150 years ago
September 28, 1876
GIVING UP BUSINESS. A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK TO BE SOLD AT A SACRIFICE.
The undersigned having determined to go out c L business he will sell his entire stock without reserve at and below cost until the whole be disposed of. This is to be a genuine sale. No humbug. It is not a pretence to get rid of an old shelf-worn stock. The goods are in first-class condition, fresh and new, which if you don’t believe call and examine for yourselves. Call early and secure the pick of the stock.
Sale to commence this day, the 14th of September.
Terms cash.
JOHN HUNTER.
125 years ago
September 26, 1901
HOWICK
Good progress is being made on the Georgetown church building. The roof will soon be covered and the interior ready lor plastering. On removing the old year-stone, documents were found which showed that they had been deposited there on Oct. 17th, and it la proposed to deposit the old and now documents and papers behind the new stone on the 50th anniversary of that occasion, Oct. 17th, 1901, when the public will have the opportunity of witnessing the interesting ceremony.
100 years ago
September 23, 1926
ONE OF WORLD’S GREATEST COWS DEAD
C. L. Goodhue, manager of Raymondale Farm, Vaudreuil, Quebec, reports the death, early in August, of their wonderful cow, Countess Abbekerk Hiemke, champion producer of North America on three-time milking with 1,10l Ibs. fat and 30,443 Ibs. milk to her credit; she was also one of the outstanding show cows of the breed, being selected as reserve All-American aged cow in 1925. She was grand champion at the Canadian National Exhibition, Central Canada Exhibition, and elsewhere last year, and won first in the milking class at the Canadian Royal but was beaten out of grand championship because of her poor condition following a hard time at calving.
This year she started out with the grand championship at the Ormstown show in June, and being bred to freshen just at the time of the National Dairy Show was looked upon as the outstanding candidate for National grand championship and All-American honors in 1926.
75 years ago
September 26, 1951
Resurfacing Gravel Roads in Elgin
Although not definite it has been reported that all the roads in the Municipality of Elgin are to receive resurfacing of gravel this fall. This work has already been started at the West end of the second concession. The Duheme Sideroad, second concession to Hamilton’s sideroad, Hamilton’s sideroad and first concession out to No. 4 highway, it has been reported, are to be widened this fall and they will receive blacktop sometime next year. The stone crusher is now at work in Brown’s pit preparing the resurfacing materials and better roads for Elgin are looked forward to.
50 years ago
September 29, 1976
STRANGE AND GIANT VEGETABLES – seem to be the big thing this year. Wilfred Bryson of Allan’s Corners got almost more than his share of garden oddities. A 25-inch cucumber yielded one and a quarter jars of pickles all by itself, and Mrs. Bryson has three giant zucchini waiting to go into the freezer. One of them a 25-pound twin monster, looks like a couple of green oxygen cylinders stuck together. The Brysons never know what to expect from their fertile vegetable lot in front of the barn, where a giant field of pumpkin is still lurking, shrouded with coverings against the frost. All on their own, ground cherries have grown up weed-like among the corn, and part of the disused dairy barn houses a small mountain of huge tomatoes. Said Mr. Bryson, “The seed catalogue said they were supposed to be six inches across, but they don’t seem to have quite made it. Must have been the wet weather.”