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New Snow Plow At Work
On Saturday morning last .1 your
scribe accompanied Cou:riaty End lh ser
J. M. 17ippey over fame of the coun-
1ty roads. The :chief errand was to
see how the new county oasnowplocvs
Were working out. At ,this time. the
plows were ptractically finished their
work from the lust snow Storms and.
there remained but one road to open
in North Eastthope town'slhip. This
road was a narrow atret0h of about
three miles and you will remember
the condition of the snow at that
time. It had melted to et great de-
gree ami that meant that it was a
ib eavy, solid mass. The Deisel pow-
ered Adams plow was the one wthich
tackled the job. Starting off without
chains it made some 100 yards before
the operators were' forced to put
them on. ' After that it ate up the
t hiifts without 'a halt fm' tihe three
miles. In some places the wing had
to be raised, not on account of the
heavy nature of the work, but on ac-
-count of the narroveless of the road.
-Miltcihet1 Advocate.
Former Organist Found Dead
Friends in town were shocked to
iearn on Tuesday of the sudden death
a1 Charles M. Passanlore, former or=
iganist in Knox Presbyterian Church,
Mitchell. Mr. Passmore has latterly
been organist of St. Andrew's Presby-
terian Church in Southampton and he
performed his dirties there ,on Sun-
day evening. When he did hot ap-
pear at the . abureh the following
unarming as was 'time custom, David
%Vittie visited 'bus apartment in
the afternoon to find the ighfis
still burning and his body on the bed,
partial'ly undressed, having apparent-
' ly collapsed virile in:. the act of pre-
parvog for his nig*ht's rest. The cor-
oner was called and death was pro-
nounced dile to heart failure.-Mit-
thell• Advocate.
Huron Well Represented
It has often been pointed out that
'Huron boys or sons of Huron boys
-quite often make their mark in the
town or city to watch they go. At
Niagara Flanks, Ont., this Is the case
as three such are on. the Board of
Education. Wendell M. Musgrove,
X.C. is the son of Dr. Geo. M. Mus-
grove. a Turnbenry bay. Dr. Eldridge
T. Kellam is a Seaforth boy. His fa-
ther, Rev. Henry Kellam, was sta-
tioned at Wlingham and died while
here. Rev. William. Fingland• is from
Lonxl8sboro. - Wingtham Advance -
Times,
Ba'.tery Membership Increasing
The Wing'ham Battery (99th)' under
•eommawd of Major George Howson,
loos turreted to enlist members. The
intembersbip is steadily growing and
anyore desirous of joining the bat-
tery eaould get in touch with one of
the orleers as soon as pose4ble.-
� Wnghlam Advance -Times.
.Former Mitchell Girl is Bereaved
Relatives here were grieved to
learn of the passing last evening of
William Fairfax, beloved husband of
Florence Blowes, formerly Of Mit-
chell, wraith occurred in the Brant-
ford Hospital. The late MT. Fairfax
Riad been in ailing health for some
time heat and on: Sunday underwent
a merlons operation. The following
day he developed pneumonia and. was
¢n such a percarious condition that
Mie'. Fairfax's sister, Mra. Irwin
Pitaxce and brother, A. W. Blowes,
we: to Brantford yesterday morning,
the former remaining in that city. Be-
•sdd'es the young widow there are two
children, Earl and Marion, to whom
the sylmtpatOry of their many friends
is extended at this sad time.-Mitdbell
.Advocate.
Burned To Death
Mrs. Ila Paulsen, 29, and her 'two
•small daughters, Carmel, aged five,
and Shirley, aged three, were fatally
burned on Saturday afternoon when
a coal oil can t exploded, spraying
naming oil over theist in their farm
arome, three miles southwest of
Strata roy, on the 8th concession, of
Caradoc Tounahip. The explosion
happened as Mrs. Paulsen poured
coal oil on the fire. Although the 1
mother, wife of O1uf Paulsen, carried
her two ehdddren from the house that
Follow summer to its all -year
home. Thrill to golf under blue
skies, relax on warm sands:
For a winter vacation or a
longer stay, there is never a
dull moment. And living costa
are very moderate.
Choose your own route. Fares
apply direct or via the Canadian
Rockies, Vancouver and Vic-
toria
iatoria to San Francisco in one
or both directions:
FULL INFORMATION
AS TO ROUND TRIP
• STANDARD FARE
• TOURIST FARE
• COACH FARE
On Applicationto any Agent
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You've nO doubt beard ik the pop+
uuar ung, ."Rosea~ iau December." Wcf11
here's the latest one, "Panatela la Jan-
ruaary " This, 'however, is not just a
mytblcal tion, but the genuine thing.
Wednesday Mr. W. T. Riddell, of Au-
burn, picked ,pansies out of his Rawer
garden, in bloom. -Blyth Standard.
Employee of Russian Government
Mr. and MTs. John S. ,Campbell who
for the -peat two weeks have been
vdsdtina Mr. T. Hardy., Mr. 'and Mrs.
D. Thorndike and other relatives at
Bbytth and Dungannon, left for their
home at, Sointula, B. C., on Saturday
last. Mr ..Caampei1 has for the past
nine years been in the logging busi-
ness and at the present time is work-
ing a timber limit on Minstrel Is-
tland. Before' going to British Colum-
bia he spent eight years in Poland
and Latvia at the same occupation in
the employ of the Rus,'sian Govern-
ment.,--Clintoin N'eers-Record.
Old Communion Cards Found
While cleaning up the premises On
St. David's Da v'rds St a cu
Street occupied letterly by
the late Miss Sslinla Gray and recent-
ly purchased by Mrs. Herb Allen, she
found some very 'oda communion
cards b'elon'ging to Miss Gray's father,
the l'a'te Harry Gray. They were dat-
ed 1880, 1881 and 1882, 1886 and 1892
and showed Mr. Gray's affiliation with
the old Bible Christi= Church locat-
ed
menet years ago on Toronto 1St.,
and" demioldsthdd some ttrirty or thirty-
five years ago, the property now be-
ing 'occupied by the . Presbyterian
church sheds -Mitchell Advocate.
Changes Business Location
Mr. Albert Palmer has °hanged his
business location in the Taylor :Nock
and is now three doors (south of the
fotmer• pare of business in what has
been known as the J. B. Lavia office.
-Clinton News -Record.
USBORNE
The inaugural session of the mun-
icipal
unicipal council of Usborne Township
was held on Monday, Jan. 9th, at 11
a.arr. with the members taking the
oath of office as follows: Reeve,
Percy Passmore; Councillors, Hugh
Berry; Bruce (topper, Clark Fisher and
John Hodgen. Minutes of December
15th tweeting were adopted on motion
by Hodgert and Fisher.
Correspondence was received as
follows: From the Association of
Rural Municipalities., solitatin'g mem-
bership, decisiotn deferred. From the
Ontario Municipal Association, no ac-
akin;
c-
ti an; from C. M. Laidlaw, Atwood, re
Mutual Liability Insurance, Clerk was
instructed to reply that this council
favors the idea of Mutual Insurance;
from the Department of Health, re
care of ex -inmates of Sanitarium, fil-
ed; from the Municipal World and
from Whillier & Co.; soliciting order
for 1939 supplies. Moved by Fisher
and Cooper, that 10 copies of the Mun-
icipal World. and 400 dog tags as well
as other necessary supplies be order-
ed from Municipal World by the Clerk
through the Times -Advocate at Exe-
ter. Carried. Other correspondence
was read and filed.
The auditors' report for 1938 was
presented by A.rnoixd. Wiseman, town-
ship auditor, showing total receipts
for the year $46,858.17 and expendi-
tures $46,177.94, with a bank balance
of $680.23. .Capital assets total $7,150
and revenue assets $7,155.33 with` the
only liability being. a bank loran of
$2,000. The report showed the affairs
of the towlnehip as properly conducted
and indicated a progressive financial
sttan+ding by comparison with, 1937, the
balance between revenue assets and
liabilities having increased by $657,
and the total net assets of the mun-
icipality being $4,346.74 higher than,
one year ago. Moved by Barry and
Cooper, .tdrat the auditor's report be
adopted. Carried. Moved by Hodgert
and Cooper, that the application to
the Department of Highways for 50
per cent. subsidy on road and bridge
expenditures, amounting to $8,153.57
for the year 1938, be approved and
the Road Superintendent, Treasurer,
Reeve and the Clerk be hereby auth-
orized to sign the application, to af-
fix the corporation seal and forward
to the District Engineer. Carried,
On a motion by Fisher and Berry,
the following scale of salaries and
wages was fixed . for 1939; Reeve,
$75; Councillors, $50; Clerk, $350;
Treasurer, $110; Assessor, $80; Col-
lector, $75; Caretaker, $12; Weed In-
spector, 3Oc per hour, minimum 50c,
mileage at 5c per mile; School At-
tendance Officer, Sanitary Inspector
and Livestock Valuator, 30c per hour'
and 5c per mile; M.O.H., $100; Board
of Health members, $2 per meeting;
Road Superintendent, 35c per hour;
grader operator, 30c; labor, 25c and
teams '50c per deur, except for snow
pork, which will be 15 cents for man
and 40 cents per hour for mann and
team, 15c per hour to- be allowed for
plows used and for mowers in weed
ratting, but all implements to be us-
ed at owner's •risak.
The following appoiraments were
made upon motion proposed by Berry
and Cooper: Clerk, A. W. Morgan;
Treasurer, N. G. Clarke; Assessor, W.
J. Routly; Collector, Wm. Johns;
(`Caretaker, Mrs. Kellett; Weed In-
efector, Nelson Coultis; Sanitary In,•
sfiector, Thos. Bell; School Attend-
ance Officer, Wan. Johns; Livestock
Valuator, 13en Williams; M.O.H., Dr.
Dunlop; Road Supt., Henry Ford;
Grader Opers tor, Arthur Rhode; Re-
itef Officer, N. G. Olarke. Moved by
1-Iodgert and Fisher, that the Board
of Health be reduced -to three mem-
bers, the latatoal Offi('er, Reeve Pass-
more ani' Clerk A. W. Morgan, the
latter to act as secretary. Motion'tar-
rieeeo.
On motion by Berry and Hodgert,
the following were appointed: Fence -
viewers: Frank Down, Wellington
Kerslake:;, John Prance, Wm. Doupe
and Jas. Heywood; Poundkeepers,
Jelin Luxton, Wm. Fravr+e, W. C. Ked-
dy, John Frock, Harold Herd, Cecil
Dobson, Heber Shute, T. C. Allen and
James Ammon. The .following snow
patrol bnemt were appointed On, motion
by' Cooper and. Fisher and tlbe Clerk
is yc ifu ts�wli "� clitat itac
WOMAN WITH SEVERE N'EURITIS
Far thea" benefit of others who unaay.
be trout/led with the complain she
suffered Iron, a grateful wvwnan
writes: -
"Last May I had a very Severe at-
tack of neuritis in the leg, which
made it inaapoatsibie for me to rest
during the, day,- or to ,get regular
sleep at night to say nothing of,: the
intense pain.
: ' tar:dous medieines gave me very,
little vellef,'laaanl a friend advised me•
to give' 'Cranium a tial,, as she had.
derived benefit from it whillet suffer,
ing,. similarly. I am so bhan+kfwi that
I took her. advice. Froin the vary
first . bottle a felt relieved, and now, I
am qu'i'te tree from pale, and get a
good eight's sleep." -(Mrs.) H.C.
Neuritis, like rheumatism, lumbago,
and sciatica, is often caused by
needle -Pointed uric acid crystals,
wihich form as the --result of sluggish
eliminating organs. Krusohen helps
to convert .those crystals into a
harmless solution, which is removed
t'h'rough the natural channels.
was instructed to notify each indi-
cating his portion of road and extent
of responsibility, viz: Authority to.
proceed with, work to be secured from
the Township Road Superintendent:
Fred Ford, Con. 2, Lots 1-19, and Rd.
5 from Con. 1 to 2; Victor Heywood.,
Con. 2,
Lots 11-15 and Road 7 from
Con. 2, Exeter; J. G. Hunter, Con. 4
from Lot 2 to Bilddnlph Bdy., and Rd.
5 from Con. 2-4 and tore narrow road;
Clarence Johno, Lots 11-15 and Road
7 from Can. 2 to Con. 4; Alwyn Day.
man, Con. 4, Lot 16, to Thames Road;
Roy Johns, Con. 6, Lot 1, to Biddulph
Bdy.; Harry Cole, Can. 6, Lots 1-10
and Road 5 from • Con. 4 to 6; • Hatrry
Ford, Con. 6 from Lot 11 to Thames
Road and Road 7 from Cons. 4-6; Ern-
est Hicks, Biddulph Bdy. from Con. 1
to Con. 4; Chas. layman, Con. 2, Lot
16 to Thames Road; Earl Mitchell,
Con. 2, from Thames Road. to Lot 25
and Road ,9 from Con. 1 to Con. 2;
Clarence Down, Con. 2, Lots 26-30;
John Stewart, tOon. 2, (rots 31-35; Geo.
Dunn, Road 11 from Hurondale to
No. 4 Highway; Walter Madge, Tuck-
ersmit'h Bdy. from Con. 4 to No. 4
Highway; ' Hector Rowcldffe, Con. 4,
Lots 31-35 and Road 11 from Can. 2
to 6; Harold Cudmore, Con, 4, Lots
25-30; Joe- Kernick, Con. 4, Lot 25 to
Thames Road and Road 9 from Con.
2-4; E. J. Pym, Road 9, from Con. 4-6;
Wm. Cann, Con. 6 from Thames Rd.
to Hibbert Bdy.; Ed. Alexander, Rd.
15, John T. Heim, Road 5 from Can.
6-10 and Road 20; Wellington Brock,
Road 4 from Con. 8-10; John McElrea,
Road 4 from Con. 10' to Woodham;
Wm. Gilfiilian., Con. 14 from Lot 15 to
Blanshard Bdy., and "extenslon Road
6 from Corr. 12-14; Clarence Knight,
Road 7 from Con. 6-8; Ray Francis,
Con. 12 from Lots 11-15; Nelson
Roach, Con. 12, Lot 16 to Thames Rd.
and R ,d 7 from Con. 10-12; J. W.
Stewart, Con. 10 from Hibbert Bdy.
to Thames Road and Hibbert Bdy•
from' his own gate to Thames Road;
John Selves, from east side Let 19,
N.E.B., to J. W. Stewart's gate; Ray
Fletcher, 'Oon. 10 from Lot 11-15, in-
-elusive; Albert Scott, Con. 10, Lot 16
to Thames Road and Road 7 from Con.
8-10; Wm. Stone, Rd. 9 from Cont 6
to County Highway No. 23; Heber
Shute, Con. 14 from Lot 15 to Thames
Road and Road r7 from Con. 14 to
Fullerton Bdy.; Wilfred Doupe, Road
7, from Lot 15, Con. 14 to Con. 12.
All snow bele are to be presented
to the Road Superintendent by May 1,
1939, by omd'er of the Department of
Highways. The Clerk. was instruct-
ed to formulate the necessary by-law
confirming the foregoing appoint-
ments and salaries, and submit it to
the next meeting of council. laoved
by Berry and Hodgert, that in future
no cheques or vouchers for payment
be issued between council meetings
and the Road Superintendent's vouoh-
ers be closed before meetings. Car-
ried. •
Treasurer's Report: Balance In
bank, Jan. 1, 1939, $¢80.23; receipts,
A record of 50 years es teacher in
the same enitool Section of . Stanley
PowToWnOlicip vvatt the mark eertablished
by the lhate' Geoage WO.of Bruce -
field,. W. UL Jobaaln , 'recently
in the .tom Pro*.
Bela 1 el:10Ie 0d hi 4$.441. his peo-
ple came to Canada wI.tllo-he was but
a lad pad .located. is ;Stanley.'. Here
,there was, tplea rty. of work to do clear -
the .foam but as he was a quiet
,s<tudhons .lardo 'int' who were
WitteMet him to the public scibool as
regularly ao .possible, but as he grew
o14er the winter months, were the
'only ones they could give him to
study.
In 1860 at 19 yearns of age he start
ed out one 00'01 morning to Goderich
to try 'hie examination for a certifi-
cate to teach. He was there waiting
for the examninatiom to begun at nine
o'clock. Between that and four
o'clock he exhibited each a clear
knowledge of grammar, geograp+hY,
history, arith'metio, chemistry, philoso-
phy, algebra, bookkeeping, Euclid's
six books 01 the geom not. ' m-
etryc (
geo
etry of later years), spelling, etc., that
Are was granted a firs -class certificate
of
,the highest grade. By six o'clock
he bad the coveted certificate in his
pocket and then began on the long
walk of _ 18 miles home He arrived
bonne before • midnight' and we can
imagine the joy that flied .the hearts
of the pioneer pai exits, Mr. and Mrs.
Thames Baird, at the suceess of their
first 'born, still in bis 'keens.
1•n' January, 1861, 'he began to teach
in Stbool Section No. 1, Stanley. The
section was large and populous .and
he found himself sometimes in charge
of alteost 120 pupils. His sdhoalroom
was 'crowded! ,to the door, but the evi-
dent •sympathy of the teacher for his
children and his untiring zeal in tiheir
behlatFf envied him . triumphantly
through and far 'half a century he
was reieagaged' year after year until
December 22, 1910, he retired' from
bis, labors in the eohoolroom.
Knowing brow well he had done
himself in the public 'school he 'in -
spinet 'Ms older' pupils to study for.
teacher er standing ansa soon his school
became famous for the number of
whalers .turned out. Many became
minfetters, lawyers, deetors or dent-
ists. Teachers were prepared for
$661.12. Moved by Cooper and Fistther
that the following accounts be approv-
ed and orders be drawn on the Treas-
urer for payment. Carried: Road
Superintend'ent's vioneber, $114.10;
Arnold Wiseman, auditing, $40; Wm.
Johns, collecting taxes, $75; mSeoel-
la :eons, $78.
Council adjourned to meet on Feb.
4th, 1939.-A. W. Morgan, Clerk.
CKNX, WINGHAM
100 Kee. 250 Metres
WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, Jan! 201-•11.15 a.m., Beauty
'llhat Endures; 12.45 pm., Poultry
Talk; 6.45, CKNX HiI1-Biliiee; 9, Har-
riston vst. Wingbam hockey.
Satnrday, Jan. 211-10.30 a.m., Shut -
Ins; 12.45 p.m., CKNX Hill -Billies; 7,
Wes McKnight; 7.45, Barn Dance.
Sunday, Jan. 22--11 a.m., Wingham
United °larch; 12.30 p.m., Ken
Roble's Amrateurs; 1.45, Tnilple-V Bible
Class; 5, George McCullagh; 7, St.
Andrew's Ohurch.
Monday, Jan. 23-11 a.m., Harry J.
Boyle; 12 noon, Canadian' Farm and
Home Hour; 7 pan., Kenneth Rentoul.
Tuesday, Jan. et -11.15 a.m., Beau-
ty That Endures; 1 p.m., Royal Chefs;
L30, Glad Tidings; 10.30, Hockey Re-
sume.
Wednesday, Jean. 25-11 a.m., Harry
J. Boyle; 1 p.m., "Clippings"; 7.30,
Cocoanut Grove Orcihest ra.
Thursday, Jan. 26j -1L30 a.m., Pet-
er MacGregor; 1 p•m., Royal Ohefs;
9," Palmerston vs. Wingham hockey.
The ens erpr(t ;Sad deteinaPatiOnllf
the Sootl b, pia/Vern echo, Wes*.
century ago, peopled not mei n slthe.
Huron tract bet' Many • Partial*
Sbu>dbweatern:.Ontario, aIle Illustrated
in the liven of 1Charlea and Mat Sae
lie--Cbarlee, a Scottish intamilgtant,
and Jobs, 'this Canadian -bora on siatyo
Victor Inurinon in a recent issue of
the Inane Press.'
grades Scohie "was bora near the
roya>tl city of Perth, in Seot1and. Hist
father died while he was stilet very
snail, but hie widowed mother law to
}its education.. He learned 'the. trade
of ur?ulj-wright and pattern making,
and became an excellent mecbanie.
Among his early achievements in:
Scotland) was the 'building of a _small
condensing engine of one.half horse-
power, which could not be stopped by
band power. Most of his pattern -
tanking, had to do with machinery
needed for the old-fashioned stone
flour male., which were not until sev-
eral decades later superseded by the
Belgian roller process. It was said
of Charles Scobde that .he could make
airy pattern for any mrathinery need-
ed for stone flour mills.
Charles Scobie married in Scotland.
Far 15 years ire lived in Glasgow. Of
this first Marriage three children were
born, William, Betsy and Jane. On
their third end second-class certifi-
cates, and • also for ,tibeir reatricula-
tion. He 'devoted many extra hours
out of school to them and in sohoa!
they helped( him to teach. There was
a quiet kntiasn existing in, his.
school that was difficult for some to
understand.
On Sunday alternoon's a Sabbath
school in; connection with the Pres-
byterian church was conducted in the
schoolroom and historic records that
the general _assembly has granted
mare diplbmas.to pupils in this school
for repeating the shorter oathechism
correctly than probably in. any other
in Ontario. Mr. Baird was superin-
tendent of this Sunday school until
his death, It is still cantinued.
As Indicative of 'his love of learn-
ing it can be told that he secured
first-class ' certificate standia g under
the -new regulations though he did not
need to do so and for a better un-
derstanding of the Scriptures be stu-
died Greek and Hebrew.
Towardtq the end of his long career
in setool the walateaching the grand
children of his first pupils. To all
he was affectionately, known as "The
Master." Of a quiet, reserved and
lovable disposition and yet so honest
is his convictions 'that he was often
made the arbitrator of little disputes
among the people and his view of a
question always accepted. As town-
ship auditor the continued in office un-
til his failing eyesight forced him to
refuse the appointment any longer.
As meteorological agent for the de-
partment his reports were most care-
fully made. In fact the authorities
often gave him unstinted praise for
his careful and methodical work.
For probably 30 years olr more he
led and, held service for a band) of
worshippers inBrucefield who prefer-
red to have him de so every Sunday
morning.
How be continued to be so active-
ly engaged in so many fields and ac-
oomp]isbed so "much in his long and
busy life without a breakdown in his
health: was a puzzle to all who knew
him. Probably the reasons for this
are to be found in the facts that he
was a Harmer as well as a teacher,
that the lived two and a half miles
from 'his school, a distance he walk-
ed night and morning; to these we
must add that he was the possessor
of a 'calm and serene assurance that
he was one of God's children whose
purpose in 'life was to help others.
Today his remains and those of his
good wife 'lie at rest in Baird's Cende-
tery among these of scores of his old
pupils and of hoe early pioneers. One
son, William, is a teacher in Toron-'
to; two are successful farmers in
Saskatchewan, and George . occupies
e old homestead in Stanley.
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Mere tbni44 d d�
ftot; ,tom
on track ter
there way a e+belln eappd,
atter fromS' Tal " to ,tom
It wan S:n the early 40's
Snob e'e **PO , Mae finks., ..... I C ..y
the opportua btfew .Cal kraal to
ler. 1st 1842 the family soiled for
Canada.
The spring passage was istonmy nntl
the little exam BRAP .spent six weeks
and three dome tmveaning the Alcan-
tie to Quebec From Quebec they
made their way to tipper Canada,:
There Charles' Scobie speedily found.
work in connection with flour milling.
His first home in Canada was lap To-
ronto where he set up flour " mill.; rola-
chinery on Yonge Street at what was
then kown as Hog's Hollow. Firm
Toronto he moved to Guelph.
'There were already three children
of Charles Scobie's second marriage
-Charles, Mary and Jame--aod at
Guelpih on December 23, 1843, the
Youigest, John. Scoriae, was born.
In Guelith the . elder Seoble follow
ed his trade of planning and setting
up machinery - machinery for the
common 'local industries in those days
being, not .prodneed by large comparr-
ies, 'but designed by individual pat-
tern -maker's and constructed under
the tern
maker's direction in
p� the
local foundry. Hardly a bit of indus-
trial mechinery in those days but Orad
its own• individuality. If a •part was
broken or damaged, the pattern -mak-
er and mechanic made a new one•.
About 1849 Charles Scobie moved
to Oshawa where for a short time he,
worked in a foundry. Meanwhile,
however, 'he had disoevered a good
opening for a saw mill in the heavily
timbered Huron tract in Stanley town-
ship. At the Oshawa fe ndry he
made tihe machinery for this saw mill.
Irate in: 1849 the Scobie family trek-
ked from Oshawa to their new Thome
in Stanley. Four wagons were loaded
with mill machinery, each drawn, by
a team of horses; while the family
travelled in a light wagon.
Young John Scobie, then in his
sixth year, was keenly interested in
the horse which drew this light wag-
on. It was black, part French pony,
and was one of the Scobie family
possessions far many years.. "This
horse," he declared, many years af-
terward, "was a good feeder. She
kicked me on my right knee. We
sold her when she was 35 years old
and she was still alive at 45 years."
Anyway, t,lve black 'horse brought
the family safely over bumpy cordu-
roy roads to tihe new bore in the
Huron bash. COrarlles Sophie had, ap-
parently, taken up land in Stanley
while he was still a resident of
Guelph, a couple of year before the
trek. Now the family busied them-
selves setting up the machinery for •a
and..ar
low, The ,,.
fits in the n',.
marketed Map:;.
excellent tlalu
time cleave* of:
Eventualy
tog bask to l c�
tlomTr milling Thee t i+pwlne
Seaforth leaked Ake :a
for a theraug$;ly roods..
John Scobie 'helped •114H•
and eventually 'learnedi
flour -stone grist rut at ..
fact, alarm and Me' broth
helped des n. the mill, and
17 acquired a half interest lap'
tura William; , the eldest of
,1
ily, was by trade •an engine 1 t
The machinery for the Seat'
was, as usual, made in 'the. low Oat
dry, and the frame work was to
entirely from lumber sawed at
Scoble mall in Stanley Township. Theo
mill one of the most modern in Hare-
m
arteo'm tract,
or in Western Ontario ' for
that matter, 'cost around $14,000. Thar,
father and two' sons, working together
operated it for three years with Garb-
siderable profit, enabling 'them; tot
clear away a good part of the debt
ineurred itt the big venture
And thexa'--abruptly, wheat priests
crashed from $L80t to $L10, largely am
a result of the collapse following that '
close of. the A'mserican Civil War. The -
Scabies lost heavily, and eventually
the mill was sold to a Stratford mart'
named Marshall for $4,500.
Atter paying off their' debts -the Sale ° =
lies had about $1,100 eaaeh- John Sea -
lie thriftily deposited this money tit
the taeaforth bark.
Right then, however, the new one . .
industry in Huron • was booming. Salts ,
bad been a scarce commodity, an4
when salt brine was discovered Is
drilling for oil , at Saltforda, opposdt '
Goderich, the early operators madtai
fortunes almost overnight. Nu nee -
oils wells were drilled and a gamesw-
sion of new companies organized_
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