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NEWS OF IlEASALL
An alert passerby was eredite#
With oacring an elderly, IladY here
After she fell in her bow 3�41
eVening, severelY injuring her leg.
Miss Clariese, Mitchell, in ther 60%
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aid, , then nun4nlong0 a 7,491040,
Mrs, -woo= siiepiiO4 :Tw tele-
Plion0 Dr, 0..',9Ciddqd, Mean -
While Mrs, 8eina.an: 0,1,6 44,0. pia
to the injured Yeeman, Dr. Goddard
drove Miss ,Mitehell te Victoria
HoelAtal, Loudon, where Officials
said X-rays revealed a broken knee
cap. Miss Mitchell's condition was
described as satisfactory.
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Went...an:OPeratiellin Clintott:flos-
pttal;Was, .,.to return to her
4OMe on $aturdity. ••
Mk, end Mrs. Norman McDonald,
•Ailsa Craig, spent Thanksgiving
With Mr. arid Mrs. R. A. Orr and
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Hensall branch of the Canadian
Legion held: a very successful bingo
and dance in' 'the Hall Thursday.
The hall w133 packed to capacity.
Mrii. A. Townsend won the door
'Arlie, a turkey. The Howe °relies-
tra •furnished the music for the
dance.
Mrs. L. Simpson 4s spending a
week visiting with members of her
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shepherd, of
London,- spent Thanksgiving with
the former's. parents, Mr. and Mrs.
TWEED, ONT. Williata Shepherd.
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'employed • in, Mr, ,J. Aldit4e0
eiloPoing Xt. Moir was, flo
ing some reWh
pairing' en thenn*
•chine was in operation, 40.4 Hlt41,
cietbce became entangled in ,sonl
aine
che. lie was taken to Cliaten•
gospital where 41 X-ray was take
en. Forttmately no hones; Were.
broken, ' but M. Moir was' badly
bruised.
Miss Maggie Carroll, Toronto„ is
spending sorae•time with Mrs. Wm.
Hart.
Misses Ruby and Adeline Pal-
mer in company with Mrs, David-
son, Toronto, spent the week -end
and holiday with Mrs, Gertrude
Reid. '
' Mr. and Mrs. C. Pilgrim and son,
Billie, spent the week -end -and holi-
day with friends in Detroit.
• Mrs, M. Elliott, Victoria, B.3., is
xr•iSiting her sister, Mrs. John Rath -
well.
Miss M. Galbraith and Mrs. A.
Reid, in company with Mrs. Camp-
bell and daughter, Seaforth;- called
on Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Galbraith
on Friday.
Mrs. J. Schilbe, Kippen, visited
her aunt, Mrs. W. Hart, on Sun-
day.
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•Birosh - Shepherd
A lovely autumn wedding was
solemnized at Wellington Street
United Church Manse, London, on
Saturday, Oct. 8, at high noon,
when Helen Barbara, daughter of
.Mr. and Mrs. Welliam Shepherd,
Hensall, became the bride of Al-
fred Lendrum Birosh, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Birosh, Fawcett,
Alta., in a ceremony performed by
Rev. J. W. Hunt. For 'her wedding
the attractive bride chose a gown
of navy blue taffeta fashioned with
square neckline, full skirt with
lace inserts and short sleeves.
Her accessories were of navy blue,
her corsage white gaardenias, and
she wore a single strand of pearls,
gift of the groom. The attendants
were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shepherd,
London, brother and sister-in-law
of the bride. Mrs. Shepherd, as
matron of honor, chose a costume
of navy blue crepe with pettipoint
floral pattern, high neck, small
pointed collar and cap sleeves. Her
corsage was pink sweetheart ros-
es. Mrs. Shepherd attended the
groom. Following the ceremony
the bridal party motored to the
home o,i the bride's parents \ in
Hensall, where the reception was
held to the immediate relatives.
For their wedding trip to Montreal
and the Laurentian Mountains, the
bride travelled in a brown and
white checked suit, brown topcoat
with green accessories. M. and
Mrs. Birosh will reside at Grand
Bend. Prior to 'marriage the bride
was on the staff of the Royal Bank
at Clinton.
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historic 'ties. hetWeen.Wezt-
.ern Ontario a.gd Western Canada
gre ,elose, for after Magitolia, be-
,cacae a Canadian province inMO
pawn, if not Most, Of the fret sed
tiors, were supplied bt this section
of Ontario,
• On July 15, 1870, all that pert
Of British North America lying be-
tween, Ontario and British Colum -
was incorporated In .bhe Dom-
iion of Canada. This was a vast
and, except for some small and
iSelated communities, unpeopled
waste. Around Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, trading post at Fort Garry,
a settlement of 1,565 whites, 5,757
pchhalfbreeds, and, 4,083 Eng-
lish halfbreeds had grown up.
••This was the country which
beckoned. to the discontented or
adventurous in the longer settled
Parts of the nation. The history
of this movement has not been
written and many of the names
of the first migrants and the
pieces they went from are not re-
cerded, But, thanks to an account
in the Manitoban, a newspaper
published in Winnipeg on April 29,
1871, we have the account of the
arrival of the vanguard of the
gr'eat movement. The story shows,
as, one might expect, that Huron
and Bruce counties were in the
forefront.
The Manitoban headline makes
clear the status of this group.
"Opening of Navigation." "First
batch of emigrants arrived." The
account went on. "The advanced
guard of the great army of emi-
gration which we expect arrived
on the morning of the 26th inst.
(April). They left Canada about
four weeks previously, but, hav-
ing business that retained them
here and there on the way, did. not
arrive till the period we have nam-
ed. Their names are Roderick Mc-
Donald and Alex Robertson, from
Greenock, Bruce; John Johnson,
Winchester, Dundas, Ottawa; and
Robert Clark, John McKinnon, Wil-
liam Gerrond and Thomas Savage
of Seaforth. Although they had
some difficulties en route, and
travelled under many disadvantag-
es owing to the season, the party
came through in the best of health
and spirits, having thoroughly en-
joyed themselves and feeling the
better for their journey."
The group travelled by the
Grand Trunk to St. Cloud, Min-
nesota, each paying $20 rail tare.
(Presumably they caught their
train at Lucan and went to 'Sar-
nia.) At St. Cloud they hired a
doirble wagon for $50 which took
them to Fort Abercrombie, Minn.,
from where it was possible to sail
down the Red River to Fort Garry.
They acquired a flat boat and left
Fort Abercrombie on the 10th and
arrived at their destination on the
261:11.'The newspaper account says
"But for the difficulty they experi-
enced in cutting their way through
the ice with axes in some places,
they might have arrived three -days
sooner."
The narrative continued, "With
these and one or two other ex-
ceptions, we learn they got along
well. They camped on the river
banks, every night except one, hav-
ing to find beds once when the
snow lay six incilaes deep; again
when the ground was nearly cov-
ered with a foot of water and when
the camp fire had to be shifted
three times; and on another occa-
sion they got pretty well soaked
with rain during the night. As to
the fare en route it was excellent.
Besides what they ' carried they
caught fis,h, shot prairie chicken,
and ducks were abundant in many
places.
"They were their own guides
for one of them had been in the
country before, their own canoe
men, and • their own hunters, and
a very jolly time they had of it
according to their showing. Once
they experienced a decided sensa-
tion and felt pretty certain they
had lost their bearings. They came
to what seemed to them a short
cu_ and took it. Fortunately it
proved to be such, but, for a little
space, with the waves running
very high, and their doubts as to
where they were going, they felt
anything but comfortable." They
did get some assistance from Can-
adain troops stationed at Pembina
for which they were grateful.
The trip was inexpensive. The
boat in which they arrived was 18
feet by 6 feet 2 inches and since
lumber was selling for $70 per
thousand they were able to get
more for it than they had paid.
The party expected to settle down
on the land but as some were skill-
ed carpenters they expected to
-work at that trade for a time.
When interviewed by the press,
the travellers expressed them-
selves as highly satisfied with
the lands as far as they had seen
it, and said that it was much sup-
erior to the land they had left.
Some had spld their holdings in
the east, while others planned to
see how they liked the west before
they cut all their earlier ties. If
they were satisfied, they planned to
return east to sell their proPettY,
and then return to the west for
good. They also said many more
immigrants could be expected from
tire places from which they bad
come. Indeed, their party had been
larger when it started out but sev-
eral had waited in Iowa for the
season to advance.
There were easier, if more ex-
penstve, ways for the settlers to
travel, for the same issue of the
Manitoban announced that on Apr.
29 the Selkirk 'had arrived on her
lira voyage from Abercrombie- to
Winnipeg. This was a vessel own-
ed by ',I. J. Hill, of $t. Paul, a na-
tive of Rockwood, Ont., who was
to 'become famous as a railway
Wilder. The Manitoban, May 6,
101, arlinduriced,: "Among the pad-
Sengerst by the Selkirk, on the 29th
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eon, Are1404:-Pelini7fri, 'Mg;
be,lowht
NTMO from
sea, Samuel Niarlett.and David
ConseqUentin Louden Was
represented in almost ,tibe drat
lay of settlers. 1t it may be no
deed that the editors assumed that.
everybody in 'Winnipeg knew Pat
Seaforth was in Ontario, but that
London had to be Identified
The influx of settlers ereated a
housing Problem. The Ma,nitoban
on May 6 had twg short items
which make this clear,. "Boarding,
houSe and hotel keepers have .1111443,
than they can overtake in`the way
of business in Winnipeg. A number
of volunteers discharged An the 1st
of May came to toven, and some
of the newly -arrived strangers were
hard put to, to find bed and hoard.
Lumber never was more scarce
than at present. In town it was
selling for $70 per thousand feet
before the arrival of the Selkirk_
A quantity of dressed lumber
which,,eame down in her, brings
$100 per thousand,"
VARNA
Mr. and Mrs. G. Horner and fam-
ily, Hamilton, spent the week -end
with Mr. and Mrs. A. lugs.
Mrs. Armstrong, Exeter, spent
the week -end and holiday at the,
home of her daughter, • Mrs. O.
Webber,. Mr. Webber and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and son,
Walton, were Sunday guests at
the 'home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Smith and family.
The many friends of Mr. Amos
Keys will be sorry to know that
he is still confined to his bed and
quite ill.
KIPPEN
Mr. and Mrs. E. Kyle and Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar McBride and Don-
ald. Kyle took a motor trip through
Muskoka over the Thanksgiving
holidays.
Mrs. James .McClymont, who
has been with her brother for the
past month in Guelph, returned to
her home here on Sunday last.
Mr. Lorne McBride, of Windsor,
moved some of his household ef-
fects to Kippen on Friday of last
week and will make his home with
his parents, Mr. Aid Mrs. 'Robert
McBride.
Mr. John Wagner, of Guelph, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Jas. Mc-
Clymont.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Beattie, of
Wingham, spent over Sunday vis-
iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs..
Robert McBride.
Mr. and Mvs, Emmerson Ander-
son and family were on a motor
trip to Windsor and Detroit on
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Dr. James T. Jarrott, of New
York, spent Thanksgiving holidays
with his mother, Mrs. Catherine
Jarrott.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith were
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
sarlione.
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IN.VACUUM.
Jarrott over. Thanksgiving Iva-,
Aikr. and Mre. W. L. Mellis wire
in Wroxeter part Of 'alit' week
when thfir attended the funeral 02
the late 'Mr. Gibson, who vassall.
away in that village on Monday, 'Of
list week.
Miss M. R. 17Vbiteman, of
Damm's storestaff, is on isa.catioil
and is visiting at the lionre of Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Taylor in Strat-
ford
New Missionary: "Did you know
Mr. Brown?"
aCianibal King: "Oh, yes! He
was the pride of our island."
New Missionary: "Why did, he
leave such a nice island?"
Cannibal King: "He didn't, sir.
You see, times got so hard that
we had to swallow our Pride."
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