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Ali Paper not:;ertei-ttltxaMerl will. tee"trinereied free };;-
hen, on the Goderich side, 7uet oldie
cite, Peter Vanderburg built li rola
house or shanty, which h r used for
u tavern; the First anywhere within
many miles, After some yerirs ono
of the Vanderburgs died and the
other moved away 80 the United
Stats, berm, sincceeded IV .a amen
named head, commonly known as
"YankeeRead". who "kept the tavern
And arso o iitor,e from that time un-
til William Itattenbury bought him
cut and located at the place in 1844:.
CLINTON
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The
. g' s of E1uit o11'S
Beginnings
Hub Town.
'The London Free' Press of ,Satur-
day carried:. a, double -page. write-up.
of Clinton, with pictures of our main'
streets, a birds eye view of 'Doherty..
:Pianos, our largest industry, cuts of
Mayor Cooper and of Mr. JobeGib-
,• bingo,Clinton's oldest native-born..
Avder'tiseli7cteis of our principal
manufacturing..: industries are also
carried and the following history tor -
the first settlers 'and the fouaiding of
.the town: ' • ,'
"The geographical position of
Clinton, would seem` to have insured
for it from the very first at all
events a` local ascendancy Located ar'`
the junction of the London and H
ni.-
ori roads -the- first and still the
chief highways which traverse what
was known as the heron Tract -and
almost at the central point/ of the
territory now;comprising the County
of. Huron, nothing seemed wanting..
so far as!;superiority ,of gee rami 5'
cal position was :concerned, to' in-
sure also a predominance in commer-
cial conditions,' Yet for a. very long`
time after the first, settlement of the
Long p'evious to tyis-Mtimo the
o0aatry ) Vonder'hurg's"
had beoomc tolerably well settled to
the north on the "]l4ke Line" to the
south, on the London road, and to the
irortbwest and southeast on the Hur-
on road But the immediate neigh-
borhood of "Tile Corners" possessed
not *i single inhabitant except those
montionecl above-. until the advent. of
Mr.. Ritttenbtuy. This gentleman,
who was really the founder of., the
town, was a. native of Devonshire,
Envlanid, whence he came to Canada
in 1831 and to the Huron, district
in 1835. He first settled on hytr 42,'
London road survey, Tucker:smith,
whence he subsequently removed to
Goderich, where Ile lived for eight
' rr••to the .present site of
tears, moving p >.
Clinton in May, 1844. Ile was a
blacksmith by trade and lied been
working -chiefly for the 'Canada Coin-
pany since his settlement in the
Huron distinct,which time he
, during t
had helped to build roost ,of -the mills
wharves, stores at various points.
Recognizing the ed anntageous posi-
tion, of "V anderbur g.'s", purchased lots
on three of the. four corners where.
the roads crossed and 1!iid' out a•vil-
io,_:o asearly. as 1846; which he -called
Clinton in honor of the' Lieut -Gen.
Lord Clinton, upon whose estate in
Devonshire his father was a large
tenant farrier.
Soon after this settlers 'began to
come in and '''buy lots : from hint,
A none• the 'first was Bartley Lavin,
a , blaclsrnith, . and one Higgins, • a
shoemaker. George Palmer was'then
diving on the south of Ifuron road
just outside of the present northwest
]inrti8.of the,teeviee, Ile was an Eng-
lishman who ,came/'into the "bush"
with more money than experience of
`roughing 121', and after awhile suc-
,.needed in maleing• an ,exchange of
1the two commodities. .and. also
i l a
distriet.no„one . seemed to have been ohan„ed his residence and his, flag
attracted by the advantages of the.
position which the place offered; and
it, ,as left to 'that modern civilizer;
the railroad, ,to inaugurate a new
era in its progress, which has devel-;
oped 'Clinton since, then into a most
flourishing and progressive teem.
. The' first settlers within the' pees-,
ant limits of the town were Jonas
Gibbings, from ,Toronto township,.
in the County of Peel, and Peter,
at the same time, by following.' the
advice of •Horace Greeley. Another
of the first settlers of the neighbor-
hood was also an Englishman,' since
widely known: The incidents related
of Joseph Whitehead on his first ad-
vent to 'the backwoods ,are as annns-
,ing to others as' m
seine of his, earlier
experiences " with the "bloomin' I'',
stumps- and swamps and. snakes and
fireflies "must have been perplexing
and Stephen Vanderburg from Yonge to himself. But Mr, -Whitehead read-
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A tea::poonful of Charm to a dishpan
of water- makes dishwashing easier
for 25c at M a 0 od r1 cel s,
and the history of England at the
the fatuous' "Rocket" on that cele-
brated run from Manchester to Liv-
erpool, ever meinoeablc in the his-
tory 'o4 science, Whitehead pdr-
Tanned the duties of stoker. After
settling near "The, Corners" he en-
gaged in farming, but chiefly in
making potash, until the building of
the Great Western Railway, when he
took a contract on that road in the
neighborhood of Dundas and Slid it
so well that he was enabled shortly
successfully
m Sete,
• ar is to eo
afterw c I
for a very heavy contract on the
Buffalo & Lake Iluron Railway. Fol-
lowiiig this he 'became a resident` of
the village -was' one of the most 00-
6ive and enterprising; of its citizens
-in the promotion of its material in-
terests and 'held the chief positions
of honer and trust in the gift of
the people, among" which was that
of first reeve of the' village after its
incorporation.
William Gibbings was . the first
malechildborn in the place, though
there had previously been a girl born
in each of the 'Vanderburg families.
Mr. Jonas Gibbings, wile 'was ,one of
the pioneer' settlers,• died. on .the ,old
homestead about. the ° year,1872' After
a busy and. -useful • life, much of
which was devoted to the improve-
ment and development of, his :adopt-
ed village. We find his 'name in
maty places as connected with posi-
tions of honor -and triretiwhile look-
ing over the records : of' the--nnuniici-
pality."
street, ' back. of Toronto. Mr. Cib:;fSly adapted. himeelf_ to the change of
bings. left Toronto in the month of- 'climate and of circumstances, • set
ter to Goci- I tling on the Base: line of •Hullett
Jane, 1831; coming by Water
erich and out to its junction, with about a mile north of -thee junction
'tile proposed London'road,.which had of the London and Hu:,on roads, Beth
nt:ot, been then' opened; and in fact -'.before --andisihce his advent. to Can -
the Huron road` from Goderich -was o dtr ;r' Mr, ..Whitehead's , experiences
only then chopped out and in scant.' have leeen such as to give a promin-
places not logged lip. The Vander- cute amounting ,to .general(..interest..
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181s..and'Mrs. T'ptguoon'of Walton
epti:nt.Sun(1114 as tbo 4€p l t 08' 1rer, sib -
tea„ A'ir's, 1i 4win 131,180'0(1,
The pr'tiyt,r meeting this -week was
held on ,`) gesday.evening rlt 544, Joe.
Venn's,
On Wednesday • afternoon • .el', this
week the household ef1eets of the late
5drs, Wit. 112clntosh were, soul.
same price was allowed $40,504.4, ;
as `supplemental to the s' wh010041e I
price, Copp Clark Co. was paid
$23,755%50, and tile whole amount
paid to book publishers was $269,-
145.77. Wearenet:sure, but are of
the opinion that this work is secured
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by tender..tri any case, don't inn-
agine a nrimee Look in the public
•sehool is produced Tor 4c,10): that the
firm publishing them are out to drop
in n
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Kincardine has decided: to appoint
a night constable.
The Presbyterian church at Grand'
Bond and, Corbett have extended an
unanimous call to Rev. A. 114. Grant,
B.A.; 13.D., of Toronto. ' The Grand
Bend pulpit has been vacant since
the resignation of Mr. Corriere last
summer. Rev Jas. Foote, of Exeter,
has been snoderatore
An Arneriaan Syndicate have tak-
en an option on the Lake View House
at Grand Bend at present owned by
' riteeHarmon Gill. At present it looks
as if the syndicate will realize on
their option as there. are only a few
i minor ,conditions to be adjusted. The
,.syndicate intend making some addi-
tions to the ' present building. ' It is
proposed' to open up golf links and
tennis courts and otherattractions.
YOU BET. IT -COSTS MONEY!.
e -- a s 86 lie
ad
t money nowiss
It costs 3 Y
even thesmallestkind of a newspaper,
and the ;'larger;it is and the oftener
it' appears the more it costs. Paper,
role, type, postage, labor, cost double
what they did a few years ago, and
no local. paper •can be expected to
succeed -unless every '• local activity
hick it �` the publicity' v
for
it
taps
supposed to • give all• focal doings,
A ]Seal paper can't had a town along.
unless it' secures enough income to
pay for the gasoline'that will, keep
its engine, going. -Tor -onto Star.
Coderich Tyvvosbilp
Mr, and. Mrs, 17. T, Wilson and
babe of Sar•nlia visited the lady's per
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erns Mr. and Mrs. W. 1I. Lobb; .1;(sb
week,
MVlrq, Robert 01u15 has been visit-
ing her parents in W'indeor ,timing
the past weep.
burgs;Came through by land arrrv- Hewas.. a.m.echanieal engineer- by,
ing at tine same timeas Mr Gibbjngs,:,,profession and it is related'on.good. - e '; -
Who settled on ,lot_ -23, ,Huron road i authority j; hat he Wag .the man who.
Hullett'township, while Peter Vann 1 "fired' the first engine ever built by
erburg settled on . the corner lot of r Stephenson, and 'while that great dis-
Tueketsnnith- and his brother, Step- I coverer was handling the throttle on
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HOW IT'WORKS OUT
•A man pointed out to as the other
day that he paid more for 'a scrib-
bler at a local `drag: store than it
cost to get a tekt book for his child:
The text book being all printed and
on as good a paper -.or better than
the 'scribbling books. The inference
was that the loeal'i'endor made an
enormous profit. We soon ,put the
individual right. When ,you bear
someone talking about the low price;
of text books to -day, don't, fail to
remind the simple plies, who have
'something to'learn diet if they look-
ed into the publ1.c accounts ,: they
would .find the provinceis 'putting
up, a whole, lot of 'the cost 9f these
boors and the prise printed on the
cover does not represent, the `cost.
J 'A Wetherell, a fornner high school
'inspector,•gets $4,900 a year as gen-
eral editor of text hooks, and his •es-
,sistant gets $1,700. The T. Eaton
Go. sells the public school readers
.at the following low prices: Primer,
4c, first reader, 0c; third reader, 14c;
fourth reader, 168. The average per-
sons thinks 'the T. Eaton Co. charges
up the loss on ptiblishing these books'
to advertising. Not by a long( chalk.
'The Ontario Government paid the
.'Eaton Co. ;last year the neat sum gf
$192,712.20 to make up for the fair.
'profit onithese books and the Ryer-
son Press, which publishes the pub -
lis school history of, Canada at 25c
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The W 'ornpn'e Xnratitut0 will meet
next Tueedey at Mr's.' C. Xlowaop'o,
She president of the dista'i it, Mrs.
lCirk 0f $eafor't1i, will be present and
give an address.
lrir, d, Phillips has moved to Blyth.•
We are 'eorry to lose Mr. Phillipa
from Auburn.
Mr. Win. Craig is moving into the
house vacated by Mr. Phillips.
Miss Ianny ,Scott continues very
poorly, with slight liopes for her re-
eovery.
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The season has been very poor for
the malting 'of ,maple syrup, but a
number have succeeded in malting a
nice quantity.
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Daily Except Sunday.
Lve Goderich .. 6.00 a.m. 2.20. p.m.
Lve Clinton i 6.25 a.m. '2 52 p.m.
Lve Seaforth .. 6.41 a.m. 3.12 p.m.
Lve Mitchell .. 7.04 a.m. 3.42 p.m,
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IRETURNING
Leave Toronto 6.50 a.m.; 12.55 p.m.
and 6.1(3 p.m. •
Parlor Cafe car, Goderich to To-
ronto on `morning train,; and Toronto
to Goderich 610 nen. train.
Parlor Buffet car Stratford to To-
ronto on afternoon train. '
C.D. Horning, D.P.A., G.T.R. System
John Ransford & 'Son, Phone 55,
Uptown Agents.
'8!o pay part purchase,monney 0r es1vtiltc„ mor ;a; e1
'4o erect buiidIn4s or; itoprove present buildings;
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