Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Aug 1920, p. 4

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-- GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND MAKES GOOD IN OIL OITY, PENN, An Interesting Sketch of Former Kingstonian Who Has ¢ limbed The Ladder of Fame. Extravagant--George bought $400 Watch, 23-jewelled Howard, 18-k, made to order; cases the finest in this land. Now the diamond in tha Case is worth $800, Likewise he - bought three half-carav brilliant 'white Jaeger diamonds which today will bring four times more than what Schopperle, -Bpring street jeweler, ¢an points to hundreds of similar cases. Lots ot Bae looking stores carry medium line of goods. pr reeneneny The above newspeper clipping has reference to George A. Sutherland, & former well-known Kingstonian, Bow living at 24 Hone avenue, in Oil City, Penn. He js leaving on Ang- ust 25th, to visit Kingston and ex- jects to reach here on the 26th or th. Mr. Sutherland was born fn King- ston, in 1859, and his grandfather and grandmother, Patrick 'and Alice Fowler, came to Kingston from Kinkenney, Ireland, in the early part Of the 80's, and settled at the foot of Queen street. His grandfather 'Was a baker, and continued business here until 1820, when he purchased 'two hundred acres of land in Grand 'Burney, and moved there the same ear. Mr. Sutherland's , mother, llen Fowler, was born ii Grand Burney, in 1836, and was a sister Of Mrs. Matthew Jice, of Jiceville, Mrs. W. Patterson of Mount Chesney, Mrs. Ma-y Conners of Kingston, and Mrs. Felix Keenan of Grand Burney, 'BUA miCauel, waniel, Martin, Patrick, and Willlam Fowler, was married to John Sutherland jn Kingston, in 1855, aiid his grandmother made her home with them until the death of her son, Patrick, who was killed at Prescott, in 1869, and then she went to the country and made her home with his widow and four children until her death. Mr. "Suthérland's Brandfather, Patrick Fowler, died a Very young man, and left dne hund- red acres of land to Michael and Daniel Fowler, forty acres of land 10 William Fowler of Mount Ches- Bey, and one hundred acres of land to Martin Fowler of Grand Burney, 8nd one hundred to Patrick Fowler, Mr. Sutherland's grandfathen ' Butherland, canfe'to Kingston, in the early part of the 80's, from Glascow, Scotland, and settled on Montreal Street. He was a stone mason and Cutter ,and had charge of the mason work of the Grand Trunk piers, ER . which were built at Kingston Mills, and he also had charge of the mason work as tar West ds Mathinee, The latter part of 1830 he built bimself lwo stone houses oh Montreal street, and he also owns some frame houses. He died at a very young age, leaving three boys and two girls, John, W, J., and George Sutherland, and Mary and Easter Sutherland. At his de- mise, he left one stone house to John aud W. J. Sutherland, and a frame house between the two stone houses to George Sutherland, the other Stone house was left to Mary and Easter Sutherland. Grandmother Sutherland, on the death of 'her hus- band, was married to a man whose nam@ was Alban, leaving to mourn her at her death, two girls, Elizabeth &nd Catharine, and &ll that is left of the Sutherland family is Ww. J Sutherland of Oil City, Peunsylvania, who is in his 80th year, Mrs. A. 8. Salem, West Virginia, and Mrs. Tho- mas O'Donnell of Ontario, Canada. Mr. Sutherland's mother died in 1871 and he made. his home with his untle, Daniel Fowler, until 1875 | when he went to work on the Canal, | cooking on 2 barrage towed by the Eldgwood urder Captain Fleming of Foster's Locks, and in 1876, he cooked on a barge towed by the Wat- er Lily under Captain Connors of Kingston. In 1877 he cooked in the Water Lily under Captain Dan Me- Intyre, and in 1878, he Was cook on '& barge towed by the Guotnaut, und- er Captain Connors, of Kingston, and tin 1879, he had charge of a barge | towed by the Elenore, under the | command of Captain Scoft. When | they were laid up in the fall of 1879, | he made his home with Mr. and Mrs. | George Darrow, of Kingston, and during the winter months, he made his home with his uncle Daniel Fowler, and he spent his last Christ- mag in Kingston with Mr. and Mrs, Darrow. He came to Oil City in Jan- uary 1880, and started o work in the Pennslyvania Railroad Shops as a | machinist, then in tie year of 1881 he went to work on the railroad as a fireman, and on July 18th, 1884, he Was promoted to an engineer. That | 8ame year on Jue 11th, he was mar- {ried to Miss Mary Bannon of Oil | City; and took out citizenship papers, jand has been a voter and tax pay- | er ever since. In 1884 he built him- self a home, and in 1890 he built an- other house, and secured his father & position as blacksmith in one of the Oil City Shops, and moving him from Toronto, Canada to Oil City, his home with his uncle, Danijel placed him inkghe new house. His father died fn Of1 City, the 20th day THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. [Canada plag ng their remains in St, Mary's cemetery, paying all fun- eral expenses while they were in Oil City, and Kingston. In the year 1900, he built him- self two houses on Hone Avenue, in Qil City, one costing $6,000 and the other $4,000, each having electric lights, natural finish all the way through, excellent laundries, elect- ric' washers and automatic water heaters. In 1909 he purchased a $3,500 cottage in South Oil City, and had it completed in the same manner as the other houses. The next year, 1910, he had a monument erected in St. Mary's cemetery, in Kingston, in remembrance of his parents. In i912 he took & trip to Canada and went West to Edmonton and Al berta, and while his stay in King- eton, he visited Mrs. Patrick Fowler and family, at Mount Chesney. In 1914, he purchased a five-passenger Overland car, and taking his son, son-in-law, daughter and three grandchildren, drove from Oil City to Kingston. They stayed while visiting here, - with Mrs. Richard Daper of Grand Burney. When th ewar broke out in 1915, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company bought bonds and sold them to the employees, and Mr. Sutherland took two hundred dollars worth, paying cash for one hundred and the other one hundred to be taken in pay- ments from his wages. When the second and third loans came out he took tWo hundred dollars worth, paying for them in the same manner as he did the first. At the issue of fourth loan he bought 'in cash $2,- 000 worth, and $400 to be taken in payments from his wages. When the fifth came out he took $600 worth of bonds in cash, and $400 to | be taken in payments the same as the others. ioose any time during the war until 1919, when he took a leave of ab- sence, and went south visiting his aunt, Mrs. E. 8. Morrow of Salem, West Virginia, and he also went to River Dale, Florida, which is forty- three miles from Jacksonville, on the St. John's: River. He returned home and went to work on the 10th Gay of March, 1919, and has been working steady ever since that time. He intends to take a trip to King- ston from Oil City, and down the St. Lawrence River as far as St. Annes and on his return trip he will go to Toronto and visit the fair. He will go from there to Buffalo, and taking the Pennsylvania railroad, go to Long Island, New York, where he has three large building lots, and it is in that city that Mr. Sutherland Is contemplating building a residence of April in the year 1892, and he took the remains to Kingeton, and were placed in St. Mary's cemetery, His brother died in 1894 in Oil City, and he took them also to Kingston, ONLY TABLETS MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN Not Aspirin at All on Aspirin js itively rea ined Kopin | eu S| Biri preseril y phy over and . now * 'made in Canadas. without the "Bayer Cross" of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" which contains proper directions for Colds, e, Toothache, e, Neu- Lumbago, Rheumatism, Neuri- tis, Joint Pains, and Pain generally. Tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents. Larger "Bayer" packages. --You must say "Bayer" the trade mark (registered In Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Monee Salicylicactd. le it . Boeticacidester of will be stamped Ben 1s well known that Aspirin means Bayer assist public against imitations, the Tablets of WIth thelr general rads mareions the Tabi . ross.' : For is the strument that benefita the hearing to the extent of making it practically Normal. When it is adjusted and In use it can scarcely be detected. rite for descriptivg tnafiet to desk A. Those Hard-of-Hearing Acousticon--an electrical in- ISHN ee AcousTicon SECTION "T. EATON C% | ed to secure when he is pensioned off the rail- road. He is second oldest man on the road, and will be pensioned and put on the honor list in a few years. He will draw a good pension for long years and steady employment, His place of doing the real tate busi- ness is the Oil City Trust Company bank, and he carries a savings and check account at the Off City Nation- al bank, where he has been doing business for over forty years, and is one of the oldest business Benin the bank there. He owns propérty in the First, Sixth and Seventh Wards of Oll City, and has his place of abode in the Seventh Ward, THE MAN ON WATCH \ . Rather than allow a landlord to put it over them, many a tenant would rather pay the difference to a lawyer, There are still a large number of people who declare themselves as Loplig that those efvaped conviets will get free. » And there are others who still hold to the belief that the escape ie a frame-up, but that could hardly 'be, unless some movie concern want- pictures of the chase. If tomatoes are to sell at fifty cents a bushel and Potatoes at $1.50 a bag, the Lampman certainly thinks that the farmers are due for some eympathy, for no one can make money selling those products at such prices, Now that bandits are the city park, the night ers had better take escape blackmail. Traffic on the Barriefield high- way is not only slow owing to the bad road, but it is said to be made still more trying for automobilists 'by one who ties his cow to the rear of his car and moves slowly along, hogging the centre of the road and compelling other drivers to take to the stony part. . reported in bench-worm-« warning and -- Next time there is an escape from the or iamogth prison, the bus of Michael Kenn dy should be called in- to action. This old and reliable . an. Mr. Sutherland did not4. TTT F age to- Nothing EW People realize the seriousness of the fur short- ay. could be farther Many think it is mere. "trade talk." from the truth. The shortage is serious. ousands of dealers are u dinary demands. \ practically depleted. Alaskan and pers are bringing le to meet the or- ur Markets are Canadian 'trap- with discouraging The Wholesale down fewer pelts reports of prospects for next year. Prices have ceased go to the highest bidder. for pelts that were a drug ago. to be a question. Shipments Unheard of prices are paid on the market a few years It is no mere chance that we have such an un- usual variety of Fur Garments to offer at-- To the economical buyer who appreciates both style and quality this opportunity is doubly significant. Iscriminatin please them ini the g shoppers' will find much to iberal assortment of choice gar- nents and pieces that are shown here this month, 20% off Regular Cash Prices on ~ Joh Phone 603. Nn, vehicle would not throw 'a tire as the fast auto did. They do say tfiat Canadian wool is coarse because the sheep are sheared only once & year, .and yet the oftener a man shears his whisk- ers the cearser they become. Probably Rideau ward will now 'want a $6,000 buildiag erected in Victoria park, but it would be well- advised to let' well-enough alone and permit Sydenham ward, alone to boast of its park addition. » ee What, does the Bell Telephone company think anyway? That a city council would be so foolish as to vote for an increase in rates? The butchers would have as much chance of getting the council to vote for higher prices for m --- : Hats off to Father Kelly of Smith's Falls, who puts the Sinn Feiners tn their right place. The reverend father should be invited to come to Kingston and put some of the wild Irish brethren right on the Irish question. v -- : Our old fried John Geale, who used to write deeds and mortages in Rinaton, it sow one of Renfrew's ats. © is reported to have sh himself with distinction in presiding over a case in which a brother assaulted his sister by throw- ""DANDERINE" ing a plate at her. John figured that five and costs would stop the turther throwing of plates. After reading that this one and that one his left for the\ far west to assist in the harvest, the Lamp- man does not wonder that in Front- énac there is scarcity of farm hélp. If farm help is not worth much in these parts, why should it be worth eight dollars a day in the west? HE TO WATCHMAN, SUMMER HEAT © | HARD ON BABY No season of the year is so danger- ous to the life of little ones as is the summer. The excessive heat throws the little stomach out of order so Quickly that unless prompt aid is at hand the baby may be beyond all hu- man help before the mother realizes he is ill, Summer is the season When diarrhoea, cholera infantum, dysentry and coli lent. Any of these prove deadly if not promptly During the summer mother's best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the bowels, stomach a; ment % Harrowsmith, Aug. 18,---As" the village will not enjoy having a fair he villa, . | at Ottawa. few days in the $ill old friends. Mrs. all our Manufactured "Furs. n McKay, Limited 149-157 BROCK STREET KINGSTON, Ont, ee SS bodily maintenance) an of 224 yolks to 154 whites. 1 Purina formulas ordinary feeds. Note that Purina Chicken Chowder ontains the necessary g clement to bance p the yolksmaking pet ration. That's why it ai so i" ; Instead of the yolks by the hen's system, Purina "whites tote the he to com more eggs or money back : fo Pian Chick Seratch Feed as directed. You take no risk, P. PETERS Wholesale shiek Foot of Princess Street Retail * eislninieieTe sTnTer 0 0 n u1n 5 5 oo ) 17 Brock Street a w = LL RN hr \d Br nl Fa he L/L tama Mra. Sanit, Colin's The Christian woman in Society a » A pleasant sojourn of a quite likely to lect one or few woke With her daughter, Mrs. | her, church or apes £ J. 8. Whitvy, L -} Chalk it down thoroughly on the » RE 'page of memory that you are either "lt Salted Wha er. ted meat a Japanese ¢

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