Vol XI—No 39 MILVERTON... riends ansello joicing with each 2 2 @ PAST AND PRESENT er in prosperity and 5 spmpachizing tn in Kenia: of adversity. Fashion had Pere ey ourt wherein to adjudicate on aay ters of ress and so-called modern = x3 refinement had not crept into their Early History of the Village * Record Soules ie circle to disturb it shams. of Its Development and Growth ¥ ph tteyiaces t ° aula Ba Se i i Deserted tho’ -ye The Early Pioneers ¥ Brief SKetch Ren oe Rae ‘new, ieee of Busi and Prof i 1 Men. Ae half sae dear tae m aiscnee tie, e log shanty—within whose walls | bravest of Ca- By James Torrance. Sean Rana cea 4 lessons—with its rv i y the light ee as saealnoa x ‘ | One hundred years ago this prov-| now py ane Ment ince was a dense and unknown for- et ee . while the mo- est. Is there any place in the world | ; are cakeon pe ae 4 by an elder | 2 volien formed as the qaughter, would play the needle at Oe such marvellous changes eons ee et n enliv- taken place? Where among th countries of the earth shall we ca th a eer opin in te VILLAGE COUNCIL, 1902. Bayne epi vend gyigorors | Andter: West nee an hotel i the ee ee is BEAMS D. Smith. W. D. Welr, (Clerk, eae We can hardly realize |!ot now owned by ey aH ©. 8. Kerteher. ‘Wm. Zimmerman, (Reeve.) J. Bundscho. Preene pret. not .o V cent has | the accommodation o ea nd <<trut in from all the world without, Aue fea ie uu ee es ihe phew DS We sat the clean-winged hearth’ | ~~ 3 2 eter neets Berens Ponies about, of the masses and to depart from worth, $ Attridge (deceased), hoa. nd brave-hearted finst settlers tent fo lot the north wind roar, |this would only increase th now Dr. Case, pushed their way into the profound fi baffled rage at pane and ¢ ery. Thanks ‘to the dis R. Mimro, editor and pros While the. red logs at |af kmowledge those ideas Ay tor | a ort Elein Tim RPS io aisctah the insgina tion t line Brigke sre paneda eine Alte as i ae is now found that edu- ell, to see them swing the axe and bury it deep into the giant tree and hear the blows ring through the woods | Milverton. ‘The s endured trees, the dense Sgeeieorsthernted again by the Billa. |by the early. nett 7 ES ald sea present Roetions imho live in. com- ie burn better at night than by | same spirit ano u: Jt seems'to be inherent in hu- Washington, the sturdy | wi Those were the da inert |mers, now bockkeeper for Strest Railway Co. + Mis ue Spen parative comfor luxury. an 1899 feed he cata Wether cited cars sumac caved: ure to require excite ttlers built | ing whieh: nas done service | flour, meat and other ‘ovisions, aa to human happi is |20 years was See pees [between Loth’s general _ store ile” inereasing | achool _pepilacion, the post offic his in 1853, | Although one assistant, was requin a the late. Me. John Weir was ap-| for the school @ 1872, it was now pointed secr 7 of the newly-form- |found necessary for the staff to be od nington. mereased to three and in 1896 the Hugh Hamilton was engaged esent comfor(abl commod- wield the bireh, at which he rectex stmaster, as many of those |street, which stands a monument to now living can. ‘testify. those intelligence and enlightened lib- jearly days we find women asserting | erality itiz | their Tights with the sterner sex,|mer af 186 the records show thai i Ww practicing Tany in Caleary, NAW. i pal, and un- fueveed Mr. Homilton, at the muni-|der the naw regulations advanced |ficent salary of $100 per year, Then | work was taught. He was, succead- lappears the name of A. Keller. In |ed in the following year by A. L. Me- /3835 better accommodation B.A. at present on the (Til- r poison in the ler aks |e e ips, J. inne ee Dan ‘Meco loy, \H. Smith, et with his two ifeereosy a ny ho J. Finnerty. ‘phen assistants, Misses | Pee: ain | Long) Massecar, have maintained the en- [qs Site Semana of Queen’s Col-|viable reputation the school has al~ ways of being one of the best jin the county. eu Hatiiiton, He vary Coulter, “Segres Edwards, inson and Hamilton | 7 G sae | 2. th sgectod ibe "aunts Soh, and Tait lS er pa natin ae ccapoalt bs Ss ant aoa |ordes nd_ decor if need a s always evince residence now stands. “The shant free application of the blue beech), lively interest jn nici wa nevor rooted:as they found that Milverton Public School. |gad, as 6 in the neighbor-|pal politics. in the township Mr, Tonnont had taken a squatters i hood have every reason to remember. | from the earliest times and as her claim for this lot. ‘Tennant after- ee RR Ee neta emcees Nalldaga |e ene ree tae ea wards sold to Hastings and he in from Shakespeare, which was the human enjoyment. This could only ("gee and Mr ‘Thos, Fullarton, Becided ene acs aie oe oan turn to David Pugh, pttled i ing E i es Pugh, who settled in distributing point during the earl- be obtained at the logging bee or cee dE of the township of El-|similar to that of Atwood in the med Geo. Goodhand, which he purehased from Jos, Hamilton for a ir ill men Clo; te ar it Wanuey, (67l, avkish has wince Td pat the’ littl aitement coun: Dais, Langford, =] Whaleys, Roes, |been transformed into the beaut ful = ou gente hen et gal ms D. Pi i “Queen’s Bush” br settlement ais though coming from ut in e ‘ownship as tries they were a united people, | known as the town plot, ach ae ta peti (a weaknesses ine one it ae neers ab pee fa i, Roe in ee by |g. son for reeve, and Messrs. to be the distributing point for, the soil beneath their feet and the "Atkin, the summer of 187i and was suc-| Narn and, G. Groseh: councillors necessar: merce of the settlers. canopy of heaven above their heads. | Gri wide ae ager eget res ch, 2 4 Where practicable such plots were | With brave hearts and strong fra Griffin, “ ., ieney, Posliff, cals Weir Acheson coset lad Ee Me ciae as len | Tie eeeeetl laid out on the bank of some stream, they braved the hardships incident Rye. Ray Datiiop, - lop, |and vicinity. Then comes D. Meal The one for this township was after- to pioneer life and hewed side 4 EE Wketind: |fepeased, Co Nethensotts Moles || > CONTINUED. “ON PAGE FOUR. wards called ee where A. Large side into the fastnesses of the Ga- | Curtis, Long and Ranney. Such + were| i an ab ts so CS ets se. aroun si the of Corners, oo after Mr, acne: West, which grew and pros- pered as the trade wit ettler: increased. | Education. necessity of a means of educa- tion for the children was then as it is today, ita a Wasington in his farewell address romote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the ‘al diffusion of knowl- proportion as the struc- ture of a government gives fo to public opinion, it is essential public opinion should be enlighten- ed.” ‘it years jucation, yeven in the older and progres- sive countries, did not receive that attention which its impor to the well-being of the citizens de- wr 0 educate he por Main Street Looking North. ignorance was the cota oul Main Street Looking South.