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RS LEGAL it Solicitors and Notaries Public Floyd Comer Thorns BA Office Block Mid Wellington Streets Telephone Aurora O Dales Barrister Fabric Office end Residence Main St NEWMARKET Evenings By Appointment MISCELLANEOUS A Barrister Solicitor Notary Public Etc Wellington St MATHEWS STIVER LYONS AND VALE Barristers Solicitors Notaries Mathews KC M Stiver B E Lyons Joseph Vale KC NEWMARKET OFFICE MAIN ST irtfONE A- A MILLS Barrister Solicitor and Notary 51 MAIN ST Let Phone Ml VIOLET mm Conveyancing Insurance Phone Newmarket Contractor For GRADING EXCAVATIONS and Gravel Sand and PHI Phone 219w Avon SAND LID The Story SHARON By ETHEL This is the thirtyseventh instalment of a continuing Story of Sharon from its founding to the present The story was written after almost two years of research and will we believe be a major contribution to know ledge of the past The remaining instalments follow weekly I The Newmarket Eta ana Express Thursday Feb Page CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD ONTA ASSOCIATION for crashed stone of varios concrete aravel and pit Delivered or at bin Plant phone Office phones and CONTRACTU House and Farm Wiring D G BAIN General Repairs Homers Spate Heater All Electrical Household Appliances Phone Box Ontario St- Newmarket A STOUFFER Raglan St Expert Piano Toner and Repairer Pianos Bought Sold and Rented PHONE The Family Peter in adver tised Wagon carriage and sleigh shop and painting done for ous ters on short notice From the beginning of Sharon the family had been prominent Mrs Julia Brown of Orillia has contributed the following sketch of the family Peter Richard was born in Am sterdam Holland in In military service for some lime his health failed so he decided a change was necessary Without permission he took his fathers boat and sailed away to Am erica He landed at New York 2nd after a time sailed on Lake Erie where he of Ger man settlement in township in the County of York While there he married Elizabeth Phillips whose family had set tled there in After his marriage he came to East and took up land on the fired in a naval engagement dur ing the war of Subsequent ly he in the Bay of district and about came to the Township of East He acquired acres the north west corner of lot No 11 and here he built a blacksmith shop which he owned until A farmer residing in the north ern part of the township related that as a young man he had gone down Union Street and had seen a small man pounding on the pifty years later he went again down Union Street and saw the tame little man still pounding on the same anvil Williams wifes maiden name was Purely whose family resided in the community at one Editors Note This is the seventh of a series of weekly stories which John A Carroll assistant deputy minister of agriculture for Ontario and formerly secretarymanager of the Ontario Plow mens Association will write about the visit of Canadas champion plowmen to the British Isles Germany Denmark and Sweden Belfast Ireland Tomorrow him of his familys kindness to the youngest plowing team ever to represent Canada in an inter national competition will match its skills against those of of Europes best The large entry here for the Northern Ireland match Is I think indicative of the increas ing Interest in plowing matches that we have met all through our trip Entries been receiv ed from Switzerland Norway Holland Scotland Wales England Isle of Man Ulster and of course ourselves time living on the north west J than an hour ago I left corner of the intersection of the Eugene of town line and Queen Street Milken and was known for some years of Richmond Hill as Hills but more re cently as Morrisons Hill For some years Williams had James J Wall fourth and there two plant for the manufacture of sons were born Peter in potash hence the ashes This and Daniel in consisted of several leaches fill ed with wood ashes collected from dwellings throughout the countryside Water was pump ed to these leaches which per colated through the ashes and JL iiMMUSTER SOLICITOR ETC 35 MAIN ST PHONE NEWMARKET DENTAL DR NOBLE DENTIST Over MUNICIPAL OFFICE Office Residence E VanderVoort DENTIST Main St Newmarket none PLUMBING CONTRACTOR Dealer for Water Pressure Systems Oil Earners Cement Septic Tanks Constructed OAK RIDGES Phone King 111 Phone Aurora newmarket Coal Coke Wood and Stoker Coal Orders taken for Gravel Sand and Crushed Stone and General Hauling MEDICAL Physician and Surgeon Phone Consultation by Appointment At residence corner of Raglan and OSTEOPATHY WILSON and Arthritis Clinic WILSON BUILDING BARRIE Telephone Consultation by Appointment THE VARIETY OF DESIGNS CHIROPRACTIC J DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC ST Newmarket MAIN ST Telephone f OPTOMETRIST collection of MONUMENTS Is that we can meet almost any require ment both as to kind and cost We also make memorials to order of every description Youll find our work excellent always and our service prompt and reasonably priced and SON April Six weeks after the birth of Daniel the father died His widow later married Peter and their four sons Benjamin Silas David William and Elizabeth were on the farm When old enough Peter and Daniel were sent to boarding school in Sharon and the teacher was William As all boys I not engaged in farming were supposed to learn a trade Peter learned the and Daniel the building trade Daniel went to the United States and became a farmer Peter started in business for himself in Sharon and married Deborah Kitely Peter built he sub stantial brick cottage known to many as the house Peter vas a wheelwright a blacksmith and a painter Two buildings stood beside the house one a blacksmith shop and the for the wheelwright busi ness with the paint shop above Peter as did Samuel used his blacksmith shop manufacture pikes for the Mackenzie supporters in j With many others of Sharon he was taken prisoner but as noth ing could tie proved again- him after a long confinement he was released William His son William be gan life in Sharon as manu facturer of agricultural imple ments finally selling to Mr in Aurora He very prominent in municipal affairs was reeve of East Gwillimbury an influential member of Coun ty Council and became the warden of York County He was a thoroughly temperance man and had assisted in the estab lishment of organized temper- in Sharon and at of his death in and but years of age lie was president of the Sharon Literary Society Peter Rowans daughter- Han nah married Christopher who had teamed the black smith trade with his and on the for many years Williams In Orlin Williams adver tised for ashes to saved delivered at his ami payment would be made in goods Mr Angus Williams of Ottawa has sketched the activi ties of his grandfather Williams was born in Water- town New York As a boy he with his churns used to amuse practising on a nearby farm They are both very confident and I think their confidence in creased when we found out that they were to be permitted to use Canadian type plows instead of the English highcut type Though the death of King George has cast a heavy blan ket of sorrow over the British Isles it was decided not to can cel the match but rather honor came out as lye This lye was boiled down in large wishes of Queen Elizabeth til it crystalized and then was J and pause only for the requested NEWMARKET known as potash After that it was placed in barrels and ship ped to Montreal In addition to these industries he lso farmed His pastime seems to have con sisted of playirg hi violin for the country dances It has been told of Williams that he refused to accept the ashes until he had tasted them Businessmen John flentz made furni ture and coffins in Sharon Charles and Co advertised fresh arrival of groceries from New York and that their tea was free from poison as it had been drawn and tasted Charlie McCarty handled a shoe business J Edmund kept a general store He was an enterprising man and interestet in all social affairs Wil liam Simpson and Alexander dissolved partnership J Keetch arrived from Eng land and set up a watch and clockmaking establishment Charles Haines conduct ed a large boot and shoe store where shoes were made to order Mr had operated a marble factory opposite the Meeting House and adjoining the Mansion House Upon his va cating the premises William set up his store At the same time occupied the store vacated by Charles and established business on a cash basis At this time Adam was advertising for hides and and Co did business as shoemakers In the Metropolitan Hall was at tached to ihc Mansion House I860 Edward did cus tom weaving Robert Drummer operated a chopping mill and ad vertised i s cylinder needle horse hay rake McArlhur and Byrne dissolved their marble cutting partnership In David Hughes was the store keeper and John Graham was the piano tuner Pedlars Licenses The following pedlars licenses were issued in two horses Adam one horse Smith one horse Joseph In George Culver- well granted a onehorse license two minutes to mark the loss of a beloved monarch I only wish that I could hold this letter until late tomorrow night so that I could tell you the results of the match hut I am afraid that will have to wait until my next letter which in cidentally will be my last The boys will be flying back to Can ada on Saturday and I hope returning with another notch in their plowmens shafts I shall not return until a week later due to government business Time with Scots We arrived here yesterday morning flying Glasgow where we spent an Interesting five days It was in Glasgow that T closed my last letter so Ill bring you uptodate on the pleasant time we spent among the Scots Early in our Scottish trip drove to Perth for the Perth Aberdeen Angus Sales Nearly 0O shorthorn bulls were sold during the day and it was with some measure of pride that we watched the second highest priced bull sold to Col Phillips of Oriole the wellknown Toronto industrial ist He paid 6100 guineas something over for a calf bred by J Kerr of Harris- town Farm Dollar Scotland Another Toronto businessman P Taylor paid guineas for a and also bought two good females For Mr Kerr this years was his 52nd show and sale and it was a grout pleasure for me to meet him and Remind themselves rowing about i Harbor where they could K see in the crevices of the rocks cannon balls which hud been JOHN deration Association Representative fire Automobile and Casualty Eagle St Newmarket Phone Newmarket Meant Albert WW M Main St Over PHONE HURST Newmarket Clinic Hours Wed and Sat it oclock Evenings liy Appointment ACCOUNTANT A A St Accountant Phut INSURANCE FIRE BURGLARY AUTO AND Bill MAIN ST NEWMARKET AWHcARD Painter and Decorator and Aurora JOHN DALY Expert and Clock Repair 31 St or Phone Newmarket ALL WORK GUARANTEED KEN PIANO TUNER AND TECHNICIAN Dealer For New and Organ Used Bought and ST a SONS MA and Block Laying CHIMNEYS BUILT ft REPAIRED Phone MSI Sutton Ti CAB OWNERS Insure your car today the CoOp Way Sponsored by your Fed of Agriculture JOHNSYTEMA appeared in lii March Mr was the agent Most families purchased the book It was a thrilling account of a Canadian girl who had been kidnapped by a band of Sioux Indians John Robinson operated foundry and manufactured a superior gang plow the store occupied by David Hughes sold to Jeremiah who was followed in couple of years by John took over the blacksmith business from Mr Grey Crammers blacksmith shop was deslrdycd by fire Reuben Phillips added a elder mill to his pumpmaking establishment In the George Armltngc was the marble cutler Dexter Car penter was the travelling agent and Mrs Caldwell and George Hutchinson word the weavers John layman a shoemaker and Samuel Proctor and Reuben the carpenters It has said that their buildings were very well constructed Population A directory of the Counties of Peel and York published In contributes the information that the village pro per had a population of At- Mark live stock Dollar Ira painter Rrammcr gen eral store Doan A dentist driver shoemaker El- Arthur butcher Grey John blacksmith Haines shoemaker Kavanagb J general store and post master Harness maker George hotel Christopher blacksmith Philip flour Phillips Reuben pump maker Proctor Samuel carriage maker Stokes J architect Tate John blacksmith Among the professional in habitants of Sharon first which has been found is that of Dr Finn in and he apparently had resided in the village In 1852 Dr Moore physician surgeon and accoucheur had fit ted up his residence with con veniences to give his a thorough course of cold water treatment Dr of To ronto would be at the Mansion House certain days 1857 Dr physician sur geon and accoucheur He too had lived at Sharon In that same year both Dr Noble and Dr Morton medical doctors lived and practiced in Sharon Dr Peck dental surgeon arranged to be in the village of every month Sunday excepted when the appointment would Iks omit ted for one month IfiflO three dental surgeons looked after dental needs in Simeon Dr A Sutherland Dr Graham anil find Dr Dr Morten became a parliamentary candi date Montgomery Family In ft87Br John Wilmot Mont gomery was appointed acting medical superintendent of the asylum at Hamilton Dr Mont gomery was the son of John Montgomery of Montgomerys Tavern Ho lived and practiced in Sharon for about years and raised a family of seven Mrs O was one She hud often when certain me dicine was needed that she had to mount and deliver it to the patients Cm leaving Shavian- Or Montgomery moved to Keswick and from there to tefroy From he was sent to Kingston to charge of the asylum and finally to Hamilton At that time ho was looked as one of Canadas leading mental export Pearson MD practised in Sharon but later went to Ho was descended from a Pennsylvania family and in he married Miss Mary of Sharon Austin was dentist during the and in Benjamin Kitely graduated as veterinary surgeon me when as a young soldier on furlough in I visited his home and herd A breezy What are you doing here In an unmistakably wes tern Canada accent brought us face to face with Charlie Yule of Calgary and Stampede fame Up to this year Charlie had been the only Canadian to judge shorthorns at the Perth show and is wellknown among Scots breeders Another surprise was meeting Tom Amos of Guelph in Cumberland He was visiting stock farms in the UK With an eye to bringing some of the best back to Canada The high cost of living in the British Isles haunts one like an unfriendly spectre wherever you go At the Aberdeen sales I turned and asked a policeman if it was safe to smoke He dourly answered Smoke on if ye can afford it And his point was welltaken for smoking is a luxury under the heavy taxes of the British An ounce of good tobacco costs about cents almost double what the same tobacco would coat to buy in Canada after an import duty has been paid The attitude of many English men towards the cost of tobacco was summed up in a comment one of them made to me I cant cut down so I cut it out It is difficult to compare prices in other fields without giving a false impression for subsidies have a very marked effect on them asked a shopkeeper the price of cured bacon He replied Shocking But it was less than cents a pound Hardly shocking to Canadians who have paid considerably more than that for bacon Controls Still Severe Controls and rationing arc still severe particularly on pen sioners and others who cannot get to restaurants for an addi tional meal or who cannot afford to buy luxuries to bolster their diet At home cat in one meal more meat than an Eng lishman gets a week But through it all the British with a fortitude that is amazing to a stronger We have heard no grumbling or firm complaints though of course the still reserve the right to occa sionally blow their tops When they have finished how ever they grin and you know they are ready for the next round of the eternal ration book and controls Making allowances for ra tioning and other restrictions it would- seem from the quick glance we have been to give the scene that labor in general and farmers have seldom been in a better position Farmers costs are going up feed concentrates are in short supply and there arc other prob lems but a fair test is whether farms are being sold at sacrifice prices And they most definite ly are not in Great Bri tain is expensive running I would judge to about three times land cost in Ontario It is difficult to find home steads for rent This has been true of all the countries we have visited In Denmark it was not only difficult to find a farm to rent was almost impossible to find one offered for sale at any price In England even the farmers agree that landlords are being squeezed by present controls In Surrey a county bordering to the southeast rents arc not paying more titan onehalt to onethird of one percent on capital In Cornwall rents are returning one percent on investment Farmers are blaming the high price of real estate on city men They say city residents are buy ing all available rural real estate for four reasons tho first hedge against inflation the second as an income manoeuvre the third its a move to evade suc cession duties and fourth from a straight desire to live in the country What wo have seen would lead us to believe that this is correct There scorns to be desire on the part of British farmers to did not include concealed pay change the present range of re- such as free housing or health turns received for their products It could be that their apparent indifference is because they feel they can do nothing about them and might just as well accept the situation On the other hand it could be an indication that the British farmer is pleased with his present returns Swedish The situation is similar to that of the farmers in Sweden We gained the that dairy product prices were higher in Sweden than in Denmark and that the farmers wero content With their returns The influ ence of the socialist Swedish state has spread to agriculture For example in Sweden the price of milk is equalized so there is little difference in price of milk no matter for what purpose it is used Farm labor in Sweden is unionized with about 50000 members and we were told wages were comparable to those paid industrial workers averag ing i bout cents an hour for cowmen and cents an hour for field workers This of course benefits I seem to have wandered a little this week but it is hard to dis cuss farming in one country in Europe without associating or comparing it with a neighboring country It is time for me to get back arid see how Gene Norman arc making out with their bor rowed By the time you read this Will either have added laurels to their given better men a good rim for their money Senile Tanks Pumped Drains Cleaned and Repaired 24Hour Service Richmond Hilt Phone OF ASSESSOR J Applications for the position of Assessor for the Town of Aurora will be received by the undersigned until twelve noon on Saturday February Applicants will state age experience 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