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LOKGIKOiiou» ran I wait for the time to go, FrorfTlhe city's fret ton plalt; know.Where the song-bird sings with a sompb’a voire,And the wroo'tt soft ooteH iihiki* my hoart rejoiee,Ah Ij kneel at work in my gar^i thereWith a. mind at peace and n soul, % fit prayer. .How can I wait for the longed-for-time, \ .When I turn from tho city's noise and-grime • . . , ✓ *•- * .To the rippling sound of the tiny brook, ,There to find again my beloved nook,. * *Where the sunbeams drop like u ahowur or stars Through tho leaves which they circle with golden bare.How can i wait-'till the time is here,Wbon my oyea may rove over meadows clear,Far ofT from tho city's crowded din,To a place whore God's presence may enter in,Wbero I thrill with tho Bejpse that each flower and tree,Bears a message of life's immortal ity. A—Lillian HowardIn (he Early DaysGLEBIWILIUHSTo the readers of my notes on early times:—When I agreed to rite some of the incidents that came to my k£n from different sources I said to Joe: “Now look them over and cat out anything objectionable/’ When my letter about Stewarttowo appeared 1 thoughb he bad acted oo my advice and cat the name out, but he said, “No, you did cot sign it.” I accepted hie wotd as I know we will come to a time that we require all the eaotion available, ‘.lest we forget.”Another explanation in the Nor-val letter, the sioger was Miss Pet Rotledge, afterwards married to T. Harris, a school mate of mine the old ' Grammar School in Stroeteville in 1868-9. My reference to Gooderham Worts Distillery requires anlt; explanation. In 1880 or before; a petition from, the “Freeholders and Housekeep-in the village of MdNab was presented to the House of Assembly asking that a county bo created out of tbe townships of Toronto, Bsquoeing, Trafalgar, Cbinguacousy, Erin and Catedon, and that McNabbe made the Coun: ty Town. The petitioners pointed out its many* advantages as to location, beauty, water privileges, class of settlers, quality of soil, and \ closing reason they had a “Tannery 'and Distillery” and if they were granted their request they--would ever prey, (this last won! tbe typo is blnrred and I am not sure abonfc tbe spelling, * wo will say pray, not prey). ’ 8o yon see I thought if they wore made a County Town with the Credit Biver running to 'the open lake, what a trado for boata carrying hydea for tbe tannery and spirits from tbe distillery. Yoo understand there wore no railways in those days or for^maoy years after, even tho road from Little York (Toronto) was only a trail through the forest. The river was one of tbe principal means of carrying to the front tbo stave timber for making barrels. This was one, if not the •most important industry, in these tiroes and many .danger cub and exciting incidents occurred When floating dowo^tbq river,(no protection or free trade talk then). Norva^Joat ita^chance of being aCouoffy Town but it still has its “Grampian Hills” and may its inhabitants enjoy one of tho nicest spots io tbe Province.Now about Glenwilliams. my old home. 1 fe)£J owed the foregoing about Nor vs! so yon will excaeo me for taking eo much space but tbe first iostraotioD holdB good, if too muoh out it oat. Now I got back to the Glen, look out for a long story for there is much could bo said and I know a gobd dealhouso on tb* Nth 1*D0: way* known by‘ the numbpr or |M*akn in tho roof. I always undgr stood that about tho first lucifer matches made iq the country were fimdo by him. Thqy were made by splitting a pine block a little more thnn an inch” square both ways, bub not through; makioft bunch of matches about 100. About that timo the groat E. B: Eddy o( null went into tbb match business on.alargo scale and wilb more modern appliances. In those days, even Eddy had to aqlioit ofddra. It is said one of bis irav oilers, a Frenchman, aapoed Duval, called aVa store.’and be 8$. nqt either gpod- looking or civil, when the giri in the.store could not well make out bis poor English, and when he left, to call again sbo wan to tell the boss that Duval from Hull was boro selling sulpbu. matches. Sbp got it mixed and ybo con judge how she reported the caller and whore from. We wilMeave the nfatcb business and turn to.uoniutbing that will make you wish you bad lived at that timo, for tho r»vor Credit waq noted for the quantity and quality of its Salmon. The present Terra Cotta was called 8almonville. These, fish continued to come up from the sen every season as long as there was shelter for them and not too much saw dust, as they cannot live under these conditions so thoy quit; but tbe spockled beauties kept on for many years longer. From 1860 to I860 my father could go out of an evening (io tbe season) and fish from Coopers' bridge to Twiddles' dam and bring homo a doxen or more from half to two and a half poonds in woigt)t, but the trees and logs were c|eared—away and no more troot. I have before me now a warrant dated 28th of May in the third year qf tbe Reign of our Sovereign Lord William tbe 4tb, (1888) wherein Peter Ackcrt was boopd over to keep.tbe pcaoo for six month*, James Leslie and John. Uoar security to John Stirrot J.P.the sum of 60 pounds oorrency, in Canadian it would be $200; for instance one shilling sterling or 12 pence was passed for onr quarter of a dollar. Onr shilling was 20c, it took i in our money to make a quarter ; then we bad York shillings, it took two of them to make a quarter; then there was tbe American 26ceots or 6 Canadian shillings ,to make a dollar, 4 British, 8 York shillings and 4 American. 1 have bad to quote all four io one day to different cos tomerfl. It was about i860 that tbe dollar* ahd cents were first taugbt in tbe schools and then generally adopted in business.The place'was called Williams burg up to 1854, after tbe Williams family. Beoajab Williams, the father of Cbarlee Williams, the Squire, ran a saw mill and grist mill, Jadob a woollen milJ7 (carding and fulling). He died in 1864, so event often talked about by tbe lato J. G. Harley and myself. We saw tho • wonderful display tbe 8one of Temperance made with their large white collars oom ing down to about, their waists. Isaac had a chair factory and made furniture, coffins, etc. Joel, (the grandfather of our oitixen, Mr. Alf Owens) did framing and farming, lived to a good old age and whs fondly known as Uncle Joel There were others that hav© gone out of my memory. Tbe whole family was of that kind to Jay a foundation for a Dew oountry that brought results; they were a power for good and the infiuenoo baa had its effect on tbo whole community. They wore earnest and consistent workers and aopportera of the Episcopal Mothodist Church and Sunday School, and if eomo of us 'who attended that school bad taken even part of tbe advice and instruction given os we would be a good deal better than we are. — L. Grant..(Continued next week)Argcunl Father SanXuMelA* very happy ovent took place at the Methodist Church on Tuesday evening, March 25th when the boys of the Argonaut Club sat down with their dads to the first5. 1.? , . “Pmthor hod 9oo- baoqnel Mm^cot ‘V The Brat Mttlera !«*«, (conneolioD will, tha club: Tf» ed on tbe Tianke of the river m 1819, (the same year that the first settlers came into Scotch Blook),John Leslie, James 8tirret, James Ffater, and soon after came tbe 8tulls, Cooks, Travis, Bells and Mullins. The population for tbo whole township in 1821 was 424, so you see they came in very faat considering what they hud to tackle, a dense J’dfest pt_xery large timber, no settlement nearer than tbe Ipke front, either Oakville or Little York, and even up to 1882 the York Boad was constructed only as far as Georgetown and that not muoh more than a biased road/ In 1824 Beoajab Williams and family bopgbt Troro a’ M M airhead 400 acres of virgin forest. They went to work as all tbo pioneers had to, for in the next year, 1826, tho Williams set up a wiw mill. Now it was uecessary to bring that machinery from Littfe York across a large part of an unbroken forest. The trials and hardships they had lb endure cannot even be imagined in these days. Whon ibe^HJot lumber cut a gnat mill was ereotea^EEen-a. woollen mill, a ohair factory and 1 later% a flax mill, bobbin factory, I oomtf -factory, and a match fa©.T Ml about 1880, by a man named ^ Darling who built and lived in thecommittee of mothors under the leadership of Mrs. W, W. Tyndall provided an excellent supper an the schoolroom and tables, tastefully decorated.' in yellow and black, were a dolight to the eye.An excellent program followed the suppor when solos were rendered by.Mrs. K. Allatfc and Mr.W.B Dilly, and a number of recitations splendidly given by Mr. L. ' F. Gteenwood of Norval. The toast list was as follows:—'“The King,’ given by Chief Ranger Art Tyn dall. 'The Ladies, proposed by Charles Frampton. .The Church,'' proposed by Harold Marshal) and replied to by Rev. H. Caldwell, and “The Dads, proposed by Vic tor Norriogtoo and roaDooded Jo by Lloyd M. Hoolding of Bloor fct Baptist Church, Toronto. Houldiog, who was the chief speaker of tbe evening, gave an spiring address which will be me mbs red for a long time to come by all present. Mr. J. B. Wallace Ably presided at Jthe piano through out the eveoing.—It was decided at a meeting of representative* of the Interna tional -Plowing Association .that the annual matob, lasting from October 16 to 18Llv joclqaiy.e*. 1824 will be held in Brampton.
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Georgetown Herald
Georgetown, Ontario, CA
Wed, Apr 02, 1924
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