HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1919-12-11, Page 3•A VISIT TO AN
HISTORIC SPOT.
A halt Newspaper Writer at the Tomb
et the Dunlops.
In "Kate's Corner" in a recent issue of
The Galt Rep rter is an account of a visit
to "thr Cairn," on Dunlop's hill. 'with
some of the history o: the remarkable
Dunlop brothers. the matter is not new
to Signal waders. but it is as well that we
should occasionally refresh our, memories
regarding the men and incidents of the
zany days of our country; so we republish
the anile in (au.. .
It is interesting to know that the
writer Nf • this article --the editor of
' hates Comas"' in The Reporter it
Mix Kate Jatlray, a relative of Mrs. C.A.
Nairn to torn, who has spent several
summer •easonrs at Mena -setting Park and
half many Inrud- in Gsiderich.
Some short time ag.n we went on a
pilgrimage. We were in good company.
tun, for there were in the party three
Presbyterian c;erics all well known in
Western Ontario. Our Mecca. was the
highest point of the highest hill overlook-'
ing the tnuuth of the Maitland River and`
conversation lagged considerably as was
reached the crest of the upland. -
There sr round a very tiny graveyard.
encl, sed by a stone tepee with an trap
gateway, and'containing only five or six
graves. Neglect marked• the spot. and w
far no ambitious chapter of the 1 0 D.E.
has beers found to the neighboring towns
to rescue it [rcpt the burdock and the
thistle, and to give it the care which it
deserves.
For within•lh
of•(%io of ---the p
be ter known i
the days ut 1
probably' any
1)r and Capt.
They were
Galt whose me
we speak of ou
the wilds of
in Huron cou
there the re
all o%'er the net
Strange s(or
_ them and their
Huron. Hospi
to a degree. c
day. and eta
serving •herr•
time demandi
fealty— t heir
centre of the g
hood. a home.
refuge for ails
(Jne day [Iter
the Old Count
to 'manage the
this she did in
are told of het,
ko,l mg woman
than was usua
the days of w
Highland. speer
taking care of
and his brother
beyond a dou
found her ha
they were cared
the looses theiro
enclosure he the remains
freers whose names were
this part of the world in
Cana as Company than
hers—the two brothtrs,
unlop.
ends of the same John
y we honor every time
city, and followed him to
nada. eventual y settling
tv. making their home
zvoas of the early settlers
hb orhood
float about regarding
life un the shores of Lake
able. energetic. eccentric
relrss of appearance one
rat-ly costumed the next..]
amen' and at the same
g from them a certain
me- became almost the
ernment of the neighbor-
a meeting place, and a
tors.
came to this home from
v a certain dairy woman'
'anadian household: and
ore ways than one We
that she was a pretty -
shrewd. ar.d more clever
in one of her class in-
ich we write, of broad
and quite capable of
rsrlf. that the doctor
needed management is
and Louisa McColl
ull in seeing that
and protected against
n care.essness brought
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upon them. i
But even in the backwoods, in the early
days of the nme`tenth century. Dame
Grundy had her lace. and it was de -
mended by the s icklers tor propriety
that the maiden sf uld return whence she
came. ' I -
This did not melt at all with the ap
proval of the hos he s, and it wes decided
that one of then sh uld marry her, thus
satisfying the cony ntions. But imme-
diately the decision a to which should be
the one to claim her his wife was forced
upon them, and the 'Doctor proposed to
his nrother that they\toss up a penny, he
to provide the coin. 'Three tosses were
given. and to the Captain fell the honor
of claiming the bride- and it was some
time before 1. was I nd out that the
Doctor had leen canny nough to provid._
a double -headed penny or the occasion.
At any rate. the marriage ceremony, the
first in Coltxxne, was pdrformed a couple
of days later by the. back butler. and
there began. perhaps, the, queerest family
fife of which we have ever heard. For
Louisa McColl Dunlop. although the wife
of one brother, was equally+, the good com-
panion and the close friend of the other:
Some months later, when\the Ca; fain.
who was member of Parliaiment for the
district, was in' T.ronto,['Lou" began
questioning the legality of the marriage,
and followed- him to Toronto, where an
other ceremony was performed.
As long as both brothers' lived she
worked,for them and kept their home,
•'Gairbrid," the hospitable centre they
wished it to be, demanding from others
tt.e respect due her as the Capt'n's wife
and looking well. always to the ways of
ilei Il uYtsoId.
Her Captain hush -and was the'first of
the trio to pans from life, and the Doctor's
grief lua'his brother was no sharp. To
the top of the hill near the house he
.-C climbed. stepped twelve paces one way
and twelve the other. and planned lint the
graveyard which should shelter his breather
and himself and the other members of the
family. "For," said he, "no matter bow
far 1 may wander or where 1 may die, it
is quite sure that Lou will find me and
bring me home for burial."
And although he died in Lachine. ma
miles from his home, she was with him a
the last and Started for Huron count
with his remains. it was impossible to
convey them the entire way until winter
set in. arid in the meantime he was left in
Sir Allan MacNab's grave plot in Hamil-
bon-
When they arrived Goderich his old
friends and neighbors nt out to meet
hum. the school children re given a hAtl-
day. aid the proc: s -iron wt ext ds way up
the hill to 11;e bit bu ying ,.tr stiangr
to say. the Irl' e s ba.kel a the last of
the trip ani the hands of his d ft;ends,
the pn,iterrf. carried him t.i t ci.-t of.
the hill.
Mrs. Dunlop sent to I:i ,1sta(1 for a
large gravestone w th a lore inscription,
which was laid flat on the ground. The
words have ban worn away somewhat by
tre storms of summer and winter. but it
is stilt passible to read bite here and the
of the history of the two brothers.
• •
"R�.bert Graham Dunlop • • • e
honoring and strong I is King
1841 • e-.., 5lst year • • • Dr.
ttiillism Duiknp' • • • a man of sur -
pining talent • • • audwtr and man
ad letters • • • public and pttilen•
«tropic affairs 0 • • die.i regrett d by
tliat.y friends."
So (such it is possible to read. the rest
would be kr in oblision were it not in-
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From this book, too, we take the Doc-
tor's•will, exemplifying his eccentricities,
yet imbued with his kindly humorous
spirit:
"In the name a'COd. Amen.
"1, William Dunlop of Gairbraid, in
the Township of Colborne. County and
District of ' Huron, Western Canada.
Esquire, being in sound health • of body.
and- is, mind ju t as usual (which my
friends who flatter me say is no great
"SYRUP OF FIGS"
CHILD'S .LAXATIVE
Look at tongue! Remove poi-
sons from little stomach,
liver and bowels
'shakes at the best of times). do make this
my last Will and Testament as follows.
revoking, of course. all former Wills: .
'1 leave the property of Gairbraid and
other landed property, 1 may die possessed
of to my sisters, Helen Boyle Storey and
Elizabeth Boyle Dunlop; the former -be-
cause she is married to a minister whom
(God hdtp him) she henpecks. The latter
because ehe• id married to nobody, nor 1t
she like to be. for she is an old maid. And
also 1 leave to them and their heirs my
share of the stock and implements on the
farm; provided always that the enclosure
round my brother's- grave be reserved,
and if either should die without is -tie,
then the other to inherit the whole.
"I leave to my sister-in-law, Louisa
Dunlop, all my share of the household
furniture and such traps. with the excels -
tams hereinafter mentioned.
1 le eve my s Iver tankard to the eldest
son of old John, as the representative of
the family. I would h ve left it to old
John himself. but he would melt it down
to make temperance medals, and that
would be sacrilege—however. 1 leave my
big horn snuff-box to him; he can only
make temperance horn spoons of that.
"i leave my sister Jenny my Bible. the
property formerly of my great great-
grandmother, Bertha Hamilton. of Wood -
hall; and when she knows as much of the
spirit of it as she does of the letter, she
will be another guise Chi istyn than she
is.
Accept 'California" [syrup of FIge
only --look for the name California nn
the pieta/re, then you are sure your
Child having the Asst and moot harm -
leas Laxative or physic 'for the little
stomaea, liver and bowel... Children
MVP its delirious fruity taste. Full
diroetio rs for child's dotes on each bot•
tie Give It without fear.
Miami You mast say "CaHfornfa."
"I also leave my late brother'. watch to
y brother Sandy, exhorting him at the
e time to sive up Whiggery. Radical -
IR and all other sins that do most easily
t him.
leave my brother Alan my big silver
snu x, as 1 am informed he is a rads r
decen Christian, with a swag belly and a
inlly f e.
'I 1 ve Parton Chevasee (Magg's
husband) the !mini -box i got from the
Sarnia Mt ' ia. as a small token of my
gratitude for- he service he has done the
f mi y in to ing a sister that no man of
Itaste would hay taken.
"1 leave 1n
fin diddle a silver t
e pot, to
the end that he may drink tris therefrom
to a mfort him under the affliction of a
lalntrernty wife
1 leave my books to my brother, And.
drew, because he has so long been a
Jungley Wallah that he may learn to read
with them. !"Cairn." which reflects the last rays of
-"i give my silver cup. with"a sovereign the setting sun as it drops below the
in it, to my sister, Janet Graham Dunlop. horizon, and the last one to be laid there
because she is an old maid and pious. and was the sister of Mrs. Dunlop. She was
therefore will necessarily take to horning. buried in I,$7, lacking only three months
And also my Granma's snuff mull. as it of being one hundred years old. Over her
looks decent to see an old woman taking is a little white uetr)ne, with"name ant)
snuff. ! age, and it rather interested us to see in
"1 do hereby constitute and appoit4 the corner the little inscription, "Scott,
John -Dunlop. Esquire, of Gairbraid; ttGalt:\
Alexander Dunlop, Esquire, Advocate. '
Edinburgh: Alan C. Dunlop, Esquire and
William Chalk, of Tuckersmith; William Take It as a ('ompflrnent.
Stewart and 11illiam Gooding. Esquires, Guelph Mercury. .
of Goderich: to be the exe.utors of this Dewart complains that the 'Farmers'
my last Will and Testament. party borrowed the Liberal platform and
"in witness whereof I have h reunto rode to victory. Then it's a good thing
set my hand and seal the thirty-first it's going to beput to some use. The
day of /august, in the year of our Ltr:i. • only thing a policy is gond for is to use
one thousand. eight hundred and fort}- • it ; otherwise It will get ton rusty to be
two. ; used at all. Since Drury prefers that Io
W. DUNLOP it. S )" the Tory platform, why, let him use it.
There are several etre[ raves in this 'there's a compliment in adopting U.
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