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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-06-27, Page 2THE S a + ORTH NEWS History of Huron — Prize Essays The -following are two essays, one, written by Bernice Dilling, Ifippen, a pupil from a rural public school, and the other by a town pupil, Phyl- lis. Baxter, Goderich, This was sponsored by the Huron Federation of Agriculture, to test. the literary ability of the pupils and the results were most gratifying, HISTORY OF' HURON COUNTY By Bernice Dining. (Tuckersmith) "Where once the Indian's ,paddle, dipped To carry Champlain to the Huron Lands, Great vessels bring their wheaten loads To feed the people on fardistant strands". —Anon The name Huron was derived from the French word Hure. 'It was applied by the French to the Indian tribes occupying that part of the Country in Upper Canada which be- came known as Huronia. Lake Hur- on took its name from them and the County, whose western boundary it forms, was named after the lake, Thiron County was part of the Huron Tract, a block of land con- taining about one million acres which was purchased from the Crown in 1826 for 87c per acre. It was bought by the Canada Company, a group of English capitalists. John Galt was the originator of this company. in which many titled gen- tlemen were influential share- holders. In 1841 the County of Huron came into being_, although for about nine years it was known as the District of Huron and con- tained parts of Perth and Middlesex. Goderich; the headquarters of the Canada Company, was and still is. the County Town. Many of the of- ficials of the company gave their names to the townships of the new County such as Hay. Hullett, Mc- Killop. Stanley. Stephen, Tucker - smith. and tsborne. Wawanosh, however is an Indian name. In 1835 the population of Huron was only 1,016 but by 1871 it had increased to 66.165. much more than the 40.- 824 of today. Two men who were prominent in the early history of Huron County were Dr. M. (Tiger) Dunlop, whose home was in Goder- ich, and Col. Anthony VanEgmond, who built his home overlooking the Bayfield river in Egmondville, which village was named in his honour. Dr. Dunlop was a very picturesque fir ure. His niclmame came from a nar- row escape he had while in India when he saved his life by dashing the contents of his snuff box into the face of a tiger. In 1828 the first road was cut through the forest connecting Goderich with Toronto via Guelph. This was called the Huron Road and was built under the direction of Col. VanEgmond. At one time he kept twenty four -horse teams on that road bringing in int- mi_rants who bought the land at l,71 to ::2.80 iter acre. The next _"rl ran ,.+1+t God e rich to London and was ,,al',= 1 the 'London Road. About 15'•7,2 iirrweeld w:a. settl:•d from thee•,= to •fi'.::1;. .., . "th 1 northelr ;i1,1F'p loadjoin i d. • Grand Bend,. All these :4 streteh of ginxl tt- uloy toad being lifted near Dashwood shows they built well. Our fine highwaYs of today follow these routes. The three rail- roads built from 1552 to 1872 are still in operation although bus ser- vice, trucks, and private motors have rut down the number of trains. Education was considered so im- portant that schools and churches were sometimes built before there were pupils for one or a congrega- tion for the other. This was true of Vanderburg's Corner (Clinton) to- day the four towns, Goderich, Clin- ton. Seaforth and Wingham have first class collegiate institutes and. under the new- school area plan, are absorbing the smaller hili and con- tinuation on-tinuat o schools in an effort to give treater service. Their graduates have won i ononr and fame in many 111.e 11 rt on must be made here of the famous Clinton Radio School with pupils from every. country in the world. The current history of Huron is well known and shows the people must have inherited many of the ex- cellent qualities of their ancestors who were mainly English, Scotch Irish. Huronites should be forever grateful to those gallant pioneers, of whom an early poet probably Galt or Dunlop. wrote those sympa- thetic lines. , "From the lone shi=elding in the misty island Mountains divide us and the waste of seas, Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland And we in dreams behold the Hebri- des Fair these broad meads: these hoary woods are grand, But we are exiles from our fathers' land" HISTORY .OF. HURON COUNTY By Phyllis Baxter '(Goderich) The History of ; Huron County dates back to the time of Samuel de . Champlain, who in 1618 landed at the mouth of Menesetung in the district where the Huron Indians. lived. For many years afterwards the visits of white men to Menese- tung were few and far between. In 1826 W. F. Gooding accompanied by a Frenchman left the mouth of the Grand River and sailed around to the mouth of Menesetung, thence- forward called it the Maitland River in honour of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieut. Governor of 'Upper Canada. Here they erected a small cabin or "Store" where theflour mills' now stand. It was not until 1828 that other settlers came in. In that same year MP. Galt superintendent of the affairs of the Canada 'Company, by whom the entire Huron Tract was owned, determined to plant a settle- ment at the mouth of the Maitland. But a road to the proposed settle- ment was a prime necessity, so a company of surveyors and axemen were collected at Galt and under the direction of Dr. Dunlop surveyed and cut out the Huron Road. The first point of contact of this road with the present county of Huron was along the southern boundaries of McKillop and Hullett and through Goderich Township to Goderich har- bour. It was over this road that most of the early settlers came. The Canada Company also erected some cheap buildings for the accommoda- tion and shelter of settlers until they could erect houses for them- selves. In 1830 Wni. Reid fitted up the first tavern. W. F. Gooding, the first white settler and his brothels opened up stores. Two years later, a Methodist minister, Rev. Whitehead arrived and preached his first ser- mon. The first schoolhouse was built with Dr. Scott being engaged as teacher and medical man. In 1850 Goderich became a town with Mr. B. Parsons as Mayor. The fine natural harbour and the dis- covery of salt in 1866 helped the town gain importance. Other settle- ments were made at Clinton and Seaforth where they encountered many difficulties with swamps, stumps, snakes and mosquitoes. Salt was also discovered at the towns and because of the abundance and cheap- ness of fuel at Seaforth it became a rival to Goderich. Wingham was not settled until about 1858. The building of railways caused settle- ments to grow and to become pros= perous towns. The first railroad ran from Toronto to Goderich around the year 1852. Later in 1867 a branch was run through Fordwich to Wroxeter, The London, Huron and Bruce railroad was built about the sante time. With the improve- ment of highways, business de- creased and now this train only comes to Clinton instead of Wing - ham as formerly. The foundation of our present ed- ueat onnl system was laid in the years I; 40 -Sash by Messrs Harrison Hinrks with the first two in- spe •tors ?rein Mir;tr of Goderich and hover of Seaforth. The first school :n Goderich was built by John. Ford. Thus the progress of Huron County has been rapid and extraor- dinary, Former Dublin C.N.R. Official Retires Weed Problem In Forage Crop Seeds The production of forage crop seeds, stimulated during the war by good . prices and lack of competition from outside sources, .has provided an important source of income for many farmers. In eastern Canada where a growing :appreciation of the. value of the large seeded : grasses such as brome, meadow fescue and orchard grass in pasture and hay mixtures has developed, many farm- ers have made • their first ventures into seed production, says R. M. MacVicar, Division of Forage; Plants, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa. The production of seed of most of the grasses and clovers is for the most part a straight farming opera- tion not requiring extensive special knowledge. There are certain prob- lems, however, which add to the dif ficulties of producing seed profita- bly. Among these is the weed prob- lem which if not mastered can make the production of seed very unprofit- able. In choosing land for seed grow- ing the weeds present should be taken into account. For instance, such grasses as brome grass, orchard grass, meadow feseue and red fescue have seeds somewhat similar in size to couch grass and it is impossible to separate the couch grass seeds out. Land which has even a trace of Mr. F. G. Forrester, who for the past five years has been the agent for the Canadian National Railway in Exeter, has retired after 42 years service, chiefly in this district. Mr. Forrester was born at Clinton and started as a railway clerk at Brant- ford. He was transferred to Black Rock for a•few years and then in 1910 he became freight agent at Clinton. In 1914 he took over the post of agent at Dublin where he re- ' mares for 15 years and from here went to Se.,forth where he remain- ed until five years ago. With Mrs. Forrester he will now be able to enjoy their favorite game of golf. They here one daughter, Dorothy, now a nurse at Victoria _Hospital. Major E. Cerson, of Fergus, has been appointed agent here—Exeter Tiros Advocate. Melt 3 tbsps. butter; add f cup 1 dour. Gradually add 2 cups milk; cook over hot water, stirring, until i thick. Add 2 cups cooked or canned ' peas. ? cup chopped celery leaves. 1 Season with salt and pepper. Gar- I nish with toast points. Serves 4 to 6.1 The meesic master. running his hand though his hair, stormed about the sttF.ile Msdemoiseile. it is impossible. Vedder I play on die vice keys or vedder I play on die black, it makes no difference. Alvays you sing as if'I were playing in der racks." THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946 couch grass should be avoided for the production of seed of these spe- cies. Catchfly, cockle and ragweed are difficult to remove from alfalfa and red clover while black medick if present in large amounts usually results in rejected seed. Daises in timothy can only be removed by spe- cial machines. If daises . are present in the timothy meadow in such num- bers that they cannot be removed by roguing then it is best to cut the field for hay. Roguing when time is available helps considerably in ob- taining clean seed. A few hundred catchfly plants can make a red clover field of doubtful value for seed, while a few hours spent in re- moving them -- before the crop is cut may be very profitable. Dr. G. Roulston Dies A dentist at Exeter for 40 years Dr. G. F. Roulston died Friday in his 64th year, He was born in Milvglton and was a graduate of the Ontarir Dental College. He was a member of the official board of James Street United Church and was prominent in church activities. He was active in the Masons, Odd Fellows and Lions and was member of the Exeter..Bowline' Club. Surviving are his wife, the form- er Emma Langford of .Milverton: one son, Verne Roulston, a drug- gist at Simcoe, one brother, John• Milverton, and two grandchildren. Mrs. William Bell, Shakespeare, eis a niece. The body ,Was resting at his home until Monday at 2:30` p,m., when funeral services were conducted by P,ev. A. B. Irwin,. Interment was in Exeter cemetery, A colored evangelist was endeavor- ing„to stress; the severity of the pun- ishments ,which await the unrepentant sinner in the hereafter. "I reckon,” he said, "at oue time or another you've all been in an iron foundry and seen dat red-hot metal flowing into de moulds. Well, deycalls dat stuff ice-cream In de place I'se talking about.'" Standard Bred Promium. Horse BARON LULWATER, 4750 (68089) Will stand at his oven stable, Eye, Lot 34, Con, 5, McKillop. $15 to Insure. payable April 1st, 1047. Accommodation for mares from a distance. GEO. B. DORRANCE, Seatorth 15,8,8, Prop, and. Manager. , NOTICE The Pure Bred Belgian Stallion West Pine Supreme —5249— . Enrolment #3017' Ist ` Class Poem I The Pure Bred Clydesdale Stallion Royal Carbrook (27101) Enrolment 13500 1st Class Form I The. Pure Bred Percheion Stallion Refiner (1828'0) Enrolment #234 1st • Class Form 2 Route for 1946—Monday and Tuesday, 'Me- Klllop, Morris and Grey TDO. Wed. and Thurs. vicinity of Clinton, Colborne .and' Goderich Tps. Friday and Sat. 'vicinity , of Kiran. iiensall and Zurich. Terms—$15 to insure, payable Mar. 1, 1947. T. J McMICHAEL, Prop. and Manager of this Clean, Family 'Newspe THE cFIRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Free from crime and sensational news . ..Free from political bias ... Free from "special interest" Control . Pr to 'tell Pori tiie'truth about world events. Its owe world-wide stag" of corre- spondents bring you on -the -spot news and its meaning to you end your family. fiath issue filled with unique self-help features es clip and keep. -y Tito Christian Science Publishing' Society ❑ Please send sample copier Otte. Norway Street, Boston 15. Maas. of Thr Christie', Scienee Monitor. - 1 I Noma. 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