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Many persons have taken advantage
of these wonderful bargains
With our very large stock we still
have a good assortment to
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Living Room Tables, Occasional Chairs,
End Tables, Radio Tables, Desks, Lamps
of all kinds, Studio Couches and Mirrors
Greatly Reduced in price to Clear Quickly
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50 YEARS AGO
Slay 10, 1888
% *Mr. Wm. Drew and family, who
have spent' the winter in Los An
geles, Calif., are expected home this
week.
Mrs. Oeorge Moir, of St. Marys,
formerly of Exeter, was the guest
of Mrs. Jas. Dignan for a couple of
days last week.
At the annual meeting of the
Exeter Mechanics’ Institute held in
the library on Monday evening the
following officers were elected:
President, Rev. W. M. Martin; Vice-
President, Rev. S. F. Robinson;
Treasurer, Mr. D. Johns; 'Secretary,
F. W. Collins; Directors, G. Sam-
well, A. G. Dyer, J. A. Rollins, Robt.
Spicer, R. H. Collins, C. Lutz, M.D.,
A. C. Denovan; Auditors, G. 'Sam-
well and C. Lutz, M.D.; Librarian
George Kemp.
Mr. Thomas .Fitton is building
several houses throughout the vil
lage this season. Mr. Fitton is pub
lic spirited.
Mr. A. Cottle has almost com
pleted the erection of his rake and
cradle factory. It is a good build
ing and has an inposing appearance.
The new walk from the market to
the North End will soon be com
menced. When completed Exeter can
boast of having the finest walks of”
any town in Canada.
Wurtz-Moatz-Jn iStep'hen, at the
residence of the bride’s father Hy.
Moatz, on the ,26th ult., iby the Rev.
D. M. Kennedy, Mr. John Wurtz, to
Miss Henrietta Moatz, all of Stephen
Pollock-Mollard-At Grand Bend,
on the 25th ult., at the Methodist
Church, by the Rev. D. M. Kennedy,
A. Pollock, of McGillivray to MisS
Emma L. Pollard, of Grand Bend.
25 YEARS AGO
May 15, .1013
Mr. J. J. Tilley, of the Department
of Education, Toronto, on Friday
purchased Mr, A. Hasting’? residence
on Andrew street. Dr. Arnos will
reside in the house and Mr. Tilley
expects to live in Exeter Several
months of the year. ,
Mr. A. J. Ford, who has been con
ducting a butcher Shop in Exeter
for over twenty years sold his busi
ness to Mr. Frank Wood, who took
charge on iMnday.
Mr, Win. Heidemaii left Monday
morning for 'Toronto whore he will
take a position in a hardware Store.
Miss Lena (Stacey, of Chicago,
has been visiting friends in and
around Exeter, the guest of 'Miss
Maude .Harness.
Mr. Wm. Birney, who has been
bookkeeper for Messrs. Harvey Bros,
has resigned' his position and left
Tuesday for a visit to Chatham and
Windsor, prior to going to Winnipeg
where he intends remaining.
Mr. Ed. Bissett an Exeter old boy,
but now of Winnipeg, was among the
successful competitors at the big dog
show held in that city last week, his
dogs having captured a number of
first and second prizes.
Mrs. Birk, Mrs. Phillip and dau
ghter Miss Hilda Phillip leave .Sat
urday on a tji’ip to England. Mr.
Richard Phillip intends leaving for
the Old Land in July on a short visit.
Mr. Fred H. Bayley, of London,
died in St. Joseph’s Hospital on Sun
day evening as the result of a kick
from his horse on Saturday. Mr.
Bayley was a native of Exetei’ and
lived here with his mother and
brothers for a number of years.
Mrs. Ern Davis, of Chatham and
sister Miss Edna Brock arrived here
Monday owing to the illness of their
father.
15 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1923
On iSunday xnornng last while Mr.
and- Mrs. George Ferguson and their
two grandchildren were attending
church, fire broke out in their home
on the second concession of Usborne
and completely destroyed the build
ing.
Arbor Day was observed in Exe
ter on Friday. Volunteer effort suc
ceeded n levelng up the ground
around the Carnegie Library. Al
together 76 young trees were given
out by the Horticultural Society and
planted in the parks.
Mr. VClafence Heywood has pur
chased the residence of the late Mrs,
Jane Fisher on Sanders St. and has,
already moved in.
Mr. >0. L. Petty, of Concession 2,
Hay Township met with a serious
accident when the team he was driv
ing ran away attached to the roller.
Mr. Petty had one leg broken and
was injured internally.
At the Quarterly Official Board
meeting of the James .St. Church
it Was decided to engage Mr, Roy
Goulding of ’St. Marys as organist
to succeed Mr, Gray.
Young Man-—"I'd go through any
thing, dear, for you!”
Gweet Young Thing "Fine. Let's
start on your bank account.”
Books Left in Manuscript Form by George
McLoed Prove Valued Addition to
History of Huron
< By Edmund J. Wethey in the London Free Press
In 192’2, when James Green, of
Exeter, purchased from the widow
of George McLeod, Jr., the home in
which he now rseides, there were
in the garret, covered with dust of
generations, the books of George
McLeod, pioneer store-keeper and
agent of the Canada Company, near
ly 100 years ago. The new possessor,
wh0‘ as a boy of 10 in 1873 drew
gravel along the Lake road and who
had met many of the settlers of the
Huron Tract, saved the books.
There are four of these volumes
containing hundreds of pages seven
inches by 12 of closely-written
manuscript and a number of store
accounts, the prices in which seem
amazing today. In the copies of
the reports he' sent to Goderich in
his capacity as agent for the Canada
Company he recounts his daily activ
ities, which took -him through Us
borne, Hay, Stephen, Biddulph and
more remote townships, and even on
special trips to Sandwich.
George McLeod, was a native of
Sutherlandshire, Scotland. He ‘kept
school’ at Achtomling, migrated to
Canada and for 25 years was ship
builder, ship owner and magistrate
in Pictou, Nova Scotia. In the late
thirties and early fourties, a series
of misfortunes made him determine
to travel and he saw many parts of
Canada and the United States, He
went to the Huron Tract in 1843
and was appointed agent of the Can
ada Company. His great-grandson
R. G. Seldon, well-known business
man of Exeter,- states the old Mc
Leod homestead was the present
Cann farm, the second north of Ex
eter. In dating a letter to a friend,
McjLeod gave Halfway House, Lon
don Road, Huron Tract, Canada, as
his address. He tells his school boy
friend in Scotland, after enumerat
ing the places he had seen in Scot
land, England, the United States and
Canada "... and did I know that
such a country as this existed, I
would not have remained in either
of the above-mentioned places or
Scotland.”
Wanted Scotsmen
.In another letter he speaks of
his wife and 10 children and of his
son, "under my direction,” receiv
ing a large consignment of goods
purchased on both sides of the At
lantic. He urged one friend to send
Scotch settlers so that they could
form a parish, and offered 10,000
acres of the company land at ■ 12
shilling and sixpence per acre, with
the option of additional adjacent
land.
Soon after nis arrival in the Hur
on Tract he wrote to Victor Dunlop
M. P., Parliament, Kingston, regard
ing the postal service, saying that a
post office "is indispensible.” In the
postscript he says: ‘‘One great griev
ance subsists in the two petty post
offices of this tract or London, road,
viz: Though a person do deliver a
letter to the courier, say, here, he,
the postman, delivers the same m the
next postoffice, where it must re
main until, he comes on his next
trip.”
Inclosed in the books is a map
dated 1854, showing the survey of
the village of Francistown, which
sprang up close to <Mr. McLeod’s
home. It was the beginning of the
Village of Exeter, of which it now
forms the northern part. Great
things were predicted for the vil
lage. The provincial surveyor, J.
McDonald, .states: “When the tune
comes for the division of the Coun
ty of Huron Francistown must from
its position become the new county
itown, as will readily, appear by a
glance at the plan of the Huron
Tract,” and inset in a map extend
ing from Goderich to London and
from ’Lake Huron to Stratford. There
is no mention of Exeter, Marystown
was the name applied to Lucan. Be
side the map of Francistown he says
"To the Town of Goderich 30 miles,
to the Town of London 80 miles.”
A whole block was set aside as the
site for a market. .Elginfield, fre
quently called by the older genera
tion as Ryan’s Corners, was called
by its present name. *
Cost of Travel
A sample of his expenses in July,
I1855t may prove interesting, Where
, he gives stage or car fare more
complete examination makes it clear
that single fare is charged. The
stage fare from Francistown, to
London was 8s 9d; cars to Wards
ville, 5s 7£d and to Chatham, 4s 4£
pence. Conveyances on Talbot rd.
7s 3d. St. Thomas home (48 miles)
11c 3d. He examined lands in the
western district, Euphemia, Dover,
Chatham, and the north and north
west part of townships from Chat
ham to Sandwich. Guides cost him
17s 6d. Personal expenses for 20
days, including a few meals for
guides and other refreshments at
times, £8 16s 8d.
In 1S60 he seized pump wood, etc
for the company. He tells of legit
imate sales, too, when an American
Smith by name, purchased 1,000 logs
of walnut from the inhabitants of
Bosanquet, West Williams, McGilliv
ray and West Stephen.
The MciLeod store books tihrow
interesting sidelights on the times.
First, with respect to names, there
are many that are intimately con
nected and have been so for over 100
years, with the .progress of this part
of Huron County. James Willis, of
Usborne (the Willis family were here
first); George Westcott, of Tucker
smith and ^another George of the 2nd
of Usborne, and William, of Usborne
George Westcott, former reeve of
Usboinie, is a grandson of the second
named. There are numerous des
cendants of the Stanlakes, ’Suttons,
Snells, Sims, Salters, Sanders, Sweet
Scotts and Smiths. Thomas Oke and
John Oke were customers as were
the Mitchells, and Murray, Murdocks
Monroes and Moodys. WilliUm May
of Usborne, has a namesake in the
past chairman of Exeter’s Board of
Education. Elijah Morgan’s name
reminds us that Archie Morgan is
Usborne’s clerk. At that early
date there were several families of
the Bissets and the Bells, while the
Balkwills San claim James, of Us
borne; Hugh, of Usborne; William,
of Francistown; Richard of Stephen
John Balkwill, Hugh’s son, of Us
borne. Today William BUlkwill and
his son William reside on John st.,
Exeter.
Under the name Case there were
John, Thomas, William and Joseph,
The third man, buried in the Exeter
Cemetery, was the grandfather of
Ben Case, who resides a mile and a
quarter to the north of Francistown.
Of Isaac Carling, tanner, there are
descendants in Exeter and a great
grandson in London. John and,
William Essery, of Stephen, and
John, of Francistown, are represent
ed today, Then there were many
other names common here today.—
Dicks, Fraynes, Fishers, Glavin,
Green, Hawkins, Hodgins, Hustons,
Hicks, Hedden, .Holman and Hand
fords, Richard, John and William
Johns.
In 11 months, between December
9, 1843, to April lil, 1*845, the
store bought 16 8 gallons of whiskey,
costing in all £46 4c l^d., being
about 2s 6d a gal. A few years later,
at the change of currency to dollars
and cents, the pound was at par,
$4, or 20 cents to the shilling. 'The
wh.skey was made in Stephen Twp.
and evidently wholesaled ait 5 0 c.
a gallon. A man with a yoke of
oxen received 10 shillings a day,
and in 1865 he hired a clerk. Thos.
Rodger, at 50 cents a day “and
found.”
There have been repeated urging?
at the meetings of the Huron County
Council to have the history of the
pioneer days and the activity of the
Canada Company published in book
form, while material it still available
and should this be done, a writer
would find in the McLeod books a
veritable mine of “high grade ore.”
STEPHEN COUNCIL
"I’ve got a ihost wonderful family
tree,” said the languid young man.
"Really,” drawled the girl, "and
what are you—the sap?”
The Council of the Township con
vened in the Town Hall, Crediton,
on Monday, the 2nd day of May 1938
at 1 pan. All members were pres
ent. 'The minutes of the previous
regular meeting held on the 4th of
April and the special meeting held
on th 12th day of April were read
and adopted.
The Clerk read a letter he had
received from the Department of
Highways stating that on and after
the 13th of April, the road lying
easterly of the Blue Wafer Highway
and known as the Town Line be
tween the Township of iStephen and
Hay and extending easterly to the
westerly limit of the Township of
Fullarton in the County of Perth, is
assumed as The King’s Highway
and to become vested in the Crown
and under the control of the Depart
ment of Highways.
Moved by Mr. Edward Lamport
and seconded by Mr. Thomas Love:
That the 1938 Assessment Roll as
filed with the Clerk .by the Assessor
be accepted and that he <be paid his
salary and postage amounting to
$127.10 and that the Court of Re
vision for hearing complaints against
the Assessment Roll be held in the
Town Hall, Crediton, on Thursday,
the 26th day of May 1038, at 1 p.nu
Carried.
Moved by Mr. Edward Lamport
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FOR A MILD,COOl. SMOKE
and seconded by Mr. Edmund Shap-
ton: That the following Pay-Sheets
and Orders be passed:
William Rollins, road 3, $6.38;
Harold Turner, S.B. 19, $1.60; Har
old Turner, road 19, $4.40; Joseph
Regier road 11, $6.85; George Eil-
ber, iSupt., salary for April $30.00;
George Eilber, Supt., pay sheet, road
26, $10.50; George Eilber ditto rd.
8, $5.00; Peter Eisenbach, road 25,
$64.94; George Eilber, Supt. pay
sheet, road 6, $7.00; George Eilber,
ditto, road 15, $2.00; George Eilber
ditto, road 16, $3.50; George Eilber
ditto, road 10, 44c.; Placide Des-
jardine, road 16, $1.80; total $144.-
41.
'Orders—Dr. C. C. Misener, acct.
!re Kinney and Appleton, $5.50; E.
Guetfinger, acct, re Cockwill $9.60;
Canadian Bank of Commerce, cash
ing cheques $2.20; F. J. Wickwire,
printing acct. $19.50; Municipal
World, supplies $5.38; Charles
Zwicker, lelief to Waghorn, $8.00;
County Treasurer, Hospital acct, re
Neven $2.60; Treasurer Township
of Hay, Relief re Jackson $26.96;
Wm. Kleinstiver, salary as Tax Col
lector and postage $127.10. Carried
The council adjourned to meet
again for regular business -on the
26th of May 1938 at, 2 p.m.
Herbert K. Eilber,
Township Clerk
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