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was a place to congregate
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44 • BY LIZA WILLIAMS,
When we think of
91dKashioned times, only the
MoStohvious differences 'come
mind as a rule. Long skirts
and gas lamps, carriages and”
qiaiht language are the things .•
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t *ve you ever thought what
,happened in the 19th -century
when sOmeone had a toothache?
• Cir needed a container for apple
eldek, molasses, or hoMe-made
wine?Or wanted a picture., of
sornething?
in the Huron County Pioneer
Museum there are several
eXhibits set up, under categories,
to represent various aspects of
life in days ' of yOre. , These
displays were assembled by Mr:
J. H. Neill, curator, Mr. James
Shisholm, assistant curator, 'and
Mrs. Friedel Nanz, Museum
AttendanLand assist curator, in
museum pressed her --nose up
against the glass and asked her
mother what the disptay was
supposed to be, ,.""Oh, a
barbershop? Doesn't look like •
Her father hought otherwise.
With a nostalgic, ictok, he sad,.
'''‘Nry•.,,ftither used ' to have a
couple of razors like that .
,• On a table is a display of.
'razors and strops. Lather brushes
and mugs Line ashelf. A portable
shaving kit bears the naffie Kriss
Dross Stropper and Razor; the
advertising business knew even
back then that a catchy name NI
was the key to a successful
product.
On another table lieslarinting
equipment which the barber
used to advertise his trade. tThe
wooden stamps were used to put
slogans and pictures on posters
or leaflets to tell people what a
1962. fine barber there was.
• First is the barber shop. A
• plush red velvet'chair dominates
" this !, replica, which includes
examples of hair -cutting and
• shaving equipmer1t from
throughout the last two
_centuries..The chair has a crank
in the back and an adjustable
headrest so the barber could Ulf
• his customer -to the most
advantageous angle. There is
even' a •footrest with two levels
for extra.comfort.
t•- •?The barber shop was ,not
txvticartl;r•-con2PaAhle„...to those, of
today in its functions, ,Today a
L ,visit to the barber is a relatively
•infrequent event for many men.
•f' As Museum Guide Anne Legg
l• says, 'Men can't afford to get
l•• their hair cut nowadays - and
•anyway the style is long." •
Although the style was also
• long then, the . old-fashioned
barber shop was, a° place loved
' and frequented by gentlemen of
its day. • It was a place to
congregate, to 'hear the daily
gossip,to. get out ofthe house
and :the company of wornen and
into a private domain of • the,
world Of men. •,
• The museum's barber shop, is
• a cheerful room, With a large
chest of drawers for razors and
• towels, and agmearly full-length
• mirror of the old-fashioned glass
Which reflects like the mirrors'in
a fimhouseat a fair. The room is
made authentic by the addition
of several touches like a hatstan.d
• with old-fashioned straw hats
tossed gaily 'Onto • it,j• and a
• display of magazines •and
journals like the Livestock Farm
Journal, the Farmer's Advocate
• from 1895, and an ancient copy
of the Toronto'Olobe.
• One little • 4Visitor to the
•
I th enter of the room
hangs a ' Rose Atkins Sunning
Lamp. And that, apparently, was
the last word for'. a popular
barbershop. '
The main pisiness of the
„dentist of the 19tli century
seemed to ht_.• to , manufacture
and fit false teeth. &great array
of "sampleteeth is displayed on a
table in the replica dentist's
office at the museum. Dentures
and bite -plates are lying about
just as if the dentist himself had
left the. room for a minute to,„
-mix up sorne8pence's Plaster or
some De Trey's Synthetic
Porcelain. • •
• "Hey, that's what Grandma
has!" cried 'one small visitor in
delight. And perhaps Grandma •
cameto such an office to get her
false teeth. ,
In the center is a chair,
adjustable like the ones of
today, but without the steriW
white and silver gleam we are
used to in our dentist's offices.
A rinsing bowl stands by the
'chair,' and close at 'hand are
drawers ifor-tools,-Directly in
-front of the chair dangles a drill.
But attached to its stand are
foot pedals of wrought h -on, for
the drill' was not .9Perated, by
'electricity as ours are today.. One
• visitor, looking at the pedals,
commented, „"It's funny they
• had to have, everything so
ornate."
• On the wall, a complicated
panel of dials mounted on white
• marble bears the label, "This air
- pressure and controls is for
- blowing out the .-drillings and
drying the inside of the tooth
• before filling." •
In the corner stand some
• tanks, of gaS in case the patient
couldn't stand the proceedings
in his ',mouth. It -was no* wonder
he couldn't sometimes, for on
the table lies-a—tumkey for
extractions. This little gadget
looks like a key on the top and a
clamp ori the bottom, aqd'its,use
was _very simple: the dentist
merely Plated it arourttactli:-
%turned it slightly, and YANKED.
So much for lkh century
dentistry.
The photographer's stu4lo is •
next, and visitor's eyes light up
at the sight of it. Here is a
familiar scene; we have seen '
similar apparatus in 91d movies.
There was no such thing as
do-it-yourself pictures ino,
old-fashioned times, unless you
were ad enterprising inventor,
and made your own camera. , , •
A family portrait had to be
taken. by a professional
photographer in his studio, with
equipment which looked much
like a cross between an
accordion and a telescope.
Besides, the camera itself., the
studio replica displays methods
of film processing, including
equipment for developing like an ,
• old-fashioned Kodak -lantern,. a
•mortar and pestle to grind up
chemicals, and pans -arid rollers
to soak the negatives.
A chair and backdrop await
the next customer. POrtraits line
the walls, and faces of the past
look 'down the ages. These
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Mrs. FlOSsie SheardoWn, 58 St. Andrew Street, celebrated her 90th birthday July 18 With her '
family': She is seen here with her children (standing left to right) Waiter, Harold, Mrs. Harry (Ada)
Fritzley, Murray' 'and Carl. A family dinner was held at Tiger Dunlop inn following an Open house
at the home of Murray Sheardown Saturday:July (Hadden's Studio photo)
photographs .are a direct contact
with the past. '
' Above the door. -Of the little
shop are scenes of Goderich.
There is a view of the Park' and
Square in 1866. Next to it is a.
'storage : elevator burning up in
1903. Beside it -is a faded print
entitled "An Arch of 1700 salt
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suppose, that in the middle of •
the night when we old follcs, are
trying ,to sleep, the young peciple
use the .almost -empty, streets to
• work out • their youthful
-exhuberance behind the wheel.
• And I can't think of anything
much more annoying. to hie in
the wee. small hours of the
.morning than the soundof a car
being burned around a corner on
two wheels (or less), It can take
you ,from a Sound sleep" to a .
sit -Up alert in the twinkling of an
eye
And like everyone else in the
town of my. generatiOn. I
mumble terrible • threats
.coricerning what I would, do if I
could lay my hands on the
simple -Minded son of a,so-anc",•so
who should , be -home in
bed but I'm fully aware that
. unless a ,police officer has
witnessed these antics I haven't a
hope of reVenge. •
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• So 1 n1 back in sluriiber and
• hope that he or, she uses the
the next fella% as ta en a
" rest' from lab& for a few days
There . .'is so'mething great
about leavitigl.,
'work and kno;-ing
• that •you needn't wory about it ,
again until you return.jo me.
that's the holiday. It doesn't
follow that onemust travel_ far
from home to have a vacation. It
simply means that the routine
pressures are lifted .for a period
of time anyou .are free to do
only „ those things which really
please ,you,..41ike sleep in or'go
back to -bed after breakfast or
shop until after the time that
dinner is usually served whea
someone is working.
We (the Keller familp don't
take our vacation during the
summer months. It just' isn't
possible.:..so ',Ave get a 'little
discouraged at this tigie- of year
when most people are o work
enjoying themselves.
But we look forward to the
winter months when we get our
break away from the grind.
Right this.Moment I'm,dreaming
about our vacation....sometime
when the! snow flies and
everyone else is bogged down
with work. Boy, that willt.
be jus
staff toholiday withotit concern
about , things at. the -office 'but
the staff at this newspaper k so
devoted to the cause that we
stay at, our posts all thiough the
summer months: -...'doing not only
our own work but the work of
• who
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"It's the man about the wiring ma'am." t
It'sgrue, livingin "any older home withoUt up-to-date wirin`g jUst d4sn't.hold
a candle to truly modern electrical living.
• The changes that'el4c1rical modecnization brings will brighten your life
.throughout every room' in your home - for -years to come. ,You;11 have more
outlets and switches Where you want them, betterop6rformance from your
appliances- and you can even add the year-round comfort of electric
climate control.
And rewiring -an Older home needn't be.cornplicated
or expensive..:the cost will probably be less than you' `°T),A.
imagihe, and the Hydro Finance Plan makes it easy for ‘96
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other end • of town • 'fOr • a
playground tomorrow night.
I .•liis.e the town solicitor's
definition of unnecessary noise.
Ken Hunter • sO,vs that
unnecessary noise is, noise which
can be • controlled by a human
'being...such as honking ,horns
squealing tires or useless
acceleration. Mil Hunter clairns
that the noise of large ..trucks
loaded down with cargo is -not
necessarily unnecessary': and
that males sense to me.
barrels across West Street at
Wellington built for Lord
Dufferin's visit in 18661'
In an age when products were
°mit packaged in individual
containers for purchase in a large
supermarket, most . people
Provided fr-mair of their , own
food from gardensand orchards.
'When harvest time came along,
containers were needed for
storing the food for the winter,
.and • since neither cardboard
boxes nor plastic bags were,
available, the cooper shop was
where •people went to buy
containers. ,The . cooper 'made
barrels and keys.
He had ari -ortinent Of
machines to•assel. .,e his barrels.
A •barrel-rnaker's stove heated •
the staves untilthey'Were able to
be bent into the proper shape. A
'special saw was used •for cutting
• barrel heids. A hand machine
wa'S. usethto cut notches in the
hoops for latiaer tubs. A drilling
device and anvil held the hoop in
place for nailing. It was operated
by a foot lever. A barrel -maker's
press put the heads on the wood
stave barrels. There are examples.
in the shop of beer kegs, apple
baskets and cider, kegs, and even
• a barrel for home-made cherry
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• There are other shops in the
Museum which are equally
interelting, as a shoemaker's,
ycarpenter's and -weaving room.
But they are best able to speak
• for themselves, as is the -entire"
rnuseum.
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• It. is holiday timeParound the
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• makes things hectic.
• Most newspers sOitt,. down, ,
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