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iv piftythied year of publication 3 own georgetown wednesday evening june 23rd 1920 v fc the georgetown herald l pitkiukh every wednesday evening kt th herald power printing office qaorgtoyvn j ont v cr contract advertising rates 1 furnlahad on application ten cents per line for itrst insertion- and live oents per line wr each subse quont insertion will bvcharged for all transient advertisements twelve llnea jo on liichv r v advertluemalit vhthouj poolnc dl- rsctlons jrlubo inserted until forbid am charted occomlnly advertuenienta will be chnged once feacli mojith without extra diarse chiuiges for contract advertisement mujt be hi the olflce by monday even- subscription rates qne year iltu or liif if paid in advenus six months 86 cuts in ad vance the address label allow the your subscription expires a hoorr publlaher date otrtlni table qoinoeast passenger e722 am passenger 1016 aui mail 1185 am passenger 846 pm mail 628 pm passenger 826 pm passenger sunday 711 pm going west passenger 757 am mail 1016 am passenger 210 pm passenger 450 pm passenger 601 pm mail 767 pm pussengrtr sunday 1016 am going noeth mail 800 am mail 610 pm going south mail 1188 am mai 800 pm toronto susaarbaa rallwav daily timetable new time am pm pm qoing going eaet 810 224 640 789 8cnday timetable going east am pm pm pm pm 1021 1220 84s 010 917 am pm pm going west 1040 010 986 w a bailey uptodate harness jhof now is tbe time to have your harness overhauled be ready for your spring work dont jjujt5 till to-morrowbibi- do today atoftstook of all harness neflds we also have a largo stock of the old reliable intelnational stock food trunks and grips for any old jmpy n ff fvftjriiuj promptly attended to w a bailey lhi street ceo ye oqrdjally invite tho ladies of georgetown and vicinity to call nqd inspect our stock of gossard corsets v 150 per annum or 125 if paid in adviutcrv a vv imvt rcdurtm the price on 7i mimjur of llnfci ol sininer wear nrtw thai l lie wiirm culher in lieri it fin every hoiiy ttdvuptngtuo call find nee our tork tlws moil njmodaitt footweftr it town uul juti their ftih n pair of cadva atuiefi to kp birnthw in hotshcjuer i made in we hlso have a coinplele hue of lent if or iroefl hi kid calfnnd patent lurnt uylorjotf in catitlji mhtinj al a iiiodtmitle jiricr uylhin pahii to you wrwill fat on ytiort mtlue weako do all kiiutii of lifte for rrpaiift rs iphiher ami kjif ante ourvork i anything l patuiot uuply kindrl of hhyititepairimk iri wwiptpdhto slibp slioeii brought th heftt df aiicittln nd our pricenreviiiiit ve uitvall oik ur work itih- nuherlitr kiutl citlirrtt in ihra lin t h rumford main street greosgretown draw on your customers through the merchants bank with branches in all parts of canada and corres pondents abroad this bank is in a position to present drafts promptly have them accepted and collect payment with tha least possible trouble aid cost to you the manager will be glad to take up this natter with you h mrchant5 bank hea officejmoprisol of canada established 188 geoftdijtown bimnch r r mimms mcnager l shorey manager but he aiht went tit every little while they tell im that tho horiw has got to go first tho trolley was invented cause the horses vmnt soslow aiidthey told ur that wed hotter not keep raisin oolts ho more wlftri the btraot oars gqt to inot- ing what the horses pulled before i thought it wan all over for old pan and doll and- kit suoaod the horse was up and done for jjlit lie aint wont yil when the bike crasjefiriit got star- tedpeoplo told iis right away as yon- probably retnejnber tliat the horse htrf saw hfs day- people put away their buggies and wont kitin round 6rr wheels there were lotm and lots ot horned didnt even earn their meals i used to stapd and watch em with their bloomers as they flit and i tliot the horse was goin bui he aint went yet reminiscences of georgetown jw younh a katirk 6x acton branch w lossard corf ii tmrsk wuon mrs e wlaliem georgeto wm elevator a full took of flour and feed baled hav highest market price paid for grain robert nobte imit3d norva otarip then thoy got the horoelerh car- riago and they said the horse wosflrjne and the storys been ropoaled twenty times by edison every tima he gets another of his batteries to go he comes whoopin out to tell us that the horse dont stand a show and youd think to see these chauf feurs as they go aohafhn it was goodbye to mr dobbin but he aint went yit when the peopleget to flying in the air i spose theyll say as we long have been asaying that the horse has had his day and i spose that some old feller just about like me ii stand where its safe and watch the horses hatilin stuff across the land and hell maybe think us 1 do while the crowds above him flit oh they say the horse is done for but he ain went yitl local directory do you want insurance if yon do am prepared to give you insurance in any of the following firstclass companies vfe british american british crown em ployers liability london mutual eco nomical mutual waterloo guardian caledonian hartford western conti nental dominion hand in hand do minion of canada g a fire insurance betoira 909 geoboetown madges candy shop ecial sundaes meat eyfrftf rt fresh at lowest prices fresh bones ground pally -sr- wettest qtr window for specials ion saturday w j pattieiiij main street georgetown phpne fyo jt 11 juiiotftoii i norval flour o choice lo bread national lor paslry norval blend lor bread and paslry a swlt suaiftitx of 1iumino bbed ooillrx si v j3 v ajruin woiurge tlie farijior tocall fqr their kogisterod parfiilpntlbli cortlfiae uv tfealbqmhtliyof i chopped oat corn 4caj oraoked corn galok ted wyss qu0g lqlltvmnlalwiyi m- ft buy the bride ft brunswick because of its tone suieriority its ability to play correctly every make of reoord and the iiniivahod beauty of its eablnetwork the brunswick is an ideal wedding gilt with a brunswick in tlioir lionie tho bridal opuplo have at helr instand aoinniniid all the worlds inuslor ptayod exactly an it eliftuld bo played i a brunswlok pwduot mntirflly jfew truly- oanadianme phoriogrhttv whiohie built ipjly pyajne ffteidvyory ganiation 0on6 ib iprt hear tltis wqnjoinl pioripgrapli jot your ears he the judftp w th- rector service aa followa matins 11 a m uvenaons 7 p m suniluy school 846 a m in baa- mat holy commifnloji 1st and im sunday of ach auuitta at 11 a m shilton wallbridqe oar barriatara solicitors 6tc toronlo and qaoratown ollos knndy block l roy dale in oharcc ot oeors- jiwn ooloa medical or joseph moandrew phyoiolan and 8urgaoh medical offloar of health olatriot surgeon q t r oflloe hours to 4 and 7 to p m phom 58 ohice and realdnoe main streot douth opposite preibyterian church dr kkiiouae c r w ross suqrepn grac hopital toronlo special attention to diunea tf wotnon and children and infant feeding dental prank r watson dos- mos dntist ooorastown qpv hours a m o ff p m- axopt iliuradar tteto uonhry in all its branches owsr ball tltohone offie f l heath lda o d ontlst olilce in lane blook on door north of oneills carries factory hour 1 a m to 6 p m chiropractic madlalnsv urcarir oi osteopathy w a ri son o graduate of the palmed school of chiro- practjc chiropractic fountain lwl oavcnort iowa usa olilce over hqwljans prus store consultation atd spinal analyla fre opricu lloimm tueaduya and snlnr- ilaya 2 to s pm and 730 u 830 pm illonb office and keaidencc jsow auct10nee b8 ben j petch uoensed auotlonmr tor haltonand eeel alenwilliami post qfflce mlm conducted atlcwy and at ret urnable rfte qrasrs lcl at the oaoritotown heinlrt oitloe will receive prompt atts u muton prentiss unuinskss and motor rov blocs maciiinkrv bkokhrs klcltric repair toronto m 4 a tracv clerk township or bauuelnr clerk 3rd dlvlilon court th leading fir and wf insurance o represented issuer of marriage ucsnses office mui street west aermtown olllo houtwnfssy and sat day afternoons f s near icjaqar of marrlagetiicensos in suranoe agent etc rtasc qm i fhoasjol oboaoetowm out xmm 4 and beal estate tbvalfp continued rqin lart inc tanneries onr t the oll qirgtown famllla vn the dnjtfootit phil dayroot the heuil of the family und john dayfout had n urgq tannery utrtt ahoe fucory iitjhr thr track wvat oftllrtutiori in which u riuraberof men vtere em ployed thiie yini a amall pond alonn- aldo in whfeh httu rimalrmj the de- rnyingiilnistuiripii wllleh hnl not tajeii clrtircd ciul when thf wawrwaj rtilaec theduyfootm wrrtr- hallfftiaiu1 huidc of th pcmia nml third generation wv luiinllnent in the nnikn of lite clergy of fha dwnoinlnaflotl there wjtt nnotliev tannery oppoalte the ron mill whoae proprietor i do not romemuor but 111h- prlpclpul man wna billy unnd whose iileaaant amlle and manner mnde him a favorite with the boy who iined to like to lotif nmons the vnta in aplte of the rank amell of the hide und the pungent odor of the hemlock there used to be an iron foundry pphalbly two on the edge of the pond in the name neigh borhood and a wood working shop a leading feature of which wan the making of pump and the boring of pump lojp in which o hole several inches in diameter was made with a long uuger driven by machinery one of the first ugenta of tha grand trunk railway wan p h carter a newfoundlander was later transferred to london and was succeeded by an irlhman named ryan who held the post fer many yeara a family of tavern keepers there were three brothers john william and james hlggina alt tav ern keeper john higglns kept a tnveri opposite the grand trunk sta tion and afterwards moved to toronto jnmeh hlggina the youngest brother had u tavern on the road to the station bill hlggina also kept a tavern but i cannot exactly recall where ia waa situated he was a bjenutne sportaman and no fishing or hunting party wa complete without him and there were plenty of both in the old days shooting matched were u very- common amusement and bui being an unerring shot with a rifle or hhotun was alwuya captain on one aide or the other game of dill kinds wuh in abundance and wild pigeons tilnck squirrels and partridges were the principal spoil of the hunters a big aupper and often a dance was the weiuel to ihe shooting match accom panied invariably with a deluge of liquid refreahmenta bill txigglnn afterwards moved to urjatoacrtilch corners whexe- restsrt for fishermen ijimrrronrerr the principal room con tained the bar and a cavernous fire plnce in which except in summer a fire was nlvynya biasing with an en ormous hack live three or four feet longj hauled in by a pony tales of ohhlnc and hunting that never lost in the telling were freely exchanged in the oveninrh hy the ruddy slow of the open hearth hltrglns afterwards lo cated in a hon where ills hostelry was the nsoes for ttp same class of vlalt- om bill higglns used mostly for hunting whether for deer or amall game anold fashioned kentucky rifle with an octagon barrel and bore about the slae of a lead pencil a muxale loader taking a con lent halt homemoulded a- recess in the stock held a supply of grease patches whlcn neparated the bullet and the powder carried in ii horn or llaak higglns wus an adopt at barking squirrels hitting the branch on which the squirrel rested the concuwsion stun ning the game and bringing it down uninjured i have seen him do it hends of partridges he invariably out iit with a rifle bullet ammunition wns too expensive to waste many nhotri at bristol opposite higglns mr bush a farm er from tubtown now hellefountaln built n hotel on a more pretentious scale the name of the tutmlet being chunged to brisbane path hotels were burned but the foundations re main to w the spot thb dismal swamp bast of bristol there was whlll used to be known os the pismal swamp stretching opt to a dlstapce only guessed at some of this swamp has been cleared and tidy homesteads have taken the place of the cedar and hem locks hut most of fe swsmp appears to the travel in the samo primeval condition u half a century ao on a hill above the east end of the big swamp used to stand an octogon church which has probably fallen a vlotlm to are or old age as i do not remember seeing it in later days one can hardly think of bill hig glns without recalling ilromy gorman who was his man of a work hostler stage driver to and in his abler flays guide or ashing parties when the boss was not available the village faotbturh was joseph fresstone gardener well digger grave digger keeper of the cemetery and ioer of odd jobs and a useful man whose services were vnlued in the community good gardens georgetown hod many good gardens in the early days the onooyimed by james youug was tho flrst and great ctire una attention was given to jt mr young prooured many choice apple arid pear trees from the old elrwange tk horry nursery t koolieater and livedo toseo them in full bearing nnd a generous reward for his enterprise from the same source he bought wil sons albuny strawberry plants at dollar each and soon hud a planta tion which was the envy of the country aide from thin garden wevo procured the parent stodtof the fruit- farms t oakviile whore strawberries were first grown on u commercial scale in canada an arneloan named johnston at norval nlo put out n strawberry plantation on an extensive arnlo from tho same stock in ths old garden were heyeral peach treys which for many yosis nnre abundant crops tlioro ww h green house in which the culture of uprloots nectarines and oholoe grapes wns nt- temptod with indifferent success vv w roe also had an exceptionally fine garden nnd an englishman nam ed jones at thowt end of the bridge uerohs tlai pond hurt several green linuses and ouftlvnted rare and oholoo plants mr jones hud as ills house keeper a mrs rookwood tfho in ad dition in her household duties as sisted in ushering into the world- mtinv of the inmnt population of the small community robert maw wns tho first market galdenor coming to canada iwth english experience he tniulea suov coss with vegetahlosbh the rloh vir gin soil and dovoted a gogdrijsal of spaqeto phbloe flowers pansles be lriirhihnimlhity v ii a murder in bsouhisinci asoha ransjtokonarbjralr itew la ar v v health of prominent incidents in the early life of georgetown there alters through the mists of the long for gotten years the recollection of a mur der which stirred the community and country surriunllng to its deepest depths as o the facts of the case this deponent suyetltn memory- rails to yleliffurthtnfoitoatloii than that it occurred in the woods yest of the seventh llnfe on or near tli farm of nevlns jones that a man was tried and counl guiltyiindhajiged for uie rrlm- at milton and uint large- lrnportlon of tlu population of the county of million journeyed to the county town in tvuness the gruesome jfetacle t frcttrbvstjcje fiottre an there icomkslnto mlmr the ulc- hj j 6t llfrny wlison tthcthel hvvus native son lean ft say but raiehj chi to the vllliurein ull rlvvefrulgwlwe of a successful- ntner resjilendent in hill iiimeiit aiftmhwelleyruli r atrange oaths and blasphemies to which the villagers llstvnel with slickel ears and wblh ue boys proceeded to ahiulgumutf in their vocabulary earn ng for themselves manyn sound llck ing talkorny was c the argonauts so he maid and had strange tale to tell of the arduous journey across the isthmus of prtnamn and his return over lunl with hairbreadth scapes from the indians to which us boys listened openmouthed he was particularly down on the murderer above alluded to and was bent on or- ganlzlng u lynching party he of course took in the hanging at milton and brought back a piece of the rope as a souvenir there wasnt n boy among us who didnt learn to throw tho hangmans knot circuses it is n far cry from the old road circus to the gorgeous pageant that have special trains of their own and hit only the high spots when one re members the apologies for roads and veritable sloughs of despond and bot tomless inkes of mud which had to he traversed one womfers how they hail the courage to tackle and oyrcome such obstacles being on the main highway through the province george town was always n stopping place for these travelling shows and one dimly remembers the stars of horse opera whose names were famous in the world of tights nnd tinsel pan rice joe pentlunil yankee robertson the ktlckneya nnd ever so mnny more the old clown there was only one vns the leading attraction especially i it was generally understood that i te clown owned the show tho boys l to wonder that he allowed hlm- if to be chased around by the rlng- ianter who was ulwnys in full even- v dress untl cartled ii i he clowns joiirotoarn it tesjttntuf though more crude- ian the elaborate lithographs today as just ns attractive to the less ophlwtirntfd boys of the fifties and i oused visions of delights to come ine enterprising showman studied the- dictionaries and coined words hlch no one could translate or eve i ironouncc uthlelolymptmantheum and ippoxoonomadon special jnwhreak- s- resolved themselves with glorified lonugerle and circus when dissected r mr dades trained mind one did not need to got up very arly to see the show come in but we iere nil guyed up to high expectation ir weeks before curus day and hard- slept u wink tho night before the rst team was eagerly watched for and votd passed along that- circus is ore and a steepylooklng outfit it us the jumps were short but if ok hours to make miles uometlmes and there wcro no comfortable pull- nio curs but ill eimtched what sleep hey could in the lumbering day inches which carried tho performers ho irlvers and tentmen could only jeep during the performubces too irst oicus 1 remember showed on e- leld on tho road from norval beyond li bngllsh church another in tho centre of the vllluge in front of the id methodist church one near the while bridge and after tluit mostly n what became the mnrket square he tents were small less in size than nuny of tbe sideshows which now sur round the big top und if there were any snlmals they were mangy half- huirved lions and tigers with a cage two of monkeys and wonder of wonders nn elephant if ho didnt get boggod on the way there wns a motley gang of campfollowers gam blers and confldnce men whoalways eaimad rich gains shrvino out thb uamijlers one incident that comes to mind is worth recalling two gamblers were running u wheel of fortune using a table covered with oilcloth divided into lumbered spaces on which were piled heap jewellery silver colas etc it was a pure skin game with no chance- for anybody against the manipulation of the revolving arm und in the course nf time two young men were heavy losers they immediately went look irig for law but got little encourage ment from magistrate youag it sorvod you right he told them but if it were me 1 would kick tho d thing over the victims did just this nnd the money nnd jewellery were scattered in the mud highly indignant the gamhlers interviewed tbe same magistrate who told them they had better get out of town as iuckly as they knew how whloh ttd- vloe they also proceeded to put into- practice the geprfletown volunteers all canndu-was- worked up in 1hhu over tho possthllltlos of war between irent hrltuln und- the united states over the trent nffalr which arose out of the taking of two envoys of the confederate llovornment by an am erican man of war from u british learner trent on their wsry to lourope the volunteer movement took ikewfldllre nnd companies of mllltlai were formed in georgetown as in every cnnudtim centre of population cnptaln young organised a company to instruct whloh a drlllsergennt was furnished from one of her majestys rbglments the first instructor was corporal oouplnnd of the p c o rllle rirlgiide then stationed in cana da hib unlforn was of dark green thnt of the company tho imperial ciirlct oouplnnd having completed his term in tho nrmy hocamo a olvil- nn najnln takipg his isoper uamo of huiwood nnd married nnd settled in ipoikotown obtaining n position in tho paper mill his successor ser- en1u wotalannmo was quite u ciiptraat being a heavysot bearded man from tho soots fusiliers guiards a very gorgeous scarlet uniform company became part of tho 20th llnltoh tiatuillan anrsnw service dur- vlth the ing the fenlim rnld of 1811 notlnit- us uunrd ut tho suspension bridge nlngoyu falls john r llarlmr took command attor j3npt youngs retire ment icrid was in duo- time colonel ot the 80th iwong befie the tfont uffitlr th 100th royal oanadlfin jrlflos were re cruited for imporlul servloo and t re- cflillmied on vkgt 6 m m 4 3 i m 1 c i vti j l vcrx vis