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Aid for indigent family sought
PAGE 4 HOMECOMING '97, WEDNESDAY, JULY23, 1997
Open line — The rail line was once the primary link to outside
communities for business and general transportation. Local lore
has it that the naming of the station eventually resulted in the
renaming of the village from Ainleyville to Brussels.
Newspaper rumours abound
From the April 8,1887 issue of
The Brussels Post
The Goderich Signal says: The
Tories are about to start a paper in
Brussels. A Conservative paper
cannot live in that village, and a
better paper than The Post is not be
had in any village in Ontario the
size of Brussels. - The Clinton New
Era remarks: - There is some talk
School board
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will do his best to keep our school
up to a high standard.
Rev. J. Ross, BA, was returned to
fi.ll one of the vacancies at the
trustee board last January. The Rev.
gentleman's birthplace was near
Elora, Wellington Co., and the year
that marked this important event in
the Ross family was 1851. After
laying a good groundwork for his
future education at the Elora High
School he went to Toronto
University in 1871 and graduated
as BA in 1876, taking the silver
medal in Metaphysics and Ethics.
He taught for a year in the Elora
High School while an
undergraduate. After taking his
degree he took a theological course
at Knox College completing it in
1879. Before accepting the call to
Melville church, Brussels, he
assisted the late Rev Dr. Topp, of
Knox Church, Toronto, for six
months. Rev. Mr. Ross is strong on
the temperance question and on the
much discussed topic of the Bible
in public schools and one object he
has in view is to see that due
prominence is given to both. It
would be hard to find a person who
promises to make a better trustee
than Rev. Mr. Ross.
All the Protestant churches are
represented on the board and both
political parties so that the honours
are very well divided. The new
departure of a committee visiting
the various departments of the
school, regularly, and presenting
their reports to the board cannot fail
to bring good results. Our staff of
teachers is efficient and complete
and all that is now needed is a more
commodious, convenient and
modem styled school building and
then we will not need to take a back
seat from any place of our size. Out
of the six trustees now at the Board
three of them have had practical
experience and this should be, and
no doubt is, of great advantage to
them. W. H. Moss fills the position
of secretary-treasurer very
efficiently.
of a Conservative paper being
started at Brussels, because The
Post occasionally shows Liberal
leanings. It may be desirable, from
a political standpoint purely, to
have a paper on each side of
politics in a town, but no place the
size of Brussels can support two
papers. It is not necessary to go
outside of the county to find places
having two papers, that have hardly
enough business to properly
support one, and the best thing the
Conservatives of Brussels can do is
to keep the money they think of
spending on a new paper in their
pockets, and make the best of
circumstances. Friend Kerr will not
make a very large fortune if he
even gets all the business. -
The Brussels correspondent to
The Seaforth Expositor says: -
Ever since the election the
Conservatives, feeling sore over
their defeat, thought they could get
some balm if they could get a paper
started in their interest here, but the
last few days the stock seems to
have dropped about 50 per cent.
We have about as much need of
two papers as a goose has for two
heads.
by Connie
56 King St., Brussels
(519) 887-6661
Wednesday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday 9 am, - 8 p.m,
Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. -1 p.m.
BRUSSELS
AGRI-SERVICES
masterfeeds (ay
at Brussels Livestock
BRUSSELS 887-9391
From the April 29,1887 issue of
The Brussels Post.
The Goderich Signal of last week
says: - The unfortunate females of
the Halliday family, who were
committed to jail from Brussels for
vagrancy nearly six months ago,
have now almost put in their full
Railroad
secures
horse cars
From the August 5,1887 issue, of
The Brussels Post.
We notice that the Grand Trunk
authorities have just completed a
new set of cars for horses, which
have been specially adapted to
secure the greatest possible comfort
and convenience for the animals
shipped. They are constructed on a
plan submitted by J. Kimball. The
cars are 50 feet by nine, divided
into two sections, thoroughly
ventilated, and each horse is in a
separated stall, the partitions
allowing space for twelve or
sixteen horses, according to size.
Then, instead of being placed
sideways, as heretofore, they are
placed "fore and aft," with their
faces toward the centre of the car.
The feeding and water troughs are
placed in position, and space is
provided for trappings and
provisions for a journey of 2,000
miles. The cars are constructed on
passenger coach springs. In case of
accident or trouble to any of the
horses, the attendant can now easily
remove or attend to one without
disturbing the others, which is a
great boon to the men, as
considerable difficulty has always
been before experienced in such
cases.
term of confinement, and will be
discharged on or about the 5th of
May. The family consists of the
mother and two daughters, who are
in jail for the heinous crime of
poverty, and a son Sam., who is in
the Northwest.
During the past winter several
letters have been received from
Sam by the mother, expressing his
intention of endeavouring to bring
them to the Northwest when their
term of durance was ended, but the
last letter received indicates that the
lad has met with financial reverses,
and will not be able to accomplish
the object which he had
contemplated.
If by any means an arrangement
was made to send these
IRTHDAY
RUSSELS
from all of us at
Brussels Agri Services
Jim Brian Tim Beth
GOOD FARMING
Vate
FEED & ANIMAL
HEALTH SUPPLIES
I■ Hardware ♦ Forks • Shovels
• Wheelbarrows
Ritchie Watering Fountains
• Ear Tags • Dairy Supplies
• Pet Food • Rubber Boots
* Baler Twine * Gates & Feeders
• Gallagher Fencing
CORLAND
SEEDS LTD.
unfortunates to their natural
protector in the Northwest, the
county would be the gainer, and the
people in the vicinity of Brussels,
and that portion of Morris and
Grey, where they formerly resided,
should see that pressure be brought
upon the councils of these
municipalities to provide the
necessary funds for taking them to
their relative, who is willing to
support them thereafter. Failure to
make provision for these
unfortunates in the manner
indicated will result in their
becoming a legacy for jail purposes
upon the county.
Let something be done to help
these unfortunate women in their
distress.
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