HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-04-16, Page 7f Oontinned1 nGuAnSt wit : ).`•' i� l z ae. retrr' had' .; ' Janet ands' d of 0111gbfre1's, and' 91.10 Sari, OX Op: Birla'i : 014e,,, filed h , iufanCY. lane,. a 'maid in; lM Ugdach Castle, .died in ]1$iri), of pie unonia caught; during a walk' home trent a party with her bro- ther, Archie. Mary startled .Daniel Ferguson,, had a eon and a daughter, auti also died of pneumonia, May 8, 185$.,. The son, Daniel) went to NOW York where his descendants. are still 'Hying; the daughter married a mann sawed Craibs and remained in; Scot- land. Jessie was also dead of Pneu- monia in 1859, and Janet was expect-. ed tolfallaw lher, the ,fourth victim of the disease in tate family, Only Iso- bel and, to boy, 4.rchtbald D. Camp- bell, were left. A cousin, Margaret, , LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell • H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH. ONT. Telephone 174 A. " W. SILLERY Barrister,'8olictior," Etc. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO l'bone 173. Seaforth MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Physician DR. P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office hours daily, except Wednes- day: 1:30 - 5 pan., 7 - 9 pm. Appointments for consultation may be made in advance. JOHN GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician ,and Surgeon Ili DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon . Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat 'Phone 90-W - Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New. York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefieid's Eye -Biudd Qp1(ten Square Throat Hos- pital, LoRden. Eng, At COMMERCIAL HOTEL,, SEAFORTH. 63 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensall 40513x52 DR. J. A. MacLEAN Physician and Surgeon Phone 134 Hensall VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. L. C. HALL, D.Y.M., V.S. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 Personal attention by either Veterinarian, when requested (if possible). AUCTIONEERS - HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea - forth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for sale dates by phoning 203, Clin- ton. Charges moderate and satisfac- tion guaranteed. 4142x52 C.N.R. TIME TABLE GOING EAST (Morning) a.m. Goderich (leave) 5.40 Seaforth 6.20 Stratford (arrive) 7.16 (Afternoon) Goderleh (leave) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) GOING WEST (Morning) Stratford (leave) Seaforth Goderich (arrive) (Afternoon) Stratford (leave) Seaforth Goderich (arrive) p.m. 3.00 3.46 4.40 a.m. 10.45 11.36 12.20 in full, £64 18s. (about $325). The deed, describing him as a gentleman, p.m. wa.s made out on September 29, 1851. 9.35 Some of the neighbor lots had been 10,21 signed for, lot 23 by James Walker on. 11.00 October 30, 1848; lot 22 by John Cow ii vyas"still ill Scptlagd ;in, �; is�aiet bra . s 'riot loin �•n. �ier Job .t PtPlipaae *'orae before..l'tyntes T<err became a,Gq'uainted irith her, silo the family iu ,Sal.tpans was whis'per- ing that Jamie was "doing ,hiscouirtiu' i' the big home." The courting WAS successful and the pair ,decided to be ?married in 441, 1851. They, tb.ougbt at the' Same time to try their fortunes in a new land, against the 'advice of Janet 1{err, The settlement of the Campbells in Wisconsin may have suggested North American, and na- tional ational instincts may have preferred the Canadian part of it: At any rate the die• was cast for Canada. The month of April was busy with preparations for the departure and the wedding. The banns were pro- claimed and no objections offered, as certified by Robert Watson. The par- ties went to Drumhead and were mar- iied there on April 29, 1851, by the Reverend Alexander Lochon, Isobel had invited a friend, L. Ross, a maid at Kenmore House, to the wedding, and the girl wrote in haste to say that her mistress would not give her leave, but that she would meet the bride and groom in Glasgow, A "dear friends" at Dunipace Mills gave James. a parting gift on April 25, a Practical Exposition of Psalm. CXXX, by John Owen, 1824. This has a un- ique inscription: "To Mr. James Kerr, a parting gift from a dear friend who earrfestly desires his highest 'happiness, that he may feel himself an undone hell -deserving sinner, that he may see and believe that Jesus has brought in everlasting righteous - nest and that he may submit upre- servedly to that as his only ground of acceptance with God, that while he lives and when he dies, he may be the,Lord's." James tookand kept the book, although at the moment he may not have felt much like an undone, hell -deserving sinner. Isobel also had] a book, more practical, "New System of Dothestic Cookery," by A Lady, Edinburgh, 1842, inscribed: "Pres ented to Isabella Campbell from a sin- cere well-wisher, Margaret Snowden, 1850." Two. days after the marriage the pair were in Glasgow on the 10 o'clock train and if L. Ross carried out her intention, they met her at 11.45. They had with them tableware, ,.books u and clothes, including a dress for Isobel, halt cut by Jessie her sister, who had not time to finish it. James had a goodly sum of money, £200 at least. There was a high rush in the last days with the packing and the wedding, but the pair reached the ship on time, the Ann Rankin, 'which sailed May 1, 1851. They .spent six weeks on the ocean, a short trip for those days, and landed in Montreal; then proceeded to Hamilton. Here James got a job in a furniture shop, help- ing with the matting of cabinets, and he found .a friend, James Hastie, of Drumhead, also seeking his fortunes in a strange laid. Isobel was soon writing home about Hamilton. She had been at a quilting match and had provoked some ques- tions about her seams and whether she had earned her tea; and in de- fence she pleaded that certain women had asked her to help them every three minutes. Quilting and needle- work were indeed not her forte; she had said often that needles were too small for her fingers, and that she could not ]seep a hold of them. The quilting she reported to Jessie; for her father, she had a reprimand, ask- ing him not to grudge the time it takes to write a letter. The sharp- ness of the tone indicates an irrita- tion at his easy-going ways, and' it continued, for in 1868 she failed to thank him for a parcel, although ack- nowledging It. ' Peter Campbell replied from Drum- head, September 21, 1851, and assur- ed her that he did not grudge the time for writing letters to her, or, reading hers in return, a remark somewhat short of tact. He had a note for James and told him his bro- ther, John Campbell's opinion of Wis- consin. Jessie wrote to Isobel at the same time, made comments about the quilting, asked about fashions in Ham- ilton, and told about her brother, Archie, Nothing is known of the so- journ in Hamilton beyond what these letters disclose. James had 'no intention of remain- ing an artisan, however.. He wanted lo acquire land for the stability and prestige of such property; and he had more than his own wishes to con- sider. Before he had left home, hie brother John, and William Hodgson, fiance of Janet Kerr, had asked him to spy out land for them too, the three 'intending to settle together. James heard of the Canada Company's land in the County of Huron and vis- ited that area itlr• the summer of 1851. He approved the Township of McKil- lop and selected lot 25, concession 6. for himself. The south half of it had been taken up by William Walker, owner of lot 24, since October 30, 1868; " but Walker had not kept up his payments. By some means his claim was disposed of and James se- cured the whole of lot 25, paying cash t d bleu t tie of f)ii'ller6 �euxla elf at' ltr`t� �S, slid it. Maw n live s ht G tleeessa.X`ll7P D1 n tY pf the si• :nater les „ I l4a:viu8' fiCtl'e4 rail d ,o dei all ,Jame*" eid1T#ied o aitl � for*-.$tee1 /atn fl t9t nter, � wrote to Jin and AMMO him, to. bring carpenters' tools 'wa hlicraeblthn�a?, ist7eai,ouPi, :taxis it "way Isobel who requested newer and heather seed. James. eentracted "et the same tine for lot 23 for Tabn, made a (town pay anent and, completed the nsaction b Oct ber 7. The deed w' m de Olit wrongly, putting McKillop in ,Perth County, and James sent it back to the company offices, whence it re- turned • shortly in correct form. He signed, also for a lot for William Hodgson, but this man changed his mind at the instigation of his fiancee, Janet, Who did not like migrations. He married her and remained in Scotland, and justified' the choice by his subsequent career, although at the time there was a coolness over it. Jaiiet wan not .satisfied with the res- cue of her young man from the Cana- dian wilderness; from Saltpans she played the part of a Job's comforter to her brothers, told them of the Peo- ple returning disillusioned with Am- erica, compared it to Siberia, and in- formed them that a neighbor, John Benny, was expecting kthem home to help cut wood. No attention was paid to her advice. But if Hodgson declined, James Hastie was ready to go to Huron with the `[{errs and took the lot east of Walker's. About this time Robert Turnbull arrived from Dunipace, chose,a lot on concession ,2 and called it Dunipace, in honor of his native parish. A group of Gardiners came out also and settled in Usborne and Hibbert and thereabout; William Gardiner, of Campsie, born December 3, 1789, died May 13, 1853, and his sons, Robert, Peter, John, Walter, William. The Kerrs were especially interested in Peter Gardiner (1817- 1871) ,whom both they and the Camp- bells had known at home, and when they learned of his arrival, they aban- doned their work and drove to Us - borne to see him. It was not the first aesoeiation ofthe families,. for ..in the 178a's a John Gardiner had married an Elisabeth Kerr and lived. in Duni- pace, bringing the groups into a con- nection that has lasted 170 years. Peter Gardiner married Ann McGow- an Battison and, ,had s -ix children, in- cluding Alexander, who later married Janet, first daughter of James Kerr. Robert Gardiner was grandfather of the Honorable James G. Gardiner, Dominion Minister of Agriculture. Huron County in 1852 was not al•te.- gether forest. ,Goderich, founded 1828, was chief port and town; Clinton, founded 1848, was a .flourishing vil- lage. The Huron Road provided good communication with Goderich to the west, and Guelph to the east. The soil earned favorable comment; a re- port of 1858•, allowing for variety of earth and an occasional poor farm, declared that the County of Huron contained perhaps the largest block of good agricultural land of any county of Canada, i.e. Ontario and Quebec. It described the soil as rich and loamy, the verdure as luxuriant, the climate as clear, healthful and invigorating. The physical feature noticed by all travellers was the level surface, except for the margins of the creeks and an occasional undulation. The banks of the lake, 50 to 150 feet above water, were praised as condu- cive 'to health and drainage. The timber was chiefly,maple, beeoh, bass- wood and elal; hemlock was every- where, and pine stood in the northern townships and by the lake, of an in- ferior quality. The crops drew admira- tion—"the abundant harvests, the large quantities' of grain and other farm produce exported annually, are tangible proofs of the superiority of the soil." The population was 51,954 in 1861, and the leading group was the native Canadians, 28,880 in num- ber. The largest lot of immigrant were Irish, 8;313; the Scots were 6,204; the English and Welsh, 5,369; the Germans, 1,052. There were many smaller groups—Americans, French- Canadians, French of France, Swiss, West Indians, Channel Islanders, and even East Indians, but the English- speaking element was in the great majority. McKillop Township fronted on the HurotiRoad], but was far from the lake and slow of settlement. In the south the land was iflat and light with only a few knolls; in the northeast it had a range of low gravel hills. A branch of the Maitland runs through it in an angling direction, northeast to southwest, and with its tributaries forms the drainage system of the township. In the south are two small streams, which flow into the Bay -field River, the Salver Creek at Seaforth, and the Carronbrook at Dublin. The population was 821 in 1844; 884 in 1852; thereafter, development was rapid, and in 1861 increased the num- ber of inhabitants to 2,425. Of the nearly 40,000 acres, one-quarter were cultivated in that year. This was the region in which James Kerr and his bride sought a home. Lot 25, concession 6, had a peculiar- ity` of road on its southern boundary; surveyors from the' north had met surveyors from the south there and found their lines 120 yards apart. When the roadmakers followed the surveyors, they made a connection known as Kerr's jog, which is now smoothed into an easy curve for the sake of motor traffic. A small creek ran through the middle of the lot to join the branch of the Maitland half a ?Mile to the east, and in the lot it broadened into a swamp which James could cross only from log to log. The lot sloped gently from both north and south to this creek, which gave good drainage. In 1852 the lot was covered with trees, and when the pair arrived, Isobel sat on a stump and cried for homesicknesk knd trepida- tion at the task before them. Then she pulled herself together, arose and planted flower seeds about the stump as a start at civilization. The first 'task was to build a house, and during it the pair may have stay- ed at William Walker's in, the next lot. Soon a log house was erected in the enclosure in which the workshop stood In later times; at first it was not well chinked and let snow through the holes. 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Miss Jennie Maautioz who has spent the winter .months , in Toronto an.4i London. returned home last week. , Mr, M. Antegnini, Who recently ar- rived in this country from Switzer- land, is occupying his sister-in-law's home, "Fairacres," He is awaiting the arrival el Mrs, Antognini from Switzerland. They intend spending the next few months in Bayfield. Miss Barbara Bassett spent a few days in London last week, the guest of Misses Janice and Alice Dunn. Confirmation services were held for the Parish of 'St. James', Middleton, on Sunday last, when the Rector, Rev. LaVerne Morgan,,. presented ten candi- dates to Archbishop 'Charles Seager, as follows: Phyllis Mack, Barbara Basset, Beulah Parker, Billy and Bob- by Parker, Mrs. Maylnard Corrie; Mrs. T. H. Mack, Mrs. T. Scotchmer and Maynard Corrie, all of Trinity Church, Bayfield, and Lois Rowden, of St. James', Middleton. Rev, Beverley Farr, of St. George's Church, Gode- rich, acted as the Archbishop's Chap- lain, assisted by; Rev. L. Morgan. The annual masquerade dance, un- der the auspices of the Bayfield Agri- cultural •Society, was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening well was dug, 37 feet deep, to the south of these buildings, which has served as the barnyard well since that time. James did some clearing in 1852 and 1853, on the south half of the lot, with the help of his brother, John; and Isobel would send him out with a veil around his head as protec- tion 'against black .flies. dnd mosqui- toes and silently hoped that the vig- orous John would not set too hard a pace for her man. The cleared land was presently yielding good crops of .wheat and gave its owners the satis- faction of a solid beginning. James was more fortunate., than some in being able to hire• help. He employed two Cowans to clear ten acres •for him and paid them in part with a note from Thomas Govenlock, for wheat, the rest in cash. This note passed through five hands in its car- eer as currency in McKillop. The clearing went on somewhat slowly, only the southhalf of the lot being free of stumps in 1867. Then a great effort was made to deal with the rest. James hired a gang of men and sup- ervised the clearing of 20 acres or more, the greater part • of the north half. He killed a lamb every week and his daughter, Janet, used a 100 pounds of flour in the same time to reed the men fintil the task was com- plete. A bush of 20 acres, later re- duced to 10, was left at the north end of the lot for fuel and mia:p)el sugar, and the most arduous of the pioneer's tasks was finished. Q,[ n?11e1C;nPa ,,LTE r 0rid e .'141004. 2nd; )etty . Tenn 'aa1bot,'ifia ,. r. t' a. e C � ox. t. t , ,, . !; b l�, s). mer. �� , .-i>io,& ¥aa, 2nd,, .Tb3leo' Bl)'ilr ..44i. 0010 W,00topf; 'boys, 0,11X7 P',arir,e'ri 2;n1; Milfr S'totixers; 3rd, 0444174 Makills; door prim. Gordon; Gaisman, (gallon Maple syrup). A feature of the eve. ning wan the presentation of diploma of service to Mr. Fred Middleton for 1i eritorio1s service in agriculture, which was presented by Mr. Alfred' Warner, president of the society. The judges far the costume judging were Mrs. R. B. Johnston, Mrs. Wan. Sto- thers and Mr. Jack Stewart. " Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Furter and son, William, of London, spent Friday with Mrs. W. 4'. 'Stinson. The fishermen set their nets. for the first time . last Thursday for this season. Tuesday one boat brought in. 600 pounds of white fish. The perch lifts have not been very heavy so far, but are daily increasing. hbk4l ro V,1440e ed th 0t r, c tai's 1 t r a e � ,;4i, bowie, 'aa4 the at>aer ba,',' e U s 49 'mot draw e e itely but :have Ai!11#or's satenlrt e'. Peat; T'hoY eholl1'd. ike, Heeds .#Ai': iRY., stance, to AMC 'the .ie s ' att#?uotiYO' features such ;ae aq thigh eonerete foundation. "I understand you married a strug- gling young man." "Well, be struggled a little bit, but he couldn't get away." Consu BRING ALL YOUR INCOME ` TROUBLES TO ME W. gdward. outbgc t Office in : Dominion Bank Bldg. " Phone SEAFORTH TO ALL GROWERS OF BEETS, CARROTS, CABBAGE and PUMPKINS FOR PROCESSING IN ONTARIO The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board has received a request .., from growers of_Reets, Carrots, Cabbage and Pumpkins that the provisions of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Marketing -for -Processing Scheme be amended to include these additional crops. A mail vote by ballot of the growers primarily concerned has been arranged, so that the Board may determine if the growers making this request are fairly, representative of all growers marketing these crops for processing. A Ballot,: with return envelope, has been sent to all growers who sold beets, carrots, cabbage and pumpkins for processing in 1947. 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Veterans receive ON THE JOB training under expert instructors in our Ontario factories. This training, provided through the co-operation of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Federal Department of Labour and the Ontario Department of Education, starts veterans oft on the road to skilled craftsmanship. Taught to use their hands in generai,aero engine and airframe work, both on military and civilian aircraft, these veterans may qualify for a Department of Transport license, authorizing them to declare aircraft airworthy. In aircraft manufacturing plants and on flying fields throughout Ontario, these newly -skilled veterans wdl have the opportunity to apply their talents and training. Their efforts will help to make Ontario a finer place in which to live and will contribute to the welfare and happiness" of all her citizens. THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) AERO ENGINE MECHANICS H. Parry, 25, of Oshawa, Ontario, a Canadian Army veteran, is shown making an adjustment to the engine of a Cub Trainer. Students work on various types of aircraft ranging from the Cub Trainor to multiple engine military aircraft Many veterans, trained as ground crew specialists during the war, have chosen to take post-war training in this occupation for which they are particularly soiled. For them the transition to peacetime employment has been easier. 2