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For information, etc., write or phone
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My NAILFRED BRENTC N KSRR)
(Continued' from last week)
The first child'• of Alexander • and
Janet wase Sohn, born •Jetly 23, 1820;
the second, Jane, November 12, ];824;
Ithe third, James, born February! 15,
1827; the 'fourth, WStliam, born May.
19, 1829. Janet and Elisabeth foil ' ,
ed and ,&1exand'er, born June 17, 18.35.
The two younger girls are not record-
ed in 'the .parish book and no estimate
can be anade of Elisabeth's, birth, but
Janet was born November 13, 1832,
as' appears from her stone in Cupar.
i8+lli'sabeth carate to an untimely end in
her teens. One day at noon the mill
wheel was stopped and she was alt -
ting on it, :drying the long 'hair which
hung •over her face and obscured her
'1sion. Suddenly the wheel started,
and; as she fell, her hair &aught in it.
She was dragged around and killed, a
tragedy which impressed itself deep-
ly on the memory of the family, :
The boys were all strong and heal-
thy vind had experiences told to
George by his father, William. Once
AIexander brought home a number of
Shetland ponies 'in the course of his
business. John, James and William
tried to ride them, and. William's
mount threw him so hard that his
arm was broken. One day Alexander
and these three boys were stripping
bark in a wood when a storm name
up. They 'took shelter under a tree,
and 'lightning struck it, knocked, the
whole group.urbconseious and, blinded
their Collie. Some of it ran down an
axe on Alexander's shoulder into his
body, burst his 'trousens`an•d boots,
and left his ,leg partly paralyzed for
a time. The three boys wert to ,school
lo Robert Watson, nick -named Scrag-
gie. This man had wafts to Edinburgh
University to become a minister, but
had failed and was perforce content
with being merely parish clerk` and
teacher in Durlipace. He had a repu-
tation for ')whaling" the pupils. He
was bow-legged and once when he
was out for a walk, the boys followed
etn distance, imitating his gait: He
said notehing at the time, but caught
them atschool next clay and flogged
them properly for it. John was" a
good student and was working for
good student"and was working for en -
"Di at 47 7 "
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DISCUSS
"THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE IN ONTARIO"
iN
KEEN'S PIIIIK REPORT •No. 12
FRIDAY, APRIL 9th
CKNX 920 - 8.00-8,15 p.ni.
trance into 'Edinburgh University
with, the idea of becomixtg a minister,
but changed his Mind, The reason
he gave for the decision was the oc-
earrence of ,two accidents, the death
of Elisabeth and tth 'discharge, pf a
gun int .John's' hands Which shot giff
another man's finger. Neverthele
he was always) deeply interested. in
theology and church affairs.
The boys caught and tamed. jack-
daws. One of these birds had a habit
of nicking up anything shiny and car-
rying it off to hts hiding-piaces. One
day he stole Alexander's spectacles
and chid them in a tree. Once two
little girls came to Saltpans for but-
ter, wearing red' hoods„and •the jack-
daw flew at them and scared them
badly. Alexander had a snuff-box, and
at times. the boys purloined snuff and
experimented with it when they went
to bed', putting their heads under the
bed clothes to silence the sneezes.
Once they took some .snuff to school
and In:haled it when the teacher's
back was turned, He soon perceived
the unusual amount of sneezing and
its cause, and "whaled” them. Wben
they had left school, John, James and
William went to a local printer's to
learn the trade. But at the next elec-
tion Alexander voted Liberal as usual
and the boys lost their jobs. Such
are the anecdotes that survive of the
life of Alexander's family in Duni-
pace.
The family bookcases +still contain
a number of books used. by the boys
in Dunipace. The oldest of these is
en elaboration of the Westminster
Confession of Faith and Catechism,
prepared by the Reverend John Brown
of Haddington, and, printed in Eilin-
-burgh in 1758, On an inside page ap-
pears the inscription, "Lisbeth Dun,
her bowk," but Lisbeth cannot now
be !traced. The next oldest book is
"The Poetical Works of Janet Little,"
the Scotch Milkmaid, printed at, Ayr,
1792, in polished pentameter couplets
and with classical allusions, which in-
dicate that the lady's practical ac-
quaintance with the art of the dairy
was of the slightest. For us the e"Sef
Interest of the book is in the inscrip-
tions.' On one page appears "Jol.0
Herr" in an elderly faltering heed.
This is not the writing of John, the
eldest son of Alexander, and may well
be that of Alexander's father, and if
so it is the only trace of this John
of the 18th century. The younger
Alexander, born 1835, scribbled over
the blank pages of the book. He
wrote in the style of print "Alexander
Herr, his book," Saltpans, John Ker" -
Jean Kerr, James Kerr," and repeat-
ed his own • name an•d'. tbat , .John --
On the final blank page he used the
ordinary round hand "Alexander Kerr,
His Book, S;!tettee_ iu the Shire of
Stirling, Janet fittel ", steeping wide
out fin•ishiner the phrase.
The thin! boon is "Institutes of
Arithmetic," Edinburgh, 1801, which
belonged first to John, eldest son of
Alexander. Ir, it there is an inscrip-
tion, "John Kin's book; should it go
amiss, send It hack with Gods fill se
ing. Let those who have it In their
power, stud 'e !•earn and be zealous
in the know'lel!',t' of eclucatfhn, for
when they conn to the flee of tenter-
ity they will reflect on these thing.;,
should they neglect them when.
young." The i:.st•ril,tiort its signed "\':.
\C.." wito was ; robably donor of tee
book. On the tit el blank page
pears "Jellies )•t'ar's hook, 'Denovan,
1432," tied 1:enrath i,; a copy of tite
0r.'t,, part r!' tits relif:r'tioi s on the
tattle of tduranon, The writing is
much ton mitt:rt' for the five-year-old
,T;tmee ant: sptnee to be that of John,
wl.o thin eelefeel his rir hts in the
• book to hit younger brothel',. Luse
in, have tea t1iar.-:la; 1005 and I'etl;tt-
ntous Works ret the l;r•vereni d Alex -
finder Pirir,. of '<t'•: burelt, Tire, prit't-
t•t; at L,tlir:btu' h i11 :Soli. The yourtf;-
t'r AI• ,,..,,lir, se".bleed his name on
rho )gait. o` !''i, a'. o: "Alexander
Kerr, ll:
bit!,: \". lOal t' 'r tlrr'.
hrn;l , 1 atee • e he T:• r • , T'.e;::;vtrn by
Iletiiiy, i:•u.i!. ee n'i:.intrshirr. "
It ace: :s.. sever that any of the
boys feel InnenI educate on lreyon:',
that. theatre', I 1, \C:11 --on, r1'.tt they
had ufficit of tr r t.ht• !it'artira: t ur-
poses of l:fit :.1111 fur t!r' ir:rtlhtic,n
of iII I 1 c•ni: 1 it -t' rt -1. 1'l;oy were
well bro'tg':t up in 111' way in which
they should ern strn,l:• i'rr hs;:+ri;rrrs.
students 01 tluir Ilio!,::: 84 ,4, of scot.
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FOR PROCESSING IN ONTARIO
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^Henri trheoiogia t }Vox^lis, rl it ix4td lA
lasted thr'ouglt life; .John,• 14e.* *IA
A'1exenler )yt4)it. ,11) librarle;, cliifyfl
oP theole , Ott ,'v creed.' henssely iz
3 Itr Bohn d tiegzt elaing hlznbelf 4zr Phis
'wal': 'They also site ;pf d thelnselves iu
Uz i'.riberal:ker oi,' , tTzestt' • fesailer end
,tools. an. aptive 3ntez'eet in public aef
fairs. W Diking ab.otz�G Vunlp.ace 'th:ey
'learned tarmi,ng, droning' and cement,
etry. Familiar wttb, heed work, the
were not laborers, •but of the middle
class. They knees how to stand tan
their own feet • and wsre ready for
the difficulties of life. Judged by .the
' test of results, 'their upbringing war, a
success,,
Chapter Ill
JAMES KERR, 1827-1883
In 1850 "when John was thirty and
James twenty-three, Isobel Cam•pbe14
came to the parish, to work as a maid
in Dunipace Hotese. The Cawpb&1e
were living in the village of Drum-
head in the parish of Drymen, in the
west of Stirlingshire. Isobel had been
born January 13, 183'0, -the daughter
of Peter Campbell who had three bro-
thers, John, William •and Alexander.
The Campl,4plls were said to be relat-
ed to the family of the Dukes of Ar-
gyll, prominent in politics in the 17th
century, and somewhere toward the
end of •the 18th century appears, a
Cecilia Campbell, of Daksiei Park, a
woman of wealth and owner 01 a ho-
tel, converted from a residence, on
Princes Street, )Edinburgh, It was
presumably her son who was the
father' of John, William, Alexander
and Peter, and to whom sh.e• left the
hotel, but his name is not known, as
he is mentioned in the letters only as
Grandfather Campbell, spending, his
last day with Mary Campbell Fergu-
son, his granddaughter.
John, William and Alexander Camp-
bell migrated to the United States
and eettied near Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin. Joan had in mind first to go to
Port Natal (harbor of 'Durban), but
took fright at some trouble there and
went to America instead, with his
wile and infant daughter, Elisabeth,
in the sailing vessel Ohio in 1850.
Elisabeth became Mrs. Herbert P.
Reid, of Friendship, Wisconsin, super-
intender_t of sohools for Adams Coun-
ty, and she was still alive in 1930,
co; res tonding with Mrs. Mary Aiken, -
son, of Seaforth. She was the last of
the relatives in Winsconsin of whom
the family 'in Seaforth knew anything,
William 'Campbell" followed John
with most of his family. His ei•ciest
son, John, a 'sailor, died at sea' anti
was buried at Singapore. Another ,sore
Peter, had contracted yellow fever
and died shortly after coming to Wis-
consin. Three dthers, Archibald, An-
drew and Jessie slid ',Telt in Wiscon-
sin. An eldest daughter, Jane, remain-
ed in Scotland and married a man
named Hay. She visited her relatives
in Wisconsin once at liner .expense
and earned a reputation as a mischief
maker, especially between n::tr: and
deo der' with )rise wife rartces,
l"fid' sit►; , ra17n., htiutzng t1T t;tvll 1' t ,.
y+ 18&6, ttiv( az' 1,Ixree in fitT CitxriTylieils
t elite
r.
able for xtr,tlitat>=y Nera+�tue, came to
Patergz'th end stayed :90 the fcerps `.
until bnstilttle� owled, They said they,i
did, riot want to be ix,sro4Tred iib 4tia0
- l tenni), disputes et the United Staten,
not Whig eitizbus of that tio\�nt .
y iThe"Ga(xtlrbelle to „Soot end did not
do well. The grandfather" aisal:de netts
tug out of the hotel on, Princes Street,
He still had some of Ceellia's Men:ey,
but by our ,story Ms niece, Jane Camp-
bell Hay wheedled it out of Nina for
herself and her husband, leaving' •tile
Fergusons nothing for taking care of
the old inane Peter, father of Isobel,
appears eonsietently on' a low eeon
omit level and ds described as a serv-
ant on her birth certift.eate. There is
a story 10 the effect that she was born
in Stirling Castle where he was work-
ing as a gardener, but the parish reg
istet' of Drymen says nothing of this
which may"not be conclusive, At one
time Peter was a peddler, went about
a pony and cart Felling tea .to
' the farm -houses, and was called the
little }Helen' mean. In 1858 he was
out of work, his master rt'vintr been
unfortunate in business. In 1859 he
had a job with the Falkirk Iron, Works
of Glasgow; but threw it up, not lik-
I ing the •town, and •.in 1869 he was
,watching roads for a 1i-ving, It is
clear that he was bons poor and stay-
' ed that way all his life. He may
have been shirtless, for ,his daughter,
Isobel, was out of patience with film,
and certainly he did not do so nen
as his brothers.
(Continued Next Week)
At a London reception., Beatrice
Lillie, wearing her famous pearl:, was
approached by a dowager who de-
manded wlte•ther or not they were gen-
Beatrice nodded,
"I don't believe 11," scoffed the cat.
"But you can always tel•i by biting
'them. Here, let me try."
"Sure," agreed the famous actress.
"But remember,. Duchess, you can't
tell real pearls with false teeth!"
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"Does he know much?" nueried the
office friend of a new acquaintance,
"Well, he not only knows' that he
doesn't know much, but he knows en-
ough to keep others from knowing
it, replied ;the colleague.
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