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HISTORY OF WINGI M
J xtraet rorty the Historical At»
las of the County of itr+an, Ont.,
puhlished in a=l so•)
illustration w. at' individual
As an ofla,
the
' � '9. C' evenn a
enterprise can ,accomplish, omplish,
buildingof large, and. prosperous
h
towns, when supplemented by the ad
. I' er ft
i o c '• rvi the
ntagEaof that ri d t+tt c iz ,
• ilway, 1,ringhani is one of the most
successful cxanittles to be found pro-
bablyt!n-
ested
as Though settlers
'and 1 th
in C
�
in its•limits ,((or rather the hi--
its of Lower Ving'ha'm) Over 21 .years
r
a' � ax - l grown
o yet the place w sc G, W
��" ,. pl G s kyg
itu an importanee to give it `a ,name
beyond the bordering townships till
the great` impetus induced by the rail-
way excited some' half"dozen.: 'years
liago; since which :time ,it:'has :grown
,
from what may be literally classed
as a backwoods, village. to 'be one of
the foremost towns ,of the province;
offering facilities as' a' manufacturing
centre, possessih advantages as a
shipping point for Frain, flour and,
manufactured products. or raw mater-
ial, which rank it with the higher class
of flour" commercial towns; and insure
for it, in` the' ordinary, course of hum-
an events; and by the inexorable logic
through which trade seeks its "nat-
ural outlets," a future' but little dream-
ed of by then most enthusiastic of its
;admirers even as late as the beginning
of the present decade.
But to begin' with the early history
rpt Wingham. We'might say that the
taovcrutuent, (as in ,fan other cases.
daring their; surveys of the new town.'
shtfps) lati4 out /'tort plot" of Wino
haul, consisting of several lots iii eon-
eesslott "A� a of the ° 'ow.nship of Torn -
berry, whirs. the confluence: is formed
by ' the north and south branches of
v' had
the Maitland River. We have a
s toremark on othe .pec Sita s
reason r 1X1..,. „ca n
achy +,
i
ess
at
,.i u
I cr'. s s
that Making" a � xa
y k g w>a
.
s and
f is i Cx n ent
wt l Governments, to
r^e ,..
the' Canadian' Government, had not us-
ually proved successful. It w a s
y
er the be-
cause
t
thought b an v
,
cause the Government` had laid out o,
{
ko'tGvn pilot, that was all which' vsa�s
required to make the place a town,
number'of o
and witlxthis idea, apeople
settled on the, "plot" at an early 'day.
The ,abuse which the Goverhrnent.sus-
tained at the hands of „some of these
worthy citizens for being induced' id
come and'settle in a frog -pond ,(as
"`Lower Wingham," now, so called,' is'
and of necessity must` for many years
continue), is explainable when we look
hetrord�':
around' us and : "take in"the a
inaiy stupidity of the Government en-;
i eers, who selected that locality' in
Ea u
preference to the beautiful and advan-
tageous position.which Wingham
proper possesses. •
The. first settler within the limits of
the "town plot" of Wingham, and be-
fore
e
fore>any one had turned their atten-
tion to 'the lace occupied by the pres-
ent an.
ent towxi, was Edward Farley, •
Ir-
ishman, who had previously resided, at
Owen.Sound, which place'' he left' for
h the "plot" in the early spring. of 1858,
1 beStill 'Ica! ' t st to everyone, to }trterr'st i'olin And. Thomas Gregory, and
and d I� loin ;r Abraham, The tw #.
a b �'I a
arrive at the spot where
. i',: k 'xn ere , . e o first -
Year.
resales, crit the t`�tla„Of aceta of that wisi gki was ttstt abated in curse yr ”
Were obliged to nw nalatOd settled at "the lalot, " enc .Built.
car, ��c r fates siltta.e +T�kt'etrtely ilial- the is t haat wn. wt:. �? x , , ;:tate
c " r the first mall at rho place, or in M
rn itici eras rI can
G igp:?li''i Vince iXn .+are were not � li
g
coneeotrKat'hah quite an .'amount of
d t i t t l leis
ourney'; which lay . by Water to•Col-
]ingwood; then by the Northern gall-
a lately ' finished to `Toronto; Grand
vy y
'r and
then rl
n
Sr�-to
Tru to t ,a f d
ntc ,
wheels as far as he could go. This
latter point proved to - be 'l3odmin, a
little settleruet¢t9t in: the Township of
. "freighters" Morris. Oa his way.; his freighter,
abandoned him,disgusted with''tire
bg
awful condition of the, roads, at Blytft,
It happened to beon'a Sunday, and
Pp
he was obliged to hunt amend for a
wagon, which he managed to secure,
together with two yoke of oxen, and
with them continued to l'odmin, where
he built a •raft, embarked his effects
thereon, and floated down the'stream
to hip destination, where he landed. on
the' agave -named 'day, and > at once
went to work to clear land, and built
the first house, a log one, which, with
annexes at various, times since ap-
pended,
p-
residence, e The
r hise li
e `tet still' forms �i G ,
p nc d
difficulties and expeeseq of travelling
in those days may be judged from' the
fact 'that Mr. Farleypaid, first and
last, in. the :neighborhood - of $Too` in
freight. and transportation charges of
various kinds, on about one tori of
household goods:- It is no wonder Mr.'
: Farley is of those, who think it was
he who was riht and everybody else
wrong; in building Wingham where it
sand leaving the swamp of . the
"plot" out in the cold. As the "oldest
inhabitant," Mr, Farley had - a histor-
neighborhood, and Were to means c'f,
before we could obtain any iuforma.
tion from •hint.
The first settlers -in what' is now
�
inglaarit, weJohn Cornyn oh Corn n and
family? it comprising his seas, Robert,
. p
r
William and Thomas, They built the
e
first- house in the place, on: the spot
where the Queens Hotel now stands,
intin'he summer of x1359. it was a log
he
bei ding
at frskbut:
wa, 'subsequent
1r'dded to,and used originally :asaY•
hotel—being the in first ublic-house. in
e s p.
thee locality -till /87S, when it was
for- t d
e' room h
down t.' y o
pulled¢ rtiak
inose pretentious• structure which was
erected over its ruins, Mr. Cornyn
originally lived in Mornington, Perth
County; bait' cane to Turnberry in
1856, settling o>tt lot 4, concession X, of
that township ,• where he: lived till ,. 859,.
when he settled .as above. Old Mr.
Cornyn,died in /868. His spn,Robert
a lie t settler liviwith
is' now the ,eJiving r s f�,
in 'the liriaits of the original Village
of Winghain: '
Next after the Cornyn`s' in Wing -
ham, was` Edward Foley, the early
part of the succeeding year (186o),
who built a frame ' house, used first
as a store and suseueiatly- as a pub-
lic -house, known' as , the Commercial
Hotel, A child born in his fancily was
the , first born in Winghani. He was
accompanied, or followed at very
short`. intervals, by Peter and Archi-
bald Fisher, Peter and Thomas Long,
trade at the spot,, And building up a'
village which at one time promised to
realize the calculations of the Govern*,
inept engineers ,by making .Lower.
f
in . oS
real town. W`i11!t�llladai the :., p
t� yTitiaan six or seven years alto it 'ywaS
place the chief ht
e iof the two in size and
im o.rtantce. Since the impetus Wings'
rail-
ways,
a
to
e civ b the
h� m s c ed
a �"
ways which afterwards becairie a:
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reality, lower town commenced to . re.-.
r-
trograde, butt it is still an unincorpor-
ated
nincorpo
ated village of no mean importance,
containing grist and saw -mill, cloth
faetory, three general stores, harness
store, cooperage, two hotels, school
and nearly 5op' Inhabitants. •
(Continued next week.)
BELMORE
pulpit
A. Smith occupied the pu p}t
he Knox church last Sabbath after-
noon, othe pastor conducting Anniver-
sary services at fiervie.,
TThee i,ord s Supper will be observed
in McIntosh church next Sabbath. •.
Mrs. Henry_Johann, Mn
Mr. and : Y
and Mrs. Fleming Ballagh, Miss El-
canoe Jeffray and Mr. George Ruth-
erford, spent Wednesday evening last,
with Mr; "Longley:
Mr, and Mrs.: Jas. Douglas and fam-
ilyattended the Orange supper and'
dnce in Wroxeter on Wednesday
Pxovince of Ontario . Savin s Cf fxc+ is ?ai.
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e ,of the Legislature, for' the service' :an I
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t1ri en�
ti : tlhie e:o le:of tritarfo.
bexl t o p
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w he
ki p people•
It serve=s a .doable lir erse,. xt off,ts't,
for their aavkn s with
,,. safedepository fo @t ,
udt uGationalaly�
4a interest. And it rovides a grow
a liberal rate of �¢,j'aF
a1 n to
tn hand u :o1a which <$he �oVerat;agenk relay>;dt-} e 1
g ••. ,... .p, .,, • ' cease - o-
t tor, d 1&
n tt a Hilar: r rid rtakrng;�, tooki� i
vandal prosperity, .
Open ata acco11 nt at our xieai•est office in 'pc'rsarn. or
mail,
lata .
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..,i .bpi - i . i •,Ia,u+t nii'ifi
1
Head Office: 'f riita
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: a St. aAlta i:+Ps,' X4raut4og�II,, VG'aPatst9eit,'
Branch.. O1611ees:• 19taiMlrlt ii, �.. K,
. Seafartb, Owen Sound, 'NOVori,ilret,
embroke, Arline! and Ott awtz;.
5t.., . a , !Pembroke, 4i1
0^!N
e qp rw�, /e�r�ilil
l:.ate b,.. -•Mr, Sas, Nichol,
d y. J
evening.: Wed -
hold
` ' his house- Mr: Archie Lowry s sale last
r . I. Scott has rrtoved . ,
M.7
da. as lar �eI attended, owing to
' to the ouse }ately vacs :nes y w g ,y,
effects into house
the drop in- price,,,, the stock and:
implements went below the average.
'Misses Jean Babb and' Nettie But-
chart,•visited on Sunday evening withh,
the Misses Metcalfe's.
Why' does. Harry fail to attend
church? and . gets to Endeavour, the
girls want to know if he doe's his
milking and feeds his calves in • the,
afternoon?
Mr. Sam Burke, the Wroxeter mail
courier has quit his job, the Delmore_
"mail going on to Gleriannhn,'
The .manyfriends of Miss Scott,
at one time •a resident of the village,
will be sorry:' 'n Iarn' of Icer serious
illness, .at the home ,of Mr_ Arngld
Stewart, Streetsville.
Mrs. Omar Stokes, we are pleased
to say is improving rapidly after an
operation in the Wingham Hospital.
The Wowpn.'s' Institute, met on Sat-
urday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Hakney. There was a large 'attend-
ance and a bright, interesting meeting
was greatly enjoyed by all. Arrange-
r/mots were made for a concert to be
-given on friday, December; 29th. The
memberships ,divided into two groups,:
under the leadership of Mrs. Renwick
and Miss Edna Lincoln. Mrs, Edwards
and Mrs. Jeffray gave ' splendid re-
ports of the Convention held in,Lon
don. Mrs. Herd and Mrs. McKenzie
gave an Instrumental duet and Master
Frank 'Renwick, a solo. During the
afternoon a' photograph was :taken of
the gathering. Mrs. Hakney 'served
a delightful lunch and all enjoyed a
social time together.
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EN and women of Ontario it is time that • we should all realize the terrible com-
pleteness
leteness of the fire calamity that- devastated Northern Ontario in the early days of October. Fires and
calamities we have had ' before, but never . such complete destruction as this.
Over 1,200 O0 square miles ' laid: desolate, town after town nothing but a bleak expanse of ruins, hundreds of farms
swept bare, thousands of your . fellow citizens "craned out" ' and thrown abruptly back into man's primeval struggle
against nature and her- grim forces: fire, hunger, ice and the stark northern cold.
Give 1,800families a fighting
Temporary relief must go on.
Winter—the 'relentless foe
Coming as this terrible fire did, in the autumn,
with the harvests in, •with'• -'the townspeople
already preparing for the rigors of winter—the
complete destruction wrought is the harder to
overcome,
Thousands of people at: `first; had literally no
place to lay their bead, little to wear and nothing
to eat. They had to be taken, care of at first;
•somehow,, and then; desperately as the days went
by. _and. the cold grew rnore intense, rough- but
,, rte, 2N,.
serviceable standard shacks, le, 2v ,
have been -replacing tents, old street
cars; packing boxes and sheet' iron—a
regular food supply has been: es-
tablished, and rough clothing is being
distributed.
What can a man do with
his house a blackened hole
in the ground, ilia barn a
charred •heap,, • his work
shop a twisted pile; of
rubbish -and 'a northern
lizzard raging over all?
chance to get ' on their -t..
_,,.e must not fail the North.
Temporary Relief Until Spring
In the name of humanity we must see these
fellow citizens through until Spring opens up the
land and general business activities are resumed.
Money must -be ' forthcoming, from., the citizens
of -Ontario, from municipalities, industries, soci-
eties, public, bodies,. -Iodges, churches, etc.—not
for rehabilitation or re-establishment, but for the
supply of bare necessities, "temporary relief"
in fact, to the stricken North.
The Brighter Side of the Picture
Everywhere throughout the fire swept district
one hears only a strong, manly note of confidence,
of ' resolution to go forward, . to "stick to the
country" if body and soul can be held together,
to make good once, more, to restore the hundreds
of burned' farms, to rebuild the eight or . ten
destroyed towns— And it will : be done if the
stream of " temporary relief from Old Ontario
does not dry upl
All for One—One for All
Here --is , a portion of our Province in ruins,
and for the sake of the whole Province as well
as for its own sake,, this section must be restored
to prosperity and' happiness. We need the North,'_•-
we need. its vigorous, pioneering spirit so one
and all, let's "give a hand into the saddle"
and do it NOW.
Money is needed. The Relief Corea•-
mittee can buy • in large quantities,
get - big- discounts, and often free
gifts of merchandise from the many
manufacturers who are ,generously
co-operating with the Committee.
The exact needs are now known.
The Northern Ontario Fire Relief
Committed
has been enlarged and now is thoroughly,represen-
€ative of the Province of Ontario. The Provin-
cial Government is co-operating : to the fullest
extent and is doing everything that a Govern-
ment can properly do to assist in temporarily
relieving the fire sufferers:.
To give immediate i bout delay.If each municipality or
- rise. roust secure actual cash wit
relief the Committee p '� ,sea,
county would devise some means o± ,raining. ate ;,mount equal to one half mill on the 'total assessment the kelt, c
e -continued. ' The raising of ,relief funds could be undertaken by public spirited citizens, clubs, chnrahes:or
councils and provides,a most deserving cause for Christmas giving. Now it is up to every community in Ontario
to help•a neighbouring district in its hour of trial. Make cheques payable to -
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The Northern -Ontario Fire Relief o..ltteep Royal Bank Building Toro to
COMMITTEE
K. W. McKAY, St. Thomas
W. H. ALDERSC3NChz,ir.iaibni CEO. S. MATTHEWS, Brantford.
Toronto Board of" redo.
Western, Ontario Associated Ontario Municipal Association.
J. MORRISON, Toronto,
A. J. YOUNG, North Bay. Boards of Trade. J.
Ontario Government. United Farmers of Ontario.
GI C). C,'CC►1'i?LI�Y; Hamilton. and Ml2S_1vI. SOUTER, Trout Mills and
MRS. H. P. PLUMPTRE, Toronto,
JOHN ELLIOTT, Belleville, R. ,q, TVIc%NNIS, Iroquois Falls, Ontario Division,
Ontario Associated Boards of Trade I . tx N. O., Associated Boards of Canadian Red Cross Society.
Sind Chambers of Commerce Trade, and Farm Organizations in MRS. A. 1-1. WILLETT, Cochrane;
GICy.BRIG%3EN,Tortanto, Women's Institute.
Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc, Northern Ontario.
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LUCKNOW
Lucknow, Dec. 4th., 192z t,
- The good sleighing of last week has:
gone,' and in consequence business is,
not as: brisk as it otherwise might lie..
The Oddfellows held their second
"At Home" of the season last 'Friday
night. A most enjoyable evening was
spent in cards, dominoes and dancing;
'not forgetting a very fine lunch.
Mr. Toni Park's` fine residence near
Dungannon was burned to the ground
last Tuesday, the cause being an over-
heated stove pipe upstairs. This was - a new house onlybuilt about one year
ago by Mr. Denyer of Wingham. The
loss is partially covered by insurance.
Shortly after dinner Mrs. Parks heard
a noise which she thought was mice in
the walls, but on going to investigate;
found the upstairs a complete mass of
flames. She immediately gave, the
alarm and as quickly as possible
neighbors gathered and saved nearly
everything downstairs.
A person who sells wood in town
has been discovered giving short
measurement, and citizens are asked
to be on their guard. He must be
related to the person who brings in
eggs that -were laid many moons ago,
and sells them as fresh eggs. Pretty
mean persons both.
Mr. K. Nicholson of Chase City,
Virginia. U. S. A., who is now a pros-
perous furniture
ros-perous,furniture manufacturer of that
place visited the scene of his boyhood
days here last week, after an absence
of over 35 years:
A very pleasant time was spent at
the Young People's Guild .of"the Pres-
byterian church last Monday evening.
The subject for the evening being
Scotland and: its Patron Saint. Mr.
John C. .gave a fine ress
on ScotlaMurnd antidoch Mrs. Fred Phillips
gave a splendid paper on St. Andrew,
Miss, Lorna Campbell gave a Scotch
reading, then a Contest of: x5 Scotch
songs, alter which all joined in sing;
ing Auld c.
The funeLangral oSynf Mrs. Hugh Ross 'tats
held front her late residence on the
moth .concession of Kinloss, to Smith
Kinloss cemetery on Wednesday •of
last week. The late Mrs. loss had
been ailing for a long time and she,
was in her 6oth year. She is survived
by her husband, two sons and two
daughters.
Mrs. I2. E. Brown of Winnipeg, is
visiting her sisters, Mrs, Fred
Donald and Mrs. Jas.Fotster.
The furniture ;factory has been
greatly improved in appearance by
being plastered with cement,
There is little talk of a municipal
election here this year. Everyone
seems pretty well satisfied°with those,
who held office this year.
Election , Of Officers
Eclgrave L. 0, L., No. 46a, met on
Wednesday evening, November sotto
for election of officers, which resulted
as follows r—
W. fid. ---Bert Watson
D. M.—Chas, Xing
Chap John Scott
Rec. Sec- Allan.I'attison
Fina Sec, -•-Chas, Conites
D, of C..-4. dnttind Irwin
First Leet,JatnesWightntan
Sec. Leet,—Chas. R'siatang
Committee ---Robert Owens, Het .40
Irwin, Stewart ihfdBtsrney, Win, Love,
Richard Coarnney,
Tyldrs----David Deacon, pallia hll
Callttrta.