HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-10-09, Page 13Exploring
the past
By ftud',,Sturgeon.
In the spring of 1759, a
fleet of 145 British war
ships, sailed from Halifax
a.
e British are taming
harbour to launch a
major offensive against
the French forces in
`Canada', In September
ampooner
This l)y Bud Sturgeon
This is my last chancelo get in a crack at the.
Montreal Expos for another year, as they bowed
out of the playoffs last Saturday, for the second
year in a row,
We were attending a wedding in Windsor, and 1
found myself sitting at the reception, unable to
see the game, Shortly after the dinner had ended
(and being, such an observant person) 1 noted
that many of the men had disappeared. Not only
that, some guy with abeard yelled into the room,
"Hey, the Elcpos are on in the bar". In 'a
relatively short span of time, the reception room
looked like a . Women's. League meeting place,
and the bar across the hall was packed to the
rafters. 'Expo fever! World Series fever was
alive and well in Windsor.!'
Even the guys who couldn't stand 'baseball
were there. It takes a mighty'big drawing card to
coax the populous away from a free bar and into
a pay one.
Two out in the bottom of the ninth, two on for
the Phillies, and the Expos leading by one run.
When Woody Fryman walked the two runners,
the crowd jeered, "Fryman, you're an old
man!"
Then comes the pitch and the Phillies tied the
game at 4-4. The crowd rants, "Fryman,'you're a
bum!"
And that was about all she wrote in Windsor,
Bayfield and . anywhere else in Canada looking
forward to a Canadian team making it to the
World Series.
Throughout the final innings of the game, I was
standing beside , the Archdeacon (who had
performed the wedding ceremony) and perhaps
he summed it up best for everyone when he
exclaimed, "0 gawd"; when the Phillies
wrapped it up.
Since I started this fool column talking about
sporting endeavours, I might as well run the
gauntlet.
Being in Windsor gave me a perfect op-
portunity to view the fabulous Detroit Lions who
everyone has been ravingabout. Being a `Pack'
fan mystelf,1 was not convinced by talk, I wanted
to see for myself. Well, it was everything that I
had expected. `Simple' Sims didn't appear to be
able to rush his way out of a wet paper bag and
QB Gary Danielson proved once again that he is
strictly minor league. To sum it up, .I was
delighted. Superbowl indeed. They should,
rename themselves the Argos and try for the
.Grey Cup instead.
Finally, we must comment on the old hockey
game. Well sir, Pete says the Knights are the
best again this year. He said that every night last
season as well. Bully for the Knights, 0 and 5 is a
bush league record. Questions for ask the coach
Dear Bill, is it true that more NIL crybabies
• have come from your team than anyone else's?
You know, like Reggie `parlez-vous' Thomas,
and Darryl 'tear off that C' Sittler and...
Itmatters pot healer you win or lose, but how
much press.coverage you can get.
• JA,0
of thesame year; the now
historic battley on the
`Plains. of Abraham', took
place, the English win-
ning another conflict arid
coining closer to realizing
their, goal in the new
world.
Finally, four /ears
later in February .of 1763,
the Treaty of Paris was
signed,and the , French
ceded all their North
American possessions
(save for Louisiana), to
Great Britain, •
At this point, we'll pick
up our storywhere we left
off a couple of weeks ago.
The new government
almost immedi'at'ely
occupied themselves
passing new land laws
and such, pertaining to
the .vast expanse of
wondedland that was to
become Canada
somewhere down the
road.
In 1764, Major Samuel
Holland was appointed as
Surveyor General of
Canada. Holland, a
draftsman and military
engineer, had been in
America since 1756, and
had served in many of the
battles between the
French and English. In
fact, Holland was at the
side of Wolfe, when the
great English General
died following the battle
on the Plains of
Abraham.
Almost immediately
after taking office, Major
Holland appointed John
Collins as his deputy, and
with these two studious
and energetic men at the
helm, it looked like
Canada might get ex-
plored
xplored after all. But, the
new government wasn't
really in any hurry to get
started. •
There were only -about
60,000 people living in
their new province and it
was decided the `extra'
land was not needed as
yet: New policy changes
under the British
Government dictated
that no surveying would
take place until settlers
were ready to take
possession of the land.
And then there was the
age old excuse, and it is
still used today, that the
necessary funding; just.
'wasn't available.
Did you ever wonder
why the lot lines in every
Township run different
and why towns and
villages are sometimes in
strange locations, and
why many roads and.
highways are crooked?
Well, it's going to ,be a
long story, but this is
where everything began
to go awry.
-, The British Govern*
meet stuck by their new
laws on exploration and
survey, and nothing was
accomplished for some.
time. Nearly 20 more
years passed before any
serious work took place in
Upper Canada: The end
of the British -American
War provided the people
---that wanted__to- ,settl _Jn__
Canada.
So all of a sudden, and
not entirely without
warning, thousands of
people were flocking
across the border into
Canada, hoping for a land
grant - and a place to
settle. Since the British
Government had not
found it necessary to open
up any new land in the
previous two decades,
they were now faced with
a monumental task. Now
with the settlers
available, and no land
ready, many years' work
would have to be com-
pleted in `months' in-
stead. •
With the race on,
almost every available
man was appointed as a
Surveyor or assistant,
and off they struck- into
the timber rich forests to
create a country.: In no
time at all, the land was
ready to be lived on, so
onward marched the
settlers as well.
As this is basically how
Upper ' Canada got its
start, . is it really any
wonder why few lines run
straight?
That brings us up to
1783, and that is exactly
where we'll pick up the
story of the founding of
Bayfield, when next we
meet, and tell all we know
about the Empire
Loyalists.
(to be continued)
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The International Plowing Match provides a wide contrast in farming
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way things were done in the old days with a one furrowplow, while on the other,
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the price of wheat going'
into, domestic human
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Export wheat will
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Under the announced
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quality bread wheat will
rise from $146.97 to
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$183.72 $257.21 per tonne.
The floor price for durum
wheat (used in pasta) will
rise from $146.97 per
tonne to $183.72 per tonne..
Currently (first week of
September 1980) -the
export price of bread
wheat is $224,49 per tonne
and of durum wheat.
$331.51 per tonne. This
means that the domestic
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per tonne for bread wheat
and $55.93 per tonne for
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