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Toprodnees :lterevdth _a -cantinuationirom
last week of the chapter "The Colborne Clique" Which appears
in the book, "In The Days of the Canada •Company." Contents
of the- eNpter, will appear each week fn Serial form,
' (Continued from -last week)
The matter of bridges was the
primly difficulty, because without
them no grist could be got to the
mill. But the road provided -for
travel when the river was crossed,
and the mill itseif, were equally
unsatisfactory; the roadway was
often an impassable series of mud -
holes.
"Their little tuppenny mill down
on the flats was worked by a
spring, not by the,. river, so it
couldn't always run. 'Twas just
a little two -stone mill."
Naturally, it did not supply the
demand for flour—which one fam-
ily plat, as their own estimate „for
use, at onebarrel per week, as
sometimes there was little else for
"Pyper's mil wa* a humbug of
a mill. We did the best we could,
and ground our own wheat in Q.
coffee -mill fixed on the wall, or
pounded it with a stone in the
hallowed top of a stump."
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Old Mills
Others crushed it between two
stones,vend made a kind of por-
ridge, aral baked in kettles a mix-
ture whieh resembled bread inas-
much as it was made from wheat;
and some hungry ones dug up
potatoes already a •month in the
ground. Mr. Mounteastle, on the
Huron road, once tried the experi-
ment of sending his little girl with
the grist.. He- maintained that it
was fairness and not disagreeable-
,ness which caused delay. The mill
was Certainly inadequate for the
custom, but the rule adopted was,
first come first served. At this
time the family was entirely out,
of flour, and ,he sent his daughter
with . the sadk. of -wheat -balanted-
before her on the horse. He knew
they would not keep a child wait-
ing; and the small horse -woman ac-
cordingly returned the same everi-
ing, at a foot ,pace all the way,
witir her quantity of flour. The
father would probably have been
kept two or three days. Aleeander
Young made as many as seven or
eight trips after ten bushels of
wheat. Sometimes he wouldre
turn with a bushel, sometimes with
none at all, the excuse generally
being the rush of work and oc-
casionally lack of water, for the
spring which fed it sometimes gave,
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Open thwity 9 to Widnote0;940 It* SaturclikY to 171!
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out. •A site was staked ofI for
new mill, and hungry people, were.
shown the stakeS,- 'and Pron'ised
there would .be lack delay once
was ' up. That . new mil s never
grew beyond the stakes, a
letter written to the British Col-
onist, Henry, Hyn4m,an ag1zes
the Honourable Adam Ferglisson
and his managementof his Fermis
settlement. The mills th,e0, had
been burnt 4�wn; but as soon as
the rubbish was cleared-aWay, new
mills, .phoenix -like; appeared .
"Would that such a man were a
Commissioner of the Canadretora-
pony, to,urge the repair of some
Slight dtage of the Goderich
which has been closed for two
months, d Lord knows when it
will be ien again."
Pyper, wife of the, miller,
was a -sister ef "Stout Mac," Mac-
Donald cvf the first surveys. Be-
cause Pyper was a Kentishman,.
and had married •a Hieland woinan,,
Dunlop nick -named him Bally
Pibroch. Mrs. •Pyper was as in-
genious as her brother, but knew
less English. Although her larder
would often be laden with venison,
pigeons and other meats, it too
had its barren times; and a fresh
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killed beast was soon cut up and a
part exchanged, for something
which would furnish variety. In
one neighbourly .exchange after
the killing of her husband's pigs,
Mrs. Pyper offered the other "eome
of my sow's mutton for a quarter
of your sheep's beef." At the
Mountcastle 'homestead on the
Huron Road, a groundhog was
caught and shared with .a hungry
neighbour, "arid never a more
tasty morsel." That some of the
emigrants did not know how to
make the best of what they had
did not cross their minds; the
Canada Company was the root of
all evil.
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Chippewa Indians paid visit here
with carcases of bears,
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Teachers Salary
Ap, increase of $300 nV1ierpax
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aurum figure in their, Wm.:sche-
dule was granted to; teachers at,
Goderieh PuWie Schikol-4oar4 at
the monthly meeting held 94 Wed-
nesday night of last. Week at the
school.
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- This deeiSion and'other decisions
affecting SalarieS restated fro11.
three meetings,. between: theleteh-
ers' relations4"Coroniittee of the
board and the teaeher-beard rela-
tion committee et the teachers.
The teachers had 404 foe an
increase in the minimum salary
from -$2,2Q0 to $2,400 and Am in-
crease in the maximum salary, to
$3,800 without a degree. In addi-
tion they requebted an annual:in-
crease Of $200 effective January 1
of bltis year , and an additional 'in-
creage of $200 beginning in Sep-
tember.
The teachers' request pointed„
out that the $2,400 figure is the
approved minimum of the Teach-
ers' federation.
It was suggested by teachers that
teachers now receiving the maxi-
mum salary should receive the an-
nual increments until they reached
the ,requested new maximum. •
Other decisions besides increas-
ing the maximum salary by $300
from $2,900 to ,$.1,200 were that
there, would be no change in the
mind/win salary, the allowance of
$100 per year for experience up to
$300 would be Changed to $100 per
year up to $400 and that teachers
at present receiving the maximum
salary would receive anneal in-
creases of $100 until the new
maximum is reached.
It was decided' also that no in-
creases would be, retroactive to the
first of this year and that the,
changes in the salary schedule
would be effective on September
1, 1955.
Last increase granted by the
board, was in September, 1953,
when all figures in the salary sche-
dule were increased by $100. . r.
The board meeting also received
•the resignation of one teacher,
Mrs. Norma Dixon, effective at the
end of June.
It was decided also to have the
board's property committee Meet
with Town Council's Police com-
mittee to determine what could
• be done regarding a traffic problem
on Gibbons street during •school
hours.
Indians le
Before the days of the Colborne
Clique; the populace was one day
brought out by the arrival of a
party of Chippewa Indians - with
the carcases of five bears. For a
month salt pork had been thConly
meat, so the Indians were 'beset
on every side. The chief was a
fine looking warrior, wearing a
large silver medal with a figure of
George the Third which had been
given him for gallant conduct in
1812. Wearied by much asking,
he stepped upon the heaviest car-
case, and gracefully ',waving his
hand to command attention, began
an oration.' He was very animat-
ed, and pointed often to the cows
and oxen belonging to the settlers,
grazing near. John Got, a French-
Canadian, interpreted that he said,
"Indian very great limiter, • kill
plenty bear and deer; white man
kill beef. Sometimes Indian very
hungry, see his white brother kill
an ox. 1e asks for piece, but
white man say, 'No, • TIO, go
iaWay.' iey-and-bye • give hint
paunch and sag- 'Plenty good for
blackguard Indian.' 11 Indian kill
bear, white man" say, 'You my
friend, give me a piece.' Indialf
gret hunter,, he n,0 tell his white
bro pier to Wait for paunch, but
give him leg or some good piece."
The Company's stores furnished
another ground for complaint. The
settlers could find no commodity
there but fish. _MeadoWlands, the
Lizars homestead, and Lunderston,
the - Hyndman place, became
centres of discontent and protest.
The British Colonist of Toronto,
the paper of the day, was called'
upon to issue articles setting forth
grievances, and the muse at home
wrote pamphlets, , squibs, and
parodies.
"Sweet Goderich city,
So sweet 'and pretty,
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Its •praise can declare.
The stores where the fish are;
And the great Commissioner—."
Stories went the rotieds of how
the Company did not keep faith,
in doing work and in distributing
money, which faith, if kept, would
destroy these causes of complaint.
Not so, said the Colborne Clique;
they were
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And doing nothing with a deal of
skill."
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A man wanted a divorce. "That
woman never stopstalking," he
told the judge. "She' kept going
steady morning, noon and night—
day in and day out. A person gets
so that he just can't stand any
inore, Judge.' "What does she
talk about?" asked the judge.
"That's just the trouble, your Hon
dr, she doesn't say."
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A ;notion to reeonstruct the
County Road frem.Bayfield to Chit-
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ton straight through from concea-
sion aix,Cyoderich Township, to
Highway No. 21 was pissed at a
specialmeeting on Huron County
Conilcil's road conimittee at a
special meeting here iast week.
The decision was made over the
protest of a deputation of taxpay-
ers from, the township, headed by
Ross Middleton and Beheld Welsh.
Another delegation, however, head-
ed by James Stirling, ex -reeve of
the township, and Jalte ftedder,
favored the more direct route.
The committee, presided over
by the chairman, Reeve ,,Arthur
Gibson, of Ikowick TOwnship, de-
cided on the straighter route from
Highway No. 21; 1 y,4 miles north
of the new Bayfieht bridge through
to Clinton. The present -road from
concession six west to,No. 21 High-
way is a series of curves and turns.
The committee's decision follows
a recent suggestionby Goderich
Township Reeve Johri-Deeves, who
claimed ,that by-passing of the olcl
road and construction of a more
direct route would prove more
efficient.
The new road would be one-
half mile shorter than the present
one, but would run three-quarters
of a mile farther north than the
original one.
Goderich Township, under the
"One For the Road"
The origin of this veiled ref-
erence to drinking and driving is
obscure. Probably it came down
from Old Dobbin days in lngland.
If this last one for the road tog -
ped off several previous drinks,
it didn't matter much in those
days. Horse sense would very prob-
bly carry tho naaudlie driver safe-
ly home. How different today
The "one for the road" might
so easily be one for the ditch,
the hospital or the morgue --per-
haps all three. Conclusive sci-
entific proof has shown that a
driver having 1y, pints of 6%
beer will be affected as follows:
L. Selective reactions' e.g. mak-
ing decisions, slow down 10%.
2. Muscular reactions. e.g. mov-
ing hands and feet, slow down.
3. Mental concentration e.g.
watching It's „ driving; loss up ,to
35%.
Thee•problem fact is that the
"one for the road"eis fraught with
tragedy.
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Huron County Teitiperance
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GODERICH 146 ELGIN AVE. PHONE 158
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Mr. Stirling said he felt it 'wouW
be $25,000: cheaper tii'conatruet tlie
grEpight road: ,He.noted that 23
miles of Bell.TelePhene equipment
could remain intact with the direct
route.
grip of land from Highway
No. 21, to lakefront troperty OW,13,
elf by the. township, which' leads
into the proposed entrance of the
new road, was suggested for use
as a township park by Mr. Stirling.
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