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Erected r• cte in 1836
by George Weston
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House ' in. TornshiP
(Frown Tho London Free .Press)
Lug cabins are becoming ,rare •in
Ontario today, so much -so "'that in
Southwestern Ontario, ilei rt
I \eitl?, 'first curator ur the• esti I it
i ioneer Jluscuni (,the forlaler ,old
N .rth Street Public Sebook•it (lode
rich) which was „(,'stabiished. last;
July by the Huron `County •Couucil,
toured' tbt , epuiity til purchase aril
original ilouie of .the -early .settlers
for' the county m 1Seuln, • A. reeent-
i,ssue of ',Looking Over 'Western
Ontario," featured' , weekly in The
IFee Pres'r-showed that the curator
was .s>u•essful, and that the 4ailin
he bought was 011e' of ''rnr•nber•ry'S
landmarks,. located near Bluevale.
The cabin has been dismantled, only
to be 'rebuilt and occupied •by him.
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In» Cloderich Township,
B'ayttield, stands a qutaint.log home,
115 years old, Occupied by Mr. and
`1 •s- ,Frank Picslt. It was built in
1S36 by George Weston, N1rs. Picot's
nraternarq; grandfather; The hand. on
whk1r it was constructeda was
bought by tins brother, an• employee
of the Canada 'Co. The land was
:narked. by the- »felling of a number
of, trees, so that partiepar spelt,
Would be 'easily recognized -by
George when he•.came. °
•George Weston's father,, General
1` eston, came to 'Cagada from Eng-
-and fought in- the 'War of
1812'He awl his family were
taken prisoners, and in 1814, while
they were- still prisoners, George
was born,, i.
1.011,
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The cabin; Picturesquely situated
011 on 80 -acre farm, of which: 35
acres: is.:bush, IS built of cedar togs
`—that is all but one log, which' is
of -_ ash.. It 4s • 13 by- 24 feet in
dimension, a one -and -a -half ' storey
RtrllCture. - Once* •whitewashed as
was the -custom qf. the early.•, day,S,
the interior 'of -th'e ".i.tabili has been
covered and .wallpapered.) in ' more
recent 'years. The beams, all cedar,
are five and a- half by seven inches,
and the •ceiling' of -the. ground floor
and; upper floor are 'of butternut
wood. ,In stniuinr months, it is as
1.001 *' as any •--modern; 'air -condi -
4 inlilding, anti' U1 fine* »winter,
' it is heated by a wood hell t'er--
coal lire is too warm. Incident1y,
the 'fuel.comes sir iii , the. bush on
thee' farm.. 'Tluti Modern . Beating
• system replaces the :tiler brick .fire-
place 'l111ilt•-with.' the cabin, but torn
out years ago. , . ,.
....Over -'a• century ohl,'..the) cabin
uses coal air lamps' for fighting,-
but
ighting,but the. uioderrr telephone .ivas in-
• ,i4 alled -a niiniber ..of years, ago.
-tf'i,rantllnuther 'Weston's own.Spin-
' ''Hing -wheel • i5• still in the .atic, . a_
discarded -hitt not; forgotten relic.
I A dollar ;gold :piece,' one-half incl.
-On diameters and,• -da ted'•];811, which
}wa ' used as part payment to George•
Weston for eattle-he 50l(1, is today
treasured (1 by ',Sirs. Picot.
-.George (Weston must »have„been
an ind115t ions and progressive 101111,
-for he 1lnilt :incl operated-- On his
property: one of the 'first sawmills
in Western Ontario, and letter 11e
built a lime]:fin.- People ea me from
• miles to see "Nanny," thi;atirst horse,
in Goderilth Township, • 1vh-ich••-he'
pwnt'd and use I to draw logs at
the mill; ,
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4. Mrs: Pieot has li•Ve(1 in her grand-
father's home all her Ii`fe kith the
'xeeption of. a few yea rs'» following
her marriage. Her father; Walter
•1 Weston, son of George, Was •born
.there and 1i,ved all his' life there.
Oeeasionally : artists, some' from
'our* neighboring country to, the
south of its, call at the Picot .home
to sketch• one of the 'oldest •hoines
i11 Ontario, which lies on a. hill
banked with cedars,, and `overlook-
,i'ng ., .d. ;•alley through which, runs
a stream. -
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Willl be delivered
any' time, including
Christmas Eve. * •
Frank Reid-
PHONE 346.
At Clitristinasi
-47.8.
Still standing in .: Goderich Township after 115 years, this log house, occupied by Mr:
' • andr.Mrs. Frank Picot„ R.& 2, Bayfield, is a read link with the district's past, Its
history is described in the -accompanying article. •. London Free Press engraving.
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f1>'rector of -University .Extension
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'that a •Canadian's. "education"
,ended'with elementary or seeoiidaiy
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The materiatists.say the ,ultimate'
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11 minimum» of work, and .n1 worries
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grating year lis year., At the 5atne
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All •of this. effort , to furnish facil-
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Some people14hoose a, different 'uni-
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