The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-05-20, Page 6THE LrUCHNOW SENTINEL, LiTCKNOW, ONTARIO
limed Chnre W.,: . A.. ,
the Andrew-Haddaek group of
the United -Church W: A. met at
Mrs: Andrew's ' home ori: Wednes-
- day, May ,12th. The• following pro....
••gram was given ,readings by Mrs.'
M`r
Middleton, s. Ostrander, . Mrs.
Sherwood and, IVjrs.•Cann; musical
• humbers'•by Mrs` I: Campbell and
• her granddaughter Gladys.- There
were two contests:, which .were.
much enjoyed: 1
..United Church W. A.
The Newton-Joynt group of the
Women's Association met at the.
home of Mrs. R. Robertson with
23 in attendaricc...Mrs. Joynt: gave,.
a suitable reading .on the month •
• of , lViay: After group prayer,, Mrs.
•Decker read a• portion of the; 37th
Psalm, ,The program consisted . of
a duet by Mrs. Joynt and Mrs:.
Ackert and readings by Mrs, Har-
oldThompson' and Mrs. W. B.
Anderson: Hymn 445 was sung
and Mrs. Joynt clbsed with pray-
er:,
Editor,. Lucknow Sentinel,
Lucknow; Ontario.
Dear Mr. Thompson:
I .noticed an item• iri tfie Sen-
tinel under ' date of . January 21st
last .with: the heading "I Bement-
,,ber Way Back. When", This .iter'nu
.has really,, brought 'home` to •
me
the fact as a rerainder that r ain
not as young, as I ,was at .the time
THURSDAY, ; MAY 20th, 1943
ember Away Back..
were two liquor stores also ready
to serve the, public. One .of the
1iglor, stores was conducted by
one. Alex McPherson, a very en-
thusiastte r.Caledoniah, 'who..
usually • captured the first, prize
at their annual .games as the
"Best. dressed Highlander at his
own - expense".. The' other • liquor
.Store 'v{ras pne•-openedup in 'op;
position to McPherson and' May
not• have:proved a very success -
when . I „knew'..practically every. •'
roan, woman .and child in. Luck -
now by. their first name.
My age at the present time I
shall leave you to -guess, but I
,.presume however, I may be con-
sidered ,ari old . timer, my boy-
hood and young, manhood' days
`having been spent • on the old
farm south ,of Lucknow, now. oc-
cupied by Mr. Gordon Kirkland:
Olivet Y. P. U.
The regular meeting was held
on Thursday evening. After the
opening hymn and prayer by Itev.
Beech,. the roll call was answered'
by a verse of the Sunday school
lesson, Theminutes were read by
Jack McGuire, and Edna Bark-;
well read the, scripture, .Norval•
Stewart, gave the topic on "Geo.
'Washington Carver". Rev: Beech
gave a talk on a writing of 13r'.
Reynolds: • .
LETTERS. TO
THE EDITOR
When, 'I left •the farm 'forty-
five years ago to open a General
Store at St. .Helens, I handed in
my -first subscription to The Sen
tinel' which I have been receiving
weekly ever since:' My father was
a ' .continuous • subscriber , from
the date of first issue,''h. believe,
until .the time of his death •'in
In renewing my subscription,
for your . paper for another year,
I too, • may say: • "I Remember
Way. Back When" .as •a boy and
yoting man I attended the Pres,. the night when there would be
ful venture as , it onlyremained
'in existance for 'a short ; time: It
was • located •in the western out-
skirts of. the village, in .what: at
the .time_ was a .dead-. swamp,_
a .short distance west • of where
Stewart's Planing Mill' used to
stand. I am. unableto give you
the ;name of the owner of this
particular liquor store, but it was
contained in. an oldunpainted
one=storey .frame 'building, and
for want of a better name was
known' at the old shebang. Back
in the winteri of, 1877 the' owner
sold the building to, be moved off
the lot, the purchaser. being 'Cap-
tain John McPherson, who de-
cided to move it.).ip to the .main
part of the town. -
In ruck ng arrang nients to
move the building, it was decid-
ed , to have a bee and with the
assistance of friends and neigh-
bors, they would move it during
byterian Church ; and.. Sunday,
Schogl, Mr: D. D. • Yule's night
classes, ..under the auspices, of the
hliec}i anic's Institute. Also the
Good Templer's Lodge that met
weekly in the old Temperance
Hall, 'and the regular meetings of
Court Luckinowl Independent Or-
der of . Foresters, held in the Odd
Fellows Hall. .
.Some of my earliest recollec-
tions are of the real old timers,
or those who might be named
as Some of the founders of ,Luck-
now, ' including Malcolm Camp-
bell; Thomas•• Lawrence,James
Somerville, Joseph Little Walter
Treleaven, and many others • I
might 'mention. I have never
heard of any of these men be -
coining millionaires, but to* me
it seemecllhat each left —a—record bit- doggarel, but -=-possibly
:of' integrity, a devotion to grin- the event has been well describ-
cipal,and_akeen_.aexise..otjusttce, ed ther•.ein• •
lacking in many today. Many of the boys of that day
It has : been. said that Lucknow who took part in moving that old
has been noted for its great Cal- building have passed on, and few,
edonian Games held years ago. if any, are left who were in at -
I believe it . might also be said tendance that night. Two ,of those
whose -names appear is the song,
are ,that of the late Jake Miller,
teafnster, and contractor, and the
late William Allan,. who for many
years conducted an Agricultural
Implement', Agency, these " two
men will ' be well remembered
by many.
Dear Mr. Thompson:: •
Allow me to add my word of
congratulation on the new form
and new policy . of your paper,
doing away with the readyprint
and giving instead . a paper that
will be all Lucknow -Sentinel.
• It means more responsibility
bpd work . for you, but I believe
• you willTeasure-up-to- it:: Y-ou•
' are young and in touch with mod-
ern life, arid yet asa descendant
o
ire 'pioneers, interested in
maintaining. &intact with the old
boys and girls of the district. '
•I .am one .of those who believe
that the weekly newspaper has a
-large place to 'fill in the life of
its community; and you have my
little or. no 'traffic on the street.
This bee or gathering 'and• the
goodtime that was had, has been
set out in .a poem or song, com-
posed by one of the men present
that night, I understand his name
was. Erastus Anderson, and at the
time he resided at or near Holy -
rood. As a bay 1 believe this was.
the first song I committed . to
memory, Mr. James A. Fraser,
(who visited L -ueknow friends 'a
year or so ago) was ',in the em-
ploy of 'my father at the time,
and it was from him I learned
the song.
h enclose heretrith a copy of
the song : in . question, ' entitled
"The Old Shebang", • as a song
or a poem it may only be classed
No doubt Our old friend Mr.
W. J. Kittle may remember the
event of which I- have been- writ-
ing, perhaps he may' even have
been,right in with the boys talc,-
irng part' on the, occasion, and .hs
a personal •knowledge and will
well remember what • took : place,
and will be better"' able to give.
an account of the affair" than 1
best wishes for your Goiitinued that one time, it was _noted for
•• the number ofhotels it. had for
success.
My knowledge. of The Sentinel the size of the town, the pop
as a reader doesnot go back so
far as that of . Mr. W., J. Little,
but I.remember Editor Boyd, and
Editor James Bryan was a friend
• of many years' standing,. and it
has been pleasant to know also
your own good self:,
Though not a native • of Luck-
now, I am an old time Kinloss.
arid Ashfield public school .teach-
' er, and- my Married life began in
a . house in West Wawanosh be-
tween Belfast and • St, Helens.
'Pleasant memories of long ago
and acquaintance with some of
the present generation' keep me
still a reader of The Sentinel. ,
Sincerely yours,
JOHN ELLIOTT,
London, Ont.
•
Bob: What's the idea of wear
frig my raincoat?,•
Roomer: • It's aining. You
iArouldn't want me to get ' your
suit wet, would •you2r.,
...
Some old tuner once said that
Man is like .a postage stamp. He.
gets licked,• depressed, stuck iri
a corner, sent from pillar to post
but, in the end he gets there 'if
he sticks to it. '
lation being approximately .1,200,
at the time, with eight hotels to
serve the people of the village,
and surrounding townships. If the
hotels went short on drinks, there
•
am, as the information I- have
had has been given to me- years
ago by others,
-Well, as an old timer, 1 must
bring this bit •of ancient: history
to a close. With kind regards to
my old. Lucknow friends ' and
'yourself, A3 am •
rdiaily•.Yours; moi; .r -• . •
J.`�.D. 11 URDOCH.
'TILE OLD.: SHEBANG
'Come.all ye jolly sporting blades and listen to my .song,
It is quite a, little ditty but it won't 'detain,- you long,
It was on a Monday evening about thehour, of ,ten;
That I found myself tni..peclarville with • a lot of Lucknow men.:
:
The .. reason we- assembled there in such a fearful gang,
Was to drink a. little whiskey and to move an old shebang,
But we hadn't a : good captain 'and we couldn't get along, • ,
For if .one man did the right thing there were twenty did itf
wrong: �.
•
But 'at last .a little -store-keeper a business man. in: town,
Took up the lines of government .and shoved the boys around,
With hand -spikes, prys and levers, he made them heave 'away.;
•
And about the hour of twelve they got the shebang on the sleigh.
Then;•Jake Miller, he . took Allan's. team and hitched'them to the
sleigh;
With kicking Nellie on the right hitched with, the noble bay;.•
There; were, Roger, Tom and Charlie, with grey Billie •on the toe,._•
Now put on the whip said Allan and ,you'll see the shebang go.,,
The horses they got started and up, the road • they 'sped,
•
The howling . and the cheering it would • almost raise the dead,
They took it about .twenty.' rods as tight as they : could :jump;
But the road being rather narrow they 'got anchored.'on .a stump. •
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The axes .being handy bye the, way was soon made clear;
And Up the road they started with 'another howling cheer,
They sped along right merrilly till passing the hotel, •
They ran foul of an old cord -wood. • sleigh and cast . poor kicking
The caravan was soon brought to�and Nell got' on her feet,'
The people they did talk so fast you -couldn't hear them'speak,
And the teamster didn't like it and he soon began to swear;
Saying stand back you howling rowdies till •, I , see =what ails the
mare... ''•
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The teamster's lungs were very good, . his 'voice was very 'loud;
• But in 'spite: of all his swearing they continued for. to crowd,
And he began to tickle Nellie 'and her heels began to fly;
And they soon found out I'''twas best for them to clear• the track
ar; or die.
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At last they got their tackle fixed and started her once more;
They went flying down Campbell Street to Mooney's . Grocery
Store, •
But when- trying for to: turn around they broke poor, •Allan's
sleigh,
So they left it there till morning and drew it in next day.
It's now my song is ended and I wbn't sing any more;,
The old shebang is now converted' into a dry goods' store; '
Run by • Captain John McPherson the proprietor ,of the van,
' And I hope he'll have as good a.'trade••as_any man in town.
The lady was sipping her first
glass of beer when she suddenly
exclaimed: "Why, this tastes just
like the. medicine my husband
'has : been taking for the past 20
years". •
1,,• "Are you related to Will Smith
of V -ood ,Street?"
"Yes, I'm a sort of distant re-
lation. There were fifteen in our
family. Tri the 'oldest and he's
the youngest".
FINEg totalling $500 have beenEra
_,
lVlarkdale for infractions of price
ceiling regulations.
•
First Appearance in Lucknow of . the
Old -Time Musicians & Square Dance Callers
Sponsored by the Lucknow Branch of the Canadian Legion, No. 309
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SCOTCH REELS AND ALL THE OLD TIME DANCES '
9.30 sharp•
Friday s
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