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alle , fi By Jim Bell from Sim Scripture, son of Mr. Jerry Scripture, enclosing some interesting information about Colborne and district away back in 1802. At that time, Col- borne was known as Cramahe and it seems that Neweastle was the focal point for the whole ‘district. Following are the minutes of one of. the Quarterly Sessions of the Dist- rict of Neweastle, held at Cram- ahe (Colborne) on the 12th day of October, 1802. Present— Alexander Chisholm and Isiah Hall Esquires. The Act for the administrat- ion of justice in the district was read and the Sheriff re- turned the following Grand Jurymen who were duly sworn pre a Joseph Keeler, Jacoh Ferguson, Elias | Jones, Asa Burnham, Jeremiah Scripture, Jon Spence Thos. Hinman, Ferninand Grout Johnathan Greely, Richard Hare David Ferguson, Joel Merriman, Benjamin Richardson, Stephen Campbell, Alex McDonald, Mat- hew Gorlee, Oliver Campbell, William Carl. Acco ing to Johnathan Fidd- ick, gra dfather of William Fid- dick, o lived near Little Lake Cramahe was renamed Colborne when Sir John Colborne was travelling by stage coach from York to Kingston and stayed overnight in Cramahe at the stage coach Relay Station which stood about where Rutherford’s Service Station is now. if there are descendants of any of these men, who have had anything relating to the district’ handed down to them, we would very much appreciate hearing from them. And {now let us take a ‘trip along Toronto Street from the old old Robertson Lane. The first house was the home of Mrs. Dr. Gould. She had lived there as long as I can remem- ber. Her two nephews, John and Sydney Dorland lived with her until they grew up. After they had gone, she lived alone, My father and mother lived next door and mother often said there couldn’t be a better neighbour than. Mrs. Gould. Next’ down the street was the McDonalds. There was. the fath- er and three daughters. One oi! them, I think it was Louise -married R. Elliott and lived on the corner of Norton Lane in ise formerly known as the Ken ip place. lown the street, . the ow known as the Wiens er poet | was built by Mr. Geo. E. Ms omen ee byoere the Miss Shands thea til recently, x Us cig uble house, it was once ee hig w pehouse behind Scoug-! fe cok REMEMBER ; Reminiscences of Colborne — there. was), ing at all. In regard to the} ale’s store. It was bought by John Wesley Philp and moved by my father to its present site. I remember they had quite a time going down the little grade just past Norton Lane. There was no way to put the brakes on when the big rollers got going. I think that building must be timber construction because it was moved without even cracking the plaster. The old Lace Factory came next but I do not think it was in use at the time of which I am writing. Between it and the} creek John Wesley Philp had an Apple Evaporator. Some people have contradicted this but I have been in it numbers of times. Jos. Haynes, brother of the late Mrs. H. Colton, was the manager. The apples were peel- ed on hand machines, then trimmed by women. or girls and sent on to the slicer. I can shut my eyes and still see, in mem-) ory, Fred Manning making that old hand slicer go like mad to try and keep up. You had to put the apples in one at a time, right side up too, and then push them through the slicer. Fred considered himself. quite an éxpert. I guess “he was too.) I do not know what be came of the old Evaporator. I suppose it burned down too. T will have to leave the east side of the street for next time. Then we still have Church street to do before getting some more information about} East Colborne than IT have now.