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The Huron News -Record
1.2611 Year --91.00 In Advance
WEDNEiDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 1890
In the Days of the Canada Coln -
pang.
In the days of the Canada Company.—A Story
of the Huron Tract and a View of the Social
Life of the period, 1825-1850, by Robina and
Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars, with an intro-
duction by G. M. Grant, D. D., L.L. D., Prin-
cipal of Queens University.
It is with great pleasure that we call
the attention of our readers and ot
Canadians generally to the above hook,
which has just been issued by William
Bt iggs. Toronto. It is from the pens of
two Stratford townswomen, of whole
that city has good reason to be proud,
fpr they have shown themselves to be
possessed of literary gifts of an excep-
tionally high order, and have won a
wide recognition and a place among
the foremost names in Canadian liter-
atru•e.
"In the Days of the Canada Com-
pany," is a hook of no mete local in-
terest. It is a work which by its fine
qualities of style and the human interest
that breathes ft om its pages, as well as
by the extent and value of the histori-
cal information contained in it, must
inevitably attract and hold the atten-
tion of every reader, whether he have
any previous knowledge of the subject
or not. From beginning to end the
charm of the book holds us. If the
names and incidents are familar, we
are, of course, doubly interested ; but
even those readers to whom the locali-
ties are unknown, and whose ideas on
the early history ot this nest :of their
country are limited to a few vaguely-
rernemhered facts, must feel that hence-
forth to them the Canada Company is
no longer merely a name, and that the
famous 1-luron Tract and its first set-
tlers have become as the scenes and
peopleamongwhom theirown liveshaave
been passed. To have clone this is no
srnall achievement. Any faithful and in-
dustrious student can aInn,ss a collection
of facts, and anybody with a reason-
able sense of order and a fair command
of language can present thew so that
they may he read and 4)roperly under-
stood. But to infuse into these facts
the spirit of a pnhing humanity; to
breath into these dry hones the breath
of life, so that the men and women of
those far-off tithes stand up and live
and move before our eyes, with all
their joys and griefs. their passions
and their warm human personalities—
this is the rare gift which has poen
given to the chosen few ; for this there
is needed a spark of that divine fire
which men call genius. And while,
"In theDa-s
as �
• t data, •oto
for1 collector t
t�e
of the Canada Company" is a mine of
information, the result of years of care-
ful, patient study and research, whose
value to future historians cannot he
estimated, to the student of literature
and of life, it is couch more. All life
is history and all true history is life.
One glimpse sltch as is here given us.
at the life of a period, at, the struggles
and trials, the failures or surceases
which made up the daily round of the
'men and women who composed it, will
do more to open 0111* minds and inspire
us with a teal and intelligent love for
the study of Dur country's annals than
many volumes of barren statistics. One
little concrete incident 0r anecdote,
one striking personal rha.racterist.ic-
strongly brought into play, is of more
value than all the abstract information
in the world. For it is a knowledge of
life, and not, a knowledge of facts,
which is education in the true sense of
1, he word.
A slight sketch of the principal con-
tents of the book will gave some idea
of its scope '1 he ripening chapter
very fittingly takes a broad outlook at
the events which tvere taking glare in
the odd world during the fir,4ta quarter
Of this century, and nt the progressive
"Spirit oft heli mos" I hat. led Romany to
leave their homes and strike mit for
themselves in the new and compara-
tively unknown regions of Western
Canada. Ira these days the country
west of Niagara. "had so far been con-
sidered only tit to produce pelt l les and
pine 01951.5." Now, however, a new
class of emigrants" wits t0 be Rent 001..
Of English. Scotch and Irish •
• "there were dozens
• • • whose (rinds were
merle recepl1 V( to words that, promised
a living in Any hand, which spoke of
(1
home Aaa posAlblht7." p
h
Iiighlanders, especially, hall brought.
from the old to the new wilds the loyal
ardour, fervor and devotion-, which
distin niched them wheresoever (les -
tiny drove there. The restlesne5s
•
which drove them into' the forest re-
c•ebbeb in quest of independence, their
lot r, tut 2119(10111 and 011101 prise, their
capacity lar iudustty, all marked these
Canadian pioneers as Pieces controlled
by that spirit of democracy, which lin-
pels ciwtlization w seek new houses
amid savage surroundings.
The father of the Canada Company
was Johu Galt, a 11aule familiar to
every student of history and of litera-
ture (as well, for he vas the author of
man well known works. "In 1825
Galt -had put the final words to '"The
List of the Lairds," and set sail for
Canaria with his grant of 1,100,000
acres of land in his pocket, and his
1)1au1 busy with emigration schemes."
In the second chapter we are given a
most interesting sketch of the life and
cl1 I Ll•ter 02 the: roan whose position at
the head of what he himself called
"the best and greatest celouial project.
ever formed" drew upon hint Much
public attention and criticism, both at
hone and in Cenada. .The difficulties
with which he had to contend were
never fully understood by those who
hail the supreme management" of the
Company'. Galt "was not a roan easily
daunted by adverse,,. circumstances;
but even with his power of grasping a
situation, tie felt himself sorely handi-
capped by the administration of the
affairs of a concern which haps capital
of nue Million pounds or more, while
.the Board denied him the indulgence
nI bringing out even one clerk to tts)iyt
him in petty details." He had to fight
against, greats disadvantages and mis-
representation, besides which, in spite
of his undoubted business ability, his
literary temperament often stood in
the way of his success—frons a financial
point of view. "Nor had he a proper
regard for filthy lucre. 'There have
been genuises who have appreciated
lucre, even if filthy ; hut Mr. Galt
was not one of theta. A man of the
w•or Id, conversant with the habits,
thoughts and customs of *civilized so-
ciety he was still essentially not a
a man of the world•, one of his
character•ists being a total 'Matte -
predation of pecuniary matters; his
interest only being properly roused
where the comfort of his family was
concerned." Nevertheless he left, behind
hits a none which will not be forgotten
while Canadian history is read ; and
we are indebted to the authors of this
book (or a clear and vivid conception
of the roan as he really was. "While
it cannot be denied that Galt was open
to the charge of being possessed by a
huge egotism, n close look at the man
will show that his was the egotism
which is part of Most great characters.
A good man with a great character,
Galt narrowly escaped being a great
man with a great character." "Candid
in all things," ne 'owns that, his 'ruling
passion is love of fame,' and 'the high
faith in his powers when young' did not
desert him through the sorrows of later
life. A certain part of the tauie he
sought to attain now seems to be his,
and Canada contains many testimonials
to bis correct prevision, The man of
whom a hook of reference says, 'In 1834
he came back W Scotland poverty-
stricken and broken in health,and after
"Thio Lung -raga, was a bociely ulnae
up of world-wide [invellws, some of
[Ileal satiated, some Lit 1111111 belonging
to
Those who beyond seas go Will sadly
find
They change their climatal only, not
their 111111d;
barristers 1' liglish anti Scotch, of whose
Contemporaries Scott had said, 'of all
bright, intelligent society, that of bar-
risters is the best ;' clergymen who
Liked wine and curds and were bate to
their tasks because the 1 was mali-
ciously put hack to allow the game to
be finished ere the faint sounds of dawn
shouldbe heard; soli, ut• 11141101e. and of
military men, all ignwalnt of the first
requirements of the band ,and life,
whose friends addressed letters of in-
troduction to 'J. W., Lake Ontario;'
wen whose first season rondo them
weary of life thr.:ugh the torture of
dreariness, or who took such Measure
of relief that they found wrong -doing
was not that alone but fully also ; re•
tired Military men and sea captains
whose half -pay was but au excuse for
less labor; a few who were explorers,
hound to discover and subdues and
with theta, those who played at pion-
eering as at a new game, musing,
dreaming, ,and using the worlds, old
and new, as a panorama got up for
their view—more liberal in criticism,
abuse and condemnation, than in the
labor of observation and intelligent
judgment upon new-found exigencies
of life."
In those early days "neighbors were
too scarce to he coldly or haughtily
treated. They had hewn then' way
side by side into the busk, and stood
afterwards on one common level.
There never yet was a more blessed
sight in a new land than the face of an
old friend; while with new ones, the
woes of a common martyrdom Made
quick acquaintanceship and of a
strength to outlast a generation." In
spite of difficulties these scattered
settlers had their social gatherings.
Balls there were in winter, when "the
belles and beaux were packed into
ponderous sleighs, built by local car-
penters, with plenty of foot -room' for
the hot bricks, bot bottles and heated
cordwood sticks—arks on runners";
and picnics and garden parties in the
summer, "the girls in merino gowns,
or frel(h and frilled prints." And if the
older generation pined for the homes
they had left and struggled to preserve
in the wilderness, the style of living and
refinement amid which many of them
had been brought up, the younger on,es,
uudlscouraged by privations, danced
and sang and enjoyed themselves as
blithely as. if their days had not been
spent in hard and unaccustomed toil.
There is an amusing account of "the
only piano in the neighborhood on that
side of a badly bridged river. Neigh-
borhood was a wide word; so when
parties were given within twelve miles
or so, a sleighload of young beaux
would come to borrow rt. Another
story is of the use to which the "ver-
satile frying pan" was put by a solitary
pioneer. "'The man had been clearing
in loneliness for a couple of weeks and
suffering repeated shocks of paralysis, was homesick for a neighbouring. So,
died at Greenock, .April 11, 1839,' is the 1 as Sunday approached, he determined
man who did for western Scotland 1 to make•a visit. To wash his own shirt
what Scott did for the east ; and it is
good to know that this fact is not for-
gotten in these days of appreciation of
'A Window in Thrums, and 'Beside
the Bonnie Brier Bush.' There were
some friends who asserted that Galt's
name would live."
The most striking figure in the book
and the one round which the chief in•
terest centres, is that of the famous
"Tiger" Dunlop. From the moment
we are introduced to him "as he stands
in the Company's office at York," in his
homespun garments, plaid and Scotch
bonnet, with his deep, hearty laugh
and broad Scotch accent, we feel that
we know and love the man ; and when
we close the book, after following the
leaden coffin on that sad journey from
Lachine to the cairn on the Maitland
hill, the memory we hold is that of a
personal friend. His feelings are drawn
with a kindly sympathy, aently hu-
morous touch, which never loses sight
of the true heart beneath that rough
exterior. The chapter devoted to the
household at Gairbraid, composed of
the Duette., his brother the Captain,
nein t he Captain's wife "Lou"—a unique
and original trio—is one of the most
readable and entertaining in the hook.
Here we see the "Tiger" at home, pre-
siding over his own Round Table, and
pressing upon his guests the ample
hospitality of those times. He had an
enormous liquor stand, the bottles of
which he irreverently termed the
Twelve Apostles. "It was simply a
ester t )
o traveller (n wheels, het 1s built I G
int
hold twelve gallons of liquid, contain-
ing a dozen large bottles from a con-
verted military chest, each inensuring
a good sixteen inches by nine, with a
half -pound stopper, in itself a handful.
The flowing howl flowed too freely in
the days of private stills and whiskey
at a York shilling to at shillin a bottle.
When hot punct) was ton hot to be
g11nffed it was the fashion to cool it
with cold whiskey." Many a humor-
ous anecdote ilhtatrative of the Doc-
tor's kindly nature anal love of tun, en-
livens the pages of this spicy chewer.
"When the butter would not come the
dearc Doctor would take ,a sixpence
and put it het ween the leaves of 1,1)11
hle, then lay it on the churn, and in
a minute the butter would come. it
never foiled." We 1111d turn frighten-
ing Lou and her nulial4 nearly to death
hy, tying up the rows' tains with red
tape- superstitiously supposed to he a
favorite prank of wit.rhes; stealing
]nw n to the sideboard for ,a horn at
midnight. in mortal terror lest, Lou
should find hire nut; and fording his
dog with scraps 1(111l'8rted 11•on1 the
table when the careful Loan's hawk was
t�r ned• For all t hat he was a4 brave
a4 n. lion, as many a tale of his prowess
in partite Clay. proved, Ile aria "111
enthusiastic pinner'r anti rnlonizer";
nn•obst.al•I.' could thwart, him, no diffi-
culties round daunt his spirit.. "in
spite of the faults of his day and his
own surpassing excellence in theta,
this nal of the lane! of the tartan, (he
bonnet. and the kill. w'A4 a true Iran.
There was 11(6, all 11111 Me Or a (91(1411
cord in his thread of life."
Spare will not, permit, of extended
quotation from the many of her inter•
esti ng portions of the hook. The
chapters on "L11nderston" and "Mea-
dow lands" let us into much that, is en-
tertaining and rntnalltlr; and that, en-
titled "A Serial I'ot•I'ourrie" is 90 ex-
ceedingly lite-likelnd 4ylupathet.ic• pic-
ture of the social life of "the Long -
ago,"
and have it dried and on again, taxed
his ingenuity ; hut without thinking of
Trafalgar Square methods, he began
the operation in the morning and
hoped to be clean by night,. But he
reckoned without his frying -pan and
without the mosquitoes, which nearly
ate hire alive. He knew it was the
proper thing to boil clothes in wash-
ing ; hut he did net consider the pro-
perties of many layers of pork grease.
That Sunday visit was not paid."
Hut to he fully appreciated the hook
roust be read in its entirety. The
chapters mentioned, and those entitled
"Canada as the Company Found It,"
and "The Face of the Land," contain a
wealth of Material and afund of amus-
ing and pathetic anecdote which would
require much more extended notice
than this to do theta justice. A word
must he said about the authors' des-
criptive powers. If the characters are
hrought vividily before us, the scenes
in which they moved are not
less so. All through the hook
there are bits of word -painting
so exquisit. that we cannot forbear
quoting one or two,
"Summer came and the festoons
were bowers of green ; the cake,
maples and beeches, all so many tokens
of riches spread into leaf. In sunny
places the wild plum burst into snow-
drifts, white as those just gone ; and
from its hiding place the Canadian
rossignol sang to the exploring party,
"Ha-ard times in Kennedy, Kennedy,
(' `.
I h , all the forests
; andat n t a .,
Kennedy" g
swarmed with myriads of scattered
lights, fireflies, with which the glow-
worms and flies of Europe could not
compare."
"`)onset, with its glories, recalled
theca to order ; and in silence they
welched a sight, t•he fame of which
had brought many travellers to the
Huron banks. Mountains and castles
of molten color in as great arc of fading
light were handed with royal purple ;
pink hack -grounds faded to silver,
which changed again into violet behind
e floating moon. The lake had he -
come to these men KR the faee Of a
friend; they loveIts every chaulge, as
if it, were a thing alive; its glories
could ewe, its beauties could silence ;
and they were content to sit and
watch, to think en the past, to dream
of the flit Ore, till the 41.114 the tire -
and
flies came out, together, and lights
frnnl-the windows twinkle IS recall."
"111 as whiter evening, In that, 1we•
striking froulent '6wixt, the gloaming
and the mirk, the traveller seems 1n
hang half-wnv h(•ttveen the sky 11)11
snow, while the hast flame from the
sun 14 swallowed up by Huron beyond
its line of ice."
But. enough has been said to give Dur
readers Renu idea of this portion of the
hook. Stories of log -hat building 911(1
hat raisings, interesting notes nn
church matters and rnlili14, personal
rpnlini4censes of old residents, and
several exr•elhent, illustrations of both
pest and present, slake lip a chapter
that will he found full of interest..
We quote its closing pharagrl.phs.
"What, had been originally intenders
as'a half -way house het ween the Line
and the Lake WWI develI'ping 1111(1 a
centre for the finest, farming country
that eye ran wish to rest. upon ; St.rick-
Innds dream was 1ealized. The
silence which on his seventy -11111e
ride by bridle-pat11 1hrnugh the woods
WAS broken only by the reel man's
whoop or the distant shot of the trap
per, was 112601 ; and children's voa•e4
111089 of the native born, had called
Ike Bonuie Eaetbupes home.
1'he
uiterer, habourea', the tr{t,yeller, 1119
sewho takes his stand on the
gentle rise which brings in view the
swelling haulkb, the, ogle trail spire nod
many cupolas, the orrllaral euabowered
homesteads, the clustered roofs. the
bunko hits of town and country,
wonders if these fruitful lands 0(411 In-
deed be the taugle of rutting log,
ewale and noon -day nights through
which the first dwellers broke their
way
'No more du four log walls gathe r 111
a handful of frightened children ; the
Indian camp -ground echoes to the
healthy shouts of buys and Rids, out
future 1(10(1 and women, the citizens of
that favoured corner' of Canada Felix,
where no man need be hungry, where
no child remains untaught.
"No more need the dwellers ir. this
Lincolnshire. -like picture, Hebridean
on Irish sing.
Fair are these meads, these hoary
woods are grand,
But we are exiles from our fathers'
land;
for they dwell upon their own lands,
and the cattle, sheep and pasture, the
harvests, fields, bank -barns, or town
cottage and garden, are inherited and
heritable properties.
"No more down the valley of the
Avon conies the cry of the wolf from
where St. Joseph's stands; in its
stead comes the deep thrice -told tone
of the Angelus, summons that appeals
not to theear of theone faith alone; for
the heavenly salutation, universal to all,
which it tells, M. the one of consumma-
tion, not of prophecy—that of promise
and fulfilment in one.
"On earth peace, good will to men."
" Ir. the Days of the Canada Com-
pany" is a hook which will well repay
its readers ; and we congratulate the
authors on its assured success, and
venture to hope that they will he en-
couraged to continue the literary
lahout•s for. which they were so well
fitted, and which have been so auspie-
ously begun.
A Message to Men.
PROVING THAT TRUE HONESTY AND
TRUE PHILANT1LOPY STILL EXIST.
if any man, who is weak, nervous
and debilitated, or who is suffering
from any of the various troubles re-
sulting from youthful folly, excesses or
overwork, will take heart and write to
rue, I will send him confidentially and
free o/'charge the plan pursued by which
I was completeiy restored to perfect
health and manhood, after years: of
suffering from Nervous! Debility, Loss
of Vigor and Organic Weakness.
I have nothing to sell and therefore
want no wnoney,but as 1 know through
my own experience hoyv to sympathize
with such sufferers, 1 ant glad to be
able to assist any fellow -being to a cute.
I stn well aware of the prevalence of
quackery, for I myself was deceived
and imposed upon until I nearly lost
faith in mankind, hut I rejoice to say
that I ant now perfectly well and hap-
py once more and am desirous there-
fore to Make this certain means of cure
known to all. If you will *rite to me
you can rely upon being cured and the
proud satisfaction of having been of
great service to one in need will he
sufficient reward for my trouble. Ab-
solute secrecy assured. Send 5c silver
to cover postage and address, Mr. Geo.
G. Strong, North Rockwood, Mich.
S. Dickson postmaster, Seafotth, has
sold to his neighbor, Mr. Wni. Mc -
Gavin, one of his farms containing 110
acres, being lot 22, concession 12, in
the township of McKillop, for the suns
of $5,700.
OPEN AS DAY.
It is given to every physican, the
fern -1111a of Scott's Emulsion being no
secret ; but no successful irritation has
ever been offered to the public. Only
years of experience and study can pro-
duce the best.
On Thursday eveniu J. T. Downey,
of Seaforth, was en"fftrtained to an
oyster supper and convivial evening
hy a number of his personal friends,
the occasion hitending to mark his
removal frorn Seaforth to Mitchell.
The demand for Ayer's Hair Vigor
in such widely -separated regional ;Is
South America, Spain, Australia, and
India has kept pace with the home
consumption, which goes to show that,
these people know a good thing when
they try it.
G. D.laanlont, of the Standard Blank,
Brussels has been promoted to Brant-
ford.
LITTLE BRIIYES.
01.I) TIME A QU'AYTEII-A-110X 'FrROER4'
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Chronic 100(411(4911(111 dispelled with
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years standing absolutely cored. In
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As a. result of .1111190 Snider's report
Mts. Sturdy, nla1rnn of the House of
11efnge at Hamilton, has been sus-
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have been cured by llrnld's.Sat'snpnt'illa.
IIno1)'4 Ialt.I.s are purely vegetable
+ted do nut. purge, 111.111 nr 9tip0. All
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