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Given Purse of Gold
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Andrew Hardy Celebrates OOth
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Birthday at Crediton
Bom in York County
.Recalls Time When Land Sold
$1 An Aero-
For
.• Andrew Hardy, resident, of Lon-
,‘don for over 30 yea,rs,. celebrated his
£Qth birthday on Monday last at the
hpme -of his daughter, Mrs. Albert
..King, of Crediton,. Over 70 child
ren, grandchildren, gre3t-gran.dch.ild-
.xen and friends assembled from Sag
inaw, Mich., <Oshawa, Dpti'oit, Toron
to, Loudon, St. Thomas, St, Marys’,
Parkhill and surrounding vicinity
and presented him with a purse of
’.gold. The •address; was read by Lin
wood Craven, of' Brinsley, grandson
of the pioneer, and‘the presentation
’’W*- xvas niade by a-great-granddaughter,
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little Miss Elaine Munce, daughter
of Ml’» and»Mrs. 0. J« Mupce, of Lon
don. Mr. Hardy replied in a suit
able manner.
Another pleasing event was the
presentation of a basket of roses and
peonies, to the hostess, Mrs, King, of
Crediton, by Miss Kathleen
of Qshawa,
The oldest guest present
Henry Lovett, of Toronto,
in-law of Mr. Hardy.
was born in Brantford 90 years ago
and is widely known in the vicinity
of Pavkhill, where he kept, a general
store- for many years.
Andrew Hardy was born in York
County, June 30, 1840, and is the
only surviving member of a family
noted for their longevity, his. two
brothers and sister attaining the
ages of 86, 80 and 80, xresPectively,
the oldest brother being killed in a
m'otoyed accident at 86. He is of
English parentage, his father being
a ^native of Lincolnshire, and his
mother a native of Nottingham. The
late William H^rdy and his wife set
^liil for Canada more than 100 years
figo, landing at Quebec, from which
■point they travelled by boat to To
ronto and thence out the old, broken
stone road, Younge Street, to Rich
mond Hill, 16 miles north of the
City of Toronto. Here Mr. Hardy
entered a meat shop as clerk. Lat
ter he decided to try farming and
secured a farm in North York Coum
ty. 'Toronto was the chief market
in Eastern Ontario and to this centre
the grain was, hauled to be transport
ed by boat to Montreal. Nearly all
the buildings in the -city were of
frame structure and: the business
houses were- small in number. At
Richmond Hill a large foundry was
conducted by Patterson Bros., the
chief implement manufactured being
the plow.
Land Cheap in Middlesex
Reports came to the settlers of
the cheap land available in North
Middlesex and the Hardy family,
with a neighbor, George Lee, decid
ed to leave their fairly comfortable
homes and venture into the wilds
of Middlesex. All the possessions
were loaded on sleighs and the jour
ney, which required four days, was
started, stops overnight being made
at Norville,- Guelph, Stratford and
St. Marys. From the latter village
these pioneer homesteaders traveled
to Elginfield, situated on the corner
of Proof Line road and the St. Marys
road, turning northward from there-
and " continuing until the vil
lage of Clandeboye was reached.
Here accommodation was secured at
Flannigan’s Hotel, a building which
still stands as ,a landmark. On in
quiry they learned that' farms‘could
be secured for $600 on the 12th
Con-cessio'n of ’McGillivray Township
and so decided to close the contract
and settle there. These farms- and
.many others in the vicinity are still,
in the'-name of Hardy and LCe, des
cendants of the pioneer.
In recalling- the conditions at these
times, Mr. Hardy states that the
townships of London and Westmin
ster boasted many more settlements
than Northern Middlesex. The- Can
ada Land Company owned-thousands
of ac-res. in Western Ontario which
they sold at $2.50 to $3.00 per acre,
but land could be purchased from
the Government for $1.00 per acre,
'and many preferred this land. On
Mr. Hardy’s farm was a,log shack
ic-onsisting of one large room, in
which was an immense fireplace
that would accommodate about half
a cord of wood, the cnimney a huge
one with clay walls. When the
clay become very dry fires frequent
ly broke -out and water was dashed
|tip the chimney and a new coat -of
"clay applied. The ' days of clearing
the land were long and tedious ones.
Tl>e family would usually rise before
daybreak, and while the mother pre
pared the breakfast, the father and
sons would sharpen the axes before
the fireplace and prepare for the ar
duous task of felling the tall tim
bers which however, were much more
easily cut than in later years when
toughened by greater exposure to the
weather. North Middlesex was not
ed, for white oak, hickory, elm and
maple. The hic’kory served .a two
fold purpose, as long stripes of £he
shell bark hickory were used ■ for
torches to light the way on the blaz
ed trial, and these proved especially
useful on a dark night when coon
hunting was the chief sport. The
strips, which were often 10 feet long
and of an -oily substance, would con
tinue to burn for hours.
Beai-s iJckcd Maple Trees
I11 the-springtime from 200 to 300
maple trees were tapped on the
Hardy farm and the sap boiled in
the- old-fashioned black kettles. At
night these were turned upside down
and 'ocasi-onally in the morning
would all be found standing, upright
again, licked clean by the bears who
were guests at the sugar camp dur
ing the night. Bear hunts \vere hot
uncommon, and , Mr, Hardy recalls
one that occui-rfed on a Sunday after
noon when alf the youth.,, were on
the trail, The bear at last, reached
the Aux sable RiveK and began to
swim across,: blit was shot through
the head by Bisbee, the storekeeper
at Brinsley.
, 'At' the close of the sugai--ma'king
‘season the sowing of the wheat b6-
caihe the chief task. Drags made
of a couple of branches served as
hafrow’S and the wheat was sown by
Harper,
was. Mr.
brother-
Mr, Leyett
EDITORIAL
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’’Lowliness is young ambition s ladder.
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This district is taking its politics quietly but no less .seriously,
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For lovely and useful gardens and for well-kept lawns, Exeter
is hard to. beat.
Those wagons taking heavy loads of peas to our canning fac
tory make music as they pass by. Onion growers smile as they
look at their plantations.
Now, kiddies, as you help yourselves from the farmers’ wagons,
remeber that the ejgth commandment is. still doing business. As
you rush out for your handful, Temember that cars pass you at forty
miles an hour. Before now little folk like you have been cruelly
hurt by running on the street. Bix weeks in bed is a poor return
for a broken leg. Undertaker's services come high these days.
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schoolmasters. The Manchester Guardian has this
pen of the high -master of Birmingham Grammar
experiences certain definite impressions emerge
WHAT THEY LEARNED
Quite recently sixteen masters of English Grammar Schools
have been touring Canada studying the wonk done in our Cana
dian universities. The object' of the visit is to determine the advis
ability of sending bright English youths to Canada to make theii’
course in arts, in medicine, in law, divinity, or engineering or other
lines of professional life with a view of havimg; these young men on
graduation, settle in. Canada.
It is interesting to note the impression made upon the minds
of these visiting
to say from the
School:
“From our
strongly. The first is the loyalty of Canada to the flag and the
or to the south Canada naturallyEmpire. With her great neighb
lias close economic and social relations, ‘but wherever we went we
found the unmistakable intention of the Canadian to find his des-
tiny Within the great1 Commonwealth of nations in whose past his
tory he shares and whose ideals are his own. The only thing that
irritates a Canadian is. the suggestion, that his country is in any
way a dependency of England. Canada to him is a partner on equal
terms with England and the other constituent parts of tlie Empire,
and she is determined to make her contribution to the whole in her
own way and in lier own time. It is an attitude that assuredly
Englishmen will respect. We have not always, been wise in the past
A brilli-ant Canadian journalist offered us an explanation of the ob
vious fact that although the number of Englishmen in Canada out
numbers easily the combined total of Scotch and Irish, it is the lat
ter two races that hold the dominating influence. He suggested
that the Englishman was obsessed by his sense of responsibility.
He came to Canada and he found that Canada was not England,
and he was distressed by his discovery; he felt just like -a hen that
had hatched out ducklings. But the Scotsman becomes a Canadian
at once.” -»
hand among the stumps. ‘The1 aver
age acreage was 10 and the yield
about 300 bushels. The frosts
sometimes proved destructive to the
crops and one year not a blade was
left. (Mr. Hardy being the owner of
the only span of horses in the dis
trict, volunteered to haul the supply
■of flour from London for the com
munity. In order to secure‘suffic
ient funds to tide them over the
winter, .many of the settlers made
their wiay to the south of Middlesex
and found employment with the
construction gang on the highways.
Prior to the advent of the railway,
Clandeboye and Crediton were the
nnly centres of business in the north
of Middlesex . The settlers, in the
vicinity of Crediton were chiefly of
German ancestry and proved thrifty
and successful farmers.
Jack Habkirk, only son of Mrs.
Jessie Flett, of Seaforth, a bright
d'nd popular young lad of thirteen
lost his life when he was drowned
at the Lion’s, swimming pool on the
Huron highway, east of Seaforth. He
was on a raft along with five othei*
children when it swung around pre
cipitating them all into the water.
Jack swam a short distance from
the rest and when the’ others real
ized he was in danger they run for
help. The -body was recovered in
five minutes 'but life was extinct.
His. mother and one sister, Mary,
survive.
Settled in East Will iams
task was completed, a house
built on each farm and the wives
families were brought out to
new country to establish real
A band of Scotchmen from the
lowlands settled in .the Township of
East Williams and proved a real
boon to North Middlesex. These sel
lers took up nine farms, erecting
one shack in which they all resided
until their farms. were cleared. When
the
was
and
the
homes. These settlers were progres
sive and many of their descendants
are still to be found in East Wil
liams.
In order to provide some means
of education for the families of the
pioneers, a little- schoolhouse was
erected at Mar’s Hill, and in this
building divine service was conduct
ed for several years.
When McGillivray Township was
fairly well cleared more attention
was devoted to the raising of beef
cattle, for„. which North Middlesex
has 'become noted. Mr. Hardy at
one .time was closely associated with
this industry, as. he had charge of
the transportation of the cattle from
the farms Of the Coughlin brothers
to the did land and during this, time
he made '24 trips Across the Atlantic,
visiting the markets
Bristol anti. Glasgow,
head were srfiipped\at
all these voyages,5? In
ands- of cattle;- were
Hardy had’ the distinction of landing
every head safely on the British
markets.
Mr. Hardy, though a ndpagerftr-
ian, still enjoys splendid health and
is in possession of all his faculties.
He retains a keen interest in the
business conditions Of the country
and enjoys the companionship of
the younger generations with whom
he can converse on any current to
pic, He has' one son and two dau
ghters living, J, W. Hardy, Londonj
Mrs. W, Devitt, -SaginhW, MiCli., ana
Mrs. A. King, Cfediton.
of Liverpool,
Usually 700
a time and in
which thous-
expor.ted, Mr.
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George Butler, of Fullarton, who
had not been enjoying very good
health for the past month or so,
passed away suddenly on Sunday
morning in his. seventy-second year.
The late Mr. Butler was born in Eng
land and came to Canada some forty-
five years ago. He was much in
terested in forestry and several
years ago planted between three
and four thousand trees. This spring
he planted out thousands more. Be
sides his widow he leaves one
and one daughter.
with, a silver tea service -by toWMf
officials and a silver electric ooffe®--
percolator by the Public Utilities.
Commission.
son
. A very pretty wedding was sol
emnized at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Grieve, St. Marys when Mar
ion C., their eldest daughter became
the bride of Harold D. Lang, B.A.,
L.L.D., only son of Mr. and Mrs
W. Lamg, st. Marys. Rev. W. H.
Raney assisted by Rev. T. Robinson
officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Lang left
on a motor trip to Bigwin Inn, Mus-
koka. Mr. Lang is the populai4 may
or of St. Marys and was presented
The marriage of Florence Isabel*,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Beat-*
tie, to Mr. James Arnold Stewart,
second son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Stewart, all of Seaforth, took places
in the First Presbyterian church- re
cently, Rev. I. B. Kaine conducted
the ceremony. The. young coup!®
left on a motor trip to Muskoka anct
on their- return will reside in Se&r "
forth.
Gladwyn. Langford, 14-y ear-old;
son of H. Langford, near ' Granton,
was very seriously injured c»
Friday when he w-as. accidentally hit-
on the forehead by a 'baseball bat.
The blow caused a perforation. &£
skull. , Dr. Kipp had the boy re-*
moved to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lon?*-5'
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