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a •, atif in enou h,'he was also ustse' of the ecce ;and.: •Seaforth pt9liee ay. -
Wlieti s rve ;or "eStout M?e", McDonald, was trying .to gr y .. i? . g . p
q . Y ria he 1 s ,: a 'gated three thefts :in 'town �� „a; *'
e on Tra t y� j Performed rear ge cercrnoules kPr t . th.make order uuf 4fttie chaps of the unchart,. d Hu> c Ser,�� ■ ,est! ZSi durtn tkte ast week.
Sargints hadn't.already opened thgir hotel'and proved so g ^-
for the C>tnuda Com aft lie marked the name '"Appid" On nda olice :were ' t
rt 'and: popular in the .community, Mr. Daly might; have #reed to l+ Y= P
gtlthe converging,Putttfs"of B1_11 e l)owme and No h:',_,.. :b ALICe.:G bb called to uestigate an
Sou t arcel of and was likel y usurp that respgnsiblity" as'well.: ,
i • Y unusual theft at the Seaforth.
South has hope townhils. Thep to encu ra a thein Now _a a I)' 1 s ike' .th it eou to arts h rcer.
ad' an a at",entlyweren t aopealtng enough u. g _h a y ,, 1..._ their. n .,-rp.. e Me ...C,
Awned by Colonel, Vaii,1~ mond and. its loeaa9u m e it . - lap• Le ion, Aithou h the out$ide' .
to linger ion er than u¢cessa .The .farme.rs went on. to: Jpnes in Goderich, didn't quite ado i the lifestyle of the $. g
appropriate si a fti an .of the, tavern; hotels needed to 8. $ rY l� . s ;
t, . i r e t het land a w
doors .didn t show any sign'
Ellice D.gwnie and. Easthu e townsh.i s to claim their ordiii_ ry settler, ho. ofteribad#lcd••harsh conditions: in:bis -
house the settlers' and raa builders who were. opening up, P, Q en the fns>de
l .backbreakingis our of clearrn it and those . native Scotland or German •, Instead,,. Dal s dined£rpm of a forcible tt', It
the tract. and start the _ ._b 8 y : , , Y,,, been, forced,
a r v on to fine chi v bar door', had b . f rc r�
he who hun eyed for the cortlfort of a town , ma e.d ria, served'. theft "wine"in, crystal ,decanteps ,and
The evolution of that parcel: of land. from Appin. tot g There was $50 missung from. t'
• Goderich. 'fortunately, for. future ;historians, threw' a14,thefl broken
city. of Stratford, is told ,tri an interesting new book,
• - T , FIR T1� Y: china and ottery :into an ash ile 'behind the house. g
h oronto author Adelaide Leitch: $TRA TQRD S .. .. .. FAX P P
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lopdtides of Fortune, by,Toronto _ _ still investigatingsr tielithefte
e , 32 . Wtllia Sar int and . 'Generation lar r w water ams w . e installe to the t i_. ...
w commissioned b , Stratford s council and is•a Finally, late in the wint. r of 18..,. , _m g s +' hen iii er d
The book was. Go..rnmr si . _ y. Police . also - investigated
o an b the ri"ver on the law n o h Pe h ou �.buildin , workmen. recovered
the o . _.
fa t attn , t t oduction to the sto of the settlement .that , his family settled on -a piece f: land d y. f the P ..t C nt} $ e
sc n - g ri.z ., rY o el The the theft of some tools, from a
i stat stn• 1885. 'Ms. Leitch a f rmer . understanding they'd; build the long -promised hot
shards.
officially reached,c.ty ... .0 q : n Gas truck a ked ata M
. n Tr erary, and his brother,
l.lshman, fresh from Cou p Now rf,the; settlers, m.",,tt,;, f ,,.; '�1r. Dal}:a; difficult
Union p r_, .
.: oumalist,. has roved once agalri„.that, some of our most _ r � . P :.: o Bi ch Street.,
l.. ; p body _shop .n r
started cut in the timber immediately for the 'two-storey n an to ike he t found lits _wife -s attitude even .more
t►m ling,histo
is fo nd.,in-our own back Ards• The. t g.._ i 1 t_ y
c P .. _...ry ri . Y he true had been on, the lot
•ho el ile their wives kept house in the riy er shanties as a x nts.ut * Witten Mrs.. Dal entertained, she'.'seated her T u - '
ebara r, who. shaped Stratford from a Slee settlesiiea_t t wh k P P S q b, y
EiePY s n since Mar. 10; and When it
best ih: e could, undoubtedly praying for an early pri_ g uest 'in strict of col -the octant nests near thehead u,
to tlwa ce 'tre and fi-nail 'to, the home of one .Qf ,the be, :.. ,. ,.ou u. Y .P Y . g - _ ,. g _ - s t �r o - imp. g
s th un o :lar coinnussione,r of ', elow the 5al „ and t e'; • was -picked up on Monday, it..
s Bete theatres ossessed a', remarkable. Thomas ,Mercer Jone,, e . p p1f, . of the table, the less important b, . . e , t 1. ,
world s most re p. d _ _ . _..., , P - as dis' overed the
'door `had+"
- the £anad Com an arrived ,for the hotel, s official' least i a t nt, w°h.en conditions .were articular]
v s o e :me and women; ,introduced in Floodtides of .a P y�. mp r a R ' ,
vision, tom.,_. been foes�peq aid',:.tools
us a of er. o is a i7tg'`acrd hTs gift, aceordrrrg fo pop r leg , - - crowdeol our in the bam. 'If-a-tira t=' woman -had -any- " .
Fort "transform t e:,..co iom J n..- ..
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least.was a sign bearing the tit]e.The. Shakespearean,uestigns about,xherr status the, new settlement; they were
history into a colourful..;tale that'Sr...
hard to put down; g_ g_q
,; b ,con Ccttn the , . , • • Police also. `investigated a e
he shadowy:da s w When Dr. Tr er Dunlo and Little . did Mr. .Merc,:er realize,that* . y . n . g only had to dine with. the ?� , s .to, learn their fate, , i
Now in t Y. h.... f;. P ^1., . eft which occurred when
ttlement w th the' Bard of Avon he was, influencing As he set Cement- radur:i:, ,rtracted new : ^ttlers,.J.C, th : .
thong Van Egmgnd, .were: spending .their,- days se i _ t_ t g .
r a centur '.later. John Freriks' of Mitchell
m th c struc io of3he Huron. Road, dark little
the, city's fate and prosperity ove. y Daly decided it tiyas tinte t. divide the u "', JC1dy Huron
pervls g , e do t n ar ed lits truck to the
. int the hotelkee ,er Srife, roved; a e'5tratioi� he district p , k
nice started, o s rtn .0 around the: site of Mr's,..Wilitam; Sarg _.., P P Tract into i v o dis.tri. cis, and mak
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riversha ss. rt t. ..P l..P yrcint of the ueens Hotel
on to h settlement -as settlers str,,u led; into the area, ea i al of the ne a.rea. Since :the man b aow. was more Q
Stratford. The settlement was knownas. Little Thames, and- bo .,. t. e �g , p t o _ Y
h o on Mar,; 22• A s are tire! -was .
o un h or a nip f she made art of The.. hotel into a. schoolroom, S e. als than a tittle un o alar w uh man . •of his neighbours. he P
it was a good. place to break. a trip f.r.l c P o, part P P }•;.
_' ritual,' needs,. were orfant, , h- that, f John Ja es stoleti'-from the truck; but'the:
h tro er befog struggling on the next six : , remembered that man, s spiritual, P was #oreed tg ahy his, campaign, wit t a., p
comet, ing s_ ng e, . _ gg g
theft wast. t
church reported to
and readied the hotel -for the first Anglican Edntons oune Li ton a strat ht.laced Presb terian whot,.
miles to spend the nr ht at Seebach, s:,Taverit.:t ii g X _ . •
pe 1? ,., ..... .. .. .. ; . • :... ... .:. ,;,,. lei,;;,
. .. from Seaforth 'Police until a week
• Can William 'Bett id e, f n and in ublicl airing. P.
services, conducted b .f. g lieved to tem ranee... educaho . a n ,
r. 'Dunlop, a veteran of inspection r :. alon ;the v Y,- pe, .:: P Y $• . x ..:: sem,.,
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W o s oc a i a usu5in the ublie s: funds: r u.. . �.. , ,; rad ?! ,
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develop, ed his own sect a for ft titin the n. d. t k his views that J:C• D ly was.n g p�;,;,.,' , t .:
cgrduroy,.r .ad, .d p .._ _.P,.. g-,,. gthree'q
hou h t eludes for E en Dr. Dunlop made the tri down from Goderich', •.
Vandals damaged '
cold. a recipe Adelaide. Leitch t _ g: tfuly n o v P. p . M1
local sites in the .last week: '.
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1 es - e •o on: afte vards to no -uncertain ,,.
n" .one who mi ht feel the wintry blasts thgmse v • . _ and `con ratulated, h:, an , .. r4 1 Of
a. x , w g. y g TAPPING NUMBER-=Julles,Cors tt;.
•, Mr. Linton,whe, he was 't teaching t e hildr The decorative 'trim on the: A TOE. , , .:
r ews e s even today, n. n t htng ti c. en of
>;• ead-.- Pu a. s oo :mtaa' .lass and ftlt''the ,..terms-_ A,.,.: ood sermon;;sir. .N a r .Y..,: .
The reel e.r l? P n, g g P F
P r''ste dancln
,. earl _settlers churned ou ` m I t rti le n new Roth s rocery, store e,Var'na area demOrlStfateS'he .. 9 '
a la s is 'well heafed ' p ., ; ... - h , ..
with. bourn water._When the s .' ..
• - g g aten t quite ready -to the word the ecc�ntrie Dr. y - t pa h.e s, a , c s ,a, d a
g ,: a like
buildin was damaged* nfennia1 School con'cer
t.the;canon• ;beautiful little book,' 'Life of the. Backwoodsman,„' He g' > LIS at the HUCQtI Ce. .
- Dunlo :•used•to.em hasize his go,int;:No doubt 5
h t and dr nk at P .: P , ,
our out the water, fill,the glass wit . wh sky. t. , ,• r mo ,' •=: b a stone. The: vandalism, � '�' • ' •'
P: wells p o ted the settlement's first fall' in 1842, ..and Y.,- _,...., 5x.
” was likely a little Taken :aback as ,
before the lass cools, Y . ro imA el` to
g -became clerk of the third.division court: In his own Way, he, resulting tri. app „x t y
'Bu rf, .Dr. Dui 'had his e.ccentricrties', •so did one of - Y•
$, „ s reported
o n : ettlers broke wa 100 dams a wa
But,while. many of.the Canada. C mpa y _ it ctl s provrn an irritahn thorn like the Scotttsh thistle of g-+�
: Saratford s earl cit fathers -a, man w hq .was to d e y g.. g
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ne at Little. Thames the river ; shanties his home] n b .the 'builder on M
their journey , . Thames. - .a d Aciclaid:: Lei ch points: out. rn. the side of Y
shape the ,,history of Little T am
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But the town men finally decided if .Stratford was to
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BOARD Of EDUCATION •
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John, Corr: ° Wilson,Dal eyenttlally the town s, first
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become
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broken in Klin .s worksho
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ma or, .was,'a. nick' -tem Bred, Ui$tetnaan,. sent, ko the-.
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Canada,Comp riy officials m:Goderich; tt iti,as time to la , :
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on ,Ra.tlwa .Street'•'and` the
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"';. settlemenfa )a ent forth& Canada'Com an ,.,T1ie • osttion
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wn their,arms and take u :the,. common cause:~lt was a .
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front lawn of the -library was
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surfed '.the :roan to a. T and rovtded . exact] the .• ,..
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. t em brat: 'alliance at. best,•but'om .ihat..was eventual) fo
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;opportunity he, wanted o dtcate to ,;his fellow.•citrzens. -
Mr.. "
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a tra .. _.' , „ . •
t ct „not'... only ,n.ew setticis. buT •also.. the fairy ,
Seaforth, police chief: John •
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Cairns' ects' have
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Within a short .time, Daly was running themCanada-;
odmother
g of. Stratford the railroads, :
suspects
said sus
REGISTRATION
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Com .an.: mill; he d,:beeome 'the. areas's first postmaster, - r r
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ext, Week: Race riots in the. Huron Tract, the railroad
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been traced. tri, the last two
he'd] tarted•hisc r er
the local ::medical authority (since s e
at
battle,anda°: drther'revi�'w adfde o .:
_ f , . e e of Flo _.t _ s, f Fortune;' The
incidents .and -;char es. are
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Wrth ihe,Canada'Corri an •as a.doctor;clerk,) and,the local
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Story of:$tra,ttord by. Adelatde'T,eitch�. ubl�tshed b�': The .
endin . '. -
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banker .and'°an o ice n then nnlitia: .If his wast ,
banker ff r . t ..
Coi oration:of the. Cit f Stratford: "�
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Police', also ;;investr ated
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one minor accident `onMain'1980
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vehicle, driven by
1 p.'m.'unt 1:4 pm.
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VVilliarr►��Hatnn>'of Rtlt. 5,
, Clinton was going north on
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