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«6] 1 ‘i , , / ,7 Historical Ream-iron. V Ou'k‘anbLoer //1 +1450 V l ulmvisw institufe. fist of canadsiaus to armouse in the , immigrants , and also the r151 59 aeration an apprection of ] Canada. amd to look back thrl “4the generations to the noble men 1 and women whose courag uri fortitude mlgnt well put us to shame.~ i the pioneers. it is not whaa do we own them, but what do we not ‘ owe them. The; ma: vanaLa And thc broad full lives we now enjoy have been made gossiole b (hem. Whils we heartilyeto and the Womeus' Institute for carrying on this work we cannot We them the credit for priginating it. for as long ago as 1377 a journalist named W.L. Smith toured rural 0&5- 0 on a wheel, gatherinE historical items for the publication in the Weekly Sun. At the suggestion of Goldwin Smith these were put into book form . This book was published rive years ago, and was entitled " Eioneers of Old Sntario “. W.L. Smith mentioned tne year lulfi as being a very trying one to the settlers, A very Late spring, frost every month of the year. and no-harvest. as none of the grain rigened . Ihere was mucn suffering and great shortage of food. 1o56 and 1&4} were also very bad years. and many of the cattle died. as 4‘ they had Little shelter and insufficient food. " Quoting from Er. Jmith's articles “ While the last century waistill younglimmigrasts from beyond the s€as wtre attracted to fl ) C la , For many interesting stories or that period, I am indebted ‘5 to “alwer uiduell , father of Jnflge Riddell of luredto. ‘hcn it, Jiddell came to Canada from Dumfries in 1013 . he crossed the At- _ / lantic on a two hundred ton sailin‘ 1p. the White Haven. and was 3 ‘ , vac weeks and two days in making t.e voyage to QuebeclhAt that / time‘, said m. uiddell'flilllan Vellsr ran a stsge line from Lugsâ€" Iherc has been n wish on the to Toronto. During thp summer , while boats wart running. there The horses were turned out to 4? horss‘transport did a capacity , - little busiwpss for the stag I pasture , ‘ ‘ i‘ “i ‘ ' th business. ‘?â€"~.r . i. - , ” She first Donal-arable influx from the Old Land began ‘ atout 10:0. Among the earlest arrivals from ths+ quarter were the ( Covets, Jeffrayleades flaws SPEarlesles'McCormicka Fowells and howes. ' ' I I ” The first store in Sobeura was built by Elias Jones / is 193$ . k1. J ncs, later on built the first grist mill in the w ‘ townshig of Halalmand . Th2 first wagon in the townshi; was made ‘ “ about 1805. Oliver Stanton born about the first is saii to hava been the finst whitechild J in naldimaui township“ plow of the form now in use was called t.e ‘ “nutcher” , it was made of Calf m tel , and cost from six to -. it came frat Enronto. earl; all the local+bl33kg t " s I; 'v t ' " k n' of clov u, is: es