 per acre, but for several miles both north and south of Hensall, it was purchased foi* $80 an acre. Hensall was placed where it is now because the Petty brothers, George and James, donated the land for the station and yards. The fact that Zurich was already settled was another factor in the choice of location. This choice ruined the prospects ville, li miles to the the business which booming there moved to Hen­ sall. It is rather interesting to know that Hensall, being ap­ proximately half way between Goderich and London, was the fueling centre for the railway engines. Large gangs, principally negroes, came with sawing ma­ chines to cut wood into two-foot lengths. The wood was piled into cord racks ready to be loaded on the train. The village boys were paid one cent for filling a cord rack and felt quite wealthy. The village was named Hen­ sall because the Petty brothers, who had so much to do with its founding, came from Hensall in England. Hensall was incorpor­ ated as a village in 1889 with G. C. Petty, nephew of the Petty brothers, as its first reeve. The first councillors were William Bell, William Moir, William Hod­ gins and Henry Cook. Land was surveyed and a number of frame houses built, mostly near the station. in "the railroad the right in 1874 south of of location of Roger- south, and had been Lawn And Garden FERTILIZERS Driconure:25 50 $1.75 $2.75 $1.75 $2.75 $4.50 25 50 100 bag bag bag bag bag Now Is the Time to Fertilize Your Lawn. Shrubs and Perennials lb. Ib. Ib. lb. Milorganite (Apply 50 lbs. per 1,000 square ft.) lb. [HICK STARTER EXETER and CREDITON JUnked toyetheb Im. ECONOMY in PRODUCTION 5 Real Reasons For Feeding Shur-Gain To Chicks! SCIENTIFICALLY FORMULATED: to produce rapid, sound, healthy growth. TEXTURE: the coarse, hard particles in SHUR-GAIN CHICK STARTER produce good permanent gizzard develop- coarse, ment. PROVEN PERFORMANCE: SHUR-GAIN nutritionists constantly testing SHUR-GAIN CHICK STARTER at SHUR-GAIN farm and demand that it produces'more more economy FRESHNESS: tured here at palatable. POPULARITY: Every year, more and more poultrymen find that SHUR-GAIN feeding pays. That’s what makes SHUR- GAIN Canada’s favourite Chick Starter. are the and in production. SHUR-GAIN CHICK STARTER is manufac- our mill and therefore is always fresh and WHALEN CORNERSEXETER There is but one of the early business landmarks business — Clark's shop. Originally this riage shop owned by Clark. Richard Blatchford a carriage shop and ery hut would not hire a horse on Sunday. If you wanted it Sunday you had to take it on Saturday night. First girl born in Hensall Alice Blatchford Peterson, of Rapid now doing blacksmith was a car- Brown dnd also owned kept a liv- for out was his daughter, (now Mrs. A. City, S.D.). There were hotels, each business. The operated by was called the Purdy Hotel. Arthur Coxworth owned one of the latei* hotels and in IS84 had a skating rink erected east of the hotel which was very popu­ lar with skaters and curlers. At the carnivals held at the rink, the usual prize skaters were Murd McPherson and Bill Char­ ters. The ed by 1875. office postmaster at one doing first a Mr. the time, three a thriving hotel was Purdy and f first tailor shop was own- William Smallacombe in In. 187 6 was built and the first was James Suther­ land, assisted by his son ■George, who held that position for 61 years. Dr. James McDermid was the first doctor in the up practice first patient who had a twenty-five kept that quarter until his death. The doctor was also very suc­ cessful in mending fractures without the assistance of X- Rays. He was long remembered as a very kindly man and many of big patients, unable to pay, received medical services gratis. Like the Seven Dwarfs, the doc­ tor always whistled at his work. Salt Company l^onned About 1884 a company for the production of salt was formed. This was soon taken over by George McEwan, who extended the business to include a cooper shop and stave and heading mills. The salt produced was one of the finest quality and a sample sent to the World’s Fair at Chicago in 189 3 received highest honors. An enormous number of bar­ rels were made in the cooper shop, men averaging 5 0 barrels a' day. Fred Smallacombe, still residing in Hensall, set a record by making on hundred barrels a day. The men were paid, five cents a barrel. Forty men were employed in all concerns. The salt business provided a market for an enormous amount of cord wood and loads 16 feet long and six feet high could be seen coming from all directions. Destroyed By Fire Later on, George McEwan and Owen Geiger built up a large business in flax. They had one mill and two large barns fifty by one hundred feet. In 1896 these large 'barns . full of • un­ thrashed flax, ten stacks of flax and one thousand cords of wood, besides a nearby house and stable owned by James Beverley were consumed in one of the worst fires Hensall ever had. It was caused, like- the Chicago fire, by an upset lantern. One of the barns was rebuilt and busi­ ness carried on. Donald Urquhart, one of the most enterprising that ness and had profitable. G. C. Petty built the first house here, and became the first Reeve when Hensall was incor­ porated in 1889. The Petty’s also owned the packing house busi­ ness and it was a. busy place fifty years ago. Lots of dressed hogs were sold there and six cents a pound weight. Racing Centre In the late eighties owned a splendid race track and people came from Sarnia, Lon­ don, Stratford, Chatham and all of Western Ontario to race meets. Abe Johnson, Brantford, had a trainer’s stable of about twelve or fifteen horses. Thomas Murdock, who kept a livery stable of 20 or more horses was the life of the race track. He usually had several race horses, but never bet a dollar on a race. He raced horses for the love of racing and was nearly always, in Purses $300. the first post here was tooth cents. village, taking in 1887. His Donald Burns extracted for The doctor g businessmen at time, ran the oatmeal busi- and retained the local trade overseas market. He also a saw mill which proved for five dressed Hensall . the money, ranged.' from $250 to T---- Later on Mr. Murdock operated a stage to Zurich and Seaforth. Jack Larrimer drove the Zurich stage. Tom kind-hearted Irishman ready to give a dollar to person. Bear Hunt Jim Chesney was the ary surgeon 55 years ago and while driving home from one of his calls in the country with his horse and cart, spied a bear crossing Burns’ back field. He hurried into town and spread the alarm to all the sports he could see. They laughed at him 2 " . Jim Do you think I do not know a bear. Get your guns and get after it as soon as possible.” The Hunters grabbed their guns and headed for the bush but no sign of a bear. Some of the hunters went the Burns’ house and got Jim Burns and his hound and the bear was soon discovered in Reith’s bush sit- Mr. was a always a needy veterin- and declared it was a dog> said ting in the crotch of the tree. By this time many more men appeared on the scene. Arrangements were made for all to wait until early morning and Bill Buchanan was appoint­ ed governor of the gang. Some slept and some took the shells of the sleepers’ guns Just before daybreak some one noticed that the bear was nearly down the tree. Then the excitement began as the bear was running away and the shooting started. Many declared that they shot the bear but it was decided that honors went to Jim Burns. The first paper was the Hen­ sall Review, published in 1891, owned by Simon Stahl. Later Thomas Neelands published the Hensall Observer. Another pio­ neel' citizen was J. C. Clauson, harness maker, who had the reputation far and near as a good reliable tradesman. Dave Nicol was a teamster and used to haul about one hundred thousand bricks each winter with a team of mules. This brick was purchased for five dollars a thousand. Hemlock lumber was eight dollars, any length. Best red cedar shingles were 80 cents per bunch, and best cedar posts, 10 cents in swamp cut. Few Two-Storey Houses Regarding the building in Hen­ sall up to 1884 there were few good two-storey houses. Bill Waugh, who was John Mc- Donell’s partner in the hardware business for many years, built a very fine two-storey house in 1884. During that time houses were going up by the dozens. In 1888 Ben Hoggarth and William Elder had two more elegant two- storey brick houses built. The Anglican Church was built in 187 6 and the original building still stands. The present United Church was 11886 and the manse in 1884. I These were the oldest churches. R. y, Thompson was the Presby­ terian minister here when the new church was built. He went to the members of the church I with a subscription list to try i and raise funds to make a start. I There were thirty | $200 each making „ I $6,000 for a start , the der cleared later, cost about $10,000. Early Mills The flour mill and Paterson’s planing mill .. _ about the first doing business. D. Urquhart’s oatmeal mill soon appeared about 189 6. All those concerns employed many hands. There were three blacksmith shops doing a thriving business. Renouned Citizens Following are some of the old boys and girls who became famous: Mabel McLean (Mrs. Broughton) became an author­ ess; George McEwan, an M.P.; Doug. Neelands, railroad presi­ dent in the U.S.; Louis McKay, professoi* of classics and author; John Buchanan, professor of the O.A.C., Guelph; Wilson Berry, president of Guaranty Trust Co., Toronto; Dr. James Tapp, assist­ ant manager of the Polymer Plant at Sarnia; Dr. Ben Smillie, missionary, and many others. subscribed a total of remain­ churchThe Robert were APPLIANCES, ETCMOTORS “WHERE BETTER BULLS ARE USED Garfield Thomson Phone ,232-M Waterloo I The father of a little boy gave him a dollar for his birthday. The boy spent the afternoon go­ ing the rounds of the tradesmen and having them change the dol­ lar, first into silver, then back to a bill, and so on. When the father heard of it, he inquired the reason. “Well,” js a i d 1 i t tl e Sandy, “sooner or later somebody is go­ ing to make a mistake and it ain’t going to be me.” The Waterloo. Oxford and Hamilton Artificial Bmd- ing units have reached agreements for, exchange of semen and no two organizations of these, three, will be operating in one area. The Waterloo Cattle Bret cl­ ing Association has purchased the Artificial Insem­ ination business formerly operated by R. Arm­ strong (Bowhill Farm). Semen from Mr. Armstrong's polled Shorthorn bulls will be available through our inseminators. His polled Hereford bulls have been purchased by the Oxford unit and their semen will also be available through our inseminators. Semt-n is now available from Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey. Ayr­ shire. Hereford, polled, Dual-Purpose and Beef Shorthorn, of high quality. Effective May 1. WATERLOO CATTLE BREEDING ASSOC., Kit­ chener 2-8397, Waterloo County and part of Welling­ ton served directly from unit. HARRY REID, VARNA, Bayfield, Huron county south of No. 8 highway including Colborne Township. CHARLES BRANDON, Clinton 633-r-5, North of N<», 8 highway extending as formerly. 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