Village Squire, 1979-04, Page 32endlessly damp. Clearing the centuries of
undergrowth and tangled vines .was only
the beginning. The huge rotted deadfalls of
hardwood had to be hauled deeper into the
bush already piled high with broken pine.
Then came the gigantic task of cutting the'
standing trees. One black cherry is
reported to have been over 10 feet in girth
and was SO feet in the air before branching.
The pines grew very tall and were ready to
topple without warning if a wind sprang up
when surrounding trees were cut away.
The maple, elm, beech and hickory were
huge hardwood trees, difficult to cut. Oxen
were scarce and the men were immigrants
from other lands where they had never
swung an axe before."
Yet within a few short years, they turned
this into one of the prosperous areas in
early Canada, an area that is still today
the place of origin for many of the most
important crops in the land.
The book also tells however of the
failure of the Company to live up to the
dream of Galt. It was in part the
penny-pinching policies of the governors
back in Britain and their Canadian
employees like Thomas Mercer Jones that
led to the discontent on the part of farmers
awaiting the roads, bridges and schools
they had been promised, discontent that
eventually lead to the 1837 Rebellion in
which old Col. Van Edmond became
involved with the Toronto firebrand
William Lyon MacKenzie. Van Egmond
lost his life through the thwarted rebellion.
dying while awaiting trail after his capture.
While Thelma Coleman's portion of the
book provides a popular history of the
company, spotted throughout the book and
particular in the additional chapters there
is a good deal of original source material
for the more serious historical researcher.
The two approaches in one book, make it
an important addition to the literature of
our region, one that should make many
people want to know more about this
fascinating part of the country.
THE CANADA COMPANY, By Thelma
Coleman, County of Perth & Cumming
Publishers, Stratford. $20.00
Letter to the editor
THE EDITOR:
I do enjoy the Village Squire, and look
forward to each issue. Its coverage of our
area is really complete, and all so
interestingly written or illustrated, with
few, if any, spelling or grammatical errors.
Thank you for your fine magazine!
M. McCURDY
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