The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-12-12, Page 3tucknow Serstipel, Wednesday, December 12, $984 --Page 3
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pioneer x useum
The Huron County Pioneer Museum is
now closed to the public and the fate of the
county structure will be passed on toa
musuem committee.
Subsequent to the receipt of the final
copy of the feasibility study and structural
reports from B.M. Ross and Associates of
Goderich, which suggested there -are defi-
ciencies
ef i-ciencies in the building with respect to
both the building and fire code,. council ac-.
cepted a _recommendation to declare the
museum closed immediately. The
workshop, marine museum and log cabin
can remain open.
In view of the deficiencies, the county's
property committee recommended the;iim-
mediate closing of the facility while
authorizingthe building and fire inspector
for the towns of Goderich to inspect the
building and dtermine what measures the
county must undertake to reopen the'
public facility.
At the same time, council referred a re-
quest from the Township of Usborne ask-
ing. the county to investigate the 'option of
locating the museum .at a different site
rather,han repairing the existing facility.
The township suggested that locating the
mmusuem on a main highway.:in the county
would giveit optimum exposure to tran-
sients and residents. ,
The resolution further suggested that the
,cost be spread over a period of time ex-
ceeding five years.. .
The committee has already solicited the
opinions of all county municipalities and
written submissions are to be entertained
by a museum committee.'
In response to a question from Goderich
reeve Harry Worsell on whether or not the
musuem would open again, David
Johnston answered that "it will be closed
until the county makes the. renovations to
bring it`up to the standards of the building
and f're code."
len asked by Worsell if the town or
coley would make those . 'repairs,
Johnston only said his committee "would
ask for an evaluation" and that .the
museum "could open again."
The committee has also instructed
curator . Ray Scotchmer to .review the
dollar value of the artifacts with a view to
increasing the • ' insurance coverage
presently in place. The total insured value
of the artifacts stands at $130,000.
Increase rates
Some major rate increases were ef-
fected into the social services rate struc-
ture administrator John MacKinnon told
Huron County Council Thursday.
A family of four will now receive from
$676 to $721 monthly plus a . $90 heat
allowance while a single welfare recipient
will be receiving $375 per month plus the
heating allowance...
Dependant children of -recipients will
receive an average 7.5 per cent increase
instead of a 4.5 per cent :increase in their
Portion of the family's allowance. The in
crease will translate into an additional $4
per month per child. .
While the general assistance caseload
decreased by over 11 per cent for figures
compared to October 1983, the numbers
will swell as unemployed seasonal workers
require assistance.
"There was about a 39 case increase ; in
November and December may be even
higher," he said.
Four per cent mood
Huron County. councillors were in a four
per cent mood Thursday.
Council unanimously endorsed a recom-
mendation from its executive committee
authorizing a £ourver cent increase for
committee and session pay in 1984. The in-
crease boosts the per diem rate to $73 and
$49 fora half-day session.
Also, the warden's honorarium was in-
creased by four per cent to $4,160 for the
coming year.
Councillors also endorsed a travel
allowance package that calls for the rate
to be increased to 19 cents per km for coun-
cillors with car .allowances of $80 and 22
cents per km. Mr all others.
Gi,rniep richly enlivened lige in the vilktge
Frank. Pentland of R. 6, Goderich
sub.fnitted this article from the November
12 issue of Ontario Medicine for the
interest of our readers.
Snakes and Birds of Lucknow
By Charles G, Roland, M.D.
John Hutchison Garnier was born in
Ireland in 1823. Whether or not he left his
native land. ,because. of a duel,as was
rumoured during his lifetime, is uncertain.
But such an idiosyncratic reason for emi-
grating to Canada would have been appro-
priate for this eccentric man.
He received his . medical education in
Dublin and in Paris. After travelling.
widely, . he arrived in Canada a few years
before..Confederation practising first in'
Hagersville before making his final move,
to Lucknow, in 1860. From then until his
death in 1898, he richly enlivened life in
the village.
While making a house call, Garnier
asked the farm. wi€f - if he could buy a goose
(or a turkey, - details vary). She said, they
hid none to spam., The doctorsaid nothing
but immediately afterhe left the ,house,
shots were heard. He then marched in with
the deal bird, paid for it, and departed
with ,hldinner. Many similar ' anecdotes
mention his gun, for he was an avid hunter,
and not just in farmyards..
Gone To Hell.
Despite his peculiarities (or because of
them), Garnier had a large practice.
Purportedly, during visiting hours on a
Sunday afternoon, 'the street in front of his
office would be thronged with people: His
ledger was often scrawled,, "Gone to hell"
when a patient died with his bill unpaid.
Garnier was far more than an interesting
eccentric, however. He had literary
abilities of some note, of which. the most
impressive expression was a play, publish-
ed in 1877, entitled Prince Pedro, which
was• favourably reviewed. Garnier was also
,French translator for more than one
Canadian medical journal, and he publish-
ed a few professional. articles.
Largely, these had to do not with
medicine but with natural history. Garnier
studied plants and flowers, and made
himself an 'authority on reptiles and birds
of his area of Ontario. One of his papers is
an interesting combination of his medical
and biological work. He received a
shipment of dried snakes from India, and
while handling them some of thevenom
apparently entered his hands. He treated
himself with a combination of "iodide of
potash in cinnamon water" followed in a
few minutes by some "spirit of nitre" in
water and mucilage and a glass of whiskey,
Nd one knows which items in this recipe if
any - worked. He stated that relief was
rapid. He took more whiskey, and at
bedtime "a glass of strong brandy punch"
presumably retiring happy if not cured.
Garnier's natural history collections
apparently came to number many thous-
ands of specimens,and were of very high
quality. Some, atleast, casae to the
University of Toronto after his . death;
there, perhaps, they 'still make some con-
tribution to teaching or research.
Needless to say, Garnier became a
legend. in Lucknow. Descendants told
Garnierstories for generations, and
perhaps still do. One who knew him has
written:
I remember hearing of his shooting from
his window ameighbour's pig that dared to
make its way into his garden... .But I did
not know, and the simple villagers did not
recognize that he was their chief citizen,
their proudest flower of civilization,
although . he dared. , to swear like' a
cattle -drover, and never went to church.
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