HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-01-27, Page 5Luclmow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 27, 1988—Page 5
A letter from Buffalo in 1898 in one day!?
The following letter was discovered by
Peter Edisbulry in an old Bible he fo
his home (the former Peter MacKenz'.' i-
dence.) One of the interesting po' , out
this letter was it . was mailed : t 11 p.m.
August 18, 1898 in Buffalo, New York and the
Lucknow post office stamp is dated August
19, 1898. Great delivery for 1898, particular-
ly compared to these days. Also the
reference to observing the Sabbath.
The letter is from James Martin and was
addressed to Peter MacKenzie:
"Dear friend... now as I am kind of settled
down for a while, I write you these few lines
to let you know that I am getting very good
health, since I came here. I never felt better
in health. The first night I left home I stop-
ped at McGarrys all night and got a terrible
bad cold in bed, nasty damp bed. I went the
next day to Wingham and felt that bad I was
afraid to go any further. I went to a private
' boarding house and stayed there five days. I
got a bottle of medicine from Dr. Chisholm,
done me a lot of good and I got all right
• again. I went from there to Toronto, stayed
there a week. then went to Puslinch. stayed
there until I got tired of the old place. It is
very few that I could know, the old people
are nearly all gone. But I went to visit them
in their Silent Home:
You may imagine my condition while gaz-
-.ing'over this wonderful place which is really
the City of the Dead. I wandered around for
an hour and sadly turned away with a silent
. prayer that we would all meet .in the
• .Kingdom of Heaven.
I then took the CRP from Shas Station to
Woodstock and then changed on the grand -
trunk to Otterville. This is a nice little town
in County Oxford where Robert Paxton
lives, a most beautiful place. I stayed there
for two weeks. I then went to Port Sarnia. I
thought it would do me good to take a trip on
the Lake and I. think it did for I felt better
since I came here than I did for years.
I went up' to Port' Arthur. I stayed there
two days. I got tired wandering around.
Besides my money was going pretty fast. So
I took a steam boat for Detroit and Buffalo. I
got here four weeks ago. This is a terrible
place, no regard for the Sabbath more than
any other day. Mostly everything going 'on
nearly the same.
I don't like to live here, they are very good
• to me and have every comfort, but oh Peter,
how I miss my home and my dear good
neighbours. Sisters and daughters may be
all right, but there is no place like home.
They will soon get tired of you unless you
are always giving them.
It is likely I will go home this. fall and sell
all the trucks I have there for whatever they
will make. What is the use of leaving them
there. I will get something for them. It
depends on circumstances.
• I may possibly go to Portland, Oregon this
winter. It is a warm climate. I don't like to
live here at all. We had very hot, dry
weather up until now. This is a very large ci-
ty, have not been through the half of it yet,
but I don't think it is as fine a city as
Toronto.
Well how is John Beaton getting on? Is he
able to be around yet. I was much struck
upon when I heard of Donald's death. How
are they doing? Is the wife all right now?
How are Mr, and Mrs, Peterson? I hope they
are well. Give them my best respects. Give
my kindness regards to your valuable wife.
I will never forget her kindness to us in our
many troubles. God will reward her for I
cannot. Give best respects to all the family
and accept the same yourself.
Goodbye. Write soon, from your affec-
tionate friend,
James Martin.
P.S. Address to 182 East Street, Buffalo,
N.Y. Write soon and tell me all the impor-
tant news. I sent you a Buffalo paper some
time ago. Did you get them. I wish you
would send me a Globe sometime. I don't
get them here."
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TO THE EDITOR:
On behalf of ,the board of directors of
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce Inc„ I
would like to take this opportunity to thank
you for your assistance and co-operation
during 1987.
Crime Stoppers is a community based
program which is only successful when the
media, community and law enforcement
agencies work together toward our com-
mon goal. This goal is to make our com-
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munities a safer place to live through the -
reporting of criminal activity to the law
enforcement agencies.
" Your newspaper plays a vital role in pro-
moting the program by providing news
coverage of the "Crime of the Week" and
the regular updates on the progress and
success of the program in Grey and Bruce
Counties.
Crime Stoppers will pay rewards for in-
formation which leads to an arrest or
charges of individuals undertaking illegal
activities. All callers to the toll free
telephone number 1-800-265-3787 are
guaranteed anonymity and are assured
their calls are not recorded by the police.
The information received is forwarded to
the applicable law enforcement agency for
investigation and possible charges or ar-
rest. Callers are issued a code number (if
they wish) for future contact wi the
Crime Stoppers programme. The erson
calling is asked to, call back to the ime
Stoppers office for an update or to pro 'de
further information at a later date. Crime
Stoppers offers a reward of between $50
and $1000 for information leading to an ar-
rest or charges. Not all callers choose to
accept the offer of a reward but merely
wish to provide the information to the pro-
gram for action.
Since the inception of the program, the
calls to Crime Stoppers have resulted in 18
arrests' and 62 charges (up to' the end of
November, 1987) with a total of $950 paid
out in rewards. Again, not all callers have
requested rewards so the dollars paid out
are relatively low compared with the
numbers of arrests and charges.
Thank you again for your assistance in
1987 as we look forward to your future
involvement.
Yours for Crime Stoppers',
Murray Smart,
Chairman.
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