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_ . W--. a f 8 Oliphant as I knew it -1900- t -Mary Hutchinson Moore 1 I r I came to Oliphant with my parents, John' and Rebecca (Becky) 1 Hutchinson in 1873, (I was 4 years old) from Rosemont, Mono Fiup, Dafferin 1 County. , tw a l Our tat:'t made of logs in the Oliphant Town Plot, Lot I, West of 1 . Bryant St., of Division St. (A grandson, Bill Moore now lives there) I attended at Oliphant's first school and we worshipped/he little white Methodist church at the corner. In 1891 - on New Year's Day I had married William Moore. It was a } double wedding, my sister Rebecca married Russell Hunter. It was , solemnized by the Rev. S. H. Edwards in my parents new brick home otthe I Wiarton - Oliphant road. l Roads were narrow, sandy in places with logs laid over wet and I swampy places (corduroy roads). The trees grew close to the sides - pine, , cedar, and spruce mostly, some oak, [ There were lots of fish in the lakes and berries grew in the little clearings. Men fished, farmed or worked in mills. . Neighbors were helpful and visited especially in the winter - bees for ' barn - raisings, quilting bees and dances. f Our first home was behind the first little school where William, Jandpy, Roy and Florence were born. We moved to a house north of Div. St. and west of Bryant St. where our daughter, Jessie was born. (the Jas. Hyatt home) My brother-in-law, Thomas built the large house on' Lot 18, 24 Con. but was forced to move to Wiarton because of arthritis. Our garden was wonderful - potatoes, corn, cabbage, beans, carrots, l turnips, beets and onions grew well. Apple trees were planted too. There was F a stone milk house to keep milk and vegetables all year around. Six more ; children were born here Bob, Walter, Mary, Clarence, Ollie and Lloyd. Now I 11 children and we enjoyed the large kitchen with a pantry, a large dinning room, a smaller parlor with an organ. Jamey married William Preston here, coming down the lovely stairs with her sisters at the ceremony. ' The girls learned household tasks, cleaning, cooking and baking. Jessie especially liked to bake cakes and cookies. The boys, too, had their farm chores. School was farther away now as l the stone school was built in 1905. l