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The first school House built 1 the aid of those who co«M notpublished evebt mios yW. A. MYERS.Editor.Mcr.puon fl p#r jincurr. la Advacc**1 50:? bo*. *k Paid.ADVEKTlSlXti HATES 5* column, on** y-*r f'oq t»if column, o»n» ynar 6 * COri«rrtiumti,9ie vnr 30 to*' m.btti column, one tear 15 CJO0! ran icnt advert beaten la, 12c. p- r *- or I; »l i l.ott ; N*. | ♦ r on** t-,r *h aubct-q ler.i ms rw»n. Farm* for «• or t«» ei, strayed, found, I st, etc , -• insert:Oo« or $1, it t ley «io iitn coed one inch. rasU i , advance.Uij Here w a•* comia ac •lt;! in VG . I tv hen finished was occupied a* church a* well a school hous for the whole sett lenient Yht first teacher was our muchIVt er|K» i ift Vhe!« a *sit SMt i 1. I Itn 1 i% . « V*re-spec ted dominie,Muocie, w ho. we are are happyto say, ii« still amongst us hailhearty.in 1872 we m tde an additionto our settlers, Archv McDonald*and family. jWhat was termed the first ;Indian scare happened iu the was added to our number not-irave them w ork and roods out of his store The DominionGovernment also came to their aid in a w*%y hv giving* w ^ w iseed ami provisions and mortgages on th?ir land for payment. Many a poor roan's family won! I have suffered s *verlv but for Mr. Brown s helpfor all thatDuring the years 1T4 and 187a a number of new settler*spring of 1873. that the SiouxIt wu« rumored withstanding all these ditficnl—Indians of theUies The v«*ar of 1 7lt;» opened-WEST BOURNE*UOBT SKETCH OF ITA hETTLEMHM ANDGROWTH — Til IlAHDhUm OF PIONEERING passed— fesmevkiliX'Ck andSETTLERS—CONplains intended massing a raid} favorably eon us and cleaningoutthe white if we were going to have a goodtime crops looked fine, as heavy as the ground could well stand, half* but shortly before harvest someMudbroughtTRISl-I.D BY THOMAS CORY, SS.What is now known assettlements on the River. The news wasinto the settlement by a breed iminer Some were for stray grasshoppers came from making a stand and fight it out j the west and we thought it was and lma 11 v it was agieed if itm. :was the case that H we were attacked we would fortify Mr.all up wth us again but fortun at dv there st ,v was short and thev did no damage ofiral municipality of West*cons a*, | McNabb s house, as it was new ( qu nee and a heavy crop wasand built with heavy iogs and i the rvsn't and I assure you theurne was first settled in theonth of July, 1871.ie settlers are from the pro**nee of Ontario, a hardy deter-0iued lot of menred anylemas ever pion-countrv. Some at Totogau ;two at Westbournewe might holdout until succor arrived. Some left for liigh Most of Bluff but most were determinedto fight if need be. the preacher ! among the rest, but fortunately the iiu i ms i«.*r *a a**. i I might just say here that eery °f dilhcnity was*thrown m our way one to dishearten and discourag * usWe.•_-_ .J-vs,.... ; - ....... *. * S'' . * TW . /■ .*.« , .hearts of the s dtiers were glad.(T • * 6 continued,)MIDWAY.m f%vo.*ab;» i.ocatiox ax: mount*ITS BCs'Ma 1XTI.RK.VIS ASl rROA*!• *TI no* i ! T DKVRl/mvc.one* both by black and whites,» , • j were simniv treated as intrudersat what is Know as the! , 1 * , , ,and as ll vve had no businesshere whatever.We had uoi seit-fed here long when every horsenear;cond crossing of the White iud River, the rest at or ie ilnrd crossing of tin* same■mm..ver now the town of Glad-one, and others at Dine Creek he names of tho e settled atotogau were Walter Lynch, Ifilliam Lynch,David Morrison,►avid Stewart and Donald tewart, all of whom with the xci'ption of in Lynch are till residing on their oid borne* leads. These at WeSi bourne,or he Mission, were John Chanter, deceased, James Bell, now 1 Portage La Prairie, formerly roprietor of the Bellveiw hotel1 that place. The family setiledt the 2nd crossing was that olJr. Donald McRae and those of fine Creek were Mr. Mattheway is a sta‘iou on theM N W. railway about Smileswest of Glad sic-ne It is a youngbut lising town, situated in themidst of a lin*’ ag:ilt;‘ iltund country. Already a good deal of grainWthe river was missing.owned by the settlers 60Ul|| °* | is marketed there, in two targe. | elevators Th * town is surveyedwas a party oigauized to hmt ^ Q { jju, homestead of H.U. Key ex.them I he whole countiy was present it is comprised in ageneral store, post olfice, telegraph office, station, blacksmith shop, a school, a church and ascoured, east, west north south, even as fur west as fort IEllice, but no horses could be found. They were lost about the middle of July 1871. At last a half-breed offered to find them for CdO The boys agreed to give it and in less than 21 hours he _ # ^ .........brought them into the settle- ’ bee n 'areH d t meat near dead with star-number ol dwellings.fl. R. Keyes is station agentand post master. lie is an eii-ng young man of keenei wingfhnley, lssac Whaley. Johnwitzeraud Robert Wood. At he oid crossing, George West, fonald Ferguson, John Fcrgu-ou, his brother, Donald J^eitch,’hos. Cory, Thos. Carraicheal,)omld McLean, Geo.ohn A. Davidson and JamesHenii. These men had travelled he country pretty thor mghiy e settling down and cameotheunaninnous conclusion alterlieaily ait parts of this•roviuce that this was the very est place to settle as there w as leniy of wood, water and [good md titled for mixed farming, in ict everything they had sought.If course the early settlers hadlaiiy and grave ditliculties to onteud with—with distances specially m the then disturbed tute of the country as it was list alter the first Reif Rebelirohnd things weie ill a very un~etiied conduiyiipn luctthtToniy aw here then was m a man’s trong arm and pluck. It hevas possessed ol these qualifica* ions he was all Jigiit, if not thisouutry w'as no place for himration and with every appearance of being hobbled ad thetune. They were away from July till fall. There was strongpresumpive evidence that theyhad been taken by the man andthen brought back for a bonusMr, Donald Ferguson, I think, lost 2 or 3 and was one of the parties that searched so long fort hemlargeaIn 1873 vve had quiteinflux of seitlerP: C. P Brown,Mr. MeCrae, Pa rid Kerr, Mr. M »rton, C P. Bennett, D McConnell and others. Up till the year lo74 vve were allinsight and genial qualities. Heof Midwaysince, it was laid out as a town, in fact it was almost entirely due to his onegi* s that a town site was started there at n 1. He has great faith in the Jut lire prospects oi the site and expects to see it rapidly grow into a town of respectable dimensionsWilliam Keyes, is the business man that keeps the general store, and a clever business man he is, too, He understands theneeds of a good general store and has filled his shelves with sale-well chosenuJUUl aiui well chosen goods.Having hadt4^fiMP “ri:*'llt;‘c iu the lines of business wlihrft , follows and being a man of good go U crops, no frost.and vve were j sound judgment great reluuicacan be placed in his ability totheail highly delighted with ourprospects.But about the time we weresecure the right reHe hasatawellright prices.expecting to rean a good crop we assorted stock of dry goods, were surpris 'd to see the sun : groceries boots a.id shoes andsuddenly darkew jit mid'iay and ail other articles usually K a lail oi grassdJSpperS nlace a ireneral store, which hewill*«that litterallv covered the earth, sell for cash or its equivalent, Talk of Mitbvv storms Tut this the larmer’s prcduewu%AYor»than any Affiow storm I ever general blacksmith and the neat witnessed in this or anvU J. IDxtkuoom, is Midway’sother orderly way in which he keeps country.' Uurcrop simply went his shop and the way he goes down their ravenous maws and t about his business indicates thathe settlers had to go to Wuitmeg for all supplies needed tor limr families as there Were u'ils west of Sliver nlles vveat ofr\l*'IVi n e V * ;eoul ifor those who had just settle 1 amongst us tho year before it meant, well, it meant a tfme, but they braced up. knew what the countryno j «(o and determined to try again Uights 7 » But the millions of pests ha 1 \\ iumpt g a.id I |aitl their egg« b fore departing nly one or two stores at most and the second year 1875 was t Portage La Prairie, one Hud- anything ten times worse than ou’s Bay and one by Charlie (th • otht*r, f he peopl * knowingJair now oi i’nuce Albert, j nothtug of the habits of the pest iut uotvvithstandiug ail these *tranii d every nerve to get in asled he is master of his t ale, lilt;3 ISbut a recent acquisition to the town, but he has in a very short time laid a foundation for goodHe will shoe ahorse or1!i the birchsoli »1 and a very eiii-I raw backs Hie settlers were cou- much crop as possibh*,sora ; even* pending their last cent t» jmr-cli .se seed irum their more iur-tunute brethern oi Rat Creekcuted and nourishing; any that vere hard up could always find ome work to do io; the Domtoon Govenicueut in teaming iurveyors supplies irom Wiuui*»cg to the diUerent points in the ro\ luce at r«*mu;iaiati v e wages.f he first sermon ei er preadied o white people in this county.vas preached by the Rev. I ho* .’ook in the lull of ioii,~ with e woods for church and I alienand other places that were not fto badly damaged paying as high a 42 per bush *1 lor wheat and oats ami 51 per bushel lor potatoes hoping oi course for a good return. I magi tie their horrofj arid con iter nation to se • their beautitui fields of grain it nicely covered the groutirepair a p ow as quickly and asw»'il as anyone iu the pro vine ». Any firm *r is s *,f - iu IvMviug his work with him, as the best oisatisfaction will !»* givenMu Gamey, wilt;in the daycient teacher hs is fa**re isquit-* a large school attendance an 1 l!i * general advancement oi the scholars is most encouraging to th** parents and flattering t i the abihti •* of th • teacher to liisTii knowbseg * into th ? opett-‘ i of the young and irrowth of tho tenderrears.is section bossdiv isionmg iu tutdshwtiareaj/i.intH lie so zMil JEM for Midway work lti vauitii♦* *wit1 smill.ons oinitranogs for seals He Was a inis* | suddenly attacked by countless sattsfa nonary of the church ol England md tue service Was held on theiorth side oi the(Hoppers iuU' Uemlt;’* oI.in *V it-'HeiffIand hi*company in s t !t ' b st ofalso keeps ahalldiidfi!until not one spear oi grain ,vv t-* and any vvn * o t v • opposite totow stands.1872 Mr.nver ueariyGladstoneIn the spring ofa Presbyter-felt. I theythemrdid evi tooIill* r,could dv. »v*by firing, digging dit ihigiV1:eb Ivri a ir»irtha||| * •* ft# |iPp-devouring until notleft One would thinilers would by this tar.e bisu minister,came amongst us to j simply went on muluptmg day so we ait «ttend his nttulst*ration and lound him justright man in the Hgnt pi,He was very highly respected by men of ail denomination* and lit the settlers were very when he left ti« in ihe oiri m '/0. ■andU si hiortuii*s(a aJil *?it tLIImh !•%lin*:if refrc »'* * thehs **noni* * u vor jostd dug so again.I Rer.||mnll10 11:111it hi an84oar §ftil teaIlian1ns iter I lus itiesof tiie b i rg.peon,Ti€f-itnowingUefiitot jto ye up the struggle, but not sfablmthsso, the? were asto hold thdetermineiortih.i4 4ever' • ‘•y- ifccould not get one cent s worth of credit but Mr Brown cam® tocoutempl.il iou thi$ veral new buddings are i'nr, the ill addto the ap;**.*r«inCA of the town.iizmtion ot19whichy
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Fri, May 11, 1894

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