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0 THE ()LINTON NTIVVS-RBOOBI)
, sown ,, .1. June 1902
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MN I 1 I I .1 1: 1 • 1.,1 1 , 401.11e*IINNIMIRT7-.^-717;y14,:;!IMINPOCTINSOWallr.
•esaaiseresbeeseeatookeleatetesetiesesieteesieWieleisleleisste the Arst settleineltt of a representa- nobody, nor is she likely to be, for
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. tive of the AnVo-Sexon race at the •• she is stit old Maid and not market-
' Goderich now etands, the locality was to the eldest eon of 'old ..Tolni. * * 4* I
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Historical Sketch of
place where t e handsome town of rife, * * * leave .my sliver tunkard
Huron Cott
visited by Seinuel de Chatnplam, the would beve left it to old John Innt-
daring adventurer who .ever held self but he 'would inelt it down into
"a -11t... • . -- his way through the unbroken awl un-_ tetuperance medals and that would be
.saa'• „a„,...a„,,, „ ,a,,, • exp1ore4 forests or paddled his canoe sacrilege ; however, t leave my big
-- - - - -- - -- - -11.1b1" ^*414"1"ele"11".""11.4"w"..• up- the noble rivers or over the mag- horn suult-box to him,. he -eau oniv
1 ail ways in a:anada when ouce the liven - as late as the year x852 A That famous eaplorer landed at • the that. * " I leave my brother Allen
metae temperanee horn spoous out 01
The stupendous progress made by chance to learn. , nificent lakes of Canada. .
building of them had , been entered tea eelebrated descriptive author wrote Mouth of the Menesetung-as the my big silver snuff-box as I am
dolts public works coneidered a most lying on and ajacent to the London diaus-in the year 1618 while on- his, ian, • with a swagl hbemelly and decent. ael7(441t;
to is even at this late day of stupen- tiles of • the now magnificent country Maitlandelver .0. 4 y theI
'.. 1 • is
remarkable epoelt in the history of the Rom!. : " There-- is tio semblance to way from the eastern part Of the 'face. * * * I leave Joint Cuddle a. sil-
development of the cuuntry. Thie even _a village' throughoet the whole . present Province to Petrbit ; the ver teapot to the cud that be may
stage of development did not, bow- ; exteut • of the London and Goderich route taken by bite on this occasion, • drink tea therefrom to comfort hint
ever, immediately succeed the " invent- Reed. Au attempt . has lately beets . and indeed -the only •one known for :uuder the. affliction of a slatternly
lion," so to speak, of ralltveye. -In made to sleet One (to which the lime scores. o yearsafterwards,.a b ' a• f 1 . , . wile;"
fact twenty years had passed sump the of Brims:field has been given) at the: Upper Ottawa to. Georgian Day,whence The menner -in which Goderich re -
memorable tali of October, 1819 When. spot where the Bayfield Roa. a Crosses -
114 coasted' around into and down ceived its name was as follows :
et' ou the uew line from Manchester encl. Most of the laud along the Lake St. Clair Mal Detroit River to by Mr. Galt, the ,Directors. of the Can -
After Guelph was located and uaaned
jar:torment:es of Stephenson'e "Ruck: the London Road, ft; miles frotn •God- Lake Huron, through the River and
betore scarce a move was made in the of similar length in the county bus SQ the mouth of the Menesetung grew to e4 his action coact in.structed hint to
titres:tient te placing that great modem omit eoraueoy on it, The county be a itCcillent Calling. place for bide- change the name of Guelph to that of '
eiviliser, as the railway has been sepia are for the most part small, and the fatigable workers, the Jesuit priests,.
ly mimed , within reach. of the North houses,' etc., . very inferior, as. might in their expeditions to and fro be -
Provinces, '
Q be expected limn the general surround- 'tween their settlentents on ' the 'ehores '
American and even as let
as 185o there was scarce a half Mold- iugs, Even yet, itt a very few in- of Georgian Bay and those farther
' 1 : down towards Detroit. But is not our -
to Liaerpool first electrified the world, road is 'very liat and probably ,no road petroit. After this visit of Champlain ada Compaity in England disapproved
red miles in operation througaout t stances, the bogs and. swainps which
whole country. separa e mu ry0 Se .ernen a re-
t t ttl t purpose to give in this place his •
Coming down to our own county, main to tell us of the early lack of tory of the Jesuits who visited, or
the chief road traversing it-thouglx 'facilities of intercommunication and the Huron Indians who inhabited the
not the one owning most miles With to remind us of (me of the - limey dis- present ;town olaGederich, further than
in its limits -is the Buffalo and Lake advantages under. which the ploueers to say that the Hurons were ' eater -
Huron Branch of the Grand Trunk of Huron. labored ; while the splendid titillated by their enmities, and the
Rade ay.Anything like a complete his- 'highways on all bands observable are Jesuits, who were practically their
tory 01 the Gram' Trunk, which is oue existing incmuntents to the energy,per- allies, became extinet about the same
of 'the most powerful railway corpor- severance and well directed industry . dine and in. much. the same manner as
the Hurons. For very many years al- '
ations in the whole world, would re- of those who. have compered a cleso- .
quire a large volume.. and could not be late and inhospitable wilderness and terwards the visits of white inen to
attempted in a simply local Wei*. _ made it what it is-oue of the most alllenesetuag were fear and far between,
Suffice it. to say . that it is the atrial- : desitable in many respeets of all the. an4 we hese no record of ;a settlement .
tween alontreal and Toronto, which the broed Deminion, . . above referred to. .. . ..Ilte folloWing reproduced from the 1 ''• •
. Anattalee so common -with young • • and
very hupurtaut in itself, among which first iti everything pertaining te pros- place till two hendred . and ten 'years .OF UPPEM -CANADA. . . WEARY_STOMACHS.• . • '
gaination of a number of lines, each • euuntiea of a Province admitted the being mede by a white man at that •
was first composed, however, of the . Many.. bear living • witness to the - In the year 1826 W. P. Gooding,ac- . .,.
Mail and Empire will be of interest . Stmafter dyspep.sia and . etomach.
quickly banished NV1101 a diet
were the original " Grand Trunk"' be- perity • and national grea.tuese withie after the first visit • of De Champlain,
• •laingston and Montreal" and "King- changes whielt hatie. oecurred under ecnnpaniecl by a ' Frenchman name.el .. ateoraIN-
!.! the- paper being
Hewlgeoid readers, the subject , old are
• of Malt Breakfast l'eod.' is adopted tor
ston and Toronte," and the " Toron- their owu eyes_ within a generatione•-:..Frioak aDechantp, ‘ left. the mouth of the grandfather.•of
1 a few vseelts. Weak and 'weary. stoma
course of which was,. however, ehang- their .. wenderfiii reality .; . Wile have' 'loaded with such goods as • they con- ;did John :Ridout of 'Clinton i .• .
y Cole and Moses. Charles
soothipa and .comforeateg.. This tree
eel to run. from Stratfora to Sarnia ; 54011 large to.wits arise front the forest sidered. • .neceasary• for. the es a. "- The lecture hall of the Canadian ache will find Malt Breakfast Food
to, Stratford and Gods:rich," the chaugee no vast as to rival fiction in the Grand •River iii a• small Vessel,
in the East the - $t, Lawrence and and. a wide expituse of -trackless wilds ment of. an Iftelian trading - post, ancl Institute was crowded on Taursday :
:deal. strength. It - nourisheie the..
Atlantic" and the " Quebec and•Truis give piece to • wealthy and populous . sailed , along the • southern . Roast , of
tabUsh- last with an audience who listened *alai food as a grand ptomoter of
Items,. • tiesta.• atel blob& The best
Pistoles" ; and in the west again, the communities ' and a population, which southwestern Canada, . up through -the . , .
with the . greatest.. interest to a paper physical
" Budalo, Brautford and Goderich," , wotild not then combined exceed that ..Detroit and- St. Clair Rivers and Lakes' read •b Mr. J. el, Pickett of the :cap- -
ttvity o le .a weer. . • . • •
afterwards the " Bullalo ' and Lake ', of a ettinieb for a country town, now St. Clair and Huron -to the mouth of. Y f (I 3 te Hen. Thomas Rid- ,.PhYsleitrati recommend it.. See your
Huron" ; besides the extrente eastern,- align:tented, till oSeraa Score Of indea the Melissetting-theneeforarard acallecia' out, at -otte time Sertieyor-General 'of -g . . .
and western division e lying reepective- pendent• . , municipalities within the _ 'the Maitland River in honor of. Sit U per Canada.. The meettirig was -held
ly in the States of Maim: and Michia county •count their inhabitants by the . Peregrine Maitland, Lieut. -Governor PI • tl au% ices. of the historical ... .•
gan. Most of the above roads were thousands ; wbo••have 'seen' the miser- of Upper Canada -and here 'they. -dis-'
amalgamated by the 16 Viet., cap•-itts 'mid sulterings 'incident to the ear.- einbarkecl, • secured: their vessel .and en .
xxxix, passed at the session of - 1852 ; ly settlement of a wilderness •replaced ceted. a small' cabin or •". store" where
and it was not until 1869 that the - by comfort, . plenty .and allitteece and
, _ _ Ogilvie's mill waa atterwarde erected.
, ,. Here they lernabled inore that three
part oi the Greed trunk system. and move broad 'under the blow of, the - .g ... • P . . ,
toan line of Hibbert and Tuckersmith 'parts but an occasional grove of thet any other Settlers, came in, but • a
tima c'ming centenary of the proeince 928 Jett).- keenly the loss of our
This road macre the county at the wootlinan's• axe till ilOW in many White mau and. it was not until 1828 , b
and runs through the entire length af -native • .forest dots here end .there a in• that year Mr. Galt, the Supetift- gieat success. Ile paid a :hearty teemed :bacillar -mid honorary me:other
the latter township and the Township landseispe emarachig • far:. stretching. tendent, . of the affairs of .the Canada. trilattia to • the .prominent Canacliaits of .otir' orilF ttral. deeire hereby . to •.as- !
of Goderich to the Town of G.odercel tame:: of •• Waving 'corn and luxuriatit .Company. , by! whom 'the entire Huron. who have 'given to the world . muck ' sure. • .yott •and .yptir family.. of. our
where the company have splendid ter- tneactssW„ tanatead, of an ahnost un- ..Tact wee 'owned, . determined to Plant valuable ' • historic: ' infermation. and heartfeit. 'sympathy: in this your • time
initial facilities including docks and broken. wilderness' interspersed at no' a. settleinant at the Mouth of th Mait-. hoped to sec • all these • writings: . col- of trial. . We : mingle our sorebak • • with '
1 t cl. id. 'placed' . In...the. library. of. ycnirf . .a0 'shed,. as a tribute to his
cc e .tu . .
Goderich in honor of a uobleman of
that name who was a prominent mem-
ber . of. the Conipany. Mr. Galt•, re-
plied that as the place had already
been the scene of legal transactions,
en Act of the Provincial Parliament
534 Regiment formed the garrison at
Detroit and Ridout was treated
by the efficers *with the greatest kind-
Ilus regiment was on the eve of
being • moved to Montreal and being
invited, Mr. Ridout a.ecompanied them
thither, arriving there about the mid -
41e of July, 17138, .alter• a perilous a-
bode muoug the savage:1 for several
months, his 'life heing often appareut-
doonual to inevitable destruction.
In Daye of Old.
• In proposing a vote of thanks to the
lecturer the Lieutenent-Governor, gave
several vtry interesting facts s and
reminiscences' a did Canada specially
hearing on the period etwered by the
peper and the events flowing, from the
stirring incidents of those days.
Mr: D. B. Reid, Q. C., seconded the
vote of thanks. .
Librarian Bain added his testimony
to the historic value the paper anti
the vote of thanks having been car-
ried, Mr. Ridout replied. •
! It is well known that Mrs. JD, Ede
ger, a grand -daughter of the late
Hon. Thos. Ridont, has issued a vol-
ume dealing -with the war of 1812
and the narrative here referred to
with ,ether important documeete are
given in hill in that work."
would be ' necessary to effect the
t 1 t a )-
change • but as they neglec o 1
ply for the Mt that town retained
its name and 'Mr. Galt bestovved the
name of Gederich on the Lake Huron
'settlement as a "pea.ce offering" to.
the Directors. 1
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AN • HISTORICAL. SKETCH 01h: A
PROMINENT EARLY RESIDENT
BANISH SUMMER 'DYSPEPSIA.
Breakfast lidoci,
IS DOING THE GOOD WORK ItOR
• TilorsANDS..
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THE IDIaAT, 10001) FOR wgAic ANI)
CHEAP ROUND TRIP RATES TO
NORTH PACIFIC COAST • Apply This Test.
°Ey'''Nlary;6rothuntdotjritiltneti7ekatilisinerisli
be on sale from all stations in Ontar-
io to Victoria, Vancouver, 13. C., also
to Seattle and Tecoma,- Wa.sh., and
Portland, Ore, via Chicago', St. Paul
and. • Great Northern Railway, valid
for rettIrti within sixty days of issue.
• Full particulars on application to -
Chas. W. Graves, District Passenger
Agent, 6 King street- West (Room 12)
Toronto, Ont., 3t.
GODEB,I011.
Mr. C. Doty spent last week at
Sault; Ste.. Illarie getting orders for
.tugincs for the factory here.
- Rev. C. A. Seeger, rector of • St.
Cyprian's church, Toronto, spent 0.
few days of May with his parents,
Barrister and Mrs- Sea er '
•• H. Hick, druggist, - had a friend-
ly. call from his brothel', Mr. Frank.
S. Hick of • Torbuto, . who was accom-
; Pauied by his. sen. Mr. Hick luta a.
line position in TOronto, being super-
intendent of _building operations for
the York, County Loan and Savings
t:o. in that city. •
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section of tbe institute.. • The interest • Luvrigt OF CONDOLENCE.
" 13tilialo and Lake Huron became the embryo settlements grow broacler.
it the paper was heigatenect by the
fact .that the reader is a grandson of ' TO Mrea•Robert Miller : , • .
the hero of the adventures. Dear Frieral,-Whereas it has pleased
'In opening, the .proceedings the chair- Almighty God in His wise providence
man gave a short address, pointing to, call from you and your children a
out the value of. ns1i so y,
h • eiet and loving father aud husband we, the
d t mbers to uuite and make:. officers and Member:: of J. O. L. No. •
within the limits of the county .is be- patches: of stump toYered death* 'ably fonned by.' the recommendation' the Instititte. -' • . s IlielliorY, ' a :tear Of synipa.thy With
Ridout then read. lirs.,peper, those he has left behind, and' if alt.
elevaturs. .The distance travereed oft -recurring intervale • with small' lead... aids determinatioe. Was prob-
e, 4 •
Mi'
• 11 li le 1 of Dr. Dunlop, Wito hada previeuely t following a. 'Synopsis ; any einie Obi •feeling of sympathy . . • •
STOPS 'mg cotrou AND
WORKS (Hilt THE COLD.
Laxptive Brom() Quinine Tablets
cure a cold itt one day. No cure, Ma
pay. Price 25 cents.
The Toronto World elaims 2 of a.
majority hit' Whitney.
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POR. OVER :SIXTY YEARS.: .
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Mrs, Winslow's Soothing. Syrup hes'
• been used by millions of miotheas for
their . childreia While • teething. • If dis-
turbed of night and broken • of your
;est by a sick child. sulTilering • and
cryiug. with pain of cutting• teetla send
at -once and 'get bottle of " Mrs.
Winslow.'s Soothing Syrup'' for chili's
ren teething. It will . relieve the • poor
.little sufferer' innnediately. Depend'
appei mothers, there is no mistake
about it,. It 'cures Diarrhpea,. regte:
latee -the Stomach: and Boarels, cures
Wind. Colic, :soften e the Ottms,• reduces
Inflammetion, and gives tone and en-
ergy to the whole system. " Mrs.
-Winelow'S Soothing:Syrup" for child-
ren • teethilig • fa pleasant to the' taste
and as the, presceiptioe. of oue of the
oldest and; best female physicians anti
nurses • ill the 'United .States. 'Price'
25 cents a bottle. Sold by ell .druga
gists • thiateghoet the , World... I3e Sure
• and 'ask for -,s‘• Mrs, WinalOw's 'Sooth:;
ing. Syrup:" •
tacen 27 an 2 41 CS. surr unc .pr n t sse g tuts.
1 • • • r t 1 re than la . • f.' • • • • t • t. • t visited the • •pla.cei guided by ato.lia which he,1,he ea )tura • • . could.' fled .an ohtlet in deeds of kind -
4443 ious points along the line of this road port ; yet as seine say ligtires :are t 16 was very intiniete With Mr. Galt. •• .. • the narrative died at .hess and thougbtitileese • for you :met
refer to the local sketches of the var- leave little. to bit said in their sup dean' named •Captaitr.Jacobr . and who .,.1,w author of
to be convinced of the immense boon -most stebborn facts -though all are • • But • a road • to the proposed: settle- Toronto on the 8th of • Fe:bruary,18e9, ayeurs,' we. will cent:titter it a P1 1\
it offered to the county at large and agreed that statisties are extrethely meat ' was a •prime • necessity, .. so ,a. in the 751.11 year ()raids age': end was to' el:few our esteem fur. Cite depatted
most particularly to those sections ly- - " dry" -we Will ' endeavor to give . a company. of surveyors • and axemen• . buried in St. • • Jame& ,• churchyard, by thoughtful helpfulness for those.,
mg adjacent to its route. few which bear up:on-the ease and were collected at Galt and, under. the whertahis tombstone is one of the few he Ipved. • . •
The next railWay in point of time, " "•mbisten''' their dryness, .se, lea as clitection of Dr. Dunlop; 'surveyed' and still • remaining ;, be was the father, . • Signed, pit:behalf. or „14.. O.. L. No,.
among others, of. the late Thomas. G. 928 . • a .
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though not of importance, which was' may be, by making..the •malutnns, very .cutout the •Huron Road,' alluded, .to. . • ',R. J. Deaner,. Master
Riciout, cashier of ;the Bank of Upper .
built in the county, was. what. is calla -ahort ; and we might .peemise. this at scime length in- our Highway Hie- imeeee .
' Chris T.' Lowery,' Seeretaty •
sal the Western Division of the Toron- .by saying; that the clesct•iptioa of the tory.... In the Meanthne, Mr. Galt pro- •
road, organized in 1867, to run from •calitiee to be .found: the respective 011
Georgian Bay where the British At the •time••of his capture :by the . • .
:LE.,TTER OF THANKS. '
to, Grey aml Bruce, a narrow gauge - preseata condition a the. variotts lo- ceeded from york to Penetanguishene
Toronto to Owen Seated, with a .local sketches •will be. •suilieient exem- gunboat :Bee :was placed at hip ilispos age. and this adveuture, • joined . With ,.r0
Indians be wet; thirty four years of •
tite 'officers 'end utemiters
branch from Orangeville to Teeswat- plificationa-taken• in acinneetion with Galt had ,reeeived a -letter oth•r vicissitudes', inclueed. Mr. Ridout . . ,
er. This branch is the, Western Divia- 'the dates and *circumstances .of • the from . the: Min iral in which that futtaz to' fix hie •resi.deftee. in Canada' where
Deal Frien74-LI take. this* .91:marten.-
at the eastern boundary of the Towa- :development of their material resoure- or; anOre correctly,. •his agnotance-a of he finished his cereer... • • •
I I la k•d 't1 t to • the otlicere mai Members 'of .
a one on verse c ur ng rs
Mr. Ridout crossed the Alleghenies itY of eaPressing MY sincere thanks
referred to. It enters the county early settlement of the same -Of the tionary had diePlayed his knowledge-
• NT a8 for their kiwi_ and syna
ship of •Howick, runs through Ford- es ; so . •that we are. left the sunple• geographyy s a g rat o 9
ring • • his • disitstrOtts• defeat by the French' tYPe• Our sorrows are seeminglY el.. • •
.2**e. &ten 'Wood's Phookodine
The Great Bnglish Remedy. .
Sold and recommended by all
druggists in oanada. only rela
able medicine discovered. Six '
packages guaranteed to cure all
forms of Sexua •Weakness, all effects of abuse
otexcess, Mental Worry, •Excessive useSof To-
bacco:, Opium or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt
Of price, one,naokage $I, six, SS: One will please,
' tag cure. -Pamphlets free to Any address. .
•• The Weed Company, Windsokeitt.
To Your Nerves
Study these Symptoms, They are for
your guidance. You may not have them
ail, but if yoa have any of them, your per-
vous system is not up to the rnark, and a
little extra. expenditure of nerve force may
bring the dreadful downfall.
Intolerance of motion, noise and light;
twitching of the musclee of the face an
, eyelids; fatigning sleep, sudden startings
and jerkins of the limbs; dinfness and
flashes of itght before the (ow; irritability
and restlessness in every part of the body ;
headache, indigestioe, feelings of weariness
and depression, and 1455 of interest in the
affairs of life.
So lope as the daily expenditures of nerve
force is greater than the daily income,
physical bankruptcy is certain to result -
teenier or later. Nerve force must be
increased, and tbis can hest be (=cora-
fished by the Ilse of Dr. Chase's Nerve
teed, because it contain's m concentrated
form the very elements of nature which go
directly to form nervous energy. so
cents a box, all dealers, or Ecialanson,
Bates & Co., Toronto.
Dr. Chase's
Nerve Food
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D'or tickets and , pamphlet et tape full pellicle.
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1. King street East, Toronto.-
Wood's Phosphodine is sold in 'Clin-
ton by H. B. Combe, R. P. Reekie .E.
Hovey and Watts & Co.-e-chuggiate..
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...*,-0.9°026.#*6trott-C+-#.###.4444.4-.41.,.. -14:6b....104$1).: • . •
wide Gorrie and Wroxeter 111, that task of •Itere:slibwing '1, he advance of. W.Ould carry , Mr. 'Galt " Chi Lake I'vectr' of Jattuary,i1r7rd, .117, the t
t pethetic letterof condolence otet -up in •. • 41> .
NIAR,BLE t.'49
[INVENTS:
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Rattenbury Street Works
(ec moot ters. Workman-
` ship and Materiel guaranteed.
G. SEA.LE and CO
['HOPEI ETO 11S, .
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• ma e by aeneral ra , oc. petor o •
township and bears away nortwest the .p6pulation. of the district du • Huron, in Lower' Can. da "
through the Township of Tureberry. the several •stages of this unprecedent- The object' 01 the goVernment and Indians: on. 'the Monangehela Rita heavY' for our Weak frames, Yet if we '• 4
. . ...
About the same time as the aoove • ea growth. ' . . . ' • ' ' seneliiig the boat was 'apparently te-, at. • in ..7 nlv; I756;.- and reached Fore. 'seek the grace 01 0 Od , .whose will t 4p , •
tension.' of the 11 ellington, Grey and , any :white eettlers . within the present • lislenent of a permanent harbor.. From mained till the middle of Meach,f788, • his. nettle • ariumplututlye While „the - 4
- ' • -4fe
•4a. •reee'
This was reallly but an extension of I sus returns .of 'Upper' Canada' fair 1833,•1 around .Cabot's Head • and down Lake : faithful in* their promotes, I and my
the Gttelph Branch of the Great:West-• at. Which ..time there appears to •haSse .1 Huron we quote: as folloais : " Oe.. River. tan his ' .way to the Falls or
children give . 'them -the • greptest . re-.
ern. Entering the, cutinty at the cast- been a total population. of 685 scads, the afternoon. of the following day we. Rapids of, the Ohio, some mites to the
spect and wish. the eoble .tirder, God 46 . .. , .
ern limit of the township of Grey, it ! Meluding 404 males and 2S1 feinaleS. - saw afar off • by aur telescope, a smad • •
t . , east. of the present city of Cincinnati.' •
se. . •
'.peed in their work, ., . . •. a •• . ::40 .. : : a :' . • .. ' : ' • • . - • .
traverses that • township and the : .01 these hettee 156 ivere °Yee and., 125 • cleariega in, the , 'forest and on the, . to 110W11' 9 t te rave er, • the •• In - . . . , a
" k t 1 t ' 11 "I •
Mrs. Robert •Millcr.. 'as •
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Townships ()I Morris and Turnbearyal under sixteen years of age and of the ' brow of a rising ground a. cottage de- diens' had taken up the :hatchet, • me- • , ' .•
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taking Brussete, Bitievale and NVing- former 259 were- over' ancl 145 nader: tightfully -situated. The appearance -of leaning.
ing, • as said by. the Indiana, to the. Sutinnerhill, May 3r, roma • ., 4,
by, the •Arnerieens • of ,an In- • '. • •• . ' . . .
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division was built, the South Ex- ...The • best . official record we ..have '.of make eurveYs necessa.ry to the estab- Pitt (mite .Pittsburg): where he re- Was to, millet, we ..shall bear all in•
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Bruce Railway was also constructed. liinite of Ihtion-County• is in the Cell -a -111n Gitit'e• description of the •saii ' and • then proceeded down the Ohio •brethtrn are kind in, their offers. aed '4
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hale in its course:. • thet age. . • such a sight in such a Place.was uneX-
.
The London, Huron and Bnice 'And .•it is in' order .Itere lei remark pected and we• had some debate if it
ion in the Great •Western is perheps - that changeeain the 'baits of territiera could.' be the location of Dr.. Dunlop,'
at the present time the most iinport- .aivisionee-whethei numitipal. pee • who had guided, . the . land -exploring
ant, iron' a county point of view, of Maud.. or otherwisea. which- are etne... party alluded to. Nor •were we left
all the railwas•s which are located stairtly .ta.king • pladd as Mast tiecesr .lang in •dOubt, for, .on approaching the
svithin its limits. Entering at its ea- sexily be ette ca.se the circurnstanc- Place, we were met hy a canoe; hav-
treme southern border, it traverses the .es -of. the' country,. render it extrethely Ing . off board. a •Strange .corehinetion..
Townships of . Stephen; Hay, Stank), , cliffieult,' if het ' in sonte 'cases iirtpops (sf Ittdiaus, velyeteens , and whiskers
a corner of Gude:ride, Huilett, Morrissible, to Make..one ,cmistis cOeforni to and discovered. •within. the, mote • :of
and part of Turnberry., joining the 'peecedlug..onee- i3.. classification of tea- . the red hair the living features, of , the
South . Extension of the Wellington, ritorial ••divisions. • 'The -difficulty' has. Dr.. • Here •• we - lauded . and cheerfally.
Grey and Bruce Division at Wingharn, been overeolne, :ItoWevera.aa tar.. aeit _spent • the. night the log cottage
and passing, en route, the. villages of was. at ..6.11 • possible AO.. do sce 'by .which the Dr. had reand." It ;ale.
Centralia, Exeter, Hensall and Bruce- Messrs, S, Drapeen, 'Johnson:- pears that alleygiving the surveyors
lield, the town of Clinton, and further .. and Rev. • Dr. Tanguay-alls experts in the necessary •mstrustions - as :to the
on the villages at Londesboroi Myth historical and census stetieties--who :course of the.roada'De. •DtioloP Itted
and Belgrave-the entire distance um- were employed in connection .with the • gone' ..forwards with a : small party
Department of Agriculture of eanada • and.aniet : Mr, Galt as cleScritted by
front 1665 till the censite of 1871- was that- gentleman.. It le, from this tune
cOmpleted..•(soine years following .the that Dia Dunlop's -settlement • at God -
letter date)-, seerelting, mvising erich dates, and .. as he. was, for many
and deranging statistics as applied- to years closelyidentified not only: .with
the several territorial. divisions. in'exs *teal but • also with public affairs,. a
istelice throughout :Ale :eoinitry; In • beief 'Sketch of. his character, achieve -
versed within the county being fifty
miles. It is an indication of the great
comparative benefits derived . from the
road to repeat what is stated 'by those
who know Whereof they speak, that
the London, Huron and • Brnee
way is, in proportion to its length
and the cost of construction, the best
re ard to Iltiron their part of the ments and peculiarities ton.y be inter -
paying piecit of railroad property in • task ' was neither so tedious tor so: esting, The. first • record we have of
the Dominion of Canada. difficult as to.leive ,the slightest eoom hint is, that at Galt,. the .evening be -
PHYSICAL, DEVELOPMENT AND for aify inaccuracies in the figures res- foee the present City of Gtielph• was
MATERIAL RESOURCE:S. ulting froni their labors. : • • - founded, he niet Mr. Galt, the found -
A persual of the foregoing remarks Follo-wing • the clevelopMent of the er of that city by WhOitt he is des -
will have demonstrated to even those coenty-or that Tart of the distriet cribed as "holding 'a. raving commis -
possessing no previous knowledge of which is now the County of Huron- sion under the Canada Company." The
the facts, that the developmeht and down - throtigh the several years: for liext day, 'April 23rd, Mee,' he aecoin-
progress of the County of Huron, which reliable . Official figures have Panied Mr, Galt and his party to the
whether considered by comparison or been gathered, we .find that another site of Guelph and soon after sunset,
simply in the abstract, is of the most census was taken in 18.34 which shows to use. Mi..' Galt's language, ", a large
remarkable character, while to be ccno the populaCion tohave increased by. maple ' . tree was selected, on which,
vinced of the vastness and magnific- .483 making a total of • II168; .of whom taking an axe from a. woodman, • I
rime of its present material resources 6Ek wore Melee and 48.7 females.., We etruck' the • first stroke, * * * and the
only the most casttal acquaintance then have statements of the increase sliallee of the woods that echoed to
with the locality is necessary. It is each year till 1842, the elate of the the sound was as the sigh of the se!.
still within the memory of men when union of Uinta anti Lower Catiecla,as cum genius of the wilderness dePart-
nought but nature's solitudes echoed follows a /835, 1,016 litaieg and 756 ing forever. The Dr, followed. am, if
back the scream of the eagle or the females'total. t,e72 ; 1836, 1,783 Males I' remember • rightly, and then Mr.
yelping of the wolf throughout this and 1,383 feinalee, total 3,166 ; 1837, Prior • and the woodman finialied the
splendid district. How many can re- 1,9/9 Males and T,566 females, total work." Thus it appeaes that Goderich
member wbenjor miles on all sides of 3,495 ; . 1838, 2_,027 males and 1,827 was flot the first Canadian town that
the county town, then the chief lieu killalee, total 3i854 ; 18391. 2,460 males the Pr, was instrumental in founding.
of the whole " Huron Traet," scarce arid 2,060 females'total 4,520 ; 1840, From that time forward we have no
a human habitation existed, or had a 2,80X Males atid /,41.3 females, total epecial record .of his dotage till he a5-.
white tnan taken up his abode itt What 5,224 ; 1841, 2,996 males and 2,419 te.. stinted charge of the survey of the
was then the undisputed hunting males,total 5,415 ; 1842, 3,995 Males Huron ttoad; nothihg of special in -
ground of the aborigines. and 3,195. females, total 7,190. In tercet marked his carrier front that
Coming down a little later, how 1871 the comity contained 66,163 time till the rebellion broke out lit
many can recall the thne when the souls, of whom 34,207 were males awl 1837 when he warmly espoused the
tirst little elearifigs began to dot- the 31,958 females. Of (1103620,166 were cause, of the Loyalists. In 1841 be
landscape at scattered points along married, 533 I widowers, 1,050 widows was elected to the Assembly and at
Hie Huron Road, when Goderich was and 44,416 unmarried and children. the close, of his terin in that body re -
for years the only settlement of any This population lived in n,379 bons. received an bripottant appointment to
account within the whole limits of es -there being other 125 in course (if the Lachine Canal, then in promise of
the district, when roads scarcely 'ex- . . .
isted, schoole had not yet been ser-
iously thought of mid churches were
but among the pleasant remembranc-
es of it former civilization abandoned
for the life of the backwood pioneers;
and later still, when neighborhoods be-
gan to be formed by the gathering to-
gether of a few families withiti a rad-
ius of as many miles Stud the settlers
first began to think of the imeessity
of the intellectual traitiihg of their
children and to supply it as best they
could by the temporary winter school
dian village on the Sabte River,South
Ohio, encl.- the massacreof the itiltabt-
tants ; and thewar thus ,,conittMneed -
raged for seven years with the' titinciat
fury. 111r. 'Ridout • and his party . Were:
•captimed on the river between the Ohio •
and Kentucky frontiers. and about
£400 worth of goods beloriging•to
'fell into the hands of the savages.
Mt. • Ridout fortunately :became the
Property and Prisoner :of a hitmatie
• war chief, Kaltenathucca, who for
some .reason. took, a great !easy sto•
him and owing to this' chief's sedttl-
.ous :care . and protection ' his alife,
though often threatened,.: watt 'onentu-
'ally Spared. His fellow traveller and
friend,' •a: Mr. Purviance 01 BaltimorFt
aft owner Of 'large traets of land in
KentuckY, was, taken auto the woods
and 'beaten' to death, others..were tool-
ithawIced, . who presumably were not
worth 'feeding and Saving in expeetae
•
. . In Bondage. • •
Kr. • Ridout lived with' the Indiana'
lora between three mid four Months,
, acquired to a considerable extent
their language and was a keen obser-
ver of their 'character and curious Cus-
toms which he deseribes- itt graphic
language ; be relates their acts of fer-
ocious cruelty,. notably the Umtata)
arid death by burning et (bit. stake of
a yottng .Atnetican prisoner. named
Mitchell, This ' liarboroue act took
place at the .village at, the junction of
the Wabaph and White Rivers,. on the
west 'boundary of Indiana, when the
Indians had assembled to plant their
corn and pumpkihs for the winter sup -
'ply. He also. bears witness .to teeny
acts of kindness and nobility.
As IVIn Ridotit'S, life was in contin-
nal jeopardy, several being desirous
of burning or totaahawking him cot
the supposition that he was an Amer-
ican or it spy, his master or eaptor
determined to set out for Detroit as
soon as possible in order to save his
life. After two coattail meetings to
decide Mr. Ridout's fate, and the ex-
amination of his letters and papers
by means of au. interpreter (a white
man knitted Sash, who was a chief
ainorig the Shawnee°, and one Girty,
a trader, acting in 'that capaeity) it
was determined that lie was alt lang'-
litlitheit and not tit Atnerieah and
that his captor shOuld be permitted
to proceed to Detroit With his pris-
oner,
• After journeying up ,the Wabash riv-
er on horseback to Port Miami, about
155 iniles from Detroit by water, and
eseaping the ptirsuit and fury' of the
fiendish Ilidiatt who had 'burnt young
Mitthell and who was determined that
1 Mr, Ridout should die ; his master,
I wile, a negro slave Mid himself took
a taloa and proceeded up to' the head
watere of the Wabash, . titmice by the
s Maumee river, which empties hit* the
e west end of Lake Erie at what itt lanai
• 'Toleder, thence eottstitig alotig the lake
erection and .222 uninhabited. file dis cons rut ion, it ie. ts tc o
vision of' the aboVe popttlaticin at that Huron was , erected in 1841 he re
time Was as follows ; • Goderich ceiVed froin the government the emit
• (town), 3,954 ; Clinton 2,- Mission of Warden of the district
016 ; Seaforth (village), 1,368 ; Ash- Which ofilee be held till wardens were
a,89,3 ;' Colborne, 2,429 ; Grey, made elective, in 18,47.. The Dr. was
3,855 ; Gocierich (tOwnship), :3,615 ; firm friend and enjoyed considerable
IiitY1 3,8.97 ; nowlekt 5,417 Iluilett, Personal popularity. He was boll
3,678 manes 3,952 . esekillop, e,.. facetious and eccentric and his wil
8o8; 'Stanley, )3,804 ; fitepliete 4,349 ; reflects a lair share of each of these
Tuckersinitha 3,699 A.: TUrliberry, 3,201; qualities... We vote from it to shoW
liaborne, 3,831 ; Wawanosh East, 2,- the apparent levity with which he re
65t ; 'Wawa -well 'West, 2,748. All 'the garded 'approaelting dissolution,
other existing indeperident municipal- Nays " leave all the lalided 'prop
-taught probably by one of the set- ities were then within the inithicipal erty 1 may dm possessed of to my
tiers in his own log cabin -When the - jurisdietioll of lite several townships sisters, Helen Boyle Story mid Eliza
rising generation of the settleineitt lit • whose geographical Butite they beth Boyle Dunlop ; the former be
first learned the ruelintente of " read- were situateil. cattee she is matried to a miniater
and up the Detroit river to Detroit,
e where he was releaSed after
a .Wattdering with the Indiatis oft foot,
horseback and by canoe more Omit 800
in g riting and :`rithteetk," TOWN OF GODER/CH. whoni (God help him) she lienpeekS
WaS all that many ol them ever got to, 1Vore than two centuries previous to tlie latter beeause she is -married t
Milett,
O At the tittle bis teleaSt, M.
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