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: Week's Break-a-Cold Tablets 25¢ a box - >" cough pre ae $1.00 por rge bottle 'Rubber is advancing ° ~~ Secure your Hot Water Bottle Now 'Moir's Bulk Chocolates, 65¢ Ib. P. G. MORRISON Druggist The Peoples' Meat Market We sell everything you want in choice, clean, palatable, nutritious and satisfying meats. BERT MacGREGOR Will do the rest. reophos is one of the very best tions on the market, and Stationer, - Port Perry. If you want it good Ring up Phone 72." > # i i oi 7 4 3 x | ~~ FARM SEEDS Our sfock is now complete and consists of "the following:- Red Clover, Alsike, Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, and Timothy, all Gov- ernment inspected Seeds. If you require any of the above this Spring, we will be pleased to supply your wants, or if you have any s Our stock of Groceries is always complete and 'J. F. McCLINTOCK seed for sale we will pay you the + Mrs. Williams celebrated her 94th ii pd ~~ _¥|birthday on March 17th. Congraul- Ee - highest market prices. he He on "lars our prices are right. | that He 1 Mr.-and Mrs. G. Patterson, last week. physique. = A weak man may show 'a measure of courage under the stress of some special circums but in order to face openly powerful enemies months as Jesus did, would require more than ordinary physical power. Miss Coates, who was the guest of Miss Gertie Martyn last week, re- turned to her-home this week. . A large number from this vicinity attended Mr. Ben .Dunn's sale 'on Wednesday of last k. Miss Bertha Lowes, who was visit- ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lowes, of Emily Township, call- ed. in the village on her way to her duties at Myrtle. A number from here attended the Supper at St. John's: Church, Port Perry on March 17th. We are pleased to report that Mr. Angus Kirby is recovering from his recent accident, Miss Annie Webster, of Port Perry, was in the Village on Sunday. Miss Alice Wagg was the guest of Miss Mary Williams on Sunday. Mrs, Briggs, of Port Perry was a visitor in the village on Sunday. Miss Emma Prout of Markham is visiting with friends here. The Trail Rangers will meet at the Parsonage on Friday at 4.15 p.m. Mrs. W. D, Patterson, of Portland, Maine, spent a couple of days with Those that went to Manchester on Friday night enjoyed the musical progtam very much. There seemed to be too much on the 17th, so one number will be put on later. Mr. and Mrs. W. Wammamaker, of Oshawa, were visiting with friends in the village last week, Mr. John Medd has purchased the Robert Bryant Farm on the 6th of Reach. Mr. Wm. Venning of Blackstock; spent one day last week at the home of Mr. Alvin Hunter. Mr, and Mrs. Stan. Hope spent the week end in Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. S. Porteous and Miss Ermd are spending a few weeks at Shirley at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ed. Lyle. Mr. Thos. Smith is home after spending some time in Mariposa. Mr. Alvin Hunter is the first of our fi s-to-clip-his sheep. The PORT PERRY, ONT. x WE SERVE TO PLEASE Try our Bread, Buns and Confection- ery and you will be pleased. ed. EH ' Bakers and Confectioners, Port Perry. 1 : | visiting in Manilla and Lindsay, has | Congratulations to Mr. Jos. Strong, = | 5r., who has passed {village last week on business. . Bruce Snelgrove is confined to the] job was done on March 17. Mr..and Mrs. Clarence Jeffrey have returned to their home in the West after spending two months with re- latives in this vicinity. Getting it bobbed is like getting married; you don't know "whether you will like the job or not. Miss Lyla Heayn was home over week end. Mrs. Geo. Heayn who has been in the City for a time has returned to her honte here. : Mrs, Richard Robertson of Oshawa, was visiting in the village recently. Mr. William Taylor has left the village and has engaged with Mr. S. Ploughman, on Scugog Island. Mrs. Chas. Playter, who has. been returned. Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Till, of Green- bank, were recent guests of Mr. Geo. Bond. : 7 Naat +h m in'life's journey. Mr. Ralph McIntyre and Mr, Wm. MacBrien, of Kinsale, were in the We 'are sorry to report that Mr. house for a few days with illness. _ There are a few cases of measles reported in the village. Nd . While Mrs. Peter Raymer, is im- proving in health, she is not as well is friends would like to see her. possessed an exceptional "for the period of a year or eighteen By REV. F. G. WEIR 1 The time has come, in Ontario as well ds in other parts of Canada, when we find a growing interest in, and appreciation of the story of the pioneers who "Through peril, toil and pain," laid the foundations of the fair Dominion that we now behold. To many now living much of the story lies within the realm of personal experience and for them, to have those times recalled is as the renewing of old acquaintances. To the younger genera- tion it is all new and strange, and of intense interest. To these, especially a sympathetic understanding of those days is of vital importance, for no person can adequately estimate the privileges he enjoys unless he have a reverent attitude toward the past, and an appreciation .of the part played by the pioneers who blazed trails through virgin forests where we glide along in comfortable autos with cultivated fields on every side. It is said that "History repeats itself"and in a sense it is true. But the history with which we are dealing, as far as the particu- lar locality is concerned, can never be repeated. The days when people had te walk from-this neighborhood of Scugog to Bownian- ville, or Whitby and Oshawa, to pay taxes, or attend to the ordin- ary matters of business; the days when great masts were taken from this neighborhood to the "front" by way of the Centre Road are "Days of yore that come no more." Unfortunately a great deal of infarmation regarding those days, has been lost forever, buried in the graves of the pioneers. As I have asked people about one thing and another, they have often said, "If only Mr. so and so were alive he could tell you all about it." There are some still living, however, who remember the days when much of the history in which we are interested, was made, or at least remember the stories told by the pioneers themselves, but they are fast dropping out, and when they have gone, these valuable sources of information are no longer available. This much at least, I think can be said, that any person with a taste for these things, who undertakes to put together the history of any locality will find fascinating employment in which he will also, no doubt, render a service to the generations following. The task we have set before us, is, to tell the story of Scugog and its environs. ~The story is not so complete as it might have been if we could have devoted more time to its preparation, nor is it as well told as it might have been if we had possessed the gifts and graces of the historian. At least information has been brought together from various sources, and if what is here pre- sented serves to create an interest on the part of the coming generation in the subject, and if it helps to bring about a reverent attitude toward the' past and the men and women into whose labors we have entered, and if by having those old times recalled we make it possible for the older folk to have the pleasure of re- newing old acsuaintances, we shall feel that something has been accomplished. I have thought it admisable, in order to give this story a proper setting fo begin with a brief outline of the history of the County of Ontario, in which this township of Scugog is situated. My thanks are due to Mr. S. Farmer, editor of the Port Perry Star, for permission to make use of material in his book "On the Shores of Scugog" and for his helpful suggestions; to Mr. H. Parsons, of the Observer, for permission to use the files of that paper; and to all those who have given the writer the benefit as well as pleasure of personal reminiscences, I would acknowledge also the aid received from "The Historical Atlas" by J. H. Beers &Co.; The Short Notes of the County of Ontario" by J. E.Fare- well, L.L.D., K.C.; the Archives in the Book Rooms of the United Church; and the book by Emily P. Weaver, "The Counties of Ontario." Ontario County is a part of what was, before the days of British 'possession, known as Toronto Division. - About 1791 when the townships along the Lake front were laid out the land about Toronto was known as Dublin Township.. John Graves Simcoe changed the name to York. As a County it included the territory now comprising, the three counties of York, Peel and Ontario. The old County of York was divided into the three couhties named, by an Act of Parliament pgssed in 1851, and which came into force in 1852. But the three counties still continued as one until 1854 when Ontario, to use the words of a certain historical sketch "commenced housekeeping on her own account." The story of the separation from York is a very interesting one. - The proclamation of separation in 1851 named Whitby as the place for a county town and erected the "Town Reeves and De- puty Town Reeves of the said county of Ontario into a Provisional Municipal Council." This Provisional Council met for the first time in a frame school house, near St. John's Church at the Bay on the 3rd day of May, 1852. James Bouchigr, Reeve of Georgina, was appointed to preside as chairman, until a Provisional Warden was elected. The honor of being the first Provisional Warden fell to Mr. Joseph Gould, Reeve of Uxbridge. = % | As the County could not become independent until certain} county buildings had been -erected, a resolution was brought be-7 fore the Council in favour of appropriating the necessary amount | for the erection of the required buildings." Here the fight began, but did not end. It is necessary to observe that several of the Reeves were strongly opposed to separation from York, and of course argued against the appropriations, for, if the resolution was carired, separation would be assured. There followed some warm argument on both sides. The question was put and de- cided in favour of the appropriations by the casting vote. There were seven yeas and seven nays, but the double vote of Mr. Gould carried the day. ! 5 " 3 "The next meeting of the Council was held on the 10th of May, but there was no quorum, because those opposed to separation i; had all absented themselves in order to prevent further trans- acti of business. Thus, it was held, the county was really r at the previous meeting, that is the 3rd of May, 1852. battle was not over. Meetings were held in various es at which resolutions were passed in s by the Reeve, in TS approving, 2 k part in the agitation and Tr {who has tried to burn =D EE tS St ttl Asainst That Day. HE fabled years of ancient Egypt's fulness and famine-- the striking lessons found in other historic facts and natural life processes. establish saving - among the fundemental laws upon which Nature makes her sure indictments. Follow. your natural personal instinet to "lay by in store" by adding regu- lar installments to a savings account in the Standard Bank. DED DED EDD AD De ree a -- =D STANDARD BANK PORT PERRY BRANCH---H. G. Hutcheson, Manaper B hes also at Black k, Little Britain, Nestleton Station, Sunderland great shrewdness and sagacity." He is said to have been the prime mover in the agitation for separation. He did not live to see it accomplished, having died in August, 1851. Another outstanding figure was Mr, Joseph Gould, who was born in 'Uxbridge in 1808. His personal history is a very interest- ing one. He struggled earnestly for the independence of his County. Speaking in favour of the appropriations for county buildings he said "We cannot stave off separation indefinitely. It will ultimately come." : - Still another prominent figure--one on the other side of the controversy--was Mr. T. N. Gibbs, Reeve, of Oshawa, in the first Provisional Council. He opposed separation under the plea that it should be referred to the people for their decision. He thought he people were not ready for the step so he said "why this haste 7" At the first meeting of the Provisional Council in "1853 Mr Gibbs was elected Provisional Warden. On taking his seat ne , was understood to say that his election to the Wardenship was an indication that his course of opposition was right and approved. The members of the Council resented this. He resigned. 'The resignation was accepted and James Rowe, Reeve of Whitby, was elected to the chair. It is said that one stumbling block in the the ambition of certain localities to be claimants were Whitby, Brooklin, Manchester, Uxbridge and Oshawa. After the proclamation naming Whitby was made, all but Oshawa dropped out, According to the Historical Sketch of 1877 "Oshawa fought as long as there was a hope or chance--but at last accepted the inevitable." . : a The full story of the struggle, of which this is but a brief out- line, is full of interest both as to the matter in dispute, and the spirit displayed. To quote again from the Sketch of 1877, "Look- ing back now at the proceedings in connection with the organiza- tion of the new county, one is amazed at the bitterness of feeling displayed and the tenacity of purpose with which every inch of the ground was fought by both sides. The press teemed with letters full of charges and counter-charges impeaching the mo- tives and actions of individual members; broad sheets filled with earnest appeals, and full of forebodings of future ruin; protests and earnest appeals to the ratepayers against separation were scattered broadcast throughout the county and public meetings and demonstrations held to keep up the excitement." (To be continued) way of separation was the County Town. The Pioneer Life in Saskatchewan In the spring of 1915, we left our old home in Ontario. to take up life on a homestead in the West. The fall previous John had obtained an agent in Saskatoon. Frank had come out two weeks ahead of the children and I, to get settled and build a little shack 12 feet by 20 feet. The lumber for the shack was shipped from Ontario along with our other be- longings, one cow, two horses, a pig, a dog, a dozen hens and just what household effects that were barely necessary. Our nearest town was thirty five miles away and on the way one had to cross the ferry on the Saskatchewan river, which wasn't always possible on account of the high water and wind. I was a week on the train with the five children, the youngest six months old. My husband met me in two days ahead of me. He lumber, having tied behind it climbed on top of the lumber. : Having got an early start we intended-to-reach-home by night, but with creeks to cross and no bridges at that time, we found it pretty slow going. At last we found ourselves across the ferry, with five miles still to go and night coming on. > We. took a pail of water from the river, as there was no water nearer than three miles from our homestead and that in a slough. After coming three miles on our way we came to a shack where two boys were homesteading, with Johh. As we had broug our homestead through had the wagen loaled up with" a horse rake, and a buggy. We their mail we stopped to give of course the children all wanted a drink when they knew the water was gone. We milked our cow whic r's and had that for the children to drink. e arrived home shortly ster dark, having borrowed a lantern to come the remaining two miles. floor. We laid down so tired that none being hard. fF % That night it turned cold and started to snow. The follo morning we had to set up the stove and then pull packing to pieces to stop the cracks to keep the place anyways near warm All we could see for miles was a tent two miles south of jus ANG another one mile north. a Pe As we had no water to get breakfast with John tok a pail an went td the tent north of us to see if he could get some, w he did. That water did us until he could hitch up a horse ; three miles for some. Ade : We had only green popular wood to keep Lol that will know what a time warm enough so the children 't freeze. To of us complained of it at the station, having came they had come out from Ontario it to them and in getting it out they upset our pail of water, and was still with theirs We opened some\boxes and got bedding and put it on the