Che mt Baily British Whig YEAR B80-NO. 260 Pi, NRL NN TT \THE HISTORY OF WOLF ISLAND , (Continued from page 6.) poles on their shoulders, and thus carried the coffin, often for a dis- tante of six or seven miles, through the woods. The proceedings were under' the direction of a "captain" who when the men got tired shouted "Relieve," and four others took their places, the first four falling to the rear. Retigious Preaching. During' the first half of the last century 'there. was no , resident NGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER persons, and it was not untiil steam power was introduced that it was systematized. To Thomas Ravis, a resident of Wolfe Island, belongs the credit of introducing steam power on the fer- ry in the early fifties. This proved such a success that the steamboat built and used by him was purchas- ed by Messrs. Kinghorn, Campbell & Hinckley, who in 1857 secured a lease of the ferry from the muni- cipal council. The Canal Company. In 1851 "The Wolie' Island "Railway and Canal Company," which had ap plied for incorporation in 1836, be- gan work on a canal, which' was to be a 'waterway path between Bar- rett's Bay and Bayfield, or Big clergyman on the island. The peo- ple for the first twenty-five years journeyed to Kingston wisn they As near perfection as possible Made in Kingsten, Canada, Fox sale By . D. COUPER: 841.8 Princess Ss. Phone 76 In 1841 the administration of lo- ealiaffairs wrisshagi Upper Oaaady | was transferred fr of EVENING SLIPPERS Satin slippers in black, blue, white, yel- low or pink $2.00,$2.50, $3.00 or $3.50. Black Suede Slippers Pat Colt Slippers, Gun Metal Slippers. Kid Slippers. Neat, dregsy and very Well! Well! Well! Mutt & Jeff Finally pay the Rent wished any such religious ceremony as marriage or baptism performed. Gradually visiting clergymen began to make their rounds; the Roman Catholic priests holding stations reg: ularly in the houses of Mr, McDon- ald and of 8 Mrs. Macrae, who grant- ed the land on which was built the first or 'old' Roman Catholic church Wolfe Island, at this time being in- cluded in the parish of Kingston. Other clergymen preached in the houses of 'settlers who belonged to their denominations. The people came long distances.on horses or in row boats to listen to the teaching of the gospel agd to have various religious ceremonies performed. it was easy for the early settlers to earn a livelihood: "They bad their own land to clear and could always sell the wood. A cord of good wood sold for ejghty cemts, and eighty cents a good many years-ago Was worth a great desimiore than eighty cents at present. Besides, as the very finest of Canadian trees were in abundance,' there was a large tim- ber business carried on, especially on the foot of the island where the timber was hauled out to Oak Point made into rafts and sent down the river to Quebec. As the land was cleared it was sowed with different kinds of grain and vegetables. The rich new soil wag very productive, and large returns were returned for ths amount expended. teamed with i and abounded with game, deer especial: 1y roaming about in large numbers. Their other supplies were secured from the lyniber companies or from the nearby towns of Kingston or Cape Vincent, called Gravelly Point in early days. These early pioneers were 'healthy, hospitable and kind, and nearly all lived to a ripe old age. Municipal Government. | work being dome under {he supervision Bay, thus dividing the island into two parts. For reasons unknown to the writer but probably financial, this work was wot proceeded with continuously it was net until 1857 that the canal war finished, the of Messrs. Kinghorn, Campbell and Hinckley, who at the time were en- gaged in the ferry business and |wish- ed a short route to Capa Vincent. In 1848 the Hon. Charles William Grant, Baron de Longuieul, died, and was buried in the Church of Eng land cemetery. That part of the is- land owned by him became, on the death of his * wife, the Baromuss = de Longuienl, in 1868, the property of his only daughter, who was marri to Rev. J. A. Allen, one time Church of England clergyman on Wolfe Is land. It was during that time that the Baron and Baroness de Longuieul held Wolfe Tsland that the buileing now known as the "Old Castle," a called by them '"'Anrdath," was built. Used for a number of years as a residence, it mow stands a ruin, em- blematic of tha time when the land: lord was monarch of afl he sur veyed. In 1865 the Baroness, de Longuieul, widow of Charles William Grant, granted the - lands then oc cupied by the church to the trustees of the. Church of England on Wolfe 1sland "to be held by them and their successors in trust for a church where services could be held, according to the established Church of England and Ireland," reserving to herself and her heira two pews next the commun: jon rail and in the centre isle of the church free of rent." In 1859 the Wolfe Island muniéipal council held its first meeting in school No. 4, the oldest school building now m use on 'Wolfe Island. Angus Came- ron was the first reeve and John Horne the first township @erk. Dissatisfied With Fenny. The islanders could not have been qliarter sessions' to town and is trict cogncils elected by popular vote, Wolfe Island for the next eight years was governed by the Midland district municipal council, 'which came to an end in 1849. Be- yond granting a lease of the ferry in 1844 to Messrs. John and George Iris, who shortly afterwards sold it to Thomas Kirkpatrick, and estab- lishing two schools, the counsit does not appear to have paid muck atten- tion to the island, and it was not un- til the beginning of local msleipal government in 1850 t progress was manifested in internal affairs, such as opening up roads, bridge building, establishment of schools, ete. : -it was during the decade from 11841 to 1851 that the greatest in- .to- 2,034 persons, i lst the amdunt of land under cultivation more than trebled. By 185% five stores were estabishel, two' of the early storekeepers being Michael Baker and a Mrs. Macrae, referred to above. Mr. Hitchcock, doubtless antici- pating this development, Bufit in 1841. a large "two. master' vessel for ferry purposes, and a gala day it was' when she was launched and named the "Strawberry." This name may have been suggested by the large 'quantities of that fruit which grew in its wild state, or Mr: Hitchcock himself may Have begun the cultivation of the strawberry, for the production of which Wolfe Island is famous. Mr. Mitchoock dled in 1842, and was succeeded a Mr. Dawson, who Built 8 "clinker built" vessel, which for a number of years served as the ferry. It is likely that the wharf now known as the "Dawson Dock," situated about the middle of thé present village, was built at this/time. Later on the ferry used both' the Hitéheock and the Dawson wharves, sailing alter- nately week about from each. The ferry business this time appears to have deen in by different bY | for gut-of-order stomachs, because it well pleased with the. way the was managed at Sid Hume, fat Ahe ing of council on th o r LIe30 Sis was resolved 'that the 'reeve be requested to draw out and forward a petition to the gov- lernor-general and council praying that in comsequence of the yearly violation of the ferry charter and the conse quent. inconvenience to the public and NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA GAS OR INDIGESTION Bach "Pape's Diapepsin" Digests 3000 Grains Food, Ending All © Stomach Misery in Five Minutes. Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will di- gest anything you eat and overcome # sour, gassy or out-of-order stomach (surely within five minutes. 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It belongs in your UVLSTER'S John Redmond, M.P, SOS ------ the people of the township, the char- ter be withdrawn from the lesses of the ferry and that the ferry be con- trolled in future by the county count cil." This was not brought about, however, until 1857 when the reeve for that year reported "that the. pe- titiop forwarded through the county council had Leen successful and that in 'an act of parliament passed : to regulate ferries a clause is introduced giving the control of the ferries to this council." x . Before 1857 the vontrol of the ferry' lay in the municipal : council 'of the united counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, and amongst the by- laws passed by that body in 1851, we find one regulating the ferry. be- olfe ; Islands and i by-law ¥ the trips to be made,. the protection = to be given, and so-forth. The by-law also provided for safety and sobriety and the ferry-man took his orders froin the warden, In the same year a by-law authorized the taking of one thousand pounds stock in the Wolfe Island Railway and Canal company. , In 1857 the council called for ten- ders for a lease of the ferry 'and on Dec. 22nd the .lease was granted to Coletitan Hinckley, he being required to maintain a good and steamboat on the ferry betwéen King- ston and Wolfe Taland. During the following winter, Mr. Hinckley built" the first, or "old" Pierrepont, the timber required be- ing cut on Wolfe Island. This was the first boat to wiake a successful use of the Wolfe island canal threugh which she began to run in 1858, being also engaged in the ferry business between Cape Vin- cent and Kingston. As the timber used was not well seasoned, this boat did not last long and was suc- ceeded in 1861 by the "Gazelle." In 1864 tht Watertown took. the Ga. zelle's place and ran for eight years. Between the years 1868 and '70 the firm of Kinghorn, Canipbell & Hinck- ley increased the depth of the Wolfe Island canal to seven feet at a cost of $10.000.00. Tn 1872 the St. Law- rence Steamboat Co., with the Fol- ger Bros. of Kingston, at its head, bought out the firm of Kinghorn, Campbell & Hinckley, and assumed control of the ferry with the sec: ond, or New Pierrepont, operating on leases secured from the township coufieil 'at different times, they ran this boat between Wolfe Island and Kingston ub to July 1st, 1904, when their last lease expired. : During "the time that the Folger Bros. controlled the ferry, no atten tion was paid to the canal, and as it gradually filled up with weeds and deposit, its use was discontinued in 1892. A great mistake was made in thus allowing this canal to be: home. : come impassable. At present hoats] KING OF ARMS Sir Edward Carson, K.C., M.P.and (inset) his tNew portraits from the Tatler. sufficient 1913 ing purchased a steam boiler and set of grinding stones and proceeded with the erection of his mill which was completed in November of that year. As the road to the mill was in a poor condition the council allowed him to devote 'ten days of his statute labour required for 1858 in order to build it up. This mill was built close to the water's edge about the centre of the village and up to the time when it was burned about eighteen years was largely used by the islanders. In 1861, the island reached its zenm- ith in population, the returns for the year showing to be 3,601. At the end of the next decade the population had fallen to '2,737, and from that date there had been a gradual decrease the returns for 1911, amounting only to 1,612 persons. No one settled cause for this decadence can be given. It may be that in the early days as there wag such a heavy traffic passing over the island between Kingston and Cape Vincent, more people wére attracted to it. So much of this traffic is carried on now by water that there is not the same opening for employment; or peo: ple may have leit. merely on aceount of the general inconvenience of living on an island; some few have answered the call of the "Golden West," but not in large numbers; there is also a tendency manifested by the younger generation to leave the farm and seek employment in the city. This decrease in population, however, has not ine terfered with the cultivation of the soil, and Wolle Island is one of the best agricultural districts in Ontario. Fruit and garden farming are largely engaged in; and cheese is exported in large quantities, there being five fac- tories on the island. Retrospect. The lapse of years wears away the ptSud pinnacle and the haughty for tress; time has erased many of the land marks which indicated the growth of civilization in the wilderness about Fort Frontenac; but the grey tints of age and beauty to the decaying work of man, and the association of by: gone ages invests the crumbling stone with romatic interest. It is associa: tion which gives value to everything; and so the tourist rejoicing .in * the matter how heavy the gale might be, freedom of the simple life led 'at a boats could use it in perfect safety. quiet summer resort may let imagin- Moreover, the distance by the cana) |8tion take his mind back to far-oft is only thirteen miles, almost, If not days, and ponder over the period when quite, ten miles shorter than either [France attempted : to build" her best of the above routes, Hence the |colony on a principle of exclusion and saviug in foal alone would more |PY 80 doing robbed herself of a trans- than-pay for any repairs necessary atlantic empire., Let him follow in from time to time, to say nothing |this mind's eye the voyage of the of safety or the increased number of |chivalorous Champlain and his crew of trips that could be made in one |dusky companions in 1651; let him day. However, as the property be: picture the scene on the shore of Lake longs to private persons who do not |Ontario, where Kingston now stands wish to assume the expense of re. |When the stern Frontenac in 1673 at- opeuing it, nothing will likely be tended the first great international dond unless a petition signed by a|peace convention ever held in Canada; large number' of the islanders..and{let-him imagine citizens of Kingston, praying the lo- le, full of hope for the successful ter- minion government to take the mat-|mination of his enterprise preparing at ter into .eonsideration should be|Fort Frontenac his first expeditions successful, into the unknown west; or let him In May, 1902, by a. vote of the journey to Bear Point, the south wes- land owners of the island, it was |tern extremity of Wolfe 1sland and call decided to secure control of the fer- to memory that day in August .f rx and build their own boat. The 1756 when Montcalm and his Indian reason for this was that the lease | allies lay hidden in the woods before held by the St. Lawrence Steamboat proceeding to attack Oswego. Truly company would expire the next year, 't i8 pleasing -to spend the summer and as the steamboat company had months in a spot associated with caused a great deal of dissatisfaction | names which are so conspicuous in the there was no desire fo renew it, By annals of "The French Regime.". this vote Wolfe Island showed it-| To-day the islander enjoys the fruits self to be quite in accordance with {of his labor without any hardships the modern movement toward the |with which the early setilers had to municipal ownership of public utili- contend. As he sees the hustle of life ties. Plans and specifications were fabout him, let him think of the days got ready soon after, and in July, |when his forefathers first came to 1904, at an initial cost of $20,000, | Wolfe Island, days when all was silent the steamer Wolfe Islander, origin-|but for the cawing of some .crow flap- ally named Thomas Fawcett, after|ping his back wings over the tree the reeve of the town, was placed |tops; when the pioneer's axe rang out on the ferry between Wolfe Island in-clear wounding notes and the ugl and Garden Island and Kingston, |gaps in the forest thickly set th the first crew" being made up of |stumps, bore witness to his toils; when Captain James ' Crawford, Mata|the smoke from the Indian Wigwams Michael O'Shea, Purser Lloyd Car. |curled into the pure winter 'air, and Fireman Robert Berry, and/Engi-|¢he Indian himself hunted and fished neer Robert Tetro, along with two, Indians do, or made the baskets or deckhanids and a cook. Up to the|zye handles which he sold to the sel- present this enterprise has not beer |jarg When he goes to and from King- a complete success but with an ef<l on on the steamer of which he is a ficient manager and a capable pu™ligint owner, let him call to mind the ser, it should prove to be a boon |{ime when the trip was made in a to the islanders. log canoe or sailing vessel and took two days to complete; as he observes the changes wrought in a century and enjoys every convenience of which an island is capable, let him cherish the memory of those who toiled so hard to' bring this about, for it was the steady progress manifested here as elsewhere that has made Canada what it is, and whether he thinks of his is- land as bearing the quaint Indian name of "Ganounkoussnot" the char- acteristic French "Grande" or the historic "Wolfe" let him remember that "of all the spots on this wide peopled earth,ythe dearest to-us is the great antagonist, plying between Cape Vincent and Kingston go around the head of Wolfe Island as often happeus when a heavy wind is to be encountered. they go around the foot of the isl and, which makes a long and ted- ious trip. Were this canal open no Council Loanad Money. » Amongst the business of the first councillors was that of appointing pathmasters * and overseers of high- ways, opening roads, establishing school sections and arranging. tavern licenses, That these early legislators were ready to meet the needs of the islanders is shown by a resolution pas- sed on the fifteenth of May, 1857 to loan 300 pounds to Shirley Going, for ten years in order that he might erect a steam grist-mill, taking as se- curity a mortgage on the property and machinery. Accordingly, Mr. Go- [spot of our birth." ago' PAGES 9 TO 12 The Changing. 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