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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-07-26, Page 4?AGE FA' THE SEAFORTH NWS Snowdon IJ'ros., Publishers. WALTOINT. Mrs. Deitz, . of near Stratford, re- erned Sunday after spending the week with Mr. ,and Mrs. George ..latke. of Ars, George Wells and baby foals, Aorobto, are visiting the Misses Driscoll. Walton school interior is receiving a fresh coat of paint. • Mrs. James Fulton, of Mimico, ie visiting her sister -in -Maw, Mrs. James .Balfour. Miss Marie Coutts is visiting her cousin, Mies Lois Idackwe•1l, Miss Grace Murray, of London, is visiting Mr, and Mrs, Ales, Murray, Mrs, J, M. Forsyth and Miss Edith, of Brussels, spent a few days. at G. W. and Mrs. Jackson's during the past week. ,Master Jimmie Burns, of Lueknow, isalresent visiting'his cousin, Ken - netts Jackson. Rev. V'.'0, Robinson, M.A., a form- erp astor in the Methodist `Church h ete, has'be.en renewing acquaintances in the eommunsty. For the past two years Mr. Robinson has had a charge at Storthoaks, Sask,, but 'on his re- turn to the West in a couple of weeks,. will take tip work at Antler. Old friends would be glad to welcome him 'back to Ontario. Mr. Robinson finds that the West is becoming filled up -with foreigners. Mr. William Kearney, 8th Line, Morris, has purchased a new •Chevro- let from the local agent, Frank Woods, Berry picking is the order • of the ,lay Just now. Miss Mary Davidson, of Brussels. is. visiting at the home of John and Mrs, Smillie, Mr, Russel Marks has had his gar- age wired for Hydro, Joseph Thuell, •af Blyth doing She work Miss Alma Snider, who has been visiting at the home of Mrs, Charles Drager. returned to her home in Pres - inn on Monday of this week. Mrs. Silas Johnstone,. 16th Con., Grey, has returned home from the Kitchener - Waterloo hospital where she underwent an operation for goitre. Her many friends hope for a speedy recovery. Quite a number from this vicinity took in the Brussels community picnic at Bayfield on Thursday of last week and all report a good time, Mrs, Armour 'Dundas and children, of .Detroit, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark. Mr. G. Dunlop, of Pennsylvania. who has been visiting in the village. returned to his home on Monday. Mrs. Harry Mooney, of Bermidji. Minnesota, called on friends in the village last week. She will be better known as Miss Jennie Grimoidby. 14Ir, and Mrs. Mooney and their son Lyle and his wife carne over by motor. Mr. F. C. Anderson and son Ken- neth, of Hearst, Northern Ontario, were visiting old acquaintances in this vicinity over the week -end. •Mr. and Mrs, Howard Elder have returned to their home in Tillsonburg after spending their holidays with Mr. :and Mrs. Cunningham, North Gravel 'Road. The choir of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, •Brussels. gathered Mr. and Mrs. Joseph he home ofM.i at tp evening. Ryan.. Wednesday ev . of last g week and presented Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Rowland with a mantle clock. A most enjoyable evening was spent by all. Mr, and Mrs. W. !C. Lingrain and Mrs. Goodrich, of Seattle, Wash., were visitors Sunday with Mr. -and :Airs. Harry Clarke and other relatives. They came from 'Seattle by motor. and have been visiting in Ontario and on their trip the past three months, Mrs. Josh, Pollard and Mrs,' W. J. Dickson, of Seaforth. and Miss Mow- bray, visited at the home of Mr. George Dickson, whose condition is little changed. DUBLIN. 'Berry picking will 'be the order of the day. There is a real good crop on .account of so mucb rain. Miss Coyne, of Hibbert, is spend- ing a week with her grandmother, Mrs. Lerner, of the village. We are very surry to learn of the serious illness of Clarence L odby, third sou of Mr. and Mrs. J. Looby .of the village. Clarence is a very fine young man and has many friends. We trust and hope for his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Dave McConnell and family and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Car- penter mud family and Miss Mary Byrne spent ;Sunday afternoon ,at Baylfield. Dr. Traynor and wife were called to Kitchener to attend the funeral of a friend. Mr. and Mr-. Michael Nagle enter- tained in honor ..f her uncle and aunt. end cous[n, emu Toledo. Ohio. All present were the Stapleton relatives. Miss Downey, of Loudon. was a .eisitor with Miss •Gertie Stapleton last week. Mr. Patrick. O'Rourke and daughter Rita, spent Sunday at the home of hi brother, Mr. William O'Rourke, Mrs.'Charles Strubb and 'family, of Kitchener are the guests of her moth - •r, Mrs. Thomas Burns, of the village. Mr John Brennan is a busy man these days moving a house for Mr, John Darling on his lot next to the public school. When completed it will help make the street look better. Mr. John Redmond is, getting his stable raised for a wall. Mr. Brennan s doing the work, alio, Mrs. Michael Doyle, of Ilibbert, went to St. Joseph's hospital, Bandon, oh Wednesday for treatment, 'Her many friends hope for an early re- cove.n y Mfr. it -d Mr,. Ambrose Zsstler, of L', a elan; with \l,. and MMrs Pal Wood-. ;oft Frank Dent .r•, of Detroit. mo- totael to Itis; :: to here on :Saturday. Nfr. Henry Krausknpf, of Ailing.. ton, .Wash,. i, visiting friend, ind, relatives in Dublin. Miss Nellie O'Rourke, of 'Toronto, Spent Sunday with her parents. 'Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O'Rourke. Ysf1as' Mttryy ONRourke returned to' ltee home .after speocling a few, days'' holidays with her sister, Miss Nellie Otlioarke, of Toronto. 0 ds r b �lne^s Mr. lint, Woods node a us n trip lo Arthur on Saturday. " Mr, Albert 'Krauskopf has treated !himself to a new Durant ear. Me, and 'Mrs. John L. Malone and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Latte silent Fri- d'ay evening with Mr, and Mrs, Louis Bt uxer: Miss Mary Kieffer, wise has beenn visiting at the Monte of Miss Marie Bonrttnger, returned to her home in Teeswater on Sunday. ' 'Miss Marie Britton, who .• was oper- ated ou Thursday in Stratford Fl<ospi- tal for appendicitis, is doing' nicely, Mr. and Mrs, .Pat, Besan returned house on Sunday after visiting friends ita Pefferlaw. Miss Clare Gormley is visiting her sister Catherine, in Buffalo, a McCarthy Mr and - Mrs. Mtalr el M Cat Y spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Dan, Costello. Mr. Joseph Maloney and Mr. Pat Jordan, motored, to Stratford on Sun- day to visit -\4r. and Mrs. Jerry Ryan. Mr. Pat. Feeney has treated himself to a new radio. Dr. and Mrs. Traynor havereturn- ed' home iron their summer cottage 01 Grand Bend. Hiss I3ridget McdGrath, of Stratfeed, and her niece. Miss Annie M 'Grath, visited their cousin, Mr, Michael Dunkin, in Mitchell, Miss .Dolly Cronin spent the .week- end at the summer cottage of Dr, anis Mrs. Traynor, Miss Catherine Hamilton is visit- ing with Mrs. Margaret Murphy, of Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stapleton, of Toledo, visited with friends in Dublin curing the past week. Mr. Patrick Morris and sister, Mrs, M. McQuade, spent Subdey with Mr. James Melady, of Hibbert, Mrs. Catherine Molyneaux visited with her sister. Mrs. Michael Doyle, On Monday. Mir. and Mrs. Vincent McGrath and family, of Chatham, visited the for- mer's brothers, Mr. James and Mr. r'atrick McGfath, of Dublin. Mr. and Mrs, John Cronin, of De- troit, have returned to their home a week's visit with friends in Dublin and vicinity. Rev. Father Jordan, of Detroit, vis- ited with his mother on Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. John Malone visited with Mr. and Mrs. G..K. Holland on. Tuesday. BLYTH. Miss Dorothy Barnby, B.A., has accepted a position on the staff of Fort William Collegiate Institute. Mr. and Mrs, 'W. Johnson and daughter Stella, of Lyleton, Man., and Miss Mary Johnson, Toronto, and Sirs. J. McQuarrie and daughter Etalka of Winnipeg, are visiting 'Mr. A, Steinhoff and Miss Steinhoff. Mr. and Mrs. Will Moses, Toronto, and idr. and Mrs. Frank McPherson and children, Edith and Jack, of Ham- ilton, visited old friends here this week. The married men vs, bachelors soft ball game on Wednesday evening last resulted in another tie, score being 14- 14, Mrs. A. H. Erskine and baby are visiting at Stratford. Dr. and Mrs, W. J. Milne are this week visiting at Toronto. Mrs. W. H. Erskine and Jeannette are visiting relative; in Monkton and Atwood. Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Carr and daugh- ters .Betty, of Los Angeles and Mrs,. Lafave of New York, left Tuesday af- ter a three weeks' visit with \4r. and Mrs. A. 13. Carr. They will visit rel- atives in. Toronto before leaving for. home. Mr. Harold Wallace left on Satur- day for his home in Newark, N. J, after spending a couple of weeks with his cousin, Mr. Irvine S. Wallace and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Spafford and yon visited over the week end with the former's mother, Mrs. C. Spafford, Mrs. Earl Dexter and children have returned home after spending a couple "f weeks with her sister, .Mfrs, W. Rath of Harrow, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Nichol and children, Who have been visiting at the hones of Mr. Irvine Wallace and Mr. Frank Bell. left on Tuesday by motor for Niagara, 'Montreal and oth- r points before rettuning to their 'tame in Newark, N.J. Mrs, Richard Sargent, of Cuba, and Miss Hattie Spafford, of Toronto, are visiting their. mother, Mrs. C. Spaf- fnr•d, Mr. Basil Wallace, of Newark, N.J., ..rid Mrs. Frank Bell and daughter Arlilic of Blyth, motored to Detroit, •,n Wednesday. where they will visit with their brother, Mr. Robert Wal- lace. Messrs. De,ugla: Edward and Ber- taut Carr, of Ingersoll, are visiting d,the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Parr. Alice and Ray Hawkins are spend- ing two weeks at fort Albert. Mrs..\. M. Rabb, of '1'eeswater, vis- i'ed her many friend, here on Tues- •ay. Mrs. \rduu Egan and Muriel. of Toronto. returned Tuesday after a tc's visit with her brother, Mr. 'trotter C'hellese Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, of Sarnia, motored here on Sunday, arriving, in !inn for the morning union service, Quern Street C3mrch, at which Mr. llr ndersen sang a very beautiful solo. Mr. nue Mrs. I•Ienderson were also „me ,., at the parsonage, Rev. Vi. 11. Hawkins is holidaying at Port Alliert this week. Mrs. Stalker, of Saskatchewan, rind daughter, Mrs. Hanna, of Regina, arc renewing old acquaintances here, >lr. and Mrs, Amos Challenger, of (i derich, and \{r, and Mrs E. Bea - ,ter, of Oslurea, wen, visitors dur;ng the Mirk With Mr. and Mrs. E. flurries. Miss. Margaret Hawkins has 'etttrts- c-r ate.: attending stunner seem! and re•let li`es at,Dtef In+;1, Miss Margaret Moore. of Toronto, visited relatives around ,Blyth ever the week -end. Mr, and Mrs. Martin Richmond, of Y'oung,. Sask., are visiting his brother and enusin, Russell and Jas. H. Rich- mond, and ether friends. Mr: and Mrs. Bert Logan and clan• ,:asters Marjorie, and Violet, of Math- T $SA 'QRT NRWS ARNIN� We have the goods that make your land produce. Everlasting Clay Drain Tile, Niagara ,Agricultural Lime, Empire, Smith's or Armour's Fertilizers, If your field is wet, drain it. Call us if you vantamacbine to dig. ,If you call not grow clover, lime it; Nisgara Lime does the trick. Ify ou grow wheat, fertilize it. But to get best results from youi Fertilizer, lime it frrst, less fertilizer will do and you can then grow clover, When you -can grow clover, you can. grow almost anything. Call us or any of t?ur ,Agents, Information cheer- fully given. Goodsalways on hand, Do pot be called from your work when the car arrives. We deliver at small cost. Quality goods and service. . WILLIAM M. P OAT LL S R Clay Drain Tile Manufacturer, Seaforth, Ont, General Agent for Niagara Lime and Empire, Smith's or Armour's Fertilizers for Perth and Huron er, Manitoba, are 'visiting :\4r, Logan's sister and brothers here, Miss Ada 13, O'Dell has returned of ter visiting cousins in Zurich. Mr. and Mrs, Archie Mckinnon gad ,Mian Edith, of Paisley; Miss Annie McLaren, of Toronto, and Evelyn and Ray, of Milton, called on their aunts, Mrs. 'H, Richmond, Blyth, and Mrs. A, D. Cameron at Goderich, over the week -end. A very pleasant time was spent on Saturday, July 21, at Bayfield, when Messrs. Russell and James H, Rich- mond and families held a picnic in honor of Mr, and, Mrs, Martin Rich- mond and family, o;,l Saskatchewan, who are holidaying with friends here, Miss Loretta Healy has been engag- ed to teach school at Teestvater. sele and Mrs, Peter Healy visited Winghanl friends over the week -end. Mrs. Frank Schuyler has returned to Seaforth after visiting her many friends her. The farmers in this section are hav- ing a time trying to save the heavy hay crop. Mrs and Airs, Mack Welch have the sympathy of the community in the death of their Sour -year-old daughter. TUCKERSMITH PIONEER. (London Free Press.) One of the few remaining pioneers in a generation that has almost passed away is Mrs. :William Murray, of Tuckersmith, an intelligent, refined old lady who, though in her 95th year, still retains all her faculties and can tell some interesting stories of the early days when she came with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert. Gibson, from New Brunswick, in 1834, at the age of 2 years, and set- tled on the London road, in Stanley Township. Twenty years later she married the late Mr, William Mur- ray and casae to live in Tuckersmith, where, with the exception of some years in Algoma me the West, she 'has spent most of her life. She be- longs to a widely -known pioneer fam- ily and is a cousin of the late James Armstrong, M.P., of Loudon, Mrs. Murray has lived to see five genera- tions of her own family, all of whom are living and has three great great grandchildren, Shirley Ina Under- wood and Carl Murray, of Windsors, and William Murray Jackson, of,'Mii- lervalle, Alberta, who is a few months old bit', and Mrs. Murray celebrated their golden wedding on October 20, 1904. • Dense Forest. Tuckersmith, which was named after one of the directors of the Can- ada Company, Mr, Tucker -Smith, and the adjoining Township of Stanley' were a dense unbroken forest when the first settlers came to explore this part of the new world in the early thirties. The majority of them were from the Lowlands and Highlands of :Scotland, a very fine type of God- fearing, intelligent, industrious, thrif- ty people who have left their mark upon the community. Ross was the original name given by Mr. Galt to Egmondville, but it was afterwards changed and named in honor of •Mr. C•nnstant VanEgmond. the first set- tler.lfr, VanEgmond, who spoke even languages, had a distinguished career, having served as a colonel in Napoleon's army. One of his sons, Site .late Mr. Edverd VanEgmond, long a pioneer resident en the .Huron roars, near Clinton, was born on the retreat from Moscow and was named after Napoleon's officers, John. Charles, Frederick, Morias, Edward. Ctil. VaatEgntottd was afterwards one of the leaders in the Mackenzie Rebellion. In the fall of 1832, MIr. Samuel Carunchan and his son Rob- ert, travelled all the way from To- rt:1to, then "Muddy York," in a wagon with a yoke of oxen and a cow. Before they couldh reach their destination they had to chop a road for a mile and a quarter through the bush and Inc six weeks this wagon was their only dwelling place. The rest of the family. who had remained ht Scetlaairl, came out the next spring. Thatch Shanty. Their first log shanty was covered with thatch a few months later this building and everything in tt tell a prey to the fla'mess. The woods were -.o dense that, afraid of losing each outer, they made a small clearance on the top of a high. hill and when one o1 them went in search of food or water the other blew a horn from the hill to guide his companion. It was sometimes rlifilicult to tell what day it was. the salt being their only time- testis. imet rte. They made a mark on the dour at a certain time when the sun came around and based their calcu- latinns on that. \3 a later period a lady who went in search of the cows got lost in the hush, .bents; tiisadtle to determine Iter w hereabout, she stayed beside the ,nnnttik all night and by followling them got hone safely in the morn- ing. One of tlae ,first settlers drove an ," cart t , Ilamiltnn es meet his bride, who was expectecl to arrive front New York. The faithful oxen, Buck aed Fright, had a very important part to play in clearing the land, and, with them as .co-workers, the settlers grad- ually succeeded in levelling enough of the virgin forest to plant a small pot- ato patch and ratise a small quantity of grain, In those days, wheat was more easy to raise than money, which was exceedingly scarce. The people 'were, so hard up that -some of themhadn't money to write home to their' friends in the old country. .Trade was large- ly carried on by means of exchange and barter and giving notes: All kinds of produce were taken in exchange. Days of Barter. - A barrel of floor was at one time of- fered in exchange for a barrel of salt, but the latter was too valuable to give up. The late Mr. john Sproat, who was the first blacksmith, was some- times OM for his work in maple sugar, The first small crops of wheat and oats were cut with a hook or sickle, the women frequently helping the men to cut the harvest. The pro- cess was so slow that it was some- times well into the night before they got the sheaves bound up. The grain was threshed out with a flail and sep- arated from the chaff- by throwing it up in the wind, By and by the fan- ning mill caste into use. The cradle superseded the sickle, which was fol- lowed by the McCormack reaper in the early sixties. There were no roads in the early days, just a trail through the trackless forest, travelers being guided by the blazed trees and the light of a hemlock torch. Both men and women rode on horseback and 'sometimes both on one horse. The minister called on his parishioners and the doctor on his patients - by horse- back. Those who were less fortunate had to walk.: One of the first settlers walked to Goderich- through the bush with a bag of gratin oat his back to be ground .into flour, Another traveled the same distance to obtain an axe to chop the trees;; a daughter 'of the for- mer settler, at a later period when her father became ill, walked to Bayfield and back, covering the 30 miles in one clay, to obtain medicine.- Men had to carry a hundredweight of flour. for miles.. Education was dearly bought, the children having to walk miles to school, Dr. Chalk, the pioneer 'doc- tor its this locality who was beloved. because of the consideration which he showed the early settlers. many of whore were unable to pay him for his professional services, was the first schoolinspector. and saw that the g younger generation was well drilled in y g the multiplication table. ,.Dr. Chalk's son-in-law, the late George Gowinlock, who kept a general store in 'Harpue'- hey, was also a generous friend to the pioneers ,and carried then over many a difficult period. At one time Mr. Gouieloek accepted the deed for some property in payment for a store bill which he thought at the time was al- most worthless, but years afterward it roved arofdtable investment �t very p for his family, ohappened r it ha i tend to be the site of the Seaforth salt was. Seaport Town. Goderich was the seaport town for Clinton, Seaforth and Stratford, towns then only an the map. Seaforth was a dist-pail swamp, a place to be hurried through. The women made all their own cloth, carded, spun and wove it in a loom, hemlock bark anti various weeds being used for dyeing purposes. Dame Fashion was not as fickle and douiitieering in those days as now; the wedding gown often figured an all special occasion's for 20 or 30 years. The community tailor traveled from house to' house, 'Money was so scarce and articles;of clothing so hard to obtain that many of the people walked barefoot to church, carrying their shoes and stockings over their shoulders urail they were within sight of the . tabernacle. Some of them walked eight utiles to clntrch and rare- ly Missed a- Sunday. They were stricter about Sabbath then than now, If the rack had not been removed' from the wagon on 'Saturday night the fancily wetted have to walk to church. Children were' told of the great im- propriety of reading papers on the Sabbath. There were .no stoves; the open fireplace, with its blazing logs, warmers the log houses, and in the evening gave a cheerful light to mem- bers of the family, who circled in front of it. On a crane, which swung out and in over the fire, the pots and kettles, were suspended, and in than water was heated and food cooked. Bread was baked on the stove hearth in front of and partly sur- rounded by the coals of the fireplace. When rho bread was ready to bake it was placed in old-fashioned round hake pans with coals on top. Later Otey got Dutch ovens, Long -handled frying pans were also used, There were no matches; the fire was started by coals which were covered with ashes the last thing at night and ec9 preserved until the morning, or !by spark nnule by a piece of steel strik- ing a flhtt. The bowies were lighted by tallow cttuadies made in moulds, or by dipping wicks in vessels hording the melted tallow. The people were very neigh- borly auul pleased to ,sac .each other: They were needy all poor, which made then, all 'like, One can easily imagine the lnncliness of the first pio- neers as they listened to the (lis.mal howling of the wolves or saw 'an In- diatr disappear into the thicket., %r- um/Italy for them rite hulloes were neaceathly inclined tawerds the white THURSDAY, JtTIe people, who troa•ted there kindly, 111 bytery, there being only two ministers l,etween Te•ni=- fore being brdaat ed t minister tl l` - ered trial discourses and was exanuil- ed on his knowledge of Greek, Nee brew, church history and tllaology: The first salary subscribed by the townships of Juckersnlith ,and Stan- ley, winch united in the support of a 8 n minister, was £ 0 and a hundred- weight ndred- weight of floor, and as for'holldays a maul ter supposed no. to need s wasspp t ee any, The journey to and front the presbytery was made on horseback or in the rough, 4umberiug, springless vehicla.whic'h in those days did duty fora stage •coach. Forty' or shay miles 'older those •circumstances was one of tate most exciting experiences of a pioneer minister's life, particularly when the monotony was relieved, by a breakdsilvai, u1 eonsequence of the al- t:roads. most im ssable stite of 1 ,tAlt's, McLefeherty, one of the pio ricers of Fullerton, carried a'baby -12 utiles to Tuekerstnith to be baptised.. Another was brought from Bayfield, 15 anfles, for the same purpose. Money itot being plentiful, the first log church at the 'Larges; °C<'iruocltata s Corner, Was built by volunteer labor, the seats being of rough boat'ds; placed on blocks of wood. Services were con- ducted on various occasions in neigh- boring barns and sometimes in the loft of Mr. ..Leopold Van;Egmond's gristmill. At such times it was said that two stenwere stationed at the door to keep the dogs' out. Mr. Con- stant onstant VanEganond's sons mounted each ti double sleigh to bring the lames. to meeting and take heel hone after servicer A visit from the pioineer, missionary to China, the late Rev. W311iara C. Brims, ms, aboift 'this time brought great spiritual uplift anis re- freshment to nbet:tlt pastor•. wind .people. squaw, with a p#'•hoose on her back and baskets :for sale, would sonle- tintes pay them a visit. The settlers had no money to take them back to'Seotland, so they had to stay whetter they liked it or not, They were all young and etkong and -didn't uuiss things so much. With dauntless courage they endured the hardships nand surutouttted the ob- stacles, andrwhart thesatt1em t g re w were More comfortable. They had merry times too,' sometimes, in spite of the privations, 'Bees of all kinds were popular-- wooi-picking bees, quitting bees, log- ging bees and raising bees, with fre- quently a dance at night, where oc- 0.5,4)t141ly tt little Scotch was rather too much in evidence, Ono yoitutg'L, tn etttt invitation to a wetclyddinwbg wastececon£ronivlg 't- ed with the fact that she was shoe- less, Not being easily daunted, how- ever, she made a pair of shoes out of the skin of a calf which had previ- ously been killed, and no reigning belle in white kid slippers . ever trip- ped the light fantastic more merrily than diel this plucky girl in her home- made ca'Ifskin shoes. run b ,The gristmill at-I{ippen wastt I y water, and once during a dry spell tttey wereunable to grind tfor two weeks and the people had to do with- out bread and live on 'potatoes. The mosquitoes and black flies were a great pest, the people having to wear veils in the bash to protedt then - selves. The settlers had -to shut in the sheep at night for fear of tlae svoives. One of 'theta heard a plg squealing one eyelike, and went out to see what was wrong. When . she et there she saw a bear in the pen, She pluckily threw a sap trough at Mr, Bruin, who dropped the pig and ran away. Mfrs. Murray's eldest brother made a deadfall to catch wolves in 1839. When he went to see it on New Y'ear's morning, to his great surprise he saw two large wolves sitting look- ing at him. He ran back to the hoose, shouting "Two wolves in the trap." They were speedily dispatched by ane of the neighbors who had .a good rifle, who got the bounty money, amount- ing to $6 each for the two and $5 for the hides. The tawse and the catechism were prime factors in educating the young idea. One of the early: teachers in Tuckersmith had a novel way of pun- ishing the delinquents. He seam the scholars guilty of miaderneenor into the surrounding bush to cut a switch- es witchtt punish themselves with. At an oral examination at the Larges ss'hool, one of the ,pupils was asked what was the prevailing relig- ion of Upper Canada, to which he re- plied. "Flour, beef and pork." Colonies of Frogs in the adjstcent swamp took the place of a 'brass band 15 and supplied the music. A violin was a rare and dearly prized 'pose � sion. A lady, who is still young at 8-, has vivid recollections of a night in June when she heard the strains of the first violin in the settlement. She was standing with her father outside the log cabin, -when they heard the sound of music coming nearer and nearer across the flats as a matt approached, playing a familiar air. The child was so entranced and delighted that she caught her father's hand and exl'ilaitn- ed, "0 ,Daddy." tttehead, a venerable IRetlfr, minister, reached the 'first Methodist p sermon in these parts. Rev: Atexand- er Mackenzie a 'Presbyterian, who was settled ,in 1835 over the townships of Goderich, Stanley and Tuckersmith, was the first minister. Ten years later the settlement, having grown conside- rably, required both a preacher and a. teacher, .and the people thought if they could 'find a man who could do both could` su ort him without any they. A p foreign help, The first one who came was a Mr. Scott from. Ireland, The people in this district being mostly Free Church. wanted a Minister of their own persuasion, no 10 years later they called Rev. -William Graham of Perthshire. Scotland, a graduate of St. Andrew's anis 'Glasgow universities who was placed over them. Tucker - smith was then in the Hamilton pres- 26,. i9. GIFT that PLEASE for All Occasions AlJ. WesIcoII J7iamonde — Wedding Rings " Jewellery Repairing a Specialty PR ONES- – . Store 04W Res.' 64J 11 is said that when here that sainted ma4t of God spent nearly the whole night in prayer -for. a special blessing on 'this community, and in reviewing the history' of the Egmondviile con- gregation during ell these years one cannot help feeding thaf his prayers and those of the worthy pioneers who have passed to their reward, have been in a great measure answered ;Ch '1111111111Ii11111IIIIII11 1 se SI .y 1111II1111IIIIII1111I11111 Too Noon Busy y at N n ? Remember we have extra business hours both morning and afternoon . Most of us know from experience what happens to out weekly savings if they're' not promptly and safely put away. And how easily occasional neglect of this kind becomes a habit. There's no need to run the risk of holding over ' your savings . . , if you havean account at the 'Province of Ontario Savings Office. For all our branches are re open at 9:30 each morning, -. and do not close until 5 p.m. On Saturdays spme branches close at 1 p.m. but most of them -are open both Saturday afternoonand evening. The Government of Ontario purposely planned these extra hours as a personal conveniencefor you and also guarantees the safety of all deposits. TORONTO- BRANCHES: Cor. Bay and. Adelaide Ste.. Cor. Danforth and Fenwick Avenues, Cor. University and Dundee St. OTHER BRANCHES AT : Aylmer•, Brantford. Hamilton. Newmarket. Ottawa, Pembroke, Owen Sound, Seaforth, St. Cathorincs, St, Mary', Walkerton, Woodstock,. Seaforth Bennett, .1 i\q. McMillan. Manuger Hours 9.311u 11). ter,,, ut Far, 51,55'n,m; o 5 poll 70,m: c,a.au .5 PROVINCE OF ® -: to EVERYDEARSITGI/f ' ='� HEAD OFFICE SAVINGS OSCE ONTAR/O6'OYERN1?EN7 15 QUEENS PAIN "A • Science Has • Found a Way TORONTO/,o HAM 9 LTO N BR'DGEBURG,''` +) A /' E ERIE lr t was only a short time ago thatsetencefounr away of putting g ton distance telephone i ion, Already it 8 ni n t 41•lt the P g l erecting telephone cable (108 miles bore Toronto Eighteen miles of this cable are, underground, and the latest typeypmotor-driven vn Buffalo) is nearing completion, conn teab 1,600 feet of trench per day. The `ob will of 04,bi eabl strench-diggingsestorms rms so es tom dote about y 7 ,coat over $1,500,000, but cables resist_ p better ,than 0 sleet storms eo much para wire that la the long run s substantial saving will he effected, with tl more muted service. A'