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~T CANAD!MI STAT!SMA!1. Eôvvi.PAII vr~ ~3?T~f~ AV r~.'q' *14'., ~êm, ~ Early Burials in Darlington Now FielIds of Sacred Dus! *By Dr. L. B. Williams Pioneer bunials in Darlington Township, in Durham County, as elsewhere, must bave been lonely vigils-along the blazed trail-up the bilîsides, or on a mound ai bigher ground and witb the movements ai the pop- ulace have, in time become the forgotten dead. But there are exceptions wben the United Empire Loyllsts, under command ai Capt. Mich- ael Grass (the Grass immiies around Columbus are direct descendants), were braugbt, fol- lowing the American Revalu- tion, in seven ships irom New 'York for, settlement around the ]Bay ai quinte in 1784. The finst duty at Adolpbustown wms the burial ai a littie cbiid that had succumbed ta the igans ai transportation. That spot became the nu- cleus ai a U.E.L. burial gnound, which was honorcd in 1884 with a commemorative granite shait. Last year, 1956, some $12,000 was spent in restoration, following whicb the Provincial Governmcnt bas taken aven same inclusive 20 acres ta yet become anc ai Ontario's finest tourist packs averlaoking the placid waters ai the Bay ai Quinte along Highway 35, "'The Loyalist Way". Verily, "a little child shall lead tbem." In Darlington "braken iront" an instance ai family bucial ground is the private Trull cern- etecy, stili maintained, estab- lished by Cascy Trull, when as yet there wece no higbways and inow wedgcd in between the C. P.R. and C.N.R., the twa great- est transportation systems in thc world. Eariy Bethesda Cemetery Usually, witb the need for a little whitechcucch, an adjoin- ing gravcyard naturally fol- lowcd, like Bcthesda, the cem- etory was central foc a large, sUrrounding cornmunity. 1 1 think my paternal grand- parcnts ai Ennîskillen must have been among the early bur- iFaIF, since their graves stanes are just ]nside the Bcthesda Gates. It secmed too bad for the quaint littie churcb ta reccntly disap- pear. but the cemetery, in good repair, remains. Anothar instance ai cerne- tcry enduring remembrance Is the Enniskillen Presbyterian plot ai sacred dust taken aven in future maintenance by the benciactar, the late George Mc- Laugblin whase parents were stalwarts ai that cburch, now disappearcd. The former cern- eteny now bas its grave stanes clustered about the base of a granite memonial pedestal bearing a typical etcbed scene of pioncer home life, there Is a foccground ai lawn and flowens with landscaped background. The Free Chuîch This church, "The F'ree Churcb ai Scotland", was asso- j- Looking for a DIAMOND? We now have a special display rooni wheîe you can look over oui diamonds and choose yours ln privacy. ASK TO SEE OUR DIAMONDS . . . HOOPER'S Jewellery & Gift Shop 28 King St. e9., Bowmanville Phone MA 3-5747 ciated with anc in Bowmanville about where the present St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church is Iocated. Their early clergyman was Rev. Alexander Kennedy who compromised by living in Hampton and carried on 'tbus for 25 years araund the 1840-5's. East af the village is tbe Angli- can burial retreat, stlll bearing three monuments. Evans, Vir- itue and Virtue, with the slab igrave stanes piled one on the .other by the roadside renewed sfence in the shade ai a maple. t I citn just remember seeing the white church, now closed ta service, about 70 years mgo rwith Rev. MacNab the last min- Ister following Rev. J. S. Ken- tnedy. Mrs. Willimms remembers being there at a funeral but can't recaîl who. The wife (Nid- 1dery) ai John Arnat whose child was later the wife ai the late Will Van Nest ai Solina, was buried there. Same years ago Mrs. Billett (nee Virtue) ai H1amptan was a leading spirit in some restoration. The other village churches, Wesleyan andi Episcapal Meth- odists, bad no cemeteries. I smile as I remember, iollowing their voluntary union (before United Churcb), how the Wes- leyans grouped an the rigbt aisle and Episcopals on the leit for service. Many Churehes Gone What ali happened ta those ear- ]y church structures bath before and aiter United Cburcb Union in 1925? If ai brick thcy be- came brick for some otber structures. The Enniskillen Wesleyan be- came the Salvation Army Bar- racks, Inter moved ta Hampton for lodge purposes, and the lot sold ta next door Albert Arnot for a garden. The parsonage re- mains, icst sold ta the late Harry Rogers. In my travels, I have seen those little white churches dot- ting the iandscape ail across Canada and are, associated with ather churches, the sta'bility ai Canada's young nationhood. "Timbered in times wben men buîlt strong, With a door ai wood grawn gray, The farne oai t aId, the beart1 still yaung,j It bas stood for many a day."i Burketon church is a trans-1 fer from, Mt. Carmel but it didn't bring its graveyard with it. Barly Methodist Seets The dominant early church ai Darlington was ai the several early Methodist sects. There were Brienites, at first called "Ranters", later ta become known as Bible Christians, Episcapal Methýodists, Canada Metbodists and Wesleyans. Un- ion was effected in 1880 wbich caused a grand shake-up in cantinuing churches and par- sanages as well as burial grounds. The first Methodist ehurch -In Canada has Memorial Gates, on the wmy from the boundary be- tween New Brunswick and No- va Scotia, enraute ta the ferry1 for Prince Edward Island prov-1 ince. The decd is in City Road( churcb, London England, in whose graveyard lie the remains( ai the World Evangelist, Johnt Wesley.E Potter's Filds Cemeteries, it seems must have thein Potters' Fields and acrass the street irom tbe abave cbuncb is Bun Hill cemetery. Following the great plague and fine ai London 1665 this was iirst pravided ta dump the dead. The disease was Sa ter- rible there were no funecais, only the death wagon raamcd the streets at dead of nigbt with a crier calling out, 4'Bring out youc dead!" 1 wandered about bere with great interest, reviving history mn sucb as the monuments ai John Bunyan Who wrate "Pil- grirn's Pro gess" wbile in prison, the monument ta Robinson Cru- sae, (Daniel Defoe) and Sa on. They wene the greatest mastecs af imaginative English prose. There was another Pattcn's Field where is now the corner ai Avenue Rd. and Bloor St., Toronto. The Anglican churcc in the eacly days was a littlc iussy as ta who was fit ta be bucied in St. James Cemctcry, Toronto, and s0 Provision had ta be made for the unacceptable. Lount and Matthews ai MacKenzie Rebel- lian fame who were bangcd bv arder ai the Governor fallowing9 Bond Head, bad ta be huried there because, said the Court, they were murderers. Later they were transferred ta the Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto, whece their joint monument shows a broken off top, indica- ting their lufe was snuiied out before their allotted time. How opinions diifered here! But the real Potter's Field was the giit ai a graveyand site on the higb gnound overlooking the so-called "Hayes Hollow"' in Darlington's East Settlement. I bave an aunt buried there. Nat only was the site granted by Eban Patter but his son dug the graves free ai charge. Oid Union Settlement East Settiement is better re- mcmbered as "Old Union," so- called because ai a churcb built jointly by the Wesleyans and Bible Christians but atherwise separate. There was no adjoin- ing- cemetcry because I don't suppose they would have agreed even there. The location was on the Benthamn farm bard by the present Union School. Like other graveyards. only the odd picce ai picket remains ta tell ai the neat littie fences that aiten enclosed the burial plot. William Patter ai Bow- manville heads a large cannec- tion af direct descendants ai Wm. Patter, brother ai Eban. Across from the Rigbt-of-way ta an early saw mill on the Cryderman farm, now accupied by Mr. and Mrs. George Gil- hcrt, was the Milîville (Hamp- tan) village church. Natbing remains ai either church or graveyard on the then Marshall Cryderman iarm, save tbis stary. Smddie-Bag Preacher The saddle-bag preacher who lived in ILimpton had died. The widow anc day missed the pony in the pasture. wvhcn search was made, it xvas fouind standing in its accustomed place in the church shed. I prestume that church was the predecessor ai the Bible Christian in Hampton whoso cemctery is bcacing' the marksj ai vears. 'the Adventist church at Sol- mna is now the Bawmanville Baptist Church, but the grave- yard is maintaîned. There at- tended here quite a strang con: gregation at anc time. Here was another tangent oi religious be- lief. "Thus times do change, each thing its turn doth hold, New tbings arise where for- mer things graw aid." Whcn I visited the great Mormon Temple at Cardston, Alberta, the centre ai the dry- farming beit, I was struck with seeîng so many names on mon- uments and plaques whicb. arc familiar early names mround Solina. Caurtice and Harmany. The explanation would lead me to the stary ai the time at mid- nigbt in Danlingtan's early days when according ta certain ne- ligiaus belief and pnopbcsy, the world would came ta an end, but that is not ai this article. European RuilGrounds 1 could give you a wbole film pragram aon European ancient burial grounds, particularly the oldest Saxon churcb in England at Escomb, dating iram the se- cond bh ai ofthe Seventb Cen- tury, whcre due ta limited cem- etecy space, evcry sOaioten tbey removcd the bancs irom their bucial, dumped tbcm into an annex basement an the East sîde ou the church and started the cemetery aIl over again. Evecy Mormon Temple misa faces East. Mount Vernon on the 8th Con- cession, Darlington, was a churcbai its usual turn ai Quarterly Meeting with now a clump ai evecgreens ta markt the spot.1 Following the burning ai the Wesleyan Mcthodist church at the corner west ai Eldad (Sol- .na) the new church became Mt. Vernon because mast ai the then worshippers lived on the upper Concession. The site wast agift fcom the Millson praper-1 ;y so long as a cburcb remain-1 ed, but now ai course bas ne- verted. I can't speak here ai the cburches wbose cemetcries- arc The irst Eldad sanctuary r mas a littie frame building la-h« ated bchind the present beau- iful little rural cburch and r( Mr. James Arthur Wcrry, nown f Enniskillen, says be thinks M~ ýwas for Sunday School and 0 Day Srhool only, about 1855. It t m'as in this tinv, building he s( irst learned about ABC's. t The late Thomas Baker used'a ýO boast that he and the present s( ,hurch were bath buiît the same I ýear, 1855. I think bath church- ýs and cemeteries wece an or- Iinal clergy Reserve land. nr I could here recite a string ry )f amusing anecdotes assaciated a: with these and other churches a: ut will limit the number. In t)l this cammunity was a young, t] uskv. large physique, likeabhe rr ,haracter whose antics wceren't a qiavs ini k-eping wifh the ti ailes, penance, grooved Moth- ji Power and durability for all farm hauling jobs, from plowed flclds ta paved highways, are built Into this 1958 Chevrolet Viking medium-duty truck. Its sturdy lines are enhanced this year by new front-end styling, including dual headlamps and redesigned fenders, hood, and grille. Chassis improvements include an even more durable 261 cu. in. six cylinder 150 hp. engine as standard equipment. Two optional 283 cu. in. VB's, one with two- and one with four-barrel curburetor and rated at 160 and 175 hp., respectiveiy, are optianal. A five-speed heavy-duty transmission and the improved Chevrolet Powermatic transmission also are available. odist sanctity. Doors were on the end af church pews but he would just throw a leg over the top and sit down. His squeaky long lcather boots made no end of merriment to which Mr, Werry responded wvith strong reprjmand. So next Sunda 'y, sit- ting down on a back bench, he pulled off the heavy footwear and placing a boot under each arm, tip-toed up the aisle in bis sock feet and took a prominent front seat among the eleet. Mr. Werry, also a prominent local preacher, harnessed his horse an Saturday night for the Sunday occasion. No work on the Sabbath. Devant ('hurch Members MUany devout church miem- bers wouldn't shave on Sunday, and so appearcd for Sunday evening service in two day's growvth of bearded ma.jesty for plus sanctity. My grandfather Williams as local preacher went ane up on Peter Werry, for he wouldn't work a horse on Sunday but would walk six or eight miles, if need be to bis appointrncnt. No flowers were permitted on ladies' bats at Communion on Quarterly meetings in some churches. There are still a few af a religious sect designated by the lack af tbe vanity af buttons on their coats. It's about like that today from the way machine tailors sew on somte of aur but- tons. But ending digressing, 1 must return from grave faces to graveyards., Tbere- used ta be a corner church named Providence on the 8tb, on either the Jeffrey or Ormiston farm, but I neyer beard af a graveyard therè. Providence Community That takes me ta tbe Provi- dence community narth east af Bowmanville, the church clos- ed ta service about 32 years aga. The advent of automobiles ruined an effort of restoration. Those were the days wben everybody beaded for Sunday evening churcb service witb seats up the aisle, for it was also the social tit-bit of the weck wben evcrybody co.uld learn who was courting wha, as well as passing along the la- test neighborly rifts and ob- serve the latest millinery crea- tions. Enfield at anc time boast- ed a millinery shop. The Providence cemetery Is manifesting neglect and dona- tions looking ta restoration bave been raîsed but it seems impos- sible ta get the labor necessary as the situation continues. Mr. Milton Wight is the oldest standing pillar now In this' cammunity. I called up Clare Allin about this Providence cemetery and in his best af community spirit he sent me the Providence cburcb history whîch appearcd In The Statesman recently. Cemetery at Shaw's An early cemetery and An- glican Sunday Scbool (St. George's) and maybe early usedi for Day Scbool was up ta 1925 just east af the present Shaw's School. The graveyard would be curtailed by the widening af Number 2 Highway. Mr. Russell Bragg who went ta Sunday School there thinks there were at lcast 25 grave stones anc time. The only remaining evidence s pieces of slab uscd as bases for basebaîl at Shaw's. 1 have hcard of ather less durable ba- ses for boyisb basebail. I remember Andrew Pen-i nington, Hampton, and Norman i Pingle of Town, built the pres- ent Shaw's School, which is bccoming quite inadequate asI today's school. As I review the lIte period of this article, there were at he, end ai the l9th century ore 600 religiaus sects, apart from the Roman Catbolic solid- arity. The world aver, as in Darlington, the number today has greatly dwindled. Instead of the modest requiem. burials naw in funerals and cemeteries have become giamorous specta- cles ai expense in aur bloated atte-ring evonnm-v hibfer Great Need for Research Scientist s in. Industry Incceasing need for rescarch niîng their career in the research scicntists in Canadian industry f ield. NBC also carnies out spe- bas crcated a shoctage which cule research for industry. cannot bc met by aur universi- Many tangible benefits have 'tics ducing the next few years, already accrued ta the Cana- Letter ai The Canadian Bank scarch work, the Letter cantin- ai Commerce. Traincd Scien- uies. In the fields ai agriculture, tists from Europe are bclping fisheries and focestry great ad- ta fi11 the gap today, and will vances have been made. Higb- probably play a greater part in er productivity ai soul, improv- aur research pcograms ai the!ed quality, and mare economi- near future, the Letter saYs. cal utilization ai forest pro- If universities are ta produce duets are among the achieve- enough scicntists, it will bc ne- ments ai research. cessary to expand their facili- In the ycacs ta came. the de- tics and increase their tcaching mands of industry and gavern- staffs. But the Letter camrnents ment both for peaceful and that highcr salaries in industry military projects will put a make it incceasingly difficuit strain an aur buman resaurces for universities ta persuade in the scicntific field, the Let- their more brilliant science stu- ter says, but the resuits ai ne- dents ta continue into post-grad- search work are likely ta be an uatc studies and join university impravement in production ai staffs. Scientists' incarne bave ahl types. doubled since 1933-but wage- -________ carners now get 31/à times their pay a quarter ai a century ago. YELVERTON Bath pure and appliéd ne- scarch are impactant factors ta- HearycnatliosoM, day in industcy and in gavera- and ryclonatuaistaMc mnthe Letter says. Occupy- their Mcs. Waisn easipo îng a central position in re- Sorry we omitted ta mention seacch work generally is the the iact that Miss Nancy Low- National Research Council, rofLfrdacm ni b Wbicb conducts extensive ne- oyni ifothedSmaccotersby scarccbwork an its awn accaunt, (ansi berd"asm ist B othns and assîsts colleges and ather e(sa eay r lsassisted an resiearch bodies with grants-in- fevnieh. ty ragram fol sp aid and with tecbnical assist- per igt.Mut e etin ad ance. Though its systcm a Raoyfid schalarsbips, an wbich $31000,- Yelverton was represented by 000 a ycar is spent, it aids in the "Thin Man" at the Man- the training ai pramising young vers United Churcb Board scientists while tbey are begin- meeting in Janetville an Wed- today the background ai aur spiritual and material progress. In the meantime aur lufe span may look upon those little cern- eteries as takens ai lave and industry for their dean ones wha followed which bas made fan the luxury we yet enjoy. Slecp an aid pioneers! Wbece the bill ai toil was steepest, Wben the iorest fnown was deepest, Pon, but young you hastened here. Toil had neyer cause ta doubt yau- Progress' patb you belped ta clear; But today fangets about you, And the world goes on without you, Sleep on aid pioncer! nesaay evenng-a goad place ta go ta catch up on your sleep. Socry ta leacn ai the loss suf- fered by the Taylocs ai Ennis- killen. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Taylor were hasts ta the Fed- ecation ai Agriculture dinec- tors' meeting ane week pre- viaus ta the fine. Among those attending the International Plowing Match near Simcoe were the Art Row- ans, the Howard Malcolms and Terry, the Floyd Stinsons and Dale. Dale and Tenry are proud possessors ai autograpbs signed by certain members ai the "Craig" iamily. No churcb an Sunday ln de- iccence ta Bctbany United Churcb Anniversary. Recent visitars at iIalconia wece Mrs. Hank Boon, Sr., Miss Annie Meyer and Mc. Hanik Boon Jr. ai Cooksville. 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