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onates Rare Copy Of Dr, 6arnier's,:
Book To Bruce County . Museum
A rare, copy of "Prrn'ce Pedro," .1 Another book.,' "The 'Mistak_es
,written. over 80 yearn ago by Dr- of Moses," was in process of pre -
j.. H. Garn1er, a pioneer medical paration, at the time of his death.
doctor in • Lucknow, has • been It was dnessay in Which he
• 'donated to the Bruce County Pointed. Out what' he deemed', to
Museum • . be the Inaccuracies of the Bible.
The ,donors are Mr, and Mis It was done 'after the manner. of
Gordon Towle sof' Vancouver, na- • Root,'. Ingersoll's writings, t`?ough
4tives: Or this. .community, who .,snore paijosaphical, ,
visited hero this summer, re- ` Pi.nze Pedro" is an historical
turning to. the coast early . in drama of 180 pages,published in
September. 1877. and • dedicated • to the Cov-
' Mrs. Towleis the former 'Mild- ernor-General, • Lord Dufferin,
'..red Long, 'daughter of .tnlate the plot is laid to Port'ugal at
1.
.Mr.• and Mrs. Alexander Long of the time of. the Moorish wars.
'` 'Ashfield. ,._ "Prince Pedro" was •produced
Mrs:, Towle received the copy ,.n ,Haymarket and - .Drurylane
of the book from her • grand- Theatres. in London, England, &;,.
mother, Originally thevolume a Pri ate presentation was given
had been presented personally '• by for Her Majesty Queen Victoria. •
Dr, Garnier • to Mrs. Towle's Dr. Garnierwas not a business
rnan and suffered much lossfin-
ancially from those' who impos-
ed.
mpos-ed• upon him He gave away
everything he had; dying•a poor
man. ' His ;,widow ' died in Luck-
now in.:the: .spring of 1932, There
were no :children by his 'marriage.,
Dr:: J.' 11. :Garnier lived for
nearly forty years in the Village
of Lucknovv, and Was, one of the,
'Most' interesting. figures inthe
grandfather, Dr. Alexander Long
who was professor of anatomy
at McGill University.
• Prince .Pedro' was, published in
Toronto in 1877, and Mr. Towle
believes there was only four
copies printed.
Dr. Garnier appears to have
been • a ' writer, of considerable
ability. Two plays were pub-
lished ; by him, entitled, ' Prince.
Pedro" and "Morgan the Jew." history of Western Ontario. He
. ' J H. GAIt1VIER
had ,one of the• :largest . general
medical practices' of his time in.
this part 'of the province arid en-
joyed an enviable reputation as
a ` consultant' over .a large part :of
three counties. He ranked very.
high, as a naturalist He died here
on February 1st, 1898, at the' .age
of 75.
Dr,• G tier's mother 'was. a
French Raritan .Catholic. His ,fa- from Ireland_ •. and England.. In
ther was a Huguenot and a mems
bei of a long line of distinguished
military men. Because of religi,
ous persecution he , fled with. 'his •
wife from France to Scotland,
where he obtained a cornrntssion
as colonel in the. English army.
The tangly was one of, wealth
and •culture. On growing • up he
was sent to Dublin: to, receive his
medical education. Te was al-
ways an ardent Orangeman, and
while in Ireland he became well
acquainted ' with Daniel O'Con-
nell, and in •his • later years was
'very fond of relating incidents
from the life of. that 'distinguish-
ed Trisliman. He.was sent to Paris.
for further study. Following this
he spent several years travelling,
visiting many .. lands,, including;
Australia, Indiaa'& South Africa.
He .came to Canada and establish-
ed a, medical practice at Hagers-
vine, Ont.:: This did not satisfy
him, so in 1860 he moved to the.
village of Lucknow.
He . came to :Lucknow only four
years . after ;the ,first settlers had
arrvied here. This was an un
broken stretch of forest, full of
game, with a few scattered set-
tlements being carved out ,of the
woods, The early settlers 'were
chiefly. crofters 'from the High-
lands of Scotland and: • the Isle:
of Skye, with. 'a few immigrants
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Dr_ Garnier .chose to live his life.
Why a man of his, training and.,
culture. should leave the home
land .to dwell in a wilderness :
,..has remained a mystery_ Rumour' ,
hasitt-that-he-theft Ire a= =P
result of a duel.
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Canada, like.' Britain has a
flair for compromise. It. has ben
developed'through rieeea"ity.Can-
ada Must .comPrdinise :ever;day
between things `British a' ci things.:,
American: , he . Canadian • c.harac_'
.iter when it ; emerges, : is a mixx-
ture, of •the • two. :
,: •Comprort ise, : to : be •.: useful
must..be a mixture, then the •right►•..
•quantities of the various .ingre-
dients must be: decided, upon and
the formula must be: follow ed
Without. a :forrnu a, without .. dir
ection,` the mixture becomes mere • •:;
mudd1e,
That is ,the': state.of Canadian•
spe t � oda wore.V eL . words ,
are used' w ich ',have. different
sre,T'lrinss
in Britain and ' the,
U'cited Star -s
S.o fa - ` .t le rrit:ddle• is mostly
concerned 'with woods ending in
"cur" ; in .Britain. the' newspapers
and :periodicals of ' Canada' have
' for grapy•years, drop.ed' the ' "u"
such. ' ords as labor, flavor,
Valor. .
• But the govarazrier t still uses
the "u and, strangely • enough,;
.:''so • do Canadian ac'ivertising
046. .result. is.that• such words,
are \ spelled differently, on the
same page ' of a newspaper :or
n'agazine.
F 'r. Borne• other words. notably•.
"centre"' and; theatre," the •ad
tiertisers•sornet rhes use the Unit: -
ed States spellingcenter . and
"theater."' .
Fortunately, a Canadian stand
and for spelling does exist. It is
the 'standard : followed by . The.
Canadian Press and accepted by
all its •member newstianers. It
drops the "u" out of British "our"
•.words but it retains .the' original
French of such words as "centre"'
and "'theatre." For those:Who fol -
.IOW it, it is sound protection;,
against such Atneric°andsnis as
"ii anoevei." unfortunately. it
I11 hasn't yet been accepted• by the
• govern:nest or th'. Ad agent:es.
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