Perth
Courier, July 7, 1899
An exhibition of historic relics has
just been held in Toronto after a three weeks duration. Among the exhibits was the following, described in the Globe,
which says: “Among the articles
of interest is a political cartoon of large size, drawn by a local artist in
connection with an election held in Perth, Upper Canada, in 1828(?).
the candidates were Hon. William Morris and Dr. Thom.
Great excitement seems to have characterized the contest.
The cartoon represents the hustings of nomination day.
Bands, flags and badges, now prohibited by law, were in profusion. The ladies seem to have taken an active part and a number of
them are to be seen on the hustings, dressed in the old fashions of the day.
The name of the artist was Consitt. The cartoon was loaned by J. Jones Bell of this city.”
Note: We saw this
interesting picture at Carleton Place a few years ago where it formed one of
what was a large collection of historic relics collected by the late Robert Bell, the artist being the late Francis H. Consitt, father of Messrs. G.A. Consitt of Perth and A.F.
Consitt of Scotch Line and , though he was not a professional artist,
possessed no mean talent in sketching and painting as the picture referred to
shows. He was a son of Captain
Thomas Consitt, an Englishman of the Royal Navy of Great Britain and one of
the pioneer settlers of the Perth settlement receiving as a half pay officer a
grant of 1,000 acres in this country. Of
this grant, the homestead farm is that now occupied by his grandson, Adolphus
F. Consitt, on the Scotch Line.
Charles
McIntyre of Middleville, left for Winnipeg via the
Grand Trunk Railway on Tuesday, 27th June. Mr. and Mrs. Rosevaar,
Miss Woods, and Mr. Doxsee of the P.C.I. staff, went on Friday last to
Brockville taking the Richelieu steamer there for western Ontario.
Norman Stanley sailed from
Montreal on Wednesday, July 5 for Birmingham, England taking the Beaver Line
Steamship Lake Ontario. Mrs.
Eliza Byrne of Stanleyville sails on the Dominion Line for Londonderry on
Saturday, July 8 all being ticketed through by J.F.
Kellock.
Mr.
and Mrs. E.G. Malloch, Miss Malloch and Miss Caldwell
of this town will take a trip to Europe this month, sailing on the 22nd
inst. From New York City per steamer Pennsylvania of the Hamburg American Line
for Hamburg, Germany.
Fred
Holmes, Baltimore, an old Perth boy, is visiting
friends in town.
Forrest
Glien of New York City and a graduate of the
Courier office in 1861, is visiting friends in town and vicinity.
W. J. McVay of Detroit arrived in town Monday last and is staying with his mother-in-law Mrs. T. Reid. His son William accompanied him.
M. Lappin, night patrol watchman,
received word a few days ago of the death of Bernard
Brennan, once of Perth and a native of this town, in St. Mary’s Hospital,
Duluth, on the 29th June from inflammation.
Deceased was the youngest son of the late John
Brennan and lived here a number of years ago having resided in Renfrew for a
time before leaving for the Northwest. His
brother, John, who is a prosperous citizen of Ironwood, Michigan, was with him
during his sickness and did everything possible for him in the end.
On the 10th of June Mr.
and Mrs. R.(?) W. Dick of Dominion City, Manitoba celebrated the 25th
anniversary of their wedding. Mrs.
Dick is a daughter of Jacob Gallinger
of Lanark who is a cousin of R. B(?)
Drysdale of the same place and both were former residents of Lanark. Over 65 of their friends assembled at their comfortable
residence and the evening was spent in the manner that made the affair very
pleasant.
Perth
Courier, July 14, 1899
Wayside:
Miss M. Gould of Balderson
spent last week at James Gould’s.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ewart visited
friends in Beckwith on Wednesday. Mr.
McKerrow of Dalhousie called around selling fruit trees, etc.
Mr. R. Patterson took in the
trip to Ogdensburg on the 4th of July.
Mrs. George Harvey of Perth is visiting around here.
Miss Edith Sheehan of Pakenham
is the guest of Mrs. Patrick Doyle. Mrs.
Bowes of Balderson is spending some time with acquaintances here.
Miss Julia McCoffrey of Perth
spent a few days at Mrs. John Spence’s. Thomas
McKerracher of Ottawa called on his sister last week.
Another picnic was held at McCullough’s Landing on Saturday afternoon
and a large crowd from here also some parties from Bathurst attended.
As the raspberry season is now here, a number of people are engaged in
picking the berries which seem to be in abundance this year.
Farmers have started cutting their hay but they find it not so heavy a
crop as usual; but the other grain crops look fine owing to the frequent showers
of rain. Masters
Lloyd and Willie Clark, Perth, are spending part of their holidays at John
Frizelle’s. Miss Mary Conlon
of Glen Tay is visiting at her uncle’s here.
Mr. R. McDonald, egg buyer,
made his first trip of the season this week.
Miss Jennie Noonan, Perth, is
visiting at Sutton Frizelle’s.
John Murphy has added greatly to the appearance of his house by a
fresh coat of paint.
Middleville: Arthur Croft spent
a couple of days at Balderson last week, the guest of his brother-in-law, Rev.
J.S. McIlraith.
A raw egg swallowed will detach a
fishbone in the throat.
Watson’s Corners: Mr. H. Barrie has
been very ill but is improving a little. Mr.
John Scott’s son Freddie has been ill with pleurisy but is recovering.
Elliott:
Frank Hughes of Iowa who was
visiting his brother James Hughes,
left for his home on Friday.
The demonstration of the district
Orangemen at Perth on Wednesday may be considered a marked success.
33 Orange lodges and Orange Young Britons’ organizations were
represented and they came from Clayton in the north, New Boyne in the south,
Maberly in the west, and Smith’s Falls to the east.
The lodges present covered all the intervening ground.
They were a decent, well behaved lot of men and among the brethren there
seemed to be no one but who was orderly and a credit to the order.
Drummond Lodge #7, as a lodge, presented the best appearance of the whole
gathering. They were dressed
uniformly in red tunics and black cloth caps and as a whole were a fine looking
lot of young men. There were some
fine banners in the procession but those belonging to Perth and Port Elmsley
lodges were by far the finest and were beautiful specimens of artistic
workmanship. They were made in
Kingston. There were the usual
number of shrill fifes and tin whistles, sounding bass drums and rattling kettle
drums but besides these, two bagpipes lent their enlivening strains to the music
in the long procession. The band of
the 42nd Battalion, Perth, and the Smith’s Falls brass band gave
body to the music. The town was
decorated with flags strung across various street corners and a scroll of
welcome reaching across Herriott Street with the words “welcome” upon it
greeted the visitors coming from the railway station.
Another streamer at the corner of Gore Street and Foster Street bore the
suggestive devine upon it “Derry Wells No Surrender”.
Besides the number of lodges, an immense number of visitors from the
towns and rural districts were in town and the streets were continually crowded.
The procession about the town took place about 1:30 and it ended at the
agricultural grounds where the throng assembled to hear the addresses from
invited speakers. These were Messrs.
A.J. Matheson, M.P.P.; A.C. Shaw; Dr. Preston; W.C. Caldwell, M.P.P.; Rev. A.J.
Fairburn; and Hon. J.G. Haggart. It
was understood the speeches would be non-political but Mr. Haggart violated this
understanding by introducing into his address a violent diatribe against the
Liberal party in connection with the elections. This coming from the hero of the Curran Bridge and other
public scandals showed the assurance of the mean and also his ides as the last
speaker of fair play.
Perth
Courier, July 21, 1899
Port Elmsley: For some months past Hartford
O’Hara has suffered more or less with a swelling on his knee and on
Saturday by the advice of Dr. Beeman of Perth, he went to the Brockville
Hospital for treatment. We hope it
will not be anything serious and that he will be able to return to
us………Miss Annie Johnson has
been very ill for the past few days and is under the treatment of Dr. Connerty of Smith’s Falls and we hear he has pronounced it
typhoid fever…..Mrs. David Adams,
(once?? Or and??) Mrs. John Ferguson of Ventnor, Ont., sister and niece of Mrs.
B.S. Snyder are here on a visit spending a few days.
William
E. Orr of Alexandria, Manitoba, formerly of this
place, paid us a visit. We
understand he has come east to have an operation performed to remove a small
growth on his neck.
Middleville: Miss McKinley of Hopetown, teacher, is at present visiting her sister Mrs. Anderson…..Miss Emma Robertson is visiting at her uncle’s James Watt…..Mrs. (Rev.) J.S. McIlraith is enjoying a brief holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Croft…..Miss Jean Borrowman who has been the guest of her sister Mrs. Chris. Jackson for a few weeks, returned to her home in Drummond.
Wayside:
Mrs. Morrison of Maberly,
called on her father, Thomas Poppelwell,
last week…..Master Earl Doyle of
Perth is spending a part of his holiday with his grandma, Mrs. John Doyle.
Wilfred
Bower of this place has resigned his position as
teacher in the Centre School, Scotch Line, and his situation as organist in
Asbury Church here and left on Tuesday for Calgary, N.W.T.
W.B.
Hart, C.P.R. ticket agent, has sold tickets to the
following this week: John
Hughes of Bathurst, to Moose Jaw; Miss
Annie Hossie of Bathrust, to - - - scarth; Henry
Wilson of Perth to Edmonton, N.W.T.; Wilfred
Bower of Perth to Edmonton, N.W.T.; W.
Young, Scotch Line, to St. Paul; Miss
McLaren of Drummond to Reston; Rev.
Mr. Currie and family of town to North Glencoe; Mr.
and Mrs. E.G. Malloch, Miss Malloch and Miss Caldwell of town to Germany; Mrs.
Sheriff Thompson and Miss Thompson, town, to Riviere-du-Loup; A.C.
Shaw to Moncton, N.B
Mrs.
A.C.Black left on Monday evening for a month’s
holiday to visit her sister Mrs. Roe(?)
of Melverton and also her brother John
McLaren of Paisley, western Ontario.
Thomas Farmer and daughter of Lapeer, Michigan are visiting his brothers, Messrs. G.B. and C.(?) A. Farmer here for a few weeks. It is 27 years since he saw Perth yet he has not changed a great deal in that time.
Mr.
and Mrs. George Groom, Oliver’s Ferry, left
yesterday for a two week visit to her sister at Calgary, N.W.T., Mrs.
Alf Smyth.
Mrs.
W. J. Thompson left for her home in Portland,
Oregon, after a visit of some two weeks at her mother’s in town, Mrs.
Edward Free and at her sister’s Mrs.
P.R. McTavish of North Elmsley. Her
sister, Mrs. Keller of The Dells, Oregon, accompanied her on her visit and
left for home at the same time.
Perth
Courier, July 28, 1899
Miss
Lena Beckett of Smith’s Falls, is visiting her
cousin Isobel McCallum.
Judge
Edward Elliott and Mrs. Elliott of London,
Ontario, are visiting her brother, A.B.
Rudd.
Archibald Thomson of Pembroke, county court clerk and his daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) McCormack of Renfrew spent a few days this week with his cousins Robert Grenier and Miss Grenier of town.
Harper:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Butler and
family of Douglas, Manitoba are spending the summer here visiting Mr.
T. Bell, father of Mrs. Butler and other friends…..Mr.
and Mrs. W. Hill, formerly of Ottawa but now of Perth, passed through here
on their way to visit Mrs. Foster of
Fallbrook, mother of the latter.
In the Globe of Saturday appears the
following sketch of an old Perth boy which is interesting not only to Canadians
but to people of this district particularly so. The recipient of the honors mentioned in the sketch, Sir
Henry Elliott was born in Perth. From
Mr. James Bell, Registrar, we learn that his father, Capt.
John F. Elliott, drew or acquired Lot 22(?) in the 11th
Concession Bathurst adjoining land drawn at Playfair by the late Lt. Playfair (afterwards Colonel), the two being probably friends.
Both were half pay officers of the British army.
Two other Elliotts probably sons of the Captain, or perhaps brothers,
drew land on the same Concession of Bathurst, near the Sherbrooke line but soon
left, the land being poor. The
whole family left in 1835(?). The
Globe sketch says: “Among the
recent birthday honors was the award of a K.C.M.G. to a native of Perth, Ontario
who can be ranked among the empire builders, Major Henry George Elliott—Sir
Henry as he now is00for years has been chief magistrate of Tembuland, Transkel
and Pondoland in Cape Colony. He is
the eldest son of the late Major J.F. Elliott for many years the collector of
customs, Windsor, Ontario and according to Morgan, was born at Perth, Ontario
December 25, 1826(?). Removing to
western Canada in 1835(?) he went
to England in 1845 and was admitted as a cadet on H.M.S. Excellent, Portsmouth.
In 1847 he received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal
Marines Light Infantry. He served
in the Crimea as adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his corps at the
siege of Sebastopol and was present at the Battle of Balaclava and the surrender
of Kinbourn and the bombardment of Odessa.
He commanded companies of H.M.S. Albion and Vesuvius of Sept. 25 and 26,
1854 when they were employed in removing the wounded Russians from the field of
Alma and covered the embarkation of the unarmed parties of the latter when they
were obliged to retire in consequence of an advance of a strong force of the
enemy’s cavalry. For his conduct
on this occasion he received the thanks of Sir. S. Lushington and he won the
medal with clasp, fifth class of the Medjidle(?) and Turkish medal.
He became captain in 1859(?) and major in 1870(?)”.
Perth
Courier, August 4, 1899
Christie’s Lake: A pretty social event took place at the Christie’s Lake
House on Monday evening on which occasion a progressive euchre party was given
by Miss Christie, Ottawa and Mrs.
And Miss Code, Misses Susie Miller, Kathleen and Helen Mitchell. Great
praise is due these ladies for the artistic manner in which they decorated the
hall with evergreens, pictures, etc. Eight
tables were arranged around the room on each of which was a vase filled with
lovely flowers with their sweet aroma and beauty.
The duplicates were very appropriate being made of bark of our beautiful
silver birthes which abound on the shore of our lake.
The gentlemen’s duplicate was a diamond shape while the ladies wore a
heart of course. On each duplicate
was a sketch in watercolor of some pretty scene of the lake or adjoining
country. The beautiful and artistic
handiwork was the work of Miss Jessie
Hart of “Sunbonnet Alley”. Partners
were selected and the playing started about 9:00, 12 games being the limit.
It is indeed an amusing sight to see with what vim each person and
especially the ladies entered into the game, determined if possible to win the
prize. At the end of the 12 games
the hostess ran the bell and a great sigh of relieve went forth from all.
Refreshments supplied by the hostess were abundantly served.
The winners of the prizes were then announced:
Mrs. D. Hogg, Breezy Crest Cottage won the lady’s prize and Mr.
J.E.C. Marks of Lake View Farm the gentleman’s.
They were beautiful napkin rings made by the dexterous hands of the young
ladies and again Miss Hart’s handiwork was displayed by the appropriate
sketches of the lake. There were
several candidates for booby prize honors the successful holders being decided
by the drawing of a card which was drawn in favor of Miss
Isobel Henderson and Mr. H.M. Shaw of “Sunbonnet Alley”, on the decision
of which the tables were cleared away and the lovers of dance tipped the light
fantastic to their heart’s content. August
1, 1899—Rusticus
4th Line Drummond—Miss
Luella Jacobs who ahs been in western Ontario for the past four years has
returned to her home here.
Miss Martha Smith, B.E., representing the Ottawa Viavi, will address a meeting of the ladies on “Congestion, Inflamation and Catarrh” on Friday at 3:30 pm in the O.O.F. Hall, Foster block. No admission, all welcome
W.B.
Hart, C.P.R. agent has sold tickets to the
following for the places mentioned: Senator
McLaren and Dr. Preston by steamer Britannic (White Star Line) to Liverpool;
Mrs. Burton and Miss Perkins return ticket to St. John’s
Newfoundland; Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Wells and
Miss Holdane to Old Orchard Beach; Miss
F. Whateley, Mrs. Dr. Grant and family, Mrs. (Sheriff)Thompson and Miss Thompson
to Riviere du Loup; George Oliver, Jr.
to Ardoch, N.D.; Mr. Edmiston and
family to Drumbo, Ont.; Dr. and Mrs.
Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McKerracher and Thomas McKerracher to Duluth
via Kingston; and Miss Flora Wright
to Banff and return.
George Hogg has bought the house and lot of William Tippins, Cockburn Street, East Ward near the river for $500. Mr. Tippins and family left to take up residence in Ottawa on Tuesday he having secured a situation in the new car shops of the Canada Atlantic Railway there.
Farm for Sale: Lot 13, 10th Concession Drummond—179 acres. Two good dwelling houses, first class out buildings with stables for 20 head of cattle, two good wells, good sugar bush, close to cheese factory, school house, post office and church. Ten miles from Perth. George H. Horning
Alex
McArthur, London, England, cousin of Donald
McTavish of Balderson, spent a few days with the latter the week before
last.
Miss
Maggie McTavish of Balderson, accompanied by Mr.
McArthur, went to Ottawa to visit her uncle, Judge
McTavish.
Robert
Hendry of Kingston, uncle of John Hendry of this
town, attained the remarkable age of 101 on Tuesday, having been born in the
town of Motherwell about ten miles from Glasgow, Scotland, on July 31, 1798.
He is yet strong and healthy and though his hearing is somewhat
defective, his eyesight is good and his mental faculties are quite alert.
Perth
Courier, August 11, 1899
Christie’s Lake: Mrs. D. Hogg and
family have returned to Perth after spending several pleasant weeks at Peter
Hope’s cottage, Fern Cliff. Mrs.
Hope and family are now occupying the cottage and enjoying a pleasant outing at
the lake. Peter has spent a couple of weeks fishing and has landed some
beauties. Mrs. John Ritchie and family have again opened “India Villa”.
The “Lucky Four” are having a pleasant time at Camp “Annie Lagu”.
These young men have a novelty in the way of a gramophone with over 40
discs of the latest popular songs and selections and sweet are the strains of
music that are wafted to our ears over the water.
The boys are good entertainers and can put up a capital fish story.
The tent on Mr. Hart’s lot has been struck and this beautiful point presents a
deserted appearance. Miss
Wood is the guest of Miss Marks,
Lake View Farm. There are several
new arrivals at the Christie’s Lake House among them are:
Mrs. McCann of Ottawa with her
eldest daughter; Mrs. Peter Noonan of
Perth; and Miss Roach of Utica, N.Y.
Dances and picnics are the order of the day.
Mrs. John Barclar(?) Barclay(?) of Toronto with her daughter Ida
is spending a couple of weeks with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Perkins, 6th Line.
August 8, 1899, Rusticus
John
Gillies of Carleton Place has been spending some
time at Gilan’s Spring in the hope of building up his health and he returned
home much improved. He was able to
attend church at Pakenham, it being his first public worship since his illness
last year.
Harper:
Miss H. Bowes attended the
wedding of her cousin, Miss Deacon,
at Bolingbroke Quite a number of friends took in the wedding, among whom were:
Mr. H. and Miss M. Keys, Mr. A.E. Foley and Mr. A.A. Bowes. All
report a good time.
Wayside:
James Conlon, Sr., Glen Tay,
visited his daughter Mrs. John Byrnes…..A
few of us attended the Golden Wedding of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald McPhail at McPhail on Monday evening last…..Charles
Devlin, Eganville, is visiting his uncle Timothy
Doyle…..Mr. and Mrs. Knowles have become residents of Wayside, occupying
the vacant house of J.G. Richmond
near the schoolhouse…..Miss S. Rice
of Ottawa and Miss L. Rice of Lanark
spent a day with their sister Mrs. G.J.
Richmond.
The following is from the Glasgow,
Scotland Evening Times. Miss Mullin is a niece of the late Mrs. Dr. Nichol and a cousin of Mrs. William Meighen of this town.
“The Queen has confirmed the decoration of the Royal Red Cross on Miss
Lenora Maxwell Mullin, late superintendent in the Indian Army Nursing
Service, in recognition of her special devotion and competency in the discharge
of her duties and of the care bestowed in the training of the Army Hospital
Corps attendants in nursing duties.”
Misses
T. Gertrude and Ida DeWitt returned home on
Wednesday after a few weeks camping out at the Thousand Islands with their aunt Mrs.
Vin(?) Wormer of Watertown, New York.
Perth
Courier, Aug. 18, 1899
Lanark Links: Dr. Struthers of
Goderich has entered into partnership with Dr.
Brandford of this place and will henceforth practice medicine here.
The young doctor is a good fellow and we wish him every success.
Christie’s Lake: Mrs. R.C. Sherratt and
daughters Misses Louise and Beatrice with Miss Annie James, spent Tuesday at
Lake View Farm and Red Cedar Villa. Mack
and Joe Marks took in the regatta at the Ferry on Friday.
Miss Gracie Palmer has
returned from Smith’s Falls where she has been visiting with her uncle Dr. Gray. Mrs.
Andrew Hope and family are the guests of Mrs.
Peter Hope, Fern Cliff Cottage. Among the guests at Christie’s Lake House
this week are registered: Mrs. William Flett and family; Mrs. Thomas Barrie; Miss Minnie Waits;
Mrs. William Hope and family; Mrs. Hiram Silverstone; Mrs. McCann and Miss
Evelyn McCann and Master Warren McCann.
Rusticus
Perth
Courier, Aug. 25, 1899
Christie’s Lake: The party held at the Christie’s Lake House on Friday
evening was a pronounced success. In
the evening, James Leaver brought up
a number of friends to have an outing for the day on the lake But as soon as the shades of night began to fall, buses were
loaded with their fair cargo began to arrive from Bathurst, Drummond, Scotch
Line, and Perth. Mr. Anderson threw
open the dance hall and some of the pleasure seekers flocked in and joined in
the dizzy maize of the dance to the melodious strains of the piano, violin, and
organ. Four sets occupied the floor
almost continuously (notwithstanding the intense heat) until the “wee small
hours” prompted them to seek their respective homes in case “Old Sol”
should find them napping by the way. All
pronounced it the best party of the season……A party from Perth are quartered
in “Sun Bonnet Alley” and are enjoying these beautiful moon light nights on
the lake. Who were the young ladies
who rowed the boat backwards?......Daniel
Marks of Douglas is a guest at Lake View Farm. William Hughes of
Ottawa and his sister Miss Mary of
Kamloops, B.C. with Miss Tena DeWitt
of Chicago spent Saturday at the lake. The
corn is getting ripe, Mr. Editor, so look out for a coon hunt.
Aug. 21, 1899 Rusticus
Wayside:
Miss J.W. Spence and Mrs. P.J.
Leonard spent a day with friends at McGarry’s. Miss Kelly of
Glenbournie is a guest of her sister Mrs.
Patrick Henrietta. Miss
Annie Tovey of Burgess spent a few days with her aunt, Mrs.
John Byrnes. The many friends
of Mrs. Ryan, Dakota (formerly Mary
J. Dougherty of this place) regret to learn of her sudden death a few weeks
ago. The deceased lady was well
known in this section she having instructed the youth of our school some years
ago
Dr.
W. H. Fraser with his wife and sister (Mrs.
Munro) of LaSalle, Illinois, arrived in town on Monday on a visit to his
brothers, Messrs. James Fraser of the Scotch Line and Archibald Fraser of town. Dr.
Fraser who was born on the Scotch Line left his native place about 35 years ago
for the west.
Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Pink, after a pleasant six weeks
visit with his brother(?) brothers(?) in London and Sarnia returned home on
Wednesday. The visited most of the
places of interest in that district and used their bicycles for nearly all
traveling from place to place.
A man named William Maxwell of Carleton Place was brought to Perth jail on Wednesday evening having been sent up by a magistrate on the charge of indecent assault upon two young girls of Carleton Place aged 9 years old. The alleged offense is a very serious one.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 1, 2006
McDonald’s Corners: James Duncan, Lakeside, has sold his farm to his son John and has purchased the Chalmers property here where he intends to retire.
Wayside:
Miss Mary A. Cavanagh, Ottawa,
is spending some time with her uncle, Mr. Kehoe…..John Farrell, 1st Line Drummond, spent a day with his
sister Mrs. Thomas Poppelwell.
Harper:
Alex Keays had a stumping bee
on Friday and gave a party at night at which a large crowd attended and all
speak highly of Mr. and Mrs. Keays in their success in giving such a good party.
Mrs.
J. H. Cameron of Little Falls, Minn., visited at
her brother-in-law’s, Alex Cameron
of this town.
Christie’s Lake: Mrs. Motherwell
has been spending a few days with her sister Mrs.
Peter Hope of “Fern Cliffe”. Mr.
and Mrs. Edwards and their daughter Dorothy, accompanied by their servant Miss
Biddy O’Toole, visited our lake last week.
Misses Louise Hogg and Bessie
Foote were the guests of Minnie and
Jennie Hope of “Fern Cliffe”. August
3, 1899 Rusticus
Tatlock:
Messrs. J. Caldwell, J. Traill, J.
Rintoul, and J. Pretty, have gone from our midst to the Prairie Province.
A telegram was received by O.E.
Henderson on Tuesday conveying the sad intelligence that his little four
year old grandson Herbert J.F. Cherry of Ottawa was dead. The little fellow was taken ill on Monday morning and died
very suddenly. Almonte Gazette
Farm For Sale: Alan’s Mills—Lot 23, 10th Concession North
Burgess. It is good, new land and
had never been broken before. Thomas
B. Scott
Mrs.
John T. Sommerville presented her husband with a
baby boy last week.
Perth
Courier, September 8, 1899
Wayside:
Richard Tovey of Bathurst
visited his sister Mrs.Sutton Frizelle…..George
Patterson of Perth visited his brother at G. Richmond’s…..D.
Herlehy of Bathurst stayed a few days with his sister Mrs.
J. Dowdall.
Lammermore: Miss Janet Hart
was married last week to J. Leaver of
Carleton Place….the home of S.
Currie was brightened by the arrival of a baby girl.
Middleville: We congratulate Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Affleck on the advent of a son to brighten their home.
E.G.
Malloch arrived home from his visit to Germany on
Thursday evening last week. Mrs.
Malloch will reach here about a month later.
Mrs.
J.L. Dunham and her son of Jeffersonville, Indiana
are visiting at her sister’s Mrs.
Alexander Kippen, Wilson Street
Perth
Courier, September 15, 1899
Wayside:
Miss Minnie Maloney,
Ferguson’s Falls, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. P. Doyle
Mr.
“Charlie” Nagle who has been in the Yukon Gold
regions for nearly two years returned to town on Thursday night.
Charlie looks well and has evidently seen a good deal of adventure during
his journeys in the mining belt. Almonte
Times
Perth
Courier, Sept. 22, 1899
Tragedy in Smith’s Falls
On Monday last news came to town that a
woman named Mrs. Blake had been killed by her husband the night previous.
The tragedy caused a considerable sensation in the town and further
developments were looked for eagerly. The
following dispatch to the daily paper seemed to indicate that the occurrence was
the result of a free indulgence in liquor and the passions thereby evoked; also
that the killing was not pre-meditated.
In an old, dilapidated house perched on
the rocks in back of Gould’s foundry, a revolting crime appears to have been
committed involving the death of a woman named
Blake. The house is probably
the most miserable in town and this morning presented a sickening sight of
dissolution and squalor. It is a
small dwelling, about 16x20 with a lean-to kitchen in the rear; but small as it
is, it is divided into two parts. One
has been occupied by Thomas Blake and
his wife and here the tragedy was enacted.
Both Blake and his wife were addicted to
liquor and drunken brawls were frequent between them. He is a man of about 70 years of age, and she was about 60.
This morning, a few minutes after 7:00,
Blake went down to a blacksmith’s shop near his home and told the smith that
his wife was dead. The smith went
up to the house with the man and upstairs saw a terrible sight. The old woman
lay stretched out upon an old quilt on the floor along side an old bed, cold in
death.
From the appearance of the body, it was
an awful death that came to her. Her only clothing was a man’s undershirt and
the legs of a pair of coarse black stockings from which the legs were cut.
Her face was bruised and black, bearing unmistakable evidence of having
been beaten and her whole body was covered with bruises and wounds.
Her hair was matted and tangled; one arm lay partly under her, swollen
and black; her face was almost unrecognizable as human; and everywhere about her
body were pools of blood which had oozed from her wounds.
Blake, the husband, talked quite freely
and indifferently about the dreadful occurrence though it was quite plain that
his nervousness almost overcame him at times.
According to his story, it is the old question of drink over again.
He says that both he and his wife were drinking on Saturday and that on
Saturday evening a man named Henry McGaw
came to the house bringing with him a bottle of liquor; McGaw, he says, went
away during the night for another bottle and soon after his going, he (Blake)
went to sleep on an old lounge which stands in the corner of the one room
downstairs.
Later in the night, he says he was
awakened and going upstairs found McGaw in his bed. This angered him, he said,
and he went downstairs, got a stick of wood and went back.
Both McGaw and Mrs. Blake were asleep; both were drunk, and he began
pounding them with the stick. He
thinks he struck them across the face at least twice and then he shoved them
both down the stairs. He claims not
to know how or when the woman got back upstairs but McGaw went away.
On Sunday morning, he says, he took his
wife up a drink of water and also claims he spoke to her and she spoke to him in
the afternoon of yesterday. He
insists he did not know she was dead until this morning when he felt her body
and found it cold. He admitted carrying water upstairs and washing up the floor
and wiping upon her face and states that he burned the stick with which he
pounded her.
The dead woman was Blake’s second
wife. It is a strange coincidence
that his first wife died under the exact same circumstances.
There was no inquest at the time and nothing was done about the woman’s
death.
Mr.
C.J. Fay, barrister, left for Smith’s Falls on
Wednesday afternoon, in connection with the Blake tragedy and to appear at the
coroner’s inquiry on Thursday.
A dispatch from Almonte says that William
Pollock in the employ of the Almonte Electric Light Company met with a fatal
accident on Monday night. While
working with a large driving belt he was caught and drawn into the wheels; one
arm was torn off at the elbow and he was hurt internally.
It took them over an hour to get him out of the machinery.
He died soon afterwards. Deceased
was a brother of Robert Pollock of
Almonte, formerly of Lanark and was a cousin of Messrs
Sim, Scotch Line.
Mr.
R.(?) E. Watson, manager of the Chatham Carriage
Works was in town last week with his family, stopping at his mother-in-law’s, Mrs.
William Devlin
Mrs.
M.A. Bowman and her son Fayette who have been
visiting in Canada for the past two months, are at present the guests of her
uncle, Henry Kehoe.
They spent a few pleasant weeks with friends at Ferguson’s Falls and
will leave Friday night for Buffalo. They
will be at home to friends in Cleveland on August 1.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 29, 1899
Boyd’s:
Miss A. McCreary, youngest
child of Hiram McCreary, was buried
in the cemetery here on Saturday last.
Harper:
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kemberly
have returned from their wedding tour through Manitoba and to Leeds in
Dakota…..Mrs. P.M. Campbell of
Balderson and her mother Mrs. S.E.
Mitchell of Pembroke visited friends in this vicinity on Sunday and Monday.
Wayside—Mrs. F.H. Consitt, Ottawa and her mother, Mrs. William McGarry of Drummond were the guests of Mrs.
John Doyle on Monday. …..Mrs. John
Russell of Bathurst is spending a week with her father James
Byrne…..William Maloney and sister, Ferguson’s Falls, visited their
sister Mrs. Patrick Doyle.
Alexander
W. Lister, carriage maker, late in the employ of M.
Stanley at the Perth Carriage Factory, left on Tuesday morning per steamer
Parisien of the Allan Line for Birmingham, England, to work on the street
railway works in that city managed by our old townsman M.
Stanley.
William
Richard McLean of Oliver’s Ferry, is about
moving near town, probably to a small farm plot on the Scotch Line.
The prisoner Thomas Blake, of Smith’s Falls, charged with the murder of his
wife Ann Blake, was brought to gaol
here on Thursday last week where he is now awaiting a trial on that dreadful
accusation at the coming Assizes in November.
Miss
Craig of Arnprior is visiting at her sister’s Mrs.
W. H. Grant
Mrs.
William Meighen and her two daughters, Misses
Mabel and Leo, left on Saturday on a visit to her sister’s Mrs. (Dr.) Howden of Winnipeg.
Perth
Courier, October 6, 1899
To The Editor of the Perth Courier:
It has lately come to my attention that a misleading and utterly false report has been circulating about me on the 12th July last in Perth. First of all, let me say that I was not in the company of any man that day and also that I did not taste a drop of drink of any kind except a cup of tea for my dinner; and that I left Perth before 5:00 that afternoon on the Lanark stage and was at my home at Watson’s Corners before dark. If it was necessary for me to do so I could get fifty people to prove that every word of the above was strictly true. Thank you so much for your space.
I remain,
Very Truly Yours,
Mary
McCulloch, Watson’s Corners
Farm To Rent: The subscriber wishes to rent for a term of years his farm
having 100 acres on Lot 11 in the 1st Concession South Sherbrooke.
There is a good frame home and outbuildings and the farm is in a good
state of cultivation and well watered and fenced.
It is close to a cheese factory, school and post office.
William Mitchell, Althorpe
Post Office
The adjourned inquest on the body of Ann Blake was opened this morning before Dr. McCallum, coroner. E.G. Malloch, county attorney, was present on behalf of the Crown and C. Foy, barrister of Perth appeared for the prisoner Blake. The evidence went to show that Blake, his wife and Henry McGrath, spent Saturday evening and night in drink; that the Blake household was unusually quiet and peaceful except when liquor was present when one of the witnesses described it as liquor and fighting and the victim was the one who was the least intoxicated. Blake confessed to having given his wife a pounding on Saturday night. He confessed to at least three different parties who held out no inducement for him to do so. The jury retired at 9:00 p.m. to consider their verdict and they soon brought in the verdict of willful murder against Blake who was forthwith arraigned before the magistrate and committed to Perth to stand trial.
Perth
Courier, October 20, 1899
Charles L. Shaw, brother of Mayor A.C. Shaw of Perth, passed through town on Sunday on his way to Transvaal having been engaged by a syndicate of Conservative papers in Toronto and elsewhere to act as S. African correspondent for them during the war. He is a racy writer.
Mrs. (Rev.) R.C.H. Sinclair and her mother Mrs. Duncan McDonald left Oliver’s Ferry for their new home at Fenelon Falls on Tuesday. Rev. Mr. Sinclair went to his charge there some time since.
Fred
Young, the boy who was injured in the #1 Mill at
Almonte recently, was taken to the Protestant Hospital for treatment.
An attempt was made to save the arm by dressing the wound but on Saturday
it was found that amputation was necessary and the operation was performed.
They boy is now doing as well as can be expected.
The boy’s father died but the uncle, Mr. Noonan, went down to be
present at the operation. Central
Canadian.
Middleville: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Reid
have gone to visit their daughter Mrs.
Daniel Rintoul of North Gower.
Wayside:
Mrs. George Thompson of Perth,
spent a few days with her sister Mrs.
J.D. Ewart…..Miss T. Poppelwell left on Monday on her wheel for
Christie’s Lake where she intends to remain for a visit with her aunt Mrs. Marks.
Farm For Sale: SW ½ of Lot 8, 5th Concession Drummond, 100
acres, good outbuildings on the premises and a never failing well near the
house. 40 acres cleared and fenced,
the balance low land. Four miles
from Perth. E.J.
Kehoe
I wish to add my testimony to the
efficacious power of “Eastern Vegetable Pills” in curing indigestion and
rheumatism. I have had a terrible
attack of indigestion and biliousness for the last four or five years. I have suffered very much with wind in my stomach.
The belching was very hard on me. I
also had severe headaches. I tried
many remedies but they did not accomplish anything.
At last, I tried a bottle of Croskery’s Eastern Vegetable Pills and I
have found great relief. I may also
say that I have had rheumatism in my hands for a number of years.
They were swollen almost double their natural size.
Now the swelling has decidedly disappeared.
I have great faith in these pills for what they have done for me and for
other people. I also believe in
them because they are composed of vegetable matter and not the poisonous
chemicals used in a great many medicines. In
a word, I believe that the two remedies, Eastern Balm and Eastern Vegetable
Pills are the greatest discovery of the 19th century. Mrs. Oliver Jackson,
Glen Tay
Mrs.
Alexander McLaren of the Brunswick, Winnipeg, and
her daughter Mrs. Lamb are visiting Peter
McGregor, Gore Street.
John
Crawford of Almonte was in town last week visiting
his sister Mrs. James Halliday who is
ill.
Thomas
Gibbons of Rathbon(?) Co., Brockville, spent Labor
Day at his brother-in-law’s William
Ferrier of this town.
Messrs.
F.J. Lee and his brother-in-law George
O’Reilly of Ottawa spent Labor Day with Mr.
and Mrs. John Lee.
David
Lamb, C.P.R. Conductor, Winnipeg, son-in-law of
the late Alexander McLaren of the
Prairie City, was visiting at Peter McGregor’s this week.
Perth
Courier, November 3, 1899
Four trained nurses go wit the Canadian
contingent to the Transvaal. They
are Miss Jean Aflleck of Middleville,
daughter of William Affleck of that
place and sister of Mr. Grant Affleck of
Almonte; Miss Russell of Hamilton;
and Misses Pope and Forbes.
Perth
Courier, November 10, 1899
J.A.
McConnell of Elphin in this county has been
awarded the Dominion scholarship valued at $80 for his matriculation examination
in Theology at Queen’s, Kingston.
Mrs.
John Wilson’s (Drummond) youngest son, John
Wilson, is in South Africa in the center of the theater of war.
He left for there three years ago with a companion named Acheson.
The people of Perth were glad to hear on
Wednesday that young Anderson, the
bank clerk charged with robbing Malson’s Bank in Winnipeg has been acquitted
by the jury after a most searching trial. The
chief witness against him, Davis, the
amateur detective, was not in an enviable position.
Perth
Courier, November 17, 1899
Middleville: Gavin McAllister,
one of our pioneer residents, is in a very low state of health.
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Robert Somers, Lot 27, 9th Concession Bathrust.
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
William Hughes, Lot 21, 5th
(?) Concession Bathurst.
Ed
Williamson paid N. McLenaghan $1,000 for the Leckie building and half the lot, a
quarter acre on west Gore Street. John
Cole has bought the house and lot adjoining his on the east from Mrs.
Manion for $1,230. T.A.
Code has purchased the property next to his factory occupied by Mrs.
Playfair and Mrs. Playfair has bought the small dwelling on Isabella Street
from William Wodden paying for it
$400.
Farm For Sale: John J. Blackburn—100
acres, Lot 4, 8th Concession North Elmsley, four miles east of
Smith’s Falls. There are about 10
acres of standing timber, the balance being cleared and in a high state of
cultivation. It is well watered by
a living spring, and a creek and also wells.
On the premises there is a good brick house.
Wayside:
On Wednesday last week Michael
Kehoe and family moved to Perth. Wayside
seems very lonely without them they having made a number of friends here.
Perth
Courier, Nov. 24, 1899
The digging of the drain for the water
works service into the house of John A.
McLaren on Main Street opposite the town hall brings to the minds of some of
the older people memories of the conditions of that part of town more than half
a century ago. The excavation
brought to the surface a loose lot of field and other stones which were placed
there to fill up a low spot here between fifty and sixty years ago when the
“island” was overgrown with reeds and was partly covered with water.
This was done by the elder Mr. McLaren who did a lot of filling up in
this locality and who built the house referred to in 1846.
Middleville: Mrs. Robert Affleck
of this place passes the 86th milestone on her journey on Tuesday, 14th
inst., and she is still hale and hearty and altogether a wonderful woman……William
Stead leaves this week to take up his residence in Lanark Village.
Wayside:
John Salmon, Smith’s Falls,
is spending a week or two with his sister Mrs.
John Murphy.
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Robert Playfair, Lot 29, 13th (?) Concession Bathurst.
Mr. Playfair has given up farming.
The Globe’s Montreal correspondent:
“Capt. Frank S. Meighen,
Adjutant of the 5th Royal Scots, sailed by the Oceanic of the White
Star Line on November 15 for England. Capt.
Meighen had succeeded in getting himself attached to the 42nd Black
Watch Regiment for a course of instruction at Aldershot and was about to perform
his service when the famous regiment was ordered off to the war in South Africa. Nothing daunted, he immediately made application to be sent
on to the front and without further delay sailed for England hoping there to
receive permission from the war office to follow the 42nd to Africa.
Capt. Meighen is well known in the city, is about 28 years of age and
occupies the position of Treasurer of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company of
which company his father, Robert Meighen (formerly of Perth) is president.
Perth
Courier, Dec. 1, 1899
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Samuel Grierson, Lot 3, 6th Concession North Burgess
Mr.
and Mrs. George Corry of this town completed on
Thursday of last week a full half century of wedded life.
They were married by Rev. Dr. Bain.
Mrs. A. Forde was bridesmaid. Mr.
and Mrs. Corry were married in the house in which they now live and but for a
short residence in Rochester, New York and Fallbrook, have always lived there.
Mr. Corry carried on for years a blacksmith shop and Corry’s axes were
a standard of quality with the lumbermen and choppers.
All members of the Baptist Church and some of their fellow members took
advantage of the occasion to show the esteem and respect they have for the
worthy couple and on the evening of that day about a dozen surprised Mr. and
Mrs. Corry by calling and presenting to Mrs. Corry a gold headed ebony walking
stick. Rev. Mr. Rock in a few well
fitting remarks made the presentation and Mr. Corry though placed at a
disadvantage in being so thoroughly surprised, and to an extent overcome by the
manifest and unspoken kindness of his guests, made a fitting reply on behalf of
himself and his wife.
Mrs.
C. McLenaghan of Perth spent last week visiting
her sister Mrs. Andrew Armour, North
Burgess.
Prestonvale: A young man came to stay at John Cornett’s on the 18th.
Mrs.
William Meighen and her two daughters Miss Mabel, and Miss Leo,
have returned from their visit to her sister Mrs. (Dr.) Howden, Winnipeg.
David
Brownlee of Bathurst returned home a couple weeks
ago from an extended visit to Manitoba. He
saw a considerable portion of the prairie country and was well satisfied with
his visit. He thinks, though, that
for any but a young man, these parts are plenty good enough.
Perth
Courier, Dec. 8, 1899
Elphin:
Donald Ferguson has a fine two
story frame house in the course of construction.
Brooke:
Richard Marks has returned
from Fisher, Minnesota. Richard is
not in love with that country at all…..Mr.
Tom Marks has rented Robert Flemming’s
farm for a term of five years……Albert
Dixon is selling his farm and intends to move into town.
McDonald’s Corners:
Diptheria has broken out in our locality.
Two of Thomas Scott’s children are the victims; also two of D.
McLellan’s; one of whom died.
Perth
Courier, December 15, 1899
Dr.
Donald M. Robertson, a graduate of McGill two
years ago and a son of Mrs. D.M.
Robertson of this town, leaves this week for Edinburgh, Scotland where he
will engage in a hospital practice for a term or two.
A packed house on Thursday night least
week rewarded the efforts of the 42nd Battalion Band to attract
people from the town and country to the town hall by furnishing a good program.
The chair was occupied by Capt. J.M. Balderson.
The opening was the representation of the scene at the coronation of
Queen Victoria in 1837 when Her Majesty was but 18 years of age and was in the
nature of a Grand Salute “Present Arms”.
The youthful Queen was represented by our fairest young lady, Miss
Mabel Meighen, who was arrayed in rich are rare robes as nearly like those
which engravings at the time show to have been worn by Her Majesty on that
memorable occasion. Miss Meighen
wore a correct pattern of the crown first placed on the unwrinkled brow of
Victoria 62 years ago and it sparkled in the modern electric lights with real
jewels, precious stones, etc. The
scene was beautiful and dramatic and was cleverly designed and arranged.
Following this was a brief opening address by the chairman.
The band appeared next in uniforms and played a number of patriotic and
military airs, among which was one in imitation of the Scottish bag pipes and
after this, Mr. Barthe of the Bank of Montreal who has an excellent baritone
voice, sang with spirit “The Soldiers of the Queen.”
This was the opening number in a highly dramatic camp fire scene
representing soldiers in the tented field—no doubt the Canadian contingent in
South Africa—the red coated soldiers of Quebec sitting or laying about, a tent
in the back ground among the rocks and Sgt.
Leaver doing sentry guard in front. Young
Homer Kerr, one of the Boys’
Brigade, achieved reputation for himself by staging “Up With The Standard”
with chorus accompaniment. The
curtain fell on the camp fire scene and on its rise, the band appeared and while
their talented young leader William Irons
played a lively clarinet solo with difficult variations, the band played an
accompaniment. In sailor’s
costume, J.V. Watson sang “Hearts In Oak”, the entire camp accompanied
him and Mr. B. Burry (or Barry),
another old favorite, rendered “The Old Brigade” in which the war scarred
contingent around the camp fire join in a rousing chorus.
Then came the physical drill and exercises by the Boys Brigade keeping
time to the piping of Sgt. Leaver and
in which the lads showed great proficiency. Eight pretty maidens next appeared in the Scarf Drill using
red, white and blue scarves and going through all sorts of complex figures.
Mr. Irons, the band instructor, gave one of his admirable violin solos
and the lads of the Boys Brigade made their final appearance in a series of
fancy marching about on the stage. The
entertainment was ended by Andersen’s playing operatic cantata “The Wreck of
the Hesperus”, the chorus numbering forty voices with solos and duets.
The solos were taken by Miss
Jessie Lillie and Messrs. Barthe and Harry Flumerfelt.
Miss Hogg and Miss Drummond played accompaniments.
The proceeds are about $150 and everyone is glad the band succeeded so
well financially.
Alfred Keays made himself invaluable working up the details of the
concert and in drafting the program.
The body of Miss Tena Connery, daughter of the Clerk of Pakenham Township, was
found along side the CPR tracks near Arnprior early Tuesday morning.
She had probably made a miscalculation and stepped out of the car into
the darkness and instant death. She
was 15 years of age. This was her
first trip by train and it was supposed that when she heard “Arnprior”
shouted it was her duty to step out and off.
She was going to make a visit to her uncle in that town and had taken the
evening train at Pakenham. Her body
laid out all night unnoticed by any of the passing engineers or by the scores of
farmers and others who passed by the spot.
Central Canadian
Perth
Courier, Dec. 22, 1899
The night was dark and wet and cold
And Madam was infirm and old
And thus she took a hacking cough
And people said “T’will take her off”
She lay upon a bed of pain
And faced grim death with calm disdain
Some “Eastern Balm” she did procure
It worked a swift and ready cure
She now is getting well and strong
This is the burden of her song:
“I once was sick, I now am well
And very quickly I will tell
What wrought a steady cure in me
And made me strong and well and free
That from sickness now I am
I owe to Croskery’s Eastern Balm.”
The Farmer’s Tribune, published in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, contains in the December 5 issue a stirring act of
daring and cool piece of strategy during the Philippine campaign of a young
officer in the U.S. Army, Lt. James N.
Munroe, whose father was born and bred on the 3rd Concession
Bathurst. The young officer is a
cousin of Dr. W.A. Gray of Smith’s
Falls and Mrs. Alexander Palmer of
Christie’s Lake, Bathurst and visited her during his term at the West Point
Academy. Lt. Munroe is but 28 years
of age and unmarried. He belongs to
the 4th Cavalry and is a fine horseman.
His home was a short distance out of Lake City, Minnesota.
The Tribune says: “The telegraph dispatcher yesterday reported a cablegram
from General Otis in which he gave the details of the capture of 800 Filipinos
by a force of 50 Americans under the command of Lt. Munroe.
General Conon(?) surrendered his soldiers armed with Mausers and besides
there were also taken 70 Springfield and two American soldiers.
This was at the town of Bayonbong, province Nueva Viscaya and the entire
town was turned over to the Americans. The
victory was bloodless for not a single shot was fired and not a man hurt. In fact, it was a gross bluff on the part of Lt. Munroe and
those who know him state that it is characteristic of him. His friends, who knew how anxious he was to get into the
field and have an opportunity to distinguish himself are not at all surprised by
the record that he has already made. The
dispatches state that Lt. Munroe had only fifty men with him and the
reinforcements were many miles away. General Conon(?) was protecting Bayonbong
and the American soldiers, sent word that if he did not surrender
unconditionally at once, he would move on Bayonbong with a large force.
Munroe sent for help but 24 hours before it came he went tot eh town with
his little command and received the surrender of the town, general and troops.
James N. Munroe is a country boy raised on a farm near Lake City.
He worked his way up until he came to Minneapolis and entered the
University working to support himself to carry him through.
He entered the University in 1890 and continued for three years until he
had reached the junior class in 1893 when he was taking a course in military
drill, which is required of all the students.
He was interested in it and he talked with George H. Morgan, now major of
the 28th who then had charge of military drill for the University. At this time there was announced an exam for appointment to
West Point. Munroe received
sufficient encouragement to induce him to take the exam but here he was
disappointed for one of the other applicants stood better and the best the
present hero could get was an alternate. However,
he went to West Point taking his exam and he succeeded in (illegible word) and
getting the appointment. He left
the university while in the junior class. In
July, 1897 the Minnesota recruit graduated from West Point and was assigned to a
fort in lower Texas where the soldiers were kept to prevent the Indians from
crossing the border into Mexico. Munroe
had the title of 2nd Lieutenant.
Before he left with his regiment for the Philippines he was practically
left in command of the fort at Walla Walla, Washington and there he was the
‘commander, commissary quartermaster and about everything else.’
A comrade writing about him says he is just the man who would bluff the
enemy. He is daring, almost
bordering on recklessness. While he
would not endanger the lives of his men, he would expose himself to the greatest
danger
James
Templeton, Almonte’s oldest citizen, was 95
years old. He was born on December
16, 1804.
Perth
Courier, December 29, 1899
William
Rintoul, who almost lost his sight from the
explosion of a gun cartridge while extracting it from the chamber of his rifle,
about five weeks ago, is expected home from Toronto tomorrow from St. Luke’s
Hospital, Ottawa. His right eye is
pretty well and his left eye, though weak yet, is expected to be nearly all
right.
The Gazette says that James Templeton, Almonte’s oldest citizen, at 85, is in poor
health and confined to his home. Mr.
Templeton is a member of the famous Black Watch Regiment in South Africa.
The old gentleman is great great grandfather of Ernie
Young of Albion Hotel, Perth, and William
Young of Maberly.
The prisoners of the Perth gaol enjoyed a royal banquet on Christmas thanks to the kindness of several of our townspeople. Sheriff Thompson contributed a fine turkey; Mrs. Young of the Albion Hotel gave a large roast of beef; roast pork came from Messrs. G. & G. Findlay and a nice currant loaf from Mr. W.A. McLaren’s bakery. Rev. Mr. Muckleston made many contributions for the old ladies in the gaol.
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