535-03 Page 46TFIGU SDAY
AUGUST 5, 1937 of men who have been leaders in
LIFE IN OXFORD
I public life, I will lust mention four
_ -two of Nawhom
f you e o ayan have passed on --
Many oer-cit - William ncekivell, Andrew Pat-'
member your grandparents who the other two, Mr. Pattullo
came to Oxford over one hundredItullo,
and' Donald Sutherland. Mr. Nance -
years ago. The north side of thekivell. of Dereham was elected for
river was noted for its fine beef 22 consecutive years as reeve of
SUBJECT ADD_RE�S ears i while the south were pion- the township and was warden of
ears t the dotty Industry. credit
to the house county coun the it when the buildings
. tyre the poet gives the credit to house and other public buildings '.
GIVEN OUT WEST one Rof Salford as being the were erected. Andrew Pattullo
first too manufacture cheese and was a membep• of the Dominion (?) '
sell it commercially in the year Government and was one of the
t�M,y 185 , but I am creditably informed most beautiful public speakers I
Met Mr, Charles Wilson of Dere- have ever .listened to. Hon. Dan -
Just One Year Ago, Late J. ham, started the making of cheese old Sutherland, a farm -bay raised
W. Holmes, ACldresseCl in the year 1852, selling his product in Ngrth Oxford, worked his way
in the town of London, and from ' up to cabinet rank at Ottawa. Of
Victoria Gathering ,gVx this small beginning we at onetime 11, the others I have mentioned, Mr.'
Just a little over one l
year ago,
In Victoria, B.C., a gathering was
held in which the fellowship of
former residents of Oxford county
stood out paramount. In fact this
gathering was held just so that Ox-
ford county residents might get to-
gether and talk over old times
.back here in the east. -
The gathering was addressed' by
J. W. Holmes, a former widely
known Ingersoll businessman, who
has since passed away. In fact the
Picnic was organized by Mr,
Holmes. It may be explained that
Mr. Holmes had a grocery business
here, and also owned a farm south
of here. He left Ingersoll about 40
Years ago. He was a brother-in-
law of F. G. Walley, former collec-
tor of customs in Ingersoll.
A copy of the address which Mr.
Holmes delivered in Victoria last.
Year has been handed to the San -
fined -Review for publication, par-
ticularly because of the historic'
rererences contained. It is present
cd herewith.
CHEESE INDUSTRY
Mr. Holmes touched upon the
types of settlers in Oxford, and
upon their efforts, dealing in a def-
inite way with the beginning of the
,cheese industry, as follows:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: T>: a3
we are gathered together to form
a fellowship as one - time citi-
zens of the grand old county
of Oxford, We can all feel
Proud of either having been born
there or for awhile having made it
our home. Now, I want to recall
fn the older ones some of the
firings that made the Oxfords out-
standing, and to the younger ones
a bit of ancient history.
"For comparison, I will divide
them by the river Thames. The
early pioneers, whom we represent
today, were a hardy lot of loyal
Plain folk, who feared God and
honored their adopted country.
Now, north of the river was settled
mostly by the Scotch, so much so
that in Zorra in 18r,0 there war
only four_f_amilie_s of_Irish desce_n
d living in that township, and to
show the spirit of fair play they
j elected one of the Touls, reeve, and
in turn he was elected warden of
the county. Right here I must
mention that the strongest men in
the world were sons of those
Scotch pioneers who won the world
champl,nship tug-of-war at the
World's Fair in Chicago, I think in
1893, if my date is corect. The best
Part of the city of Woodstock is
north of the river. There was one
citizen who located there when it
was a village and had a great deal
to do with the building up of a fine
city, he being the editor of the
Sentinel -Review, which being very
per._ been earns
to G- oB station, and giv-
mg ua i.,-- sA „render, MT..Pat-
tullo. QaF
SOU? RIDING
"Now we will take up the south
riding, which was settled by an-
other lot of people, English, Irish
j and United Empire Loyalists. While
not as strong physically as their
Zorra neighbors they were strong
mentally, with lots of energy. Il
will paint out to you a few of the
outsta.Doing people of the periods.
became _the- world's largest prode-
Pattullo is the premier of British
cars of cheese. .'The first co -opera-
Columbia, whom a great many of
five factory was opened by Mr.
you know personally. Andrew Pat -
Farrington of Norwich in the year
Indio was hys uncle and the editor
66 and from that time on, fac-.I'
(at one time-G. R.),of the Sentin-f
tories sprang up like mushrooms I
el -Review, was his father.
overnight. The largest cheese ever
made was at the fill ay'lactory,'
"I could go on for a long time,
the maker was Jsmee-3reland, and
-
as I lived in the county for forty
the net weight was well over seven
years, but win have to draw my
reminiscences to a close, wishing
thousand (7,000). it was hauled
3
into Ingersoll by nice teams of
'.
you all good health and happiness,
white horses, with the handlers of
a
with a bumper picnic next year.
her and the cheese dressed in
t,
"Thanking you all for your great
white. F was an eye witness to the
.
pateince in hearing me through."
parade. -.
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"Two young men who were born
in Oxford, William Allen and John
i.,
S (.R�
Archibald Ruddick, who was born
-the
f
pGm�'�L j3 V"4-� -�
on town line between Dereham
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and Middlesex, but on the Dare-
ham Mr. Allen,
�'`�'
Iv"
side. now Profes-
fir, o� for
4
sor, became later on dairy commis-
if {p.1 r&'�
sioner for New Zealand,
Ruddick,
°
now Doctor, was dairy
m a'r` y i'"--
commissioner of Canada, now su
t I
`
perannuated and living. in:Ottawa.
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I was personally acquainted with
both of them; Mr.
Su'o,
Ruddick was
school-mate of mine and Mr.Allen
i'
I
•lQpeNtd f.. Zarb raR�-
one of my late wife a school -mates.
EARLY ARRIVALS
Dec 3 )
"Now I will go back over a cen-
I b F.
! bQ hot XI-tew
-tury and give you a few facts,
dates and figures about South Ox-
ley
_.- ,
ford, I
where was born in the year
1861. 'Daniel
t�
,Harris was one �f-'
t 5 arnr_ c� at
.the first to arrive about the year
)YE 9 71 � 0, A
1820 who made good in the land of
C � � q r,
his adoption; then we pass along)
until about 1830, when the influx
really started, the Wilsons and the
, "� r_n-� :e1 Qst• Qx
Scoffins coming in mat year; both
of these families are represented
here today. These two families"
came from Yorkshire, England,'
coming by sailing ship which took
nine weeks to cross the Atlantic
and then three weeks more to get i
up to Hamilton. The land in South
Oxford was controlled by a colon-
�i
ist, Coy, and managed by a man
Lcalled Holdcroft, and the average
rice of wild land was $1 per acre,
ut the great difficulty for the set
ter was to get enough to pay i
taxes, which must be cash, every- I
thing else could be had in trade,
and the tax rate was three cents
acre. Between the years 1830
- • ---- - - .•< .-
dDer
184T manors arrive `,
amongst them were the families of
the Nancekivells, Browns, Gallo -
ways, Jarvis', Sages, Brinks, Cooks,
Skinners, Curries, Hendersons and.
many others who are represented
here by the third generation. In
Ingersoll the old stone lock -up still
•- - ---- - •'-
-stands near the market. It Is built
of cobble stones. There are two
r
other buildings over a hundred
years old in the town; one is a
house on King street, once owned
,
by John Horseman, and the old `
Carrel Hotel, which now has bs., -
remodelled and is a modern spa' j
ment black. The bricks that w =,
into these buildings were made b
my grandfather on the Canhelq J
farm in the year 18832. He had to
quit the usiness as he could only!.
get trade, no cash to be had in
those times. Fire -places were the
only means of cooking and heating.
McClary's of London started to:
manufacture stoves about 1850.
"Oxford has. produced its share'
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