The Seaforth News, 1937-12-09, Page 2PAGE TWO.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
HURON NEWS
Walter-Sims--
wedding
alter_Simsw ddi i'1 was so!e;tt:1-
lz.'d : t :lie hI site of the bride's par -
;!.1 ouch )less K. I. Sint-. Eaet-
r ;rr t rets; 4f the
im;uediate
..,'at`•„ nn:ram fig parties
ol,
14.1 -ase
"no'. man, while \I
1,.,•ru ..i:. u- ,,. .. fir L; t.
Mrs. tl l n I tI
1 7-uarch. .11toirthe
wedding dinner, the Ificipy comilr'
on a short honeymoon, Gr. thou! re i _ .
'ttint y will reso , ;�M ▪ h t•lr-.r:.Alexander Ross came out t:rtee, cTlai�d, beteg:
\\'tri Exeter. rt is i.. F ? r, t s 'v v
tis .
• a 1. tyro i t t " f.-yar sains. _\t that .Mite
, 1 1 sett,l,zr on tioe :.not where
t; tpre,sent • viltaze Brttcefie".d
,3_t ,; yt 1 e.er .1 \I.tlden. The:*
was no house hetween Granton and
Clinton. T 1 tr - the interior of the
townshia 1S36. Daniel Brun1den
settled 'n what is known a, the
Brunslon line. Mr. Brunsdon was of
U. K. Loyal ask and had been a
disr•at:h bearer in the Canadian
ST ...,along- the St. ;Lawrence in
it812 14811:.
Covers 200 Miles A Week— I0 Stanley Township. the greater
,t•- ,f the north and south lines
^ace been na:e1. after 'first settler.
or as a result of local feeling. Mc-
Naughton line after John Mc\atigh-
c, ,: the road along the lake was
named the Sable line al it crossed
over the river of that name, The
-Go Chen Line was first settled by
Protestants exclusively and the Bab-
ylon line by Catholic: in the first
instance,
The first township meeting was
1•t el .:; I-w.TS ar which the clerk was
\\ \i -Connor, an office he held for
many :.art wittont any salary.
At the council meeting of 1866 Dr.
Woods.the reeve. sent out a message-
d..:4a.rn...g his seat. Promptly a -mo-
ion was :note,( by R. IH. ,Gardner
seconded. •Iy- Taos. Baird, "that every
and a:l e-:)..1ti_ns :)41,ed. moved
n- se, ooded by Dr. Woods at this
v. t.l,il atfirst -Varna meeting.
t:. 14'1 the first meeting. _f the pres-
ent current year. he a1)oli-beth can -
have no effect whatever
on either e te- 1;s: present or future
:proceedings of the council for the
. 1:14.1 .ere . year.
Kevai1 f.,77
was .,r 77/r7,,r e;nt
..ate t-,: tri,. ._e ,. - .,4
a:1-1 71.41. a ;etf.rrl 7r.,.741,:m passel rhe
)„aril. as -hough 2:1 n.ere acted fta
seconded. \fttetin, defeat.—t:
:,Iiottt.i and It
•.41ted. There 7.v7is r'+ t, - ,.-.
:ill... 'Dt y\'o.:t, ..
.r„ t ,ih'y_rcrt r. - ter14
howeve:•.
T'.te 44,1,11ip gat: a T
e '411U to the 1,, H tk l Ra.11 4
'1 4I1;1111214.14 to 01. v11,4-,•;,-;
..1 i-: r'1.. I'1 rl t. "1'41e
-!1 �, :.:T:`r41 11. ,1r.la',..11e••r. ...
1,.11, .a 11,0i at \ arn:t
:1,711: many inydrovement, •tu
74
r..1 lY....
Beatty- ha bronght slips into t ,d: _ ty, a- there many others. bust- tilers
rich for th4 i;a,t 20 year•. Ca..tan: was littlo indication of it, neiii3
,.n)r• captain f.e. the tie 1 nazi! Rev. Mr. Cooper :11 1•-
:Yatt•rson lane-. came to Ceelorlolt on lot .... on the London Rd.
with 4; r144 ul;Fit-ter, told yen- 14141 1..alien Mr, Cooper locate -1
•1, ..,rl the Ilr1 •,ld..e:. - . !ot .,r t !te c-,n.centrated on fanning
57th Wedding Anniversary— I km 11 did no ,1 1' him from his
nevi t,rta: work. ami he xeteda
\1r. 'Henry Ei:firer r enf14 a '4"r: i ^14'41 41 ,da in Stanley, l,,dnri:i4.
his •.i )ta ,i 111=.14 and 114't ,• `l a Hly and T ukcrstrtit 1 ••.a l, -'.tips.
and \Ira. E,, , r )'4) 111 el au 1,. t;vicen 11143 and ln3t those set•
:n71,-,n,.n - - ;Ii,1 alon.47 the L_od n- rnarl 111,71114e./
I t..1_4' . 1) 1 4.'l Ll V t -t t.- D -1 - Mckenzie
v 1,14.1 Robert Cr.4 n. with Joan \r
I ri. 1- .. tn 441 1 e ., smith .de
di
at 1 \I i.,..- 1 t , t' 1441 �ir t t ,int -quite a lusts
;It I* 1 t a their
D \t D., a i 1, 4
,r• many trends.
oe t ' near r t - 1 . 11 i . 'f .r14112 ,11,
New Lights At Mitchell— leer: rrened •by Peter
Cole-Pethink—
poon'ar 14-11-11'''smith were united '.in marria41 , a
qa et 1 11fnr ceremony at C ri,,,,y
:1
Saturday, Ncvt-t.�/V7123rd, when
Mrs. 14114,141 •Penh ck 114141 \fahel \ i
str0n a became the -,ride of 11r. John
Percy Cole. Rev. Mr. Leckie o
Grimsby ofticiated at :lie ceremony
which took place at the (tome , -.le
bride's brother. 1_41r. 'Fred Ann::::mg.
Cornish -
Lemon --T ;,- 11271illty A ▪ .
l't r \ra
▪ :he scene -•: a
pretty 144:(. - ,when Rev. R. C.
ed : a .a e E.r •t E
Ca: --per ••
114• ,
Mrs. l - nitrLn and the
tae• .1:, .. ..14:3 L.entman. .o \Vi1-
F -.. of M: :Tcris Cor-
nish a! 1.. the. 1141 .Airs.
Co..t. , M -or^sit wit1
reside .gin , tare: is
141r, 'Jack M \afro. 14. 14 ' Hibbert.
, -,;: i d at 14V411'31.141'41 Bakery. and is
now salesman for Best Yeast Cont- THE. NORTHERN WATERWAY
parry, visited and spent Wednesday Free Canada's t. c -t
with his former employer. Mn E. ._. _44.e r._ ..._ lis:
'W'endorf. Jack covers over 200 mile: 141:..: ... the a: the end 04
4 days a week.—C"-,tan Ne:vs-Record ...., \\ a1.. :1'', ... 141 F:ort
a 1 ' . at Fort
Mrs, Gottfried °estreicher— N -„..a.; ... the Mackenzie Rifer and
^. •» , ., :n Great eat R: I -,a.• e: A. M.
..7: :•.e...:. _. .. - . _ .t .famed for year- 3.• an Arctic
the hotne .. ..r . . w::'T-. ° _ . 1141 ..__..sir . 40 Ida t-,ntoti
....:h c':v'_. ,.{hj 114 4. 3... _14 fir .:143.:11• 14- a direct): of
441 1144.. .,. - a.. '•a e ya: lead of air route traffic..
,a.... . _;i _.. .. \s genera: manager o 1 N......rn
by ' Transportation Company. .4':01:y
t; -tie, €ed 14:4)14 diary of Eldorado•Gold
.-.a...._ -
:trines. he reports .the busiest sllipping
14114.40:1 in the history of the water
Trucker Out On Bail— - •:ue4 of the Norrh West Ter!tories.
;._ <:.:1.11: ,• _. e: a: London fir s :imus. this last summer.
s:zG:usky_ .a e::e'l 50000 mi - les during a season
-.. ._ t., who which opened May 13th and c'.osed
144411141214.11311. Tit October 204 1, compared ,a ith 33.0(X1
the season previous.
T airplane pioneered the open-
.. _• areti. :70.7 to de-
'
:he huge area in the far
.:ter.- --_-1 to have •_
71c1!3 r14,reest 41)-
ro gr the area ,5i a*: Canada.” Matt
-e:tlarked. '•.Air routes Ore aim
-art- to ti -'47 der 1 , ., ,i the
.;j ... tn.,a, road, --e .1 oiler -e.'a011
. a • rr
r 1.31?_ .-. 15:: tete modern .tale-
.3lents. :11» new mitt. hitt :n''. 7hi121
• [•
,miry ... ex:s e ee .,.-, .t ,:,peri
• t'..• It tha.
Mrs. John Shurrie, Morris— ttut n
inert'. Ries• e: engines d'ut.
•sir".4 71441'
ay he
.... .. <.:. ..a :- r1 :: .. :Linn slit. from\' s '' c 'a railway b;... 'Satyr. The e. etee .,,,11,1
i 11 rs 14., the
set= -
1 r4,1
_ tteaed -
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at sees ..
THURSDAY,. DECEMBER 9, 1937
Freighter Released at Goderich—
('
'140141414 s aJ PNt yr • e s. o c
t`
F\
40 (,oder....
..t ? ,1e crash 1fa:kenziv, t
• I t_ .,tr. \,rt'. 4 to 4,.+r:,4 1V4, 14
o .. r( tiilrl ash of :ul t0-
F- ett 1 i.0 ._ .as: y T. , •,. t, 1 :cL the rebel leader ea-
recf s. t aotr•st.,r; '. elo•:n:. ,.'. ;1 ,ii •:+ :cru: o:85,(X1(1 on :his
a.
}Int 1" 14 J: :.ie 4--: ,._ - ,d, :u nay 12 years exile acrossshortly shortly before noon on Saturday. The -
. -114 patvrred � •ter •l:p• .,n t 1t s n.. i -cern i tuna: border.
In addition
TOWN TOPICS
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
a ok R hcrt- .visited in Detroit
our last issue. -- Mrs, W.
\\ ,ler of Niche, .N 1),, t; ci,lh(g with
'1411-4711;1lerr. H. Twitchell and 1:1:
\111441•8 of Clinton were in town on
r
;•,3... --Mr. Bock principal of Clin-
lin Public $4114,01, \114, a visitor in
41. 1•. 4. Fine. of Toronto came
Mt 1lty to celebrate with his
\1' 14.441 brethren f.,uday (tight.
in 1.,nn \ir St' -
.7.414: _ eott 111,1?iO4 Ju. 1444 Stewart
staff 41 their Xmas!halt.--
M;old Mrs, S. A D tk.,n .Ed-
m,714
fit Ed -
t 1 -'1 7trrived in town I'1 - week
aini are 1.1 .l4 friends, -2 -Mrs. Hick,
lars returned from Toronto where
It ha, been for over a month.---Mjss
Eva Il.almes has been ill. \\'aiter
Logan. son of Robt. Lo:an. a former
resident of Seaforth, hut now' of
Weyburn, Sask.. visited ie town this
week and returned home 1n Tuesday.
—Ralph \Vorknlan o; \'ertnillion,
Alta.. is visiting friends. iu 2' ippen
and 'Goderich, \ir Christian - Werner
of Sebringville was a visitor to Sea -
forth last week. He drove tip one of
the coldest days, but felt amply re-
paid for his cold drive when he met
Mr. Thamer of Walton on the street.
an old friend he had not seen for over.
1,5 years. — .ltdss !Frances (Robert.,.
who has been visiting her sr. -ter in
Calgary, Alta,- for some time return-
ed to town this week and is visiting
her grandmother. Miss !Frances vis-
ited her sister .Mrs. Henry, 'Hunts-
ville. on her way home,—Mrs.
Middlento t and little son of Chath-
am are visiting Mr. and Mr14, Robert
Johnston, North Main St -141r, and
'Mrs. Geo, Gray and- family front Al-
berta, are visiting - with \1t'. 'Gray's.
parents. It is several years since 11:r.
Gray left his farm in McKillop, and
his many friends here are glad to see
him and his family so well. They in-
tend remaininj for a couple of
months.—Or. - McNally - of Owen
Sound was in -town on Saturday in an
official capacity. Dr.-MoNally is sap
ar,ated by the Government to look
after the health of seven counties. We
were quite pleased to see the Dr.
a4ai 1.—t0t1 Thursday evening the
e:plr .,1 Sed:ort.t noticed a brilliant
i ..1tt..i `t 44014 0t the sky in the direc-
tion
revT t bf Harr••^.'ev. and 417.,-,71
n -1
e, tai. eta. .-,. 1—,at t..e 11...,Ase
teed 3.1:; yyl•:-
>n _._. '1. 1r
r,_.. M _ \_ ...- _
:.. _. _._.._ cert
tans-
1837 REBELLION
r.a ;114' 10'44t14 anniversary
'i_ at Montgomery's Farm,
^a:mac. OntarioFtl,o,,11. t . 441
hr : ,r .u_. a 7.40-7;611 .. t,-a:tae:. was 24 ,. -- tl t.;..l,'11, ,k a. 14,- 1.1.1 the 11,114 of politii•ai npiu-
making port here, her she will put .t. , h: t ."b, 'at 11 ,.: .4., a :,a:: dealt l:i1 lly with the men:-
bp for winter after having her cargo ( t.., ties:, !124 k'pper Canada
taken off, when Captain Webb Beatty ;
fir, icm== 1'1 t+a 4.:,1414 o: 1.:74.27. tic is to .be placed.
tarnerl the boat too sharply to enter F: 1ont test'! noir
Yue 400 -foot passage between the t . ( .ley „% ,re er- '1temsty. on a „edeaal. The inunda-
rt•skwaters ;414 forced 41 assembled and launched at \rater- -1 .t .: already laid for the Mackenzie
1 414. .rt d _, shot_ ,c.tzs and F:,rt Smith and bol f 1
in -.order to rine in on a straight both were t s x in the :vest Ian 11 of the prov-
er service early to the summer. New 111,1 brt4n stone pile in {Queen's
e-1'1rse.--Head144.. into a blinding ..n t,1- barges were built for "fuel oil * 1
arm, the boat ran aground on an . 5 Park Toronto. 14' It will he and
One of
uncharted third o 1: i'--\rcY'c Weil-. at Fort \t m;ul, u mew: ,rrltniueut altd honored
S •reef about a t r d ' a To ;,apply Eldorado on 'Great Bear itlaces among Ontrio's bronze and
mile off the South hreakwater. Bert :.'41'.',',4,':,1 line was constructed the marble o'e
11acDonald,- toted r took h at.
mite length of the. Bear 1Rit•er inlpas','4ned agitator for respons-
lamix:a out and u on ascertaining I e. ,
ra puts. For the :first linty, fuel was isle gucvrnnletlt a century ago, the
Plight of the ;11 el sent word t" 5 x.- moved "u sot
n
nia fora .ship. to come ao the aid ni P 4th." neer two nand_ revaluated Mackenzie from his 'high
red tons of it to the new minims, , :e- tonedais will .gaze 111 file rtt.:hing
13141, ,ldoc, The steamer Jlaplecourt
arrived at about 3 a.m. Sunday morn- yc,00ment. on (Great Slarve Lake. attic of a city 1f which he vvats in
morn-
4414 ing and staid by during the night. This record -total of ••,:•It•r • , 411tl the first mayor. Not far atvav
a 9 clock'g handled despite unusual nay thea- he was burlh•'41 in effigy in i 11141 -
o
Sunday morning a h g) 1 1J, en .der
tin difficulties: Water on the Atha- turning from the United States' tmd'er
114 tie Brier 1)14,
towsilos war attached and ,1 9.340 a• 1
a cl 141414 10W and thele nerc some the general :uune•sty voted -by the Ciu-
.draw in,: 49.111 feet: ;iretchc•s where no v •1414 4
and stuck amidships, c v dram nl:; i[erl [)roluti!,' ..f Canada—a union of
ps, was pulled off more 'than two feet r,f !cater r,,ai,l the upper and lower provinces
the reef with no damage 'craving 'beenthrough.P ce. which
sloe 114\.1118 re girl: o€• •11 lit, "treason" of I+14.7 helped 10 abrin:g
dont:. The crew was not .taken off the >lcetehy on lou: ,eren9lc- fit the• ilblut.
float at any tithe. The Bricoldoc's an -'route. Compared with the hal o
chars were lasered .in ,order to l.w. Arbuild the essence of the Lelence.
grain. -hitting and hly`istinr :Atha'haca,. tine, building stands in
a purchase, her bow was swung (4 4,41 Bear Lake is an inland oyes granite ser of
around and thus the release was ef- a+,l,pra,141m3tely as, large . an. ter Brown. x(14,1repatriated
It refoemer of
Mac -
furter'. '1'1,e Maplecoart returned to Huron ;air! ' 114 g 1414 1 1 11/14 day the to the rcnatr 4) 1 1 and
t largest hod} It mesh_ 'rnz.c had the temerity to oppose and
Sarnia .a 'hall hour Pater. 'Captain 1,tater lying wholly within the British dett•a4 in Haldinerld in !he Assembly
Empire.
.lections of 9? Il:
UNUSUAL LINES NAMESfhr \'fackeniic rebellion of 13;117 in
per Canada, like that of the milie
(By HIarry J. •Boyle) 4 1 1 min Papineau Lower Canada
Stanley Township, lying just south .1owQueb4 c) the ,ante year, was the
0: IGorlerich Township in ,the County '"411,111 expression of Ili' struggle f
of Htlroht, wad named after one of 'the "non;il e government in the \or
directors of the .C'aurl:, 1.-1:1,1 C -.n- '.t•411:'.'t a
1 h colonies. In Lower Canada
:.:N a.
31 1.
i -
tor. Mr-. L. Wit.
IP', . 11E. it •,th ,d, n St aT :'i
1L:.. M. VVe',...17 and 1dr _ tt
:Ted on friend- 'n 11i:4he
Y rocddc4 gen
1.ewi: hiegel Jr. o:' the 144114 con-
cession leas sold his farm to Ed
Smith, for the suns of 4141)00 including
-stock and implements.—W111. Kuehl-
,on of 'bred Koehler, has returned
Milne after spending the last -three
month, in the West. He reports the
my, t"rni•r1 nht exceptinnalh• well,
nits yici,ll(:4 as high as 1inoly bush-
el, to the acre.
!fir -ell -
The verdict returned at the inquest
on the death of 'Martin penny; 'Zur-
ich. was accidental -death. ;A team of
horses, owned by Robert Johnston &
Son, were sold to a Port Arthur roan
for .$5100.
the racial elements added fuel to '4411'
flames. prolonging the .armed revolt
and resulting in far ,greater loss of
life and property than ill the 'Engl•ish-
speaking province.
1t is a matter of history that in the
governor of )Irpper Canada, then Sir
T rancis Bond F -fee, wore centred all
the (teal 90414rs of provincial govern-
ment 1f the time. kids .self-appointed
executive councilors were- respansi'ble
to 'hint alone. ""The elected (Legislative
Assembly had little voice in the af-
fairs off the province. It was the clay
of the historic liFatnily Compact" a
group of leaders in church and state
able to control the public offices, a
hureatteran- in a pioneer country. .4.
local 'Nbligarchy. one writer called it.
I.n 1i825, ,five years after Ise reached
Canada from Scotl'an'd, Macltenzie,.
then about 30- years of acre began Ili•
lttaek: on the Family.: -Compact in his
nest spaper The 'Colonial Advocate: So
incensed were the friends of the rui-
ng class that his 'p-rintting plant was
thrown into Toronto Bay, a gesture
bringing him such handsome (lama
11 -
No fumes worry you
yvhen you heat with
HAMCO. You'll be
delighted with this
safer, cleaner, money-
saving Coke. Lasts so -
long' -easy to regulate:
And so light on the
shovel, it's a pleasure
to handle. Leaves
much less ash than
other hard fuels. Try a
tort of HAMCO, the
dustless, smokeless,
wasteless Coke. Order
from your local HAMCO
dealer — he deserves
your fuel business.
WM. AMENT
ERNEST L. BOX
COKE
HAMILTON BYPRODUCT COKE OVENS, LIMITED.
HAMILTON, CANADA.
SOLD BY
J. J. SCLATER
N. CLUFF & SONS
INSIST ON HAMCO---CANADA'S FINEST COBE
es that 'he was able to return to histheroad Vto Montgomery's Tavern
campaign with .greater vigor. He he- and it tat, too late to return to .the:
came popular with the people. 'Erect- original plan, Mackenzie that wanted
ed to the .assembly he was five times to attack at once hilt the meagre
expelled from the d-iou-e and just as -force, hungry and sore after long
often re=erected. marches Over muddy roads, voted to
'Not all the :Reformer- of the time wait. They had expected to find arms,
were willing to ,o as far as Macken- ammunition and food at \iontgom,-
zie in seeking the sante right and Pro- ery's. There was little or nothing for
cedars of '.e?i-,,oceminent as they or them Besides new- had mine of seri-
their
their 'father had enjoyed in the aid ons reverse:. to the insurgent forces
land(. lie was -0011 at- • th head of a in Laver Canada. T ranks and Silas
left wing:wing:4-11.4'.1 found constitutionaltva, di'p•'trftrd.
Th.-
1.
t .r1n measures coining too slow n co n4 '1 wo or threedry.. 1 4!li !liable t;) the
rend4,11,1,:,,1 dentanhappealhx an aoeat r,brl ,;111.4', w, -r, iost Mhoata4htl4 the
1441.10)440,1110€,1 1, 1e•terail .41
ti
1,417 Pail -ea: andr, a a of w a- .1401 :old killed
_. .:.n 1- 11' atteul14tcd to ridethr1u4'lt the
,t rs:l,et lines on a senntlug ruterpri;.1
. ... , 1 . (-amainAnthony Anderson, in tent-
, - , ,rary Coutlitand 0' 'Pie insurtients.
' _..• 'was :hot dead •3)114a loyalist sniper.
4
Mean 44 the lasttrgeet force. had
1414❑ to afloat 7411, lint 1411,• speedily
-....it'd its desertion, Fel 51111 or less.
.. - .. -'ase Patriot fortis; were a hail -aril.-
1 ,,:,,-tlifhoht 11-11, 1i 11, headed by
•.-, '.r: .'11;11., and lha 1:11 1. nilidttr1. I:1
!1.1 encs of their military leader."rao
e
writes a historian. .\ n were armed
lie' •r t:,$ at. la4 Y. .. .le': '.'1
i t'r a draft .1 ..14144 f ..1 ' all -
Allen
. 4 1 -
,glen tile "nrotvin 114' govern-
'nem- was eailblisltt'rl.
.1:sired . an insurgent filers of-
hctween 4,1100 and, 5,11011 the tt.:ldrr,
1:1111 plan. for the descent on Toronto,
1),'cvnlber 7, 1183:7. The rugged iii -
veers of the partially -cleared districts
dear the city were roused to t•nthusi-
a1111for the venture. They t. aero t, as
-emd)le 1 seeretit a, miss—Rile' at
\Iontg0umrys Tavern, four mites
north of the city limits at that time,
and starch on the provincial capita -I.
'"Ch1 four thnnsanil stand -of renis
in the city hall were to be seized,"
says Charles T indsey. MMackl pzie
1; raph4r "Thr e;overlir 114114 11;
thief advisers were t1 he captured am!
Awed in 'safe custody; the garrison
was to be taken ,possession of. ':\
convention, "the un'nthe s of tv.hich
hod be gem to •ho elected in the previ-
ous
t.i-
o-us August," w'a; to he caller!, and
the constitution suhu11tted for 1[1,714-
Such craw the 'helpless condition of
the gnvernntent, mill so feet' l\'ere its
supporters supposed to be. that all
this was expected to -be effected with-
101 the effusion of 'blood," the: writer
rcn1 vs.
\4 Mlle. \Tracks11,ic scoured elle conp-
tryside orraan.izing the insurgents,
ltcutcnan,ts in the city :became alarm-
ed at ,the ,government', preparation.
for 'repelling an invasion of the vitt
and circulated orderx fon' 14 rebel at-
tack December 4 instead of ',vanilla
tilt Decentiier 7. 'Mackenzie 1',tac, re-
garded this as a fatal err,.14,
Colonel \nihrui3' \';w I;irnn,ud. -el-
ected as emmrr,n,i7r.i11 ,,i•,4, : t74
rebel 1r r•r•. '\104' I ,1 ,i - 1 mill
his
11001e in chi
prin•inc1 (il! aft
(1:14,4 W..1, 11 t r111 Y
eon's army and had teen 's 4' 4 444 4
service. Also; more lim,: .,:, u..,1,.
for orderly utrri,liratir,;1
Bit the insurgents .tr r.• alronl', n.
with rifles, 'hut the nlal trity had lotlg
roil there: 11 err eumber 4vorsa
.'11414
11-1414-s 11117.114 rt., -as+er w,
1`1:11 -tick. 1,111 tud2,1,'.
l hiring the three' day- i 444li;tx
flocked to the city i11 fors•. awl nil
1)ecCmber 7 ('01011e: '(141"r- iFittwill..
lion marched nut Mo.:lt,tolucrt's
wits I;ttl)1) militiamen, 141:4 armed :cud
equipped and ac1nrl ,anio,! !6v ,irtil-
lery .
-The he kirmish that ensiled was very
britt says one dist+rite "The reb-
els 11101,' a 11 :lttetnpt t.0 reply 441411
their muskets ITtu the noise of 1-11,1
cannon 11', eritshing. through the
woods seems t4, hart :nowt tier nerves
of the sinntls farmers . 'A sew
111,411 714014. '1,rr cxch,ul_ ti 1,1 1,1 Olen
the Ivhe! folee 11/r014e 4111 r,tn ' (tai,
ra•'htl 44-.1. 1:(11,11 hut, decor:ling- to the
writer, on the ( i1ve'r1Lltc:1t side there
were no casualties.
'Mackenzie himself has another ver-
sion Never diel fir a t1 t)t more
enol tgeous1y,'' he reported "In: 111e
(vet! of .rape and canister . they
short their ;;round, and killed and
.7111111(1Ni a Berge llnni1er .,l the en -
cm) but n1r4 at length :'nntpelled •t1
retreat." Mackenzie remained on the
scene fill the last moment attempting
to rally his turn an authority say,.
The 41-overutnent took many pets -
oilers, including Swum,: [,Tint anti
fetes 1i1rl'hews, '4111(4 1114' following
April wn•re hanged. for high treason.
Colonel V'tail Isgntond. -who 'took com-
mand of the rebels at the IICI11 !hour.
died in prison.
Al the ibase of .the tlagpo.t on the
)'ohge street site o1 4tontgo Merv'.;
Tavern, now occirpiect by an imprx's-
sive building for the ,hsrridltion of
1':Tis Majesty's (tail;, this story of
ea11S4 a1111 effect is wl'It1.•1, in 11ra4.4
4111 ws:
Orittiilal headquarters of \William
Lyon Mackenzie, teals the Up-
per Canaria TZ, hellival
Scene of brief sluit111:4 '7th ,Dec
swelter, 118317, resulting in 'defeat of
insurgents ih1 loyal militia cont-
111au'14 l by Lt. -Cllr Jai nes IFitzgib-
hon.