BATHURST COURIER - 1860 - 61
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Perth
Courier, January 13, 1860
Farm For Sale: West ½ Lot 3, 8th Concession Drummond, 100 acres
about 60 cleared and under cultivation. Good
frame house, and frame barn on the premises and a young orchard and it is within
a few minutes walk of the plank road at Balderson’s Corners. William
Fraser
Return of Convictions for the Quarter
Ending December 31, 1859
Neglect of Statute Labor:
James
Swague, 10 shillings
Non-performance of Statute Labor
William Boulton, 10 shillings
Charles
Cheater(?), 10 shillings
Neglect of Duty
Patrick
Murphy and Daniel Scully, one pound five shillings
each
Assault and Battery
Patrick English, Charles Whiting, John Whiting, Donald McPherson, ten shillings each
Paul Weatherhill, two pounds ten shillings
Allan
Dobbie, one shilling
Assault
Michael Gorman, Mrs. Gorman Sr., Thomas Deacon, one shilling each
William Gull, five shillings
Martin
Larkins, one pound, ten shillings
Refusing to Perform Statute Labor
Donald
McPherson, 11 shillings, 3 pence
Servant’s Wages
Oliver Wright, Prosecutor; James O’Brien, Defendant: Ordered to put in his time
Allan
Cole, Prosecutor; Henry Bromly, Defendant: Wages
as a carpenter—ordered to submit to arbitration
Selling liquor without a license:
Robert
Andrews, James E. Cuthbert, Daniel Smith, seven
pounds ten shillings each
Drunk and Disorderly
Archibald Gillies, one pound
James Binks and Colin Binks, five shillings each
Jeremiah Kelly, Eliza Lamsden, ten shillings each
Francis Tuft, J. Blackwell, one pound each
James
Lewis, five shillings
Sworn His Life
Thomas
Wallace
Non-payment of Wages
John S. Menatian(?)—paid the wages
Orange
Wright
Misdemeanor
Patrick
Kelly and John Briers, ten shillings each
Insubordination Upon Parade As Militiaman
Alexander
Moodie, one pound, five shillings
Selling Liquor Contrary to License
Andrew
Parks, one pound, five shillings
Selling Liquor On The Sabbath
William
Code, five pounds
Selling Liquor Without A License
James
Jackson, two pounds, ten shillings
Trespass
John
McDowell, Angus McPherson, Thomas Sorson, Pere Javal, Elere Dubois, James Noveau,
Francis Dubois, William Morrow, Jr., Abraham Boland, William Moveau,
five shillings each
Malicious Injury
Peter
Sampson, 15 shillings
Perth
Courier, Jan. 20, 1860
The house belonging to James Williams, Gore Street which was set on fire on the evening of
the 11th inst., was again fired on the 13th.
In the first instance, a portion of the lathing had been knocked off and
the fire kindled in the space between the lathing and the clapboards; and on
Friday evening, the fire was kindled in the garret and by the time it was
discovered and assistance arrived, the entire roof was in flames.
The firemen and engines were on the spot but the house was destroyed
before the flames could be gotten under control.
There is no doubt but that it was the work of an incendiary as the house
was unoccupied at the time. An
investigation took place on Monday last before C.(?) G. Sache, Esq., Coroner but
nothing was discovered to throw any light upon the subject or identity of the
guilty party. The house was insured
with the State Insurance Company for 200 pounds (considerably more than it was
worth) and we understand the policy would have expired in two or three days.
Perth
Courier, Feb. 3, 1860
Married, at the residence of the
bride’s father, by Rev. J.S. O’Connor, Andre
Seguin, M.D., of Rigout, C.E. to Margaret
Daley, eldest daughter of Mr. D. Daley.
Died, in Texas from the effects of a
bite of a tarantula on his finger, Alexander
Fraser, second son of Rev. Thomas Fraser of Lanark.
(no age given)
Farm For Sale: Lot 23 (?) Concession Bathurst, 80 acres, 65 under
cultivation. There are erected on
the premises a good dwelling house, a good barn and plenty of sheds for all
purposes. It is well watered with
never failing springs at all seasons of the year.
Daniel and Timothy Whyte
Valuable Property For Sale:
The subscriber is about to leave the village of Lanark and offers for
sale: 1.
The large frame house and lot on George Street opposite the Union Hotel.
It is an excellent stand for any kind of business such as a store, hotel,
etc., being commodious and roomy. 2.
Park Lot #2, village of Lanark, 25 acres, good dwelling house, barn, etc.
Well fenced and in a good state of cultivation.
John Livingstone
Perth
Courier, Feb. 17, 1860
One day last week a man named Peter
McNaughton, who resides near Ferguson’s Falls, met his demise under the
following circumstances. He was
employed as a teamster in drawing square timber for the Messrs. Mair at their
lumbering establishment on the Madawasha and it is supposed that in descending a
small hill he fell off the sleigh and before he could get out of the way the
stick of timer passed over his body killing him on the spot.
He was found by the hindmost teamster lying dead on the road.
He was a sober, steady man and was unmarried.
Brown’s Vegetable Hair Oil
A valuable article for strengthening and
promoting the growth of human hair.
Dr. McLane’s Celebrated American Worm
Specific of Vermifuge—Contains no Mercury in any Form
Perth
Courier, March 6, 1860
Died at Perth on the 24th Feb., Samuel Woodlands, son of John Woodlands, aged 5
Beautiful thing! Thou art come in joy
With the look and voice of our darling boy.
Him that was torn from the bleeding hearts
He had twined about with his infant art
To dwell from sin and sorrow far
In the golden orb of his little star
There he rejoices in light while we
Long to be safe and happy as he.
Beautiful thing! Thou are come in peace
Bid our doubts and our fears to cease
Washing the tears which unbidden start
From that bitter fount in the broken heart
Cheering us still on our lonely way
Lest our spirits should faint or our feet should stray
Till risen with Christ we come to be
Beautiful thing! With our boy, and with
Thee.
Valuable real estate to be sold at
auction on Friday, 31st March—Property situated on the corner of
Gore and Craig Streets, a two story stone house and lot known as the Tait
property and presently occupied by the subscriber.
Robert McKim
Perth
Courier, March 16, 1860
Birth, at Cromuntry(?), County Perth, on
the 23rd Feb., the wife of
John McLaren, postmaster, of a daughter.
Perth
Courier, April 13, 1860
Married, at Lanark, on Friday, 6th
inst., by Rev. Philip Shanks, Mr. Robert
Dick to Miss Janet Livingston, eldest daughter of Mr. John Livingston.
Perth
Courier, April 20, 1860
On Saturday last a young man named David
Dennison in charge of the drug store, recently opened on Foster Street in
this town, met with his death under the following circumstances.
He placed a jar containing alcohol upon the kitchen stove in order to
heat it for some chemical purpose and told the serving girl not to let it get
too warm. When the jar had gotten
warmed the girl took it off the stove and set it on the floor and then told
Dennison what she had done. He then
went into the kitchen and placed the jar farther back from the stove and drew
out the cork with the condensed alcohol vapor which had been generated by the
heat immediately escaped and filled the room and as soon as it reached the fire
in the stove it exploded like gunpowder and enveloped the young man in flames. His clothes from standing over the jar had become saturated
with the alcohol as it escaped and consequently the flames could not be easily
extinguished. He was burned in a
most shocking manner. Everything
that medical skill could do was done to alleviate his sufferings but to no
avail. He lingered on in the most
excruciating agony until 12:00 on Sunday night when death relieved him from his
sufferings. He was a steady,
industrious young man and highly esteemed by all who knew him and was the main
support of his widowed mother.
An inquest was held on Monday last by
Dr. Nichol, Coroner, on the body of an old soldier known commonly as “Sam
the Barber”. He was found in
the stable of Jas. Moore’s Inn in a state of exhaustion and brought into the
house but died shortly after. He
had been drinking Friday for some time previous.
A verdict was returned in accordance with the facts.
Birth, on the 13th (?) 18th
(?), inst., Mrs. Dawson Kerr, Jr., of
a daughter.
Perth
Courier, April 27, 1860
The spring ploughing match came off on
the 18th inst., on the farm of W.O.
Buell, Esq. Six ploughs
entered, four of them iron ploughs. We
notice Marley’s Iron Plough and one made in Perth by Mr. Rutherford. Three of
the iron ploughs took premiums and one of Cox’s make took another at the
match. The first prize was awarded
to John McCullom who used the
Rutherford Iron Plough. We
understand he holds a medal received at a ploughing match in Scotland. The second prize was awarded to James Cameron, Scotch Line—iron plough. The third prize went to James
Buchan—Marley’s plough and the fourth to David Watson, Cox’s wooden
plough. The ploughing was excellent
and a credit to the society. The
day was beautiful and there were some 200 people present who enjoyed the
exhibition very much. The
ploughmen, judges and others were entertained at the farm house for lunch by the
proprietor. The judges were Messrs.
James Stewart, Hugh McIntyre and Peter Stewart.
We are glad to know that our farmers are
paying attention to the root crop. In
the neighborhood of Perth more carrot, turnip and mangold wurtzell seed is now
sold in one year than formerly used in ten years. The purple top Swede is one of the most favored varieties.
We have been told of a Swede raised on the farm of John Donald, Esq.,
Reeve of Dalhousie, which is ahead so are as we know.
When peeled with the tops on, one weighed 26.5 pounds and when trimmed
and allowed to dry the net weight was 25.5 pounds.
This turnip was perfect in form and round throughout.
By the application of a liquid manure the size and weight can be
increased and we trust some of our farmers will produce turnips like Mr. Donald’s for exhibition at the Fall Show of our agricultural
society. The business done in the
winter at the 9th Line Dalhousie is worthy of note.
Owing to the extensive lumbering operations beyond we are told as many as
fifty sleighs on a day will congregate and that the 9th Line farms
have found a market there. We
notice in passing a sign hung out “Oysters and Lobsters” at Thomas
Scott’s, 9th Line. Old
Dalhousie, as far as prosperity and population is concerned, is nobly holding
her own, notwithstanding the emigration westward.
Perth
Courier, May 4, 1960
About 6:00 on the morning of Wednesday
last, the inhabitants of Lanark Village were aroused by the cry of “fire”.
An occurrence of this nature was somewhat unusual in this place and so
was responded to with commendable alacrity by great numbers.
The fire was found to proceed from a large building erected last summer
by two enterprising mechanics, James
Culross and A. L. McCallum—young men who were becoming noted for industry
and perseverance of which this building was the first fruit.
No effort was made to save the building, the fire having spread so
rapidly as to render it impossible – so rapidly, indeed that in little more
than an hour it was a heap of ruins.
Birth, at McNab, on the 26th
April, the wife of Rev. S.C. Fraser,
of a son.
Died, at McNab on the 27th
April, Jessie Fraser, wife of Rev.
S.C. Fraser, aged 33(?).
Perth
Courier, May 18, 1860
Again it becomes our duty to record
another and disastrous conflagration worse than any of its four predecessors
which all have occurred within a month. Scarcely
have the smoldering embers of one fire gone out ere another more appalling in
its consequences visits us. About
10:00 Tuesday night the bookstore of Mr.
Ritchie, situated in the middle of a three story wooden block of eight
stores on the north side of Sparks Street, Centretown, was discovered to be in
flames and before any means could be taken to stop the spread of the fire, the
buildings on each side ignited and soon the whole range became one mass of flame
defying every attempt to extinguish it. To
save as much as possible of the contents of the buildings seemed the only way of
rendering service and to the performance of this duty many of our citizens
applied themselves. While thus
engaged the flame was waffled across the street and ignited the premises of H.
McCormick Flour Store, which soon communicated the devouring element in the
adjoining stone store of A. McCormick, grocer and the large stone hotel of Richard Bishop each of which in turn succumbed to the flames and
became a mass of ruins—except the hotel, the walls of which are still standing
and apparently uninjured although its interior was completely destroyed.
The firemen were unable to render efficient aid in consequence of the
poor supply of water. Four stores in the wooden block were owned by Charles
Laporte and the other by James Lang. They
were occupied by Mr. Minore (?), cabinet maker; J. Luog(?), printer; Mr.
Gauthier, inn keeper; Mr. Ritchie, book seller; H. Bang(?), gunsmith; and
Messrs. Walkby and Hay, marble dealers and two others were vacant.
Mr. Lang’s portion of the block was insured for $1,800 which will not
cover his loss by a large sum. Mr.
Laporte had no insurance and is a loser in the amount of about $3,000.
The only stocks insured in this row belonged to Minore & Hay which
were saved although in a somewhat damaged state. Gauthier lost about everything so did Messrs. Lang.
From the buildings on the south side of the street most of the contents
were removed though the furniture in Mr. Bishop’s hotel was much damaged in
its removal. H. McCormick was
insured for $1,200 which will leave him a loser in the sum of about $2,800.
A. McCormick had insurance of $2,000 which would cover his loss by about
$2,400 and R. Bishop who was insured for $1,600 and will lose some $2,500. Though
the fire broke out in the store of Mr. Ritchie it was not known how it
originated as no one was in the premises at the time.
Perth
Courier, May 18, 1860
I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt
from the young men of this place at the hands of D. Fraser, Jr., the sum of $25.18.
Mrs. Anne Dennison (note, we understand that about $100 in addition to
the above has been collected by other parties ostensibly for the benefit of the
widow but that she has not received as yet—can anybody tell what has become of
the money? Or who has it? Or why it
has not been paid over? Was the
money collected under false pretenses? Shall
we have to mention names?)
Valuable Farm For Sale---Lot 19, 6th
Concession Drummond, 100 acres, 75 cleared and under cultivation.
There is a good house, barn and sheds and other out buildings on the
premises. The farm is well watered
and well fenced and is situated next to the main road from Innisville to Perth.
William Richardson
Birth, at Lanark, on Thursday, 3rd
inst., the wife of H. Mair, Esq.,
merchant, Lanark, of a son.
Perth
Courier, May 25, 1860
We, the undersigned subscribers to the collection made by Rev. Stephenson and H. D. Shaw for the benefit of the widow Dennison do hereby declare that we have all confidence in those gentlemen making the best possible use of the money contributed by us for the widow’s comfort and that we leave the management of the fund for the widow’s assistance entirely in their hands.
W.
M. Shaw, T. Jamieson, G. Sache, D. McMartin, J. Patterson (hotel), D. Fraser,
W.. Morrison, Joseph Deacon, W.J. Morris, S. Bevans, S. Bothwell, T. Enright,
John Coffey(?), Mrs. Laurie, J. Doran, E.H. Brown, J.P. Maxwell, W.b. Brooke, W.
Walsh, J. Ryan, Alexander Ness, W. Munro, Pat Griffin, A. Moore, J. Hart, J.K.
Fairbairn, Rev. J.B. Duncan, A. Walker, George Barry, J. Rudd, W. Hicks, J.
McCaffrey, W. Butler, T. Weatherhead, Mrs. Wordie(?), Thomas Code, W. Smith, W.
Rutsford (or Botsford), J. Allan (Baker), W. Russel, R. Allan, Rev. H. McDonagh,
Mrs. Radenhurst, Mrs. Thom, W. Fraser, Rev. W. Bain, John Deacon, Sheriff
Thompson, M.(?) Murray, R. Shaw (subscription in flour), H.D. Shaw, D. Kerr
& Co., W.J. Mair, A. Meighen, George Dunnett, George Cox (23 pounds flour),
Judge Malloch (1 barrel flour), Mrs. Haggart (flour).
Perth
Courier, June 1, 1860
THE
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY
The 41st Anniversary of Her
Majesty Queen Victoria’s birthday came off with great éclat in this town on
the 24th ult. What with
two railway excursion trains one from Almonte and the other from Brockville and
the influx of visitors from the surrounding country, we should say about 3,000
persons visited Perth that day to witness and participate in the celebration.
The militia muster took place early in the morning so that it might not
interfere with the day’s proceedings. The
Almonte train, heavily loaded with human freight, arrived about 11:00 and the
Brockville train about half an hour afterwards.
The Brockville Fire Brigade were received at the depot by the Perth Fire
Brigade and the two forming in procession marched through the town headed by the
Prescott Brass Band and accompanied by the Perth Brass Band and followed by a
vast concourse of people. At noon a
royal salute was fired from Drummond Street Bridge by the artillery company.
At 1:00 the firemen proceeded to the railway depot which had been fitted
up for the occasion and where an excellent repast had been provided by James
Allan of the Commercial House. The
firemen and a few invited guests having refreshed the inner man with a liberal
allowance of the good things set before them—the chairman John Doran, Esq., gave toasts from the chair to the queen, etc.
At 4:00 the fire companies assembled at the Union Engine and proceeded to
the tank at the center of Gore and Foster Streets to have a friendly trial of
the Brockville and Perth fire engines. The
Brockville engine was manufactured in the U.S. and is allowed to be the best of
any engine in its capacity in Upper Canada.
The Perth “Union” engine was manufactured by Mr.
Perry of Montreal but has not the same capacity of cylinder as the
Brockville engine. At the first
trial the Brockville engine threw about 15 feet further than the “Union”. At
the second trial however which was better arranged and a fairer test Perth
distanced Brockville by about ten feet. The
Brockville company tried repeatedly to gain lost ground but could not succeed.
It is but justice to say that neither engine was in first rate working
order and worked to disadvantage the Brockville engine.
In the evening as soon as it got dark the firemen assembled again at the
“Union” Engine House and formed in procession.
With lighted torches and two brass bands playing appropriate airs the
procession marched through the town presenting at a distance a very pleasing
appearance; as the lights, like an innumerable multitude of stars, danced to and
fro. The procession, accompanied by
a vast concourse of people, then repaired to the railway depot where a display
of fireworks took place in the adjoining field.
While this was going on the cars were being filled by the excursionists
and at 10:00 the return trains composed of 15 or 20 cars drawn by two
locomotives and filled with some 1,500 people, took their departure.
Farm for Sale: East ½ Lot 6; East ½ Lot 7, 2nd Concession North
Sherbrooke – well watered and adjoining about 500 acres of Commons.
Duncan Campbell
Birth, in this town on the 29th
ult., Mrs. Frederick Rice, of a son.
Perth
Courier, June 8, 1860
On Monday last, two men, Alpheus
Knapp, son of R.A. Knapp, Esq., of Montague and John
McKay of Bathurst, were drowned in the River Tay, a short distance below
Capt. Adams’ mills. They were
taking saw logs down the river and Knapp, while trying to catch a saw log with
his pike poll, lost his balance and fell into the stream.
McKay, knowing that Knapp could not swim, jumped in to rescue him when
Knapp caught McKay round the waist and being unable to extricate himself both
sank together. Knapp’s body was
recovered in about ten minutes and McKay’s in about half an hour but in both
cases life was extinct. We
understand that this is the third of Mr. Knapp’s sons who have died within a
short time and the second that has met his death by drowning.
We understand that on Wednesday, a young
lad about ten years old, son of Mr. McIlquham,
Drummond, while fishing in the Mississippi River in a canoe, lost his balance
and fell over board and before assistance could be rendered him, drowned.
Perth
Courier, June, 15, 1860
We understand that a cricket match will
come off tomorrow (Saturday) between eleven married and eleven single men on the
farm of Mr. Gamsby who has kindly
granted the use of his grounds for the occasion.
Refreshments will be provided for the accommodation of those wishing to
see the game. Wickets will be pitched at 10:00 and the contest expects to
be pretty keen and a reporter for the press will be on the ground.
Perth
Courier, June 22, 1860
House and Garden for Sale:
The stone cottage and garden on Drummond Street in Perth at present
occupied by the subscriber as a dwelling house is for sale.
Charles Rice
Return of Convictions for the period
ending June 30, 1860
Leaving her master’s employment
Mary Gilmour, prosecuted by John
McIntosh also Jane Gilmoure, two pounds, ten shillings each.
Receiving a distress from collector Patrick
Gibbons prosecuted by Francis Dooner,
five shillings
Selling Spiritous Liquors by Retail
Mr.
Geddes, two pounds
Assault and Battery
John Hare on George Williams, ten shillings
William Bradley on William Legary, one pound
John McDonnelle on Hugh Livingston, one shilling
George Williams on James Guthrie, one pound, five shillings
Robert Stanley on Michael Foy, ten shillings
Eliza Cathcart on Lydia McMullen, one shilling
James Burrow, Jr., on James McLaren, two pounds, ten shillings
George Cotton on James McLaren, two pounds, ten shillings
John McLaren on Joseph Murdock, one pound
James
Bygrove on Richard
Patterson—complainant ordered to pay costs, ten days, to defendant
Assault
William Jones prosecuted by James Shaw, Esq., five shillings
William Barber prosecuted by Benjamin Taylor, two shillings, six pence
William Machie prosecuted by Daniel Ramsay, five shillings
James Conway prosecuted by Robert Dodds, one shilling
John Stewart, prosecuted by Edmund Edey, two pounds
Neil Stewart, prosecuted by James Cowan, three pounds, seven shillings and nine pence
Alexander Douglas, prosecuted by John R. Fitzsimmons, ten shillings
James Nolan, prosecuted by John R. Fitzsimmons, ten shillings
Hugh McGibbons, prosecuted by John Woods, ten shillings
John Proctor, prosecuted by James Marabel, ten shillings
Edward Darcy prosecuted by Thomas Cuthbertson, five shillings
J. Ennis and Isabel Ennis, prosecuted by Thomas Campbell, two shillings
Wm. Barnett prosecuted by Edward Dority, one pound
Thomas Nowlan, prosecuted by Josias Thompson, five shillings
Henry Cunningham, prosecuted by Josias Thompson, five shillings
Thomas Nowlan, prosecuted by John Thompson, five shillings
James Wright, prosecuted by Thomas Nowlan, five shillings
John Healy prosecuted by Thomas Nowlan, five shillings
John
Sturgeon, prosecuted by Thomas Nowlan, five
shillings
Beach of the Peace
John
Belford, one pound, five shillings
Sureties to Keep the Peace
Richard
Hirkey, Cornelus O’Keefe, ordered to find
security surety
Breach of Bylaw Trespass
John
Hollinger and Nancy Byers, one pound
Left Employ Contrary to Agreement
Peter
Portagu, William McKay, five shillings
Threatening Language
Edward
Chambers, George F. Shamieur, ordered to find
sureties of the peace. Went to Jail
Trespass
Jeremiah
Noile, Patrick Dalvoghery, ten shillings each
Petty Trespass
Alpheus
Knapp, William Ritchie, five shillings each
Drunk and Disorderly
John Mitchell, case dismissed
Patrick McGinnis went to jail eight days
John Smith and Simon O’Day, ten shillings each
Francis Tuft, five shillings
Timothy
Conboy, two pounds ten shillings
Selling Liquor after hours
Jas
Allan, innkeeper dismissed, prosecuter (R. Kellock,
inspector) ordered to pay costs.
Disorderly Conduct
Michael Live, ordered to find sureties to keep the peace
Godfrey
Bell, Duncan Ferguson, Edward Hoskilt, George Graham,
five shillings each
Damage to Property
John Keays, ten shillings
Perth
Courier, June 29, 1860
The Almonte Examiner is the title of a
new paper started in the village of Almonte.
It is under the management of Thomas
Leckie. It is very creditably
got up, is conducted with ability and is devoted to the cause of Reform and
progress generally. As a
disseminator of Liberal principles in the Ottawa section of the country we wish
them every success.
What is a Lady?
A
lady must possess perfect refinement and intelligence.
She must be a Christian, mild, gentle and charitable, unostentatious and
doing good by stealth. She must be deaf to scandal and gossip. Her high sense of honor will forbid her prying into her
husband’s secrets, searching stealthily his portmanteau and pockets and
breaking open his desk drawers. She
must not disdain a kindly nod of recognition to her servants, seamstress, dress
maker, butcher, baker or any other employee she may chance to meet. She must possess discrimination, know of human nature and
tact sufficient to avoid offending one’s weak points, steering wide of all
subjects which may be disagreeable to any one present.
She must keep the Golden Rule uppermost in her mind.
She must look upon personal cleanliness and freshness of attire as next
to godliness. Her dress must be in
accord with her means, never dressy or flashy but if possible composed of the
best material. Abhoring everything
soiled or faded finery or mock jewelry, her pure mind and clear conscience will
cause the foot of time to pass as lightly over the smooth brows as if she
stepped on flowers and as she moves with quiet grace, and dignity all will
accord her instinctively the title of lady.
Perth
Courier, July 6, 1860
Distillery to Let:
The premises at present occupied by the subscriber as a distillery in the
manufacture of malt whiskey will be let for a term of years.
The machinery is in first class condition.
William Canwaith
Married, at the residence of the
bride’s father, 29th ult., by Rev. W. Inglis(?), Mr. Alexander Shaw, Esq., of the firm Shaw and Sinclair, Goderich and
Kincardine, to Anna Robinson, eldest
daughter of Peter Robinson, Esq., merchant, Kincardine.
Perth
Courier, July 13, 1860
Farm For Sale: Lot 11, 4th Concession N. Sherbrooke, 125 acres,
85 of which are cleared and well fenced and in first class order.
The buildings are mostly new and a good log house, cedar log barn with
new stables and sheds are among them. Duncan
Ferguson
Died, at Lanark, on the 6th
July, at her father’s residence, Charlotte
Adelia Wright, third daughter of Philemon Wright, aged 24 years, 11 months,
formerly of Hull, C.E.
Died, at Westmeath, on the 9th
inst., of apoplexy, Isabella Condie,
wife of James Condie, in the 57th year of her age, formerly of
Burgess.
Perth
Courier, July 20, 1860
We learn from the Carleton Place Herald
that an attempt was made on Saturday night last to fire the residence of James
Duncan, Esq., in Carleton Place but it was fortunately discovered and
extinguished before much harm was done. The
incendiary has not been discovered.
Died, on the 18th inst., Christianna
Brown, beloved daughter of Mr. David Brown, aged 21.
Perth
Courier, August 10, 1860
On the 2nd inst., a man named
Edward Ward, residing on the 1st
Line Drummond, was returning from Smith’s Falls in a wagon.
Some distance east of Pike Falls, he was overtaken by some men on
horseback, between one of whom, named Richard
Stephens and Ward, some bantering took place which resulted in Stephens
taking hold of one of Ward’s horses by the bridle.
Ward told him to let the horse go which he refused to do and he (Ward)
then pulled the horses away from Stephens and one of them being a young colt,
they started forward when Stephens was thrown down and the wagon passed over
him. On Monday night Stephens died
from the injuries he had received. Dr.
Burritt, Coroner, held an inquest on the body and the jury returned a verdict
“Willful Murder” against Ward who is now in custody awaiting trial at the
fall Assizes. The general
impression is that the case is a hard one and not warranted by the
circumstances.
We learn from the Gleaner that a man
named Luke Haly was killed on the B
& O Railway a short distance above Smith’s Falls one day last week.
He was returning home from the village along the track when a gravel
train came up behind him. When first seen he was walking on the side of the track and
out of danger but as the train got within a few rods of him he stepped into the
middle of the track immediately before the locomotive.
The whistle was sounded, the brakes put on, and the engine reversed and
the engineer ran out on the platform and called to him but all of no use—he
was run down and horribly mutilated. Haly
was very deaf which accounts for his not hearing the train and he had been
repeatedly warned to stay off the tracks.
Perth
Courier, August 24, 1860
One day last week a man named John
Donald, residing in Balthurst, was taking down his gun to shoot some birds,
and the gun went off and the contents passed through his body.
He died almost immediately.
Perth
Courier, September 7, 1860
VISIT
OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES
On Monday last, the 3rd
inst., His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales passed through the United Counties
of Lanark and Renfrew en route from Ottawa to Kingston. His Royal Highness and suite first entered the United
Counties at Arnprior. Here every
preparation had been made which forethought could suggest.
Six beautiful arches of evergreens were erected in the streets through
which the Prince would have to pass, flags innumerable fluttered in the
breeze—the streets and houses were decorated with evergreens and on the whole
the village of Arnprior presented a very pleasing appearance and the decorations
and preparations generally were highly creditable to the good taste and loyalty
of the inhabitants. For hours
previous to the arrival of the prince the crowds of people might have been seen
wending their way to the steamboat landing where a suitable platform had been
erected and carpeted for the reception of the prince.
Throngs of people had assembled who numbered we should say some five or
six thousand among whom were a fair sprinkling of the fair sex all anxious to
obtain a favorable view of England’s future sovereign.
James Thompson, Esq., high
sheriff of the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew, was there, dressed in his
official robes to receive the prince on the landing and the members of the
county council were there to present him with an address.
It was announced the prince and his party would cross the lake in canoes
and for an hour or so glasses were in requisition to see if any signs could be
distinguished of the embarkation on the opposite shore.
About 1:00 it was announced that the canoes had put out and two steamers
were seen pulling off the opposite shore. The
canoes soon became visible to the naked eye.
To were manned by shanty men dressed in white trousers and red shirts and
as the fleet of canoes (some 40 or 50) came fully into view the presented a very
impressive and pleasing appearance. The
steamer Oregon came into her wharf first, crowded with people and another,
smaller, steamer followed in a few minutes.
A royal salute was then fired from some cannons stationed on the rising
ground in the rear and by the time this was concluded the canoes had reached the
land. The young prince stepped
ashore and had been a few steps and stopped and raised his hat and bowed to the
people and he was greeted with loud and prolonged British cheers. Sheriff
Thompson conducted him to the platform where he stood to receive the address of
the county council. Daniel
Galbraith, Esq., Warden of the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew, then
stepped forward and read the address. The
ceremony concluded, the prince stepped off the platform and lightly into a
carriage and with his suite proceeded to the residence of D.
McLauchlin, Esq., amid loud and prolonged cheers. Ample preparations had been made by Mr. McLauchlin for the
reception and after having partaken of refreshments, the prince entered the
carriage and proceeded to Almonte. The
sheriff and county warden, accompanied the prince’s suite and ere he had
proceeded but a few miles any number of carriages, wagons, and men on horseback
joined the royal cavalcade. In the
competition to get as near the prince’s carriage as possible, the utmost
confusion prevailed and all were driving at a furious rate utterly regardless of
the consequences. This portion of
the prince’s journey must have been very disagreeable owing to the dense
clouds of dust raised by the horses
and carriages. At the village of
Pakenham, triumphal arches were erected at each end of the village with the word
“Welcome”. The streets were
lined with evergreens and any number of flags fluttered in the breeze.
The village on the whole had a beautiful and imposing appearance and the
arrangement and designs reflected great credit on the taste and management of
the inhabitants. The cavalcade,
however, did not stop at this village but drove through it at a rapid rate and
the throngs of people lining the streets and looking out the windows of the
houses cold have gotten little better than an imperfect glance at the young
prince as he passed rapidly along in a cloud of dust.
From Pakenham to Almonte at every mile of two were stationed crowds of
people anxious to get a glimpse of the prince as he passed, many of whom must
have been disappointed. At Snedden’s Corners, Ramsay, a beautiful triumphal arch
was erected through which the prince and his suite passed and a very large
concourse of people assembled and got a sight of the prince and who cheered
heartily as he passed along. Before
entering Almonte, a triumphal arch was erected in front of the residence of J.
Wylie, Esq., through which the royal cavalcade had to pass.
Flags were also hoisted from Mr. Wylie’s house and from several other
houses along the route. In the
village of Almonte great preparations had been made to welcome the prince. Triumphal arches were erected in the main streets and any
number of flags fluttering in the breeze. The
flags presented a beautiful appearance when the village first came into view
from the rising ground near Mr. Wylie’s residence. The prince’s cavalcade passed through the village directly
to the railway station where the state car was waiting to receive the prince and
his party and convey them to Brockville. The
cars started a few minutes after the arrival of the prince and as they were
leaving, His Royal Highness appeared in the door of the car and bowed to the
people as the train moved off amid enthusiastic cheering.
The royal train did not stop at Carleton Place but proceeded directly to
Smith’s Falls where a stay of a few minutes was made.
An address was made by A. Clark,
Reeve. There was an excursion train
from Perth to Smith’s Falls and there was a vast conveyance of people and some
say eight or ten thousand. A royal
salute was fired by the Perth Artillery and the prince’s train moved onto
Brockville and thus ended the first and probably the last visit of a member of
the Royal Family of England to the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew.
Judson’s Mountain Herb Worm Tea:
A safe and pleasant cure for worms—herbs and roots, not a particle of
Calomel or Mineral is used in it. The
only other active principle of other vermifuges and worm killers is mercury.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 14, 1860
On Saturday last two men named John
O’Connor, Sr., and William Horrick,
Jr., started from Innisville for Ferguson’s Falls in a bark canoe. They had proceeded but a short distance when the canoe upset
and they were both found under the canoe dead—their legs having gotten
entangled in the cross bars.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 21, 1860
Return of Convictions for the quarter
ending Sept. 30, 1860
Assault and Battery
Duncan McMaster, prosecutor Joseph Buckwheat, ten pounds
Thomas Brownlee, prosecutor S. Marion, ten shillings
Alexander Smith, prosecutor Alexander Carmichael, five shillings
Alexander Smith, prosecutor Josiah McIntosh, five shillings
John Murphy, prosecutor Margaret McIlroy, one pound, five shillings
Alexander Bain, prosecutor James Leonard, two shillings, six pence
Patrick Walsh, prosecutor R. Matheson, Jr., three pounds, ten shillings
Mrs. Gainey, prosecutor Owen Strain, one shilling
John Conners, prosecutor John Duffey, three pounds, five shillings, six pence
Christopher
Briggs, prosecutor John Armstrong, ten shillings
Selling Liquor Without a License
S.
Jervois, five pounds
Trespass
Stephen White, prosecutor Peter Powers, 15 shillings
Arthur Doulley, prosecutor Bernard Hanlon, fifteen shillings
Michael McGill, prosecutor Bernard Hanlon, one pound five shillings
William Lewis, prosecutor William Richards, two shillings six pence
Patrick Callaghan, prosecutor Francis Shamier, one pound five shillings
J. Tucker, prosecutor George Burke and William Hughes, ten shillings
John
Duffy, prosecutor James McEvoy, one shilling three
pence
Breach of Peace
R.
Richeson and S. Mitchell, ten shillings each
Assault
Peter Shields prosecutor Elizabeth Davies, fifteen shillings
Thomas Kellock, prosecutor John McGuire, one shilling
Marie McCaffrey, prosecutor Nancy Greer, one shilling
Donald
McIntosh, prosecutor Hannah King, two pounds ten
shillings
Sureties to Keep the Peace
Robert
C. Johnston, case dismissed, prosecutor (Henry
Hogg) paying the costs
Non-payment of Wages
John
Murphy, prosecutor Margaret McIlroy, three
shillings
Drunk and Disorderly
Thomas Fitzgerald, ten shillings
James Binks, one pound
Patrick Corley, ten shillings
Alexander Fraser, ten shillings
James Lang, ten shillings
James
Cunningham, ten shillings
Petty Trespass
Jessie
Rodger five shillings
Keeping a Disorderly House
Fanny
Gilbert, ten pounds
Indecent Language
James
Leonard, five shillings
Threatening Language
Charles
Bone, ordered to find sureties of the peace;
sureties given
Leaving Employ of Plaintiff
Timothy
Ryan, ordered to find sureties of the peace;
sureties given
Violent Conduct
Peter
Levie, ordered to find sureties of the peace;
sureties given
General Bad Conduct
Patrick
Walsh, ordered to find sureties of the peace,
sureties given
Farm For Sale: Lot 4, 10th Concession Drummond, 100 acres
The farm is situated on the banks of the Mississippi about one and a
quarter mile from Lanark Village and nine miles from Perth on the plank road
leading from Lanark to Perth. There
is a good frame house and barn with a living spring of water and a good orchard.
The farm is in a high state of cultivation, 70 acres having been cleared.
John Ralston
Died, at Smith’s Falls on Thursday, 20th Sept. Joseph Coombs, son of Joseph Coombs, druggist, three years, five months and three days.
Child of my bosom’s care
Cut down like morning flowers
Pure as thyself as tender fair
And born in hapless hour
But thou has passed away
From sorrow’s night thy son has risen
In hopes thy light will be our day
Beyond the sky in Heaven
In hopes of this we part
Thy Jesus sought thy bloom
And raised thy spirit to his heart
We’ll meet beyond the tombs.
Weep not for him who has bone before
Prepare yourself his fate to meet
That you may reach the happy shore
When saints with him then will you meet.
Perth
Courier, October 26, 1860
Married, at Lanark, on the 11th
inst., by Rev. Thomas Fraser, James Mair,
Jr., to Miss Jane Glossop, eldest daughter of Mr. Daniel Glossop, Sr.
Married, on the 2nd inst., by
Rev. James B. Duncan, Free Church, minister at Perth, assisted by Rev. Mr. Clark
of Lanark, Robert Howden, M.D., Esq.,
Almonte, to Miss Mary Martina Nichol,
daughter of Jas. S. Nichol, M.D., Perth
Farm for Sale: Lot 19, 10th Concession North Burgess (Scotch
Line), 200(?) acres. Simon McInerney
Perth
Courier, December 1, 1860
On Tuesday last a little boy about five
years old, son of James Bell, Esq.,
of this town, while attempting to jump on a loaded sleigh coming up from the
railway depot, missed his footing, fell and one of the runners of the sleigh
passed over his body. He was
seriously hurt and doubts are entertained of his recovery.
Perth
Courier, December 7, 1860
We understand that a man named Michael Ryan residing on the 9th Line Bathurst committed suicide on Sunday evening last by hanging himself. No cause is alleged for the fatal act unless the fact that he had traded his house and lot in Perth for the farm he was residing on and had repented of his bargain. He was a sober, industrious man and has left a wife and large family.
Perth
Courier, Dec. 21, 1860
Sheriffs Sale of Land:
To be sold at public auction: Lands
and tenements of John Cameron, deceased, at the time of his death, East ½ Lot 17 10th
Concession North Elmsley.
Sheriffs Sale of Land:
Writ of Fieri Facias against the lands and tenements of William
Moorhouse at the suit of Richard Shaw,
Lot 10, East Side Prince Street, Lanark Village.
Died, at Smith’s Falls, on the 18th
inst., John W. Gould, aged 22 years,
5 months and 26 days, with full assurance of blessed immortality.
Perth
Courier, December 28, 1860
Died, at Harpurhay(?), C.W., on the 18th
inst., John Brown, a native of
Glasgow, Scotland and long a resident in Perth, in the 46th year of
his age.
Perth
Courier, Jan. 4, 1861
Died, on the 29th ult., of
sore throat, William Angus Bain, aged
three years, nine months, third son of Rev. William Bain.
Colin Ferguson of Beckwith
The subject of this brief notice was a
native of Scotland, and emigrated with his parents to Canada in 1828 and settled
in the vicinity of Beckwith. Since
he attained manhood, he was known among his friends and neighbors as a man of
sterling integrity and as the constant sympathasizer with the distressed and the
willing helper of the poor. He has
departed this life universally loved and most deeply regretted.
He leaves a sorrowing widow and nine children to mourn his loss but they
“sorrow not as those that have no hope”.
During some religious services held in this neighborhood by Rev. D.
Morrison, he was deeply convinced of his lost condition as a sinner, while at a
subsequent series of services held here by the Rev. D.C. McDowell, his
convictions resulted in a change of heart and peace with God.
For five years he testified by his life and profession to the power of
the grace of God. His sickness was
very short. On Friday evening, 7th
Dec., he attended public worship. On
the next Monday, his indisposition excited alarm among his friends.
Medical aid was procured but in vain; inflammation had seized his brain
and on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 11, he breathed his last at the age of 46 years
and the spirit left the body to be with Christ.
Perth
Courier, Jan. 11, 1861
Married, at the residence of the
bride’s father, by Rev. S.M. Crofont(?), Mr. E.
Morrison of Perth to Miss S. Odel, of Champion, Jefferson County, New York.
Perth
Courier, Jan. 25, 1861
Return of Convictions for the Period
Ending Dec. 31, 1860
Breach of Bylaw
George
Munson, ten shillings
Assault
Thomas and Pat Curry, prosecutor William Burns, one pound, three shillings, six pence
Pat Curry, prosecutor Rose Ann Sampson, five shillings
Thomas Donohoe Sr., and Thomas Donohoe, Jr., prosecutorDavid Mahoney, one pound five shillings
David Mahoney, prosecutor Alexander Sampson, two pounds
Robert McClay, prosecutor Louise Grace, ten shillings
John Omalis, prosecutor William Shaw, five shillings
Ames Eamer, prosecutor Peter Healey, five shillings
Louisa Eamer, prosecutor Peter Healey, five shillings
Catherine Sample, prosecutor Mary Campbell, five shillings
Edward Hedigan, prosecutor James Carty, one shilling
Michael O’Neil, prosecutor George Gomersall, five shillings
Thomas Richey, prosecutor Hamilton McVeigh, case withdrawn
Richard McKay, prosecutor William Sparling, ten shillings
Thomas Martin, prosecutor T.M. Baird, one shilling
John Foster, prosecutor Margaret McKim, two pounds, ten shillings
Charles
Longe, prosecutor Hannah Gouse, fifteen shillings
Assault and Battery
Vetil Phillis(?), prosecutor Caroline Hill, five shillings
Christopher Willoughby, prosecutor Patrick Conlan, ten shillings
John McNeil, prosecutor Patrick Conlon, five shillings
John Murray, Sr., and John Murray, Jr., prosecutorThomas Burris, five shillings each
Charles Cusick, prosecutor Henry Edwards, two shillings six pence
William Cusick, prosecutor Donald McPherson, five shillings
Joseph Cooles, Mrs. Ann Cooles, surety given charge not proved
Joseph Cavanagh, prosecutor Robert Dunlop, bound to keep the peace
William Cusick, prosecutor Charles Cusick, two pounds, five shillings
Patrick Driscoll, prosecutor Charles Cusick, five shillings
Charles Cusick, prosecutor Robert Driscoll, fifteen shillings
Charles Cusick, prosecutor William Cusick, one pound
William Finan, prosecutor John Noble, two pounds, ten shillings
Jas Lee and Thomas Hart, prosecutor H. Buffam, case dismissed
John Murray, Sr., prosecutor Thomas Burris, five shillings
William
White, prosecutor Frederick Kurth, one pound, five
shillings
Misdemeanor
James
McComachie, five shillings
Selling Liquor Without a License
James
McOwen, and John McGregor, seven pounds, ten
shillings each
Vagrancy
Patrick
Curley, one month in gaol
Drunk and Disorderly
Archibald Kain, Archibald McCallum, Jeremiah Kelly, Richard Hickey, Michael Foley, five shillings each.
Philip Mooney and Andrew Campbell, three pounds fifteen shillings each
John Gray, R.C. Johnston, Elizabeth Lumsden, ten shillings each
Margaret McMaster, one pound, five shillings
Robert
Moore, case dismissed
Threats
John
Watson, sureties given to keep the peace
Leaving Employ
Edward
Price, two pounds ten shillings
Breech of Bylaws
John
Nolan, one pound, four shillings and six pence
Threats of Injury
Honora
McInery, ordered to give sureties to keep the
peace
Selling Liquor With a License
Lyman B. Boyce, twelve pounds and ten shillings
John
McCahill, two pounds, ten shillings
Selling Liquor on Sabbath
E.M.
Baldwin and R.J. Fitzsimmons, five pounds each
Cutting Timber
Barney
Kequeon, two pounds, five shillings
Non-payment of Labor Tax
Michael
McInis, ten shillings
Left Employment
John
Good, three pounds fifteen shillings
Non-performance of Statute Labor
Louis
Leventur, ten shillings
Killing a Fowl
T.M.
Baird, one shilling
Deserting Employment
Cyrus
Prye, one pound
Profane Swearing
Michael
McInis, two shillings
Obscene Language on a Street
Margaret Robertson, one pound
Ann
Devine, one pound, five shillings
Selling Liquor After Hours
S.P.
Maxwell, five pounds
Perth
Courier, Feb. 1, 1861
Notice to Debtors:
As the subscriber is about to leave Hopetown, he requests all those
indebted to him to settle up immediately and save costs.
Robert Cannan
Perth Courier, March 8, 1861
20 Years Ago
How wondrous are the changes, Jim
Since 20 years ago?
When gals wore woolen dresses, Jim
And boys wore pants of tow
When shoes were made of cow hide
And socks were homespun wool
And children did a half day’s work
Before they went to school
The girls took music lessons, Jim
Upon the spinning wheel
And practiced late and early, Jim
On spindle, swift and reel
And boys would ride bareback to mill
A dozen miles or so
And hurry back before ‘twas day
Some 20 years ago.
The people rode to meeting, Jim
In sleds instead of sleighs
And wagons rode as easy, Jim
As buggies now a day
And oxen answered well for teams
Though now they’d be too slow
For people lived not half so fast
Some 20 years ago.
Oh, well do I remember, Jim
That Wilson’s patent stove
That father bought and paid for, Jim
In cloth our gals had wove
And how the neighborhood wondered
When we got “the thing” to go
And said t’would bust and kill us all
Some 20 years ago.
Yes, everything is different, Jim
From what it used to be
For men are always tampering, Jim
With God’s great natural laws
And what on earth we are coming to
Does anybody know?
For everything has changed so much
From 20 years ago.
Businesses in Perth
George Northgraves, Watch and Clockmater, Jeweler and Engraver
Daniel Kellock, News Agent
M. McNamara, Jeweler and Engraver
R.L. Corry, Importer and Manufacturer of Shoes
Martindale and Pacy(?), Hardware
John S. Coombs, Chemist and Druggist
W.O. Buell, Barrister, Fire Insurance Agent and Agent for Life Assurance
W.M. Shaw, Barrister and Attorney-At-Law
J. Deacon, Jr., Barrister and Attorney-At-Law
D. Fraser, Barrister, Etc.
C.W.
Eberson, Dentist
Perth
Courier, March 15, 1861
Farm For Sale: 9th Concession Elmsley, 100 acres, 50 cleared.
Within three miles of Perth, known as the John Dobie farm.
Apply to James McPherson,
Perth, or John Smith, Elmsley
List of Constables for 1861
Perth:
William Gill, High Constable
Duncan
McKerracher, George Deacon, Peter Henralty, John Trace, Samuel Farmer, John
McMaster, George Graham, John Bone, Robert Balderson, John riddle, George Corry,
William Butler, James Todd
Drummond
J. Code, Jr., Innisville
D. McLaren, 8th Concession
Thomas
Horax, Joseph McCaffrey, Richard Sharple(?), William Robinson, Jr., John
Hollinger, Patrick Murphy
Bathurst
Charles
McKinnon, William Buffam, C. Bothwell, Thomas Churchill, Richard Lee, John
Manion, Patrick Malone
North Elmsley
Walter
Hogg, Thomas O’Harra, Perry Caswell
Burgess
Alexander
Abercrombie, Thomas Byrne, Gilbert Wilson, Jr.
Smith’s Falls
J.W.
Caswell, Elias Brown, Edward Gilroy, Levi Davis, William Edgar
Ramsay
Samuel
Bulger, William Gilmour, Norman Shipman, Daniel Culvin, Daniel Drummond
Montague
Charles
Rose, Harvey Moffat, Thomas Graham, John McCrea, George McGrath, John Gilully,
William Ringer
Darling
Peter
Duncan, John Camelon
Dalhousie
John
Morrison, Peter Cumming, Thomas Dunlop
North Sherbrooke
George
Wilson
Pembroke Village
George
Patterson, John Dewar, John Ryan, John Berry
South Sherbrooke
Samuel
Hannah, John Buchanan, John Dowdle, William Morrow, George Sletler(?) Stetler(?)
Lanark Village
Alexander
Hunter, Jacob Gallinger, Francis Turner, Noble Burnett
Beckwith
A
Campbell Ashton, Peter Drummond, James McGregor
Carleton Place
George
McPherson, Nathaniel McNeeley, Abraham McCuffrey, Joseph
Bond
Pakenham
John
Elliott, James McLeod, James Ellis
Lanark Township
James
Rankin, Alexander McCallum, Thomas Duechman, Archibald Campbell
Franktown
John
Morris
John
McKerracher
Farm For Sale: NE ½ Lot 3, 6th Concession Beckwith, 100 acres John
McG Chambers
Return of Convictions for the period
ending March 31, 1861
Assault
L.D. Auchamp, prosecutor Edward Cardwelle, two pounds, two shillings, six pence
James McIlquham, prosecutor Jacob LaCauline(?), two shillings, six pence
Joseph McWilliams, prosecutor James Coulton, five shillings
Hugh McWilliams, prosecutor Charles Lovely, ten shillings
Edward Darey (or Dorey), prosecutor
Erasius Ballas, one shilling
Disturbing a School
William
Cunningham, Patrick Condie, Michael Callachan, Thomas Mulvihill, Daniel Scully,
Daniel Mulvihill, John Scully, Martin Mulvihill,
one shilling each
Taking Away School Minutes
Patrick
Condie, one shilling
Assault and Battery
John Deacon, Sr., James Deadon, William Deacon, Ephraim Deacon, prosecutor John Corry, one shilling each
William Kilgore, prosecutor J. Harley, one shilling
Thomas Brooke, prosecutor Charles Rice, one pound
William Neilan, prosecutor Dennis Barry, ten shillings
Thomas Dean, prosecutor Cyrun Pyrne, two shillings, six pence
Thomas
Hunt, Jos. LeMarsh, Jos. Grenier, prosecutor Louis
Banchet, one pound each
Non-performance of Statute Labor
William Carson, fifteen shillings
Adam Craig, James Bredin, John Cope, John O’Brine, ten shillings each
Daniel Bowes, fifteen shillings
Alexander
Bane, two pounds, five shillings
Obstructing Overseer of Highways
Patrick
Sherbon, ten shillings
Refusing to Act as Fence Viewer
Patrick
O’Brine, fifteen shillings
Absconding Apprentice
Peter
Collins, prosecutor Abraham Fraser, ordered to return to employment
Leaving Employment
William
Dunlop, prosecutor Robert Dunlop, one pound, five shillings
Neglecting Duty As School Trustee
James
Halley, Elliott Johnston, Eustache Lafleure, case
dismissed, defendant to pay costs
Selling Liquor Contrary to License
Benedict
Darrow, three pounds, ten shillings
Hunting Deer
John
Robertson, one pound, five shillings
Taking Deer and Selling Venison
Oliver
Burns, one pound, five shillings
Selling Liquor Without a License
Fanny Gilbert, two pounds, ten shillings
Vagrancy
Euphemia
Russell, ten shillings—went to jail
Drunk and Disorderly
Neil
Campbell, ten shillings
Trespass
Elliott Johnston, five shillings
John Fay or Foy, five shillings
Sheriff’s Sale of Land:
Writ of Fieri Facias against the lands and tenements of William
Moorhouse at the suit of Richard
Shaw:
Lot 10 East Side Prince Street Town of
Lanark
Sheriff’s Sale of Land: Writ of Fieri Facias against the lands and tenements of Robert Henderson, at the suit of Daniel McMartin
SW ½ Lot 16, 10th Concession Ramsay
Part of Lot 15, 9th Concession Ramsay
NW Angle of NE ½ Lot 15, 9th Concession Ramsay
Part of East ½ Lot 15, 9th
Concession Ramsay
Married, on the 15th inst.,
at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. W. Bain, Mr. Duncan McKenzie of Minnesota to Miss Annie Campbell, youngest daughter of Patrick Campbell, Esq., of
Bathurst
Perth
Courier, April 5, 1861
The undersigned will sell by auction at
the residence of Mrs. Oliver (near
Doober’s Hotel) on Thursday, April 9, the whole of her household furniture.
John Dean, Auctioneer
Perth
Courier, April 12, 1861
Died, at Perth, on the 29th
March, R.G. Austin, a native of
London, England, aged 33.
Perth
Courier, April 26, 1861
The ploughing match of the South Riding of Lanark came off as advertised on the farm of James Clark of Bathurst. The day was fair and a very animated competition was kept up by the ploughmen throughout the day. The committee of directors laid down the rules and limited the time to three and a half hours. Ten ploughs were entered, conspicuous among them the iron ploughs of Mr. Rutherford of Perth. The decision of the judges, M.Bell, P. Stewart and J. Hope was as follows:
First Prize: John McCallum
Second Prize: C. Bogan
Third Prize: D. Watson
The first prize among the young men was to Mr. Moodie, the second prize to Mr. Weir; and the third prize to Mr. McFarlane
Mr.
Clark served up a handsome and sumptuous dinner to
the ploughmen and others and the day passed off very satisfactorily.
The Assizes:
The Queen versus Michael Hays: The
prisoner was indicted for arson in setting fire to the lockup in the village of
Pembroke. Verdict—guilty, three
years in the penitentiary
The Queen versus John Stewart—The prisoner was indicted for rape on Margaret
Smith Verdict—Not Guilty
Perth
Courier, May 3, 1861
Drowned—A man named O’Brien was drowned on Sunday last near Adams’ Mills.
He was out in a canoe which upset. The
body was recovered.
Our Almonte contemporary has changed its
name from Examiner to Express and is very much improved in appearance.
It is now under the proprietorship of W.C.
Scott and shows enterprise and spirit.
Perth
Courier, May 15, 1861
Birth, on Tuesday, 14th
inst., the wife of J. Deacon, Jr.,
barrister, a son.
Perth
Courier, May 31, 1861
Married, on the 29th inst.,
by Rev. R.L. Stephenson, Rector, Mr. John
Haggaret, Esq., Mayor of Perth to Miss Caroline
Douglas, second daughter of Mr. Robert Douglas, Esq., of Perth.
Perth
Courier, June 21, 1861
For Gentlemen at Parties:
Act very brazenly
Stare round amazingly
Strut in stuck-upishly
Bow very puppishly
First to the lady who
Sent round the card to you
Then you may condescend
Three or four words to spend
On some notoriety
Or girls of society
Or whisper very killingly
To some belle who willingly
Passes time flirtingly
Laughing—Oh, certainly!
Whispering, blushingly
Checking you hushingly
Whispering till ringlets fall
Over your neck and all
Until distressingly
Thrillingly, caressingly
Off in a waltz you go
Spinning half crazy, oh!
This is propriety
Out in society.
Perth
Courier, July 12, 1861
Return of Convictions for the Quarter
Ending June 30, 1861
Assault:
Elijah Adams, prosecutor R. Duncan, ten shillings
Thomas Duncan, prosecutor T. Bolton, five shillings
J. Alcorn and R. Boyle, prosecutor R. Pollack, one pound
G. Buffam, prosecutor A. Hunter, three pounds, ten shillings
John Dooner, prosecutor J. Johnston, one pound three shillings
D. Madigan, prosecutor J. Madigan, two shillings six pence
H. Best, prosecutor John Orr, five shillings
James
Cussick, prosecutor E. Croak, ten shillings
Assault and Battery:
James Irvine, prosecutor C. Campbell, one shilling six pence
Owen Connolly, prosecutor J. Connelly, two shillings, six pence
F. Edwards, prosecutor R. Eady, one shilling
M. Hays, prosecutor A. Duff, four pounds
J. Lemarsh, prosecutor A. Belfoi, one pound, ten shillings
John Davis, prosecutor C. Rose, one pound
Samuel Smith, prosecutor P. Gallagher, two pounds
James
Colross, prosecutor F. Turner and R. Stone, one pound, ten shillings each
Assault and Battery and Threatening
H. McVay, prosecutor Rebecca McVay, two shillings six pence
John Droughen, prosecutor James Taylor, one pound
John
McMillan, prosecutor F. Shamior, one pound five shillings
Selling By Auction Without a License
J.K.
Erskine, one pound, five shillings
Selling Liquor to Indians
J.
McQuestion, Charles Strong, P. Gardepied, J. McKinlay, John Moore,
two pounds each
Absconding Employment
M. Martin, prosecutor J. Sevalwell, four pounds, imprisoned thirty days
George Perault, prosecutor J. Sevalwell, three pounds, ten shillings
J.
Potvin, prosecutor G. Belfoil, one pound, five shillings
Forcibly Taking Defendant’s Daughter
Wilson
Brown, five pounds
Trespass
William Stinett, prosecutor T. Reed, six shillings—served fifteen days in the lockup
H. McCanse, prosecutor J. Murphy, two pounds
Henry
Hillirby, prosecutor R. McIntyre, two pounds
Furnishing Liquor to Habitual Drunkard
Michael
Billair, five shillings
Cruelty to a Cow
Patrick
Perry, ten shillings
Drunk and Disorderly
J.
Smoke (Indian), one shilling
Assaults and Threats on Her Life
Hamilton
McVeigh by Rebecca
McVeith—Required to provide sureties to keep the peace two years—sent to
jail for default
Selling Liquor After Hours
R.
Crawford, five pounds
Killing Deer
Nicholas
Hall, one pound, five shillings
Fishing on Sunday
A
Tapper, two shillings six pence
Nonpayment of Wages
James
Guest, prosecutor W. Peeves and F. Gruce
Selling Liquor Contrary to Bylaw
A McNicol, ten pounds
Angus
McDonald, five pounds
It is with extreme regret we have to
announce the death of Thomas MacQueen,
Esq., a man well and favorably known to most of our readers.
Mr. MacQueen resided for many years near Pakenham Village during which
period he was an almost constant contributor to the Courier where his letters
were read with deep interest and exerted a powerful effect in radicalizing the
county of Lanark. Mr. MacQueen
possessed a logical mind and was an original as well as a deep thinker while his
political views were of the progressive order of reform.
He was both a philosopher and a politician—a fluent speaker and an able
writer—and both his writings and his lectures possessed a degree of
attractiveness amounting almost to fascination.
In fact, he was a man of the “Hugh Miller stamp” and was in a great
measure self taught and was a stone mason by trade.
He was a native of Ayreshire, Scotland and was in his 58th
year when he died. In 1848 he
removed from Pakenham to Goderich where he established the Huron Signal and by
his writings and lectures succeeded in wresting the County of Huron from the
clutches of the Family Compact. In
1852 he started the Canadian in Hamilton which he published for two years, when
the paper went down for want of adequate support.
In 1854 he again resumed the editorial chair of the Signal which he
continued to fill until the time of his death.
John
York, Esq., has been appointed Associate Coroner
for the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew.
Died, at Perth on the 19th
inst., after a lingering illness, Elizabeth
Kellock, wife of Daniel Kellock. (no
age given)
Sheriff’s Sale of Land—Writ of Fieri
Facias, against the lands and tenements of William
Canwith at the suit of Neil McNeil,
Lot 39, Cockburn Island, and Lots 28, 29 and 40, Cockburn Island
Perth
Courier, August 2, 1861
Perry’s Cordial Balm of Syriagum
The Greatest Regenerator; a never
failing remedy for the loss of manly power; restores the impaired powers of life
when exhausted by the follies of youth, maturity and old age.
It is a certain cure in all cases of extreme nervous debility produced by
early imprudence and various other causes, exhaustion, incapacity for society,
indigestion, shortness of breath, dimness of sight, giddiness, cholic, cough,
cold, ulcerated throats.
For Sale: SW ½ Lot 3, 5th Concession Township of Lanark—A good farm, two miles from Lanark Village and being immediately along the road leading from Lanark to Bellamy’s and Ennisville 80 acres cleared AND
Part of Lot 3, 12th Concession Drummond, 43 acres—it is erected and on a saw mill and a turning loathe—in good order ALSO
Part of SW ½ Lot 12, 10th
Concession Bathurst, 25 acres. It
is in the immediate vicinity of Bain’s Mills and upon the great public road
leading from Perth to Dalhousie, North Sherbrooke
Samuel Buffam
Perth
Courier, August 30, 1861
The Detroit Michigan Free Press of the
21st inst., contains the following announcement of the death of William Shaw, a native of Perth and who served his time on the
Courier staff. His great ambition
was to excel in the profession he had chosen and a few years ago he took a prize
of a silver cup in New York as best compositor in the city.
Mr. Shaw’s mother still resides in Perth.
“William Shaw, an employee of this office, died yesterday at 4:00 in
the morning. He was a native of Canada and came to this city about two
years ago since which time he has been engaged as compositor on the Free Press.
He was highly respected by his brothers of the craft for his many good
qualities and his death occasions a vacancy in their ranks that will not soon be
filled. He was but 27 years of age
at the time of his death and his early death was undoubtedly hastened even if it
was not primarily caused by his great ambition to excel in the calling he had
chosen. Mr. Shaw leaves a wife and one child to whom this sad loss is
peculiarly afflictive. A meeting of
the Detroit Typographical Union of which the deceased was an active and highly
respected member was held at noon today and all necessary arrangements were made
for the funeral rites which will take place on Wednesday morning at 9:00”
Saddler’s Shop to Rent—The
subscriber being unable to attend to business from the loss of his health offers
to rent his harness shop after the middle of October next.
The shop is large and a good business stand being in one of the principal
stands of town. T.
McCaffrey, Jr.
Perth Courier, September 27, 1861
Return of Convictions for the Period
Ending September 30, 1861
Trespass
John Rodgers, prosecutor Richard Code, six shillings
James McGregor, prosecutor Martin Larkins, five shillings
Samuel Bates, prosecutor Nicholas Loftus, five shillings
John Gorman, prosecutor Henry McMars, two pounds, ten shillings
Orange Wright, prosecutor Joseph Knight, five shillings
M. Foley and J. Foley, prosecutor John Neville, five shillings
John Stewart, prosecutor Michael Maloney, sixteen shillings
N.
Hall and James Hall, prosecutor John
Peters, ten shillings
Drunk and Disorderly
Edward Beaugois, six shillings
Samuel Devlin, one pound, six shillings
John McCarlty, five shillings
Joseph Dacrow, settled by parties
Terrence Quinn, ordered to find sureties of the peace
Jeremiah
Kelly, case dismissted
Assault
Martin Hedderman, prosecutor Robert Thompson, five shillings
James Bruedell, prosecutor Charles Young, two pounds, six shillings
Joseph Grace, prosecutor William Woods, one pound, five shillings
Robert Equer, prosecutor Samuel James, ten shillings
Mary Burns, prosecutor John Gorman, one shilling three pence
Michael Maloney, prosecutor John Stewart, one shilling
Elizabeth Seye, prosecutor Letitia Hunt, five shillings
Peter Bealou, prosecutor James Bangs, one pound
Edward Stevenson, prosecutor Edwin Molyneaux, five shillings
John Harvey, prosecutor Allan Taylor, fifteen shillings
David Shepherd, prosecutor John Sturgeon, ten shillings
John Schooler, prosecutor Robert Penman, five shillings
Charles Blair, prosecutor James Campbell, ten shillings
John Haggart, Esq., prosecutor Robert Gemmell, Esq., one pound, five shillings
William James prosecutor William Larkins, ten shillings
William McDonald, prosecutor Michael Cavanagh, five shillings
J. Depon and A. Winn, prosecutor J.W. Carswell, five shillings each
Henry
Hunter, prosecutor John Couch, five shillings
Assault and Battery
William Scott, prosecutor Robert Kilpatrick, one pound
Watt Hawkins, prosecutor Mr. Noble, three pounds, fifteen shillings
Richard Hawkins, prosecutor Mr. Noble, one pound, five shillings
Henry Hawkins, prosecutor Mr. Noble, ten shillings
Andrew Craig, prosecutor James Baird, ten shillings
John Larkins, prosecutor William James, ten shillings
Elizabeth Bradley, prosecutor James McGregor, one shilling
John James, prosecutor James McGregor, two shillings
Margaret Fallan, prosecutor Caroline McGun, two shillings six pence
Archy St. Lewis, prosecutor E. Rupell, two shillings, six pence
Francis Sampson, prosecutor John Gorman, one shillilng
Michael Neville, prosecutor Edward Command, defendant ordered to pay claimant when he puts in his time
Thomas Stapleton, prosecutor James McKay, one pound
William O’Brien, prosecutor William DeWitt, ten shillings
William Tucker, prosecutor John Stevenson, one shilling, three pence
James Haley, prosecutor Charles Devlin, not paid, defendant jailed one month
Cornelius Kennedy, prosecutor John McManus, one pound, five shillings
Oliver C. Costello, prosecutor Robert McLean, one pound, five shillings
James
Foster, prosecutor John McManus
Sarah Dixon, Jr., prosecutor John Rodgers, one shilling
John
Enis, prosecutor Alexander McFarland, ten
shillings
Selling Liquor Contrary to Bylaws
Thomas
Dobbie, twelve pounds, ten shillings
Grossly Insulting Language on the Highway
George
McGaskil, one shilling
Sellilng Liquor Without a License
Peter Doucett, one pound, five shillings
Anna
Parks, one pound, ten shillilngs
Profanation of the Sabbath
Alexander Sampson, ten shillings
William
Burns, one shilling, three pence
Malicious Injury to Property
Francis
Sampson, one shilling
Neglecting to Attend Militia Muster on Her Majesty’s Birthday
Edward
Bennett, Thomas Butler(?), George Commersal, William Brown, Robert Walker,
Robert Henry, one shilling each
Nonpayment of Wages $4
James
Elliott, prosecutor Edward Hilian, five shillings
Cattle Destroying Grain
John
Hannah, prosecutor James Nelson
Rescued Cattle Going to Pound
Alexander
Robertson
Wages
James
W. Johnston, prosecutor John Williams
defendant ordered to pay plaintiff when he puts in his time
Absconding from Master’s Employment
William
Henry Andrews, prosecutor John Riddell, ordered to
employment
Assault and Battery and Threatening Her Life
Michael
Hastings, prosecutor Mary Hastings, three pounds,
not paid, defendant imprisoned one month
Disorderly Conduct
James
Foster, John McManus, fifteen shillings each
Business Ads:
C.W. Eberson, Surgeon Dentist
W.O. Buell, barrister
D. Fraser, barrister
J. Deacon, Jr., barrister-at-law
W. O. Buell, Agent for Fire Insurance
W.M. Shaw, Barrister and Attorney-at-Law
W.O. Buell, Agent for Life Insurance
John S. Coombs, Chemist and Druggist
Daniel Kellock, News Agent
D. Kellock Book Seller
Edward H. Horsey, M.D.
Robert
Corry, M.D.
Farm For Sale: Lot 13, 5th Concession Bathurst, 100 acres,
formerly occupied by James Kerr—good stone house, frame barn. Apply to Arthur
Meighen or John Hicks
Perth
Courier, October 18, 1861
The Carleton Place Herald states that on
the 10th inst., a young lad about 12, son of Michael Parks of Pakenham, fell into a kettle of boiling potash and
when found nothing but the bones remained, the flesh having been all dissolved.
It could not have been more than 15 minutes until the accident was
discovered.
Perth Courier, October 25, 1861
Following Letter Not Transcribed in Full
To the Editor of the Perth Courier
Camp 16 Regiment New York
Near Alexandria, Virginia
October 6, 1861
Dear Sir:
After five months service in the U.S. Army you may reasonably suppose that I am somewhat experienced as to the causes and effects pertaining to the movements and mis-movements of the great Army of the Potomoc of which the 16th Regiment of which I am an honorary member. I have become acquainted with all the comforts, discomforts, etc., conveniences and inconveniences of the American soldier on the tented field in active campaigns. I enlisted at Albany, New York and have traveled at the expense of the U.S. government from there to Washington. I have seen all the great sights, Old Abe and cabinet with Scott on whose shoulders rests this stupendous undertaking, the crushing of an unnatural rebellion. I have seen the immense structure within whose walls the great and the good and the wise meet in solemn conclave to watch over and direct the destinies of the people. I have crossed the Rubicon and breathed the air which encircles the time honored hills of the “Old Dominion”. I have been upon the sanguine field of Bull Run where our army met with the reverse under which we still smart. The time is now at hand when an advance must be made and daily we are in expectation of orders to that effect. I have no doubt you will soon hear from General McClellan’s command. Our army is well equipped and clothed and cared for in every way. The 16th is armed with the Rifle and every man is a dead shot. I am not an American yet although from the manner in which I have written you, you may be lead to believe this to be the case but often when I have pause and quiet, my mind runs back to the land of my home and my heart is once again among associations which will ever be (whatever my destiny) remembered by your humble servant as the happiest of my life. The cause in which I am fighting is a just one. I think it will be a death blow to slavery which has been the curse of this fair land. God defend the right.
Alexander
Tait
Perth
Courier, November 1, 1861
Died, on Friday morning, 25th
ult., George Gardner(?) of this town,
aged 72.
Died, at Pembroke on the 6th
inst., Margaret Purvis(?) Moffatt,
daughter of James P. Moffatt, Esq., aged 6 years (illegible number) months and
21 days.
Died, at the same place, on the 7th
isn’t., Alexander Moffatt, son of
James P. Moffatt, Esq., aged 4 years 6(?) months and 5 days.
Died, at the same place, on the 12th
inst., Elizabeth Carson(?) Moffatt,
daughter of James P. Morratt, Esq., aged 2 years, (illegible number) months and
24 days.
We deeply sympathize with the above
recent domestic afflictions which has fallen on our contemporary of the Pembroke
Observer.
Perth
Courier, November 22, 1861
Married, on the 8th inst., by
Rev. J.B. Duncan, Mr. John S. Ireland
of Innisville (late of Dundeen, Scotland), and Sarah Ann Dodds(?) of Bathurst
We understand that the Commercial Bank
have purchased the property of the late Mr. Spaulding
on Drummond Street between Foster and North Streets for the purpose of
erecting next summer a fine building thereon.
The site is a good one.
Remarkable Effect of Negligan’s English Worm Candy
Norwich, September 12, 1859
Mr. Robert Stark, Chemist
Dear Sir:
No words of mine can express the greatest wonderful surprise that I feel in telling you of the success of Negligan’s English Worm Candy. Our whole family of six except one were troubled with these pests. We used your worm candy and glorious indeed were the results one child of eight passed over 300 large and small worms and our whole family is restored, many from death’s door, to robust and perfect health. No warm milk can compare to yours.
John C. Jones
For Sale in Perth by Alexander Allan
Sale—At the residence of Matthew Dodds, Scotch Line, all his moveable property. Mr. Dodds intends to remove to the west after the sale.
John
Doran, Auctioneer
Married, by Rev. J. Carmichael, at the
residence of the bride’s uncle, R.H. Read, Clinton, Mr. Charles Whitehead, Esq., of Clinton, to Miss Hannah S. Lake, daughter of Mr. Henry Lake, Esq., Smith’s
Falls
Perth
Courier, December 20, 1861
On Thursday evening, 12th
inst., Rev. T. Henderson was
installed as pastor of the Baptist Church in this town.
A soiree was held on the occasion which was well attended and the whole
affair went off well.
Perth
Courier, December 27, 1861
The death is announced of the consort of
our gracious Queen Victoria, His Royal Highness Prince Albert.
This will be received with deepest regret by our readers generally.
The event was sudden and quite unexpected and considerable anxiety is
felt regarding the effect of this sudden calamity on the queen herself following
as it has so soon after the death of her mother.
Prince Albert as a husband and father has had scarcely an equal and he
was loved by the queen with a sincere womanly affection
Married, on Tuesday, 24th
inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. J.B. Duncan, Mr. David
Scott to Miss Susan Hogg, third daughter of Mr. David Hogg, Esq.
Tavern Stand for Sale:
Robert Birch, Westport
Mecca Horse Cure - Cures
Heaves
To Wives:
The first inquiry of a woman after marriage should be: how shall I continue the love I have inspired? How shall I preserve that heart I have won?
Sheriff’s Sale of Land—Sale by
public auction of the lands and tenements of James
Dunnett, seized by writ of Thomas
Thomson and James Clayton, NW ½ of the rear or NE ½ Lot 12, 10th
Concession Pakenham. Also a village
lot in the village of Pakenham.
Sheriff’s Sale of Land—Sale by public auction of the lands and tenements of Timothy and Daniel White at the suit of Thaddeus Constantine Weatherhead West ½ Lot 23, 9th Concession Bathurst, 100 acre.
Posted: July 05, 2005.