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Sesquicentennial Greetings
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HIGHWAY NO. 4 - SOUTH OF CLINTON AT VANASTRA
Many taverns served the
consumers of Colborne
BY GAVIN GREEN
- The first tavern built in the township was
a log one on Block D, at the village called
at the time Garbraid. This was known as
"The Crown.and Anchor," and also'served
as a meeting house for public functions,
such as elections and meetings of the
District Commissioners, as the Township
councillors were then called.
The liquorstock consisted of barrel beer
selling at five cents a quart, and barrelled
whiskey selling at five cents a half-pint.
This hotel was kept by John Morris in 1836
- and '37.One day his son George turned the
spigot, allowing all the whiskey to run out.
This same barrel of whiskey had been car -
vied by my grandfather Andrew Green on
his back from Goderich- Mr. Morris took
this loss of the whiskey as a warning to get
out of the tavern and he then moved to a
farm on the tenth concession in the Morris-
Sallows settlement, where he farmed and
raised a family of eight daughters and
three sons and was honored as one of the
pioneers when his earthly work was
finished.
One mile up the Lake Shore Road, at
Millbrook, now called Dunlop, in 1840 Joe
Uptigrove built a frame tavern. He sold it
to John Allen, and it was later kept by his
son, known as Big Anthony Allen. I
remember being in this hotel one winter.
Andrew Green called for a jug of beer,
then went to the fireplace, picked up one of
the red-hot pokers and put it into the jug of
beer to warm it. He gave me a tin cup full
of this beer. It was nice and warm and was
the first drink of intoxicating' liquor I had
in a tavern. This old tavern still stands and
as I pass by I sigh for the days gone by.
Then three miles up the shore at the
crossroad to Bogie's Beach, Sergeant,
Haley built a large frame tavern, and as he
was a soldier he called his tavern "Well-
ington and Blucher." Then two miles far-
ther on to the boundary, Sheppard came
from York with a yoke of oxen and sleigh
with three barrels of whiskey and built a
log tavern, calling it the "Royal Oak".
Later George Hilton built a frame building
and kept the same name.
On the eighth concession two miles east
from Anthony Allen's a Mr. Crackey built
a frame tavern and called it "The Plough -
Boys' Inn." Then farther east to Carlow
was McDonagh's Hotel, a brick building
purchased by. the Township in 1917 and us-
ed for the Township Hall. On the boundary
between Colborne and West Wawanosh
Shep Jones had a tavern, while farther
down Tom Allen also had a tavern.
At that time Saltford had two hotels - one
brick, now used as a general store; the
other frame, since disappeared. At the
Hollow Benjamin Miller kept an hotel
which after his death was operated by his
widow and son Jonathan, widely known for
his great size. When local option was
adopted in the township this building was
used as dwelling and it also has disap-
peared, tough the place is still known as
Benmiller after the first keeper.
This is a list of the taverns in this
township, but for some time there has been
no hotel in operation; but in their day they
were a necessity of pioneer life. The Point
Farm Hotel and Menesetung Hotel, nearer
Goderich were descendants of the original
taverns without the sale of intoxicating li-
quor, but they, too, have disappeared,
leaving only summer cottages on the lake
front.
CONGRATULATIONS AND
BEST WISHES TO THE
CITIZENS OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF COLBORNE
ON YOUR
150TH ANNIVERSARY
Jack Riddell
M.P.P. HURON -MIDDLESEX
MINISTER OF AGRICULTI'RE AND FOOD