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This deed, ,dated April 12, .1832, conveyed . 5,465 acres in
Colborne township to Michael Fisher. a millwright from York
county, who Paid, the Canada Company 2,049.pounds, seven
shillings and,,'slxpence, and later gave' 300 acre's to each of
Ns sons. Thi .lots; comprise 3 to 14 In Concession 1, east of
BY W. E. ELLIOTT
Joe Fisher's old hue eastof
Benmiller is being taken down
%.\slowly. Wind, weather 'and
ate never did much to the
q$ldest part, built of great red
logs, aquare and 'ac -
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curately doveta:sled; These are
20 'fee't' long, up to 17 inches
thick, •and .they may have stood
fiir° 140 years, but they areJnot
falling. down
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Colborne, : is, .(me,. of 3'8 - lots
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ter, Inlhe words of the deed, are bounded on the east b .,,,the
'RivertMaltiand, "down stream along the water's edge acc`otr-
dIng''to the several windings of the said river."
k-ar,u0C Cornpan b_y Michael
Fisher;,'.millwriglt, who with
his ,brother `,Valentine carne
froni York county :t',Huron in
1829 !'' They : *ornprised 5465
acres;and,:Mtcha l. ""paid the
companv2.049 potinids�Sterling,
bought at one ,time from; _she,,,., seven shillings and' 'sixpence.
passed to a -son, Joseph'I
Fisher, and from him to a halA`
brother Aaron, in 1892. Herman;,
Fisher, a son of Aaron,
acquired it in 1958. He plans to
take down- next year what
remains of the house.
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e r The deed`.t dated ''rne` twelfth horse breeder. -,.,...,ince importer,
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:'htindredt 404 `; vhen I was a young lad, said
thirty-two.*'It was re8Istered,%,, Hugh Hill of Goderich, former
by Capt. Robert) Dunlop' acid ' reeve of Colborne. "It was quite
bears the, signature t'alspy ,of �' ,a 'nice. place. There
David Don, .deputy Their Of \,,.
i�tc is believed to have beerr�,tri (c ntlnued on page 1TA)
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Vest„ Street. , of 'j
,Michael Fisher had seven ' ; `
It'vas initiationight Mon :'the Kinsmen St'a`g Night recen-
day for.:;: four new "Kinsmen= , city. Joe O'Brjen.w+as the winner
membetgat the meeting;hekd in of the $500 prize;arid those per-
Saltford"''Valley Hall. ',Those sons winning ,$25 were:
club mem leis who received the' ' '
rite of int ail ton °were John Tom k1ooke, 'W,ayn Draper,
Sch eiker, Jip�'t�Mabb, Rober4p>`
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Ross ';'"� lkie, . -W J. Kreps,
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Obert Arthur, Dianne Argyle,
len McNticifael, Bill Kirky,
e Rodger, Bill Melick,
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Present for
were Deputy t
Wilkie from the
and Clark Pep
Project Co -Chaff
;art Thomson.
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Ha on Club
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Fibrosis from, the London .:tub.
Fra uk Haan, Jack Cummings,
Allen McDonald, Lloyd
Morley Vaughan . Kinahan,
Kean Tri 'z;>: 'Charles Shelton,
sons aha:d three daughter~ and
to each son he ave 300 acres:'
Joseph, the,eldesr,:received Jots _.
6, 7 and- 8' in Con ;1,. Colborziev,
Joe, widely: known as' J.J., was''
"an importer and breeder" of
heavy draft and' Coach horses,
Durham cattle a''nd= Suffolk
pigs, according fo the -:Belden
Atlas, wherein appears -.a -sketch
of his residence and farm
buildings
From 1832, this land ' has ",'
never passed from the Fisher
Albert Middel, Doug Feagan family.- Joseph became,ids
and Herb Artiistrrong. owner in 1837. E vidently �it4,)h
Now fabrics and new tde, are + rrrw•, . a no ;►nd widr.r ,,,,.aftny tc the wc:tct
to our sport coat collectlrl happy •ttnrylny cit c tticlal rind ta`c?q;artr l ► ; n
has opened hrrccO't new ways tt- you t;7 by -!t hat man In your Itte t)r-r5I-nalt7c' his �','*�1r ,t,,
Nonce alt the► Latest checks ar=t n a:«t', 'Al4 115( =n -ova a canr;.d sow tt,'rt 0t h a' )
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For the style and comfort you've,_been Iooking for : We have furniture.,
groupings to match any .decor or any room In the house = At a p°ricta that
you will find In keoping With the budgets of most householders.:
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