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Lm details • uniquas du isuvent modifier •nt axigar una nala da filmaga itad/ ul«a«I foxad/ -J ^- i 9u pit|o4aa )»»-•- in ifiaV Imantaira % curad by arrata I rafilmad to la/ '. iaiiamant rrata. una palura. lu da fa^on A' aaibla. 30X 'Mi Th« copy fllm«d h«r« h«i b—n rvprbduoad thartkt^ to tho gonaroaity of: / . . " ' DouglM Library Quaan'a Mniyaraity Tho imaoM appMring hara aro tha boat quality , poaaiblo conaidaring tha condition and lagibllity of tha original copy and in kaapirtg with tha filming contract apaeif icationa. •- Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara filmad baginning with tlM front covar and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or illuatratad iinpraa* aion, or tha back covar whan appropriata. All othar original copiaa ara fiimod baginning on tha firat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- aion, and anding on thf laat paga withva printad or IHuatratad innprafaion. Tha laat racordad frama on aach mlcroflcha ahaii contain tha aymbol — ^^ (moaning "CON- TINUED"), br tha aymbol V (moaning "END"), whichavar appiiaa. IMapa. plataa, charta, atb.. may ba fttntod at diffarant raduction rtftioa. Thoaa too larga to ba antlraly includad in ona axpoaura ara filmad baginning in tha uppar laft hand cornar, iaft to right and top to bottom, aa many framaa aa raquirad.Vrha following diagrama iiiuatrata tha mathooi ■:»:-.;.. Llixamplalra film* fut raproduit grica A la gAn#rbalM da: Douglaa Library Quaan's Univaraity Laa Imagaa auKrantaa ont it* raproduitaa avac la plua grand aoin, compta tami da la condition at da la' fiattati da I'axampii^ra film*, at an conformK* avac laa condltiona du contrat da filmaga.— J, Laa axamplalraa orlginaux dont la couvartura an paplar aat imprimia aont fllmte an commandant par to pramlar plat at an tarminant aoit par la daml*ra paga qui oomporta una amprainta . d'impraMlon ou d'illuatration, aolt par la aacond ptat; illon to caa. Toua laa autraa axamplairaa orlginaux aont f ilmte an commanpant par ia pramiira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraaalon ou d'illuatration at an tarminant par to darntora paga qui comporta una tolto amprainta. Un daa aymboiaa auhranta apparaltra aur la darntora imaga da chaqua mlcroflcha, aalon la caa: to aymbola -^ aignifto "A 8UIVRE", to aymboto ▼ aignifto "FIN". La^ cartaa. ptonchaa, tablaaux, ate, (touvant *tra lm*a i daa taux da rMuctlon diffVranta. /Loraqua to documant aat trop grand pour *tra raproduit an un aaul citeh*. 11 aat film* * partir dal'angto aup*rtour gaucha, da gaucha * droha, at da haut an baa, an pranant to nombra d'Imagaa n*caaaalra. Laa dtogramniaa auhranta llluatrant la m*thoda. .«»•» t % % •WMM The EDITH ^W LORNE PIERCE COLLECTION of CANADI ANA ^eetis University at Kingston x/i -^/y*4-K es*' '^ s • .^i'k- "\ \c.V. --^ • - - - - =^=^- ■^ TKJ^. LIKK C»^ COX.OIS-JEL, TBS LATE lloiiaralile ®|.omHS €iilli.ot, SHBBACXNO THS -.— ,>.... , -^ ■ , -^^ At- '-'itrrrni-: -tf.i I • l ■ N ,t • 1 % , . CHATHAM: - » ' 4 • A J. W. ROSE. PRINTER. 1867. ( K » * I * , ;^ :i/ . --^-■' 1 'J * .1 . ai - • r ' 'i r t . . .-, t ; ■■ ■ ' ■ '- w - ■ 0* t f * / J ••■; ^ ■ ■ ' ■ \ t r j f , . ^^■« m * ■5 , V -' • ''''' ■ { ' ,. - -J" ; Br t: 1 1 H I I '.- « ■ « ■ ' ft - ■ M m \ V :4 V \ 1^ " - ^"■^^""^'""-^ ' ' . gM'.«iLAaB.vii.M,A«=*.««^ I I I II g^MB^m^ I ''"3 V DEDICATION. TO THB WAtDE^, KEErza, AXP DXPUTT KEETEa OF THE COUiTTT Of UOIN. Mt Dear axd REsrECiEO Faixxos:— It is justly said that ingratitude is so base a eritne. tbat BO wratch, however lost to virtue and truth, was ever found to plead guilty to the damning aceu- fatiou. What, then, must be my feelings when Tou, the chosen Representatives of the indepen- dent yeomanry of the noble and fertile County of Elgin, unanimously deemed it prudent to pre- sent roe xviih the sum of Five Pounds currency, to assist in the pnblication of the life of Colo- nel, the Honorable Thomas Talbot, embracing a synopsis of the rise and progress' of the several Towns and Villages of Elgin, Kent and Middlesex? True it is that the sum is small in itself, being n9 more than a small fraction to each ratepayer in the County; but then the satisfaction to be recognized by so patriotic a body of gentlemen — many of Tvhora would do credit to the Le- Eislative Assembly of United Canada— can be only properly appreciated by an individual who as the happiness of knowing the personal integrity and sterling worth of the Warden, Reeves, and Deputy Reeves of the County of Elgin; as well as the heartfelt satisfuction of reckouit.g them iu the category of his friends and fellow -subjects. Once more I pray your acceptance of the following pajes in the same spirit of friendship irhlch prompts the author to put them under your fostering protection; believing, as he does, that altnough falling far short of the ability they should possess, still there can bo culled some grateful reminiiscenccs, tbatmay brine to mind the hardships and ultimate triumph of our early ■ettlers, whilst felling our- interminable forests; and further awakening the affection duo to them from their sons and daughters, who now enjoy all the luxuries and comforts peculiar to this happy and proeperoua section of Westeru Canada. ' And should fel^ discord e'er prevail. Or in his meshes dare oppress ye; Har conscious rectitude assail Tha knave that would not cry— "Ood blaaa yo!" Wlien battling for your.countiy'a weal, ^ Mar Avery patriot caress ye; And lann'd by fortune's far ring gale. Each Brirish heart slug out— "Ood bless May domestic bliss attend your hearth. And Hymen's choicest gifts caress ft; The joy of joys of mother Earth la wife and babes to cry — Qod bless yo. I wish you other blessings I can't name. With which immortality can dress ye; Whilst angels respond to the general theme, "Cead milla fauUha," and God bless ye. Wbilat I hare the honor tn remain, during ray sojourn in this nether planet, with high rt- •peet and esteem. Tours faithfully and gratefully, ^' 1. C. KEAENEY. 8t. TBOvis, Ist J'anuary, 1856. "%A i-¥ '('< ■i ^054441 fc.jr.'nwfL^T»!ii>(caEn ^,,^,a««i&i« — ■"■""■-^iiiyiFt i immi i ima irnifiTiaii > , ' , ' ■ ,. _ t ■fi — '^ - ^v.,n4„ ' "^^fj ■ » '.-ijy ■ - ■ — .i of tlje :'>-^nK*i!5 Hi' IS t be • . ^j l i^i t H lii ' -' The preface to any work is a modest sort of introduction on tl» part «[ t^'' Aj.tW to the dd and indulU reader ; g-'"^ ,^-,"--^1;; V^:„Z^^^ him to such an undertaking. As regards the latter it is a personal ana and T/hich he wishes to bury in oblivion. With "''';«"«^i° Jf j'S^s ^ "'«^" ,mU!r>titlothinrincelymarisiouofll.eolda.,dw«allhy»eUler. . •To;enbecoIe,Jao.yo,A„tW,t„.han.3^^^^^^ soldier. Legislator, or prublic-spinted ^'^i^^": . ""^r^J^^^^'j^'^Xd brai.., till he and St. Thon\as, 1st January, 1856. . STEAY SKETCHES FROM COL. TEE HON. T. TALBOT, "When cold in the earth lies the friend thou hast er's, whose maiden name was O'Reilly, a ' loved. lineal descendent of the Prince's of Innis- Be his faults and his follies forgot by thee then; ^^.^ ^ q^^^qI^^ family of distinction. The Or. if from their slumber* the veil be removed • ^ sk^ttliLS ."was a great Wc.po-erthe.insilence.aadclo.e it aga.n ^^J^^^^f^^ ga^llolonel Talbot, The subject of these memoirs.sor(?cently ^^^ ^ii^ General called to his account, was an Irwhrnan^y birth and education, and possessed many of the ennobling characteristics pecu- liar to the sons of the land ot "shamrock, hospiUlity and song," Vith ever and anon » dash of eccentricity of character ^at who, with General Sarsfield, Cotonels Dorrington and O'Neil figured so con- spicuously on the plains of Aughrim in defence of their dethroned Sovereign, the pusillanimous "Sharaus "■". Colonel Talbot was born on the pater- » dash of eccentricity oi cuaiav-^ov v— , .ftor a ««J4,»t M to wrm^^mik from .high najesyo ■" ""l'" jj!^ jl:^ ... _ , . f „-„lTmin:irV CUUrse or C0nim0tt«ttUCtttlOll> could not l aV l to Wr m g * »'""*? "^y""V'"J?" "" ;. -": ^ ^ ^mrrmimtwhHH rtieffr priest of Jupiter.. Descended from a no- preliminary ^""^r. ' TTpZI^ ble Irish family on the paternal side, he was sent tutho University of ^ ""'^y Co w„ not less Ignoble on tLat of his mulU- lege. Dubliur^yhcre. after a couple ol ,;• }; 11/ 4 ngW .\, A. I '. It' ! s UK oAUei- niust be copy a^:. ^. tV.'iS •-.OA .•;. ;.oToaaoe' a », ' ( .'■' • . H -!,'' / " *-. ■ ■ -1' ' ■ ' « ' \ ^H '. » ' -^ ., tf' *■ I '■ ■ . ' ^ . ■ ^ 1 - V - V •' o I ' ^ f ^ ' ' ' ' . H \ t * ( " • < ^1 , ► « t ' - , '■ ' ■ • -' " o». ^H V ! 1 « ^ - M . , H. ^ \ ■■■ ' i ^ '■ - ■* 1 _ 1 .71' ' , '% I ' '"""C- ' • • \ ' ^^K ' * • < » _ ■ r' ^ ■ I ■1 J ^ ^ ^^H * f ») * ^m ^ ",■ , 4 ^^B \ ."X- ■i H \ ' - , ■ y ■ ' ' . ' ' ^ ' 1 ' ♦■ ■ii ,.- M B'^i !-■ ■ ;._'" "■■^■';" 1-„,|.| I, ^ . ,^f^>r^'.-.ww,->«B^^ ^iBW^mKaw^ J**-' «l y\. ffMBftpa^e^\ u ii^M i!Hl!HpwitUlgPP.I I IlWWI!jW>B| ■ik », - c ./^ w6 THE LIFE OF J ■^ year's residence in that seat of learning, fair daughtep, and buried himself in the ' he gladly exchanged his Cicfiro^ Homer, Township of Dunwich, where the Eagl«, and College cloak and cap, to don the theimmortal bird of Washington, qould sword and stS^b; upon receiving a'pom- mission in the 59th R^pgiment of Foot — in which cofps he advanced to the" comnftihd of a company^ and. which he ever after- wards remembered as among the most happy days of his cheqvierea and event- ful life. 4 ■ In 1782 Captain Thomas" Talbot ac- scream l\i3 unrequited lovp to ^LakA Erie, the forest and -the skies. *' Some flowers froin off man^s patll it shakes; 'Tis womaa's heart aloiie it breaks." What iJould have induced Captajn Talbot, at his age, when everything the youthful heart most prizes was sketched out before him; rank.'higH family connec- compa'nieiGene^rai J»h7orave-3~Si^^ tion^s, and buty himself for life 'mid the to Upper Canada, in the capacity of aide- iijterminiibl'e forests of the London District de-camp to the first Lieutenant Governor, i^* a probleiirthat would puzzle old Cloo- aaer the successful America« levolution^ieof the sabte garment. JThe difliculties 1776. The new representative of Geo. that he must have ^undergone 50 -years ^ -the 3rd, at the opening of the first West- since, were those to be . encountfered by em Canadian Legislature, declared from^ none except some daring Kentucky hunter th^) Throne, "that it was not a mutilated or a W^ss desperado, drlve^ beyond one,hut a constitution that stood the test the pale of all civilized society. However of experience, and which was an exaci he loved to see the land of his adoption image «rf[ transcript of that of Great ^ri-^ bloom as. a g-^rden.and the unsightly log tain.? How far the prediction of the illus- * pabin give %vay t^athe splendid brick and trious Simco'e was verified, let the not leas magnificent mansions of his neigh- •family compact' and the days of '^7 bear bors, witlfgrauaries teaming with all the ample te8.tiraony; whilst the taen of '57 bounties of an indulgent providence, canlook back, with proud satisfaction to In 1302 CSptain /Talbot received im- the old Reformers, who grappled with mense tracts of lanj^omthe^ British Gov- every difficulty and danger for tli^ attain- ernment, and early the" following jifear mentjof public improvement and consti- 8jiiled«for his new hoftie, and arrived in tutional Government, blessings that now /Dunwich on the 21st May, 1803. The present themselves in every section of transportation of his provisions, agiicul- this delightful Province, the granary ©f tural inlplements, horses, oxen, sfieep, America.. cows, and followers, from Quebec to the Afler the germination of General Sim- London District, at that irvfant state of Up- coe's adniinistration of Upper Canad^ in per Canada, can at thisi,eriod be scarcely 1789. Colonel Talbot returned to Europe conjectured by> the young tnen -ot the in order to commit niatrimony; but bis dul- present day. Suflic^ it to say. that there cineahadjilted him. or,in language more was not a-steamboat on the River &. terrific ta a Canadian youth, "She gave Lawrence, or any of its Lakes. A small him the mitten. " He. then you^ng, and a craft w&s tj b«°"^^"°y ^[^V^l^^g" ^ I ~\ \ Motitraalattd the^^ib^^ ■iill I ( I '] \\ I J'.! beautiful sample or manhdoa ai that, {He walef s^between^ retraced! his steps to Canada once mo^v ralter of America, artd then irFronch bat. waging an eternal w/r against ,ir Eve's teaux, whichhad to bojouded and un- ^ « / \ ■.. Ci "^ej --* *. vv '■«"■ N ■*}- JS **fcl, . ■■— <^*c; ^ '. > ^: -^ ..- - '■,■,1 » • . • : ,• v'' : ■ ., 4 ,-*• ^ \ 1 •« „ * *'*' ' ■< f^ -i - • *^ . . -f '1 "^ « / ' - t- ' • \ - ?, • f • ..*^,: / --■*'"'. ^,.> *.. «L A 1." rf . i S* 1 H • r^ - ' 1 ^ i 1' • < * M» ^^^^1 H^l g^ggggg -^^ (. i--' " COL. TALBOT. I in tlie lEaglo, could ke Erie. (it shakes; F '' [Captain hing the Lketched connec- I'mid lli8 n District Jold Cloo- jifficulties J5O years jtered by ky hunter beyond I However I adoption ^ghtlylog . brick and Ihis neigh- Ith allthe lence. ccived iin- ^tish Gov- ving year arrived in D3. The |8,. agiicul- len, sheep, J |bec to the LtateofUp- Ibe scarcely ken of the |f, that there River St. A small f\ with oil loaded at short distnnces/whon pack- horses filled up the wretched desidcratvm of Canadian traveling, alongthc margin of the lakes, or the larger rivers; as roads at that time were a luxury unknown to the pioneers of the forest, who had to depend on their own exertions, or the assistance of some frigidly Indian, w"hen journeying from one part of the cour.try to another; and not uiifrequently owing much to their canoe, which at times they were compel- led to carry on their shoulder?, till they could once more replace the frtil bark in its native element. "But oft from Jbo Indian liuntor's camp This lorer and maid so true, Are seen at the hour of midnight damp To cross the lake by a fire-fly lamp, And paddle their whito canoe !" Of the lands received from the Crown, a portion was for himself as a compensa- tion for settling the rest by actual settlers, under qertain conditions before the occu- pant was entitled to a free deed. Am Do- minie Simppon would say, "it was prodi- gious" the annoyance he had to contend with, in giving out lands, not unfrequently having to change lots on his map three and four times before the new settler became reconciled tocommonceoperations in the woods. Old bachelors are always a testy set of he cats, and, like old maids they have forsworn the dear embrace ot partner and-ofTspring, and console them- selves in the sear and yellow leaf of life's pilgrimage, by turning back like travelers at e^ve, when journeying we8t>*aid, to catch a glance of an ember that once shone bright. Colonel Talbot ivas peculiarly so, and the uncouth manner in which ho was tho se who aonroachcd him Mroi(t to treat I a pproact m«)untain, and the flood" once called upon Colonel, Talbot requesting a grant of land, but was coarsely refused. There is a manner in which a favor denied consoles the petitioner! and another way by which a gift conferred ungraciously de^b- orates from its intrinsic value. The Col- onel was like the Irish girl in the dance: she did not care whether it was a Mo- zart's waltz or a lilt on the bagpipes to the tune of the "Humors of Bandon, for it wa» the one trot she had to them both. So with him, a favor granted or denied was deliv- ered in his own rough vernacular idiom. "I'll gang till your betters," replied the ■ independent Scotchman, (meaning the Governor.) "Go, and be d- d," rdglied the Colonel, with warmth, "for you can't find them." The omigrant^|||fter an unsuccessful applicatioff to Frafflfn Gore, Esq., the then Governor of Upper Canada was compelled to reli'nquish the idea/)f re- ceiving a grant of land from that quar'tef. Colonel Talbot, to whom was faithfully chroniclftd'the failure of the poor Scotch- man, with compound interest, sent for him and enquired, "Have yoli, found my bet- ters, or yet a lot of land, after your long tramp to Toronto !" The proud Scot, drawing himself up to his full height, and with a look of defiance, replied, "Neither of them." He touched the darling chord boldly, but sweetly.* The Colonel was the first to break silence, and said you are fatigued; come and take aome whiskey and water after your walk, and get your dinner, and I will enter you |br lot — ; it is one of the best in nty giving, and one that I thought to have reserved for myself. Our old friend Mc— — is now one of the best'fftirmors in Elgin, and a subscriber to 'I '!' 4; ■:'F:i V indtho Gib- [French hat- Hud and un- would ill comport with poor Tyrone Pow- the life of his old friend, whose memory *r's delineation of Irish character. he reveres. An emigrant from the land of "heather, Captain Talbot was not long a resident iummsmmim -riiTiCT'iTrwBinifiiiTMwniTwiiiiwiw nwimm t .\: ■C:*-- •v * , " -V-^' oV "•-'■^•sma mmmm 8 THE LIFE OP of the Province until ho was gazetted a good government has gone forth, and loy- Colonfil of the local Militia, and a member alty s\v8U|*on every gale, throughout the of the Legislative Council. In his annual leu^t^jflw-eudth of the country, where preregrinatipns to the seat df Govern- a sht>rl«R ago rebellion stalked in all its ment he apod the dress of a second Rob- horrors. '^ His religion was still more pro- in»on Crujoe. An overcoat of sheepskins, blematic, if he ever believed in any parti- and a monstrous cap of fox-skins, with the cular highway or byeway to Kingdon^ tails and ears as natural as life, wliilst his come. Outwardly, however, he was a inexpressibles and mocassins correspond- member of the Church of England, and a ing, fully completed the rough but com- Tory of the old school, from early associa- fortable and odd toilet of the forest set- tions, and the gratitude due a government which had lavished so many favors on himself and his father's family. A Rev, Mr. once called upon the poor old tier. In politics it was really dijpcult to say what he was to a certainty, save that he held the Yankees in utter abhorrence, which may have arisen from their over- stretched notions tff equality, and his old antiquated idea of Dukes, Marquisits, and *'a' that." Durmg the administration of the Canadian benefactors, Lord Sydenham and Sir Charles Bagot, I conducted the Colonel, who with his usual hospitality when he took, for he never nibbled, was invited to dine. Dinner being announced, and the Colonel's appetite being keen, he made an immediate attack on the viands, whilst the clergyman modestly insinuated that if he would wait a couple of minutes Canada /n7Mirer,'pirpblished in London, ^« ^^""''^ ""^y S^^"- "'^^^^ be d d and Colonel Talbot was one of its sup- ^""^'^ '^''""^ '*•" "'^'^ ^'^^''^^ ^"ng'-y t^eo- porters, though it was the only Reform journal west of Toronto, except the Ham- ilton Journal and Express. The opposition press w-as wont to designate it the rabid Inquirer, and this is one of my reasons for considering that the Colonel was not vio- lent, if even decided, m politics. In truth loifian. Colonel Talbot was not a true disciple of Mahomet, for he believed that old Cana- dian. whiskey was a sovereign panacea for all the evils to which flesh and blood is heir to. After dinner, his chief meal, the Inquirer was violent enough, and he stuck with the tenacity of a leech to although weare unwilling to speak dispar- the decanter, till he steepeil his senses in agingly ofthedead, it was fortunate we for [here l"pro- narti- ^Jom ras a ^ and a I kocia- kment ' ■ Irs on ' I Rev. '' lor old ' litality ' was fnceJ, en. he nuated linutt's -d \- llieo- lisciplo I Caiia- macfia , blood 'meal, eech to inies in lose the [ouutain |tho law pay hiH tiis mid- Dss was for the turn cum Ihfiliever 'W COL- TALBO LBOT 9 strains of tlio poeti^y of the times in which he lived. "In sickness or health, in war or ia peace. Stick close to your boozo and then you'll have grace." Dr. G , who was no favorite with the Colonel, whether as an American, a politician, or a Temperance lecturer, once called upon the Colonel, and among other subjects complimented the "bold soldier boy" upon his exceeding good health and looks during the prevalence of cholera. ««D n your calomel, pills, opium and blisters !" replied Colonel Talbot; "there is my morning Doctor, pointing to a cold bdthinthe corner of the room; and there is my afternoon physician, glancing with complacency on a well-tilled bottle of old Canadian whiskey. At night I sleep soundly, owing to a clear conscience, for I throw politics and Temperance lectures to the d 1." Colonel Burwell and Colonel Talbot continued on terms of the greatest inti- macy to the last, and it is well known were inseperable companions. At one time the two friends were traversing the woods together, accompanied by aome followers, without having taken any break- fast, when Colonel Burwell bethought hifnself of a small flask that was in his possession. He partopok of part of its contents, and handed it to Colonel Talbot, who firmly refused, though fatigued, with acomical "d n it, Burwell, if you con- tinue to drink liquoi before dinner, you'll be a drunkard before you're forty years of »ge." 1 have elsewhere remarked that Colo- nel Talbot did not make much ado about Minister. ' He acted upon the same prin- ciple as would the Captain of a vessel at sea, by reading service for them gratui- tously on Sunday ; and for fear their de- votional propensities might lack the fer- vor of a genuine spirit, a goodly nioeicum of rum was dealt out" to each male peni- tent, to kindle up devotion.' But alas, for backsliders and the fle«h-pot of Egypt, the Colonel ceased to give them their accus- tomed rations of pure ^erintoth, and he was therefore left alone in his glory, with - none but old George Crane and his rib Belle to utter an amen to the aspuMJons of the Anchoret of Dunwich.. Colonel Talbot was a strange compound of Irish pride, warm heart and odd head, qualities which he no doubt inherited in no small degree from his relatives ''on both sides of the house." His uncle, Mr. O'Reilly, a fire-eater of some celebrity, took the absurd notion into his head, that his only son, who had a cast in his eyes, could not be his heir, had recourse to the following novel method to ascertain his oflfspring's legitimacy to the name and es- tate. Young O'Reilly being at the time a student of Trinity College, and upon the citizens of Dublin turning out to cele- brate a certain gala day, the youthful col- legiate joined the procession, and which was observed by the Father, who readily bribed a ruffian, by the power and influ- ence of a guinea, to "wallop the blind ras- cal," as he pointed out his unsuspecting •on to the "Dublin jackeen." During the contest Mr. O'Reilly stood at a disUnce, unseen, and had the satisfaction of seeing the hireling miscreant receive ample re- muneration for hia wages, in the shape of anibtokaa ^ Ketigion;thoTigh"ho" "Occasionally, at we- ehaHge«Wy-**T wi©*M*y~oose, «^arly settlement of the colony, joined to- face: whilst the victor exclaimed, I am an pother, for bettor, for Worse, numv, of his O'Reilly of C n, and will meet the ucighbors, ui the absence of a regular Devil or any man in Dublin who would H ;.y| 'J i' n '' >r-faincd >r equal- dulcet MMiiM IW:.tJ»4MMH»«*g ia8ai^B8^^ ^^»wlTwn^^ b wtW i i l ji-wifa^ iBWiMNiMMpi an iii 'rfhWi.Tiiiia i-:,- f^'. t-:. 6? ^V- ■^> V KT '■: -J C: • ^ -■" C ;- '■' ■ ■^ ' '<, - 'y ■* ■" ^> I. ; . ..' /? .... ; C' - -J-, ' 1 V ' t> y* ■■• ■ . , f 1 » ■ f ■ f u 1 1 \ 1 . ■ ; • ' 4 , — « ■■.■-:;?i-4! T ,— JK="-W^W»'t^'r^Ki.-.-?g!a^,.^?fSi^|!TOVJW mmmwsm'F'^m/smfsmmmm 10 THE LIFE OF insult me, or cast an odium upon my name or family. Colonel Talbot's uncle ever afterwards treated his son with the great- est affection, and never again doubted his being'descended from the ,pld Milessian stock of the O'Reillys of iH^lf fail. All the notables of Europe travelling through Canada for pleasui^V generally paid a visit to Colonel Talbot at the Her- mitage in Dunwich; as did also the repre- sentatives of Royalty; who left him con- Tinced that if their host did not enjoy hap- piness in a life in the woods, he at least lost nothing of th^ pristine hospitality of the castle of Malahide, and his ancient name. He^ieither amused himself by fishing nor fowling; like Lord Chester- field, he considered such amusements be- neath the dignity of a gentleman; and when be required fish from the lake or game . from the forest he was willing to pay for it. However, he kept a seino for the ac- commodation of himself and his neigh- bors, in the vicinity of Port Talbot, where in the spring and fall large quantities of Pickerel, Muskelonge, Catfish, Bass, Mul- let, Suckers, Sturgeon,* (fee, were taken in abundance, and which was divided be- tween the -fishermen and the proprietor of the net and fishing ground. Colonel Talbot was always much an- Boyed when anybody hinted death to him; and whoever had the hardihood to do so invariably fell in for a withering in- tective.' A Rev. gentleman once had the temerity to point out to him his great length of days, and the numerous bless- ings that God strew around him, as also the necessity of a preparation previous to >R exit from this vale of tears; when he the Colonel when he was not in the best of humor, requesting a grant of wild land, but was immediately unceremoniously re- fused. The emigrant, greatly disappointed retorted with much bitterness, and was not answered with such language as was capable of assuaging the troubled spirit of the stranger, who pounced upon the Col. in such a manner as to compel him to seek safety in flight, and lock his office door to prevent the ingress of a second Roderick Dhu. An esteemed friend of ours, Mr. James B y then^ confidential of the Colonel, whose hair resembled his, met the unsuccessful applicant for land oni^his WEgfc>from the house, and, with eyes dart- ing fire, came up to the young Irishman, and declared that if he ever met his d — d papist father froin home, he would break every bone in his body. The laborfers about the premises ever afterwards de- signated Mr. B y by the soubriquet of "Young Tom." In 1829 Colonel Talbot returned from one of his tours to Europe, accompanied by his brother. Sir Richard, who intended to make Cauada his permanent home. The Knight, who a short time previously had represented an Irish constituency in the House of Commons, possessed to per- fection all the worst traits of the Colonel, without ev^n a shadow of any of his good qualities. He was vain, supercillious and tyrannical; nay, unfit to command the outward respect of serfs or helots. He heated Canada with a vengeance as unfit for a gentlemen- to reside in, owing to the democratic predilections of its inhabi- tants; and he was frequently hoard to say that he never saw a place except Paris, beciiiie outrageous, and told tlieMinisrerronffOn,in«Hnibim. where a tnW he would live when ho was dead and and rank was properly respected. Upon , one occasion Sir Richard Talhot accom- AstalworthScotchmunoncc waited on panied the Colonel to where a^nechamc i < ■r I I 1 1'. i « i 1/ ■»l N n. 5 1 • i\ i 4 , f i&i ^^a^s^^^^^^^^a^^B irViK- mtmm COL TALBOT." u est Hed ras ras tof Col. eek Irto kck p. the Imet ihis lart- an, -d reak Irers de- Blof from Inied' nded orae. [)usly cy in iper- loael, [good hand the He unfit Ito the nhabi- tosay 'aria, f-trirth-= was erecting a building, when the em-hamlet, from Cornwall to Aipherstburgh, ployer and employed entered freely intjKpm the shores of Lake Superior to those conversation, when the greenhorn d|^Ontario, from the pure waters of the manded with the most Czarish. pomposity Huron to those of Lake Erie, is studded . if the builder's hat was not nailed to his with magnificent stores and mauufacto- head. No, replied thein!§[)endent Irish- ries, the owners of which are becoming man;'yet it is firm enough not to take weal^mid the general welfare of this it off to a worm like myself. I reserve hfi^y and favored colony, that privilege to honor my Creator, and Long after Col. Talbot arrived inUi)per for the common courtesies of life, but not Canada, the London district occupied an for the gratification of wordlings, some of immense tract of forest, with a scattered whom are only blanks in creation, "The rank is but the guinea's stanap; The man's the gowd for a' that." settlement here and there, like an oasis in the wilderness. It then comprised the present three Counties of the Huron tract, now Huron, Perth and Bruce ; also the The name of Thomas Talbot will ever , ^ ^ j m r n tti „ ,«^ * fill „ imnr^rtonf nUrP in'the Couttties of O.xford, Norfolk, Elgm, and continue to fill an important place m the ^^ now having a Court history of Canada, whether as an appen- Middlesex . eacn now na « dag^of the British Empire, or an inde- House and Gaol of its own with the ex- pendent government. Already the germ ception of Bruce, which ha, not as yet of a mighty nation is not only sown, but been able to meet the requirements of the advances with giant strides to the har- Act. Liken the present with the period J ■ ^v 1 4. „f „., ;ii„.»r; when the only Court House and Uaol vest; and m the latiguage of an illustri- ^utsu mp j . , ous personage in the House of Lords, for this immense section of country wy . when we are competent for self-govern- located in the village of Victoria County ment England will extend to us the hand of Norfolk, and inferior even at this day of friendship, and direct us by example to our own rising village of Fingal. and counsel to walk in these paths of ho- A Court of Oyer and Terminer and nor and patriotism, characteristic of the General Jail Delivery was called for a land of our forefathers. 'Tis then we can certain day to meet at Vittoria when smile at internal or external hostility, Judge.Sheriff.Jury. Constables and Law- and crush in our might anything that wo'd yers were present; the Jury to assess dam- dare to invade our peace' or prosperity, ages and a true verdict give between At the present time Canada is the happi- our Sovereign Lord the King and the pri- est country on the face of the globe. Em- soneratthebar who happened to be an i^ants from Europe and the United unfortunate wight mdicted for horse-steal- Slates of America are daily crowding our ing- The heterogeneous jury retired, shores; whilst our farmers and mechanics leaving the candidate for hemp in no very art rewarded for their labors beyond even their most sangine expectations. Peace, plenty and harmony bless the Province — the laws are maintained and respected; — its great commerce in our towns and ci- ties can vie with that of some of the older enviable situation. Six were for a ver- dict of guilty, and the other half..»«Wi.,w«..i.^i..vi^»h..i>8«« '■-> . =1- ^ 12 were unwilling to consign him to the ten- - der mercy of "Jack Ketch." What steps to be taken iinder such untoward circum- stances, was the great arcanum ; till a Solon of the number, unskilled in the dry tomes of Chitty and Blackstone, gave us bis legal opinion that the best plan to adopt was to "Jlip a copper." No soon said than I done. Up went the life-giving or life-tak- ing coin, — fortune directed'^ its whirligig contortions, and the culprit was acquitted. This anecdote I have from Mr. R. H. Lee, a merchant of Stratford, theja a res- dent of Yittoria, the scene of the above specimen of the intelligence uf the Lon- , don District some thirty years ago.'' Tem- fora mutantur, when we can now com- pete with any section of the Britijh Isles" as to the general infonnatiun of the peo- ple. .^ Norfolk, or Long Point, as,, it is some- times callei^, was first settled by a curi- ' ous compound of the Aomooenu* Vender composed ef IJ. E. Loyalists, a few strag- j/ glers from Butter's Rangers, and some others of a more respectable character (or intelligence and respectability. Du- Ihe administration of Governor Simc?>«i, the Long Pointers elected a man to repre^ ■ sent them, named S n,' whose know- ledge of the English language consisted" in a few broken sentences that an illite- rate pedagogue, a Yankee deserter, had been trying to beat into hu upper story,, fjom the period 'of his electioii till he should present himself in the halls of le- gislation. Parliamentary duties and usages he was as -unskilled, in, as would a blind dromedary to the properties of a "JiinTne Rife." ^f\er many hair-breadth eseapes by fl«od and field, our M. P. P. arrived safely at the scat of government, when "ULr. S ;-n, \^lth other re|)reseiita' THE LIFE OF celloncy General Sim'coe. He informed him in reply to some commonplace obser- vations, "dat his peeple war all-killen fond of their rytes, and the tarnqition eritters told me that ilF' I couldn't give the Guv- nolr a hoist atkoUer and elber they'd never* seim me here again. So if yer ready let us at it Mr. Guvner. I calculate I 6an take ' two out of three, aiiyhew! I could do so \vithanyll^er in Long Poitjt." The Gov- • ernor bowec^lftd smiled complacently, . and said, Mr.Jtf., our /duty to our King and country partakes of a very>^lemn nature." We bare met together to frame laws and enactments-for the protection of_ life and property^ and not for the j)urpose of wrestling." All this was as unintelli- gible to the member for Parliament' as if General Simcoe had delivered himself in Arabic. He merely caught the last word,^ and augured therefrom that his I^ccUen- cy declined the challenge. ''Give me your hand, Mr. Guvner, we'll be friends henceforward; I've done my duty to my peeple, and am sure of re-electio ^Lknp w General Simcoe, your no^kpward, for you (it well in the revolutionary war, though -%. th,em plagxiy rebels, with Washington at their head, gave the pooi;^Briti8h kn all- fired whipping." This was delivered amid a boisterous roar of laughter, in which General 3iincoe, his aide de-camp. Pri- vate S^retary,, and members "ot both branches of the Legislature heai'tily joiif- ed. Mr. S n thought all this out- burst of gaiety, arese from his Excellen- cy's feaf to wrestle^^ancf his own signal victory, with the triumph that must await him at his return to Long Point. "Never mmd, Mr. Guvner," he remarked, "they need not laugh at you, for I believe I co'd show the ground to the youngest and con- ceitedat c6on in the room.'* This was the ivves. W^ formally introduced to his Ex- signal for another volley, when the GoVt ',r|.:; i it t m 4 'ii uss N i-.j n .,ir(.- -(■ jr '; !• f— ,'« . ■ ■■^■^-'i i ■••j-' Hv's Oii:\ ';^::c;on'oct musl b 3e - ■ w:rO eUBLlC LIBRARIES a;, ifn; -c'-/:f- of rhis copy , i in ct^(r\' . av- whore iiiis pnocGgrapn is tciiroduced. • - ' '^■' /y ^ M led 1 er er- • M inJ I ers v> iiv- • ver 1 I let I ake ' i ISO 1 ■ov- , 1 Illy, . ■ t [ing I imn '; ame ( nof ] pose 1 teni- a's if !lfin ford, illen- B nie .ends my know ir you lough ton at ■ 1 in all- lamiii '! which i ),Pri- ! f both j- jTJoin- f is out- ■ ' :ellei\- sij;nal ■ f t await , ■ 'Never , , | "they [ B I co'd y 1 nd con- ' ivasthe — -~ le Cov- u ler- tmJ lers luv- Iver [let 130 Sov- w (ing imn lame |n of pose kelli- as if fclfin brd, Mlen- me lends |o my Iknow br you ttough pn at U all- 1 amid wjiich ,Pn- both rjoin- lis out- ' cellen- I signal asvait ["Never "they COL. TALBOT. ernor bowed to the company ani retired, compelled to chop rM log the breadth 2jr S- ' -n. then turning to. the Mem- of 66 feet along the length of his farm; ber for Lincoln.>and like a man pleased and many were the difficulties Colonel with himself and the performance, Talbot had to grapple with, iiaeeing that .xclaimed. "Got rot the critteri, didn't this thoroughfare was opened through sc Icive them h-U under the shirt 1" important a section of Upper Canada. , However. Mr. Sovereign was shortly' The Province was in • '^"^j f'^^'l iudoctrinateVintOllhe mysteries of par- at the time; Us resource. i»*e little mor. liamentary etiquette, and voted after- than nothing, and scarcely suffi-cient wards, with many others. . 1100 acres of money could be obtained to pay the the best lands of the Province to each nominal tax imposed on the settlers, who member of the Legislature. The gre^t" w^re content if tl^oy could obtain the Talbot street, commences in the vici^fe«^mon necessaries of li^. But^such of Simcoe. head town of the QrPw'"*^ P'""'^ ^'i "I^ / ''• ' a ' ., , • 1 u .sEi.^^ iWest s&yQ yff^Y ^o fields of, gram; ^nd Norfolk and passes through, ^^^^.^ ,f J flescriptiou fell to the ^^''yTlht^A^ ^^ setai in pLportion to its till It terminates at «he^ed town population.* and tho^ general Sandwich, tue capitol Wf «B« County ot 4,'. " ^ \ . ., p„„i_^- till it has , *, V -1 ^e .ua i»;,roi. imDrovement of the rrovince, iiu u iia» Essex, on the south banli of the Kiver ii"p'"»'=' xflsex, uu luo ov ., .f ariivpd at that ho-h position winch com- St. Lawrence, or, River Detroit, if you ariivea at tnai n.^i pu a » will. Finished, did we say? Yes. fin- mands the ^^"^^^''^V^ ^^ ^,3; „ . ■ J . f«> whether as a producer of wheat," exporter ished to all intents and purposes; for 7®"'^^ ""^ * Pj c >;, lumber or first there has not been a new house built of flour, potash, g am lumber, or farst mere nas iiuu oo a'^ricuUural at^d mechanical arts. ,here for the last dozen of years .. - the^^_ o^ ^^ ^^ ^^.^.^^ ^^^^^^^.^^ ^^ Talbot Street as nearly two hundred ^^ ^^ j ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ,^^^ miles long, and passes through «oml of ^ ^^^^ enconiums of the Hon. Horace the most fertile townships in Canada; ^^^ ^^ the New York Tribune, and - and then the beauty an4. fertility of ihe ^^^^'j. ^f CoWress; who was present farms, the -magnificence and extent of ^^^j^^ ^^^^^^ p^^^s exhibition, in July of the orchards, producing apples, pears, < °^^ g^r. Mr. Greely's state- plums, peaches, cherries; .^ih the splen- ^^ J.^ ^^ ^.^^ j^^^^ ^^ ^^^ f^^^,^ dor of the dwellings and officesto be met ^^^^^^/^ ^^ p^^^^a. Coming from an with on^the T;oute, are evidences of the ^^^^^j^^^^ j^ ^jji be read with pride and taste, energy and indomitable P°««^'<^" gj^t^gfaction by the subjects of this de- " rai^ce of t)ie first settlers of Talbot Street j. . ^^^j appendage of the British Empire:^ ' '" " sent-Townships. * ^ ttr^ tbeir*uii^y'8.i*f#. •• Hor wheat, oats, peas ^eans. &c., MPi«teiS^,ediKKerb;supplied." neatly arranged in open «^ks. ("her very ■ Mlr"*^"- ^ ^„ ,, best products having been purchased out- The great Talbot StYeet was opened by ^est p^^^ ^^^^ purpose) are hard to beat; means of settlement duties, aseach indi- ^a^ ^^^^ af Indian Corn is respiectable vidual who obtaned a grant of land was ^^^^ unexcelled, since there is none from ■ rr^VJ' the States; and so with her axes, scjrthes, • Col. John Prince has recently lai J the . ^^ , ^^^^^ ^j^ch Europe has I ■ % U-IH 'r. I I i; ill I ii ■^: 'M r 4 1 ■ \. ^ 0^ J / •# N r W "J Mr^ ^ *, i ■;• pSt" ,.4.V r ^^^S^spww^^pi? < w-.' ! ! i ^ g i n w rtT g^rPTC iiwwi»K^!i3t^qifre>w«cwtaw iiii 14 THE LIFE OF bj-and bje produce, if she manifests a tractable disposition. — (We must 'not ' ask too much of youth and inexperience). "But I propose to show how it pays: — Canada is known to be romarKable rich in timber, while France is relatively poorer in that important staple than any other country I ever saw. We justly praise the architecture of Paris for the security ic affords against fires; but how could it be otherwise, when there is scarcely any inflammable material for house building to be had here at any price? Well, the Canadian? have wisely sent a good display of samples of their various kinds of timber, and, with theih, Specimens of manufactured doors, win- dows, &c., with the price marked on each. I Understand, one can readily believe, that these have already induced not merely enquiries, but large French orders for doors, Ac., from Canada, and is very likely to become the foundation ^of a considerable trade." 9 ,> ;,v • ^ From the Montreal Hurald. ^' We are now in receipt of oflBcial doc- vments regarding the great exhibition of J 866 in Paris. They give a most minute Jind, we believe, extremely impartial description of the nature and value of the . numerous i^rticles which the different ' "Countries on the face of the earth have .4!ontributed to render this Exposition •one of ^4^19riost brilliant that ever took j>laoe. ■^n the grand catalogue of coun- tries mentioned in these documents, Can- ada has not been forgotten, and the fol- lowing extract, which we translate from 4be French original, will show better 4han anything else in what higli estima- tion this Province is held in France by persons most competent to judge of the utility and value of the natural and induvtrial productions of a country. The extract in question reads thus : The graceful trophy, erected in the centre of the space allotted to Canada, (in' the building of the Expositions at Paris) at once indicates the special char- acter of the productions of this country. Barrel * containi aff-Art klaa .of food^ On the upper part appears a collection of blocks of timber which support the ''mple- ments of the agriculturist and wood cleaver. Samples of fur and British flags crown the summit. In 1863 the value of the export of wood amounted to 47 millions, precisely one-half of the vale of the total export. This sufiiciontly proves of what import- ance those immense' forests which cover a great part of the soil of Canada, are to that country. The samples of walnut are magnificent. The Canadians know how to skilfully employ the natural richness of thier country. All thd turning work sent to the Exhibition is remarkably well done, and so is the cabinet ware. The trophy contains a well constructed door, the price of which does not reach seventeen francs; in France a similar door would cost at least twenty francs. Grain is a very important article of export for Canada, and the Montreal gar- deners have preserved the traditions of the beautiful French culture ; they export their fruits and vegetables to sev- eral parts of North America. Although a war of extermination has somewhat depopulated the forests of Canada, there are many beautiful furs at .the exhibition, among which those of black and silyejc foxes deserve especially to be mentiolieia. The price of this sort of fur is incredibly high, and reaches sometimes 600 francs for one single black fox hide. The trophy is sur- mounted by a beaver, which interesting animal has almost disappeared. The Gulf into which the waters of the St. Lawrence flow is well known for the extreme abundance of fish, and the fish- eries there and considerably to the wealth of Canada. waff grain, and preserved meat and fish, have oeen ranged at the fool of the trophy. the country consist copper. Considera- Kt •> 1' 1! ii ua'fVf -i! be? ' 'f CO tr):i at> iir." wi ' C:* ed'l The minerals of chiefly of iron and ,_^^,.. ^ ble beds of native copper have recently been discovered near Lake Superior, and their exploration has already commenced. The Exhibition contains several beouti- also of this coppor» M pyrites of copper and malachites. Sul- phate of zinc, argentiferous galena and ui tb ra ^•1 w w=i Ij i i.f t( I' a V I 8 I t: i •iJ 4 '€ Thi.s pliotogr^ph is made ' r re.^.arcb purposes ' Onlv „ r y--- for reproduction ■ •■ ' e consent of the ,■• ;c;t owner. ' ■-'.''' '-'.Yemeni must be O PUBLIC LIBRARIES '■■ f ci tiiia copy ' '<•'.'■ where this t'-'^'Mi is reproduced. don of.j •mple- j wood , ■ — iritish ua be ort of j du icisely ixport. ,_ CO aiport- 1 tr cover A are to ; ih walnut ' in w ;ilfully C thier Cl sent to . ec done, la trophy or, the u enteen ll would ri I icle of ^ la! gar- V ions of w ; they f to sev- fl o lon has a ;3ts of \ furs at a lose of ] lecially ' lis sort 1 J ■eaches 1 ' single 1 1 1 IS sur- ' resling ' ( 1 of the for the le fish- wealth consist sidera- 1 , ocently 1 / or, and i lenced. 1 beiiuti- I also of CJ..I 1 tna and ^■ ■aHm^HMBBHI .1 kion o! , •mple- wood British ort of lecisely Export. hiport- 1 cover L are to minut [ilfully thier Isentto I done, I trophy or, the Nnteen ' would iicie of bal gar- lions of they Ito sev- pon has eats of Ifurs at liose of fcecinlly pis sort reaches single lis sur- Iresling ; of the I for the he fish- I wealth Iconsist bidera- ocently |or, and nenced. I beau li- aise of THE LIFE aF 15 native silver and gold, complete the Peter Robinson, who received immense beautiful collection of the metallic pro- tracts of land, provisions and agricultu- ductions of Canada. ralimpleuients for settling the County of Long since inhabited by Europeans the p.^,, borough and a feW of its Town- country already possesses a notable indus- Y_W"" »" o .,, , , 1. u try, pretty carnages, beautiful tissues, ships. Not satisfied with what he could a fine collection of ironware, which show malje out of such a promising specula- ihat the time is not far distant when the ^Jq^^ when he became Commissioner of importation of manufactured articles ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ .^^ jgg^^ ^e was defaulter will no more have that importance to Canada which it still retains. The agri- cultural machines of Canada are decid- edly not inferior to even those of Eng- land. to the amountof several thousand pounds. Then ther^ arose Sir John Caldwell, at the samd time, and his sc^ Sir Henry, a eouple of years afterwards, who embez- Finally, the enormous works of art ^led nearly a half a million of doll va in undertaken by Canada show her riches; ^^^.^ . ^^ Receivers General, the country 18 covered with a net work of ^ *^ ; , , , railroads, joining from all sides the St. Compare such characters as we have al- Lawrence, which is the great vein of luded to with the exertions of Colonel North America, and has by immense Xalbot for upwards of half a century, works been brought into cono^iunication ^^^ j^^ ^jjj ^ ^^ g„gei ^f ^ght with the Lakes. The f^^^l*:^/ "fl^;; ^hen viewed in juxuvposition with such ' cation, and the cheap rales, OTTtTftvehng "^ _ J *^ for the conveyance of |a«;ql«|iidize, will cotempoianes. Of a truth, it may bo give this grand route a' decided import- said that our virtues are written on sand, ance with regard to the communication whilst our faults are engraved on brass, with Western Amarica, and make it a j^ ^^^^ survey of townships and laying" serious rival to the Canal of the btate of , .», , ^n, ,u ^ t, j New Yojik. The great river itself will out of villages on the great Talbot Road. soon be crossed near Montreal by a rail- ihe poor Colonel still clung to the recol- road bridffo; its length will be two kilo- j^^^j^^ ^^ ^ome and home's holiest affec- metres (about 6,156 feet). A colony . , > n j ?» lu L- L ^ . ' . ., .',.!.„ f„ „^-,A tions: for Malahide was called after the which executes similar works to avoid «-'""'• r i.' the expense of transhipment, is certainly paternal castle; St. Thomas after htm- enjoying a fine state of prosperity." self; Fingal after a relative, the Earl of There has been an outcry raisedagainst Fingal; the beautiful village of Aylmer Colonel Talbot, perhaps correct in part, after Lord Aylmer; and so might b© and unjust as a whde; but by investi- traced some others, gleaning from the gating his character, and allowing a lit- heart of the recluse of Dunwich that tie latitude for self, fl^ich actuates every Erin was still his home; when he drew man in a greater or lesser degree I am recollections around him that upwards of .emboldened to say, that Colonel Talbot half a ccintury could not effice. There- will be found to be one of the best pub- is a something that reconcilea every man lie men that Canada looked upon during to his lot. It may be hope, the first ' th« Tory reffitm. There was the Honor- dream of his youth, and the last comfort ' able Samuel Smith, Procurator of the of his existence, for it is the last anchor ^""""^ thousands upon thousands of acres on lation of the poet, that • 'man wants but Samuel Smith, E«(i., his own precious little here below, nor wants that little self. Then there wiis the Hojidrable long." OV it may be custom that habit- Ui i\ > 11 iMMNMhi [it- Jh's phni:r;graph 13 made '■ r re.-:;rrh purposes only ■'; ' '■^'' tor reproduction ' '• '^ ^.•.'t consent of the ; .p'^ ■ ':!: owner. j' ■. ■ ' "rrcnl ronst be . vo pubUc libraries :=■ ;' f, ! tlii:. copy ^ '■ \,]\'rc this '• ■;.: i.m !:; U'i ','Oi.luced. ! \ 1 '^ ] > / < 1 »MH i»»MJiwaaiimiwi— !BB — wWWWHip } 16 COL. TALBOT. uates us after a lapse of time to show a bold front to difficulties which a proud spirit loves to grapple with, in order to achieve a nobler conquest. The follow- ing anecdote from memory may illus- trate my position. After the destruction of the infernal Bastile, a poor old man who had been buried alive in it for^fifty years, made his re-appearance in the streets of Paris; he inquired for his wife, his children, his brothers, sisters, home and friends; but they had long lain in the narrow house of death, and his cottage made way for a palace. He was a stranger amidst a new generation. He wept the weeping of childhood again; he sighed «jnce more for the Bastile — the life-string snapped. Shall. I proceed ? No! he was dead. „ • . ♦ During his residence in Canada Colo- nel Talbot made some throe visits to Europe, but they were of short duration; indeed, like all others who once breathe the pure air of a Western world, they can ill-reconcile themselves with the wretchedness of the'poor of Europe, and atill less with the haughty loidlings, who believe that days were made for .slaves, and nights and days for them. In this happy land, flowing with milk and honey — when once its independence and com- forts are enjoyed, it must be the errorof the moon to exchange it for anything that can be obtained by the working class of Englishmen, Irishmen or Suoiohmen. But this could not apply to Col. Tiilbot; it must have arisen from his long resi- dence, and a love of the country and sol- itude. In fact, use is second n.ituro, and tp search out new, pleasures at his I that would render him immortal. Palu death, however, who strikes with the same impudence at the palaces of princes and the cottages 'of the poor, gave the great man the beak at last, and he was gathered to his fathers, before he could aocomplish the mighty project ho intended^ Colonel Talbot, with all his gruffness, was beloved by the old set- tlers, but as they increased in wealth, so did they decrease in affection for a man who took very little pains, to cultivate it. ! The Colonel still clung to the principle of the old school, no change — no com- promise. He was like the old "daft Scotchman," who tell in love with a beau- tiful girl he once met in the streets of • Edinburgh, and who has since been seek' , ing her in every public place and thor- oughfare in "Auld Reekie," with a sim- ilar dress to what she then wore; and more astonishing, yet he looks mto the face of every young woman thathe meets that he thinks her age corresponds with that of hii« unknown beloved; making no di^erence in the havoc that fifty years must have made on her youth and beauty — which have bereft him of sense and reason. As it was with Colonel Talbot, half A century made no difference in him; but it was with his settlers and their children, who oppused induslryand perseverance to difficulties which they surmounted, and who are now worthy of the honor of so glorious a triumph. For many years the Talbot anniversary —the 21st of May — was celebrated at St. Thomas by a superb ball and supper, when the merchants, mechanics and old settlers, with their wives and daughters •r w t I 1). 1 :i O for the Philosopher's stono; or.iHabsurd as Vati,lhe Chinese Emperor, who spent his whole life in trying to distil a licjuor weta woafe r lo^trifiit^off tqUift-'Iight fan- ^^ ; taitic too." Manya time h.\vo I hearda good old matron exclaim with conscious prido, that she danced with Colonel Tnl- I r h / ; Hks photograph is made >r .r^.^farch purposes only . ! not £<^)r reproduction f % :t the consent of the L . ' • ■■ '-.ix owner. " A V ;c:df:r:ment must be ■.■->. ■ ^ \'- tiie ^^ .'O PUBUa' LIBRARIES 1 >• ■-ir^ oi this cbpy - -;••'■■.•. \vhcre this "^ ^ v. inh is rcr)roduced. ''SI-. • Pale Ih the Irinces |v'« the le was [could tt he |all hi a lid set- llth, so liimHii ,-iUe it. linciplo com- "daft ibeiiu- reels of Inseek- thor- la sim- fr, and Bto the ) meets lis with King no |y years 1 beauty pa and Talbot, |nce in prs and kryand bh they brthy of r fversary lated at 'upper, and old kughlq|0 [htfafF" heard .'i onscious kiiel Tal- (/ iHMIiaiHMi lyf Pale Ih the irinces ve the e wa3 could !l ho all his Id set- 1th, so i\ man viite it. ificipla com- "daft I beau- reels of In seek- thor- la sim- fr, and dto the (meets ^s with liing no ly years [beauty hse and JTalbot, Ince in Brs and kiryand bh they brthy of ih. Iversary hted at 'upper, and old 1/ J heard a onscious knel Tal- COL. TALBOT. It tot at one of those happy gathcrinss. B«t have just placed him. "May the curse the Talbot anniversary is now xeckoned of Cromwell light on the bloody Russians amoncr the things that have been. The that wont come^.t and give us a chance aood denizens of Londo.1 upon one occa- of drubbing them." Or, it may be. arrah Bion celebrated the same day with great boys, we are well : used to hunger and display, and the Colonel went to them, hardship, but cheer up ; ^"'^'^ *^« ;";■ andlfift his old friends to console them- est hour is before day Though the selves for his absence as best ihcy could; chain, of oppression fetter our hmbs So that was the last of the St. Thomas there is a God above who will scatter Talbot anniversary, and almost the last them to dust. . and flmg t^«™ '" J^V,^^' link that existed between himself and the of our oppressors, terrific " "'»"d-'*^'°"* old settlers. The link was even made of of an Arabian Sirocco. There are some b ass d could not be brazed; the Col,- parasites who listlessly beholdiheir down nel was stubborn-they independent, and trodden country and 1>- ^ngs. who both were too old to have it recast. cannot look to the trefoil attached Take an Irishman, when seated at the to the hat of their coun ryman on fesU e boad with companions that be the 17th of March ; but thank Heaven! bve and there is not a more .-arm- such are only to be found among the Cas- hJarted bein. from Vudus to the Poles.- tloreagus, the Norberrys the Londonde - ffis yes be:ming with the genuine hap- ry,. the Farnhams, and Others of th ^e hat reTgns within ; hfs ready rep- cWss of political vampires whose heats r .!!;ult (finging his jests arouuds. have bee. steeled t" barbar,^ y gold. ' heedless whether they fall upon himself and their eyes J^" f ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lauguier iiuiu ^ Kpfriv " Even this accusation has been endeavors to make as merry as himself, betraj . ^.ven inis ^ ,. . . ^ ,v- Tho,e traits 'in the Irish character are brought against Colonel Talbot by the ^:;:ri:::;cast of society^ .omti. -n^;----;: --s ter of opinion whether a httle parlor edu poor Colonel from sm:h cation does not really deprive an uns - ^^^^^ \ believe there does phisticated Irishman of a considerable ^^^P^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ „, ,„ Englishman shareof thatwitandhilarity which, when .^t^i^^^^^^^ emanatins from men of other nations, bearing me "H'sir emanating i ^ ^ .^ ^^^ ^ ^^^jl^„g ,„ St. James. I yi.ld not half the zest. , Alas, poor rai fe hesitation^ to say. that ^^^ j^t v ^U k cL or ADy ro mh eh .s therninju^-positio^^^ 'a heart for ..cry fa..," .ndcnroad.ly Gr.llon,. DurU., Sh.nd.na, ==..M.. .„,„„1, Wm,.ir i Ih. poMli.. »h>ch .. Gold^rrrUh., Moor.,, W.Umsto... Con- 3 111 ■i.-h ii l! 'J :| il !' 'I >'i4 h i rfjf pholofjraph is made ":.^ r = .- arcb purposes only •■.■ji for reproduction ^ ■■'/■; /ue consent of the v/.ii^ o\v|ier. must be i.r.c. vn:) PUBLIC LIBRARIES •^ ■■ e- ol tHs copy ^ - . -v'^ rvnere this - , o,^ai.li is reproduced. !^ I 18 THE LIFE OF nels, Swifts, Flooils.llutchesoiis, Doyles, EUsinglons, Coyles, Cubans, Totten- hams, Sterns, and thousands of others, in the galaxy of theology, patriotism, law, medicine, poetry, oratory, philosophy and arms: and who have not been inferior to the literati or distinguished of any other ration since Partholan first knelt on the daisy-dfeckcd meads of the Western Isle, 312 years after the Deluge. . On St; Patrick's day Colonel Talbot was accustomed to evince more than his usual-familiarity among his workmen, and always had prepared for them a superior dinner, with a corresponding quantity of the "barley brew." «0|^these occasions recollections of his eqirly military life would crowd around him, with a hidden pang of grief that could ill conceal the workings within, when turning to catch a fading ray of ;oys long deparfe^ and con- trasting those happy momentr with the solitude of the wilds, and the rough cus- tomers and rougher treatment that some- times awaited him, whether as geaeral Agent for the Crown Lands of the sur- rounding District, or free distributor for the Government of part of those of the Townships of Dunwich and Aldboro'. However, the passing cloud would spee- dily vanish from his brow, and Momus take firm possession of the warm-hearted soldier. It was in these moments of fit- I ful pleasure he. would refer to a gtorious St. Patrick's evening at the tremendous Mess Table, to his brother ofliccrs, some of whom perhaps found a grave 'mid the lone blue waters of the Atlantic, or the blood-red fields of Spain and Waterjoo. • Land of My Birth. And quaff tbo "bright Lesbian, vfith a heart free from guilo, And a smile on my lip for the Emerald IkIc. Then hail thee, dearest land of my birth! The land of the brave,— sweetest Isle upon earth; Tliough the noon-tide of sorrow around thve has set. The suniihtne of glory will beam 'round the* yet. Though bleak be the tear that starts from thine eye. Thy sons are as pure as thine own native sky; And where'er be the clime thvj are flestiued to roam. Their thoughts ever rest in the land of their home; Thcwifcjjl to thee, dearest land of my birth. I Tho land of the brave,— sweetest Isle upon earth; Though the noontide of sorrow around theo has set, Tho sunshine of glory will beam 'round theo jet. # Thy sons patriotic who encircle us kere, " Whoso bosom is warm with friendship sincere; Whose arm is rais'd for our Queen and our right. And whose watchword is liberty, fountain of light. . Then hail to thee, dearest land of my birthi The land of the brave, — sweetest Isle upon earth; ^ Thoug the noontido of sorrow around thee has tet. The sunshine of glory \^1]1 beam 'round thee yet. Let a halo of glory fill mountain and vale ; Let it hie to tho East on the wings of tho gale; Aloft let it ride o'er the bark-bc.iring waVcj Trll it rests on thy bosom, green laud of the brave. ■- Then hail to thee, dearest land of my birlh! The land of tho brave, — sweetest It>Ie upon earth; Though the noontido of sorrow around theo has sot, The sunshine of glory will beam 'round thca fvt: ", ~" ■ . _ I'll I'M ) l', I I i^ I ;' I'L ■'■ i If I i 1 M f ■ FTt. crxyiyCTr.nrriATi5fET. ' Come quick, lot tho gobk-t bo presu'd to my lip; 'Tis U> thoe, bclov'd Eiia, each drop I will sip Some twenty-five years ago a country- man of.his, Mr. McK d, a native of :SsM riiis photograph is made for research purposes only and rot for reproduction vviihojt the consent of the ■" copyright owner. .''.:l 'fov'U^dsement must be " the ino PUBLIC LIBRARIES '■.].i .:^'^rcc of this'copy -• ' v ry c;.se where this \) ii'Ltj-jjap^h is reproduced. V^ i.. fli - ■ ■ I free r upon cLas Itkee ItLlDC %; led to heir III! upon tbas Itbco pro; [Kilt, fu uf upon tbas itlice gale; ■I ' the Ijpou I thee Itbce the County of Werf.irJ, or die 'Clear Ayr' sliKhitent on a triumph,, aai J, ^'TheVj, as it is sometimes designated, waited (I — -hNyou, I'll "fix you, and send' you on Colonel Talbot for the purpose of amon'gthe Orangemen, and they'll kill obUining a grant of land, "fear nobile frq^^jo^ "The very tiling I want," was the , tntm!* Before McR d-got within a reply." The Colonel gave xMr. R — ■ A^ stone's throw of the not over polite Col., his request, andevet afterwards treated he put his head out of his log cahoose^ him with ho3;)itality and respect. He meant for an office, ami with the lungs of never afterwards lost an opportunity to - Stentor beHowed out, "what the d—1 do enquire concerning the welfare of Mir you want?" "Go to -h— 11," quicUy re- U ^dwhen any man from t!|c town- spondedR- d, "'tis none of your ship of London called to see him; and .business." ~^" "You're a blackguard," this circumstance Avorkcd so favorably on * replied Colonel Talbot. "And you're the good opinion of his neighbors, that .an^Uier,** continued the Wexonian. This they believed he was all and all, as they xvas too much fo^ the governor of the called it, with Colonel Talbot, and Mr. caboose, whose irascibility was foaming R d «'as treated accordingly, and over; an4"rapid as the wheeling (light of very justly; for a warmer heart or more the sword^inged Albatross, peesented independent man never crossed the Atlun- himself {^^'^'jiugilistic form before the ap- tic. plicant foreland, who prepared for the , Colonel Talbot once pointed out to an defensive in siichj^ manner as proved him acquaintance the stump of a huge oak on to be no tyro, or yet unwilling to engage his farm, and continued to say, that at the in the respectable game of fisticufls. The time it was chopped a "contankeiour cur" , - Colonel then a little nlore at himself, and who was never at ease, but eternally tell- >■ in a milder tone demanded, "\Vhat then ^g lies and keeping^ the whole neighlmr- ■ do you want ?"„ "I want to see Colonel hood in confusion. Every liceson ^xn the " Talbot," ejaculated R ^d. "I am country was known to him, as wc-ll a^sthe the person," exclaimed the son of Mars, private aduirs of each family for miles Mr. R ^d at length began to think it around; in fact, to' make a long story was the genus himself, yet believing it short, he was a gencr^ nuisance, and in was moonshine to expect land from him, -truth the curses of tlip old and young was determined to adhere to the poet and: seemed only to espai.dhis front man. The sing. -'Lay on McDufl*. and d d ba he monarch of the wood had to come down, Vho first cries hold enough." R d but at its fall the busy-body was looking the Colonel in the face, between in such a poiition that nothing short a sneer of pity and anger, continued, of the interposition-<6f Heaven could - "that is not a bad joke to endeavor to to all appearance save him from total an- polm jourself over on me as the brother nihihilion. However, he came from under of Lord Talbot,— the noblest blood of the tree unscathed, and ready to practice Irish chivalry." The Colonel was fairly the old trade, which seemed to be a part used up, and with a grm that could ill of his nature. "Had the vagabond been roncei.l th e s nyije that m an t l ed on his Worth a d n to King or country (sard cheek, sahl, "You are a pnpist." "I nuC Cojun^r'nilbiS) ho woiiTin.e cr..;^edlo Has Iho spoedy rojoimlcr. The Colonel, a jelly." 1. if I •"^ :!* 'A m V w This photograph is made ^or research purposes only 'vj not for rcproductibrr ^ '.;'*it the consent of the 1- ■-•f.'7i-7;!t owner. . '• .ov. ' Ji^ement must be . ■ - •; t':e ■^9#: ■ ;7 0'PUBLIC LIBRARIES • - ■■ " ^^^'.ce of this copy ■• ■-■:.:/ cVi-.:; where this [<';.;.>.', -pa j: iviproduced.. ^ ^ ! .•'^ .20 TH£ life Of, 1 - ' -i^^j 1 I Colonel Talbot at another time accom- way. In fact, a Imnd of tiaiitors who in- ' panied the same individual from Dunwich festcd that^iieighborhood >i^|£e wor8« than to London, and (here, on the opposite side the regular army, for theylpero wont to of Dundas street, pointed out Mr. — descend to the meanest spebres^of petty , -^ the richest man in th'e County ot Middle- plunder, by the abstracting of bed cover- f«ex; "and he took a sure way to be so," ing, and depriving women and children of csntinued Col. Talbot, "for out of every their, last morsel of bread. ' Indeed I have shilling that he ever touched at least 'heard Colonel Talbot's bravery doubted elevenpence three farthings stuck tu^is (during this period) by some of hisppliti- . fingers:* ' , Colonel Talbot when in his merry mood Qcvpr lo|slip an opportunity of play- ''ingoff a dry joke, with the most seeming ibdifl'erence. Upon one Christmas morn- ing whilst awaiting fur his conveyance at Lewis' Hotel, Fingal, observed a country- man of his passing on his way to tljc Ro- man Catholic Church of St. Thomas, and with the greatest show of satirical feeling exclaimed, "there goes my 'cur- lew' namesake to mass to gladden the heart of his priest, but faith I reckon if his Christmas dinner aud bowl ofWunch depend on Tom's generosity, poor Father M* will be compelled to keepX^n/ cal enemies, and that he transferred little glory to a name whose escutcheon is already ennobled by g^allantry, patriotism, and loyalty. Really it would appear that somie men aro calculs^ed by nature for deeds of noble daring, whilst others shine in a different sphere of action, witli a more dazzling brilliancy.. Cicero, who crushed the notorious Cataline, one ofthe most daring conspirators that ever threat- ened Rome, could not advocate the cause of his friend Milo till the soldiery were withdrawn from the forum. Frederick the Great showed the white feather in the first batttle he ever engaged in, by run- ning aT/ay from his army; and, the late from St. Stephen's day to 'the huntir.g oP^'^"'^« ^^ ^ork did not evinqe groat hero- the wren,' on the following Anno Domini. ^^^ during h.s precipitate retreat from r> I I 'P lu t. 1 u u Dunkirk. Xay more, General Proctor, in Colonel Talbot s namesake has smce b^en \ j t » known by the pleasing addition of "Tom ^^^ ^^""^ "•>"'S t^""" «'" * '^^S^'''^ *° Quarter," the sum his liberality annually his Kmg and country. Ilowewer, expect- bestowsonhis Priest and the cause of ant^ for land and ofT.ce who may have Religion. "Ah, Tam! ah, Tanal thou'll get thy fairin" In hell thejr'll roast thee like aherrin." During the war in 1813 which was waged between Great Britain and the United States of America, Ccl. Talbot experienced many hair-brcudtb escapes, by flood and field; and upon more occa- sions than uno retainodhis freedom, owing doubted Colonel Talbot's courage, cannot doubt that it is not one of the character- istics of his countrymen as given by poets, historians, or thoslB who have met them on the red fields of Waterloo, Salamanca, Atfghanistau, and to the baitles of Cor- unna, Dadajos, Alma, Inkerman andBal- aklava. I fully agree with the poet, who says, that, "if the field of fame be lost, 'twill not be by an Irishman." It matters to>^'y"ghfig"'^^h« cut M r hen about t^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ home. The enemy burned his mills and against the deceased; when I have it on plundered him of every moveable article the lutliority of Mr. Geo. Lawrence and y of what kind soever that fell in their other old and respectable settlers of St. Tin act in or !• bai coi am, the>( siu fOU;. Coil hir' ij 1 ri:ir av«'; for' wi' an'' ter Wf' es be ofi to- Ju sc',^ is w thi »ai f ai of b Vi ,>cf "sfi I' SI e! mmm ^ V.,1 ■■-*.>- V, ' < —- ~^,v.- Si ' '\ 'vV.«*' \^ K m? .^ l.i-f :*. ^ -ler. |i' .. > n ' . ^ /gt-menl must be ■ C' "''" ^ PasLic "^ ' »erv r, « , f'"!> copy '"'^ * '■-, ,• V 1 * 1 * > ' i ■ -^ t • « » » ♦ ^ kin- jhan It to My iver- Inof have bted iliti- ■le In is ■ism, I that for Ihine [til a who ktlie ireat- taiisu [were Icrick In tbo run- late Iheri)- froin tor, ill ^ce to Kpect- liave II nut cr- Ks, ; tliom naiicii, Cor- 1(1 Dal- I * \l, who lost Batters actcr '■for or Ic it on Icp and of bl. COL. TALBOT. 21 TliomaB and the adjacent townships, who accompanied him to.the Niagara frontier ill 1812, that no man could be nioro cool or more daring than Colonel Tajbot at the bard fought battle of Lnndy's Lane; en- couraging the M-iddlesex Militiaby words and example to do their duty; and with tho greatest self-poss^sion taking an oc- sional pinch of stjuflf, whilst the hardest fought battle that ever took place on the Continent of America was raging around him. Colonel Talbot entertained a horrible aversion for the canaille, and particularly for a certain class of Canadian exquiaites, with galvanized watches, guard chains, and, as lawyers will have it, other appur- tenances thereunto belonging. Should the wearer be as honest as the virgin Hon- esty herself, the forbidden trinkets would be a sufficient justification in the opinion of the old bachelor to consign the wearer to the tender mercy . of the redoubtable Judge Lynch. "Go, he would say, to school, and learn to know what o'clock it is, before you parade your candlestick watch before your superiors in everything that constitutes tho difTerence between an ape and a gentlemen," One of this class a perfect "homo /actus ad unffuem ;" and decorated with all the paraphanialia of a bush daifMy, waited on our beloved Erinist, and introduced himself as Mr. II y. The Colonel turned a (iiiick Rtance upon him, and in an instant eyed him from head to footj'^nd then exclaim- ed in his Bccustonted manner when not pleased, or when he wanted to find out his customer, "You should leave that for Homebody else to say." Nevertheless Colon e l Talbot was a man of quick ami would become a wholesome settler. Col- onel Talbot used to say, and we believe, with truth, that the best coats were on the backs of stupid fops, broken down mer- chants and clerks with beggarly salaries, He would cot]tinue ; the heaviest gold chain dangles trom the fob of gamblers and blacklegs, whilst the costly ornaments on ladies indicate to eyes that are well open the fact of a silly lover, or a husband on the eve of bankruptcy; whilst a plain neatly dressed woman may be presamed to have fair expectations before her in a sensible lover, and, if married, that her husband can show a balance in his favor. For, continued the not bad old judge of human nature, women aie like books; too much gilding makes men suspicious that the binding is the most important part of the being that is destined to tender some poor son of Adam TBiseralile or happy in this nether planet. Little is known of Colonel Talbot, be- yond the general line of life we have already alluded to, from the termination of the war of 1813 till the commence- ment of the Canadian Rebellion in 1837. When h,e deemed it not prudent to call out . his regiment of Militia; nay more, it is said by some of the old settlers in Dun- wich and Aldboro, that he induced Col. Burwell, his friend and neighbor, to adopt tho same cautious procedure in them unx certain times, when brother was arrayed against brother, and few knew upon whom to depend with much degree of certainty. Though the latter gentleman met his regi^ ment doing duty at St. Thomas, after tho defeat of the Patriot Army at Gallows Hdl. I do not wish by this sUtcmont to cast thejiliglitest reflaction on the loyalty penetrating discernment, and seldom, if or valor of Colonels Burwell and TaTBot; I fver, did h« allow a person to'depart with- for the former is allowed by both parties out a grant of land, if ho really thought he to havo been a good man; and although he tifi ■ i' :-f i t i ■!■■ lUi HHNII ■Mii f:''' P'^^fograph is made ''■■-'^'^h purposes only ', ^''■' ^or reproduction . ::7\ , "^""^^^^t of the ' "^ '"k-ment must be •' ''-■■ '.'>_ ■''■'O PIJBLIC LIBRARIES ' ^' <>i ih:,> copy ^ ■-• \%,:'Tc uiis ' '''-'•'i>a is repioduced. 92 cor,. TALCOT, recpived considerable of government pat- ronage ivhichfew at the time were com- petent to engage in. Nevertheless, he accuntulated -large tracts of well-earned land, by means of his profession as a Sur- veyor. -Colonel Burwell left several do- nations of land for church and educa- tional purposes, in diflercnt parts of the Counties of Elgin and Middlesex ; and firstofalMs his magnificent gift to the city of London; and next to that is his liberal ^ifl to the town of St. Thomas, which, independent of smaller acts of charity -and benificence, would now be a fortune t* his respected family; and niue- tejithsof the demagogues of the present tlay would be willing candidates for the scrabble of the loaves and fishes oil'ored to the victors in Canada some forty or fifly years ago. Of a truth the Governor then titood trillion on the political numeration table, the E.Kecutive Council bilfion, and tbfl Legislative Council and tlwil louse of Assembly million; the Magistrates, Mili- ^a Officers and other oiFicials thousand, and the "vox populi vox Dei," — the peo- ple—at 000! It M\\ ever be the same till the people come to know their own strength, and cham the reins, by moans of the press that would bind them to such an unholy compact. Nor do I wish to dc- triict from the merits of Colonel Talbot as o soldier or a loyalist; for at the period Colonel Burwell and himself were rcvuU- i|)g in their uiind'a eye whether the Uo- (brraers or the Conservatives would gain the ascendancy. Sir Francis Bond Ileud, Lady Head, Mr. Provincial Socrotary John Joseph, and the other litUu heads of the government house and government buildings, were steaming it on the busum 1 t ofiiiike Ontario, tir my knm^tiRlp, fMdy for a departure to (he United Slates, aliould such u stop bo deemed iieccNiary, in such doubts anH ^Hsrplcxity of the issue. A short time previous to his death the Colonel removed to London, in order to bo more convenient to physicians, and other- wise prepare himself for his exit from a world in M'hich he had so long sojourned, and experienced so many of its pleasures and ditficulties; for Byron says: "Tberu is a pleasure In the patkloss wood; Tberc is a rapture oa tbo lonely bLore; Tbent is sociely irhero none intmdo. By the deep sea, and ntuaic ia its roar." A short time before his demise, on the 23rd of February, 1863, being then 82 years of age, he ordered all his private papers to be burned, lest any individual might obtain the least clue to the writing of his life, or leave a fragment behind him to tell that such a man ever ''existed,' or formed so prominent a feature in set- tling mere of Western Canada thiin all contemporaries put together. Strange coincidence that such a feeling came over him, for he could not imagine that his memory would be disregarded after de&th This feeling was^erhaps a weakness, fl human infirmity, but it is one tliat clings to us all, and cliligs only the more firmly to those who have least to fear from dis- honor or disgrace. However, when truth shall have triumphed over delusion and falsehood, and this generation shall have passed away, and the jealousioA, bickerings and diflerences among neigh- bors shall have been forgotten in the grave — the common receptacle of mankind — then the name of Colonel Talbot shall be connected with the most important pages recording' the settlement of Canada. Alas! poor Colonel Ttilbot; in how many \ '".! vo, inr He ^i hu, 1 cal H ter |J hi« |{ wa Grl da- W pal. wb 1 t Lo . , CO) • t il li ways are yolTtdcntified with the pmspi-r- ity of a country you loved so well! IIuw many of our wealthy farmers, at the pre- mmmmm mmm if -•^ i f '-'s "i.!''*/v.o- .rnpri i:. icpvoduced. ;jf ■View X" - '-i'fZil''^^:^^^^^^'-^'''''^!^'**^!^'^'^^^ |N'l"B"'W"^i^ ppH!MPiBpp|| bill til e ler to be 1 olher- jfrnin a louniuJ, tasures , on tlic llien s;: [private iliviJunl I writing bchfrul |existt'il,' in set- Itliaii all Stran;;e line over lliat lii.'4 ir death tncss, 11 it cliiiys le'firnily romdis- wluMi Pclusioii on iiliall llttlLsinH, nuigli- pe gravt' likinil — uhall 1)0 |>t pagr^ Canada. I>v ina ^jy THE LIFT, OF 23 sent time, can look back with satitiluction to the day and hour when they received vour certificate aa a warrantee to become lord of the soil at some dis^nt future? How do such men, surrounded at present by abundance, narrate to their famiUestlie liumoi in which they foUnd the whimsi- cal but warm-hearted Colonel ? and the terms of mutual pleasure they felt in his company, after the first salute was over. "What do you want ^" The Great Western Rail Road, one of Cana- da's most splendid improvements, was a paternity to the old denizen of Dunwich, who first broke trt^ck in the vicinity of London, surrounded by on immense con- course of friends and fellow subjects. Colonel Talbot bequeathed the great bulk of his property to George McBeth, Esq.,M. P. ,P., a young man who re- mained with h'im till the period of his death, in the capaci^jf of confidential, and ther«!by passed over General and Mrs. Airy, his sister's son and brother's daugh- ter, both of whom liv«d with him in Dun- wich some five "years since, and upon rather indifTerent terms of relationship. Taking everything into consideration, it is, better for the country that it has fallen intb the hands of Mr. McBeth, who is now disposing of it on reasonable terms to actual settlers; when if it were in the possession of General Airy, it would remain still in the handir o4' an absentee, rising in value in jiroportion to the im- provement made ocound it, and thcrgene- ral welfare of the Province. We live in a curious world, and we worldlingi arc not a whit loss curious our- ■«lves. Wo envy the fortune or good luck was his own, and at his disposal at hi$ option; and no doubt but he was the best judge of the affectiopato care and atten- tion that Mr. McDeth bestowed on him for years before he died. His family had forgotten the old hermit of Dunwich, and he paid them olF in^ their own coiit,.Hby:^ treating them at his death in the identical manner they bad treated- dIm throu^bj life. A few individuals labor i\ndbr. a strange, hallucination when through malevolcnc.e. or ignorance, they believe or persuade themselves that Mr. McBeth was in any other capacity with Colonel Talbot tha.i, that of confidential. At the period the Colonel accidentally fell in with ^Ir. Mc Beth he was quite a youth, and in all, respects capable of drawing the attentiqii of Colonel Talbot. He was then, froni, his education and other natural and ac- quired abilities, deemed in all respects fit to assist in the various duties of a respec- ' table country stoye. In fact he was em- ployed in that capacity, and in going to, Colonel Talbot it was to better his condi-. tion, and* to realize the promises that were, made to him, and which were so honora- bly fulfilled,. alike creditable to the donor and the recipient; for the Colonel kept his word, and Mr. McBeth did his diityj and now enjoys the reward. But admit- ting that Air, McBeth was jn the most humble ranks of Colonel Talhot'j domes» tics (which controverts itself from the fact of the proud and high-born Irishman bringing him to his tabic), we see no rea- son why his present jjood fortyno and po- sition should bo looked upon with an envious eye, and that in a country whoro ^r of our neighbors, whilst \nrfrol vindictive "thrfcw "« ftirti*tooir*«jyT •ave th» {irwi aris'oeracy of mind, virtue a^d industry, whieli in Canada ovcr-vault.sth»\sc of iH- gollcii titles, and oven ancient lineage. In W I li ;i [•J 'I 1 Jinis[H'r- I' [irr- ifanothcr exercises the saiuo malevolence towards ourselves. .What Colmicl Tal- bot bestowed on his almost adopted child. M I if i rim *' for I P'^otograph is made .n^J ""7^ P^-P-e. only ,.;,,- '^^r reproduction" .'•t owner. ^'^buKvlt^cJoement must be " i" n ■o tkt '-K!?^ 5^?"^ 'Libraries ,1 , -^ u.3^. where this . . P'^^'^^.^rapn js reproduced 1 ' ♦ > - / « t' lOk ^ - , ■ -£_ ...« > ji ' » ' • 4- ! i a - ' • i< ^ . ^ ■ • f 9 *- ^ -f- # il ■ • V ■-:A, ' " r' ' ''IB ,K Wf • . * •V. i / . / « » as rauiSh as some of Ihe Judges of the sequence to Canada than a whole cqloiiy Court of Queen's Bench, some of the most of useless drones, with a hivndle to their eminent divines of the High Church: names, and arms, one as long and as use- some of the most gifted Lawyers: a few less as the other, members of the Legislative Council, and Colonel TafbH met death under the ^ not a few of the Legislative Assembly, thorough coil viction that one night awaits as well as a quota from the Executive us all, and that the way to death must Council, were school teachers, tailors, once be Ircdden by every descendant of milkmen, day laborers, sons of pnvate Adam previous to entering the portals of soldiers, and othej classes emerging from eternity. He met his end with no maud- . the hvimbler walks of society. Wo met \[n sensibility, but rather with" a cheerful j with Mr. McBeth but twice in our resignation in having done his duty life, and we aro ready to confers that his through a long life of trials, which was ^ easy manners, and that candid and frank „o^y ^j^out to cld;se upon him forever. He vnwillingness to be more than what he sighed not for the days that wcere gone, ^^ really professed— one' of the people, — neither did he wish to recall them; under ^ deepijr impressed us with respect for'liis the belief that when a man performed the ^ private as well as public c^afacter since task assigned him ; that he was no more ^ h« has filled a station inr the Councils of g^ to tenant a world which he could his adopted country. From the period calmly resign to more youthful aspirants Mr. McBeth has entered upon his par- J^hout making their delnU on this earthly | iiamentary career, ho has merited the fa- stage upon which so many and so strange ^ Torable consideration of his consitituents parts have been acted. He saw the gravf> «nd the country generally. His votes in the resting place of the mpnarch and tlio ^ most cases have been liberal and ind,.- slave, open to receive h.m, and like a sol- ^ pendent; and, as ho is yoiJng, we have dier looked the common lot of his profe«- ivery reason to hope that age and experi- sion and his nature with complacency. «nce (aided by talent, which he possesses) exclaiming: ■will place him among some of the orna- "I'm billetted by palo deatli hero to remain, ^ roent; that shed a lustre on the Canadian And ^Vn the trumpet .ounds I'll nse an-1 ■Legislature. Mr. McBeth's popularity is "archaga.u. \ • ; ,e i,A*. f„ii„n the mortal remains of Colonel Talbo. on the lacFease, and from what has fallen - i »o i -v „„.„,t.' It 1 H . now sleeo the sleep that knows no waK- under oar observation, we can confidently novr sieep me aieop t . , f . „„i „nr,»;^-i en nw. under a plain marble slab in im assert that marry of hi» recent political ""^"o* """" r , i. ,/ *■'""../ ,. *^ • loneiv churchyard at Tyrconnel, wher opponenU w , on a future occasion, loneiy cnurcnyuru j '!,„„„. ' ."•^ ,.. . » \u Mr the eajrle and the whippoor will can chaun B.lh. .,nc, h. h«. f.ll.a mto ^.n*, 1 / ,„^, j,,i., th. for «tic8, »cta of-bcnevolencc, and first of r°"r ner uuv «,w_^ ' M. puMtc improvements that have a ten- To sum up the character of Ttwiq^ - iS^lcTlfenrTlSr^^eTRFr^^ County of Elgin, and the Province gene- an Excitable teinpcrament. with a war' rally. Such an individual is ofniore con- heart: a repulsive hauleur, with flie km I I •" 1 . 1 •♦ « \ J *^ 1^- J ■' ' i'-^to-raph is made ■" r••^.^■.r^h purposes only '■'■ r- r reproduction ■' consent of the .1 owner. ■mcnt must be fix :' '^'O PUBLIC LIBRARIES ■■ .-^ ■ •" -.^ of this copy ■- '--■■■'' Vi-ro this '..'■'i^-i is reproduced. , ;oloiiv tlieip susc- . er Iho . awaits h must ' ' Jant of rtals of 'inaiid- I heerful duty , ch was r. He e 2006, under lied the omore could tpirants . I earthly strange Ic grave, land the ke a sol- iprofes- laccncv, Imain, ] me and .1 , Talbot I no wak- |b in the I where In chaunt I whilst it , the for- ceases to lllautic. I Thoma' bossesaciL a wariii Ithe kind ' ^ -^-Twif; ■ mif ^^Timhif^-^^ w^miy iiw 'jftJliiijiBippw T Itolouy itheip i use- jer tho lawaits iiiiusf Ijant of ' rials of rnmiil- ' Iheerful duty , ich was tr. He |e fione, under hied the bo more could Lpirants earthly (strange le grave, land thf He a sol- j profes- laccncv. knum, ! rise and J , Talbot I no wak- |b in the , where in chaunt Iwhilsl it J the for- ceases to lllantic. Thorn a- Bess- COL. TAtBOT. 2S liest feelings of a generous nature. In-, fact, he Was an oddity unknown to hipo- f self, but who, when he had once gained a friend, never lost him by any caprice of a disposition not fashioned by nature, but by circumstances yhich surrounded him in his daily vfalks through life. He was genfrous from nature, more than from a love of ostentation; more of a cynic in his mariners than he was willing to ac- knowledge, and vie wed the world through a false medium. Hence a good deal op asperity was attributed to a man who pos-/; sessed much of the sweetness and grace, ol manners peculiar to a soldier and »' well-bred Irishman. London, C. W. This magnificent city, which so recently . was occupied by thei lofty pine, tall cedar and sturdy oak, is situated aj the junction of the north east and east branches of the picturesque River Thames, which is navigable ' for steamers and other vessels from tho village of Louisville, sjjc miles .east of the Town of Chatham, to where it empties into Lake St. Clair. The late Colonel M. Burwell, when representative for Middlesex some twenty years ago, exerted all his influence to nmke it navi- gable as far up as London; but the limited resources of the Province, and the want of credit at home and abroad thwarted the good intentions of this public spirited gen- tleman. No doubt but the subjectof the inland navigation of the River Thames will be resumed once more under more favorable auspices,* and thereby free ac- cess by water will be obtained between the cities of London and Detroit, as well as the eastern, and western States, of America, with the transatlantic cities of esacii: ^r H'(gfi J J ; ii ^,1 If a warn' the kind ' In 1734 General Simioo made a tour a comparison with any other avenue to b« 4 f V -\ . v^'i^uo p'-'oL) "r:iph is made . -.ivli purposes only '/I iov Kpro auction : ?hc consent of the ■'. £ owner. J • V. krJsement must be rrrO PUBLIC LIBRARIES :. i -Vice of this copy •:.y case where this graph is reproduced. 26 THE LIFE OF ound in Hamilton, Toronto or Montreal, member of the Mechanics' Institute— a The sjores are superb buildings, and the circumstance that goes to pr'ove their rich and varied assortment of. Merchan- worth and standing. We are proud to say dize, the production of almost every clime thit the title of Honorary Member of the to be found in their interior, betoken the wealth, energy and enterf)ri3e of their proprietors. In Dundas street it may be ■aid without ji^sting, that a person can purchase every article from a needle to an Institute was conferred on the writer of these pages at tlte time Lord^ Metcalfe visited that town in 1844. AVe were namsa by the Institute to dratt an address to his Exeell^cy, and which was read by »^ 1 i i '.1 anchor; nay, from a gold watch to a half- our worthy friend James Farley .-Esq., penny toy; from the most costly silks, President of that body, at the time, and Batins and broadcloths, to the most hum- who received $100 from the Governor -^ble home-made production of the wives of General as a donation towards the Li- our farmers; from a penny whistle to a brary.. ^ piano; from a bride's cake you could waltz uD to a -gingerbread man; and from a bot- tle of ginger beer to a case of champagne, -• case <^ Madeira, or a hogshead of After London received its nape, no- thing >vas left undone to draw ^ound it recollections of home and its great name- sake. The River, which bore anlndian brandy. In fact the difficulty, great as it \^^^ immediately changed into the is, consists less in recapitulatmg what Thames; then sprung up our Westmin- they have, than what they have not. The ster and Black-friar's bridges, our Covent church of England, church of Rome, and Garden Market, and other reminiscences the large N. C. Methodist church areJ^^tjiat whispered home and home's earliest BplenJid buildings; whilst the others are *aflections. well worthy of spe&ial attention, though . , ,,..,,, *„.. i. ...,,,..,., , -As we have already stated, the City of cast in the shade by their, larger and more f • r .' , \ 1 n I- r ii. T- 1. London abounds with manufactories of elegant rixals. Each of these churches , ... , , • .. 1 1 ^^ ^ 1 1 almost every description; and among the 18 attended By^a nurtioroijs and respecta- ' ■ ■ \ c -vv ble congregation, and the talent of their pastors evince such an education and oratory as^Kp not seldom fall to the lot of every clergyman who makes Religion bis sole employment. Some of the pub- lic buildings, such as the City Hall and Market Hous:r research purposes only r.nJ v'(A for reproduction vvuhouI the consent of the (;op>r&r;'it owner. ''\i|:i :\v!erl;ement must be r^vA.:) M) ihe I ii.ONTO PUBLIC LIBFIARIES i.<^ a-: 'ijv^xcG of this copy if, ev'-ry case where this pholograph is reproduced. ■"' 1 heir j 1 say ; fthe r of j calfe 1 ivere ress J by rnor \ iLi- no- ndit imc- Ji:in )thc min- veiit nccs liest f tv of •• IS of ;the •sq., ■over iome reus utas oun- Mc. ' hap; rCa'-- ntia! r and i me- !■ -f ^jsmf^mviu- m.mmMJmmmm^mmmmm f—a. Ilheir >say fllie irof Life Ivere Iress |aby Esq., ,anJ. srnor \, rnor fLi- no- Indit timc- iJiLin )thc imin- Ivent Inces ■liest Ity of - U of : the H> over Bome reus utas loun- Mc. ^gai^ti BCa^ uii^ ^ 'i Intia! 'f^ ^ft and i me- COL. TALBOT. 27 chanics, who amply repay him by their magnificent workmanship, ahd thereby secure to him an extensive share of pub- lic patronage.. There are several Foundries in Lon- don, the oldest being that of Elijah Leon- ard, Esq,, which commenried operations some seventeen years ago, by castirtc 20 tons of metal annually, which has in- creased till it exceeds 2500 tons in 1856. The Foundry of Murray Anderson, Esq., opposite the English church, is another excellent establishment, and to whitjh is attached an extensive Tin Shop. Mr. Anderson is, more properly speaking, en- gaged in the line of Ilolloyv Ware, whilst Mr, Leonard is more in the general way of machinery; however, both foundries are always prepared to administer to the wants of the public in every article that can be obtained ^ in similar establish- ments. There are five excellent Hotels in Lon- don, the "Robinson Hal^" by Mr. Ben- nett, "City Hall," by Mr. Smi^h; "Golden Ball," by Mr. Strong; "Westerh. Hotel," by Mr. McCann, and tho "NorthNAmen- can," by Mr. Arkell. EaChof these Mouses is conducted in a superior style, and their worthy proprietors are doing a profitable business, as their establishments are jren- erally filled from the base to the garret. There is another embryo hotel in the vicinity of the Great Western Railroad Station House, and which, when finished will be tho third largest hotel on the conti- nent of America. It is reported that it will contain 700 bed rooms aloiic, and accom- modate the travelling public accordingly. If it were not foi has Liken within' tho last ten years, we ''hould be inclined to doubt if such an ex- tensive establishment would be abljjli^' obtain the necessary support to keep it in vigorous operation. The City of London can compete with - any other city in North America, as re- spects the ofRciency amd respectability of its several Firo Companies. Among the number is Captain McBride's youthful and active Phojnix Company, T/ith their splen- did brass band; whilst the Hook and Ladr- der Company reflects crediton themselves and the noble forest city of the West. The other Fire Companies are also deserving of every praise. May they be like old iraids, "always ready, but never want- ed." The city of London, somo thirty years ago, was scarcely known a mile feom it* centre, and the cities of Hamil- ton, Ottawa, and other towns of import- , ance at the present time, might then lay claim to the dominion of the red man; now the last remnant of that once noble race, who have nigh departed.to make wa)' for the sons of the indomitable Celtand Saxon of the old world. Indeed, Canada, durin*' the last dozen years-, has advanced more in civilization, sericulture, commeirce, and the «rts and sciences, than any nation of ancient or modern times in a like period. True it is, many eminent Legislators, scientific agriculturists," and ingenious mechanics from the British Islands have sought a home and found it amongst us; but if one thing more than auollier has given an imppttts to our nrrrtiimn, it nrini * from a noble emulation that now exists between Canada and the neighboring Re- • public, whereby we copy what we see worthy of imitation amongst theinr and fling behind us those faults and excesses that have, upon more occasions than -one,' ^ >J>or4aoft- — n i i g rt 11 w ff -^ - * ptrfCil »St?Cl by the valor, prudence, and patriotism of a Washington, a Franklin and a JefFer- soii, ■ : : ■ -T I ■s s h wmmm I *hm ' \ A ,;h .j<| iw' sr/ . li !'■ h s p'.otograph is mad? , .r r". 'ich purposes only ' n H for reproduction "x '^ !l;e consent of the * . r I. i' cwner. •, !e ; :;ement must be V: To PUBLIC LIBRARIES - sr -rc^^ of this copy . ,■■-: \- • \Nli(^re this • ■ ' . . >p/i is reproduced. m if ' i: N ¥ /^ / ( « > BB '"""f^mKmmmmim wvm^ iam ^ m ) S8 THK LIFE aF The laws that govern us are of our own framing, and the men who have of late years governed the ship of state, directed ]ier traverse course with judgment over tiie troubled sea of political discord; they kave moored her in a peaceful haven, where she is viewed with pride and sat- isfaction by the chivalrous French peo- ple, atid with love and affection by the British nation. How truthfully, and not less beautifully, does the inspired pea- nan exclaim' "Where dvrelleth the spirit* bf God, there dwelletli also the spirit of liberty." (L London, as we have stated before, is ikr advanced beyond the limits of our most sanguine expectations; her population of 13,000 souls; her Great Western Bail- road; her Port Stanley and London Rail- road, as well as her contem'^lated junc- tion with the Grand Tirunk Line, will open ■till further facilities for the developement of her great agricultural and commercial resources; when the city of London>.atno far distant period may, in all human prob- ability, become the first naucleous oi a mighty empire. That crisis in the destiny of Canada is, however,, far removed from buman ken; though it doe»not require the books of the Sibyls- to tell the distant fa* ture, for our connection will continue till England (what she never will do) drives na to independence. At present we enjoy more rational liberty tfaaa any nation in the universe; in fact, we are not a colony in reality, though possessing all thv ad- wuUages, with the proud privileges of self gorernment. — A protected appendage of a powerful nation, enjoying the freedom of oar own wholesome and salutary laws. ' "■vMt Auburn, lovalicst villBfa ofUie pUio, Wbtrt hMlth and plenty ehwr th« labbrtnf •wain." This rapidly rising town is 18 miles south of London, and within 9 miles of Fort Stanley, on the shores of Lake Erie. It is the capitol of the County of Elgin, and took its name from the founder of th« settlement, Thoma? Talbot, and is situate, on the south bank of Kettle Creek, which takeai its source from a large mofSlvin Dorchester. "Kettle Creck"^ was known to the Indians by the name oi Kasintaugh, but upon one occasion the aborigyiex making sugar, lost one of their necessa- ries, and had just sufficient knov/lcdge of the English language to call upon the Great Spirit to punish the "Creek" where tbey lost their "Kettle" in the spring of the year. The scenery of St. Thdmas car.not m surpassed in any of the adjacent Coun- ties ; and the soil of the Township of Yarmouth is unrivalled in United Canada. The Court House is a very respectable building, as is also the Town Hall, the base of which is used for a Market Houso The Episcopal, Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches are well attended; but we regret to say that some of them ill comport with their wealthy and influential congregations. London,, in this respect, is a model for almost, eltory town and city in Western Canada. During the scrambles for a division o( 'the District, a good deal of trouble and ex- pense was shared by a'*fcvv spirited indi- viduals, such as Dr. George South, M. P. P., David Parish, Esq., Reeve of St. Thomas,John McKay, Esq., Registrar of the County, Nhirdoch McKenzie, Esq., Daniel Hanvy, Wm. Ross, Daniel Drake, Benjamin Drake, Thomas Hoclges, Esqa.r Md L. C. Kearney, of the "Canadian 97 in tba ~ .iamillon "Spectator," "advocated the novomeat with an ability Uiat done credit to his head and heart." llowerer, ♦*«»• if m »^""""" '■"■" '''i-™^*^™^^*'"*^'"^'-'!^''^^ l|H,.»H.,d.,l ,ll.ll*l...l»^.4.l..Li.....^7. ...n.,. , ^^^ - » , ^^ • ' fl n . ■ ' . ^ ; • ^ ii 3 p'lotograph is made ^>r r:>.3arch purposes only" '^ noj f'Jr^reproduction ' ^-■■t: ?.:< ;t the consent of the .♦ '--':< n ,I.t owner. ' ^ l^Igement must be ■■■' ■r * «^ N'ro PUBLIC LIBRARIES ^ • ; 'Mi.'e of this copy « f^'' . -v.i, case where this ' If V) .ul; ,7raph is reproduced. "" ■ . . . . • » - s - * •• * 4 m ' i / • ■ » - % «», / m J* J .ir^ ' V- ■ » 1 k_ ijj. if • . > a^i^s^^^i^ — "■~""™ --™-«- ^"- -">■<'•■*.»* ""^ ~:" liTiinFril "V». . • '■"'' ■■^^™wwBiawii«i»p f^MByya ijWB»wawi|a j| w aM of pie. ]tb« Bale pich [in hwn m, inex sa- le of Ith? |erc of [be kda. Ible Ithe use an, yell Inie ky Ion,. lost Ida. Idi- I P. (st. of |ian Ihc idit tf9 cot. TAtBOT were some, who now enjoy the general welfare of St. Thomas and the surifound- urg neighborhood, who signed money to carry out tlie intentions of the commit^ e but left it to be paid by others, whilst^. Parish boldly asserts that none could be capable of such a mean act but the "old natUfalist," to show-his wonted selGhness. The stores in St: Thomas are v^cil fillpd with every article thu country requires, and really with some goods that could well be spared, as tin unnecessary lux- ury. But our settlers are wealthy and can afford those extra comforts; they labor for them, pay for them, and long may they live to enjoy them. The magniii- cent establishment of Messrs. Roe ii Brothers, the "Metcalfe Building," is not surpassed by any other house in the Pro- vince ; it contains three departments filled with Dry Goods, Hardware and Groceries, and still they aroi but one in reality, as a commodious passage con- veys the customer from one mercantile department U> another, si well as each having a mean entrance from Talbot-st. Roe & Brothers are doing a splendid busi- ness, and we are delighted to know it, because if urbanity, moderate prices, and a largt and weU assorted stock of foods can insure a share of public patronage the Meiars. Roe & Brothers will not fail to command it. ' . The store of Mr. Daniel D. Harnett, opposite the Mansion House, ia well stocked with fancy airticles of Ladies' ap- parel, cloths, silks, satins, muslins and satinets of various qualities. Ready made clothing, with a choice assortment of grsceries and liquors. Mr. Harnett is to judge of his prices and the quality of his merchandize. < . '. The new brick store recently erected by Mr. William Coyne is also well filled With the best description of Dry Goods and Groceries, upon an expensive scale. And from the well known standing of Mr, Coyne, as a merchant of sterling integrity, our readers will easily perceive that he does a safe and profitable business. The store of Mr. James Begg, in the east end of Talbot street, does an exten» •ive trade in the Dry Goods and Grocery Tine; but, similar to Mr. Coyne, he does not traflic in the sale of liquors, though he ' occasionally does a smart trade in the lumber branch of the varied avocations of a Canadian' Merchant. Mr. Begg is a verywtUBsive trader, and the extensive Dj^HBge he has invariably received, ■HPKi commencement in business somo fifteen ;years since, betoken the confidence reposed in him by the inhabitants of 'St. Thomas, and the adjacent Townships. Among the several Tailor Shops with which St. Thomas abounds; the Merchant Tailor's establishment of Mr. Cruise de- mands a passing notice, li is supplied with a well selected stock of superfine cloths, a quantity of ready-made clothing; of his own making up, and other fancy articles in th»> haberdashery trade. To this we may add, upon the authority of>» much better connoisseur than ourself,thai in all probability there is not a better or a more trusty mechanic In Canada. Cruise's Merchant Tailor shop is two doors eaat of the stores of Messrs. White d£ Mitchell. r* I fi li^itiveand^ ^iginff to all who houor The accommodations to be found by him with their confidence; and the exten- the traveling community in St. Thomas sive patronage he has received during the are equal to what can be obtained ij| othdr prsient year is one of the best criterions now County towns. However, the ^^an- miammmmm """' ■"■' ft'-'-'^a^"— -^ ^ ^BHMSHSiBI ,»,»' f This photograph is ma3e . ; for research purposes only ' an J not for reproduction witiioul the consent of the — - ^opyrif^ht owner. " . ,%..!,„ , Itnlgement must be vl}^^ PUBLIC LIBRARIES .r'.i^: :.>u':e of this topy ■f. ^Krv >Ase where this^ ' , ■ p'luU^'.rc.p'u is repjoduced. 1 rl( . / • % # • t ■'. '- .w»^«i. ,,.,;«^. ,.«..,....»«««> ........ ■ . .,,^^.,.v^^.>w«B— aa«aa«« mssiuiiiijsiiiiimiammitmimmmmmim ! ( if I 30 FE Of sipa House has lost Nothing good nannf and standing, good reasons; first, Mr. IJ%' son is the proprietor; so con iable. and liqaoris are of the oest dfescrip tion; and lasUy, Kiley's Mail s/ages riving and departing therefrom all coit- tion, and Hollow waipef required by the Canadian public; a^ as none but the most sciei^ific workmen are employed, it IS eaaily^to believe that nothing inferior to his conteilnporaries is allowed to escape from his premises; ^Mr. Rich&rd»on is a gentlemanly young Intaof and thu exteh- tribute to thcjsuppolftit so richly deserves, slve patronage he hai received sinoe his , Among the several establishments commencementjafthis line of trade, goes which^ meet the eye in eve*y^ street in St. fa*" to showjthe quality of' what is maou- Thomas, it could not be si/pposed thsUtre facture^Hi his Foundry, and the liberal would leave unno,ticed tlVe three splimid ch^r^s required therefor. Foundries, Which, ?vhile they d6 credit/^ The advertisements of these several to the towi^, show prgtof positive o^the gentlemen will be lound in the latter end wealth and comfort 0f the aumiqnding of this work; whilst we ask for each an neighborhoiod. attentive perusal ^om * liberal an^ en- The long established Foundry of Johp lightened public *' ' Sells, Esq:, is an extensive building, frtim Lj^jng i„ thrraidst of such progressive which IS turned out Threshing Machines, improvement, with the London and Port Steam Engines. Mill Gearings, Ploughs, StanteyJUll Road passing through our Stoves, j|nd every article of Hollow ware tqwn, as well as th6 certainty of the required In the country, and which is Southern Rail Road commencing next not iqferidr to what can be found else- spring, have we not ev(*ry reason ^ augur where., ^ ', that St."^ Thomas will become what Lon- , The Foundry of Messrs Hunt &' Stacy jon is to the Great Westem-the empo- / does sbo an extensive business; and.the ^um of the conteoiplated n*w line ? 4t is rarious articles of machinery manufac- very true that our great natural resource^' tured by thpra, as well as the ca^^ings of h^ve i^„ undeveloped for year4'owin^ to •very description of hollow ware, go far ^ur own supipenesk; but at l«n^li the to demonstrate that opposition is the bone trumpel of St. Thomas's Resurrection has and sinew of trade, and that where it dous gofle forth from th« Niagara frontier along not «xist, there is a likelihood of imposi> tion to a greater or less extent being prac* tiled upon the public. The Mfssr*. Hunt ic Stacy, like Mr. Sells, are practi> cal machinists; and all the articles com* ing from their establishment, undei%o the the margin of Lake Erie* till its last blast is heard at Amherstbufgh, and echoed to the Railroad of the neiighboring R0j;)ublic. In fact, thb Sbuthitrft Railroad will be the great arbiter 4)f this section of the Prp* vince, and the generating and terminating inspection of the proprietdrs. an^ thereby ii„k that will brings portion of the wealth aflords a guarantee to the purchasers or" of that.Easferii and Western QUtes of their durability and quality. Amarica into .Catiada. AnX Oie yeo- "ThwestaWtshthtnVofWm. Richardson, rmtntntsntr ^tong tlw vm^ Esq., in connexion wjth that of Messrs. templated route are cliiefly indebted tn( Hunt St Stacy does also an oxlensivo Dr. Geprgn South wick and George Mc- businesi in Machinery of - cfcry doicrip- Bfth, Esq., the represenUtivta of £»>^ ••1 : ■m )i .: . f ^t4'v,.„ -Jr* ¥ V/ '*5 / % "( ir: 1 J # ^ c.- •1*- -•■■:, This photograph is made for research purposes only knd not for reproduction Without the, consent of the copyright '0>^ner. 'Acknowledgement must be ^orSnto public libraries N as the source of this copy in every case where this phptograph is reproduced. " y 1 A ^ « ' p ' - , 1 w •". ■■ • ' • - 1 -v % • N. ■* ^' ■the the . lyed, • lerior cape lis a Iten- ihia Igocs lanu- peral Ireral rend |h an en- » ksive iPort our the Inext lugur jon- « npo< It is rcc3 igto the has long \ ilast id to )lic.. ithe Fro- nting lallh I of yeo- con- — Bdto Mc- East 'i«^'- "' i^& *mtts!0>!mmimmamm»m.mmmm^.^.,m^,.. mSS tho the |yed, ■ lerior cape lis a Itten- ihis Igocs lanu- peral reral rend |h an en- » isive (Port our the ■next |ugur Lon- hipo< It is ^rces fig to tho I has |Iong blast Mto blic. I the iPro- Wing balth is of jyeo- KVK^ edto jMc lEatt pOL. TALBOT. 81 and Wost Elgin for Uiis inestimable blessing. Both of these gentlemen havei a standing and influence in the Provin- cial Parliament, ^nd have a phalanx of friends ' among that- body; and vtrithout such diie influence no man, or even ten, can eye}fmffect slny achievement for their coristituents. Xbe chimerical idea of going to Parliament under the impression of obtaining all we ask for, without beiilg willing to make concessions to our allies ie the House of Assembly, is the surest way to effect nothing. The .representa- tives of Elgin saw that at a glance,' and directed and carried their measures to the goal of public expectancy. And long may glorious young Elgin feel -proud of the independence and worth of such hon- ored Representatives. We do not wish to detract from the merits of Mr. Rankin, of Essex; but then his want of influence and the principles he adopted were ill- suited to command the. consideration of a House composed of a heterogeneous mass of politicians, religionists and races. Our members saw this at .a glance — ^became popular,' and triumphed. To tell the poor Indian, God dwelt in the Bui lol a sigh from tbff red man's breast arose. As Le hied from\the spot where his fathers repose; > , 'To find a more propitious hunting spot. Where the wrongs of the pale face will haunt him not. v Where with his C^ora, on some new found shore. Hell ne'er behold the heartless pale face more; But little he thinks as he turns from Erie's Uko, .., ■: ■ • : .' That the wily pale face foUows in his wake. Yes, be follows his career with c '''°'" **»"'° »* derived its yoke; nahie. Vessels from various' sections of But .r. h. tamed h. saw th. proud oak nod Upper and Lower Canada, as well as the To th. Great Spirit— the poor Indian's God. Vienna, "Port BurweU, and Port Bruce. BV I. O. KCAaXKT. United States of America, are dailw ar- riving and departing from the harhpr of Port Burwell, during the season or niivi- gation, freighted with wheat, lumber and * other productions of the country. _, , , ■ " ToH Burwell has some well-filled stores Tim. passed hj, and the hollow heart came, „ . < • . ' 4 i.t i. ^ wui. A^.u Jy,, t„„,r,, hi, t^„„,r a n«mr! "c"'^"* mechanics . twc.r«sp ect»bU ho. tela, two bt threiTcFurchcs with resident clergymen, a post ofGco, some three steam Slowly and sadly he turned a last look To his hunting grounds hard by th. brook; And the rivulrt one. .0 joyoui tp view. Where bo and hi. brid. oft paddled th.ir light eano.. Put hh hand oa his heart, raised his oyn on Ugh. h;*. i?' «»' .^ ^Zi^ u\^ mmablimmmmmmmmmm - t ' t f ■ 4' i ;l^ ,and „:r :^P";P°-» only ->''ou. the S"?;", «>pyright owner. ""^ in' «., ^ *^'s copy m even, case where this Photograph ,s reproduced * v\) ■4 t' ^ J "" • « ' ■-•*]fr^'^-wn^i:- ■■$' . /• milb, and other accoi^modatiohs that be- token the energy and ' activity of its inhabitants, -who seem only to rival each other in advancing the prosperity and commercial interest of this favored old spot. As in other small towns and villa- ges of Western Canada, the inhabitants lack not for a' share pf Lawyers, Doctors and Preachers — another sign that the town must be thriving, for it is not always they are to be found in the woods; like many others, they are fond of company and good society, in order that their man- ners may not get rusticated, or their out- ward man betoken the loss of cum in Egypt. ' Viemia. Within three miles from Port Burwell, and nearly the same distance from the Lak^is a much larger town; it has s^v- eru excellent stores, and does an exten- ■ive business in the lumber trade, owing to the township of Bayham, in which both places are siftiated, not being ex- ceeded in the Province for pineries. The new Gravel Road between Vienna and Port Burwell, affords great facilities for the transportatfon of Jumber and other commodities from the former to the lat- ter place. Its Taverns ace comfortable; its three churches are well attended; a i>atoh of Lawyers grace the sceqe: some 4hi^e Physicians to administer "aqua moro&i/u;" a Post Office, attended to; with carpenters, wagon and cabinet, blacksmith, shoemaker and tai-* lor shops m abundarfce, as well as an excellent Foundry, and extensive Tan- nery, &c. The Foundry of Messrs. H. Sells t lose their time; and if they purchase, they will bring from the esta- blishment as good an article as can be found in older establishments of Western. Canada. Taking Vienna all and all, and we don't know of a more prosperous little towp in Elgin or Middlesex. -patronage it receives from Vienna and the adjacent country. The firm arc all loicntific machinists in their respoctivc ' Port Bruce, In the County of Elgin, is a beautiful and thriving village, midway ibetwcen Port Stanley and Port Burwell, where the River Catfish disembogues itself into Lake Erie. The soil in its immediate vicinity cannot be surpiUsed by any other section of Western Canada, — a sample the wheat from the adjacent County ng taken the prize at the World's Londpn, England, and which could not bo equalled by Europe or the States of America. -Port Bruce afibrds gicat encouragement to Capitalists, man- ufacturers, merchants, and mechanics, owing to its being settled to the north by the Townships ^ M alaliida miJistJ Chester, and to the east and wast by Bay- ham and Yarmouth. The Catfish, at all ■•<• ' m I', :* p i&frtiiifltfiMiiilfrl . r- \ . \ Mil' i.. "■'tfiout the / '^ °'^"'^"°» .«pyn;Th, „C-"' of the 1 V hes, all Ipro- IWe nan- ^drj sue kfied [they esta- labc ktern and |rOu3 Itiful jreeri Jliere (into liato t»ther nple luiity Irld's lliich tlie I'ords nan- Inics, brtli IDor- [Bay- ^tall *i tiwt* J'V^ ■^f-^rmWKtS'mtfMt m*f3n^Vf:kft^ ,m^^. ■^*^''»fff all Ipro- |We nan- [idry see k&ed (they bsta- labo ^tern I and Irbus Itiful voen [hero [into liato t»ther ople luiity Jrld'9 Ihich Ir the lords lan- Inics, liortli iDor- % OL. TALBOT. 33 seasons of the year, contains an averagie depth of water from 13 to 17 feet near its outlet; and by a survey made by the Hon Hamilton Killaly, in 1844, it was pro- nounced to be the best site for a harbor on the tJanadian shore of Lake Erie. The Port Bruce |ind Aylmer Gravel Road is completed to the latter rising town- on Talbot Street ; nay, almost completed to the Great Western Railroad, where they have formed a junction; whilst the con- template 4, Port Bruce, Sparta and Lon- don Gravel Road, for which tie stock is nearly taken up, will open a new field of speculation for its enterprising originat- ors, Messrs. Amasa Lewis and Lindley Moore, as well as for the Port Bruce Harbor Company, whose united exertions <;ai^not fail to promote the speedy advance- ment of the village. Three years ago there was not a tree cut on the site of Port Bruce; now we find a couple of nice country stores, a few mechanics' shops, several dwelling houses^ and as good and commodious a hotel as there is in the •County of Elgin, as regards the enjoy- ment of its table or cellar, and all other internal arrangements necessary for tho comfort of travellers, or the many me- chanics who are connected with the har- bor, ship-building, or the erection of houses. Port Bruce, also, enjoys the ad- vantage of a magnificent steam saw mill which cost nearly S9,000, the property of Messrs. Brown and McDonald, of .tjie City of Hamilton. Several thousand bush- els of wheat were shipped last season from the extensive warehouse of Messrs. Lewis and Mo^, as well as a large quantity of lumbe^ and Charles Fraser, Esq., has just completed another splendid wai-e- and Buffalo, as well as the Steamer Tel- I' egraph. Captain Barrow Commandei-, plying between Cleveland and Buffalo, make regular trips to Port Bruce, and are well patronized from that section of their route. The Harbor can now accommo- date vessels of the largest tonnage on the Lakes; and every thing betokens that the proprietors will reap ample remuneration for the capital invested, and the difficul- ties they have soliobly overcome. Aylmer, Is a beautiful and rising village in ^le Township of Malahide, and took its name from Lord Aylmer, an Irish nobleman," who was Governor General of British North America in 1834. It is 12 miles east of §t. Thomas, on the Great Talbot Street, and has a population of about 800 inhabitants. The township of which Aylmer is Uie head town, has an abun- dance of Mills drit-en by water and steam power, for the manufacture of flour and lumber; andofthe latter commodity not less than 8,000,009 of feet are turned out annually from the Saw Mills. •" Ayjmer has three good houses for pub- lic worship, several excellent stores, good carriage, ^raggon and shoe maker, tai,/ lor, and other shops;'' with a good fov4«^ dry and a pretty school house. There are also some excellent hotels, wW and respectably kept, witft other Q0iiv \ .V I" I- '¥i r," >^ •^■SAoul the /?''"'"'"' 1 1 '• 1 I .< 4 ,.■$■■ ««ip ;4 I! 34 TMC LIFE OF -<• i. -iP ■ ii Office, undertbe management of P. Ilodg- kinson, Esq.; whilst St. Thomas owes much of its prosperity to the trade that flows from the township of Malahide, in the shape of vast quantities of lumber, :,>fain£les, and other commodities; the pro- ch)ce of that enterprising section of Elgin, no^inany years ago tenanted by the red man, and traversed by the prowling wolf, the grim bear, and the fleetand timid buck iiod doe. It is a well known and established fact, that the old settlers had great diBi- ,„,eulty to contend with in Ihe early settle- ment of the Talbot country. Lack of roads, markets, and in fact, as an old and Talqed friend will have it, to pay their taxes by means of the manufacture of "black salts," the only available article, after the warof 1815, that could command a shilling. The wheat, pork, beef, but- ter, &c., we're below par;- now they not only appease hunger, biit command, .as < high prices as in any section of Europe: Here we sit down under our "own vin^; and fig tree,** acknowledging no master but the Divine Author of our existence. -*». / Temperanceville* '^ Temperanceville is -> within three mi|es ^p( Aylnier, on the Talbot Road, tc^wait^ds lH||^.'^.n,pf St. Thomas. It is situated ijf nlraMi'^i and,similar to its larger rival, is surjr^unded by a rich part of the beau^ tiful township. In Temperanceville can be found a few mechanics' shops, a meet- ing house, a post ofllce, kept by Daniel Sutherland, Esq., the oldest and perhaps oae of the^ wealthiest merchants of the Township. We don't by this in for that our esteemed fried Mr. Sutherland is old; place him,' as did the old won[)an, whdif^^. ever kept her daughter, to the tune of dar- ling sixteen. ^ In 18^3 ^}r. Sutherland^ then a'young man>opened his store in Teraperauceville, and shortly afterwairds obtained for that village the facility or a Post Office for himself and the' surround- ing neighborhood; and well do we recol- lect it, that few were better pleased of it than Kearney of the "Canadian Fref- mati," who was then struggling for a divi- sion of the London Pistrict, row thi ' Counties of Elgin and Middlesex. The township of Malahide can vi« with any other in^h e Province, as, re- gards soil ^i^^T^R^P^; &nd then the beauty of ^^W^MW^^^ ex^e^t of it$ magniHc«nt'i||HK^i^p«k the enterprise and industry or w^^ jiary. In this toWh^^piresides Thos. Locker, Esq., Warden of the County, who reflects credit on bpth his ^native and adopted country, as a good farmer, an honest man* and staunch friend, Since^writing the above, Mr. Locker has retired honorably from the Couneil^ and is replaced by Randolph Johnson, Elq«, of Yarmouth. The appointment of thi» popular gentleman to the Wardeii- ship reflects the highest crBdiT^©o,the Elgip County Council, who, in choosing this self-made individual for his pre^pt important station, has the advantag^lpPi able financier, an old Reeve, a capital debater, and £ man of long and tried in- tegrity; both socially and politically, as eviiiced by the severe ordeal of public opinion. Fingal.^ ^ ' 4rat 89 he commenced bnstncfss extensive- Is one'of'ihe most "enterprising viungtssw- lyin 1843, and since that time has in- the County of Elgin, and is 7 miles west creased in wealth and "popularity, wc will of St, Thomas, on Talbot Street. The i i ■W! ill I ■i % -A 4 •• ms ^ \y ft i::;:p-:.*tograi[ih is made ; • re -care h purposes only 'i^ not, for reproduction r.'sA ^.lie consent of the p, r "' (t ovner. \ ":.! T.vlc'.'o^ement- must' be ■ i' ' .) tlie - V i r] O PUBLIC LIBRARIES ° ; ;.' t/nuce oi'' this copy 1 :•, vT'.' case vvlicve this. * p.'.;o'j:«ph is reproduced.- i -y y « , i -, .. -■ — « - " - • ■ 1 ' 9 1 * • • - « 1. ^ • ° ■' 1 iMMBMiiiiiiliiiiiii^^ "^^^T^^piipppii ^ COL. TALBOT. u •oil in \he township of Southwold is higher than that of Yarmouth, but littfe, if any, inferior in point'^of lertility and scenery, Fingal possesses several well-filled storeSpSome three chapels, a new steam «aw n\ill, recently erected by Captain Pollock, a sufficient number of cabinet, «hoe, tailor, carpenter, wagon, and other shofjis, with a splendid foundry and tan- nery. • The Tannery of James McLaughlin, Esq., J. P., turns out as superior an arti- cle of Canadian manufacture as can be found in the Colony; and little wonder, for he has had good practice for yt ars in hi^ own splendid eaiablishment iu Glasgow, Scotland, The Foundry of McPh^rson, Glasgow, & Co. requires no enconiums from us. Its standing for years, the mechanical skill of the partners, as well as their as- -sijitants, evince from a disjcerning public what indubifablei Scotch perseverance are capable of accomplishing. , Itis said.^ this 'establishment, far its size and extent, is equal to any similar ,, establishment in tliis section of this coun- try. , ■ • . f The roads through all sections of Southwold are studded with the best of ^ houses and buildingis, whilst the gardens »nd orc^iards are unsurpassed irt this Pro- • »ince.. The climate of Elgin and Mid- • ilwtx In milder than the sections of oountrjr north and- e«st, therefore better crops of grain and (iruit can be obtained than in ^tht r Counties north and eajt of thograwiry of Canada. The houses and stores of Fingal look mercantile establishments, his bears off the palm. Fingal has taken a good start, and if it does not arise from the slothful- ness of its inhabitants, is destined to take a second position in (he -County of Elgin. The fact of its b^ngin proximity "with the flourishing ti 'illlill^iniiiiifiii fen |l '■I ^ ihis phuto"ra;h is macJe lor research purp-.s'^s only, arid not for rep'-r'uction ' without the consent of the copyright owner, f .^ Acknowlerlgement must be given to the TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES as the -source of this copy Mrf every case where this photograph is reproduced. , '<' ^ I'^. ■ ^ '0. "W V •" ■*u ^ %K COL, TALBOT. 37 1 ^ 1' - ■ ■ — ■ I , ■ dees, as its proprietor deserves, a splen- Canada. The settlement adjacent to did business in the dry goods, grocery, lona caa ,date iW commencement with liquor and hardware line. Mr. Mcintosh Cblortel Talhot, and from that time to the andMr. Strathyare also well supplied, present Aej have bean advancing stead- ind do a good business in their respective iljr.till now their dwellings, orchards and ' y stores. The remaining 6 stores do a farms cannot feadily be surpassed by any ./ thrmng business also. , - .ectiop^of Canada or the United States. When St3;hom«8 and Wardsville made fhiring the life-time of the late Peorgo a great ado as to which , should be the Elliott, Esq, of Southw«dd, and 'aRer- head town ofEIgm, it was resolutely con- wards when Wm. Casey, ' Esq., ?ecam« tended by some of the friends of the latter Kis son-in-law, it was wished and hoped place, w well as their mxt door neigh/ that lona should bear the name of Elliott- bors of Aldboro, that the division should viUe; but both my friends and countrymea take placQ north and south, and thereby have ^'passed the bourne," and it matter* afford a^ake frontage to both; w^^ilst the them not by wjiom or by which the little St. Thomasites, marshalled by better hamlet is designated, •- generals, had it to take place east and t«.w-.j t r »u • ^ ' , . w..f .nJ .f . J ' «. eaas anu Indfeed I fear there IS tOo much of att west and t was done accordmingly., itching desire for every man to tell, think We have httW, doubt but the WardsvUl- ,nd bestow his name to poster ty. I . ites were right at the time, and if they taay be accused by and by in my road be- have only Efficient courage, manhood tween Wardsville and Chatham, but let and perseverance, throw the 12th of July us all think and believe kindly of each the winds, when they should be think- otf,er; and in the word, of the fflustrious ^!lw'T"f'^T'^''''^ ^"^"'" founder of the Persian empire, "oh.mor- Uceto Wardsviile and a portion of the tal man! whoever thou art. and whenso- Counfy of Kent, a new division will take ever thou comest, know that I art Cyrus pTSce running north and south, and than the Gr,at,-founderpf>he Persian Empire! no section of the Londoh District will be Env^menotthe little dust that cover* left Without a Lake frontage. Then • long niy body!" pull, a strong puU and a pull altogethor, ' —z — and the object is'attained. ' Thamesville,, lona, Isratiieraa insignificant village on th» River, Thames, and received its name " a small Tillage in the township of lirom the writer of theapt^^etches, and at South wold and Dunwich, being located the time obtained a poil^Iice for the lit- un the town-line between both. It has 3 tie hamlet, whore resided the late Nathan country stores, 2 taverns, and a few me- Cornwall, Esq, and who, like %^ father, chamcs's shops and dwelling houses. The represented the County oIKcnt^the l»nd that surrounds lONA is of the best Councils of the ^rovincd: nuality. and the settler* in the vicinity are Thamesville has a grist rtiill, a tart- mposed of a heterogeneous mass of nery, store and tavern, with other little ^^■nsUsh^Imbr-aoutc h, N u» a ac uthmr k ciUt ie. necessa ry for t he n elghboW^^aT r.nL r"!*"*' """"^ "^ ''^'*'" ""''• What bring. Thamesville more into no^ "•ved with some of the best farmers in tico. i. the circumstance of iu being near ■■ . : ■■■■ / liiMiptiai W I % ( ! . ft* t /■ ' » ■' J ft. ' i . • ' .. ' i fdA \ ". I' <.(. n HMi V i VBi u ^' • %^l K #*^ " , 1 - \ ''- ^ \ 1 ' 1 f ■ t ,. Jl * 1 • V : ,■"• ■-*:■" i I ■ HH^HH > 38 THE LIFC OF the site of the battle of the Thames Be- and a couple of food churches." The tween General Harrison of the Anj^rican* Catholic church is a splendid building, army and the dastardly Grantjy Proctor, whilst the Church of England is also a on the partof the-JPritish. It was here respectable structure. There are sdme ;jbiave Tecifraseh fell; — a man who, b6ot and shoe ishops, as well as a fi ab^ring under the disadvan- bkcksinith, carpenter, tailor, wagon malt' education, and other op- ers and cabinet makers shops, etc. Nev- ed by the white man^' %\ot'y ,around his memory tiisville. reswest of . Tharaesville, and Chatham, is the hea:d of the na- 'e Thimes." It has not iui- $ever&l years, and if any «( growth' has {aken place at^ilffi, it is like Ihe "cow's tair-— do wft wards. Louis- ville has, luwever, a couple of stores, a couple of tayercs, a grist mill, and a few mechanics' shops, and a po'^ ofllce, etc. > Afler harvest, and in the spring the plac£{ is lively, owing to an occasionalschooner arriving there for thv transport of whc^at to its proper destinatioiT. The Ian(r.4)n every sid* oC it is not surpassed by any other Section of the fertile County of Kent. ertheless, from the date of its commence- ment, we cannot say but there must ^e , aomcthing wrong, or that its populatpn, ; are behind the age of reason or improve- I ment, ^i Sandwich has been a County, or I District town for nearly the last century^ ij in fact, "yetU cote" is ns old as Detroit, ! | and that city was founded at the same '|-| period that Quebec and Montreal were ] settled hy French emigrants. But it-is j ii not what Sandwich was, but what it is. now, that concerns our immediate re- searches. Therefore, gentle reader, be j«( not surprised when you are informed that it contains a mixed population of English and French of about 379 souls, men, women and children, engaged in com* merce, handy craft, medicii\e,law, county offices and Gospel. SandwiCii, "Windsor, Is a small little village on the River De- troit, on the Cm&da side, and .directly U the ciipital tawn of the County of opposite the leautilhl city of that nartie.j Ir I > s- . 1^ ^■j- •' ' IE *' ' fi!% " It is the terminus qf the Great Western Railroad, and contains three or four stores,! the like number of tavertis, with three o:j four other trifling et ceteras, not worthi writing about, and if written not worth! the trouble of reading. Like Sandwich, it is.#lflefly occupied by French habUans, and ill contrasts with the' magniflcont ever. Sandwich has in course of erection' city-of Detroit, the joint production ot; a new Cof%; Essex, where terminates the great TaU, hot Street. It is as old as Mcthusulah's grimny's cat, and as wretched a locking County town as Niagara. For the life of ,U8 we can't call them anything hut a mis- erable pair, who tamely look on, whiUt . all other sections of the Province are founding hamlets, towns dod cities. IIow %-. u * In, I* |l ' ^ f '.)( , / ,/^ 1 his photograph is made for research jxirposes only ' ' ' • arid not for. reproduction without the consent of the * copyright owner: » Acknowled^ernQrit Efiust be given to the, TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES as the source of this copy in every case where tliis photograph is reproduced. J 1 • , \, « ( 1 m , ' <■ 1* • \ !.;■' ■ ' ' ~- ft The (Iding, also a I seme few I mak- Nev- 1 hetice- lust be llation prove- hty or Intury; lletrolt, I same I were lut it U kt it is |te re- f, be ed that bnglish men, com- I county rer De- jlir«ttly ; name, (^estcrn [stores, ■ bree o: worth worth [iJwich, alilans^ nificent ttion of BiivniTir-^ oit, ami '" crs be- . mm^Mo^^^sBasias^&Mam The llJing, ■also a I sctne few I mak- Nev- 1 hence- lust be llation prove- ^ly or Intury; jletrolt, I same \ were lut it ia ktit is |te re- r, be ed that English men, com- Icounty rerDe- |lirft:tly \ name, festcrn [stores, hree o: worth worth |iilwich, al'Uans,. iiificent btion of COL.„TALDOT. 39 enmin- oit, ami crs be- tween Canada and the United States. lage, if we revert to its former bright pros- ' pects. It has a few good stores, a couple SimCOe, at present JTorfdlk. of taverns, a half dozen of mechanics* Simcoe, the capital of the county of Nor- 8ho{ft, a post office, and churches of the "■* ■ ' ■■ Pre ibyterian, Methodist and Baptist de- nominations. The p'rinciple attraction in Vittoriais the magnificent Norfolk Mills and its ex- tensive distillery. It is six stories high, folk, is surrounded by a wealthy and beau- tiful section of countrj'. The soil is for the most part sandy, but yields as good crops as any part of Canada, owing to the care, skill and perseverance of its yeo manry, ^ho are not excelled in any other and ha& four run of stones, and propelled part of the Province for their knowledge by a number of living streams, which are in the general principles of agriculture, collected in one \astreservoir, This ex- and the breeding of every description of tensive establishment, with the magnifi- hve stock. Simcoe derived its name from cent farm attached thereto, is the pro- the first Governor of Upper Canada; but perty 6i Henry Anderson, Esq., than recently, the wise men of Gotham, for whom a more staunch friend or a truer some inexplicable reason, bestowed on it patriot Canada cannot reckon among her the name of Norfolk. It has some excel- sons. lent stores, a few comfortable hotels, -with .' the other appurtenances of mechanics' Xownship of AldborO. shops to be found in towns having the This is the most western section of the same population, which amounts to about County of Elgin, and is bounded on the 3.100 inhabitants. The Gaol and Court south by Lake ferie, on the north by the House is a miserable affair, though it is River Thames, on the east by the town- the only public building worthy of a pass- ahip of Dunwich, !»nd on the west by the,^, ing- notice.. It contains an Episcopal township of Orford, where commences' church, a Methodist and i Baptist meet- the County of Kent. The soil of Aid- ing house, and a church of Scotland, all boro is of a sandy loam, and yields abuu- of which are well attended, though their dant crops of wheat, oats, barley, Indian appearai^ill comports with the wealth corn, hay, and all other description of or spiri^df Norfolk and the adjacent grain, vegetables and fruit peculiar to the neighborhood. The soil of the County most fertile parts of Western Canada. It of Norfolk is generally of a light sandy is chiefly inhabited bjr emigrants from the loam; but then the skill of its farmers ena- Highlands of Scofland, who. similar to hies It to bring forth as good wheat as is all other descendants of the old Celtic raised many section of the Province. Nor- race, are pmrerbial for their hospitality folk IS one of the most healthful Counties and love of ind.ependencc. No difficul- in Canadft; and the pure springs with ties con oppose their onward course, and which It ^bounds cannot be surpassed the fruitful fields by which they are sur- by those ^f any other country in^he rounded on every side, betoken the exer- Worlil ^ ' * J^ tions of tlfe patient and hard settlers, who -YiAton^IuLfprm e r capital -4>f-th»4m»^ift»xilri^ few&- « Hh»^ knd of ^^ nienso tract of" land designated the Lon- th6 Jlip(fr, Ihojnountain and the flood," J-m District, is^rathcr an indiQsrcnt vil- havcBypcrs'everance and industrj-^ felled '■"W.W- *-^i m^asm PBfi^^aa^^^s fe^'^->'■f;Jfll4;liJ^ _a',*fVflft.-*^ ; 'if I i E m y f,* < r 1 his photograph is made for research purposes only an] not for reproduction V ithout the consent of the copyright owner. at- . ? Acknowledgement must be ^^^ given to the TORONTO PUBLIC Lm as t!ie source' of this copy^ !n every case Wheije this .'^ photograph is reproduced. mi RIES . tl % "m- , *, ^ 4^f '% ijp y i-> J^ *?.; r IW ■'^ » ■M'" c ■ ■%» *■ °^^^™^=^'''" """ U >: l| '■ -'^iy .40 THE LIFE OF I i .the forests of Canada till they enjoy com- fort and happiness in their new homes ; far alas! from the beloved land wiiere the bones of their fathers repose. There are two small rising villages in Aldboro, one named Glasgow,. and the other Eiieville. They are in an infant state, but the surrounding settlements being numerous and wealthy, there is every probability of their becoming thriv- ing villages, at no very distant date. *. ' n. ■^i #* ' - m Port Stanley. This small town is nine miles ' south of St Thomafl$(|^n the shores uf Lake Erie; and, for its size, docs a considerable .trade fromvthe United States, and several parts of Canada. The Great Western Railroad has greatly affected its commer- cial advantages; "^ut it is expected that the London & Pbrt Stanley Railroad, irhen in operation; will divert a great traffic tbthis jittle town, so long neglected by those wh<|^« advantage it was to ad- vance its enenlL and prosperity? Port Stanley has'a^|bal good stores, and among the best arM^hose of Alexander Hodge and Samigpi^ice, Esqs.; a f(£w :^«plendLd varehouses, ai^Bpiscopdl, a Presbyterian and Roman flBolic church, i a foundry, three good hotels,one of which is kept by Mr. Samuel Cole^ in a very respectable manner. Thiatown^hasthe advantage of several good mechanics' •hops, a few groceries, a druggist shop, a •tfttioner's shop, as well as, a couple of iteamers plying between Cleveland and Buffalo, and the intermediate portf on the ^C^ftada shore. ,^i^^ --#- - --S ^ The store of John Henderson, Eiq., is ivell. filled with every description of'mer- ' — ^. .,. fa .. . , » i,wtjija u; >. r ii. T> ... i i i j^ r ^ ii If ■M "*'?. i 1 'f^ ! 4 This photograr^h is made for research purposes only and not for reprorkction without the consent ot the copyright owner. ' - Acknowledgement must be ^^ POBUC UBRARIES as tVe source of this copy , In even' case where tms photograph 13 reproduced. ! . ♦ '■ . -. ; , : 1:' ' y^k. K . ■ 1? T " . » ' - ■ 4 Ai \ anBtfaiU^ F'//' and Ite a Intftr lettle jargo I the [cor- thal buble the linre- jp, at I poor lolph lor a llonel Train lastcr I and, itlie ithat loy- Iwere k by- Is un- ninis- ifevv rcely ^t^ eOL. TALBCW. i\ goes irt|||joperaiion noxt summer we trust and Toronto, aqd do as good and as spir- the IrOTjgpJrteC in his rapid flight, will ited a business. . The Court House and uster a brighter and more propitious GapJ is ailr excellent buildijtg, and their . star to direct its future destinj. Grammar 3ohool is ec^ual if not superior '—~^ to any institution of the kind in the city TTnion. of London. The Physicians of Chat- Tbis beautiful viUage is half way be- ham are equal to those of St. Thomas, as tween St. Thomas itnd Pbrt Stanley. It has- some three stores, a few mexshanios' shops, a good hotel, and a couple of woollea manufactories — one, the proper- ty of James Haight, Esq., and the other that of — Green, Esq. Mr. Green's store is well filled, and does an eztenstre trade for a countryestablishment; whilst the neighborhood also enjoys the conTe- nience of a post ofEoe attended to by the same honest and energetic gentleman. The Union is but five years in existence, still it is a lively little^ place, owing to . .„ its inhabitants being industrious, as well daily between it and the city of Detroit. as being surrounded by a thickly settled The land in the- vicinity of Chatham section of -tlie township of Yarmouth.^ can be favorably compared with any in the former town can boast of such cmi- nent gentlemen as D. Robertson^ Dr. Barr, Dr. Donnelly, Dr. Douglass, and some others, whilst we will allow the Lawyers and Preachers of both towns to stake battle for themsalveaas best it voxj suit them^^ ( . • I'.-.i Vessels from all parts of the up'per and lower lakes are to b& seen daily entering the port of Chatham^ during the season of navigation; and previous to the esta> blishment of the Gre^ "Western Railway a couple of steamers were wont to ply The London and Port Stanley Giravel Road runs through Union, as well as other leading roads from the surround- insr neighborhood: all of which have a tendency to advance its rapid growth. the Province; but then the Settlers on the River l^hames, for miles above and below the town, are so debilitated from fever and ague that much of their natu> ral energies are impaired; though it is not so in the interior «f the townships through which "Bear Crcek'^ and the River Thames passes n^pidly. The slug- ffishness of the Thames above and below Chatham is the chief cause. Chatham Chatham. The head.toVrn of the County of Kent, and where may be called the end of the navigation of the River Thames, is a growing town of giant importance. It owes a great ileal of its prosperity to the is surrounded by a fertile section of land energy and indomitable perseverance of on every side; but perhaps owing to the Messrs. Walter and "William Eberts, level country, there is more reasoU to Builders and Proprietors of Steam Boats fear from intermittent and remifitent and Schooners, and J$;^unate and enter- fevers. Chatham has a population of prising merchanto^ about 6.000 inhabitants, with some beau- Chatham contAWiS several Mills, some tiful churches, to wit, those of England, driven by water-pow(^,%ttt the greater milU- —Rome, Biipttst, Methodist, 3=1Pfesbyte- part by steam. It *fflbrft^e9~nsw= rian and others. ItS: shops and stores and grist mills, tanneries, breweries, dis- are equal to many in London, Ilanililton, tilleries, and in fact all the smallvr 'If fi • ^ ,T''4- t ■#•" mmmmmt^nt ^ i a. w at rn ' M b mrnm f^BO^^^Bm \. ■+ -^ u ». y 1. 1 # Jn everv' ^ . -^ f'VS copy "^vcry .case \vfiri-f. fU- ' /* ■ , 4 » ^ i' .^» •. / ,1 I ♦ 43 MHMiai THS LIFE or branobes of m«c!fMical industry. The trhiUt tlie name pf Dolsen ontherirer lijdrattlio prnrileges of the Thames oan Thames requires no panegyric from Uio never be injured by the "Iron horse," author of th» life of the Hon. Thomas for w% find in several parts of the United States where a Roilroad and a Canal are upon a parallel line, a«d within a few yards of each other, yetsufficientemploy* menk for both. And so it will be with all our Canadian waters after the mania Talbot.: May they further prosper in wealth, health and prosperity, is our tin- cere wish. McKeouou's. — Hardware of every dc'^cnption of European and Ainerican manufacture, embracing stoves and h61- Of Railroad building haa subsided, our low ware.miU sawa, tin waretof allkinds. Lakes and Rivers will once more be comprising from an oil oan to a half-pint called inttvoperation. and that with re- measure; cradles, and all other necessa-. sewed energy; ,when . Chatham cannot ries required by the farming community m t9 reap her share of the river and the «nd thS feouptry generally; .scales, steel- lakes, and in all propability the inland y^^ds. &oJ, Visit the McKeough's beau- navigation by Canal to ihp city of Lou- jf jyi egublishment. and judge for ypttr^ don;— once the favorite scheme of the hte worth; Colonel M. .Bur«eil, M. P. P.,rwUlb9 once qpiore. brought on the earpet end nobly aocomij^lished. •J lIcK^LLAR dc Douxx'a Miu., Chat- ham, C. W.—The"* splendid establish- selves. - CHAKTIIU8 ic Ross, . i^ the general ha/dware, groifery, and dry goods line, is unsurpassed in the County of Kent; whilst A. Charteris, Esq., as Agent to . ,^, » .1 . J- .J , . the Gore District Bank, reflects credit on n«&t of these two worthy, individuals. 18 v:_ ^i/ j .i t\- » * .i . ._ •._ * a1 »!.■ a V 1 t .1 ^. ^ himself and the Directors of the estab-. •n«ate(|^on the soHth bank of the five* i:,i,ma-» . .^hamea.. and we^igLtaljR) aay near the . . ' heart of the Municipality of Chatham. Whilst we are speaking of Banking" It embraces a >ea«tir I' *^- ^^ F7 '7 n, it- s' id of it- tt 'g r, w »r ■fc • • {- r Ot COL/'TAIBOT. ,>^ -e buildii^ on King street, where all manner of ^iwhinery, an,d Castings of every ^8crij>tion ar? nrade |> order, ai«d uj^i the shortest uo- tice;^comprising cooking, box'ind p*r- . lor stoves, |lc., of tfie latest and most hollonf, ware of the >¥ell as a^general as- r. *tin apd^ abeet iron, ined upon ^ reasona- terms as in any btler seetion of "West- ern Canada'. Visit llcDowj^l's Foun- dry, and behold the sapiple of a &t^ fel- low; but a better sample of goods^onco faotus ad unguepn*' meroh8j|dise5 Livkar SiABiot.—Tlii* magnificent building, the propj»'ty of Israi^Evani, Esq., contains sotae thirty elogant horses with carriages, bug^gi^s^ sfeighs ijnd cut- ters to correnpond. Like his r^ered pa- rents, Mr. Evans is univirsally esteemed for his b^nevofence and sauvity of man- ners. He is driving an extensive busi- ness in his line, and very deservedly so, for a more worthy young man could scarce fill f^j dejJartmenl^of civil life with more credit to himselt and benefit- to the public than our esteemed friend Israel Evans. There are several excellent Taverns in Chatham, with a few saloons, well kept. The first in North Cliatham is the beautiful brick building 4>x Mr. Dugald McXaughton; then Mr. John McKerrall, adjacent to the old bridge; whilst^Mr. Thomas li rke is m 'whH patr ^^ n i gcH m »ny hotul ill ChatLim, because Ills house i« wagnlficeiit, his table slipplied with all the dainties of the season, atud Lark* like McNauglton and McKdfrall are the ^ mbst' warn\-hearted- ilftopted Canadians in the Province; then comes the Royal ^Exchange, bj'Mr.Pritchard, the Chat- Mm Arm*, by Mrs. Shackleton, and the Albion HoteV "by Mr. Solomon Merrill, as well*kepta« any other tavern in the •Western District. We hat flu, several excellent Saloons; among a few of the many we can only Mcount those of Mr. John Degge, under the basement of the Eberts' splendid •buildings. Mr. Degge is universally beloved, and driving a good business. Mr. Alexander McPherSon has also a • splendid saloon .within a door or two of th^ Bank of Upper Canada; and fewer or better fellow»Jban be found than our hon- est ScQ|chman. Mr. McPherson is doing well, and well merits the patronage he receives. Mr. John Russell has also a beautiful and tasty saloon under the basement of "Rankin's Bttilding." lie is a fine fel- low, well i^itronized, and deserving of what he receives. ^ Mr. James Ross, opposite to the ^|)r* ketHofiise, and in proximity with die general store of Mr. Thomas Degge,;. keeps a good saloon, and those who call V upon him will be treated with kindnest and hospiUility. -a,^ Mr. James S. Donevan, who keeps thlr . J'armers* saloon, is doing a good busi- ness, and he well merits it, as 'a better or finer Irishman 'can't be culled out o(^' Kent. Donovan's saloon is opposite the Provision, Grocery and general store of T. Degge. " . KoBTu Chatham.— The spledid Tan- i V r if I r .•t business of some 830,OUO a year, in the manufacture of Leather; whiUt hi* geu- m . ' ¥ \iifi^ I ¥'■• f^\ «<» r^ / ^'s photograph ,s made for research purposes only -^:f. no. for reproduction -U^U the coment of the m %' *« . ■UK,' .^nowjerigement must be .^'■'":» to the TOpNiO PUELig LIBRARIES ;-- ^-le source of this copy '^^ <-^ '^r / case where this • Pi: knave got the appoinfanent for E«n^ ^^^ pSsicians. one of them otherwiae many honest fer«« would Ur. Morris, knoCn for his talent and be- irave been caught m a trap of vdlamous ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ,„ ^^^^-^^^^ i,,tre •pring. My worihjr friend has kept his ^ ^.^ ^ ^^^ profession; a post of- office under the b«^ of a. cunty^»ca«e fice,kept by the worthy old 'Squire Geo. George If illiama, Bamt^ i. A. «« of ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Maristratea. namely, the worthy old judge, aad o«owi»'ha« not despised liia family- or c^jvotry. . The Dry Goods and generaii fancy «»- tablishmentof Messrs. Stone dt TutaSraQ cannot be surpassed by any other estal)- liahment west of Montreal. Their Cloth- ing department is on the most magnificent Bcale, whHst all their other goods tannot be stirpassed in taste and beauty. In fact, Stone dc TunibuU can do as 0ne a fit out M any in the Proyince ; and then tlutir Dry and Fancy Goods can be purchased as cheap as any in the Province. TuM Pjusa. — There are two Journals P Karby, two other Magistrates^ namely, Edww Kerby, Esq.; of the firm of Knapp dp Kerby, who wkh Joseph Mills, Esq^ J. F. and C^«ier, reflect crfediton them- selves and th* Government who appoint* ed them 40 the Arduous and responsible sitoafioQs There are also three churdbs; the Epiacofall, under the guidance orthe Rev. Jc^n Gunne. a geiatlemait and a scholar of high literary attainments; whilst the Presbyterian and Methodist clergymen are well respected by their re* apective eoogregationa. # FkMroBce, formerly Victoria, haa^three .,.Tm Pjii8«.— Ihere are two journal, j,!^^^^^,^^ .^^p.. 3 shoe shops, 1 Wagon ID Chatham, and both ably conducted, .^gr-s shop/l tannery, 2 tailor shops, 1 TIm jr«»l Advtrtittr ha. an extenaive circulation, and its liberal principles and veil got «p sheet well merits its well earned patronage; whilst it. Foreman, Mr. Charles F.Jubenville, i. perhaps one of the best Printer, in Western Canada. ^ The Platut, on the opposition, is doing ft food business, and is deaervingof the ^i^poii it reeeives. ihop^ 1 tannery, 2 tailor shops Mddler shop, with o^er mechanical kranclfes'Of boeiness unnecessary to men* tion in these pages. This beautiful vil- lage ia situMed pn the boiindaries of Kent uid Lambton, and the adjacent countif cannot be surpassed by any other section ef Upper Canada. . • i'i t • . Tecimfedli, C, W. V ■' Horenoe, Co. Sfflt, There ire few of my readers wh»M»»* On the river Sydenham, cq.nUin8 a popu- acquainted with the biography o(A» faf Ution of some 600 inhabitant., and is famed Indian warrior, Tecnroaeh, the aitutUd in 0B» of lUc bwl aud wuatfei- thiidWilufmm bu'.h.by onf itnmnv tUe .ecUonepftbeGounty of Kent. It. mesticated with the Shawaoo«s i« 17^- aituAtion i. pictureiquf and beautiful, and EUkinatawa, the Prophet, wa^ m» of »»^ V ' . t. A ft ■ ». ' " L.' i ' I i. $ A r f- ; ii!s pho'ogra'^h is, made 'or rjsocirch j'j-i bf. thiS copy ■•; ," rv r;">sc wIh'VC tliiS p :■.-/.:-■ /raph is reproduced. J 1 ■ ' ' >•■- mi- - * 1 A .^^R-- ' - . , 1 1 , i "^^B^"*~ 9 *. ' . . rf ^Bi ■■ , ■^■' ^Hp)' 'f' , / ' iP^' ^' * 4 ., '♦ *^ ^ 1 j^^ f . . . •Ki' , 1 f " S^>i 1 ^ k ' S ''^ , I'l ^ * 'l i . -S^^e ■;■■ ' ^ > t - •■ ' u ,. '■ * i' f ■ .. — — 1 0<*P ■ ■-' 'V ^»V- < . -^- ■ » *» a < tr . V. . 4 ^">. . _ *« r |e. r r r r |a U\ ist te> ee pn 1 [al |n> r Int h r COL. TALBOT. — i.. ___^ -!*«: trio, whilst OlUvachey lived and died im- Tectinaseh has also two good hotels, noticed. ]. / / and one saloon, all well kept and in the Tecumseh fell on tlie banks of the ^est »' order. The Western hotel, by Thames, on the 5th of October, 1513, Mr- Wm. Watts, is by far the largest and fighting like a heroagainst General Har- ""ost spacious in that vicinity, and is well ' vtisonon the part of the Americans^ whilst pal^nized; its accbmmodations are ex- suppdlcting .the pusillanimous "(Jtanny ceHent, whilst Watts, his wife and assist- Proclor, on the part of the British. *"'" iMve nothing undone to make &eir TTie gifted brave, who sheds a halo of g"««t4^*PPy ""^ comfortable; and, a» we TenownarOund,t|e English arms, fell here;. ''*" ^^ testimony, at very moderate spmesayby dolonel Johnson, Vice Pres- charges. , There is also an excellent ident of the Uhited'States, and that near ^°°^ f"^ '^"^ '^"P '"^ *^" *i"'»8:«* with « ihe Moravian town. However, Tecum- "ack^mith and wagon shop, by Mr. Rob- seh, as he was, is one of the noblest spe- *"* ^^^^O'^* carpenters and joiner, shops, cimens in the category of Indian biogra- • w**'^*" ^^^ ^''''o". and daily adding to •^ phyr-gifted, 'brav6, eloquent, crafty, and ^^*" "timbers; as Mr Sherman, at his Ust Withal honorable. Ha"d Tecumseh but "l«.»o'd'ot8 to the value of $12,000. recejiW^ tl>« blessitigs so lavishingly be- -^ beautiful grist and saw mill is also fctQwl|li^n some white men and women, '■ * ***^® °^ completion by Mr. Sherman; he %ould adorn Society as a politician, a *nd,a bridge is contemplated, and no ■soldier, and shed an additional lustre on ^""'^^ ^^^^ ^^ speedily erected over the "God's handiwork." , Thames, and in the immediate neighbor*- This village was laid out by David Sher- ^°°^ of Tecumseh. Under all such fa* man, Esjq., sear the site of battle ground, ▼"'■»ble circumstances this rising village and in immediate ^ro.ximity to the Great "'tuated in the heart of one of the most Western Railroad, and has so much in- fertile and thickly settled portion* of Up-, crefsed in the space of one year, that its V^' Canada, offers unparalleled advanta* inhabitants number some 350 or 400 souls; g«s to capitalists, mechanics and manu* . because like his worthy relative, the late fapturers in their several departments, estimable Nathan 'Cornwall, M. P. P., he "Coma to Tecumseh, from mountain and ball; is ever ready (o assist an emigrant or Come to Tecumseh, we'll welcome you all." stranger. , "~~" — A splendid statiom of the Great Western . Conclusion. Railroad is located on Squire Sherman's As we are about taking leave of Um late property, and situated in the centre vi'l- Colonel Talbot, and tb« immense section Isge; and then its healthful and pictur- of country which he was mainly instru^ esque locality cannot be surpi^ssed by any ra< ntal in settling, it may not be amiss to other section of Western Canada.' Te- take a view of the vista that lies before cumseh can boast of threej well filled us; and in so doing, who can be so lost in country stores; one owned by Mr. Cum- hope and high expectations as not to be* mings, who also keeps the post ufHce in hold in the bright present, the glorious a very upright manner; another by Mr. future ol Canada's commercial, agricultu- — Joshua L'ornwsn^Sirff third by Mr. Jaraei If^I *ttd politic*! ifflpOirtance? ™ Certainly^ Duncan. if VVashingtoa Irving would but cast Rip ■r I' ^fi •W' J i '» ■I '1 4 his photograph is made tor research purposes only , aad not for reproduction viihout the consent of the copynght owner. Acknowlerlgenient must be ^'Iven to ihe TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES a J f'-^- source of this copy a every case where ihi.s pii-;luyraph is reproduced. *^ \ ■,V, ' < 46 fup LIFE or Van Winkle ORce more into the embrace of Morpheus, and wake him in 1856, the . contented pipe-smoking Dutchman would be more astonished to observe the chatig* es that have recently taken place in Can* ada, than those of New York during the Revolutionary war, when aroused from his seven years' nap, and beholding the profile of George the Third on t^e sign post of Boniface replaced by George "Washington, the father of his country. Instead of pathless woods he would find macadamized facilities for traveling through all parts of the Province; instead of cackboats on our lakes, he would awaken to the sight of magnificent steamers and superb ships and schoo- ners; in place of the axe-made cut- ter he would behold the Iron-horse, and instead of interminable forests, he would be charmed in beholdibg elegant farms and mansions, orchards and gardens that are capable of awakening the admiration of the Inhabitants of any country in Eu- rope. In fact, to what point soever he might turn himself, he would be conqi- pelled to exclaim, "It is good to be here;" for the finger of Omnipotence ha: directed the energy of the people, and their course is onward — onward still. All the powerful and stupendous king- doms of antiquity are blotted off the map of nations, or hare, dwindled into insigf nificancy. Egypt of the pyramids, the cradle of learning and of goniusv^whose monarch Sesostris was drawn in his chariot by captive kings, is now a vassal of even the degraded Mussulman. Where » Carthage, the mistress of the sea, and . the haughty rival of imperial Rome ?' Alas! |rone glimmering thro' the dreams l>f things that were, and naught to tell its • former greatness, but that travelers are pointed to the site of its mini and desola- tion. Where>departe4 is tlie fame and glory of Queen Semiramis, and her in- comparable Babylon? Where is^the great- ness and power of the A^^yrian, Ute Ro- man and Persian monarchies fled to?' Or could the destiny of nations alter the fiat oftheMM.es and Persians whose. laws were iq|^R>cable? Whilst the spot where Troy pnc'e stood is almost unknown to th^ present generation; and the noble deeds of Agamemnon, Ulysses,. Achilles and Hector would be forgotten 'if it were not for the blind ballad singer, whose sublime heroics are more lasting than the war- riors he celebrates, or the mighty empires he perpetuates through his everlasting Illiad and Olyssey. "Seveii cities contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread." Since the downfall of the olden nations , of antiquity, France and England, and more recently Austria, have taken their place in the science of war and peace; and, strange as it may appear, their quar- rels have always embroiled their more defenceless neighbors, and tended to their own greatness. The Uiiited States oif America descended froit scionk of the old stocl^ of Celtic andtt^qn origin, though scarcely arnved at Tn^age allot- ted to man, is a mighty repiiblic, crowding all caq'vas in following in the wake of these two model nations in commerce, manufactures, and the arts and sciences; whilst Russia, which was Ui a state of bar- . "barism till the reign of Peter the Great, little more than a cenUiry ago, now stands alone opposed to the greatest nations of ancient or modern times; ani in such a position as to defy the mosl^enetjrating judgment to determine the issue of ii dis- astrous war that is dralmng tHe wealth- of our nation, and leaving our fair fiolr '■^■' r^^t "/o" f^'f'T^ only •1 (. >.. . '^ ^ni'"^ copy ^"••' ^'^e where th,3^ / '.^z ", "^'"^^^*^"" '* ^ ■! :>'■' iOto ^-''^'^•'^ 's reproduced. ■^, y ^' I r^. :V J \ COL. TALBOik*. * 47 tilled to fatten the soil of the Muscovite, profound peace, with all the commercial Russia, in all human pro^bility, will be advantages arising from a war between made to kiss the dust si4ftated with the Russia and the Western Powers.— She blood of our countrymen; but yet will she commands the hig^st prices for all the be able to meet the necessary require- productions of her soil; whilst her manu- meatsdfneaee, grounded upon the suppo. facturers and artizans meet with all the ^'^W^ ' *"^ conquered! ^^Bic labor, success to which enterprise and industry hocWpm est." The termination of the' entiUe them; and. though enjoving all present war may be biit the harbinger 'of these privileges, still the improvement of a more i)rotracted and disastrous strife; the Province advances, as if Jh€ mother for as sure as that the sun will rise in the country reposed in the greatest security e«st to-morrow, so sure will there be.war Howlongthis state of things may con- tolhekmfeforthespoilsoftheproudinfi- tinue, is difBcult^f solution; time, the del; when Constantinople will return to touch-stone of futurity, alone can deter- the faith of its illustrious patron, and the mine. X)ne thing, however, is cer vials ofthe wrath of God poured out oil that amid all the uncertainty of the Mahommetanism. At the end of every and fall of empires, that Canada, thou^, 3,000 years since the creation of the i" her infancy, is entrenched by great world some extraordinary event has taken ness, which, when fully developed, will place; and from thence may it not rea- place her foremost among the nations of ■onably be inferred, and with some show the Western Hemisphere; and, in the plen- of plausibility, that we may it the pres- titude of time not inferior to any recorded ent time be on the eve of another mighty onfhe pages of ancient or modern his- re volution, unknown to all save ONE who torj-. Oh, charming idea ! let us indulge . can glance through evernity itself at a the thought nearest our heart ; whilst we thought. Canada, amidst all the difEcul- bid our kind readers Farewill ! ties that beset Europe, enjoys the most ^. "•3B(I ii u 1 '^,1 ft t »J»,l f , ■I t ' ' >J , e» • • ^ « \ f , '■ ' .- ^ ^ >r' ■ •, \ * Ift S^^j^^j"! ^^'^^^r 'T.gj^f^?^— m -.T «»a J^ - ■*,k'^ * . .;-M ^ J. .V IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET fMT-3J .v 7^ // c*v^ J /: 4^ :/. \ <• < ^ 1.0 I.I III ■tt IL25 iu /' la 1.6 Photographic Scmces Corporation ^ V ./ ^ L1>^ <^ 13 WIST MAIN STMIT \MM$TM,N.Y. USM (7U) iTa^soa ;\ •t '>■->■)'■■ -I it jr. ■''' -i th ''■ (o *f. U: <- ■,-unt ■ le nmsf 5e '^'.o ^ -'-- w"'^ -+^ ■ -^Nt^s^ ^:.....-:^r >^;^^^^-p"-.-.-v ^^■,-;^y^>rp?- 43 ADVERTISE-ME-NTS, / A. D V E R T I S E M E N T S r Roe & Brothers, GEFL MEKCHANTS, "METCALFE BmLDINGS>" ' Talbot Street East, St. Thomas, C« W. DRY GOODS DEPARTJIEPTT. The subscribers beg to iuform. tbe public that thej keep constantlj on hand a general stock of Fancj and Staple Drr Goods, imported direct from the British and, French market?, Vhich they sell at the lovest Toroat'o and Hamilton prices. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Fresh Familj Groceries of all kinds kept con- ttanUy in stock; also Wines, Liq,uors, Crocke- ry, Ac, all of finest quality, at lowest possible prices. HARDWARE DEPARTMENT. , A large and well assorted stock of British and American Shelf and Hfavy Hardware, bar iron, ■teel, cut and wrought nails, dc; also all kinds •f blacktipith tools, Ac. Cash paid for wheat at highest market price. ROE & BROTHERS. "Weekly Dispatch," Published in St. Thomas, 0^ W., by BURKE & TRAVERS. This Journal is now in its 4th rolume, and be- idf the only newspaper that has ever sustained itself in this plhce for such a length 'OT^tirao, the inhaWtihta generally of the County of El- Sa are shewing, by tneir generous support, at they are determined to give it all too en- couragement they possibly can, of which ample proof can be seen oy reference to our sohHcrip- tiOB book. We number now about 900 sud- ■eribers, nearly all of whom are reipectabia in- kab^aos of our flourishing County of Elgin. The low prtoe of the ''Dispatch" enables sTcry one to become its supporter. The following are •ur terms: — Seven soillinga and six pence per •OSpm Jf paid in sdvanca; if not paid in ad- ▼awe. Ten ahilHngs will be charired. No over ten lines, 4d per line Sol the first inset;tion» and Id per line vtr each continued insertion. Advertisements in rule and figure work will be charged one -half more than the above rates. Advertisements, when not accompanied with written orders to the contrary, will be inserted until forbid, aud charged accordingly.. A liberal discount made to parties advertis- ing by the year. The Job Office Being lately renovated, and in great variety, we aro prepared to execute every description of Plain and Ornamental Printing, iu colors, bronze, ibc, such as posters, lawyer's blanks, circulan, receipt books, pamphlets, business eards, itc, and as cheap, if not cheaper, than any other office in Western Canada. List of Prizes. The following are the prizes offered to our friends for getting subscribers to the "Dis- Jatch," whicn will be distributed by the 1st of annary, 18&7. Friends of the paper can send us the names as they receive them, together with the money, (should they receive any), through the post office, at our risk and expense, for which we will give them credit: 1st Prize, for the largest number of good sub- teribersv Twenty Dollar Gold Piece, ^nd Prize, second largest number or good sub- sc ribers. Silver Snu ff Box. 3rd Prise, third largest number of good subscri- bers, A Portrait of Queen Victoria. 4th Prize, fourth larfFst number of good sub- scribers, Alap of the Crimean War. 5th Prize, fifth larse^t number of good subsori? hers. Any Magaxiuc the party wishes for one year: 6th Prize, any party furnishing us 8 good subr scribers. The "Dispstch" for one yeaA IT' It will be understood ihaltho person wlR» rece.ves the 1st prize will be expected to fur- nish at least 75 subscribers. 'ii Maopherson, Olasgow & Co., ! FINGAL, C. W. STEAM Eifines, Threshing Machines, Plan^ ing Machines, MillOesring. Iron and wood L»thes, Ploughs, Stores, and all kinds of ceua- 117 eutlngjf I ~p«ir9rMbiiirnuedli ntri' an Terms of Advertising. Ten linaa aud under, three insertions, 7s 6d; DANIEL MACrUERSOS, WILLIAM GLASGOW, ||J MATTHIAS HOVEY |l I t .1 ;■( ii k pus photo-rgph is made ^or research purposes onfy and not for reproduction . ^^^ without the conr.ent of the copyright owner. Acknowledgement must be given to the TOROlpo^ PUBLIC LIBRARIES as the s6urce of ihis copy in every case where this ' - photograph is reproduced. fi t N lion, ■ion, rtis- )our \d\i- 1st of Icend fether F7). puse, [tub- fiece. IsuV iBox. Mcri- horia. I «u^- i'lr. P^crir .for iJtK. Isub- Te»r. (who, Pltn- 'ood: fcoun- ^ ASVERTrsCMEHTS. CHATHAJI OLOTHI»# HALE, Kin^ street, Chatljiain. Stone HolloWWareL Wagons, Staple and Fancy nm ©©©Pi I , IlEADY*HADE>Oi:iOTHIira- 1 avB GENTS' FORIISHING GOODS, ■COB ▲■ Shirts, Stocks, Oravato^ Oloraa, Hoaiety, be., Ae. eir Custom Department, ., ITIHET KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, 1. «lar^ and well selected Assortment of Broad Cloths, Cassimeren and Vestings, which thev are prepared to Manufacture with neatness ~nd dispatch. ""^^^IPth BmbtmeiBg Castings for CiaTitges, Thimble Atms, Ploughs, Stores, Sugar KetUesi Engines repaired or made to <»der. Hollow Ware of eveiy description. Mill Gearing, Plan- 11% Machines, Iron and Wood Lathes, and in fact^^Ferr "tide in their line required by Mill Owtftta^Fai^rs and Mechanics, and as at Beasonupble Prices A« thty can b«' purchased elsewhere. The men composing the above Firm are prao> tieal Machinists, and every department of their Establishment is carried on under their own Immediate Inspection, So that their Frieaffs will have a still moi« stronger warrantee, for the qnali^ of every arti- «!• coming fhua their Foundry, and not to be excelled by any other in this section of Western Canada. Vienna, August, 1857. aac Always warranting to Fit k Please. To their old Friends and Patrons, both in Town and Country, they tender their grateful aeknowledgmenta for past favors, and solicit a eontinuane»of the same. ^^ ELGIN TANNERY. WILLIAM I.IPSKY, PROPRIETOR, i RALER IN EVERY DE30 RTPTT0N OP St Thomas BreweTy, Richard Luke,^ Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OF ALE, BEER, Ac., and Dealer in Hops^jMr^f^ud Malt at Thomas^ 0. W^^m?^. J A.. J. All-worth, ADctloneer& CommV. Merchant, Acoeantant, Conveyancer, and General Saint Thomas, C. W. XiBher, CiniBfii,'^ Talhct Strttt. ' Deads,^ i ^ Kjyr chants and others' Books written up. St. Thomai, C. W. . C H AH G E ft M O D ■ R A T E. t. • / -v HI ' III /• 1| /- ,-vfe^ •4' ,-■ '■i. 1* ^'-. \-i 60 ABVCIlTl»KM£NTi!. I 1 I ■ ,.fe Rass, or to the "Dispatch" OiUc«. TEHi^ttalclyllfeadcJTor St. Thomas, Sept.. 1857. (fk h -^ *"* '"^-^"ot for /^'^°^^^ oniy ^^^^" ^o li;f '"'"^ ^'^st be ^"^ « reproduced y "!f; [S. lit. r |w. ^. J«" I, DS, l«v tu, Ik- ICC, . ^^^■Si^^ ts. |9(. kirs DS, l!^■ to, ADV^KTl:jEMi:{(TS. 51 insuranc/and Commission Agency KF"! C E. SUBSCRIBER BEGS TJO ACQUAINT 4he luhabiUDts of tbe Couuty uf Elgiu, and I suRouudiDg eouutry, that L» has opened a Land Agenoy Office, IN ST. THOMAS, Where parties wi^ihing to teU, would do voll to Register, without delay, with their prices aud terms of payment, so that pf^ies wishing to purchase may know all particulars. INSURANCE RISKS, Against Fire, Taken at the Lowest Rates, in English aud Provincial Companies. All Goods sent on cousieument shall be promptly attended to, aud as were is no other Commission Houde in the place or uoighborhoud, the subscriber feels warranted iu sayiug Quick Sales can bo made I Ooods sent on coasienmeMt shall be sold at th«,cousigDed price,' addmg only the subscri- ber's commission for selling. M. McEENZlE. St Thomas, August, 1857. D* DRAKE'S LIVERY STABLES. Comer rf Centre & ^anley Sk^eetSj Opposite the Town Hall, St. Thomas. HORSES and Carriages can bo had on short notice, with drivers, if requested. A Hearse furnished for Funerals, when reauired, at a Moderate Chaive. ' Augu«t,l857. ■ ,.,•; .%.; t .',7 Merchant Tailoringt EslablishmenV Inr the Shop formerly occupied by R. Nelson, Watchmaker, St. Thomas, C. W. J. E. CRUISE, "UrpULD respbctfuUy intimate to his custo- ?T mers, and the public generally, that ho Ims removed his shop to the above promises and is now prepared with a Fashiod«l Assort- ment of Fall aud Winter Cloths, Vestiugs, ttc, to fill orders iu his line in a superior style of Workmanship. Those wishing to purcliase. will do well to call aud examine his Stock and' Fashions, as he is fuHy prepared to compete with any Establishment in Canada with n-irard AUCTIONEERING! "ioS^r^^Wit^Jw. . . o m.. « o J» E. CRUISE. St. Tbsmas, Sept., i8j7. A. S. McCALL, WOULD RlESPECTFULLY mtlMATE to the luhabitanla of this Town and sur- rounding country, that he is prepared, as usual, to take orders for SALES IN TOWN OR COUNTRY, W On the most Liberal Terms, And that the strictest attention will be given by him to all sales entrusted to bis charge- Orders for sales from persons in town or country, will meet with every attention, and bo punctually attended to, if A- S. McCtll is from home, by calling at N. W. Bates' Job Printing Establishment, St. Thomas. Parties at a disUnce, by forwarding a copy of their Auction Bills, through the Post Office, will have them printed and circulated, without delay, at a moderate chaigq. A.J8. McCOLL. , »t. Thoma», Sept., mST. JUutioiutr. VICTORIA BUILDINGS, Talbot Street, St. Thomas, C. W. ^7^5rixlt€> cS3 3MCltolx©ll, ITH grateful acknowledgments for liberal and increasing patronage, respectfully in- timate to their Friends, aud tho Public generally that their Spring Stock is now complete, and will be found to comprise every va'?iety adapted' for Ladies' costume aud Family use Their Importations have been selected with particular regard to Fashion, Quality and Price, and cannot be surpassed. Oonscious of the impossibility of stating in au Advertisement, all the claiixs their Stock po8.sesscs to public attention, W. Ji M. earnest- ly request the favor of inspection by iotcndin" purchasers, fueliug a.<).sured ol'beiug able to ^Jn e ut theii^ giahes iiv thuaw vur y wnumjal fcuui. - Utws of Ecouoiiiy, Price and Style. St. Thomas. Sept-, 1857. \ ^J VlfeajL-.'^it hit. iJ.1-,.— - jf^ * .' "H. 1 1 ^^^..s. ?1 '^'^^ cop ofograp^ wiis is '•e fil copy ^^brar /£S is '^P'-oduced. JiL ■* ./ :l ■ :4 Mr • y- V, • ■EHR A^T A.. -U 3«r Ch.rt,k.: .' .J -r(. • ^^ /^ ' 1 ; (^^r5 ^ • ^^'^ . ) ^' Vi' s !» . / ^'' photograph is made ■lor i^search purposes only ^ ' and not for repru'duction " ■ ' Wit.,out the consent of the c'opynght owner. ~ Acknowledgement rmt&t be • given to the v " TOR"OK^^ PUBLIC 'libraries as the source -of this copy in* ev^ry case where this ; . photograph is reproduced. ' ^' It''- -I * *■>;. ^., >'t • . 'J-* ■ .J. ,r (7 >T* I 1 K.ENT ADYEETISITE, A WE^KL-y ^ f __ ' ' . ' ■ PUBLISHilD )■■ ■ - EVEEY .t^EDIJESUAY BIOENING, B T" ' , J. ^v. 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