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The Seaforth News, 1938-10-20, Page 7THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938 THE SEAFORTH NEWS. PGE SEVEN I , Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge 'Forms, standard sizes to fit Ledgers, white or colors. . It will pay you to see our samples. Also 'best •quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. •The Seaforth News Phone 84 Current Crop Report ,Halton county reports livestock in excellent condition though many far - niers state that pasture conditions are below normal. There will be consid- erable red 'clover seed for sale in the Halton area. Huron County reports new seeding a promising stand of both clovers and grasses. Both McIn- tosh and Spys are producing an above average yield in Huron ,with excellent size and colour. Roots are an excep- tionally good ,crop in Perth. A carload of Southdown rams was s'hip'ped from Brant county to the 'United States. Haldimand farmers have completed sowing of fall wheat and 'harvesting of the corn crop. Lambton reports- the land dry and 'hard for plowing, but fall ,work is being rapidly ,completed. The wineries have purchased a large share of the grape crop In the , ami - ton area, Carloads of grapes have been shipped from 'Lincoln to other points in Ontario, the Maritimes and the West. There has been an excel- lent demand for grapes by the 'bas'ket. A ,number of loads of finished cattle' have been moving from Middlesex, the, best net price being $St1510 per cwt. Silo -•filling operations have been gen- eral in Wentworth and other coun- ties. THE 1HURO{N TRACT ('Bey 'His Honor Judge John. D. Swanson, 'Kamloops, B.C.). One ,of the most colorful chapters in the history olf . the colonization of Canada is that of the work of the Canada Company aver a .century ago in the opening up and the settlement of the "Qeteen'.s ,Blush" in the west- ern portion of Upper Canada, Com- monly referred to as "the Huron Tract," it includes the territory ly- ing roughly between Guelph and Lake Huron, Perth, 'Oxford, Waterloo and Wellington and same .,adjacent communities, In its history I have always taken .a deep ,interest, being myself a 'native son ,df the "Tract, my Parents coming .into that sec- tion in the early forties from the far north of Scotland 'as settlers under the aegis of this Company. (Amongst the officers of the Com- pany two of the most striking (fig- ures were Jahn Galt, superintendent or chief commissioner, and Dlr. Wil- liam 'Dunlop !(oornmonly 'known as "Tiger Dunlap), the so-called "War- den of 'the Forests" and medical of- ficer of the company. Many are the stories 'told of these forceful men and particularly of "Tiger" 'Dunlop, an eccentric bachelor, a famous wit and pu+a'cbica'l joker. Some of these stories are told in (the Classic work on this Company ,which appeared forty years ago, written by 'the Misses Lizars, daughters of a pioneer judge in the district. Recently there has appeared a most interesting brochure on Dr. Dunlop from the .pen of Col. F. S. L. Ford, M.D., of Toronto. These stories and many others were all familiar to me as a lad, having heard them 'from the lips of old pioneers gathered 'ab- out the fireside .of a win'ter's night. The 'pioneers of the early days were Skilled raconteurs, and their stories lost nothing in color from frequent repition. 'The art of the raconteur in these sophisticated modern days seems a lost one, •prabab'1•y usurped' by the inevitable "movies," ;After the close of the Napoleonic wears and the ensuing period of de- pression, Canada became the happy hunting ground of numerous coloniza- tion companies formed in England. The most successful of these was the Canada Co'm'pany. It was felt in the Motheeland that there was need of, settling Canada with the sunplus Eng- lish and Scottish ,papulation to offset the ,growing power of the newly - formed 'United States in their atnbi tious efforts to make Canada a por- tion of the Almerican Union. A. great exodus of the Loyalists followed the Warden—Boys, I'.ve •had charge of this prison for ten years and we ought to ,celebrate the occasion; What kind of ,party would you sug- gest?" 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ONTARIO. close of the Revolutionary War, who settled in New Brunswiok, the East- ern-lTawieships, ,Niagara Peninsula, Bay of Q:uigte and other sections of ,Canada. These settlers heaving been badly treated by the "Patriot" ele- ment, ate corning to Canada they ore- ated a great deal of antagonism am- ongst Canadians against their form- er oampatriats in the United States. The War of 181142, "President Madi- son's war," designed to forcibly an- nex Canada to the Union, deepened this feeling of hostility. This feeling has had its repercussions even in more recent years amongst a certain element of aur citizens, a feeling itiioh is now rapidly waning for which we should be thankful in the face of the present international situ- ation. These early settlers. largely drawn from Scotland, ,came into bhe w'ilder- nes which was Upper Canada under the urge of economic .pressure, the great factor which lies at the root of so much of the migration of the hu- man family throughout the ages. Un- like Abraham of old, on their enter- ing into their promised land these pioneer settlers had but little of this world's goods, but were blessed with vigor of body and 'mind and strength of character which enabled them to cope successfully with the situation which confronted them. Life for them in their radiant youth was full of zest and interest, and touched with ro- mance and adventure. In all the stories of the pioneers I can recall little, if any, reference to dangers suffered or hardships endured. Rather there was the atmosphere of happi- ness and good cheer, kind neighbor- liness, good fell'ows'hip and inutuall, helpfulness. ITIhey seemed to look back with regret at the passing of those days in which their 'youth and happiness were closely intenblended. Today. we hear :at service club lun- cheons from city -bred orators more about the hardships of the old pion- eer days than was ever heard 'front the lips of the pioneers themselves, In @hese softer days when 'Government- al social seourity schemes are omni- present we might well learn some- thing of the old-fashioned gospel of self-help from those stalwarts of oth- er days, whose hard work and thrift and indomitalble spirit were able to evereome the most adverse circum- stances. 'Tlhe .Canada Company did a splen- did .wotik in opening up to settlement Western Ontario, 'but like every hu- man institution it had :its faults, and some injustices were attributed to it by some unfortunate settlers. On the whole its real worth cannot be sut- cess'Fully assailed. John (Galt found (as did the directors of the Grand Trunk iRailway years later) the dif- ficulties of endeavoring to manage so complicated .and extensive an enter- prise From instruction from headquar- ters in London, especially when the means of communication between Ca- nada and England in those days were so slow, almost •insurmountable. After two years of service he resigned and returned to 'England feeling discour- aged, and that he had been 'bddly treated by the Company. He was suc- ceeded in his office by Thomas' Mercer Jones, generally •known to the settlers as "Commissioner Jones" ee-ho be- came a great friend and boon compan- ion of "Tiger" Dunlop. The Commis- sioner's home and western offices at Goderich were for many years a well- known landmark. John Galt was barn in the "West Country" of Scot- land (iAyrshire) in 117170, twenty years after the conquest of Canada by Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, ,He received a very thor- ough education. He was a man of very keen mental power, with a great flair for tliterature. He was friend of Sir Walter Scott and of bhe brilliant lit- erary triumvirate who founded the famous 'SEdinbungh 'Review,"I'ts chief editor was the caustic wit Sydney Smith, who of all things its an atmos- phere like that of Edinburgh was an Englishman. a ,parson of the Epis- copal Church in !Edinburgh and event- ually a canon of St. Paul's ,Cathederal. To'hint is ascribed the jibe at the Scot that it takes a surgical instrument to get a joke into the head of the aver- age /Scotsman, to which our •Lard Shaw of 'Dunfermline has added the "rider"—and bhe :most successful "sur- gical instrument is a .corkscrew." The other members of this famous trio were Lord Jeffery and Lord Broug- ham. The :latter was the brilliant Scots lawyer who later in 1'820 cour- ageously defended Queen Caroline .on her trial for divorce in Westminister Hall, on the change laid by the King, George the ,fourth. Ten years later Brougham was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, 'It ryas the inost'brllli- ant period of Scottish literature, ad- orned by figures such as Sir Walter,' his 'biognapher Lockhart,' Prof, IDugald Stewart, Prof John Wilson ("Christ- opher North" ,of the ¶Noctes lAlm'hros- ianoe" ), Sir Henry 'Raiburn, the ,por- trait painter. Galt wrote for the "Ed- in'burgh Review," "Blackwood's" and 9Frase.r's magazines, the great .lit- erary organs of the hour. Had Galt devoted his great mental talents to li- terabure he would undoubtedly have made :a .name for 'himself in that 'bril- liant atmosphere. Deering this period of Scottish let- ters, over .qne hundred and ten years ago, there appeared anonymously in "Blackwood's" verses generally cabled the "Canadian Boat Song" or "The Hebridean (Lament," the authorship of which is to this day a burning quest- ion amongst literary men. In some quarters the name of Jdhn'Gallt is put forward as that of the most probable author. Other names associated with the authorship of these verses are those of 'Dir. Wm. Dunlop, David 'Mc - Beth Moir, Jahn W'i'lson' ("Christoph- er North"), James Hogg 0"'The he Et- trick S'hep'herd"), Lockhart (son- in-law* of Sir Walter), and even that of Sir Walter himself.) One verse runs like this— "From the lone shieling in the misty island "Mountains divide us and a waste of seas; "But still the blood is strong, the heart is (Highland, "And we in dreams 'behold the Heb- rides. ".Fair these broad meads—these hoary woods are grand, "Bret we are exiles from our fathers' land, Lord Rosebery called them "the .roost exiquisite and haunting lament ever written about the Scottish exile," —verses which are quoted so very freely the whole 'Empire around on 6't. Andrew's night gatherings of "ex- ited Scots." John :Galt adapted a business car- eer. He went to London as a young man and engaged in 'business and failed. He then decided to study law, and was enrdlled as a student at law in ;Lincoln's I'nn, London. 'His health Proving indifferent, he was obliged to abandon his proposed legal career. In 11813 he was married to Elizabeth Til- lo'ch. He then devoted himself to lit- erature as a means of livelihood, but failing health turned his attention to other channels. He became interested in Canada through acting for claim- ants for losses suffered by British subjects in Canada through the War of 181124114. He visited Canada in Aug us•t, 118186, as one of the five commis- sioners selected to value lands which the Canada 'Company proposed 'buy- ing far their colonization work. Galt was appointed superintendent of the Company in 1826, and chose Dr, Dun- lap as one of his chief executive offi- cers, Dunlop being created the "War- den of the Forests." • Dunlop, as we shall see later, had had previous experience in Canada during the War of '11811.3'-114. Galt and Dunlop sailed for New York, and entered Canada via Buffalo, reached York (Toronto) on Decem- ber '112Th. 18126. Shortly afterwards they journeyed to Quebec to inter- view the Governor the Earl of Dal- housie t( after whom the University of Dalhousie was named), and they se- cured registration in Canada of the Canada Company with a capital of one million pounds. In March, 1827 in a letter written from York, Galt in- structed (Dunlop to proceed to the proposed site of the town of ,Guelph and select there a site for the offices and public bauldings of the Company. On at. -George's Day, April 3.,3rd. 19217, .Galt, accompanied by Dunlop, Prior and others, walked eighteen miles through bhe forest, and on that day they officially founded what is today the beautiful city ofGuelph. Galt described in a letter the solemn scene in the forest -a maple tree be- ing felled, Galt striking the first blow with becoming) dignity. Dunlop the second and. Prior the third blow, and the woodsmen completing the felling of the tree. Then followed a dramatic pause in the proceedings, broken pres- ently by the convivial Dr. Dunlop, pulling from his pocket- a bottle of whiskey from which he drank a toast to His Majesty the King George L•V, and a toast to the prosperity of the fu- ture city of 'Guelph. Guelph bore the name of the royal house. The town of Galt was named after John Galt, who gave to Goderich on the banks .of lake Huron the name of the Prince Minis- ter of the day, Viscount ,Goderich. The lovely river which flows by ,Gade- rich into the cobalt waters of Lake Hurn was named alter the Lieuten- ant -Governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland. The district in which the Doctor and his brother, Captain Robert Graham Dunlop, made their historic home at "G'al:braid" on the high .banks of the Maitland was later called after Sir John Colborne, the Lieutenant-tGove- ernor, who was also responsible foe the foundation ,of Upper Canada Col- lege at York (Toronto) in 118212. John Galt returned to England in 11928, still suffering from ill -health, and having 'lost most of his money. He is said to•h•ave been confined for a time in an English debtors' prison. (Perhaps Gales chief legacy to Can- ada was his distingulshed son. Sir Alexander ,This Cat, one o be Fathers of C'onfederatien, being nam- ed "Tilloch" after his mother. He 'be came the first l,tinisttr of Finance of D. H. Mclanls ehiropractor Office —'Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist — Massage. Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after- noons anw by ,appointment FOOT -CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment, Phone 227. Canada, under Sir Jahn A', Macdon- ald, Canada's ,first great Prime Min- ister. In 111890 'Galt was created the first High Commissioner of Canada in London. Sir Alexander T. Galt was 'barn in London, England, in 11817, and came to Canada in 1884 as .a junior clerk In the British American Land Company at Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was elec- ted to Parliament for the county of Sherbrooke in 1118119, and sat throtigh the stormy session of that year, when the Rebellion Losses Bill was passed, and the Parliament buildings at Mon- treal were burned, and the GlGavern- or-(General, Lord Elgin, was pelted with "rotten. eggs," Sir Alexander's last ten years were spent in compar- ative retirement, interrupted by busi- nes investments in coal lands in Wes- tern 'Canada, from which the well- known'Galt coal is produced. He died at Montreal 'September 1181th, 1696. His son, Mr. A. G. Galt, K.C., prac- tised law at iRossland, B.C„ later at Winnipeg becoming a judge of the Supreme Court of Manitoba. Dr. William Dunlop, John Gal's famous eccentric associate in the Can- ada Company, was born at Greenock, Scotland, in 117923, at the time of the opening of the war with {France. It was the year that the lovely jean, Duchess of Gordon, reonuited the fa- mous 'Northern Highland Regiment, the '(Gordon ,Highlanders,' each re- cruit receiving from the hand of the Duchess a golden sovereign, and a kiss from the lips of this militant beauty. Dr. Dunlop was the third son of Keppooh, a ,prominentpersonage in claimed descent from Robert Bruce. the West Country of 'Scotland] He His uncles and grand -uncles had 'been learned professors in the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Doctor Dunlop's oldest 'brother, John, ,was a temperance •reformer, who was refer- red to in the Doctor's famoius ecceatt- ric will in the following terms—t'I leave my silver tankard to the oldest son of old 'Sohn as the representative of the family. I would have left it to old John himself, but 11e would met it down to make temperance medals, and that would be sacrilege. However, I leave my big horn snuff-box to him; he can only make temperance haat spoons out of that," He beq,'.testles4 to his half-brother Sandy the wae:h of his 'brother Captain Dunlop, n1 these terms: "I also leave my let? brother's watch to my brother Sanay exhorting Misr at the sante time to give up w^higger} radicalism and al other sins that do most ea: ily b. a.t him. The whole will is a :piece o mordant wit, and having beets proper- ly executed and attested it was later admitted to probate, and is now of re- cord in the Surogate office of t e county of Huron. It is interesting. to note that within a very short time aa - ter the Doctor bad executed hi., w i.1 he was visited by one of his old friends from Goderich. John Held -roe to whom the Doctor, seated at his fa- mous great walnut pedestal table. , u t which he had just written out his will bearing date August 31st. 104ih (short- ly before he was to leave for ever the the Huron Tract). read over in full his wilt Haldane reproved the Doc- tor for his levity in so treating a sac- red document like a ,last will. The Doctor's answer was that he would submit it to his friend Colonel Prince and if the Colonel informed him that it was not a ralidtrill he would alter it. but the Colonel advised him, and quite properly, that it was valid in law. Ln the middle of this huge wal- nut table the Doctor kept a lar-ge sil- t-er stand as a container for twelve bottles of liqueur called the "Twelve 'Apostles" '(the favorite .drink being Judas). This famous table which 'fig- ured so prominently during the years that the Doctor dispensed open-hand- ed hospitality at "'Gairbraid" later pas- sed into the possession of our family. Around .this apaciou•s board many of our family gatherings assembled, and especially on that day of days of Scot- tisli family gatherings, New Year's Day. (To be •continued) "I still say that aur •candidate's speech was ,both original and ,good." "'SSure — only the, original part wasn't ,good, and the goad part wasn't original." One 'Etetreme—"Is it true that this store sells everything ,tram a packet of pins to an aeroplane?" "Quite true, madam," "Well, a packet of Pins, please.'',