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ff ityi the acton free press acton ontario x page thr8s 1 hahont pagmt of fh pott tragic story retold of james campbell family and how strange climcuc brought happiness v bt owen clabkk it would be hard indeed to find as poignant a story of pioneer life as that of the james campbell family but as we follow their family his tory we find one important detail completely lacking the location- of the eft upon which james campbell settled perhaps a reader of this column may nave that information and would be glad to pass it on travel treats irgm detroit 1145 st louis 2900 new orleans 4s9cl tickets and information at harold whes agent phone 207 here is the story a far as we know it james campbell his wife janet and their four little boysleft aber deen scotland on june 1 1833 it was a rough crossing and they were eight weeks on the rolling seas during the trip the youngest child became very ill there was so lit tle that could be done for him- in a few days he was dead and was bur ied at sea on the 30th of july the camp bells landed at new york to reach upper canada two routes were open to themnby stage coach or by boat across the grand erie canal to buffalo because it was cheaper they came by boat from buffalo a schooner brought them- to niagaraonthelake here they took lodgings in a cheap boarding house sought advice te locate while mrs campbell and the boys phifi i tames qmpmll flt in lu tht night nt the homo- ofthom i ns hunt about nirte miles from the lake and also nt the farm home of touch with people in the village asking advice as to the best location where government land could be bought the niagara district at that time was already well settled with a considerable number of houses stores taverns and lodging- houses it is conceivable that a stranger would not realize that conditions were very different farther inland with settlers few and far between all waging a constant war ngnlnst the forces of nature to get eveii the barestlivingr s vised campbell to seek his fortune in the newer townships beyond ha this he dwldwtjt to do and was persuaded by thb boys to take them with him his wife he dare not take with- him another baby being expected the risk was too great ijanctcampbel was left at the boarding house a stranger in a strange land friendless and alone it was b sad partinlns jamea and the boys set forth on their journey the boys ranged in age from nine years to 10 the little party of ad venturers travelled through rough country land virgin forests to the gore district settle in esqueslng they slept under trees at night or sometimes in the log cabin of a friendly settler they were advised to push on to trafalgar esqueslng or nassagaweya township where they were told the land was cheap it was esqueslng that james liked the best particularly the scotch blockvhere he felt he was among his aln folk and it was here in esqueslng township that he pur chased 200 acres of land- it was a great day for the campbell family to at last feel that the landon which they stood was their own on their way across country several places are mentioned at which the father and his boys stay- joseph stnndlsh near stcwortlown when they investigated their own land they found it very wild and wooded they knew full well there was plenty of hard work ahead of them but they set to work with a will wolves howled at night and bears occasionally visited them by day but a snug log cabin protected them from both the animals and the elements baby 77 the wrfe jind mother was sadly mlssed but they looked forward to the day when they would all be united once again especially after a letter wos received from janet de livered by an immigrant telling of the safe arrival of a baby daughter also named janet as boon as the roads were pass able in the spring james set out to fetch his wife and daughter to their new home the boys were left in chnrge of theifarm whlch-at- that time wasnt much more than a clearing jamas reached niagara and found it particularly busy with immigrants coming and going he went straight to the district uwh he wife only to jtnctthe house where she had boarded had been burnt to the ground he was not unduly afyrmed naturally janet had sought refuge elsewhere ho shouldnt have too much trouble locating her so he began a systematic search of every boarding house in niagara lie inquired at private homes at taverns nnd from storkeepcrs but the answer was always the sum no one not one single person could- give him any information about janet campbell and child 7 avaksieircli james become distraught desper ate with grief and anxiety for a month he searched in vain from qtieenstnntn every strlllll selllemen along the- liver defeated and broken in spirit he was finally forced to tlih conclusion his dear wife and chlhd must have died in his absence perhaps perished in the fire that destroyed the house in which they hrtti been- living now his first duly was to his boys to lake up lie again for their snke in spite of his great sorrow when james readied inline the boys were stunned atthe news he brought them but they carried on the work nrft tflihfl t2sn to bt done and they worked diligently and well in fact the physical ex haustion from the lung hours of un remitting toil was their salvation tluit and the passing of the years eased their sense of loss as time went on the family prospered in llir5 james the oldest son then about 35 was dejlvering farm produce in toronto atthe last call on his rounds he saw a good looking girl sitting on the steps of the house he greeted her and she answered him then us if impelled by some thing from within he asked the girl her name she looked surprised but unswered without any hesitation my name is janet campbell who were- your parents asked james i never knew my parents but i do know their names were james gnd janet campbell why do you sk story l confirmed briefly this is the story that janet reluted to the man who now insisted she must be his sister all i remember is living with a kind lady at niagara i thought for many years she must be a relative but the other servants told me i was on orphan in return for her kindness she taught me to rcad and write- i worked as a dairy maid when i was about 15 she told me my mother died of inflammation of the lungs when i was a 1 ait weeks oltt toy mistress then took care of me although all she knew about my mother was her name later she gave me a gaelic bible which she told me would serve as a clue to my identity should i ever find my father i inside the flyleaf or the bible there is this inscription james campbell his book to janet 1817 the time came when my mistress could no longer afford to- keep me so she sent me to irienhshere in toronto who have helped me to in just over 2 years from a brand new plant 2000 orcndas the powcrplant that makes the cf100 long range allweather inter ceptor and thesabrc 5 and 6 fighters outstanding among front line aircraft dailytheseorcndas prove their leadership at rcaf bases in canada and europe through constant development the orenda has increased in power efficiency and reliability but development never rests the team which gave the free world this outstanding jet engine works unceas ingly to break new fronliers in the gas turbine industry to provide yet more power and efficiency for the planes of tomorrow orendat in canada buik sabre arc protdinf high performance oparabortt by the rcaf at many bates in europe tain orcndas m the rcaf allsmlher cf 100 mark 4 truerceplors ba demonstrated their t wh in cry extreme wd4 engines ei mitred malton cahxda po bo 4013 tmiminol a toronto avaot cjmmu itd- ttttmn htwkit aobtoy atour earn my living as a seamstress the bible did indeed establish the identity of the girl and in a few days her fothey came to toronto to claim his longlost daughter so heartbreakingly like the wife he had lost there was great rejoicing when the family was at last united at the farm home in esquesing township but where exactly was thot farm home and arc there any descendants now living who can claim kinship with the campbell family whose fortunes we have fol lowed in the foregoing narrative keprodurtion rights reserved by iilis priming- a publishing company beaver research maple ont cp the lands and forests department has asked trappers to send alt the beaver skulls they can find to the depart ments research station here skulls should be marked with the sex of the animal and thedate it was caught one of every two students in canadian- elementary and st-con- dary schools is a member of the canadian junior red cross chronicles ginger farm written specially for tfte aefo frtt press by gwentfallae p- clark i distant fluids are always green an adage as true today as it ever wus during the last 10 years or so some of our farm friends have been very unsettled- they were unde cided whether gi stay on the farm or sellout some felt they were get ting too old for farming too much hard work scarcity of farm help most iff lit inexperienced ad ded to their troubles farm proper ties were fetching good prices it might be a good idea to cash in on a gouxloppxirtunityrroove to to g a smaller house less work for tired mrs housewife and likely there would be an easier job in town for m ex farmer he would ned something to fjll in his time any way so some tif these friends of ours did sell out others lire still sitting on the fence so- what happens ex tracts from recent letters tell their own story we so often wish we were still un the farm it would be wonderful to get uway from this convenient noisy s area j many noises- the ever lasting hum of the airconditioner the fan on the furnace constant murmur of traffic ruur of- the-pan- rttnkingof forrrnnearby airport and static interference on the radio or television as a nearby neighbor uses his electric razor another letter i would trade thls city job any day to be back with the cows to hear the steady rustling sound of cows nosing the hay in their mangers i am making good money at my present job but i realize now that money i isnt everything then i meet and talk with a for mer torrnurlfe in reply to my questions 1 jet an answer some thing like this yes our house is vtry convenient warm and com- fortable even with a northwester blowing and of course there is far less work but a hbuse in a subdi vision meuns living a life very dif ferent from what- it was on the furm sometimes i stand at the open door look along the street to other holmes very like our own and i long with everything thats in me for the good clean country air to be in a house that isnt hemmed in by other houses i just have an al most unbearable craving to get out of the house and into the country then from the fencesitters we hear this well we have practical ly decided to list the farm we have looked out n lot ini town and we think well build this summer any thing wiutmilmjjtteruhanslavlngotm hearts out the wayjje are now well that is what the other group thought too the ones who have al ready sold out then why after a few months away from the farm did they change it seems to rrfe the change is the natural result of the difference between fatigue and rest previous worry and overwork while on the farm resulted in a con dition to which the only solution seemed to be to rjtilt farming at first the chan seemed quite mayfair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open 800 am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners fish and chips a specialty good food at eas6nable prices we deliver satisfactory then as mind and body became rested reaction follow ed less work meant more time to think presently rstrangc surround ings and a new way of life began to pall eventually there came a rest lessness born of years of living close to mother earth and of daily dealings with creatures belonging to- farm lifccaring for them knowing their welfare depended upon you their master and the farmers wife for many years hers had been a life that in spite of hard work had yet been a life of com parative freedom even a 100 acres could not make a boundary line for beyond it there was the horizon and with the rising sun and the beauty and promise of a new day or at night the restful fading away of the setting sun which can never be seen to the same extent from the steps of a sub- urban home hemrnedin by similar houses and by factories and other buildings last year one friend who moved from thescity to the country wrote to me you know gwen until we came to live in the coun try i never realized how beautiful a sunset could bet what is the solution for farmers unfortunately it is a problem that can only be worked out by the per- j j sons concerned but wouldnt it help considerably if there were a rest period between one niove and the next for instance if a farmer sold his stock and implements in the fall but did not give up possession of his property until the spring he would get the necessary rest and not have to make snap decisions at i ta time when he was physically and mentally too tired to cope with his problems but in most cases we find farm work goes on until an auction sale brings it to a close one day the farmer has his usual number of cattle the next day he has nothing no young stuff to feed no cowr to milk and probably by the next week he has moved off the farm the change is too drastic it lakes a strong personality to absorb such a shock especially after preparing for an auction sale which is more of a nervous strain than a years work sajlmon in bat port arthur ont tcp provincial lands and forests die- partment officials say plans are underway to make hudson bay a futue source of new commercial fish biologists here say pacific sajmon would find conditions sim ilar to those oh the pacific coast v sssitasfeiiahfci