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June
7 1888
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Merrickville
-Mr. Walter
Kerr, formerly of Kemptville, and now general insurance agent,
-Mr. Herbert
Merrick, was here on a visit to his mother, Mrs. A. Merrick, on Friday last.
He went west on Saturday morning.
-Mr. and Mrs.
Whitney, of Montague, are rusticating in their cottage on the campground.
They are enjoying themselves fishing and other outdoor exercises.
-Mr. Bowes,
shoemaker, has removed to Irish Creek. His
reasons for leaving here are that owing to too much competition that he was
unable to find sufficient customers to keep him busy, and difficulty in
procuring a house to reside in. During his short stay with us we found him a
first-class citizen and a gentleman.
-Mr. William
McCarney took his departure from here last Saturday for Manotick where he
proposes opening an office for the purchase of wool for the Watchorn & Co., woolen
factory in this place. Mr. McCarney
has been a traveler for the above firm for some years, and has succeeded in
establishing a first class trade for the above firm in all the villages and
towns within fifty miles all around us. We
wish Mr. McCarney every success in his new venture, and all those who have any
dealings with him will find him a man of his word every time and thoroughly
reliable in hid dealings.
-A large number
of readers of the Record in this vicinity will be surprised to hear of the death
of Mr. Thomas Edmunds, which event took place at his residence near
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-Mr. E. G.
Henderson C. E. has gone to
-Miss G. Baird
has completed her course in the
-Miss Crabb, of
Merrickville, has been engaged as telegraph operator in the C.P.R. commercial
office here.
-Mr. Proud,
late train master of the station here, left last Tuesday for Sault Ste. Marie
where a good position awaits him.
-The Rev. W.
Mills, of
Married
-Mr. Thomas
Graham and Mrs. Fergusson were quietly married at
-Another of our
old residents has passed away, in the person of Mrs. John Dodds who had been in
feeble health for several years, and for the past two weeks had been rapidly
failing. Her funeral took place on
Tuesday and was largely attended by friends from town and country.
The deceased lady was a sister of the late Alex.
-Mr. Ben Byron,
after a severe attack of quinsy (?) took a drive into the country to
re-invigorate instead of which however he took cold and brought on the disease
worse than ever. He has had a pretty
hard struggle, although we are pleased to say he is again convalescing.
To make things even more painful, while on his sick bed he received the
sad news of his mother’s death in
-Mr. W. R.
Dulmage, L.D.S., of
-There died at
his late home at Edmunds’ Rapids on Monday, the 4th inst., Mr.
Edmunds, one who was widely known and highly esteemed through all this section
of country. The deceased had not
been well for some time past but there was nothing to cause apprehension on the
part of friends until Sunday evening when he was taken suddenly and seriously
ill. He had been walking about the
yard through the day, though complaining of heart trouble, grew worse in the
evening, sank rapidly through the night and expired at 8 o’clock Monday
morning. Mr. Edmunds was a member of
the Methodist church and in his physically stronger days took a very active part
in church work, being a local preacher of good ability.
The funeral took place on Wednesday and was largely attended.
Married
Graham –
McIntyre –
Wylie – At the residence of the bride, on May 31st, by Rev. R. L.
M. Houston, B.A., Samuel (?unsure of name) McIntyre to Ann Wylie, both of
Wolford.
Payne –
Masewell – At Trinity church, Merrickville, on April 18th by Rev.
R. L. M. Houston, B.A., William Payne to Lillis Amelia Masewell, both of
Wolford.
Goade –
Phillips – At the residence of S. M. McCrea, Esq., Montague, on March 21st,
by the Rev. R. L. M. Houston, B.A., William Henry Goade, of Richmond, to Esther
Phillips, of Montague.
Died
Edmunds – At
Edmunds’ Rapids,
Dodds – In
Railway
Notes
-Mr. James
Rouleau from
-Conductor
Warning
-I hereby wish
to make known that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my
wife, Sarah Stitt, from this date, as she has left my home without just cause or
provocation.
June
14th 1888
Record News
Merrickville
-Mr. D. J. Hall, Reeve, was in
-James Wood, of Ogdensburg, formerly of this village, was here on last Tuesday and purchased a very fine horse. This is the fourth horse he has bought this spring in this neighbourhood for private individuals, and making a nice little profit on his purchases.
-Mr. Daniel Halfpenny preached in the
Methodist church here on Sunday evening. He
is a young man of sterling Christian principles, and displayed great earnestness
in his subject. He is a son of Mr.
Halfpenny who was so unfortunately killed on the C.P.R. at
-Rev. Mr. Lowe, of Almonte, was the
guest of Captain Merrick on the 7th inst.
He and the Captain being brother-in-laws.
He says the annual church excursion which takes place on the 4th
of July from Almonte to Ogdensburg, will give
-Mrs. Alex McCrea, of Dakota, arrived
here by train on Saturday. She is on
a visit to her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, as well as the large
number of friends and relations who will be glad of her visit.
Mrs. McCrea and her husband built the first house in what is now the town
of
-Mr. Ambrose Smith is visiting friends in this part of the country. Mr. Smith went to Dakota over nine years ago, settling near Drayton, where he has since resided. He is one of the pioneers of Northern Dakota, has seen his adopted village, Drayton, grow from a hamlet to a fine town of about 700 inhabitants. He says last year a railroad was built through the heart of the village, thus giving quite an impetus to trade as well as advancing the value of property in its immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Smith will remain among his friends here until August, when it is his intention to return to the above village.
Frankville
-Mr. Willia (?) Goff, of
-Mr. Charlie Steen is paying his mother a visit. He has sold out his mercantile establishment at Carp, and purposes entering upon different employment for the future.
-Death has again been in our midst; this week it has visited the residence of Mr. Thomas Barker. He has been a great sufferer for some months, but death has released him from his pain. He died Sunday evening, June 10th. Funeral Tuesday, June 12th.
-Miss Mina Everetts spent a few days in
-The funeral sermon of the late Mrs. Webster, whose death took place last week, will be preached on Sunday morning next at 10 o’clock.
-Mr. Richard Brumbridge who has followed
his trade of shoemaker for many years in this place, removed this week to
Busy Men’s Column
-Mrs. Adam Bell, of McDonald’s Corners, Dalhousie, died on Sunday last of cancer of the mouth.
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-A young child of Mr. John Clint’s died on Saturday afternoon. It had been ill but a few hours.
-Mr. Geo McGillivray, who has been
attending the Normal School at
-Rev. Wm. Scott, of
-Rev. Mr. McCann, returned from conference yesterday. He will leave for Stanstead his new station in about two weeks. He was elected chairman of the Stanstead district by a large majority of the conference vote.
-One of Mrs. E. G. Henderson’s bright baby twins died on Monday. It had only been sick a few days. Mr. Henderson, who had just left for the Eastern township last Thursday, was telegraphed for and arrived home on Tuesday evening. The funeral took place to the Merrickville cemetery yesterday.
-Mrs. Crain, and daughter, Dr. Agnes,
left on Tuesday for
June
21 1888 Record
News
Merrickville
-It is with deep regret that the members of the Methodist church here part with their beloved pastor, Rev. Mr. Card. It has been decided by the stationing committee that he shall go to Almonte, and while Mr. Card is satisfied that the Lord ruleth in this matter for good; yet it is with extreme regret that he leaves us, where he has been the instrument of doing so much good. He has added during the last two years which he has been with us over 120 to the church, which is marvelous when taken into consideration the small amount of fuel he has had to keep up the fire with. Almonte gets a man of sterling worth and a thoroughly converted, godly man. Mr. Card will forever in the hearts of many a converted man and woman, through whose instrumentality in the wisdom and love of God, he has been the means of saving from their sins in this place. In the last two years which he has been with us he has taken some of the most despicable characters, some of the biggest drunkards, some who had alienated themselves from Christian society and their God through infidelity, and has stood them upon their feet, and has drawn the chain of Christian love and sympathy around them, and now they stand shoulder to shoulder singing praises unto the Dying Lamb and sending forth fresh petitions to the throne of grace that others may be brought unto this marvelous light. It is the intention of a number of his friends and admirers along with the members of his flock to hold a grand social at the parsonage on Wednesday, 20th inst., when it is expected that a parting testimonial of some kind will be presented to Mr. and Mrs. Card.
-An accident occurred here on Wednesday last by which we came near having to chronicle another death. Little Freddie DePencier, son of Mr. T (?) DePencier, fell into the cut at the lower locks, and only that Mr. John Burchill had presence of mind to push a fishing pole to him which he grasped firmly and held until Mr. G. B. Magee, whose row boat happened to be close by, rowed up and hauled him into the boat he would have been drowned. The little fellow although five years old displayed great coolness while in the water which no doubt was the means of saving his life.
-Mrs. Jaques has gone on a visit to Bristol, England to see a sick sister residing there, as well as once more to shake the hands of old acquaintances and relatives.
-On Friday last a little boy of Mr.
Sunderland’s, living at the Middle Branch lost his life while playing on the
bridge over the creek. It seems he
fell off while nobody was around, and he was first seen by a party from
Merrickville who happened to be returning from
-There died the other day, at
Jasper
-Mr. and Mrs. McCrum went to Bishop’s Mills last Saturday to visit a sick cousin.
-Mr. Nelson Chester has sold his farm with growing crop to Mr. James Moore, of Kitley, for $5,000. Mr. Chester, it is said, intends moving to Bishop’s Mills.
-The mother of Mrs. Cable, a widow woman who lives in this place, died rather suddenly last Thursday.
-Mrs. E. H. Tallman, who has been
visiting relatives in
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-Mr. W. T. Briggs is home for his holidays.
-Mrs. Douglas is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Brown, at the Elms.
-Mr. Bertram, druggist in Dr.
McCallum’s, is in
-Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lavell and Dr.
Lavell, are in
-Mrs. Proud was expected home last night
from
-Mayor Pink, of
-We are pleased to add to our
professional cards this week that of Mr. Dulmage, L.D.S., who has dental rooms
fitted up over Lamb’s new store,
-Mr. Joseph Moorehouse has been given the Berwick circuit by the Methodist Conference and will move there next week. Mr. Moorehouse has been a local preacher for a number of years, doing splendid work and lots of it and will be missed by the church in this district. For the past year he has had charge of the Montague mission where he was much esteemed.
-Mr. Robert Lillie has sold his bolt and
nut works at
Born
Coleman – In
Married
Halliday – Code – At the Methodist parsonage, by Rev. A. McCann, on Wednesday, 20th inst., Mr. Geo Halliday to Miss Melissa Code.
June
25th 1888 Record
News
Merrickville
-Mr. James Cranson left here on Monday,
1st inst., for
-A wedding took place here on Tuesday,
the 19th inst. by which one of the fairest and cleverest of our young
ladies was bound in the bonds of wedlock. Miss
M. Real, daughter of Mr. Daniel Real, of this place and Mr. Lahey, of
Frankville
-Mr. and Mrs. Davis, of Bellamy’s Station, spent last week with their daughter, Mrs. Robert Parker.
-D. Dowsley, K. Dowsley, and S. Davis
have gone to their camp at
-Miss Ada Bullis has returned to her
home in
-Rev. L. Conley preached his farewell sermon last Sunday. Many are the expressions of sorrow uttered by his parishioners at the separation.
-Rev. Mr. Mills, formerly of Bishop’s
Mills, has been appointed to the Frankville and
-Mrs. Watson
-Mr. J. H. Telford, of Brockville is remaining a few days with his fat(her-in-law ?) Mr. John G. Davies of this place.
-Mr. Joseph Brown, of
Born
Blackburn – In
Hunter – In
Whan – In
McCrea – On Sunday, June 17th 1888, Mr. Geo. A. McCrea, of a son.
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-Dr. L. Watkins, of
-Daniel Hillard, M.P.P. for
-A farmer named Charles Goff, of
-Mr. William Cook, an old and well known
resident of
-There died at the
-The wife of Mr. J. H. Whelan, of
-Rev. Mr. McCann and Mrs. McCann left for their new home, Stanstead, yesterday. Mr. McCann preached a touching farewell sermon Sunday evening. The congregation was a large one made up of all denominations.
-Mr. Alfred Clay, of
-Mr. Johnson, of Merrickville, sold his bakery and confectionary business on Tuesday to Messrs. Boyd and Cummings.
-Miss Partridge, of Dudley school,
-Mr. Peter Shields went to
-On Monday evening shortly after 6 o’clock, Miss Elmira Reynolds, sister-in-law of Mr. George Ronth, foreman in the machine shop of Messrs. John Gilles & Co. went in to bathe in the river just below Mr. Nichol’s old planning mills, as was a custom of hers, she had swum downstream and came up again and was going down a second time when she screamed for help. Several persons were in sight, and the distressed shouts of the girl brought them to the shore, but not any of them could swim and no boat was near. Mr. W. P. Moore, who was one of the first on the scene, grabbed a pole and waded out in the stream as far as he could, placing the pole almost in reach of the drowning one, but she seemed not to see it, made no effort to catch it, and went down. She was a powerful swimmer, and how to account for the accident no one can explain. The common theory appears to be that she must have been seized with cramps. – C.P. Herald
Oddfellows Election
No. 241 I.O.O.F.
Noble Grand – John Ower
Vice Grand – E. McGillivray
Rec. Secretary – Geo. S. Seeber
Per. Secretary – A. Allan
J.P.G. – Geo B. Splane
John Vanixen and F. Croley – elected
representatives to Grand Lodge to be held in
July
5th 1888 Record
News
Merrickville
-Mr. James Telford, of the firm of
Jondro & Co.,
-Rev. Mr. Rogers preached in the Methodist church here on Sunday last. Mr. Rogers is a forcible speaker and held the attention of the audience for nearly three quarters of an hour, riveted by his sound logic, grand eloquence and superior depth of thought. Mr. Rogers has created a good impression in his first sermon and the general opinion is that he is the right man in the right place.
-Mr. Ambrose Smith, of Dakota, is home on a visit for a few weeks.
-Mrs. J. J. Nevens, of
-Mr. Howard McGrath, of
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-Miss Jessie Wylie, of Almonte, is at her aunt’s, Mrs. A. Clark.
-Mrs. (Dr.) Chowan, of
-Mr. Gallagher, a young lawyer from (?)terboro (might read Peterboro) is visiting his brother, Mr. R. Gallagher.
-Mr. Archie Urquhart, telegraph operator on the C.P.R., spent a few days last week in town, meeting old acquaintances.
-Mrs. J. A. Clark, who has been pursuing
her Musical studies in
-The Almonte Gazette in speaking of Rev. Mr. Blair’s farewell sermon there says, “The Smiths Falls people are to be congratulated on having such an earnest preacher sent them.”
-A new communion set for the
-Cards have been received by friends in
town announcing the marriage of Mr. Herb Foster, at
-Mr. John Steacy, an old and esteemed
resident of
-An interesting even took place last
Tuesday evening in
-Another of our young ladies has been
captured by a railroader and gone to enliven and enrich society at
July
12th 1888 Record
News
Merrickville
-Mrs. Lowe, wife of Rev. Lowe of Almonte, was here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. P. Y. Merrick, on the 8th inst., when she left for Farmersville on a visit to her father’s home.
-Mr. Robert Walker and Miss Fanny Read,
both of this place, were married at
-The funeral of Mrs. Joshua McIntyre
took place here on Sunday last and was largely attended by relatives and
neighbours. She died at
-Mr. Robert Soper, an old resident of
this place and latterly merchant at
-Mr. Howard McIntyre, of
-We notice a change in the occupant of the milk delivery wagon Monday evening. Mr. William Postlethwaite will be our future caterer along the above line, while Mr. Boyd will attend to the delivery of the more solid material-the bread business. We wish them both success in their new venture.
-An old Smiths Falls Boy, Mr. Bruce
Goodfellow, Banqueted in
This distinction has come to a Canadian
in another land, one who is well known here and the knowledge of whose success
will be all the more welcome because he is an old
Tuesday night the employees of Mabley
& Co. to the number of 300 called at the house of Bruce Goodfellow,
president of the company, who is about to sail for Europe, serenaded him,
presented him with two handsome souvenirs and wished him a pleasant journey.
Last night the officers and managers of the company took a hand.
They took it to the Russell House and it lasted until 1 o’clock this
morning. Mr. Goodfellows hand was
the one most frequently taken, and there were sincere wishes for a safe return,
a handsomely-laid banquet table in a parlour, elaborately decked with flowers, a
delicious menu and merry post-prandial hours.
Without doubt it was the most complete and elaborate affair of the sort
ever given in
The needs of the importing departments
of Mabley & Co. of Detroit and the branch houses at
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-Mr. S. Phillips returned from
-Mr. Joseph McCormack, who lived with his son James in the north end of the town, died very suddenly this morning. He was quite infirm but was about as well as usual yesterday. In the evening he complained of a pain in his side and expired early this morning.
-Mr. E. W. Whitmarsh, of Merrickville,
is the oldest living Canadian Orangeman. He
has attended in person over fifty anniversaries of the 12th of July,
joined lodge No. 1 Brockville in 1830, of which Ogle R. Gowman was master and
deputy master under the Duke of Cambridge. Mr.
Whitmarsh is now a life member of the Supreme grand lodge of
July
19th 1888 Record
News
A most distressing accident occurred
last Friday morning by which Mr. Thos. McIntyre – a well-to-do farmer who
lived on the
Merrickville
-Mr. Barr, of
-Mr. P. Y. Merrick, wife and family were
on a visit to Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Merrick’s father, near
-On Thursday, about noon, John Parker,
20 years of age, of Gananoque, was drowned off the streamer Rothesay near
-Master Charles Telford and his sister
Carrie were in town of
-Rev. James Parmlee, of
-On the 4th of July, Mr. Snyder, a workman in the Hame manufacturing Company factory, ran a rusty nail into his foot. The nail went almost entirely through. He paid little attention to it at the time, but on Monday it became quite painful and that evening symptoms of lock jaw began to manifest. Medical assistance was procured when the doctor pronounced it a clear case of blood poisoning. From that time until Sunday morning following he suffered extreme agony when death put an end to the poor man’s suffering. He was from Gananoque and was married and leaves behind him a wife and one small child. He was a man highly respected here, having made many friends in the short time which he has been living amongst us. He was buried at Gananoque.
-Mr. O’Hara, the oldest man in this
part of
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-Mr. Alexander McDonald, Merrickville,
-Mr. P.C. McGregor, of Almonte, District Deputy of the Odd Fellows, was in town Monday and assisted at the installation of officers in this lodge here that evening.
-Mr. R. H. Riddell, who was called to his home at Almonte last Thursday, on account of the sickness of his father, who we are sorry to say died on Monday morning after a short illness.
-On Saturday afternoon as an east bound
freight train was running from Arnprior to Pakenham, and within two miles of the
latter station, a brakesman named Robert Young, for a long time employed on the
road, was putting on the brakes when one of them broke throwing the unfortunate
man head foremost to the ground. He
was taken to the
-The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch, of Jasper, died on Sunday evening.
-A sister of Mr. O. Bush, warden of Leeds & Grenville, has just lost her husband, Mr. Allan Grant, by an unfortunate accident. They removed from near Kemptville to Dakota some months ago and engaged in farming. Mr. Grant was kicked by a horse and died the next day. He leaves several children.
-The death of Mr. Wm. B. Vandusen on Sunday removes another familiar face and form from our midst. The deceased has been a sufferer for some time from heart affection and this, coupled with Bright’s disease, brought about the final dissolution on Sunday evening, after but a few days illness. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon and was largely attended by relatives and friends of whom he had many.
-Mr. Willie Barnes is home from Port Hope for holidays.
-Mrs. Cameron, of
-Mr. R. F. Langford, formerly of this
town, returned from
-Dr. and Mrs. Avison, of
Died
Vandusen – At
Coleman – At
July
26 1888 Record
News
Merrickville
-Mr. W. J. Dever opened out on last Monday a new butcher shop and green grocery. We wish him every success in his new venture.
-Mr. Snyder, who died here on Saturday night, July 14th, and was buried in Gananoque, was insured in the Odd Fellows for fifteen hundred dollars.
-Mrs. James Atcheson, widow, is transforming the carriage shop, formerly occupied by Allan Brown in the above business, into two dwelling houses, on the terrace plan.
-Mr. John E. Curtin, of Carleton Place, and Miss Carrie Kelly were married at the bride’s home here on Wednesday evening. Rev. Mr. Rogers performed the marriage ceremony.
-Dr. Kelly, an old resident of this
village, but now practising his profession in the city of
-Mr. Thomas Nevens, of
Frankville
-Mrs. H. C. Kerr, of Greenbush, is spending a few days at her father’s, Mr. Wm. Eaton.
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-Mr. Pierce Atcheson, one of the
wealthiest men in
-Alex Wherry, formerly teacher in
-After an absence of twenty-three years
Mrs. John Fitch, sister to Mrs. Robert Little, of
-Mr. John Whaley, who lived near
-On Saturday afternoon a man named John
Allan, who was committed from the
-Wm Snedden, of Pakenham, will be the
Government candidate for the vacant seat in the Local House for
-Mr. Jones H. Farmer, brother of Mr. G.
B. Farmer, of
-At six o’clock Wednesday morning, an
interesting ceremony took place in
-Mrs. Nixon and her sister, Miss
Mitchell, left on a visit to their parent’s home near
-Mr. D. McEwen left for his home in
-Mr. Louis Golay, book-keeper in Frost
& Wood’s office, will leave for his boyhood’s home in
Born
McCann – At
Cavanagh – In
James – in
May – In
Married
Curtin – Kelly – At the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. George Rogers, on the 17th inst., Mr. John E. Curtin, of Carleton Place to Miss Carrie Kelly, daughter of Mr. John Kelly, Merrickville.
Died
Cunningham – In
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