Daily British Whig (1850), 3 Aug 1916, p. 5

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Who Passed Away At olcrok ® 1 1600 of uly. WARER FNL COMECTE WITH COLEBROOK VILLAGE SINCE ITS EARLIEST DAYS, Déceased's Father Built the First Store There in 1842 and Laid Out : the Land Along the River in Vill- Lage I . . At Colebrook on Jfily 16th an hon- ored and respected life-long resident of the willage passed peacefully away in the person of Augustus Coleman Warner. Although 77 years of age, he retained a much younger appear- ance and until a few months previous to his death was seldom ill. On the 5th of May last he suffered a slight hemorrhage of the brain, and after six weeks in bed, seemed to be regaining his usual health, so that he was able tg sit outside the greater part of the diy. But one morning, eleven days previous to his death, he suffered another severe stroke, from which he never rallied, and although loving hands, did all in their power to ease his sufferings he gradually weakened and sank until the end came, He was born in Camden East Township, and when he was three years of age his parents removed to ti ry he married Miss Jane daughter of the late George Moscod, who survives him. surviving ehildren are: Arthur H., Avon Sask. Mrs. Harold g pagee; Mrs, Stinson Martin, Ottawa; and Misses Georgie and Mary, at home. EE The funeral took place at "Warner- heim," Mis late home in Colebrook, on Tuesday, July 18th, at 2 p.m., and the remains were interred in the family plot at Moscow cemetery. Rev. Mr. Bunner, of Yarker, officiat- ed, taking as his text, "Precious ia the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.' : The floral tributes were beautiful, and included the following: Wreath of orchids, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ander- son, Napanee; sheaf of roses, Mr. and Mrs. T. Windover and Mr. and Mrs. W. Exley, Napanee; large wreath of roses, C. N. R. employees, Ottawa; spray of wheat and roses, W. 8S. Holmes, Ottawa; cross, carna- tions and sweet peas, Mr. and Mrs. Ross McRae, Kingston; roses and sweet peas, Mrs, Kelly, Napanee: A large upright cross and anchor from eee J In 1876 collected there over sixty years first grist mill built over scventy ago by John Rouse, an Eng- , 4150 passed into Charles Warner's hands. These com- bined with the potash business which was at its height, at the time, made this a flourishing little village. Charles' brother, Sidney, of Wil- ton, had two years previous to this, bought the Gorman Simcoe tract, which comprised about three thous- and acres of well wooded and well watered land, lying directly south of what is now the village of Cole brook, and on part of whieh the vil- lage of Yarker now stands. In 1851 Charles petitioned the Government for a post office. This was the first post office in this section and the only one for several -miles around and was given the mame Colebrook in honor of his oldest child Cole- man, then a lad of twelve years. The large stone residence known as "Warnerheim" was built in the east side of the river in 1855 and has been the home of different mem- bers of the Warner family ever since, In 1860, Charles who was at that time a lieutenant was made made captain in the secobd battal- fon of the Addington Militia and died in 1885. His mother, Hannah Wartman, of the Township of Kingston, was married to Charles Warner in Kingston in 1838 by George Stuart, L. L. D;, rector of St. George's church. Their children were Coleman, born 1839, died 1916, Sidney, born 1841; died 1887, ana Calista, born 1843; died, 1894. She was a direct descendant of Abra- ham Wartman, born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1735 and of Christianna, y \ THE LATE A. C. WARNER | A A A AA tn wife and children were placed at the head of the casket. The pallbearers were: Keyes, Andrew Galbraith, Woodruff, Norman Boyce, a] rcell and Isa Salisbury. Thopas Harry | Edward Of English Descent. e late Mr. Warner was of Un- ité® Empire Loyalist descent. Patern- ally he was a descendant of English forefathers, being a grandson of the his wife, of noble birth, born 1738, only child of Bartholdt, of the house of of Wessenberg, Germany, born in 1698. This couple came to New York from Germany in 1758 and set- tled In Tunkaanoch, Pa, In 1812 they sided with the English, came to Canada and finally settled near Kingston. i In Mercantile Business. The late Coleman Warner was en- gaged in the mercantile business here, practically since his boyhood. In the early days the nearest whole- sale warehouses were" located in Montreal and frequent trips had to| be made there, principally by boat, | to "replenish depleted stock An | later days, warehouses sprang up| in nearby cities and the Montreal | trips were not necessary. About | fifteen years ago he retired from ac-| tive business life, He was one of the oldest operators in the ger-| vice of the G, N. W. Telegraph Com- | pany, having had charge of the office | here over fifty years, | Deceased was a member of the, Methodist Church over thirty years, | trustee of church and public] WAS HELD AT HOME OF MR. AND MRS. K. PATTERSON, The Little Folks Enjoyed the After |= noon Events With .Games and Races--A Musical Programme Pre- | = sented in the Evening. An exceedingly pleasant lawn par- ty was held on August 1st at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard' Pat- terson, Pittsburg township. In. the afternoon from 3 till 4 o'clock Masters Gordon, George and | = Reginald Patterson entertained about thirty of their little friends, when games and races of various kinds were held. Among the prize-winners were Alma Trotter, Helen Franklin, Alice Cowan, Wilma Hyland, - Noreen Franklin, Reginald Patterson, Ken- neth Burns, Karl Burns, Ben Gor- don. . After the races were over, refresh- ments were served on the lawn, In the evenifhig a number of adult guests enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson. A musical pro- gramme was given, which included piano selections by Miss Jessie Mait- land, Mrs. R. Patterson, Mrs. George Farnklin, Mrs. Chester Cowan, Miss Mina McClymont (Ottawa), Mrs. Ar- thur Thompson; vocal seléctions by Mrs. R. Patterson, Mrs. W. J. Frank- lin, Mrs. Chester Cowan, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Mrs. George Franklin, Miss Jessie Maitland, M¥s. A. Cowan, Master Franklin Cowan, Master Reg- gle Patterson, and Master Harry Franklin; violin selections by George Franklin. Among the guests were Rev, C. W. Hollingsworth and wife. The en- joyable gathering broke up about 10.30 o'clock, all present extending thanks to the host and hostess. AMPED OFF A STEAMER POLICE TOOK IN CHARGE YOUNG MAN AS UNDESIRABLE After He Got Off Vessel and Tried to Make His Edtape--Spent Night in Cells and Was Taken Across Bord- er on Morning Boat. The authorities at border points] are keeping a sharp look-out to see that no '"'undesirables'" get into Kingston, When the boat from Cape Vincent! arrived in the city on \Wednesday | night a young fellow rounded up as an 'undesirable' was undey the care | of the immigration officers) He was| given a room to sleep in during the | night, as it was the intention to land | him back in Uncle Sam's territory | in the morning. 3 However, the young man thought late Stephen Warner, whose ancest- ors were supposedly English, and who prior to 1812 lived near Sara- toga, N.Y. Then moved to South Fredericksburgh, and finally settled in the 7th concession of Ernesttown. His father, the late Charles Warner, came to Colebrook, then called Pet- ers' "MINE, 1h "18427 He bought lot 45, on which the mills werd situated, and lot 44, built the first store, in- stalled new machinery in the mill and laid out the land along the river in village lots, Day and night shifts of men were employed in the mill, and 750,000 feet of lumber was the yearly average. The logs were float- ed down the river from timber lands north of here, It is interesting to note that in those days sawdust and salbs were regarded as waste material and were allowed to drift away as best they could. As time went on these completely filled the river bed at the foot of the rapids below the mills, and destroyed the eddy there, The present geperation is pulling out on AA A ii Have You a Photo Taken in Your Own Front Room? required. We try to please. - Prices from $7 to $33. Have a Noun te" and groupsspeciaities. LAKEMORE, Stuart Street, City. In 35,1 and 2 pound cans. Whole -- ground --pulverized -- also Fine Groygd for Perco~ lators. 172 FRESH STOCK OF BATHING CAPS From 25¢ up; also good stock of 'English Water Wings, at SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Princess and Montreal Sts. Phone 41 { Cor. school for many years, a member of he would. take matters into his own the A. 0. U. W. Lodge and 4a)|phands, and when he thought the life-long Liberal. He his early education at Newburgh |poat and made a bee line for up Academy, which was one of the first| town. The officials were wide awake six grammar schools in the province, | however and the runaway was soon in received | coast was clear he jumped off the _, | graphic Society of Washington, D.C.,| and in that day one of the most not- ed. The writer has often heard the | late Mr. Warner speak of old school chums from the Bahama Islands and other parts of the globe who came to Newburgh for their early education. | He often related little anecdotes con-| cerning the first school house in Cole-| hrook built more than sixty years| ago on the concession line between | the first .and second concessjons of| Camden, which was subsequently re-| moved to the west side of the river,T" where the present school now stands, | and of the first church built in 1874, | which still stands, also of when the| village was swept by a disastrous fire| in 1877. The store he then occu-| pied was burned, although it was re<| built later. However, the fire prac-| tically destroyed the village, and it| seems as if it never regained its for-| mer busy life. ' 1 Deceased was a man of extremely | quiet and retiring disposition and a great lover of home and family. He was happy in having his wife and four daughters in attendance at his bedside during his last illness. He was 'a member of the National Geo- and an innate love of nature mani-| fested itself when in his quiet, unas-| suming way he amused himself by sowing seeds along the river's edge for food for wild birds and planting shrubs and trees to beautify fits banks. He was highly esteemed by all as a Christian gentleman and by his death Colebrook has lost an hon- est and upright citizen and a mem- ber of a family which has been con- nected with the life of the village since its earliest days. THOUSANDS OF MEN Required For Harvesting In Wests ern Canada. Thousands of men are-required to help in the great work of harvesting the western crop. The task of trans- porting to the west this great army of workers will fall to the lot of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Excursions from points in Ontario to Manitoba, Saskatchew and Al- berta will be run, and special trains operated, making the trip in about thirty-six hours, without change or transfer. "Going Trip West" $12.00 to Win- nipeg. "Returning Trip East," from Winnipeg. Consult Agents regarding west of Winnipeg. GOING: DATES August 17th 81st--Fron Tor- onto-Sudbury Line and East, but not including Smiths Falls or) Renfrew, also from Main Line East of .Sudbury to, but not in- cluding, North Bay. August 19th 'and September 2nd " From Toronto, also West and South thereof. x Further particulars from Canad- jan Pacific Ticket Agents, or W. B. Howard, District Passenger Agent, : Toronto. hd $18.00 C.P.R. Returned To Saskatchewan. Revs. W. A. Guy and E, A. C. Hackman, Mrs. Hackman and Dor- othy left Bath this week for Regina and Wapella, Saskatchewan, after spending most of July af- fairs of the estate of the late David The remains of . transportation | custody again. This time the city police were notified, and to make sure that the man would not makq a second es- cape, they had him placed in the, police station for the night. Constable John Naylon was called, and he took the man to the lock-up, where he spent the night, and on Thursday morning he was taken HISBAND WAS. WOUNDED ESSAGE FOR TORONTO WOMAN CAME HERE BY MISTAKE. a M "Nothing Too Good For the Cana-| dians," Says Pte. J. F. McCann, | Who Is Laid Up In An Hospital In | London--Doctors and Nurses Do-| ing Good Work. 2 2] As the result of a message being sent on instead of Toronto, Mrs. McCann, of Toronto, was late in getting word that her husband, Pte. J. F. McCann, had been wounded. Through some mix-up the message which should have gone to Toronto | was forwarded to Kingston. Some | time was spent in endeavoring to lo- cate Mrs. McCann, but eventually the message wag sent on to Toronto, as it was believed that Mrs. McCann lived there, and as a result she was soon located. Pte. McCann was wounded last May, and is at present in No. 4 Gen- eral Hospital, London, Eng. He speaks in the highest terms of the whole-hearted desire of nurses and doctors. to minister to the needs of the wounded men in their care. "Nothing is too good for the Cana- dians," said the wounded man, Before enlisting, McCann was em- ployed as a drug clerk with J. C. Hayes at Toronto. He is thirty- eight years of age, and has a wife and one sop. He is known by a number of /Kingstonians. Appointed Justice of Peace. George William Prescott, of 507 Huron street, Toronto, has been appointed by Sir John Strathearn Hendie, Lieutenant-Governor of. On~ tario, to be a Justice of the Peace for the City of Toronto and County of York. ¢ Oscar Renaud, a- soldier of the 166th Battalion, from Barrifield camp, was given ten months ith hard labor in the Ontario Reforma- tory by Magistrate O'Keefe yOt- tawa police court for stealing $40 worth of clothing." A war anniversary service is also to be held in St. Paul's church at 8 a.m. Friday, when Canon FitzGersld will celebrate Holy Communion, SEVERE RHEUMATIC "PAINS DISAPPEAR on an acid effets the snd _ This ugh = children. ' Outing F ootwear Yachting, Tennis and Bathing Shoes; for men, women and Barefoot Sandals for boys and girls. Sinall suit cases for lunches, etc, 35¢, 60c, 75¢ and $1.00. Japan. Special Japanese lunch carriers, $1.00. Just arrived direct from STE TE EEE Holiday Headwear for Men This is the store for big val- ues in straw hats. You will have head comfort on the holi- day if you wear one of our light summer hats. PANAMA HATS, STRAW HATS, JAVA HATS, CRASH HATS, SILK CAPS, - t low prices. gh riny Campbell Bros ~The House of Successful Hat Styles { CORNS--Such agonizing aches they give, NYAL'S CORN REMEDY 25 Cents Takes out the ache and sting at once and the corn itself later. - A real wonder -- try it to- day, EE -- Prouse's Drug Store Opposite St. Andrew's Church A relia. == DR. DeVAN'S FRENCH PILLS ble Re- gulating Pill for Women. $5 a box or three for $10. Wold at all Drug Stores, or mailed to any aadress on receipt of price, THE S00BELL DRUG Restores Co., 8t. Catharines, Ontario. ___ PHOSPHONOL FOR MEN. Yui Vitality: for Nerve and Brain; increases "grey ma "+a. Tonic--will build you up. $3 a box, or two for ©. at drug stores, or by mall on receipt of price. Tux ScosELL Drua CO., 8t. Catharines, tario "Sold at Mahood's Drng Store." A Wonderful Spot. Algonquin Park is a wondbrful spot in which to renew the energies of a tired body or wearied spirit. Its tonic air filters through millions of acres of pine, balsam and spruck. The days are unusually long, with warm, balmy sunshine and cool evenings. Two thousand feet above the sea, the air is pure and bracing. Good fish- ing, excellent hotel accommedation, canoeing, boating, bathing and ten- nis. Easy of access by Grand Trunk, 285 miles west of Montreal, 169 miles west of Ottawa, and 205 miles north of Toronto. handsomely {illustrated free litera- ture to any Grand Trunk agent. The .officiating clergymen at the burial'of the late Mrs. Catherine Jellett Plees, Toronto, in Cataragui cemetery, on Wednesday afternoon, were Dean Owen of Niagara and Canon Fitzgerald. » Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Crawford have returned to Toronto after a pleasant visit with hi} . sister, Mrs. John Mathewson, Simcoe street. Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Cook and Mrs. 8. A. Cook, Harrowsmith, were4n the city Wednesday. Write for] PURE ICE CREAM | Best in Kingston. Made Fresh Every Day. SAKELL'S | Next Opera House Ta. Phone 640 Going housekeeping pretty soon? Then come and see our display of furniture, fitted for eve room and for every purse. You'll be delighted wit its low price and if you are a judge, surprised at its strictly high class. AT ® James Reid, The Busy Store with the Large Stock. Personal Services, Phone 147. THE LIGHTS OF 65 YEARS AGO are still doing duty in the shape of { EDDY'S MATCHES Sixty-five years \ the first Canadian made Matches were made at Huh by Buddy, and since that time for materials and striking qualities, Eddy's have beem the acknowledged best. WHEN.BUYING MATCHES : SPECIFY vow BALANCE SUMMER SUITS AND OTHER STOCK Must go regardless of cost, to make room for our big fall steck.. Come In and see the many ne: Blue serge suits, specif] at .... Worsteds, fine value, at .. Oxford Shoes, pate only "M cLaughlin" Sil ers, attention pi die the best olls "V Big w 1y of strong shoe childre ow In. Prices advancing. Buy now and save money. ISAAC ZACKS, 271 Princess Street. Prop. Phones No. 1000-831. 35-37 Montreal St, near Princess athieu Syrup oF TAR & Cop Liver Qil Stops Cor

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