The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-01-20, Page 3•
THURS., JANUARY 20th, 1944
Tfie Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow,Ontario
• PAGE THREE
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SCOTS OF ASHEIELD & URON
WERE MOSTLY HIGHLAND
By W. 11. J4huston (Now Deeeased)
In the settlement of the Town -
p of Ashfield probably_ morf-
t an 90 per. Cent of the pioneers.
Were •eithei Scotch or Irish apd
of the first nand, possib,ly more
than 90 per cenf were HighlancV
ersmany of whorri uced only the
Gaelic tOrigue- when they, read**
' Canada, •:This ' .latter fact was •a
• . strong :.ineentive-.1..to ;!.settle. -pear
one ancither and may. account in
• ••a Measure the ..oltriniShness
ad• to have existed. :Be: that: as
° -•.j.t
' may, the'--ScotCh of; Ashfield
.settled together...in the riorthWeSt
quarter. of the township, border-
ing • on Lake Huron. In fact : the
lots along the • lake shore • were
-among the first chosenby the.
newcomers.
„ Many of them had lived close
to the'ocean in the old ,land and
•. fish formed a large •iportiobof
their diet there. Here they also
hoped to secure a portion of their
•food from the lake and welcomed
the opporturiity to locate on its
shore. We can 'readily understand
this •when we learn that so Many
• Of • t4iem -came from the Isle
Skye and others fidirr tit, so
many indeed,, that they formed
settlements in. Ashfield, designa-
• ted by these ..names.
• These people have always been appeared as if by .niagio. When
ijustly proud of their Highland. these strong able men and womenheritage. If any ever doubted' located their future . homes, the
their national origin, he had but first -thing to do was to carry
the old -country, -chest; often
.weighing 200 pounds, for Many
miles through the.unbroken bush
•
guide. only Ip,Y; the blaze on, the
tre,es.• • • ' • ,
The. historian :of this sturdy
ttlement,. .Rev: J. S. Hardie,
writes as follows: ,.: "Thus our
fathers and mothers Were born .
-.to -a-new life, a Nriew Tabor and
into" Lake Huron ,slirectly West; 'a new hope. The solid .bush chal
1
of Kintail. The . next year they ' tenged the rnetal of which they
,took up two •lots on the lake were 7 -Made. The handling of an
:4hore, MacRae, taking the lot axe, the pioneer's necessary corn -
west of Kintail and MacGregor pinion, had to be laboriously -
the lot adjoining north of it. The learned: The clearing for the first
Same year, Alexander. Johnston log cabin Was an obvious as Well
arrived , and perhaps , thenextas arduous task, but the Cori -
year, Donald MacGregor. sciougness of the fact that every
. • ,
In 1842 came three MacKenties , tree felled improved the hope of
a house huilt,a,nd.a farm cleared,
John 1ViacKay, Redefick MacDon,
thelabor of ' the :aid, four MacLennans and' others, lightened
daunted first settler. The build -
1844
un -
Stewart, Douglas, and others. •In
ing of a log •cabin; for endurance ..•
1844 there- arrived John Maq7,.
as Well as .for reasonable coim, Mary:- , Duritiri played a• 'Violin
fort, taxed their mechanical dc..ill solo, and Mrs. Durnin gave a
to inquire after the surname. of
the " individual and . in almost
eVery case .the answer was proof
that.he came- "fiFae the land, of
brown heath, -and sh.aggy Wood".
Kenneth MacGregor and:
Donald MacRae carne first to the'
MoUth .of what was then known
as the Baroness Creek and now
as Kerry Creek,; Whin erriptieS"
hese days, when tea must yield
the utmost in flavour, quality
is of supreme importance. Ask for:.
TaylOr-McDlarmid Group
-The Taylor-McDiarmidi kri.ntp
...of„Ithe Women's .Association met
it the hoine of Ms. Geo. Bur-
gess for the January , meeting
with Mrs. G. : McDiarmid •pre -
Siding. After the opening exer-
cises ,Mrs E. Hendersonread the
scripture passage. • Mrs. J. W.
Stewart gave.a New .Year's read-
ing and Mrs. W. P. Reed a paper
on "Happiness in ' the Home".
Gregor and Murdoch MacDonald;
in 1847 other MacDonalds; in
[849, a host -of others; Mathesons,,
Finla sons, Black and at •least
dozen more' •MaCKenzies. All
took up -farms and the forest dis-
,
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and . ingepuiV. But all th•ese.
things were as nothing wheri the
one was finished, for when with
pardonable. pride they looked:up-
on the evidence of their . first
forest handiwork they Said with-,
in themselves, "It is good" arid,
even allowed their Highland re -
Scotch reading. Mrs; McDiarrnid
• conducted a flower contest and
r.M.'37—Reed closed the meeting
with prayer after which a social
half • hour was enloyed.•
united .Church W. M. S..
'The ,Afternoon Auxiliary, • of
serve to be broken When they the United church W.M.S. met
further said, "This home and at the .home of Mrs. A. E. Mc" -
land :is all My' Own";. fortruiy
they, were. not Only religious, but
very .hurnan :as well. . ,
'
.0n down through ,the 50's set-.
tiers carne 'pouring., in to take up
land and build their humble cab
• ins‘ for shelter and yes,'.:though
• ..sinall and:all of them innocent
•. of.. partitions; these• shanties . were• .
like • Mansions 'to ',the . pioneers;
Sometimes ' anincoming family
.,was taken into--,6-ne of theee .Calo'=.
• ins while a .new shanty. wasbe-
• ang built on .an• adjoining lot arid.
' thatigh-it might .be . the . least bit
. , ,. .
: . embarrassing at the time ofre-
:Airing at .night and rising in: the
'morning,: yet theexperience of
neighborliness 'drew the two fam-
ilies together ' as nothing else
•eOuld. • .. . : •
We -.have.. mentioned some of.
• the HighlanderF who Carne • and
following' -closely upon their .at-:.°
-rival- •carne the P'arrisheS from
DUmffies,. DaVid Cowan froth
Ayrshire, 'John Johnston, William
Pagan. Henry .Hill, Andrew Car-
rick; Ff.ancis, Scott,Daniel Mac-
Nain, RObert Bullen . and -Peter
Edvtrards, . all: of whom knew not
their • natiVe. tongue; the Gaelic;
but '"who cast intheir lot with
a People,with whom they labored,
'bought 'and sold, intermarried
and learned to love so well that
'to the ,third *and fourth genera-
tion, they •• Still remain, on the
• old homesteads and in the coin-
- ,munity. where-. their ancestors
settled". . . '
•
We .tive mentioned. but 'a few
of the names: of the heads of
families - who - have made the
northwest ,part,of - Ashfield• -and;
southwest part 13f -Huron -Town,
ship .• one of the finest' agricul-
tural distriets in Ontario. ' .. -
• "The ' fatheri have gone, but.
• fertile fields, Well -stocked barns
and comfortable'horries . remain.
asan evidence. of all. but ,uni-.
versar prosperity ,.- and an endur-
ing monument tothe, character,,
thrift and manly independence
of • tife •men ;and. 1,vornen - who
blazed the way for the present
Prosperous generation.' 4ut, the
monuments.,of the fathers in thi,
district go far :afield: Their de:
scendante, of necesSity,'. left the
-croWded environinent 'of theic.,
Kini. Mrs..: Rathwell, the presi.,
dent, asked to be relieved' df her
peSition, and rier resignation was
regretfully • accepted: .Mrs. Deck-
er was appointed president.' for
the , year 1944. :The treasurer r&• .
ported an increase giVings this
year; 'Mrs. 'Q. Andrew ,took,
charge,' of:. the devotional period
and . read the •Sbripture lesson.
.Mrs. J. Stewart ,gave4 a talk on
the -work of two missiOnary nuf:'
• '
Godly.horne.5 to se.ek,- an opPor.-
tunity- 'to. better'their mate.....ial
conditionand sefwithe new land.
We find thein occupying honorable positions in . cOminewce and
expert •tradesmen. in Many of:the
cities'. of the . United States and
Canada. but in the great North-
west, the prairie is rich and bles-
Sed • with the splendid Men :and
women 'who have gone. from th6
Christian hearths of Ashfiele.
'• The writer oft this article in
1913 on fa ,six-week trip through
the West. 'including, Winnipeg,
Brandon. SaskatoOn, 'Warman,.
RoSthern, North .Battleford, Ed-.
moriton and intervening places,
believes there was never one day
in. all that time that he did -rot
meet, sometimes in , unexpected
places,. one of . more people Who
carne from Huron or 'Bruce.'
ses in Alberta:- A solo.,, liY". Mrs.: .
J. ,Hall was much enjo3Tc,I.: 'The,. • .
4th chapterof the 'Study 'bokik
was reviewed by 4/Irs. W. a An, -
dersoL Rev: J. Stewart Conduct-
ed the' installation Of officers for
1944 and closed the meeting with
prayer. •
. •
Andrew-Hatkreek Piaui) •
The Andrew -Haddock group. of •
the W. A.met at ' the horne, Of
Mrs. J:. C. McNab. Mrs. Andrew
readthe scripture and Miss Mc-
Gregor gave the comments. Mrs. ,
Breckles rendered a: solo.. Durine.
the business period the .following
,committee's were appointed: sew-
ing, Mrs. Cann; Mrs. Haddock,,
Mrs. A. Durnin, Miss'McGregor;
•program, •WS.• Mrs.„,
C. •MacDonald;Mrs. Breeklesi,
-Mrs.: -1-iarris; visiting, .Mfs. Mc -
Mrs. W. L, MacKenzie;
pianist, Mrs. Allin;. assistant, Mis.
Kilpatrick; treasurer, • Mrs.:
trander; sepretary and press re-
porter, Mrs. :Harris. At the .elose
of the meeting a social half hour
followed. The next Meeting will
be held at the home, of Miss Mc
Gregor • , —
Robertson-Joynt Group WA. • '
The 'Robertson-joynt grouii of
the W.A. met at the home
Mrs. Russel Robertson with22
present. The Program cOnsisted
of an 'opening reading by Mrs.'
Robertson followed by hytnn and •
prayer. Mrs. R. H. Thompsdn
read the- scripture reading. Mrs.
W. B Ahderson gave a reading '
-Give 'kis new Viewpoints" ful-
l:owed" by a duet by Miss M,ar-
garet Rae arid Miss Doris Taylor.
Mrs, Gorddn Taylor gave a hum-
orous reading entitled "Fapr and
Twenty Wishes". The' topic was
ably taken by Mrs. Howse,
"Thoughts for the New Year".
• With a hymn and prayer byMrs
RObertson themeeting closed. •
g
"Does your husband. still com- •.
Plain of thirst?" asked the doctorl
"He ,did at first". replied Mrs:
Jenkins, "but:•I gave him a. glais
of Water every time ,andi he 'soon,'
stopped". •
FINES of $125 and costs were
imposed on Hanover and Dur-
ham residents for the black mar-
•I ket purchase of tires' .from two
London pen,
MAGIC'S
HONEY-
BISCUITS
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2 cups sifted flour % cop honey
1/2 tsp. salt, • . 23 cup Milk (scant) •
IA cup shicortini;ng ,4/2 tspn. grated lemon'
rind. if available
tstins. Magic Baking Powder
•
Sift dry ingredients together.; Cut in shorten-
ing until mixed, tlomhiile i/4.cup honey with
niIk add to .6rst mixture. Knead on lightly
floured hoard etiouah to shape into smooth
bail; pm 1'; -inch thick. Cut with floured bts-
cult cutter, place oh baking sheet•and bake •
In hot oyen (,450_,P.) 12 to 15 trithirtes. MN re -
omitting honey. with lemon rind and dribble
pror tool of bicruitti' justbefore removing.
froin 4)Y 1. livinIrs 14.
MADE
CANADA
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