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HISTORY OF^HEFFORD,

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CIVIL, ECCLE>SIA>STICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL AND
STATISTICAL.

By C. THOMAS.

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PRINTED BV LOVELL PRINTING AND PUBLrmifNO (K>.

1877.

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THE

HISTORY OF SHEFFORD.

CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL AND
STATISTICAL.

By C. THOMAS.

liWontreal;
PRINTED BY LOVELL PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.

1877.

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TO THE

CITIZENS OF WATERL()(\

WITH WHOM HE HAS SOJOURNED, AS A TEACIIKR,

FOB NEARLY THREE YEARS,

AND FROM WHOM HE HAS RECEIVED

THE MOST COURTEOUS TREATMENT AND CORDIAL SUPPOIT,

IN THIS

AND IN ALL OTHER LABORS,

THIS LITTLE WORK IS RESPECTFULLY

BY THE

AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

A IIiSTORY, like the following, recording events
which ha^ t transpired within the recollection of
many still living and containing sketf^hes cf indi-
viduals still in existence, is, doubtless, of ail species
of composition, the most irksome and unsatisfactory
to its author.

Firs^— Unlike the history of countries that have
been peopled for centuries, the events are neither of
the number or character to prove interesting to
readers beyond the locality in which they occurred.

Second. — Interest, jealousy or treacherous memo-
ries may cause a wide difference in the opinions of
persons at the present time of events of which they
were eye-witnesse:i a decade or more of years ago;
hence, the one who transfers those events to the
page of history is not unfrequently subjected to se-
vere and unjust criticism.

Third.-^A similarity in the events described, neces-
sitates much effort on the part of the author to
prevent a monotonous similarity in the de.^criptions ;
and, even with all this effort, a degree of sameness

PREFACE.

will inevitably pervade his work that may prove dis-
tasteful to the connoisseur in literary art.

Last, but not least, is the danger of omitting some
name that one or more readers think should appear,
or of speaking of others in more eulogistic terms
than may be consonant with the ideas of parties
claiming more perfect knowledge.

Whatever criticisms of the kind, however, may
arise, it cannot be denied that the local history is a
necessity -something that, sooner or later, will be
imperatively demanded ; and, with this view, the
writer has embarked in this simple literary venture,
trusting that the future historian may accord to it
more importance than it will receive at present.

With the design of rendering the work useful at
the present as well as in future time, besides its his-
toric character, it has been made to partake some-
what of the nature of a Gazetteer.

The writer has received valuable assistance from
different sources while compiling the work, but he
desires especially to acknowledge that rendered by
C. H. Par melee and O. B. Kemp, Esqrs.

Waterloo, P. Q., 28th Nov., 1876.

INTRODUCTION.

As in all new countrieH, the first permanent settle-
ments in Canada were made along the large rivers
which communicate with the ocean, and afforded the
only means of penetrating the wild wastes of the
newly discovered land.

Quebec had sprung up, grown old, and its name been
familiar for more than a century at the Courts of the
French and English Monarchs — it had been beleaguer-
ed by hostile armies and had won a proud place in his-
toric annals; Ville Marie had expanded into a city,
and had figured in wars with the Iroquois, the
English and the French ; Three Rivers, Sillery, St.
Joseph and St. Mary, had also become famous in
Canadian history, while the country east of the Riche-
lieu, now forming a part of the Eastern Townships,
was in "the lap of savage desolation. '*^-A broad tract
of country possessed of great fertility of soil, rich in
mineral deposits, blessed with perennial streams,
dotted with beautiful lakes, unsurpassed in tho gran-
deur of its scenery-— a territory yet to be acknow-
ledged the " Garden of Canada," was unknown to the
civilized world till more than a quarter of a century
after the triple cross banner of England had sup-
planted the^eMr de lis of France.

An exploring party was sent out to this section by
order of Governor Haldimand, and they carried back
to the settlements on the St. Lawrence such a favor-
able account of their discoveries, that, in the autumn

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INTRODUCTION.

of 1784, a party, Rtyled United Empire Loyalists,
decided to emigrate hither. Desirous of effecting a
settlement as near as possible to mills and markets,
they " pitched their tents " on the shore of Missisquoi
Bay and in the country adjacent. Lake Champlain
and the Richelieu afforded the only convenient means
of travelling, and St. Johns, twenty miles distant by
land and sixty by water, and Burlington, in Vermont,
were the only places where they were able to procure
the necessaries of life.

From Missisquoi Bay new settlers gradually pushed
eastward. Others — daring and adventurous spirits —
plunged northward into the unbroken wilderness
from different sections of New England; and thus
commenced the settlement of these now flourishing
Townships.

Much has been said respecting the U. E. Loyalists,
who, for the love they bore the mother country and
the veneration they still cherished for monarchical
institutions, voluntarily accepted a home amidst the
wilds of Canada. Eulogies have been lavishly and
indiscriminately bestowed on all the early pioneers
of this section, as if they all belonged to this class,
and were thus entitled to the admiration of every
loval heart.

Panegyrics like these, however, should be received
with caution, and with duo allowance for fervid
imaginations and proneness to hyperbole in their
authors.

It is a well established fact that a large proportion
of the pioneers of this section, so fai from being
martyrs to their political principles, cared as little for
royalty as they did for republicanism, and only

INTRODUCTION.

emigrated to thitj country to escape the dangers and
turmoils of war.

In the early part of the contest between the
American colonies and England, not an insignificant
part of the population of the colonies remained loyal
to the British cause. Another, and no inconsider-
able party, desirous, no doubt, of following quietly
the peaceful pursuits of life, regardless of the Stamp
Act, Tea Tax and other grievances of which their
neighbors complained, attempted to remain neutral
in their movements during the approaching contest.
Such, however, was inconsistent with the wishes of
their Eadical brethren, who both suspected their
friendship and detested their want of patriotism.
The Kadicais, consequently, not only reproached
them, but indulged in other acts of aggression against
them until they were compelled either to join one of
the belligerent armies or seek peace and safety in exile.
Many choosing the latter alternative emigrated to
Canada, and, induced by ^tho cheapness of the land and
fertility of the soil, plunged into the wilderness east
of the Eichelieu.

It is a fact, too, that after the independence of the
American Colonies had been declared by Groat
Britain, not a few of those who had fought in the con-
tinental armies became pioneers in this part of the
Dominion. Thus we find among the early settlers
of this section, not only those who admired the insig-
nia of royalty and believed in the " divine right of
kings," but those who were passively indifferent to
these things, while others cherished as little respect
for them as they did for the religious tenets of
Mahomet,

INTRODUCTION.

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Whatever the religious or political principles of
the pioneers, however, it cannot be denied that in
providing homes and sustenance for their families
in those wilds, amidst every privation they toiled on
with the self-sacrifice of martyrs rmd the devotion of
patriots. There is a heroism displayed in their per-
severance and in the fortitude vith which they en-
dured hardships that demands our admiration, and
which it becomes their posterity to emulate.

In addition to the difficulties under which the
early inhabitants labored, on account of their long
distance from mills and markets, much inconvenience
was also experienced from the absence of legal tri-
bunals in the Townships, and in having roads estab-
lished in the manner prescribed by law.

In 1796, an act was passed entitled, " An act for
making, repairing and altering the highways and
bridges in this Province, and for other purposes ; " and
by this it was enacted that ■' all the king's highways
and public bridges shall be made, repaired, and kept
up, under the direction of the Grand Voyer of each
and every district within the Province, or his deputy."
This law, with but little if any alterations, continued
in force till 1841.

Although his works were homologated by the Court
of Quarter Sessions, it will be seen that much authority
was vested in the Grand Voyer.

These Townships were obliged to send all the way
to Montreal or Quebec for this digr itary or his deputy
to establish roads, and at that time the work of
bringing him to the J ackwoods of this section we can
easily imagine involved both time and expense.

HISTORY OF SHEFFORB.

The township of Shcfford is bounded north by
Roxton, east by Stukcly, south by Bromo and west
by Gran by. It was erected into a township by Let-
ters Patent dated February 10th, 1801, and granted in
part to Caj^t. John Savage and liis Associates.*

The term "Associates" not being generally well
understood, a few words by way of explanation, may
not bo amiss.

Any individual of responsibility who had sustained
losses from his loyalty to the government, or other-
wise merited reward, by pursuing a proscribed course
in company with a certain number of others of un-
doubted loyalty — could obtain a grant of five-sevenths
of a township. The individual who took the most
active part in procuring this grant, and bore the ex-
penses, was denominated — " Leader or Agent."

The course pursued was substantially as follows :
The Agent presented a petition to government, in
which his claims were set forth, and the tract of land
prayed for usually described. The grant was made
only on condition that the Agent and each of the As-

" Names of Associatos. .Tolin Savngo the youngor, Ilozeklali Wood,
John Allen, Simon (Jrigga, Kiclmrd Pnwora, John Sarage the son of
Edward Savage, Petor Savage, Ezckiel Lewis, Henry Hardie, Anthony
Cutler, Isaac Kennison, Solomon Konnison, Malcolm McFarland, Peter
Hayfl, Edward Graves, Henry Powers, Alexander Douglas, Silas Lewis,
John Lockhart Wiseman, James Bell, .John Mock, Timothy Hoskins,
William Moffat, Thaddeus Tuttle, Isaac Lawrence the younger, Elijah
Lawrence, James Berry, Abraham Kennison, John Spalding, John
Knatohbaok, John Mock the younger, Joseph Mock, William Bell, John
Bell, Samuel Bell,

HISTORY OF SHEFFORD.

pociates Bhould take the oath of allegiance, and thoy,
their heirb,, or assigns, should make " actual settle-
ment," and certain iniprovements in the township
before a specified time.

Five-sevenths only of the township were granted to
the Agent and his Associates, and these were divided
equally among them ; the remaining two-sevenths
being reserved for the support of the Protestant clergy
and for the disposition of the Crown. But a private
bargain was previously made between the Agent and
each Associate, in which it was stipulated that the
latter should have a certain number of acres — ^gener-
ally two hundred — and should deed back to the Agent
all he should draw more than this amount. The
Agent was to defray the expense of opening a road
through the township, of building mills and of having
the township surveyed ; the land deeded to him by
the Associates being received as compensation for
the expenses thus incurred.

These private bargains, in many instances, were not
faithfully adhered to by the Associates, and much
trouble and expensive litigation frequently arose in
consequence.

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WEST SHEFFORD.

This small village, often called Shefford Plain from
the level ground on which it is built, is situated In the
south-west part of the township on a branch of the
Yamaska.

Capt. John Savage, who was a native of Ireland,
was the first settler at this place, and the first one in
the township. We have no records to show at what
time he came to America, but a little light is thrown
^ on his subsequent history by a petition which he pre-
sented to the Governor of Canada, a copy of which is
given below :

" To His Excellency Alured Clark, Esq., Major
. General, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces
in America.

The Humble Petition of John Savage Most humbly
Sheweth :

That Petitioner took an early and active part in
the late Eebellion, and served as Lieutenant in a
Corps raised by Governor Tryon for His Majesty's
Service ; being made prisoner by the Rebels, and re-
fusing to join them, he was committed to Albany Jail,
from whence he escaped and joincv! the Army at New
York, with which he served until taken prisoner a
second time and closely confined in irons in Kingston
Jail. That Petitioner was very serviceable to the

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scouts sonloiit from tliiM Province by His Excellency
the late General Sir Frederick llnUlimand, then Com-
mander in Chief, b}^ procuring for them intclllgcnco
and affording them asHistance.

Petitioner at present has a farm in Caldwell's
Manor within the American lines, from which Colonel
Allen is attempting to remove him, for refusing
to take the Oath of Allegiance to the American
States. Petitioner having never received from
government any componsution for his losses, and
wishing to come under the protection of a British
Constitution, humbly implores that Your Excellency
will be pleased to grant him a township of ten miles
pquare, to be owned by Petitioner and his Asso-
ciates ; and he, as in duty bound, will ever pra}'.

John Savage .
Quebec, aOlh July, 1'792."

The following is an extract from an account kept
by Capt. Savage during his efforts to obtain the grant
prayed for above.

1792.

A journey to Quebec to obtain the
warrant to s^Jirvey for the township

of Sheflford at 10 shillings £48 10

To Capt. John Savage's expenses ... 23 15

To exploring township, 10 days 5 00

To cutting the road from St. Johns
to Yamaska Eiver with six men,
4 weeks, each 40 shillings a month.. . 12 00
To myself 28 days at 10 shillings. 14 00
To provisions and money expend-
ed in cutting said roads 8 00

June 5

Sept.
Nov. 15

HISTORY or SlIEFFORD.

1793.

May 10 To cutting the road from Sutton

to Shefi rd, 16 miles 16 00

July 13 To cash paid John Clark, Dept.
Surveyor, for 92 days at 10 sh'. lings
aday 46 00

1799.

Juno 24 To cash paid JeHse Pennoycr and
Patrick Conroj^, Esq., for their ser-
vices in apprizing the improvements
in the township of Shofford 6 00

Capt. Savage came to Shefford in 1792. He direct-
ed his course by means of a compass, and was followed
by men who cleared away the underwood for the pas-
sago of ox sleds which brought his household goods
and provisions, and these in turn were followed by his
family. A pile of stones on the stream near the vil-
lage still marks the spot where he built the "Dutch
back "of his first cabin. He brought with him to
Sheftbrd thirty head of cattle, all of which, with the
exception of three, died from the scarcity of fodder
and the intense cold of the following winter.

Mr. Savage had two sons, one of whom died before
the removal of the father to Canada ; the other, John
Savage the younger, was one of the Associates of
Shefford, and the first settler in the north part of the
township.

Many of the descendants of Savage live in Shefford,
and are numbered with its honored citizens.

The second inhabitant of the township was a man
named Towner, but his stay was brief.

In the winter of 1794 * Isaac Lawrence from Hines-

*For this sketch of Isaac Lawrence wo are indebted to Mrs. Day's
rion9«rs of the EHStern Townchipe.

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burg, Vt, took up his rosidonco in tho township, set-
tling in or near tho present limits of the village of
Waterloo.

Samuel Lawrence, one of his sons, settled at West
Shefford. About the year 1804, he commenced
erecting mills at this place, and his brother Henry,
who had been assisting him in this enterprise, was
despatched to Westford, Vt., for tho purpose of pro-
curing the necessary irons. Ho took with him a yoke
of oxen with which to draw in the machinery, but
having no vehicle, ho was obliged to rosort to hit]
wits to invent means of transporting tho heavy load.
Accordingly he made a dray, which was nothing
more than a long piece of timber split at one end,
pried open, and fastened by inserting a short beam
crosswise between the parts, when eight hundred
pounds of iron castings were bound on it by heavy
chains. This end trailed on the ground, while the
other end was fastened into tho yoke on the necks of
the^sturdy beasts, and drawn by them over rough roads
and through rapid streams to Sheldon, Vt., where the
young man obtained a pair of large heavy cart wheels
on which he fastened tho dray, load and all, so as to
balance, and then proceeded on his way. There was a
ferry over the Missisquoi Eiver, but all the other
streams had to be forded. At St. Armand he took the
then only route through to Shefford through Dunham
and Farnham ; but tho roads wore so rough and the
load so heavy that the axletree of his cart gave way
three times, and was ready for tho fourth breakdown
on arriving at his destination. With tho aid of axe
and auger, with which he was provided, and a piece of
the hard timber which grew so plentifully by the way,
ho repairs i the damage each time.

MlSTOllY OF «nEFF(>RI>.

T)io clatter of tho iron load, a« the cart rolled over
stones, logs and other obHlructiona, aroused the people
08 it paHsed along tho line of road, attracting consider-
able attention from being the first pair of wheels that
had penetrated by that route io far into the interior
of the country.

Two years after t^e ari'ival of Capt. Savage, his
son-in-law, Hezckiah Wood, from Fishkill, N. Y.,
became an inhabitant of West Shefford, settling in a
lot now owned by Henry Roberts.

Three of his sons still live at this place.

Peter Hayes from Now Hampshire was another of
the pioneers of West Shefford. He first came alone^
selected a lot in the north part of the township, where
he cut down seven acres of forest, and then returned
to New Hampshire for his family. In the winter of
1796, he returned to Shefford with the design of
taking up his abode on the lot where he had pre-
viously labored, but as his family were worn out
with their long journey on a sled, and several miles
of unbroken forest still intervened between him and
the spot he desired to reach, when he had arrived at
West Shefford he decided to remain there till tho
following spring. When spring arrived, however, he
had abandoned his intention of leaving his present
habitation, and thus remained there till his death,
which occurred on January 2nd, 1834. He has
several descendants in Shefford, and his son, Stephen
B. Hayes, now lives in the homestead.

In 1822, Edward Roberts, from Ireland, became a
resident of this part of Shefford. He had previously
been a merchant, but having failed, he came to
Amerioft to retrieve his fortune.

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H<j died poor, however, .nd left his cliildren to be-
come the architects of their own fortunes. His son
Duke affords another striking example of what a
young man with tact and energy may accomplish.

With nothing bu6 bis hands to sustain him, he
boldly commenced the battle of life. Having placed
himself in a comfortable position by farming, he
began to turn his attention to buying and selling
cattle and horses, and so successfully has he managed
this, with his other business, that he has amassed a
fortune. ' lie owns a fine residence at West Shefford,
but, leaving this in possession of one of his sons, two
years since, he moved to Waterloo, where he still
resides.

Although settled the first of any part of the town-
ship, ^est Shefford is still compai-r.avely a small vil-
lage.

It is situated in the midst of a beautiful level
farming country, and in beauty of location surpasses
Waterloo, though, owing to various causes, the latter
has far outstripped its elder sister in growth.

There is one hotel here, two groceries and two
stores. A public house was first opened here in 1837,
on the spot now occupied by the hotel.

The stores are owned respectively by John N. Mills
and George Tait. Mr. Mills has been engaged several
years in mercantile business, and is widely known in
this section of the country as a dealer in bark and
butter. He is esteemed as a man of public spirit
and has held municipal offices.

Mr. Tait is also regarded as a man of worth. He
is Postmaster and a School Commissioner. A post

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office was established here about the year 1840,* and
a man named Johnson was a2)pointed Postmaster.

A large brick building, designed for a te»nperanco
hall, was erected here in 1863 ; it is now used as a
place of worship and also for a school.

The village contains two church edifices belonging
respectively to the Roman Catholics and Episco-
palians. A sketch of the Church of Enghmd mission
at this place will be found in the history of Waterloo.

A short distance from West Shcfford is another
small village springing up, now known as Sheftington.

The Btream affording good facilities here for manu-
facturing establishments, in 1859 a man named
Ei)hraim Senior, erected a woollen fiictory.

Two yet^rs afterward, Ashley Kilburn purchased
the factory and a sawmill standing near. The
factory not long afterwards was burned. Another one
was erected, and this, together with the saw mill, a
few years subsequently was swept away in a freshet.
Mr. Kilburn, being one of those sanguine and deter-
mined men not easily disheartened, soon built other
mills, and is now doing an extensive business in the
way of wool carding and manufacturing cloth and
lumber.

A post office was established here, April 1st, 1875,
and James Hayes was appointed postmaster. Mr.
Hayes is one of the public men of the township, and
has been called to fill one or more of the municipal
offices. He opened a store hero in 1874, in company
with Mr. Henry Noil.

* On tao 29th of November, 1841, the building in Quebec containing
records of the establishment of Post Offices in the Trovince previous to
that time was consumed by fire, consequentiy in obtaining this date, "wc
have been obliged to trust to tlie memory of the " oldest inhabitant."

FEOST VILLAGE.

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This piace — now scarcely deserving the name of
village, so small is the number of houses here, is situ-
ated in the south-east part of the township.

About the year 1S08, three brothers, Jonathan,
Eichard and Joseph Frost, from Marlborough; New
Hampshire, came toShefford and settled air this place,
their name in after time being given io the village
which sprang up here.

Jonathan Frost was the one who first felled a tree
at this place, and his first house was erected where the
dwelling long occupied by Hon. L. S. Huntington
now stands. He subsequently sold his improvements,
built, and sold again several times in the same locality.
Eicharu settled on a lot about a mile north of the
present village. Joseph became the first occupant of
the lot now owned by his nephew, David Frost.

In 181 0, Jeremiah Frost, a brother of those named
above, and from the same place, arrived in Shefford.
He first purchased the improvements of his brother
Richard, but, about two years afterward, he bought a
piece of land on the site of the present village, and built
a house on the spot now occupied by that of John
Parker. Subsequently, he purchased the farm where

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ame of
is situ-

lath&n,
j; New
9 place,
village

a tree
3re the
ington
naents,
3ality.
of the
ant of

lamed
fford.
other
ghta
built
John
'^here

his son David now lives, and there resided till 1830,
when he died. He had seven children, three sons and
four daughters, who arrived at maturity, but David
was the only one of those who remained permanently
in Sheflford. He is a highly respected citizen, and has
hold the office of municipal councillor. He has throe
sons who are numbered with the prominent men of
Waterloo. David Frost, jun ., one of these, was a very
successful teacher for some time in the Province of On-
tario. For several years he has been an efficient and
popular station agent at Waterloo, and also holds the
position of councillor in the village council.

About the year 1812, Richard Frost, mentioned
above, opened a public house at Frost Village, the first
one in the place. A few years after this he removed
to Granby, where he lived during the remainder of his
life. A son, now deceased, was for a long time one of
the prominent and influential men of that township.

Not many years after the four Frost brothers had
made their home in Canada, they were joined by an-
other, Aaron, who likewise came from Marlborough,
N. H. He was a cabinetmaker, and on his arrival
erected a shop and followed his trade hero for some
years, but finally abandoned i';, sold out and returned
to the Ctates.

Alvin Williams was an early settler at Frost Village.
He came from Newfane, Vt., to Stukely, \bout the
year 1801, and settled on a lot in the north part of
the township, several miles from any inhabitants.
He was then a young man, only twenty, and with
perseverance and energy, at which modern degeneracy
wonders, remote from civilization, he toiled for com-
petency and a home.

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To strong arms and courai^eous hearts like his, are
we indebted for our fertile fields ; and though we smile
at the uncouth manners and rustic garb of our fore-
fathers, it cannot be denied that they possessed the
qualities which in other men in different circum-
stances have won the chaplets of heroes. On one
occasion, while living alone in the wilderness, Mr.
Williams cut his knee with an axe, which so disabled
him that his circumstances becaii o unpleasant and
perilous in the extreme. His provisions were ex-
hausted, and being so lame that he could not hope to
reach another human habitation, the sad prospect of
dying in this secluded place without kindred or friends
to solace him, rose with all its terrors before him.
Nerved, however, by a forlorn hope, he crawled up
to an eminence in the forest, and shouted as loudly as
his feeble state would permit. He was induced to do
this from the fact, that he had learned a few weeks
before, while absent from home, that parties were
soon coming into that section to look for land ; and
the thought struck him that some one, providentially,
might even then be within reach of his voice.
Strange as it may seem, his cries were answered
by a man named Aylmer, who happened to be near,
in the forest, for the purpose named above. Through
his aid, the young invalid was supplied with provi-
sions, and cared for, ^till he was restored to health.
In 1804, he was married to Charlotte Rebecca
Rogers, the daughter of a merchant from Newfane,
Vt., who had settled in South Stukely. He had once
been wealthy, but had fiiiled in business on account of
having his property chiefly invested in Continental
money which proved worthless.

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te his, are
I wo smile
our fore-
ossod the
circum-
On one
less, Mr.
disabled
ant and
vero ox-
hope to
spect of
f friends
re him.
vied up
>udly as
id to do
' weeks
es wore
d; and
titialJy,
voice,
sworod
3 near,
irougli
provi-
lealth.
3becca
ivfane,
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HISTORY OF SHEFFORD.

At the time of which we write, wolves were nume-
rouft in Stukely, and bands of Indians occasionally
strolled througli the forest. Some time after the
marriage of Williams and the birth of several children,
1)0 was one day absent from homo and his hired man
was at work in a field surrounded by woods, some
distance from the house. Sudaenlj^, Mrs. Williams was
startled by loud cries, and supposing that their neigh-
bor Aylroer's family had been attacked by Indians,
she hurriedly prepared herself and children for flight.
She was, however, arropted in her purj^ose by the
hired man who came run niij^i, xn. hatlessund breathless,
affirming that he had barely escaped from the wolves
with which the field, where ho had been at work, was
literally covered.

Amidst scenes similiar to this, and all tho hardships
incident to the life of a pioneer, Mr. Williams spent
nine years in North Stukely, and then removed to tho
southern part of tho township, from which place ho
moved, in 1821, to Frost Village. He took up his
residence on the lot now owned by his grandson, Geo.
Williams, and lived here till his death, which oocurred
February llth, 1849.

Mr. Williams was a man deservedly esteemed.
Possessed of integrity, a genial temper and a pleasing
manner, he soon won the confidence and respect of
those with whom he was called to associate ; and his
influence among them always tended to harmony
and goodwill. H6 was for some time a school com-
missioner, a commissioner for the summary trial of
small causes, justice of the peace and captain of militia.
He had four sons, John, William, Henry and Arad ;
the first named being the only one living. Henry

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entered mercantile business in Brome, atid became one
of the prominent men of that township. Arad
was a successful and respected farmer in Bolton.
William remained on the homestead. The esteem in
which he was held by his fellow citizens may bo
learned from the following obituary, copied from the
Waterloo Advertiser of October 21st, 1869 : —

" An old and highly respectable citizen of Frost
Village, Wm. "Williams, Esq., died at his residence
there, on Friday last, after a short ilkiess. He was
an amiable, kind- hearted man, esteemed by all who
knew him. He has filled many local offices, and at
the time of his decease was a municipal councillor.
He was one of those quiet, unassuming, unobtrusive
men that gradually acquire a hold in the esteem of
their neighbors, and, in everything that tands to make
a good citizen, are all that could be desired. It may
truly be said of him that no solicitor of alms wont
emp«y-handed from his door. On Sunday last his
remains were followed to their final resting-place by
a large concourse of friends and neighbors."

John Williams, like his brother Widliam, has been
entrusted with various offices, the duties of which he
has discharged^to the general satisfaction of his fellow-
townsmen. He has been postmaster, captain of militia,
school commissioner for fifteen years, and a municipal
councillor. He early turned his attention to mercantile,
pursuits at Frost Village, in which business, through
tact and industry, he has been remarkably successful.
He still resides here, in an attractive residence.

Samuel Willard was another active and prominent
early inhabitant of Frost Village. He was born in
Petersham*, Mass., and was the son of Major Willard,
Loyalist, distinguished in the American Eevolulion.

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same ono

Arad

Bolton.

steem in

may bo

from tho

of Frost
esidence
He was
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and at
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;eeni of
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3antile.

rough

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linont
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Hard,
Jon.

He firs! commenced business at Newfane, Vt.,
from which place he removed to Sheldon, in the same
State, thence to Stukely, in Canada, and became
Agent for the Associates of that township.

After residing there for several years, he came to
Frost Village to engage in mercantile business.
In this he was for a iime successful, but, having
lost a new and, for that period, an extensive stock of
goods, by the burning of a steamer on the St. Law-
rence, between Quebec and Montreal, he failed, and
returned to his farm in Stukely.

The energy, the active business talent of Major
Willard is still remembered by the old citizens of
Frost Village, and the era at which he resided here is
regarded as one of the most pleasant and prosperous
of the place.

He left respected descendants in the Tov/nships ;
and Samuel Willard, grandson, is one of the popular
young merchants composing the firm of Eobinson,
Stevens & Willard, of Waterloo.

Benjamin Martin was another pioneer who pur-
chased a lot near Frost Village. He left thrae sons,
Benjamin, Reuben and Simeon Martin, who settled in
Shefford and took an active part in the aflfairs of the
township. Benjamin Martin remained on the home-
stead, where he died a few years since. His family
still live here and his widow has ably managed tho
farm and business left by the deceased.

The following is an obituary of another of the early
inhabitants of this place who died in 1860 : —

" It is our painful duty !o record, this week, tho
death of another old aiul respected resident of this
township, Orange Ellis, Esq., which took place at his

HISTORY OF SHEFFORD.

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refiidence, in Frost Village, on the 28lh ult. Mr. Ellis
had led a long and active life, and had lived to see his
children and randchildren grow up to bo men and
women about him. He 'vas among the last of the
early settlers, and with him is removed another link
that bound us to the age which has passed away. Mr.
Ellis was a man of sterling indep^r.donce, strong
practical good sense, and more than ordinary intelli-
gence. He bore his last long and painful illness — a
cancer — with the meekness of a child and the forti-
tude of a martyr. Only a few days before his death,
he said to the writer that he longed to be et rest, and
begged him to bear witness how his trust in Jesus
comforted and sustained him. And in this peaceful
trust he fell sweetly asleej)."

Mr. Ellis camo from Rockingham, Mass., to Canada,
in 1814. He first settled at Odelltown, P. Q., but some
years afterward, removed to Frelighsburg, and from
that place came to Shefford in 1832. His two sons,
K. A. and J. C. Ellis, are mentioned farther on in the
History of Waterloo.

For the following paragraph and sketch of Dr.
Foster, the writer is indebted to Mrs. Day's History
of tiie Eastern Townships : —

" When the Settlements were so advanced as to
make it necessary that a way of communication
should be opened between Montreal and the townships
east, and a route was chosen from Magog Outlet,
through Stukely, Sheftbrd, Granby, &c., to Chambly,
Frost Village became a sort of centre for the retail
trade of the section, and several business and profes-
sional men located here. Prominent among these was
Dr. Stephen Sewell Foster, born at Oakham, Mass.,

HISTORY OP SHEFFORD.

Mr. Ellis
to see his
men and
Ht of the
ther link
ay. Mr.
strong
y intelli-
Inoss — a
he forti-
is death,
rest, and
n Jesus
peaceful

Canada,
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nd from
vo sons,
n in the

of Dr.
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Outlet,
imbly,
retail
prof es-
se was
Mass.,

Nov. 22, 1791. February 7th, 1813, he married Mis8
Belknap of Dummerston, Vt., and, in 1817, settled to
the practice of his profession in Newfane, Vt., where
ho remained till 1822, when he came to Canada with
his wife and four children.

His first location was at Frost Village, but, after a
residence here of one year, he removed to the locality
where is now situated the thriving village of Waterloo,
at the time when there were only cloth dressing works,
mills, a blacksmith's shop and two dwollingy in the
place. After a short residence there, however, the
Doctor returned to Frost Village, and settled upon
the farm until recently occupied by his second son,
Hon. A. B. Foster.

His license to j^*actice his profession had been
received from the Vermont Medical Society, but, after
coming to this country, he attended lectures at Quebec,
and obtained license to practice in Canada. Under
the Earl of Dalhousie, he was appointed surgeon to
Col. Jones' Battallion. After the establishment of the
McGill College he attended lectures there for a period,
and, on the formation of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, was elected one of its governors, which
position he held till 1866, when failing health obliged
him to resign. He also held the oflBce of Justice of
the Peace and Commissioner for the trial of small
causes, when there was no other court in the Eastern
Townships. In 1841 he was elected to the Provin-
cial Parliament from Sheftbrd County, and, being re-
elected, was a member of that body for seven years.

At the time Dr. Foster settled in Frost Village,
there was no physician for man}'' miles around, his
practice exten4iiJg from Yamaska Mountain to Mis-

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Bisquoi Bay; and it was no uncommon thing for him
to attend patients in Stanstoad, or oven in Derby and
Coventry, Vt. At such times he went by bridle
paths through the forest to the outlet of Lake Mem-
phremagog, (six miles intervening between dwell-
ings at places on the way, ) and thence up the
lake in a log canoe. On other occasions he was
guided by nothing more definite than marked trees ;
sometimes seeing the wolves cross the path before
him, and often hearing them howl in the woods on
either hand.

In the practice of his profession under such circum-
stances he was often brought in contact with scenes
which ox'^'ited his warmest sympathies, and had fre-
quent occasion for the exercise of a benevolent
and kindly feeling, which was manifested in ways
peculiar to himself, and which won the hearts of the
people among whom he lived and practised so long,
and established a claim upon their lasting esteem and
gratitude. In October, 1857, he removed to Knowlton,
in Brome, with the double view of retiring from the
active practice of his profession and of being near i^lz
eldest son, Capt. Hiram S. Foster, of that place. He
died at Knowlton, December 29th, 1868.

Dr. Foster had eleven children, and some of his sons
have held high positions in public life."

Hiram S. Foster was registrar of Shofford County
for some time, and on removing to Knowlton, many
years ago, he was appointed registrar of the County
of Brome, and still holds the office. He has been war-
den of that Couni,;'-, and has also hold many other posi-
tions of honor and responsibility. Few men are better
known than he in the District of Bedford. Generous,

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r for him
'erby and
y bridle
ke Mem-
in dwell-
up the
he was
3d trees ;
h before
v^oods on

circum-
h scenes
liad fre-
levolent
n ways
3 of the
io long,
>em and
owl ton,
•om the
ear i^lz
e. He

lis sons

County
, many
bounty
>n war-
3r posi-
better
lerous,

and glad to witress the progress of improvement, ho
has been a patron of everything that promotes the
prosperity of his county.

Another son of Dr. Foster has long been one of the
prominent men of this district. Ho was an advocate
residing at Knowlton when, about eight years ago, he
was appointed district magistrate.

A sketch of Hon. A. B. Foster, his brother, will be
found on a succeeding page.

The first school house at Frost Village was built
about the year 1812, on the site of the present one.

In 1824, a building designed for a church was
erected by the Episcopalians. It was not completed
till the year 1833, when it was sold to the Methodists,
with the reservation, by the Episcopalians, of usin^
it one half the time. Th') upper part of this building
was finished and used for several years as an academy,
and became the Alma Mater of many of the sons and
daughters cf Shefford.

An incident occurred on the day that the frame of
this building was erected which is still often related
by one or two aged individuals who were present:
A wolf which had that day been caught was exhi-
bited to the men who were engaged in raising the
frame of the church, and after he had afforded them
sufficient amusement a discussion arose as to what
should be done with him. It was finally decided that
he should be supplied with a coat of tar and sulphur ;
that a bell should be fastened on his neck and that he
should then bo freed to roam at pleasure through the
forest to frighten away, if possible, by his uncouth
rppearance the bands of wolves that were prowling in
the vicinity, and committing nightly depredations
on the flocks of the settlers.

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This novel method of frifijhtetun^ away the wolves,
however, Reomw to have had little otfoct, as this same
wolf, — always known by the bell ho wore,-— was fre-
quently seen in company with others, in the borders
of clearings. He was at last killed with a stone by a
man known as Dr. Washburn.

Frost Village was the place where formerly nearly
all the business of Sheft'ord was transacted.

In the early days of these Townshipj, journeys to
distant markets were usually performed in winter.
Many of the first settlors depended chiefly on the
potash whi( h they made from ashes for the necessaries
of life, though occaaionally one fattened pork to sell,
but the latter did not become a general article of com-
merce till a later day. The potash, pork, or whatever
the settler had to dispose of, was placed on a rough
but strong ox sled, and then the pioneer, in company
with many others having similar loads, started on
his tedious journey for Montreal. When their pro-
duce had been sold, they always endeavc.od to pur-
chase enough of household necessaries to last their
families a year, as they were not at all desirous of
making a second trip to market within that period.

The inhabitants of the surrounding country often
met and started together from Frost Village on these
expeditions, and the number of ox teams thus setting;
out was soneti'oi )8 so great as to form a train a mile
or more in it igth. Viewing in our imaginations
these slow, toiling trains, taking many days to
perform the journey, we cannot refrain from thinking
of the wondrous change that has taken place since
that period, seeing, as we now do, the farmer of this
section seating himself, in the morning, in a hand-

HISTORY OP 8IIEPPORD.

wolve.^,
iiH same
wiiH t've-

bordors
mo by a

' nearly

noyfi to

winter.

on the
ossarios
to soil,
of com-
latever
L rough
nipany
led on
ir pro-
to pur-
t their
ous of
'iod.

often

these
ettin^;

1 mile
ations
ys to

nking
since
rthis
fiand-

somely finished car, going to Montreal, transacting
his business, and returning to his family in the even-
ing of the same day.

The District of Bedford Teachers' Association was
organized in this village. The first meeting occurred
here on Friday, the 29th day of Oct., 1858. Nearly
all the High School teachers of the District wore pre-
sent. The Rev. Dr. Nichols, Principal of the Univer-
sity of Bishops' College, Lennoxville, was elected
chairman for the session. Henry Baker, Rector of the
Freleighsburgh Grammar School, was elected secretary
pro tern. The Association which wtis then formed con-
tinued to hold annual meetings and to increase in im-
portance until finally, by uniting with others, it grew
into a Provincial Association, which is still flourish-
ing, and has its annual sessions. Its efforts have done
much towards efevating the standard of schools and
promoting the cause of education in the Province, and
its growing strength and popularity dOom to promise
grand results in the future.

Commissioners courts were formerly held in this
village, and the township and county councils also
held their sessions here.

Frost Village was once the head of the Shefford
Methodist Circuit, and the parsonage was located here;
but, as the ecclesiastical history of Shefford is given
in the history of Waterloo, the reader is referred to
that for a further account of the rise and progress of
Methodism in this section.

Another individual who was prominent among the
citizens of this place is Thomas L. Osgood, who came
here from Hatley, in October, 1829. He began
keeping hotel at the old stand in Frost Vi'lage, in

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N'overnber. The first comity representative to Par-
liament being sent from Shefford, the election was
held at this village, as the principal place in the county,
on Nov. 29th of the same year. The candidates were
Le Mesurier of Quebec and Tjyman Knowlton of Stuke-
ly. The latter being successful, the usual festivities
Were celebrated at Mr. Osgood's hotel. When the
Rebellion of 1S31 and 1838 broke out. Frost Village
being the head quarters of the militia, the hotel
became their chief rendezvous. Here too, on a cold
winter night, Wolfred Nelson was brought after his
capture in the woods, in a most pitiable condition of
mind and body. Mr. Osgood, with his own hands,
ministered to his comfort, during the three days pre-
ceding his being sent to Montreal Jail. Frost Village
not only became the rendezvous of the volunteers and
militia, but here, also, during this year came loyal
French gentlemen for protection from the insurgents)
among them Major Chaffers and Messrs. Casavant and
Guereut. These gentlemen stopped at Mr. Osgood's
house, bringing with them their books, papers and
other valuables, and remained until affairs became
more settled. Dicing Col. Head's term of service as
commander-in-chief of the forces, Mr. Osgood had the
honor of entertaining at his house for some time this
refined and courteous gentleman. It would perhaps be
only justice to say, that, although Mr. Osgood kept
during this exciting time, a house of enterlainment for
the volunteers with the promise of compensation from
the Government, he has, up to the present time, re-
ceived none whatever. He remained in Frost Village
twelve years. After, an absence of several years he
returned to Shefford, and has lived in Waterloo and

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o Par-
ion was
county,
6s were
>fStuke-
stivities
hen the
Village
e hotel
1 a cold
fter his
tion of
hands,
;V8 pre-
Village
3r8 and
loyal
rgents,
int and
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•8 and
ecame
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ad the
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ips be
' kept
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from
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and

vicinity for the last twelve years. His wife died t'ii
Waterloo in October, 1868. Mr. Osgood is at present
in his seventy -ninth year. He has had throe children,
one son and two daughters. The former, Thomas
Edwin Osgood, died at Frost Village in 18-40.
One of his daughters married Benjamin Haskell,
Esq., a prominent and very worthy cit'zen of Water-
loo, who was for some years the secretary of Hon.
A. B. Foster, and who has recently been appointed
inspector of weights and measures for the district
of Bedford. The other daughter married Michael
Mitchell, a surveyor, who has long been a citizen
of Waterloo. He is very efficient in his vocation,
and has surveyed many of the railroad routes in this
and other sections of the Province.

In the year 1823 a weekly post was established
between Chambly and Stanstead, and a post office was
opened at the same time in Frost Village. For
a long time the mail was carried in summer on
horseback, one side of a pair of ancient saddle bags
being used for this purpose ; the other was devoted to
provisions for the mail carrier and to the pound of tea
for which inhabitants along his route would occasion-
ally send to Montreal.

On one occasion when returning from Chambly this
dignitary, having imbibed a little too freely of the po-
tato whisky with which the country at that time was
abundantly supplied, lost his way in the dark when
near the site of Waterloo and vvatidered into a beaver
meadow. Early the next morning, loud shoutf< were
heai'd by a passer-by, and on penetrating the marsh,
which was concealed from sight by bushes, ho found
the mail carrier presenting a forlorn appearance — his

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hat being lost, his face and clothes besmeared with
mud, his horse in the mire up to his sides and unable to
move. Be it said, however, as one proof of his trnst-
worthiness as a servant of the public, that the mail,
which consisted of two letters and three newspapers,
had been preserved intact.

The Waterloo and Magog Eailway is completed
through Frost Village as far as the western boundary
of Stukely, but, as yet, none but freight trains have
ever run over the road.

At the time the registry office was moved from this
place to Waterloo a rapid emigration commenced, many
of the leading families taking up their residence at
the latter place j and this migration was increased as
th*^ railway was completed and the depot erecteo at
Waterloo.

Although the land around Frost Village affords a
very pleasant site for a large village, the abundant
water-power atWaterloo, andthe successful operation
of mills and manufacturing establishments already in
existence there, rendered it a more desirable location
for those engaging in business; hence it became the
centre of trade and the chef-lieu of the county.

Frost Village, on the other hand, has continued to
decline in importance, many of its buildings having
been burned, others yielding to the ravages of time so
that at present it presents a desolate aspect.

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Thip village is situated in the southern part of the
township of Shefford, two miles from Frost Village
and eight from West Shefford. It is adjacent to
Waterloo Pond, a beautiful little sheet of water some-
thing less than two miles in length and nearly a mile
in breadth.

It is said that the way in which the place received
its name is this : Several individuals were once en-
deavoring to fix on a name for the yet unchristened
settlement when the late Judge Knowiton of Brome,
who was present, suggested Waterloo, and the sug-
gestion met with a hearty approval. The name was
one cherished by the Judge from the fact that he was
a great admirer of Wellington, and had taken a deep
interest in the battle which gave to the Duke his
crowning laurels and decided the destinies of Europe.

Waterloo was incorporated Jan. 1, 1867. TheHmits
of the village are lots Nos. twenty, twenty-ono,twenty-
two and the south half oflot No. nineteen in the fourth
range, and lots Nos. twenty, twenty-one, twenty-tvvo
and the north half of lot No. nineteen in the third
range.

In speaking of the pioneois we shall mention not
only those who settled within the limits of the Cor-

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poration, but others who took up land near it and
were prominent either in developing the resources of
the township or in improving its social fabric.

Silas Lewis from Templeton, Mass. , one of the
" Associates " of SheflFord, became an occupant of the
lot now owned by Lewis Clark as early as 1796. He
remained there only until 1804, when he sold his land
and moved to West Shefford. In the following year
he returned and settled on the lot now owned, in part,
by his son, Amasa Lewis. Here he died in September,
1849. He had nine children — eight of whom settled in
Shefford. One daughter became an inhabitant of
Stukely.

Mr. Lewis was a quiet man, caring little for public
affairs, and preferring to spend his time chiefly in cul-
tivating his farm and in providing for his family. He
was a devoted member of the Episcopal Church. He
built the first mills erected at the outlet of Waterloo
Pond, where now the mills of J. C. Ellis stand. Mr.
Lewis was appointed captain of militia, and held the
office several years. His daughter Elizabeth was the
first female child born in the township. He had a large
family, but only one child, a son, bearing the name
of his father, lived permanently in Shefford. The
descendants of these two brothers are numerous in
this township, and are numbered with its sober and in-
dustrious citizens.

The early inhabitants were obliged to go to St Johns,
forty miles distant, for the most common necessaries
of life. On one occasion, Silas and Ezekiel Lewis,
with two or three others, went there on foot, to pur-
chase salt, which they brought home on their backs.
In returning, Ezekiol Lewis became so exhausted, that

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he sank down in the forest, unable to proceed farther
without assistance. The others pushed forward to the
nearest settlement, procured nid, '•^ t'.:rned and rescued
their companion.

The land and improvements of Silas Lewis, where
he first settled, in SheflFord, were purchased in 1804,
by Daniel Clark, from Al burgh, Vt.

Mr. Clark, with the aid of his sons, cleared up the
greater part of this lot, and lived on it till his death,
which occurred in 1854. He once let to a man the job
of felling several acres of forest. One morning, soon
afterwards, the man commenced work, and continued
it till nearly noon, when besought shelter in the house
of Mr. Clark, from an approaching thunder-storm. It
raged with great violence,'and when the woodman
returned to his work, to his surprise he found not a
tree standing of those he had engaged to chop down.
Mementoes of this event may still be seen, in the
shape of numerous hillocks, resulting from upturned
roots.

Mr. Clark had six children, three sons and an
equal number of daughters. The sons all settled in
Shefford, and two of them are still living. They are
quiet, industrious men, and so strong is their local
attachment that they have never been far from the
place of their residence.

John, the eldest child of Daniel Clark, settled in a
lot adjacent to that of his father, which is now owned
by his own son, John E. Clark. He died here on the
14th of February, 1869, in the 78th year of his age.
He, also, was very strongly attached to his adopted
township, and was never known to be absent there-
from more than two weeks at any one time.

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John R. Clark, his son, is one of the active and
highly esteemed citizens of the township. For seve-
ral years he was a conductor on the S-S.^fe C. Railway,
but is now in trade in the village, and is a mtmber
of the village council. He has long been connected
with the Methodist Church, and is regarded as one of
its pillars.

Zepheniah Harvey, from Marlborough, Mass., set-
tled at Frost Village, Shefiford, on the lot now owned
by Wm. G. Parmelee, Esq., in March, 1810. He was
the first occupant of the lot, and built a block house
on the site of the house now standing there, and for-
merly occupied by Mr. Parmelee. About twelve years
after this, he removed to the lot near Waterloo, now
owned and occupied, in part, by his son Cyrus Harvey.
There was no house on this lot at the time he pur-
chased it, but small patches had been cleared, here and
there, by parties who had consumed the timber in
making ashes for potash.

Mr. Harvey was an active, earnest christian. He
died July 11th, 1858. He had three sons, Cyrus,
David and Zepheniah. The two latter settled in
Granby ; the former remained on the homestead, and
is one of the staunch Christians and industrious far-
mers of Sheiford . He has four sons ; three of whom
live in Waterloo and contribute their influence to-
wards industry and respectability.

The first settlers of Shefford suffered, like those of
all new countries, from the incursions and depreda-
tions of wild beasts. The last excitement, in the vici-
nity of Waterloo, occasioned by their appearance,
occurred about a quarter of a century ago. One
evening Mr. Cyrus Harvey, and his neighbor Mr.

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^ongloy, hearing wolves howl, went in pursuit of
them, and discovered that they were on the north
side of the stream running into Waterloo Pond, near
their own clearings. They gave notice to the citizens
of the village, and early in the morning the woods
were surrounded by men and boys, eager to capture
the marauders, but, owing to the scarcity of fire-arms,
the wolves, six in number, and two of them black,
broke through the line and escaped.

In 1812, Benjamin Longley, from Marlborough,
N.H., but originally from Littleton, Mass., settled in
Shefford. His son, Edmund Longley, now resides
where his father purchased, and the ^amily name has
been given to the place,which is known as Longley Hill.

Soon after coming to Canada, Mr. Longley broke his
leg, which misfortune made him an invalid during
the remainder of his life. He died in 1837. He
had a large family, but his son Edmund is th«
only one whose history is connected with that of
Waterloo. He has been a very active man, and has
taken large contracts for grading railroads, not only
in this section but in other parts of the Province. He
has held various offices, having been a commis.^ioner
for the trial of small causes, justice of the peace,
councillor and mayor of the township. He has two
sons. Dr. Edmund Longley, now residing in Manson-
ville, P. Q., who has practiced medicine with much
success both in the Townships and in Massachusetts,
and the Eev. B. Longley who is at present pastor of
the St. James' Wesleyan Church, Montreal. He is a
young man, graduating from college as recently as
18'7'4. The following notice of his graduating honors
is from the Advertiser of June 12th, 1874 : —

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At the convocatio'j of the University of Victoria
CoUego, held on the 27th May, we observe that Rev.
B. Longley of Magog, and formerly of Waterloo, de-
livered the valedictory oration and took the degree of
B. A., as Silver Medalist and Yaledictorian. He
also won the Prince of Wales Silver Medal ; the
Webster Prize, First English Essay; the Punshon
Prize, first in Composition and Elocution; in the
Faculty of Arts, in Theological department the Cooley
Prize, first in Ethics and Evidences ; and in the
Literary Association the prize poem. ,.

This is about the most creditable record we have
seen for a long time, and Waterloo may be proud of
him."

William Whitcomb, originally from Wincbendon,
Mass., became an inhabitant of Shetford in 1822. He
had previously spent a few years in Vermont and
New York, and came to Canada at the solicitation of
Eufus Whitcomb, a younger brother, then residing
in Sheflford, at the place now called Warden, where
he owned a saw mill and a grist mill.

William White- mb, at the time he decided to emi-
grate to Canada, was living in the town of Augusta,
Oneida County, New York. Leaving that place, he
had proceeded on his way as far as Watertown on the
the Black River, when he met an old friend who
endeavored to dissuade him from coming to Canada,
describing it a as cold, barren place where there
was such a dense growth of white birch that " a
hog could not get through the woods." Discouraged
by this account, he decided to remain where he then
was for a while, and then to return to Watertown.
Accordingly, ho dismissed the man whom he had

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hired and paid to bring hia family and effects to
Shefford. Shortly afterwards ho started out one morn-
ing on foot, with his boy Mark, to visit his brother.

Mark (now Major) Whitcomb describes Warden at
that time as a small clearing where there was only
one house, and the old mills referred to above. The
nearest neighbor of his uncle lived a mile distant.

Finding the country more attractive than had been
represented by his friend at Black River, Mr. Whit-
comb returned for his family and lived with his brother
Rufus a year, after which he took up his residence
on the lot now owned and occupied by his son. Major
Whitcomb. He died June 3, 1837, leaving foo.r sons
and one daughter. These all settled in Shefford, and
have an honorable social status.

Mark Whitcomb has ever been a useful, public-
spirited citizen, one prominently identified with every
important social, political or religious movement that
has taken place in the township. He is an old mem-
ber of the Methodist Church, has always held respon-
sible Church offices, and, by his earnest efforts, has
done much towards sustaining and building up Metho-
dism in Waterloo. He has been a school commis-
sioner, councillor, justice of the* peace, and major of
militia.

During the Canadian Rebellion of 1837-38 Major
Whitcomb, (at that time sergeant of militia) heard
one day that three suspicious-looking individuals
were secreted in an isolated house at Stukely. The
Sergeant, after considerable effort, succeeded in get-
ting a few men to accompany him, and they set out
in the evening, by moonlight, to ascertain the char-
acter and business of the persons whose actions were

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the subject of fio much comment. On the way to
Stukoly, the party was augmented by other men liv-
ing along the road they were travelling, until, in all,
they numbered nineteen. Arriving near the place
designated, they held a short consultation ixa to the
best'method of surprising and capturing the iji mates
of the cabin. It was finally decided that they should
quickly and noiselessly steal up to the door, enter,
and arrest them, before they should have time to offer
resistance. But who should be the first to enter?
As it required more than ordinary courage to open
the door of a strange house, in the night, in the face
of enemies, no doubt desperate and well armed, this
was a question not easily answered. After some hesi-
tation, how^ovcr, Sergeant Whitcomb and another man
volunteered to lead the way. Silently approaching
tho dwelling, they burst into it and demanded an im-
mediate surrender. To their chagrin they found that
the men had fled and that the house was empty. On
searching, however, they discovered the tracks of the
fugitives in the light snow that covered the ground,
and they at once started in pursuit. A fow hours,
subsequently, they overtook them in North Stukoly
and made them prisoners. One of them was the
notorious Dr. Wolfred Nelson for whose apprehension
the Provincial Government had offered a reward of
$2,000 ; the others were an Indian and a Frenchman,
and all were endeavoring to reach tho States. Nelson
was nearly exhausted from hunger and fatigue. The
prisoners wer<' brought to Frost Village where they
were kindly treated and then sent to Montreal, there
to await, in prison, their trial for treason. The reward

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was equally divided amongst the men who effected the
capture.

Major Whitcomb, has several stories of rencounters
with wild beasts, but our space forUds the insertion of
more than one. In his youthful days he and another
young man were once at work near Waterloo in a road
leading to Gran by. Suddenly, they wore startled by
a loud bellowing in the woods adjacent, nnd,on going to
ascertain the cause of it, found a huge bear despatch-
ing a young moose. After ifiuch shouting on their part
and throwing of clubs. Bruin retreated, leaving them
in possession of the moose.

One of the earliest pioneers at Waterloo, whose
enterprising spirit gave an impetus to business and
whose descendants are still, morally and 80'~ially,
among the first citizens of the place, was Hezekiah
Robinson, Esq. He came from Nowfane, Vt., in May,
1821, and took up his residence in fetukely. He had
previously been engaged in woolcarding and cloth
manufacturing, and, on coming to Canada, at once
turned his attention to this pursuit.

He started a carding mill in Stukely, but the
thought that the outlet of Waterloo Pond afforded
better facilities for his business than the place where
he was then located, induced him to purchase in
Shefford, which he did, in the month of October,
following his arrival in Stukely.

This purchase consisted of lot No. 21 in the 4th
range,on which the mills were standing, and on which,
also, was the frame of a small house, which ho moved
to the spot now occupied by D. Darby's office and
completed for his dwelling.

It has already been stated that the first mills at this

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plnce were built by Captain Ezolciol Lewis. These
wore first nold to a man named Lalanno, and he
subsequently sold them to a man named Lestourneau,
who in turn sold to Mr. Robinson. The latter gen-
deman built a carding mill and repaired the other
mills to render them fit for use, and with these differ-
ent mills he was chiefly employed during the first few
years of his residence in Shefford, but he never ne-
glected to do, meanwhile, what he was able to do, to
build up the township of his adoption.

In 1829 he opened a store, and in the following
year erected a now saw mill. In 1832 he entered
into partnership with Peasely and Copp, two gentle-
men who had been engaged in mercantile business in
Georgoville, whore they had amassed considerable
property; and the capital the^'^ furnished enabled him
to make changes in his business which he had lojpg
desired to make^ but which, from want of me- he
had, hitherto, been unable to effect.

Immediately after the formation of this co-partner-
ship, the old grist mill was greatly improved, so that
it answered the demands of the place, until 1835, when
tLe one which is still in use here was built.

In 1841 the co-partnership was dissolved, and Mr.
Robinson, having been successful, found himself at this
time more able to engage in enterprises congenial to
his tastes. Ho now built the stone store which haa
long been noted in the Townships for tho largo amount
of business transacted in it, and a year subsequently
entered into partnership with his son Jonathan, and
son-in-law, R. A. Ellis. About this time he purchased
a lot of land on which tho principal part of the village
now stands.

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Mr. Robinson died in 1851, and his loss was deplored
as deeply, doubtless, as? that of any person who has
ever died in Waterloo. Coming to this place at a time
when it was merely a patch in the wildei'ness, and
possessing the energy and generous sp- it requisite
to promote the interests of a new settlement, he
bocame identified with every enterprise that contri-
buted to its growth and prosperity.

So destitute was Waterloo of those conveniences
and comforts which are found in it at the present
time, in the early years of his residence L^^re, that he
was once obliged to travel to Derby, in "V t., a distance
of forty-five miles, to post a letter, that being the near-
est point at which a post office could be reached. At
one time, also, in the history of this thriving village,
Mr. Robinson's watch was the only time-piece in the
place, and his was the only team of which the place
could boast.

Mr. Robinson earnestly endeavored to induce intel-
ligent and active men to take up their residence in
Waterloo, and it was owing to his exertions that
several men settled here who figure prominently in
the history of the place.

His loyalty was unquestioned. During the Rebel-
lion of 1837 and '38, reports were circulated in Water-
loo to the effect that the Radicals were intending to
attack the village, and burn the residences of those
who were known to be in favor with the Government.
No sooner had Mr. Robi»ison heard this, than he boldly
hoisted the British flag from the roof of his store, and
for wf^eks it floated there as an evidence of his deter-
mined spirit and the reverence ho cherished for the
Britisn Crown.

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He was devotedly attached to the new country to
which he had emigrated, and also to the Church of
England. As a Christian husband, father, friend and
neighbor, a magistrate and man of business, his char-
acter was most exemplary,and deservedly commanded
the respect of all who knew him.

Among the many contributions that he made for
benevolent or public purposes, he gave seventeen acres
of land as a glebe for the Church of England in Water-
loo, erected in 1843, and subscribed more largely than
any other person towards its erection.

Mr. Eobinson married Selucia Knowlton, a daugh-
ter of the late Judge Knowlton of Brome. After his
death she also subscribed generously for religious
and educational purposes, and for public improve-
ments. She gave $400 towards the building of the
present Anglican parsonage, gave the site for the
present French School building, and presented the
Park to the village Corporation.

Their children were nine in number, all of whom,
with the exception of one, grew up, married and
settled in ShefFord and in its immediate vicinity.
Frederick Robinson, their second son, was educated at
Bishop's College in Lennoxville, and was the first
student that entered that College from the Townships ;
also the first native of the Townships ordained from
that Institution. He was ordained in 1847, and ap-
pointed to the temporary charge of Coteau du Lac.
In 1848, he went to Abbottsford, in Quebec, as an as-
sistant clergyman and incumbent of Rougemont, but
soon took the whole charge of the parish, and is still
an acceptable pastor at the same place.

George Robinson, another son, entered the ministry,

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and was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1863.
He took charge of a church in Clarendon in 1864,
where he still remains, and has become much endeared
to his parishioners by his earnest and consistent efforts
as a clergyman. In his earlier years, while with his
father at Waterloo, he devoted much lime and atten-
tion to agriculture, and the knowledge he thus ac-
quired, has made him serviceable to the new settlers
of the section where he resides.

Edward Bobinson, a younger brother, engaged in
mercantile business, but death, a few years afterward,
prevented the realization of his youthful hopes.

H. L. Robinson, a fourth son, also became a mer-
chant, and his success may be learned from the follow-
ingariicle taken from the Waterloo Advertiser of Sep-
tember 30th, 1869 :

" Our village is losing some of its best citizens this
summer. Aside from those we have, from time to
time, mentioned as taking their departure from our
midst, we have this week to announce that Major
Luke Robinson is about to leave Waterloo to take up
his residence in the city of Baltin )re, Maryland. He
has been in trade here so long, and is so intimately
connected with the best interests of the place, that it
is hard to realize that he is going to leave us. There
are but few men, if any, who will be more missed than
he. For any benevolent or public work. Major
Luke was a ready donor and on this account, as
well as many others, he will be sadly missed.
One good quality of his, among many others, was
the interest he alwaj-s manifested in the young men
of the place A word of encouragement or of advice
from a man of position is, at some periods in ayoung

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man's life, of incalculable benefit. In his new home,
and in the career opening before him, he will have
the beat wishes of the people of this place for a con-
tinuation of health, happiness and prosperity."

Major Robinson, preferring a home in his native
country, returned after the lapse of a few years, and
entered into business in Montreal where he still
remains. »

Jonathan, the eldest son of Hezekiah Robinson, re-
mained in Waterloo, and was long known as one of
the leading merchants and active business men of the
place. For several successive terms he was the mayor
of the township and warden of the county of Shef-
ford. He also filled the position of postmaster here
for many years, to the satisfaction of all. He died in
1866. He married Emma J., a daughter of William
Dampier, Esq., and she and her children still reside
at Waterloo, where their influence is justly felt and
appreciated.

Wm. H. Robinson, their eldest son, commenced the
study of medicine and passed his primary examination
at McGill College, where he took the first prize in his
class. His health failing at this time he traveled ex-
tensively in Europe, and then returned and entered
the mercantile firm of Robinson Brothers & Stevens.
In September, 1871. he was married to Julia M.,
youngest daughter of Zenas Reynolds, Esq. He has
filled several municipal offices, and was for a time
secretary-treasurer of the Waterloo Boot and Shoe
Company — a Company that he was largely instru-
mental in forming. He resigned this position in
1875 for that of accountant in the Eastern Town-
ships Bank, at Waterloo, which place he still retains.

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Arthur F. Robinson, his brother, is one of the rising
young merchants composing the lirm of Eobinson,
Stevens & Willard.

J. H. Eobinson, a still younger brother, is already
well known as an amateur musician. At the present
time he is in Europe, for the purpose of completing
bis musical education. _^

Charlotte K. Robinson, the eldest child of Heze-
kiah Robinson, married R. A. Ellis, Esq., who com-
menced business in her father's store as a clerk, and
rose by his ability and integrity to one of the most
influential men of Waterloo. He was a son of Orange
Ellis, Esq., mentioned in another part of this work,
and was born in Odelltown, P.Q. His youth was
spent in Frelighsburg, but for nearly forty years he
was a resident of Waterloo, and was intimately con-
nected with all the material interests of the place.
For several years he was successfully engaged in
trade, and was regarded by all who knew him as a
straightforward, reliable man of business. The office
of magistrate, which he long held, was filled with
honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of
the county. His success in business had enabled
him 4,0 retire from its perplexities and cares, and,
during the few years preceding his death, ho had
been quietly closing uf) his affairs and enjoying the
repose of the family circle. He wa^ an active and
consistent member of the Church of England, and
his house was emphatically the clergyman's home.
He cheerfully responded to every call of the Church
on his time or money, and the present Church edifice
in Waterloo is largely due to his exertions.

Mr. Ellis died April 2, 1873. There was a largo

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attendance at tho funeral, and, as a mark of respect
to the deceased. Judge Dunkin adjourned the Circuit
Court, then in session, during the service, and he and
the members of the Bar attended. Not only did the
business portion of the citizens of Waterloo and Shef-
ford feel that a void had been created in their midst
by the death of Mr. Ellis, but a respected family was
left to mourn his loss.

Sarah H. Robinson, another daughter of Mr. Ro-
binson, married Dr. J. C. Butler, whose obituary will
be found on another page.

From Hezekiah Robinson and his descendants wo
pass to another pioneer of Shefford and founder of
Waterloo — Daniel Taylor, Esq. : —

Mr. Taylor was from Newfane, Yt. He was a cloth-
Iresser, and, previous to coming to Waterloo, in 1823,
had been for some time engaged at his trade in Clare-
nont, N.H. On his arrival here he bought a house,
which stood on the site of the present residence of
J". B. Malboeuf ; he also purchased the building which
lad been erected by Timothy Harvey for a cloth-
Iressing shop, and at once engaged in his former
business. He afterwards became a partner of H.
ilobinson and Charles Allen, Esqrs., in other business,
he details of which will be found in the succeeding
»ketch of Mr. Allen.

Mr. Taj'lor was twice married ; first, to Mary A.
Ainsworth, of Claremont, N.H., who died in June,
1826, and next to Lucia Chase, of Wethersfield, Vt.
His obituary, published in the Advertiser of Sept. 23,
1858, gives us an idea of his moral worth : —

"Jit is our painful duty to record this week the
death of Daniel Taylor, Esq., of the firm of Allen &

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Taylor, of this place, ono of our oldest and most
respected citizens. Mr. Taylor had been for some time
in poor health, but to the last was able to exercise the
active oversight of his largo business. The imme-
diate cause of his death was paralysis. He was a
good man, just and generous ; of quiet, unobtrusive
habits, but of sound judgment, liberal views, and ex-
alted moral and religious principles. In his social
relations, he was kind and courteous; no man had
fewer enemies or deserved them less. He was the
liberal patron of whatever tended to promote the
progress of intelligence, morality and religion, and
his sudden death has created a sad void among us,
and cast a deep gloom over our entire communitj^
* Death loves a shining mark.' Mr. Taylor was buried
here, with Masonic honours, on the 19th instant, and
was followed to his grave by a large procession of
relatives and sympathizing friends."

He left one daughter and two sons. The daughter
married Leonard L. Brown, and settled in Dunham,
where she died in 1875. The sons, Walter A. and
Edwin A. Taylor, still live in this village.

The former is one of those cheerful, fun-loving
individuals, whose presence is a rebuke to melancholy,
and whose peculiarities, generally, makes him a
celebrity in the community in which he lives. In
'lis youthful days he sought his fortune in Boston,
lis unpretentious appearance made many a specu-
lating Yankee regard him as an individual with whom
a profitable trade might be negotiated, but the sequel
^)f the trade generally proved that the Yankee had
mphatically caught a Tartar.

In 1849, he married Mary A. Bryant, of Boston,

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iii!

and in 1855, he returned to Canada, and engaged in
agricultural pursuits.

Though never losing an opportunity of indulging
his propensity for fun, ho nevertheless possesses a
good judgment, and a quick and clear appreciation of
character. His influence as a man of business is
deservedly acknowledged in Waterloo, and he is not
unfi-cquently called upon by his fellow-citizens to fill
one or more of their local offices. He is now a school
commissioner.

Edwin A. Taylor devoted his early years to farm-
ing, but on the death of his father in 1858, he and
Lis brother took charge of their father's business in
the firm of Allen & Taylor, and he has ever since been
a member of that firm.

Some men obtain influence in a community imper-
ceptibly and unconscious to themselves. A man who
unostentatiously pursues his vocation, year after year,
who is proverbially courteous and honorable in his
dealings with his patrons, slowly, but surely, secures
their esteem. PMwin Taylor is a man of this stamp.
Without ever seeking office or popularity, ho hoida
the respect of the citizens of Waterloo with a tenure
stronger and more enduring than that which could
bind them to a man continually courting applause.
His generosity is well known, and no enterprise is
started which has for its object moral or social im-
provement that does not receive his cordial support.
In 1862, he married Ellen M. Lawrence, a daughter
of Westf^y Lawrence, Esq.

Of those whose histories are identified with that of
Waterloo, few are more prominent than Charles Allen,
Esq. He was born in Andover, Windsor Co., V. His

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father subsequently removed to Chester, in the same
state, and the son lived there till he was twenty-one,
when he went to Troy, N.Y., and apprenticed himself
as a blacksmith. The following account of his
arrival in Canada is given in his own language :

" I arrived in Waterloo on the 31st day of March,
1825. I was ten days in making the journey from
Claremont, and had a tedious time of it. Being
informed at Montpelier, Vt., that I had reached the
terminus of the stage line, north, I started from that
place on foot, and, with the exception of an occasional
short ride I was sometimes fortunate enough to ob-
tain, I performed the remainder of the journey in this
manner.

" 1 first came to East Hatley, and started from
there to Magog, being directed in my course by
blazed trees. A heavy snow storm set in about the
time I left Hatley, and, as I was already beginning
to feel the discomforts of home-sickness, this part of
my journey was anything but pleasant. I stayed in
Magog all night, and ti^e next morning, again placing
my pack on my back, I resumed my journey. After
travelling about three miles, I was overtaken by a
man with a two-horse team, to whom I gave half a-
crown — the only money I possessed — for a ride to
Frost Village. This village, at that time, was a lively
little place, and the only one at all prominent in what
is now known as the County of Shetford. In Water-
loo there were but six families when I arrived, and
their dwellings, together with a shoemaker's shop,
an old rickety Gaw.mill, a grist mill, carding and cloth
dressing shop, and a small hotel, comprised the entire
village. I was very glad to see my old friends, Daniel

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Taylor and his wife, and their society mitigated in u
great measure the unhappiness I felt in coming to a
land of strangers." Mr. Allen engaged to work at
blacksmithing for Taylor and Hozekiah Robinson,
very soon after coming to Canada. He was thus
employed for three months; ho then purchased Tay-
lor's interest in the business, and entered into part-
nership with Robinson. Having boon successful, two
years afterwards he bought out Robinson, and con-
tinued the business alone. Possessing much mechan.
ical ingenuity, and having tools for manufacturing
sheet-iron and stove-pipe, ho was very serviceable as a
mechanic to the new settlers of the county, and thus
became widely known.

In 1829, he married Laura, a sister of Daniel Tay-
lor. In 1832, his shop, wnich stood where now the
shop of Hill & Foss stands, was burned, by which
fire he lost about everything he possessed. With
characteristic energy, however, he went to work, and,
in a short time, erected a much larger and better shop
on the site of the old one. Uniting his business once
more with that of Daniel Taylor, in 1835 they built
a foundry and continued in partnership till 1837. At
that time, business being much affected by the break-
ing out of the rebellion, Mr. Allen sold his business
to Taylor and a man named Stevens, and enlisted in
a cavalry company in the interest of the loyalists. A
year after this he was about returning to the States,
but being earnestly solicited by his friends to remain,
decided to do so, and ^oon after, a new copartnership
was formed, under the name of Allen & Taylor. In
1839 they opened a store, and this, in connection with
their other business, they continued together, till the

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death of Mr. Taylor in 1858. The two sons of Mr
Taylor then continued the business, representing
their father's interest in it, until 1865, when one of
these brothers retired. George H., the second son of
Mr. Allen, who had for some years been a clerk ir
the business, became a partner in 1861, and stil
remains as such. During the period of all thes<
changes the business of the firm has been enlarged,
now buildings have been erected, and the reputation
of the firm has increased, until the name of Allen &
Taylor has become familiar in every household in the
Townships and to all the business men of the Pro
vince. At present, they have ten different buildings,
besides their store, devoted to their business. The
first of these is a pattern and wood shop, in which
the woodwork of agricultural implements is made
and general job work done ; the second is a stove
fitting shop ; the third a brass and iron foundry, 70
by 50 feet in size; the fourth an engine house, from
which proceeds the power by which all their machi-
nery is propelled ; the fifth building is a machine
shop, brick, 100 foot by 40, two storeys in height, and
devoted to the manufacture of various kinds of brass
and iron machinery. In the upper part of this are
stored the various machinery patterns. The next
building is a blacksmith shop, and the next, in order,
is a sample room. Besides these buildings they have
three warehouses, in the basements of which are kept
the rough materials, and in the upper rooms the
manufactured articles. The value of the machinery
and patterns connected with this business is $20,000,
and that of the real estate $10,000. From liOO to .300
tons of iron are manufactured here annually. Anglo

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Saxon ni'^Tihood is acknowledged to bo capable of
great tl^ jgH, but the granite features of the stock are
seldom seen with more distinctness than in the life of
Charles Allen, Esq.; who, through unflagging energy
and perseverance, has become one of the leading
merchants and manufacturers of the country.

His ability has long been felt and acknowledged by
his fellow citizens, who have repeatedly entrusted him
with municipal offices. He has been a school com-
missioner and a member of the municipal council for
many years, secretary-treasurer of the Agricultural
Society, and also a justice of the pe.nce. It would be
unfair, however, to deny that his success is owing, in
part, to the tact and ability of his partners.

Goo. H. Allen, his son, mentioned above, who is now
mayor of Waterloo, has long been one of the leading
men not only of the township but of the county of Shef-
ford. He has been secretary-treasurer of the Agri-
cultural Society of the County for twenty years,
Auditor of the Township and County several
times, and has frequently served as municipal
councillor. His generous oft-hand contributions
for benevolent purposes and enterprises of pub-
lic utility have mad© him renowned in Water-
loo, while his devotion to business, his genial
manner, clear judgment and fearless way of expressing
his convictions at once demand from all who know
him the tribute of unqualified respect. In February,
lt)64, he was married to Mary T. Ed gar ton, daughter
of Jc B. Edgarton, Esq., late registrar of the county of
Sheff'ord,

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citizen now living in Shefford, has always devoted his
attention to farming.

Daniel Allen, the youngest of the sons, has for some
years been a clerk for the firm. He is a graduate of
St. Francis College. After completing his college
course he commenced the study of Medicine, but was
obliged to abandon it on account of ill health. Subse-
quently, he travelled extensively for the purpose of
regaining his health, and in the course of his rambles
visited the Holy Land.

Dr. Rotus Parmelee, whoso name is so familiar to
both young and old in the District of Bedford, may be
numbered with the pioneers of Sheflbrd. The sketch
of his life here given was published in the Advertiser
of July 8th, 1870.

" Died— At Forest Grove, Oregon, 27th May, 1870,
after a long and painful illness, of a disease contracted
whilst in discharge of his duty as school inspector.
Dr. Rotus Parmelee, formerly of Waterloo, P.Q., in
the 69th year of his age.

Probably no man was better known in this district,
or knew so much of the district as Dr. Parmelee, to
whose memory we devote these lines. His long and
popular career as Government school inspector was a
fit supplement of the active years he had devoted to the
practice of his profession, and the severe toil of those
early years in the (then) new country where he made
his home. True, his life did not abound in adventure,
nor was it marked by achievements to win the world's
applause, but as one of the jDioneers of this aforetime
wilderness, he was an active participator in the
struggles those men made, and has left the present
generation in posession of cultivated lands where stood

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the wilderness, of comfortable houses in the place
of the rude dwellings of those days, and of luxuries
instead of deprivations. The life of such an one is
worthy of all honor though the great deeds be want-
ing. One cannot honor too highly those sturdy old
pioneers, among whom the name of Dr. Parmelee
stands prominently out. He was born at Fairfax, Vt.,
April 1st, 1802, and even in his childhood days must
have known something of the life of a pioneer, in a
country which was then almost a wilderness. To
obtain a higher culture than that afforded by the
District school, was no easy task in the early history
of Dr. Parmelee's life. He was ambitious to obtain
that higher education, however, and in order to obtain
the funds necessary to pay his way through college
he taught school from time to time as he went along
with his studies. He graduated at Vermont Univer-
sity, Burlington, about the year 1826. , Soon after gra-
duating hecrime to Canada and taught in the Academy
at Hatley, in Stanstead County. It was while teach-
ing at that place that he commenced the study of
medicine with the late Dr. Weston, then a noted prac-
titioner in that part of the country. In the course of
his studies he attended medical lectures at Montreal
and Quebec, and in due time obtained his Diploma.

In 1829, he married Sarah H., eldest daughter of the
late Wm. Grinnis, Esq.,of Hatley, and in the same year
settled in Waterloo, where he continued to reside
until the last autumn. In those days of bad roads
physicians were scarce. The newly settled country
possessed strong arms and stout hearts but wealth was
wanting. In the extensive and successful practice o^
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had a hard life, but for many years he devoted him-
Belf unremi ttingly and uncomplainingly to the arduous
task of ministering to the bodily ills of a large circuit
of patients, of which Waterloo was the centre, until
the increasing population brought an influx of medi-
cal men, and his own appointment as Government
Inspector of Schools for the District of Bedford ne-
cessitated his retirement from the practice of medicine.
Previous to this, in the political entanglements and
complications of the troublous times existing in the
country, growing out of new political combinations,
he had been brought forward by his friends, as a can-
didate to represent the County in Parliament. He
was not ambitious of political honors ; his tastes and
habits of life found no congeniality in politics, and he
was just as well pleased that the result of the election
was not in his favo^^. He was, however, one of those
men who deemed the right of suflfrage in the nature
of a solemn act to be consummated vigorously and
consistently; and without participating in the many
exciting contests that shook the County to its centre
from time to time, he yet always recorded his vote
for the party which he believed after mature consi-
deration to represent the principles most advantageous
to the country, and ^or many years he recorded the
first \ofo polled in tiie township of Shefford, until it
came to ' ' admitted as a sort of customary right or
privilege hich none might gainsay.

In the arly part of 1834 he lost his wife. In
1835 he married again, Sarah H., a daughter of late
Judge Knowlton, and widow of D. W. Sanborn, Esq.,
Newfane, Vt., who survives him.

From the time of his appointment as school in-

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specter till the day of his resignation he devoted
himself assiduously to the duties of his office. Under
his charge were about three hundred schools, besides
several Academies and high schools, each of which
he visited twice a year — a task requiring energy and
patience, Owiiig to bad management and a poor
school law ho found the schools in this district in a lax
state, but he at once set himself earnestly to work to
reform whatever was wrong in the management, and
to improve the schools that were doing well. It was
a work in which he took pride as well as delight, and
he lived to see amazing improvements in scholastic
matters in the district, before he took off the harness.
Out of the educational chaos he brought order ;
school houses were erected all over the district;
teachers with higher qualifications were provided;
interest was evoked in aid of the schools until the
common schools of this district will bear comparison
with any in the Province. Those who remember
how matters stood before Dr. Parmelee received the
appointment of school inspector, and who watched
with an appreciative interest his course throughout
his term of office, cheerfully accord him the credit
of the great reform which this district has witnessed,
not many years past, in educational matters. He
brought the whole power of his strong and active
mind, and he devoted the whole of his time unceas-
ingly to education in the district, and he was satisfied
only with the best results. School commissioners,
managers and teachers, he kept well up to their
work, never deviating from the path of duty him-
self, nor allowing it in those connected with him in
the work of education. He was one of the pro-

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meters of the District of Bedford Teacher's Asso-
ciation, and took an active part in its deliberations.
He was its president for one or two terms, and
much of the good it accomplished during its exist-
ence is in main d>ie to his efforts. For many years
he was an active magistrate, until infirmities and
the requirements of his office compelled him to
relinquish that important duty.

While on a tour for his health, two years since,
extending to California and Oregon, he was so much
pleased with the latter stale (and having a daughter
there, the wife of Professor Marsh, of Oregon Uni-
versity,) he determined to make it his place of abode
for the remaining years of his life. Accordingly he
returned to Canada, closed his business, and then took
his final departure for the Pacific coast. Soon after
his arrival there a disease which he had long before
contracted assumed more alarming proportions, and,
after many months of patient suffering, he was called
away to a better land, " a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens."

Dr. Parmelee was highly respected wherever
knowr* He was a descendant of that old Puritan
stock that settled New England, and ho retained
their lirm dislike to vice and their unswerving at-
tachment to right, not because it was the best policy
out because it "vp-as God's teaching and man's duty.
He was a member of the Advent Church here for
many years, and, up to the time of his removal, was
one of its mosr. active members. Ho was in all
respects a zealous and consistent Christian. He
loaves many relatives in this district to mourn his
loss, as well as a largo circle of friends.

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Besides the daughter alluded to above, Dr. Parmelee
left one son, Wm. G. Parmelee, whose history, like
his father's, has been intimately connected with that
of ShefFord. A man of honor, sobriety and wisdom,
his influence has long been felt in his native town-
ship and he has frequently been solicited by his fel-
low townsmen to accept their most responsible muni-
cipal offices. Honors of this kind, however, he has
steadily declined, and wherever we find him holding
a public office it is because the honor has been literally
thrust upon him. He has always displayed a lively
interest in educational matters, and has been one of
the governors of the Academy at Waterloo, since its
organization. About sixteen years ago he was engaged
a clerk in the Eastern Townships Bank, but his
efficiency soon won for him the place of manager, a
position he occupied until the commencement of the
present year, 1876. At that time, his ability as an
accountant and his trustworthiness as a man of busi-
ness having become widely known, ho was called to
Ottawa and employed as accountant and chief clerk
in the Customs Department.

In 1873, he received the appointment of Justice of
the Peace, and, during his residence in Waterloo, he
was frequently called on to exercise the prerogative
of this office, which he always did with such impar-
tiality and justice that his decisions were never sub-
jected to criticism. In 1874 he was one of three
commissioners appointed under the Great Seal of
Canada to investigate affairs at the Montreal Post
Office. In the same year he was elected school
commissioner of Waterloo. In discharging the
duties of these various offices he has always been

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actuated, not by self interent but by an inflexible
regard for rectitude and a desire for the public
good. Possessed of broad and liberal views with
an independent spirit, he has ever been above
the influence of men controlled by jealousy or
sordid ambition ; indeed, so well known aro his
principles that no one presumes to solicit his aid
unless conscious that his cause is fortified by reason
and justice. Amidst all the demands which his
onerous duties have made on his time, he has not
neglected the continual cultivation of his mind. A
great reader, with a desire to exa:i.ine whatever is
novel or mysterious, he has kept pace with the progress
of literature and science, so that he is well informed
with regard to both past and present events in the
world's history. As may be imagined, the removal of
Mr. Parmelee to Ottawa was a source of sorrow to
the citizens of Waterloo. He was a po]>ular manager
of the Waterloo Branch of the Eastern Townships Bank,
and his departure on this account would have been
more keenly felt had he not been succeeded by a
popular and very capable manager, W. I. Briggs.

Mr. Briggs, like his predecessor, became connected
with the Eastern Townships Bank as clerk. lie was
first employed at Stanbridge in 1859. Evincing not
only activity and honesty in this position, but talent as
an accountant he was promoted to the office of manager
of the Cowansville branch of the Bank in 1871. Here
he officiated to the satisfaction of the directors of the
Bank and of the public generally, until the commence-
ment of the present year. Faithful and courteous in
the discharge of his duties, genial in his manner, he
is regarded by the citizens of Waterloo as a valuable
acquisition to their society.

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While it is a fact that Hozekiah Robinson, Daniel
Taylor and Charles Allen, Esqs., were the founders of
Waterloo, and continued to reside here amidst many
discoura<^ements, and to perfect enterprises that result-
ed in public good, it is a fact no less undeniable, and
in every way worthy of record, that Waterloo is very
largely indebted for its growth and present flourish-
ing condition to the daring enterprise and generous
spirit of the Hon. A. B. Foster. Mr. Foster is a son
of Dr. Foster, of whom a biographical sketch has
already been given in the History of Frjst Village.
He was born in Newfane, Vt , in 1817. Like many
others who have secured a niche in the temple of
renown, and astonished the public by the magnitude
of their achievements, he commenced life without
fortune. His first appearance in business was at
Waterloo, while only a youth, where he entered into
partnership with a merchant named Woodward. He
discontinued this after a short time, went to the
•States, and was engaged for some years with an uncle
residing in Dummerston, Yt., in building railroads.
In 1849 he was married to Miss Fish. Having ac-
quired much knowledge of railroads, and of the most
easy, expeditious and proper method of constructing
them, in 1841, he took a contract for building a part
of the Boston and Portland R.R. This being com-
pleted, he engaged as contractor in building several
miles of the Vermont Central Railway on the Southern
section of that rowl. Not long after the fulfilment
of this contract he returned to Canada, and the Grand
Trunk Railway being then in process of construction,
he found once more an opportunity to embark in the
business for which he seemed to have acquired a

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liking, and again appears as a contractor. By this time
he had become widely known. His enterprising spirit
winning the admiration of the people of the County of
Shefford, his success in business assuring them of the
correctness of his judgment, they began to regard him
as eminently fitted to represent their interests in the
Provincial Legislature. Accordingly, at the solicita-
tions of his friends, he offered himself as a candidate for
Parliament in the interests of the conservative party,
and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1858.

In 1860 he resigned, and was elected by acclamation
to the Legislatiye Council for Bedford Division, which
he represented until the Union. Previous to this, the
Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railway had been
commenced. Mr. Foster was one of the Directors of
this road, and as its completion seemed to be a matter of
uncertainty, on account of the lack of funds, he resign-
ed his office of director and took a contract for com-
pleting the road from Granby to Stukely Line.
This labor was successfuly accomplished, and he
then took a lease of the road for a term of years.
Soon after this he leased it to the Vermont Central
Railroad Co. for twenty years, or until 1882.

His next step in the way of railroad enterprise
was building the Montreal Vermont Junction, and
this was followed by the construction of the South
Eastern Counties, and the Canada Central Railways.
At present he is engaged in completing the Northern
portion of the South Eastern Railway from Sorel to
Sutton Junction, and the Canada Central Extension,
commencing at Sand Point, and terminating at Lake
Nipissing. Among the honors that he has received,

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some years sin^e, ho was appointed Lieut.-Col. of the
Ist Battalion of Shefford Militia.

It is not surprising that, after having devoted so
much time to railroad building; after having repeat-
edly embarked in gigantic railway enterprises, from
which most men would have shrunk in dismay, he
should be regarded as the Canadian Railway King.
In 1867, he was called to the Senate, b}'' Royal
Proclamation, and held this office till 1874, when he
resigned. During all these immense and varied
labors, he has not been unmindful of the prospei'ity
of the village where he resides.

We have already said that the completion of the
railroad, and the erection of railroad buildings at
Waterloo, tended to produce emigration to the place
and give a rapid impetus to its growth. To continue
this growth, Mr. Foster a lys labored unceasingly ;
his purse being opened generously for the promotion
of everything which promised to benefit those already
here, or offered inducements for others to come. One
of his first stops towards building up the place was
to open several new streets, and to make a free gift
of many desirable building lots to individuals to
induce them to settle here. He also erected a com-
modious public house, known as the Foster House,
besides a goodly number of private residences. He
built a steam saw-mill, which he afterwards presented
to the Shaw Brothers, to be enlarged and fitted up for
a tanner}', and also gave to them sufficient land for a
site. In this way the southern part of the village
rapidlj' sprung into existence, and it has ever since
been in lively competition with the much older part
known as the Lower Village.

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Among the many gonorous contributions for o(la-
cational and other purposea that came from his hand,
we mention a few which the citizens of Waterloo
have reason to hold in grateful remembrance. He
presented to the village one acre of land for the site
of an academy, and subscribed largely towards the
erection of the building. He gave to the Church of
England the site for their church editice, and $1000.
To the Universalist Society ho gave the land on which
their church is built and $200. To the Methodist
Society he gave the beautiful site on which their
church stands, containing one acre of ground, the
brick for their church, and 3200. The Koman Catho-
lics are indebted to him for the site of their church,
also for liberal pecuniary assistance. The Adventist
Society has likewise received from him liberal aid.

In 1865 he built a house in Waterloo, at an ex-
pense of several thousands, which, for size and
architectural, beauty vies with any of the private
residences in and around our large cities, while, for
the beauty of its surrounding grounds and situation,
it is unsurpassed. In his business habits, Mr. Foster
is in a degree anomalous. Reticent with regard to
his projects, even his friends are frequently in igno-
rance of his plans until they are well matured, and,
sometimes, even till they are in execution. Such is
his memory, that he keeps the details of his immense
business ever in mind, and is able to define and
explain it in all its ramificationb when occasion de-
mands, without referring, like most men, to a multi-
plicity of written documents. With him, to conceive
is to execute. Generally, when a man projects a
work of more than ordinary magnitude, he enters

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upon it with many misgivings and with much caution.
A long time is spent in specuhiting, pondering and
consulting. The opinions of others are solicited, and
even when they are of the most encoura^Mng nature,
he commences work with a trcj)idation which is dis-
heartening to those interested, and which often cheats
the enterprise of a successful issue. Not so with the
honorable gentleman of whom we are speaking. When
he has once conceived the desire to accomplish a
work, its consummation is certain. Without hesi-
tation, quietly and confidently, he begins, and, as if
by magic, everything that can contribute to the fur-
therance of his schemes is made to offer tribute.
Possessed of an intuitive perception of character, he
seldom fails in selecting the proper person to perform
the work assigned him, and such is the magnetic in-
fluence that he exerts over his fellows, that he rarely
meets with opposition. In his business, in later years,
he has received valuable assistance from his two sons,
Charles W. Foster and Asa B. Foster, jun., also from
his sons-in-law, T. A. Knowlton and J. B. Edgarton.

Having devoted the forregoing pages to the pioneers
of Shefford, we shall next attempt to give an his-
torical sketch of the ecclesiastical affairs of the town-
ship.

The following account of the Church of England
Mission has been prepared for us by the Eev. D.
Lindsay : —

" The history of the Episcopal Church in this
village *s deeply interesting, from the fact that, hav-
ing been for many years the only station occupied by
that Church in this district of country, all the other
parishes more or less trace their source to it. The

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first regular appointment was that of the Reverend
R. Whitwell, in the year 1821, during the Episcopacy
of the first Bishop Mountain. Tiiose are the remem-
brances of the Reverend Mr. Garlick, who is men-
tioned in Mrs. DayV History of these townships as
having ministered in this village. No records are
found of his work. In those early days he did, no
doubt, what he could in the wilderness, and it is to
be regretted that no authentic account of his labors
is to bo found. Mr. Whitwell's mission was almost
without limit — the nearest minister of the Church
being at Dunham. Many a memory of his labors
still remains in the parish, though his work was rather
that of a travelling missionary than a settled pastor.
In 1826 ho was promoted to the rectory of Philips-
burg, where he labored successfully for u[)wards of
thirty year.s, and then resigned his parish, on account
of growing infirmities, in 1856. Ho died in the year
1864. He will always be remembered as a holy,
self-denying man, one of those early pioneers of the
Church, who had difficulties to contend with that we
can scarcely estimate. During his ministry a church
was completed on Longley's hill, but destroyed by fire
just as it was finished. West Shefford church, also,
seems to have boon completed, though not consecrated
till 1833, by Bishop Stewart. This church,with its beau-
tiful burial-ground, still remains, and is, from its age
and association, one of the most interesting in the
Diocese. The church at Frost Village seems to have
been commenced in 1824, and, after much struggling
on account of the want of funds, was finally finished
as an Union church, with an academy in the upper
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been the only building specially set apart for the
public worship of God, in this part of Shefford, until
the church was built in Waterloo. The district school-
houses being used then, as they are now, in new
placjs, for the purpose of religious worship.

Up'^n the resignation of Mr. Whitwell, the Eev-
erend George A. Salmon was appointed by Bishop
Stewart, and it was during his ministry that the
Union Church in Frost Village was first occupied and
the church at West Shefford consecrated. He was
very much respected for his high christian character,
and the zealous and punctual performance of his duty.
Failing health obliged him to resign in 1838. He
returned to Simcoe, Ontario, and was occupied in
teaching and taking occasional duty.

He was succeeded in the Mission by the Reverend
A. Balfour, who was appointed by Bishop Mountain
in 1838. Mr. Balfour still survives, and is living at
Kingsey, in honorable retirement from active work,
which his many; labors in years past have amply
won. He has kindly sent a few reminiscences of his
work, from which we make the following extract: —
He says that upon his entrance to the Mission, except
the Stations of West Shefford, Waterloo, Frost Village
and South Stukely, the church maintained a strug-
gling existence. It was not generally known nor
heard of without prejudice. The nearest clergyman
on the East was Hatley, and at the West at Abbotts-
ford and Dunham. On the North and South to the
French Country Or the Province Line, our church had
not a cordial greeting. Taking in the state of the
roada and the discorda. t elements of religious thought,
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wilderness. The Church, working on its old lines, had
enough to do to hold weakly its own ground. The
Village of Waterloo receiving always the first consi-
deration and holding its regular services in the old
school house, until about theyeur 1848, when, through
the zealous exertion and liberal aid of II. Robinson,
Esq,, one of the first' enterprising and successful set tiers
of the village and chief supporter of the church a
church edifice, which had been commenced in 1843,
was completed on an elevated and then central ground,
giving a free access to the cctntry parts by the newly-
opened road. As necessity called, or a door freely
opened, Mr. Balfour^spread his canvas, taking a stand-
ing at every school-house promising a good result,
on all sides of Waterloo, and seldom failed in gather-
ing a Church Congregation at North Shefford, Rollins
Hill, Roxton, Gran by Village, South Ridge, South
Ely and North Stukoly, while the more sparsely
settled Townships of Eolton, Brome and Potton
received an occasional or periodical visit. To
these remote settlements he was frequently called
for the customary funeral sermon, which, though
a heavy tax, was always cheerfully given. Here
it may not be irrelevait to note an incident in con-
nection with Potton : A gentleman by the name
of Perkins became a resident of Waterloo, and con-
ducted a tannery at that place. He said he had never
attended Episcopal worship before ; this man and his
family became attached to the church, and, being an
educated and exemplary man, he was a great acqui-
sition. After some years he purchased a farm in
Potton, near Mr. Mauson's mill, and took his family
there. Being warmly interested in the church, iie'
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invited Mr. Balfour to visit him and hold service there,
also requested him to intercede with his Lordship
Bishop Mountain to that end. This was accordingly
done, but without any immediate effect. This gentle-
man is now dead, but lived, I believe, to see the
church established there.

It must be confessed that, during the twelve years
of Mr. Balfour's incumbency, the church became well
and favorably known and sought after. Within this
period, however, ho was relieved on one side by the
appointment of the Rev. Mr. Slack to the mission of
Granby ; and, through the public spirit and liberal
zeal of Hon. l\ H. Knowlton, the church was
established and endowed in the Township of Brome,
which owes so much to tne fostering care of its dis-
tinguished benefactor and patriotic statesman.

Mr. Balfour was succeeded by Mr. Whitten in 1850,
and, in the early part of 1851, rost Village and
Stukely were formed into a new mission under the
Rev. David Lindsay. The tirst church of St. Luke's
was consecrated by Bishop Falford, in 1851, and was
for many years the only church in this village, a very
diflerent state of things from what exists now. North
Sheffbrd also become part of Granby Mission in
1852. In ;1862, Frost Village was united to Water-
loo, and a new mission formed of which W est Shef-
ford was the centre. Mr. Whitten took charge of
the latter, where he lived till he went with his family
to Nebraska, in the year 1871, and was succeeded by
the present incumbent, the Rev. il. D. Mills. The
Rev. I^avid Lindsay was appointed to Waterloo in
1862. The growth of Waterloo, consequent upon the
completion of the railroad, had its effect upon the
EpiscojDal church as well as other bodies. The church

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edifice was no longer in the centre of the village, nor
was it in size adequate to the wants of its members.
The present church was opened in December, 1870,
and the old one taken down a few months afterwards.
Duke Roberts, Esq., has since built a handsome house
on the place it formerly occupied. The new church
enters upon its work under circumstances very
different from the earlier history of the parish, and
we can only trust that it may be as successful as its
more humble predecessors, whether of school house
or church, 'n which so many members of the church
who have passed away have raet for prayer and
praise. The following list of churches may not bo
uninterestii\g, showing as it does the growth of
the little company, which looked to this place for
its spiritual sustenance, and under whose pastors
these churches at one period or another of their
history, have been more or less cared for and tended.
It tells also of a material progress, the trials of
which we, whose lines are fallen in pleasant places,
ought to keep in remembrance and think what fields
there are to which we can give the same spiritual
culture which our predecessors have given to the
fields wo have entered, and so leave behind us, as
thoy have done, memories which can never fail : —
West Shetford, North Shefford,

Iron Hill,

Potton,

Bolton Centre,

Bolton East,

Bolton South,

Boscobel,

North Ely.

Frost Village,

Stukely,

Fulford,

Knowlton,

Brome Corners,

Granby,

Milton,

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We should be doing injustice to our readers, shoutd
we omit a sketch of a clergyman who, like Mr. Lind-
say, hus lived and labored for a quarter of a century
in a township whose history we are writing. Mr.
Lindsay was born in London, in 1821, and sf ant his
boyhood in that city. He came to this country in
1813, having, in the meantime, spent some little
time in England ; he went to Lennoxville in 1849 to
study for the ministry. He was sent by Bishop Ful-
ford as lay reader, to Waterloo, in December, 1850,
and was ordained Missionary for Frost Village and
Stiikely in March, 1851. In 1862, Waterloo and
Frost Village were united, when Mr. Lindsay was
appointed Incumbent, Mr. Whitten going to West
Sheflord at the same time. In 1874 he was appoint-
ed Eural Dean of the district of Bedford. He has
built churches at Fulford, Frost Village, Stukely,
and started missions at Boscobel and South Ely.

The life of Mr. Lindsay, during his residence in Shef-
ford, has been one of earnest, patient and unremitting
toil. Keenly alive to the responsibility resting upon
him as a minister oi' the gospel, he has devoted his
time and all his physical and mental energies to the
furtherance of the work he has had in hand. He has
warmly espoused the temperance cause, and there is
no doubt that his exhortations and lectures, united
with his example, have done much good in this direc-
tion. A lover of literaiy pursuits, he has always
endeavored, by the encouragement of schools, libraries
those around him, and it has ever been a source of
sorrow to him to sec the young of his parish neglect-
and literary societies, to awaken a taste for them in
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benevolence are manifold, and in them he has always
been ably and heartily assisted by Mrs. Lindsay.

The preachers of the Methodist Church commenced
their labors in the Eastern Townships in the year
1806.

Itinerant preachers from the States had frequently
visited Shefford and labored here, but the first Mis-
sionary sent by the English Conference was Eev.
Thomas Caterick, who came in 1821, and was stationed
here as the incnmbent for three years the utmost
limit of Methodist itinerancy.

In the interval between 1823 and ISTG, the follow-
ing ministers have been stationed here : — Kevds. W.
Squire, Thos. Turner, Hichard Pope, Jas. Booth, Wm.
E. Shenstone, Adam Townley, Thos. Turner, John B.
Selley, John Tomkins, Thos. Campbell, E. S. Ingalls,
Hugh Montgomery, Malcolm McDonald, Rufus A.
Flanders, Gifford Dorey, Wm. A. Bakewell, John
Armstrong, John Tomkins, J. P. Lews, Joseph E.
Sanderson, M.A., Alfred H. Rayner, B.A., Wm. Gal-
braith, W. W. Ross, Wm. H. Peake, 'ohn Armstrong,
L. Hooker, Wm. Timberlake, J. M. Hagar, B.A.,
Allan Patterson, D. Connolls, and B. M. Taylor, B.A.

It has already been stated that the first building
used by the Methodists in Shefford specially for
public worship was erected at Frost Village. The
first Methodist churh at Waterloo was built in 1864,
and it was opened for divine service in the month of
July of that year. This was burnt on the 18th day of
February, 1868. Another was soon erected on the site
of the old one at an expense of something over six
thousand dollars, and this was ready for use in June,
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After sovoral divisions and subdivisions >f the Shef-
ford Circuit, Waterloo was set apart as a tation for
one minister, at the Conference of 1876. Rev. D.
Connolly is the present incumbent, and, being an ear-
nest, able minister, he seems to be working to the
general satisfaction of his people. .

The number of communicants belonging to the
Church at Waterloo is one hundred and fifty, the num-
ber of adherents about four hundred, i- i y^

Some years ago the Rev. Thomas Charbonnel,
Methodist, came to Shotford, and labored amongst the
French population of the township, and formed a
society at Saxby's Corners. At the time of his
arrival, there were but a few Protestant French fami-
lies in the township. In 1372, he was succeeded by
the Rev. J. A. Dorion, who has labored in Sholford
and in adjacent townships with good success. He has
formed a French Methodist Society in Wat- loo which
has about twenty-five members. Their services, as
yet, are held in a school house.

The Advent Church of Waterloo was organized ill
1851 ; Elder R. Hutchinson being pastor. He resigned
in 1855, when Rev. J. M. Orroek, who had been
associated with him became pastor of the church,
which oflSce he held until 1866, whmi he was caJle'i
to Boston, Afass., to t0^k& editorial cli«igfi of the
Advent now Messiah's M&mU\, — a positiofi he still
occupies. He was a successful pastor, an able ex-
pounder of the Word, and jiow conducts the paper
with marked ability.

Among the principal contributors to the house of
worship were Br. R. Parmelee, L. Taylor, W. O. Law-
rence, E. A. Taylor, W, A. Tayior, Cyrus Harvey and

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Jonathan Allaid. The building was dedicated February
27th, 1862. After Elder Orrock resigned, the church
was for a time without a pastor. In 1868, Rev. G. W.
Burnham, of New bury port, Mass., became pastor,
preaching here and at Magog, alternately. He was a
very earnest and successful laborer. In 1869, Rev. W.
B. Kinney was called to the pastorate ; he remained six
3'ear8. He was a scholarly gentleman, popular with
all sects of Christians. He is now pursuing his studies,
though with precarious health, at the Baptist Theo-
logical Institution, Newton, Mass. He was succeeded
by the Rev, S. F. Grady, an energetic young man of
sterling piety, who is still laboring here with a good
degree of success, as is evidenced by the growing
interest and increasing congregations. This church
once numbered one hundred and fifty members, bat is
pow much smaller, owing to deaths and removals.

^/'he following has been kindly furnished us by a
Ifstifffhtif of the Qniversaiist Church of Waterloo :

" In the summer of the year 1827 or 8, when there
were but few families settled in this vicinity. Rev.
Joseph Ward laade an appointment to preach in the
school house at Wr^mt Village, and the news was
spread abroad. Wiien the time came, Mr. Charles
Allen of Sheffiard, Mr. Elijah Goddard from Stukely,
Artemus Stephens. Benjamin Martin. Daniel Taylor,
and their families. )r parts of them, and others were
present. This wat- but a year or two after Mr. Chas.
Allen first cam© into Shettbrd. He was a Univer-
salist when he came into Canada, as were the most of
those, if not all, who were present at the meeting
above mentioned at Frost Village. Mr. Ward was
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ing of this setu of Christians in this vicinity. The
next summer Mr. Thomas Wheeler was ordained in
Frost Village by Rev. Joseph Ward and Rev. Joseph
Baker. There was no more preaching for a year or
two after this, until Rev. Eli Ballou came into those
parts and preached in various places ; there being no
churches, these men held their meetings in school
houses for the most part. About the year 1831, Rev.
Eli Ballou was prevailed upon to come to Knowlton
one-fourth of the time. His time was all employed,
as the other three Sabbaths he preached in other
places. He remained upon that circuit a year, and
then the people in the vicinity of Knowlton were
without preaching for a time until the year 1835.
At this time there was an association formed,
taking in the three counties of Shefford, Brome and
Mi8sis(juoi. Geo. Cook of Brome was secretary.
This association obtained the services of Rev. Joseph
Baker, who came and preached at Waterloo, Warden
and other places. He was here about a year, and
during that time there was a great meeting at Dun-
ham Flat, and at this meeting the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper was observed. The church in which
this meeting was held is now gone. Reverends
Joseph Ward, Joseph Baker and Eli Ballou were
present, and took part in the religious services.

About this time, the secretary of the association
Geo. Cook, died, and, the Rebellion breaking out, there
was no more preaching, and no efficient work for
some time. A Rev. Mr. Sargent came and preached
for a time, but did not remain long. He afterwards
became a lawyer.

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William Fuller of East Farnham was chosen presi-
dent. Rev. Mr. Chapin was then hired, and preached
at Waterloo, Warden, Knowlton, Dunham, Stunbridge
and East Farnham. Mr. Chapin remained about a
year. After this there was only occasional preacli-
ing, by Revds. Eli Ballon and C. P. Mallory in the
vicinity of Waterloo, and Ilev. V. G. Wheelock in
Stanbridge and Abercorn.

In the year 1869, Rev. Geo. W. Quinby of Augusta,
Maine, came (o Waterloo by invitation of Mr. Chas.
Allen, and preached a few evenings; and on the
Sabbath following, while he was in the pi ice, he
induced the Universal ists, who were then quite nume-
rous, to move in the direction of building a church.
A subscription was circulated the following spring,
and the friends signed liberally. Chas. Allen, Esq.,
and the Shaw Company were the largest subscribers,
each giving $1,000. Wm. Clark, Chas. S. Hall, J. B.
Edgarton, Mr. Hayes, of West Shetford, and J. C.
Ellis were also liberal subscribers. It was finished
that autumn at a cost of $10,000. A nice organ
was put into it at a cost $1,000, and, on the 22nd
day of February, 1871, the church was solemnly
dedicated to Almighty God. Rev. Geo. W. Quinby
preached the dedicatory sermon. Rev. James Mars-
den was called to the pastorate from the Second Uni-
versalist Church in Portland, Maine. AJr. Marsden
remained with them until the first of May, 1872. lie
did much for their prosperity. In April, 1871, he
organized a church. He brought the Sabbath School
into quite a flourishing condition, and gave tone arid
strength to the pastorate generally.

In November, 1872, the Rev. H. E. Whitney, a

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youDg man from Iho Divinity School at St. Lawrence
University, was called to the pastorale. He was a
young man of much talent, and was liked very much /
by the people. In his care they prospered, especially
financially. When he came, a large debt was weigh-
ing them down, which he managed to greatly lessen.
He was obliged to return to the States about the
first of January, 1874.

Kev. W. P. Payne came shortly after the departure
of Mr. Whitney. Ho was not permanently settled as
pastor, but remained with them about three months.
He was much esteemed by the people.

From the first of May, 1874, the church was with-
out '^gular preaching and pastoral work until the
first of the September following. Brother Thomas
Thompson, a young man in his third year at the
Divinity School, preached to good acceptance a part
of the time.

About the first of September, 1874, the church
called the Rev. L. S. Crosley, a j'oung man just
graduated from the Divinity school. Ho was a man
of great piety, and much beloved. He was a great
worker, and his zeal led him to overwork at times,
and, being of feeble health, ho soon broke down. He
has since partially regained his health, and is at
work again in the Master's vineyard. Immediately -
after Mr; Crosely went away the Rev. S. S. Davis was
called to the pastorate."

Mr. Davis is a native of Eddington, Maine, He
was educated at St. Lawrence University, St. Law-
rence Co., N.Y., where he graduated in 1871. He
was ordained in 1873. Previous to coming to Water-
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Montpolier, Vt. A stiulloiis and able man, his minis-
trations have been very acceptable to his congrega-
tion. ♦

•' During all these years the cause has been steadily
gaining ground; and sin -^ the church edifice was
built, whenever the pastoi; has been obliged to be
away, or whenever there would occur an interval
when no minister could be obtained, Bro. H. Rose
has occupied the piilpit, using the service book and
reading the sermon.

" The society now numbers about forty iiimilies,
and the church forty-seven members. The Sabbath
School takes all the children of these families and
miiny others."

The following history of the E. C. Church of
Waterloo has been prepared for 11 s by request :

The greater part of the terr»cory now included
in the parish of St. Bernardin de Waterloo belonged
formerly to the parish of St. Francois Xavior de
Sheffoi«d, where service was conducted by Rev. Ohas.
Boucher, the first resident cure.

In 1859, there was only one Catholic famih in
Waterloo, and there was only a few Catholic families
in the surrounding country, principally on the south
and west sides of the Mountain. From that date the
population increased, particularly in the village, to
such an extent that the Rev. Chas Boucher thought
best to call a meeting of his Parishioners at the Court
house, the 17th August, 1862, to devise means to con-
struct a church in the centre of the village. A sub-
scription list was opened, and through the energj' of
Messrs. Jos. Lefebvro, Joseph St. Denis, N, V. D.

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Brodeur, who visited each of the parishioners at their
domiciles to solicit their aid, a sufficient sum was
raised. Seeing this, the Hon. A. B. Foster gratuitous-
ly gave to the Rev. Chas. Boucher and his sucr^essors
in office a piece of land in blc^ik nine of the village
plan. The deed of donation was dated 30th Nov.,
1863. Work was commenced on the new church and
continued until the following Spring.

About the beginning of the Autumn of 1864, the
Rev. Chas. Boucher was transferred to the Parish of
St. Liboire, and was replaced here by Rev. F. E.
Gendroau, then Vicar at Compton. Knowing well
what he had to do in this young and struggling
Parish, v/ith a characteristic spirit of enterprise, Mr.
Gendreau spared neither trouble nor fatigue to carry
to successful issue the ^yoi*k commenced by his pre-
decesaor, hindered to some extent by difficulties
which arose in the course of the summer. He made
arrangements with the Hon. A. B. Fo;jter, and with
the pecuniary assistance obtained from the Hon.
Soniitor, he was able to recommence work upon the
church, finishing it, so that he had the good fortune
of celebrating the first Mass in Waterloo on Christ-
mas Bay, 1 864. In the course of the January follow-
ing, he made a visit throughout his parish aiid ascer-
tained that there were forty ^nine families, comprising
two hundred and ninety-seven souls. Upon the
authorization of the Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, he left
West Sheffbrd and established himself at Waterloo,
about the last of April, 1865.

The Parish was canonically erected the 23rd
September, 1865, and the first wardens were elected
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6th February, 1866, the church was formally opened
b}' its dedication and the benediction of a bell, weigh-
ing 817 lbs. The Eev. Misael Archambault, Cure of
St. Hugues, presided at the benediction of the
church and bell.

The civil acknowledgement of the Parish took
place on the 8th of February, 1866, but the decree
was proclaimed only on the 26th March following.
Daring the month of June following the Parish was
honored by receivinf^ a visit from Monseigneur Chas.
Larocque, Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, who gave the
Sacrament of confirmation to one hundred and
thirty-eight persons. About the end of September,
1868, the Eev. Mr. Gendreau, upon the order of his
Bishop, left Waterloo for Cookshire, his departure
occasioning great grief to his flock. He was replaced
by the Eev. Alph. Phaneuf, at Waterloo, who took
possession of his Parish on the 251 h September, 1868.
Besides the duties of his ministry he was oblig ed to
toil for the liquidation of the debt upon his church,
in which he was successful through the gene-
rosity of the members of hia Congregation. At
that time the Cure had no Presbytery, but on the
3rd September, 1870, the Fabrique purchased the
house of Mr. Toussaint Bachaud lor that purpose,
and it has been used as such since. At present the
Eev. Mr. Phaneuf is working indofatigably to cause
the erection of a ne>v church, to be in no respect
behind the other church buildings of the place, and a
convent for the education of his numerous parish-
ioners. Mr. Phaneuf is a gentleman much esteemed.
A person of retiring manners, a fluent and interesting
speaker and an earnest worker^ he has the warmest

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affections of his congregation. T'le census made by
Tdr. Phaneuf, in January, 1875, showed, in the limits
of the village municipality, one hundred and fifty-
three families, and in the parish outside of the village
limits, one hundred and five, making a total of two
hundred and fifty-eight Catholic families in the whole
parish, with a population of 1,295 souls. The number
of baptisms, marriages and burials, from the 25th
October, 1865, to the Ist July, 1876, are as follows, viz. :

Baptisms 754

Marriages 103

Burials 263

The first jschool house in Waterloo was erected in
1825, near the site of Gilmour's block. Waterloo has
never been without very fair school accommodations.
As early as 1860, before the t-own had assumed much
importance in population and wealth, a few promi-
nent citizens took preliminary steps for the establish-
ment of a high school cr academy. With an ener-
getic determination worthy of the people, plans were
at once discussed, adopted and carried out, which
resulted in the completion of an academy building in
1862. This was entirely accomplished by private
means, and not by any assistance from the muni-
cipality. On Monday, the 22nd December, 1862, the
school was opened with R. W. Laing, M.A., as Prin-
cipal, assistec?. by an efficient staff of teachers. The
academy was ably managed by a Board of Trustees
for a number of years. Principal Lairg, a gentle-
man of large experience as a teacher, and a ripe
scholar, remained here till the autumn of 1869, when
he resigned to accept a better position in a College
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Mr. C. E. C. Brown. In 1870, the academy carae
into the hands of the School Commissioners, and a
graded school was established. Mr. Lane, B.A., was
the first principal under the new rigime. He was
followed the next year by Mr. Charles W. Babtable,
who remained but one year. Edward Archibald next
assumed the principalship, which he held for nearly
two years, and resigned to entor the Episcopal
ministry, Rev. W. B. Kinney and C. A. Jackson
complete"! the unexpired term of his second year.
Mr. C. Thomas became Principal in 1874, and still
holds the position. The academy has always main-
tained a high place among the educational institu-
tions of the Province, and many young men have
left it to matriculate at the University, or enter upon
the battle of life.

While for municipal purposes Waterloo and the
township of Sheiford were divided by the incorpora-
tion of the former in 1867, the school interests of the
municipalities remained united until the summer of
1874. In June of that year, by an order of Council,
Waterloo was established into a separate school
municipality, with same limits as thr; municipal cor-
poratiOi'i The management of both school munici-
palities has been facilitated and rendered more satis-
factory by this change. The township has an excel-
lent system of common schools. A French model
school building was erected in Waterloo, at a cost of
$2,500, a few years ago, and is largely attended by
the French Canadian children. The Township School
Board is composed of the following gentlemen : —
William Chapman, Chairman ; John L. Cleary, Lewis
E. Bichardson, Francois Desmaruis, jun., and James T.

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Booth. The following gentlemen are at present on
the Waterloo School Board. : — Thomas Brassard,
Chairman; Wm. Clark, Walter A. Taylor, Orrin
Pickle and A. F. Savaria.

The early history of the Waterloo Advertiser is
given in the succeeding sketches of Mr. Huntington
f*nd Mr. Noyes. The latter gentleman transferred his
interests in the paper, January 1st, 1870, to H. Rose,
who for some years previous had been engaged in
newspaper editorial work in different parts, of the
Townships. Mr. Rose has always taken an active
part in the temperance cause, and from this, and the
warmth with which he has espoused other movements
calculated to elevate the morals and intelligence of
the community, he has proved himself a worthy
citizen. He has recently opened a book store in
Waterloo, in connection with which he, also, has a
book-bindery. In the early part of the year 1875 he
sold the Advertiser to Parmelee & Ingalls, two young
gentlemen who still have the paper in charge. C.
H. Parmelee is editor, and, although quite young, his
able management of the paper, and the talent which
he displays as a writer, bespeak for him a prosperous
future.

Like every chef-lieu of a county, Waterloo has
always had its quota of advocates. Foremost in the
list of these stands the name of the Hon. L. S,
Huntington. Although he long since ceased to be a
citizen of this town, hip, the interest that he has
always taken in it, and the affection that still lingers
in the inhabitants for their former representative,
demand that a sketch of his life shall have place in
these pages. The Hon. Lucius Seth Huntington

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Postmaster General, was born on the 26th day of
May, 1827, at Compton, P. Q. His ancestors came
from Norwich, England, to Massachusetts, in 1663,
and in the early part of this century his grandfather
emigrated to Canada, taking up his abode in Compton.
His father, Mr. Seth Huntington, also resided there
until his death in 1875. The maiden name of Mr.
Huntington's mother was Hovey, also from New
England, of English stock. The Hoveys were
among the Associates to whom the township of Hatley,
in Stanstead County, was patented by the Crowu.

Mr. Huntington received his education in the com-
mon schools and academic institutions of the Eastern
Townships, finally fitting himself for a college course
at the (then) celebrated Brovvnington Seminary, Vt.,
but was prevented from carrying out his design of
matriculating for college training. During his
studies there were many gaps caused by his teaching
in the common schools. In these days he was a
frequent participant in the debates of the village
lyceums, and those who knew him then state that
he was a ready debater and vigorous speaker, giving
ample promise of that success which was destined to
be attained.

After leaving Brownington, Mr. Huntington com-
menced to study law at Sherbrooke with Judge
Sanborn, teaching during his studies at Hai,ley and
Magog and finally Sheiford academy, then located at
Fi'ost Village and in high repute. One of his pre-
decessors in the latter institution was Judge Doherty
of Sherbrooke. While at Frost Village Mr. Hunting-
ton met and finally married Miram Jane, only
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he engaged in mercantile pursuits at that place.
He was admitted to the Bar in 1853, at Tliree
Eivers, to which section of the Bar the District of
St. Francis then belonged. At that time there
certainly was not a rich opening for a professional
man. The courts were all held at Montreal, rail-
roads there were none, the country but sparsely
settled, and the Eastern Townships very different
from what they are to-day.

In 1856, Mr. Huntington started the Advertiser at
Knowlton, Brome Co., in conjunction with the late
Hon. P. H. Knowlton and Hiram Foster, Esq., the two
latter retiring in a short time. The Advertiser com.
menced with many grand objects in view for which
to battle :n the interests of these Eastern Townships.
It is strange to read to-day in the Prospectus of that
paper, that the Eastern Townships ''are excluded by
nature from easy access to the great commercial marts
of the country, and that such exclusion is but a typo
of the political isolation to which we have been uni-
formly doomed." It was true, however, at that
time. Decentralization of the law Courts, represen-
tation in Parliament by men personally interested in
the Townships, the opening up of the country by
railways, and the development of our agricultural,
mining and industrial I'esources, are some of the
questions of which his paper became the fearlees
champion. Vigorous and sparkling editorials soon
attracted the attention of the public to these subjects,
and the rare powers of organization which he pos-
sessed enabled him to take advantage of the public
opinion he had helped to create therein, and effect
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Without the Advertiser and Mr. Huntington, pro-
bably, the^e necessary reforms would have been
achieved, but that both he and his paper hastened
their accomplishment many years, cannot be gain-
say ed. The outlook for success was dismal at times,
and the early fyles of the Advertiser show not only
the means at work for and against, but also the undis-
mayed courage of Mr. Huntington under disap-
pointments that must have discouraged any but those
possessed of the largest faith.

About that time the agitation for the construction
of the Stanstead, Sheftbrd and Chambiy RE. began
of which Mr. Huntington became an early and active
promoter. He was appointed secretary of the road
shortly after its incorporation, and with a short inter-
mission, held that post until his resignation in 1874,
when he was appointed a director.

In July, 1857, the Advertiser was removed to
Waterloo, where Mr. Huntington opened a law-office,
having been practising at Knowlton whilst his paper
was published there. He retired from the Advertiser
in 1863. In September, 1857, he entered into a
law partnership with the late A. B. Tarmelee, Esq.,
which continued until October, 1858. Shortlj' after-
wards he opened an office in the " Old Advertiser
building," where his sign remained as L. S. Hunting-
ton until 1861, Huntington & Lay (the late John B.
Lay) from 1861 until 1864, Buchanan & Huntington
fi«om 1864 until 1865, Huntington k Leblanc (the late
Joseph LeBlunc) from 1864 until 1866, Huntington,
Le Blanc & Noyes from 1866 until 1871, and since that
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Queen's Counsel in 1863, At the Bar he had a large
practice. A fluent speaker, he possessed the faculty
of making his points concisely and clearly, aiid his
professional aid was much sought.

For a short period he was secretary-treasurer of
Shefford, and was for one term municipal councillor.
He presented himself for parliamentary honors in
1860, for the first time, having M. A. Bessette, Esq.,
for his opponent, the result being a tie. Both sides
demanded a scrutiny, but before a decision was reached
the house was dissolved. In 1861, he was elected over
F. R. Blanch ard, Esq. On the formation of the Mac-
donald-Dorion Administration, in 1863, he accepted
oflfice'as Solicitor-General East, and at the general
election which followed defeased his old opponent, Mr.
Bessette. In 1867, the first Dominion election, he ran
against and defeated the late A. B. Parmelee, Esq. ; at
the general election of 1872, he defeated Chae.
Thibault, and in 1874, he was successful over J. J.
Curran. A few months after the formation of the
Government of the Hon. Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Hun-
tington took office as President of the Council, and
was elected as such at the general election of 1874.
He became Postmaster-General in 1875, on the eleva-
tion to the Bench of the Supreme Court of the Hon.
Mr. Fournier, and holds that portfolio at present.

In 1865, Mr. Huntington purchased the copper
mines in Bolton, known as the Huntington Mines,
and at once commenced developing them. The mines
are very rich, but the obstacles in the way of their
successful operation were of a very discouraging
character, chief of which was the cost of transportar
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To obviate this, in 1869, ho conwtructed tho Hunting-
ton Tram Railway from Waterloo to the mines. It
was changed from a wooden to an iron railway" a few
years later, and. now forms a portion of the Waterloo
and Magog Railway. In 1871, he sold his mines to a
Scotch Compan}^ by which they are still worked. A
few years previous to his enterng the Dominion
Cabinet he became president of Missisquoi and Black
River R.R., but resigned that position on entering the
Cabinet.

In 1873, he formulated from l\is place in Parliament
grave charges against the Macdonald Government.
These charges are now designated in political nomen-
clature as the " Pacific Scandal," and, after heated dis-
cussions and a bitter struggle in and out of the House,
they led, in the fall of that year, to the resignation of
the Macdonald Cabinet. The forbearance and self-reli-
ant steadfastness of Mr. Huntington during that time,
under the fiercest criticism of the press opposed to him,
and of the most bitter attacks of opponents in public
life, to which any public man in the Dominion had
been subjected, was such as to win high encomiums
from his political friends and tho admirajiion of those
who differed from him. It is not within the province
of a work of this nature, did space permit, to enter at
any length upon a subject to a large extent within the
domain of national politics. It belongs more naturally
to a history of the country than to a section, how-
ever important it may have been ir. the most general
sense to the latter. We trespass lightly upon a
question of politics, and have said thus much only
because it formed an exciting episode in the public
life of the subject of our sketch.

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In politics Mr. ITuntinp;ton belongs to the Liberol
party. At one time ho advocated Canadian Indepen-
dence, on the assumption, from the utterance of
public journals and politicians of the mother country,
that the policy of the Home Government was in favor
of sundering the colonial connection. This having
been demonstrated to the contrary, he withdrew from
the advocacy of the question.

Mr. Huntington's reputation as an orator is admitted
to be of the highest order. He has few, if any, super-
iors in the country as a campaign speaker, and in the
House *8 one of the first debaters. His style is easy,
vigorous and brilliant. He possesses wonderful
powers of sarcasm, and understands the art of impal-
ing an opponent with a cutting sentence. At the
outset of his parliamentary career he obtained great
influence as a debater, and was one of the most
reliable speakers of his party. For many years pre-
vious to the death of that popular orator, the late Hon.
T. D. McGee, Mr. Huntington was pitted against him
in the House, being assigned the no light duty of re-
plying to that gentleman, and he did not always come
off second best.

In public life Mr. Huntingten's career has been
eminently successful, the result of a mind remark-
ably constituted for public life. His business capa-
city, powers of organization, self-reliance and know-
ledge in the administration of affairs have been felt
in the country and in her highest interests.

He has many warm friends, particularly among
young men, in whom he takes a lively interest, and
whom he is always happy to encourage.

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meleo who died in Juno, 1875, was for years an advo-
cate in th.3 village. The following is an extract
from an article published in the Waterloo Advertiser
of Februarj-e, 1874:

" On Monday last, A. B. Parmelee, Esq., advocate,
of this place, retired from the position he has so long
and worthily held of the mayoralty of the township
of Shefford and warden of the County of SheflFord, in
consequence of his retirement from the first named
office. We know of no man in the Eastern Townships
who has been engaged in municipal offices during so
long a term of years as Mr. Parmelee. For consider-
ably more than thirty years Mr. Parmelee has been
connected, in various capacities, with the municipal
administration in the County of Shefford, and more
particularly in the township of SheflFord. He served
a faithful apprenticeship as secretary-treasurer of the
Local Council of Shefford, of Shefford township and
of the County Council. So largely was his experience
known and so great was the confidence in his judg-
ment in the wants of the county in municipal
matters, that he was called to Toronto by the Hon. L.
T. Drummond, then Attorney-General of Canada, to
assist in the perfection of what was afterward known
as the Lower Canada Municipal and Eoad Act.
In 1858, Mr. Parmelee was elected mayor of Shef-
ford township and warden of the County of Shefford
and has filled both these offices up to the present time.
It is a matter of deep regret that his health renders
it impracticable for him to continue to fill the posi-
tion he has so acceptably occupied for some years to
come."

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he was well known for his fearless and emphatic
manner of expressing his convictions. But, whatever
offence this may have given, no one ever denied that
he Tras a man of sound judgment and an honest
lawyer.

The following is an extract from an obituary
notice published in the Advertiser of July 26, 1872 :

•* John B. Lay, who died on the 11th day of Jun(jt,
1872, was for several years an active lawyer and pro-
minent citizen of Waterloo. He was born in the
Township of Bolton, not far from Bolton Springs, in
1834. He recei '^ed his education at Shefford Academy
in Frost Village, and was for some time assistant
teacher in this Institution, as well as a very succc ssful
teacher in the common schools of this section. He
commenced the study of law with Mr. Huntington, at
Knowiton, was admitted to the legal profession in De-
cember, 1861, and immediately entered into partner-
ship, at Waterloo, with his old patron, Mr. Huntiugton.

In 1859, when the Circuit Court foi the County of
Shetford was o.stablished, Mr. Lay was appointed the
first clerk of that Court. He was tilso appointed
secretary-treasurer of the township cf Shefford, in
1858, which office he held until 186 », when he re-
signed. He wa& a staunch advocate of the Temper-
ance cause, and filled all the grades of office in the
Temperance organii-ation of his locality, aid 'vas,
during one term, the Grand Worthy Patriarch of the
Grand Division Sons of Temperance for this Pro-
vince. He sat in tho National Division, and also in
the Grand Temple of Canmla.

In 1862, he was married to Eleanor, second daugh-
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a deep interest in church and school matters, as well
as continuing his efforts in the Temperance cause. He
was for some time a warden in the Church and also a
delegate to the Synod, where he took an active part in
shaping legislation upon vital questions. He was
also school commissioner and, at the time of liis death,
chairman of the board. In his death Waterloo lost a
good citizen. It was well said of him, that " you
always knew where to find him." He was always on
the side ' "right. He was possessed of great energy
and perseverance, and, had health been vouchsafed
him, ho would h^ive made his mark in public lifo."

W. A. Lay, a younger brother of J. B. Lay, was
also a lawyer in this village. Ho attended the
McGill Law kjchool and was admitted to the Bar in
1837. He was a gentleman of genial manners, and
mig.it with effort and good health, have been one of
tht> leading law;)'ers of the place, but declining health,
during the last years of his life, prevented his doing
much in the way of active labor. He died September
2. 1876, and was buried at Waterloo with Masonic
honors.

John P. Noyes is one of the most prominent and
•successful advocates of Waterloo. He was born
in Potton, P. Q., in 1842. While yet a child, ho
removed with his father to Bangor, Franklin Co.,
N. Y., where he lived until 1861, when he came to
Waterloo, He was educated chiefly at Bar.gor and
Fort Covington Academy, and while at school, gave
evidence of ability which if rightly employed, would
secure him honorable distinction. After returning
to Canada, he acquired a good knowledge of the
French language, and devoted some time to the study

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of the classics. He commenced the study of the
law in the office of Huntington & Lay, but his
articles of indenture were subsequeutly transferred
to the Hon Mr. Laframboise. He graduated at the
law school connected with St. Marj^'s College, and
was admitted to the Bar in October, 1866. He first
commenced practice with Huntington & LeBlanc,
but the latter soon afterwards retiring he continued
'to practice with Huntington. Previous to being ad-
mitted he was elected secretary-treasurer of Sheflbrd
and, after Waterloo was incorp -rated, he also became
secretary-treasurer of the village, and still holds both
offices. On the resignation of Mr. Huntington he took
his place as secretary of the Stanstead, Shefford
and Chambly railway. In 1867, he was married to ,
Lucy A. Mercy, a lady residing in Magog, and who
for three years was a very able and popular precep-
tress of Sheftbrd Academy. About a year aftei Mr.
Huntington severed his connection with the Adver-
tiser, Mr. Noyes took charge of it, and continued to
hold tho position of editor until 1870. Being con-
nected with other business as he was, during
the whole time he occupied the editorial chair, he
could not be supposed to make the paper what it
would otherwise have been, nor could he display to
the full extent his ability as a writer; yet, amid all
his manifold labors, he managed to make it a good ,
local paper, and one extremely popular with the great
Liberal party of this country. Many of his news-
paper contemporaries have reason to remember his
pungent replies to their attacks upon him, and, though
an individual may now and then have felt aggrieved
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Baid that every thing of that kind arose from a well-
ing fountain of humor, and a keen appreciation of
the ludicrous which he possesses rather than from
any inclination to wound the feelings of others. He
is thoroughl}'^ well road, and, by one not intimately
acquainted with him, might be regarded as better
fitted for literary pursuits than for the tedium of the
labors connected with the law ; but the fact that he
has many cases at every session of the Superior
Court, shows that he is a successful member of the
Bar.

But whatever may be said to his credit, as a law-
yer, one thing surpasses all, and that Is, that he
never encourages litigation, and always manages his
cases with a strict regard to honesty.

A. D. Girard is another advocate of this village.
He was educated at St. Hyacinthe College, graduated
at the Law School connected with St. Mary's College
in Montreal, and was admitted to the Bar in 1864.
After practising a few years at other places, he came
to Waterloo, and has been so successful that he has a
very extensive practice. In 1875 he was the candi-
date opposed to the Hon. Mr. Laframboise for Mem-
bership in the Local Legislature, and, though defeated,
received a large number of votes.

John F. Leonard was educated at both Nicolet and
St. Hj^acinthe Colleges. He studied law in Montreal,
was admitted to the Bar in 186G, and in the same
year came to Waterloo. In 1873 ha was appoint>ed
secretary-treasurer of the Board of School Commis-
sioners of the township, and the following year
received the office of secretary- treasurer of the
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scl Dlar, and for this reason is more fully qualified
for the offices he holds, — a large part of the popula-
tion of both the township and village being French
and speaking the French language. He also has a
good practice.

D. Darby is a native of Ely. He was educated at
che schools and academies of the Eastern Townships,
and attended the McGill Law School in Montreal,
where he received his degree of B.C.L., and was
admitted to the Bar in 1870. He immediately com-
menced practice in Waterloo, and by industry and
probity has won an honorable standing in his profes-
sion, and secured a large amount of business.

C. A. Nutting, a son of Y. Nutting, Esq., of this
village, is the youngest member of the Waterloo Bar.
He received a good mathematical and classical edu-
cation under tuition of Prof. R. W. Laing, when he
had charge of Shefford Academy. He took his
degree from the McGill Law School, and was admitted
to the Bar in 1872. His success, thus far, has been
good, and his youth and ability bespeak for him
honors and extensive practice in the future. He has
recently erected a neat and commodious brick build-
ing for an office on Main street.

F. X. Girard was born in Boucherville, P. Q., in
1841, and was educated at the Seminary of St. Hya-
cinthe. He studied law with Judge Sicotte, received
the degree of LL.D. from the Law Faculty of the
Seminary of Jesuits, Montreal, in April, 1863, and
was immediately admitted to the Bar. He practiced
law two years in Montreal and for the same length of
time, also, in St. Hyacinthe. While in the latter
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he was married to Marie Eosalie Tanguay, eldest
daughter of Joseph Tanguay, Esq., of that city.
During a period of ten years he acted as deputy pro-
thonotary at both St. Hyacinthe and Sweetsburg.
From June, 1867, to October, 1870,he kept the office of
T. Sauvageau, official assignee, in Montreal, conducting
the legal department of the business under the In-
solvent Acts of 1864-'65 and '69. He came to
Waterloo in 1870, and is still here in the practice of
his profession.

Besides her advocates, Waterloo has prominent
citizens belonging to the

Notarial Propession.

Thomas Brassard, N.P., is one of the oldest and best
known notaries in the District. He was born at
Murray Bay, on the Saguenay R'ver, now a famous
Canadian watenng- place, and educated at the
Seminary of Quebec. He studied 'for his profession
at Quebec, was admitted to practice in 1855, and at
once settled at Henryville, county of Iberville, where
he spent eight years. In August, 1863, he came to
Waterloo. Of genial temper, good acquirements and
happy adaptation, he has been called to serve in
many different public capacities. He was secretary-
treasurer of the school commissioners for eight
years. In 1866, the secretary- treasurership of the
county council was accepted by him, a position which
he has since filled with great credit to himself and
the community. Under the Insolvent Act of 1869
he was appointed official assignee, and, when this
law was replaced by the new Insolvent Act of 1875,
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the District of Bedford. When the separation of the
school interests of Sheflford and Waterloo was effected
in 1874, by the erection of the latter into a separate
school municipality, he was elected school commis-
sioner for Waterloo, by acclamation, a position
which his long connection with school matters ad-
mirably fitted him to fill. Ho is now chairman of
the Board.

Joseph Raphael Tartre was born at St. Hyacinthe
in 1843, and educated at the college of that city. He
came to Waterloo in 1864, and received a commission
as bailiff of the Superior Court of Bedford. While
attending to his duties as bailiff he commenced to
study for the notarial profession under Mr. Thomas
Brassard, to which he was admitted, after passing a
thorough examination, in 1871. He entered into
partnership with Mr. Brassard, and took the secre-
taryship of schools off that gentleman's hands, hold-
ing the office for two years. When the late Mr.
Edgarton became, by illness, incapacitated for his
duties as registrar of Shefford County, Mr. Tartre
was appointed deputy registrar, and assumed the
entire responsibility of the office till that gentleman's
death, in April, 1876, and the appointment of another
registrar, a period of over two years. Ha again
went into partnership with Mr. Brassard after leaving
the registry office. He occupies a place on the
Catholic Board of School Examiners of the District
of Bedford, and is commissioned to receive affidavits
for the Superior Court.

Louis J. Jodoin, N. P., was bom at St. Pie, Bagot
County, and educated at the St. Hyacinthe College.
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Gauthier, St. Pie, and was admitted to practise in
1867, when he at once came to Waterloo. He waa
for many years deputy registrar under the late Mr.
Edgarton, and is now clerk of the Commissioners'
Court, and commissioner for receiving affidavits for
the Superior Court.

The different registrars of Shefford may properly
be mentioned in this connection. A registry office
for the County of Shefford was opened at Frost Village
on the 23rd of July, 18.32, and Eichard Dickinson was
the first registrar. Hiram S. Foster, Esq., of whom we
have already given a sketch, succeeded him. In 1848,
Mr. Joseph B. Edgarton came to Shefford, and at once
became deputy registrar. He continued to act as such
until 1856, when he was appointed registrar, and in tht>
same year the office was moved to Waterloo. Mr.
Edgarton held the position with credit to himself and
satisfaction to the community till the time of his
death, in April, 1876. He was born at Shirley, Mass.,
in 1803, and received 2, good education in the schools
of that State. He held several positions of honor and
trust in the United States, and earned the reputation
of being a painstaking, honorable, business man. Dur-
ing the twenty-eight years that he held an important
public position in Canada he maintained the universal
respect and confidence of the people. No public
official could have given more general satisfaction.
He was of a retiring disposition, and, when not en-
gaged in his office, seemed to enjoy himself best in
his own family circle. His wife, a kindly, charitable
lady, survives him.

Joseph Lefebvre, Esq., the present registrar of
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9th of November, 1834, and in 1849 became a resident
of I^ily, where he carried on a farm for two years. He
then abandonvKl agricultural pursuits for commercial
life, and enteredthe store of Erastus Lawrence, Esq.,
Lawrenceville, as a clerk, with whom he remained
four years. He moved to Knowlton at the expiration
of his engaf;ement with Mr. Lawrence, and, in 1856,
received the appointment of deputy registrar for
Brome County, under Hiram Foster, Esq. It was
shortly aftor this that he commenced to study for the
notarial profession, to which he was duly admitted
by the Board, in October, 1863. For eight j'^ears
he was the only notary in Brome County, and had
a large practice. During a number of years ho
efficiently discharged the duties of clerk of the Circuit
Court, and, upon the establishment of District Magis-
trates Courts in 18j9, he was made clerk of that Court
for Brome as well. These several positions he only
resigned on receiving the registrarship of Shefford
County, in July, 1876. A few years since he erected a
large building at Knowlton, and commenced the ex-
tensivo manufacture of furniture. The management
of thiB manufactory he has now given over to his two
sons, Joseph and William E., who are conducting it,
notwithstanding the pressure of the times, with
marked success. Mr. Lefeb^re was appointed regis-
trar, as before stated, by the Quebec Government, in
J\x\y, 1876, to succeed the late Mr. Edgarton. The
appointment gave general satisfaction, and that is
saying a great deal in a mixed community like ours.
Mr. Lefebvre is pre-eminently social in his nature, of
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sonal friends wherever ho goes. His eldest son Joseph
is deputy registrar.

- The Medical Profession.

The oldest practitioner among the physicianfl ot
Waterloo is Dr. Ezekiol Minckler, who was born in
Grand Isle, Vt., and graduated from the Medical
Department of Vermont University. Soon after
leaving college he came to Canada, settling at St.
Cesaire, where he had an exw^jusive and succossful
' practice. Thence he moved to Granby and remained
some time. In 1864, he came to Waterloo. Here
he hsis succeeded in sustaining the high reputa-
tion he had gained by long years of devotion to his
profession. Advancing years have rendered him too
feeble to attend to calls which require much travel,
especially at night.

The following is an obituary notice, published in
the Advertiser of April 18th, 1861 :

" It was our painful duty to record last week the
death of Dr. J. 0. Butler, of this village, for years
the victim of a painful disease, whose fatal termina-
tion was well known to him. Dr. Butler endured the
afflictive dispensation with the fortitude of a martyr,
and the cheerfulness of a Christian. H« was a man
of rare abilities, and his clear, strong, well-cultivated
intellect was unclouded to the last. Few men have
more devoted friends than Dr. Butler, or have
deserved them more; and though his long, painful
illness had prepared them for the sad event, his
death has cast a deep gloom over our community
which time only can remove. I rovidence, in its
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our friond in tho prime of his UHefuln98.« — the flower
and vigor of his manhood — and it is left for us but to
kiss the rod which has chastened us, and to ' mourn
not as those without hope.* Dr. Butler was bui led
here on Thursday last with Masonic honors. A large
number of Masons, from all parts of the District, was
present to take part in the ceremonies."

Dr. Angus A. Gilmour, son of Dr. W. A. R.Gilmour,
received his early education at Nicolet College, and
graduated from McGill University with the degree of
M.D., CM., in 1868. Ho first settled in Granby and
subsequently in Waterloo. He has been very succes-
ful as a surgeon. His father was an active physician
at Three Eivers for forty years, previous to 1859,
when he came to Granby. He has practised in the
Townships, almost uninterruptedly, ever since.

Dr. Joseph Ducharme received his degree from the
Medical Department of Victoria University, at Mon-
treal, in 1867. He came to Waterloo fresh from Col-
lege, and has shown himself loyally devoted to his
profession. His practice is principally among the
French, and has been attended with considerable suc-
cess. As Coroner, to which oflftce he was appointed
in 1870, hd is well known over the District.

Dr. Cornelius J. F. K. Phelan was born in the
parish of St. Columbia, County of Two Mountains,
P.Q., in 1 840, and received a classical education at the
College of Sto. Thereee. Leaving this institution, he
entered the Medical Faculty of McGill University,
from which he graduated with the degree of M D.,
CM., in 1865. During the College vacation of 1864,
he visited the hospitals of the United States in order
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ing from McGill, ho recoivod his license from the
Board of Physicians and Surgeons, and commop.cod
practice at Knowlton, P.Q., where he remained till
1870. In Janu;.py of that year he came to Waterloo,
and at once estaolished a large practice. Dr. Phelan
is a studious man, of quiet habits and gentlemanly
demeanor, and by rare devotion to his profession has
won the esteem and confidence of a large circle of
friends. He has been very successful, and is often
consulted by his fellow practitioners in difficult
cases.

Dr. B. H. Jameson, after receiving a liberal educa-
tion, entered the Montreal College of Physicians and
Surgeons, from which he graduated with the usual
medical degrees in 1847. He, at once, settled in Ontar
rio, where he maintained a large and successful prac-
tice for several years. Later, he established himself in
Chatham Township, Que. ; then in St. Andrews, and
from that place he went to Montreal, and remained in
that city a few months. Thence he went to St. Pie, and
in 1867 moved to Waterloo, where he has permanently
resided ever since. Arriving here at a favorable time,
he soon became very popular as a physician, but his
manner is so retired that few have become acquainted
with him outside of his profession. He has always
received a liberal share of the practice of the town.
• Waterloo has two dentists.

Newell Fisk studied Dentistry with the late Aldis
Bernard, Montreal, and duly received his degree of
L.D.S. He first commenced practice in St. Hyacinthe.
After remaining there a short time he removed to
Montreal and worked in Dr. Bernard's office for a
while and then came to Granby. In 1866, he moved to

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Waterloo, which he has since made his place of resi-
dence, but spends u few weoi^s eacli year in the prin-
cipal villages in the District. He is considored a
skilful dentist, and hc» a large practice, extending
over the whole of this section of the country.

A. A. Knowlton commenced the study of Dental
Surgery in 1859, at St Albans, Vt., with Dr. Gilman.
After learning his profession he returned to Canada
and practised in various places in the townships, set-
tling permanently in Waterloo in 1871. He was
licensed to practice as required by statute, in 1870.
During his residence in Waterloo he has received a
good share of the public patronage.

We devote the few following pages to sketches of
several of the public men * of Waterloo.

The follo^ving is an extract from an obituary
notice of Wesley O. Lawrence, Esq., which was pub-
lished in the Advertiser, July 3, 1S74 ;

Mr. Lawrence was long a resident of Waterloo, and
was a descendant of Isaac Lawrence, mentioned in
the history of West Shefford in another part of this
work.

" In those early struggles of tho early settlers
Mr. Lawrence bore a part, storing his mind with such
knowledge as could then be attained in the schools in
those early days. Ke came in after life to sit in the
old County Council in the days of the municipal
regime, and when our present municipal system went
into operation he was many times selected by his fel-
low townsmen to represent them at the Council

• The first two of these should properly have been mentioned
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Board. Ho aided and took an active part in the ])ub-
lic works in the township and village. For some
years past he has been an active magistrate. His
reading as well as his strong common-sense and love
of right made him an exceedingly useful citizen in
that capacity, and since the death of R. A. Ellis, Esq.
— who had been our oldest magistrate for years — the
brunt of the burden had fallen upon him. Notwith-
standing bodily infirmities, he was always ready
when called upon to serve hie fellowcitiiens in his
magisterial capacity, no matter hov.' great might be
the suffering to himself. So when it came about that
after years of the greatest physical suffering— when he
had wandered down very near the valley of the
shadow of death many times — he at last succumbed
to the great enemy. There was a feeling of sadness
throughout the village and township at the final
departure of a good man and a useful citizen."

A son of Mr. Lawrence, George Lawrence, is a
reliable and popular mail clerk on the Shefford and
Chambly Railway.

The following is copied rom the Advertiser of April
28, 1864 :

" With this issue of our paper we furnish our
readers with the mournful intelligence of the death
of Capt. Z. Reynolds, of this place, who died on
Saturday last after a short illness of about two weeks
of pleuratic fever, in the 56th year of his age. Captain
Reynolds came to this place about 25 years ago, and
has resided here ever since. Consequently he has
felt and endured most of the hardships of a pioneer's
life, and known the vicissitudes attendant upon the
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ships. In 1852 Mr. Reynolds was appointed Captain
of the Militia, and in 1863, upon the prospect of an
outbreak between the United States and Great Britain,
ho formed a Volunteer Company, of which he was
appointed Captain, a post which he held at the time
of his death ; and only a few weeks since we chron-
icled the fact o.' his being presented by his company
with a silver tea-service on account of their high
appreciation of his many excellent qualities. By the
death of Capt. Reynolds our village has met with
the loss of one of its best citizens, the community of
one of its benefactors, the poor an ever ready and
willing friend, am"*, his family a kind husband and
affectionate father. Few, indeed, are the men in our
midst hold more highly in the estimation of their
neighbors. We are not aware that bo had an enemy
in the world, although he has held offices of trust and
been a servant of the public for a long series of years.
He was identified with all the literary, local and
intellectual improvements going on, and his purse
was ever open to public contribution. At Knowlton,
on the 26th inst., upon motion of S. W. Foster, Esq.,
the Circuit Court adjourned over one day, to give the
members of the Bar and otherc having business
before the Court an opportunity of being present at
his funeral. His Honor Justice McCord paid a high
tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased,
whom he had known, he said, for the last twenty
years. The funeral took place yesterday, at which it
is estimated about 1500 persons were present, includ-
ing a large number of Masons, (of which order the
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Master of the Lodge here) and also a large turn out of
Yolunteei's."

Hon. G. G. Stevens was born inErompton, P.Q., in
1814. Gardner Stevens, his father, was one of the
early pioneers of Brompton, and became a thrifty far-
mer and one of the prominent men of that township.
"Until the age of 21, the younger Stevens lived on the
farm, but at that time he assumed the charge of a farm,
mill and store in Waterville and was ^hus employed
for ten years. He then became connected with the
British American Land Company as agent, and devot-
ed hio attention chiefly to this agency for a quarter of
a century.

In 1847 he marriod R J., daughter of the late
Sidney Spafford, Esq., of Compton. He moved to
Shefford in March, 1851, and^ with the exception of
four years which he spent in Roxton Falls, he has lived
here ever since. While residing at Jioxton he was
elected municipal councillor and mayor of the town-
ship. He has been a justice of the peace for many
years, and since his return to Waterloo has held the
office of councillor, mayor of the township and warden
of the county. Ho was largely instrumental in estab-
lishing the Eastern Townships Bank, and has been
connected with it as director for ten years. He is
also a director of the Stanstead, Shefford and
Chambly Railway, and, on the organization of the
Company, was elected treasurer. Having by his
ability shown himself worthy of these various honors,
in February, 1876, on the resignation of Hon. A. B.
Foster, he was appointed to fill his place as senator.

Mr. Stevens is emphatically a self-made man, and
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enad by cultivation, make him keenly cognizant of
whatever aifects his own interest or anything com-
mitted to his trust. A man of extensive reading and
retentive memory, with ready powers of conversation,
he is eminently qualified to amuse or instruct. Ac-
customed to habits of industry, he appreciates this
quality in others, and while he is ever ready to assisl-
the young man who is bravely fighting the battle of
life, he has no sympathy for the one who shrinks
from hardships, or who, with everything in his favour,
makes shipwreck of his possessions.

Gardner H. Stevens, his eldest son, is in company
with Robinson & Willard in mercantile business,
and is also postmaster in Waterloo. Sidney J.
Stevens, hia remaining son, is a clerk in the Eastern
Townships Bank. Both are esteemed for their intel-
ligence, politeness and efficiency in business.

O. B. Kemp, Esq., crown land and timber agent,
has had his office in this village since March, 1874.

Mr. Kemp is a grandson of Elijah Kemp, Esq., one
of the very early settlers of Frelighsburg, who be-
came prominent in that village, and who was for
many years the leading citizen of St. Armand East.
His son, the late Col. Kemp, and the father of O. B.
Kemp, also became a prominent man in the Town-
ships, and during his life held a number of impor-
tant offices. Among these was that of crown land
agent, which office, on his death, was given to his son.

O. B. Kemp resided in Frelighsburg, his native
village, until April, 1871, when he removed to
Granby. During his residence in Frelighsburg he
became one of the most influential men in the place,
and was made the recipient of many of the public

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offices. He was secretary-treasurer of the mnnicipal
co^incil for seven yeiars, school commissioner for six
years, clerk of the Magistrates' and Commissioners'
Court, and one of the trustees of the grammar
school. The ability with which he filled these dif-
ferent offices, his social qualities and politeness,
greatly endeared him to the citizens of the place. On
his departure they presented him with a valuable
silver tea service, as a testimonial of their esteem.
He received the crown land agency in 1866, and to
this was added, in 1869, the timber agency. Mr.
Kjmp lived in Gran by *=" March, 1874, when, as
above stated, he came to vV^aterloo, where he has
already formed many warm friends. Inflexible in his
purposes, independent in spirit, persevering and hon-
orable, he ably sustains the reputation of his ances-
tors, who were i-eputed true specimens of the Anglo-
Saxon stock.

The court house was commenced in 1 859, and com-
pleted m li-60.

V. Nutting, Esq., has very efficiently discharged
the duties of the clerk of the Circuit Court, since
1861. He was once secretary- treasurer of South
Stukely, and also of the county council. He has long
been a resident of Shefford, and is regarded as one of
the efficient public men of the township.

The Grange movement, which has been, and is
still, so popular, as an agricultural organization, in the
Western States, first extended to the farmers of this
section in 1875. Granges were organized at Knowl-
ton. South Stukely and West Bolton, and are now
largely supported by many of the best farmers.
Later, a lodge was formed at Warden, which is patron-

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izcd b}^ the farmers of North Shefford principally.
In the spring of 1876, a Grange store was started
at Waterloo, with Mr. E. Slack as agent. In the fall
of the same year this commercial venture was put
upon a more reliable basis by changing it into a joint
stock company, under the name of the " Grangers'
Co-operative Society," of which Mr. Slack was made
the managing-director. This gentleman is a son of
the late Eev. George Slack, rural dean, and was edu-
cated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville. He early
entered upon commercial life, and has been engaged
in many important enterprises. He is at present and
has been for many years, a member of the municipal
council of Waterloo, in which capacity he has served
with great satisfaction to the electors. Appointed a
justice of the peace in 1874, he at once qualified, and
has since adjudicated upon most of the cases not
brought before the higher courts.

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The extensive manufacturing establishment of
Allen, Taylor & Co, has already been described. In
addition to this there are others doing an amount of
business which would do credit to a much larger
place. One of the most flourishing of these is the
extensive tannery of S. & E. G. Shaw & Co. In 1864,
Fayette Shaw of Boston, Brackley Shaw of Montreal,
William Shaw of Kingman, Maine, all brothers, and
carrying on extensive business in their respective
places of residence, built a tannery and commenced
businesT in Waterloo. In the same year Spencer
Shaw, an uncle of the brothers named above, came
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another nephow bought one-half the business, and
the firm then was known under the name of E. G.
Shaw & Co. This establishment contains hree en-
gines of thirty-horse-power each, and employs forty
men. It turns out five hundred tons of leather annu-
ally, consumes six thousand cords of bark, and pays
$12,000 for labor. For the year ending May 1, 187o,
seven thousand two hundred and twenty cords of bark
were purchased at the tannery. Besides this, there
are two small tanneries in Waterloo, doing consider-
able business, and are owned, respectively, by J. C.
Bull and J. D. Porchno.

The Waterloo Boot and Shoe Company is not only
one of the most important manufacturing companies
of the village, but of the Province. It was organized,
a building was erected, and a stearu engine, with other
necessary machinery, purchased in 1874, but the Com-
pany was not chartered till March, 1875. It consists of
sixty-one members, with Hon. G. G. Stevens for presi-
dent, and E. D. Lawrence for vice-president. The sum
of $17,000 is now paid annually to the employees —
these at present numbering fifty. During the year
1875, thirty-six thousand pairs of boots and shoes were
manufactured, which were sold in all parts of the
Province. The popularity of this manufactory so
rapidly increases that the demand for its goods is
already greater than the supply, and necessitates
enlargement of the business. The sale of the goods,
at first chiefly confined to the district of Bedfoi-d, has
since spread over the greater part of the Province of
Quebec, and is extensive in Ontario. W. T. Rockwell
is foreman of this establishment, and his efficiency
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enterprise. Although a young man, he has had much
experience in the business, having been foreman of
an extensive boot aid shoe manufactory in Newport,
"Vermont, previous to coming to Waterloo. Gardner
Eldridge, a gentleman deservedly esteemed, both for
ability and politeness, is secretary treasurer of this
establishment.

Hill & Foss, who entered into partnership in 1873,
are proprietors of a bojt and shoe store, and give
employment to several men. They manufacture boott^,
shoes and harness, and receive a large share of the
village and county patronage.

N. V. D. Labonte is also proprietor of a boot and
shoe store which gives employment to several men and
does good business. Mr. Labonte has taken much in-
terest in public matters, and has filled several of the
local offices to the satisfaction of the citizens.

There are two bakcxies in Waterloo, Hills & Hills
and Hugh Contois'. Hills & Hills opened a bakery in
this village in 1867, and besides doing the work
generally performed in a country bakery they have
been engaged somewhat extensively in the mak-
ing of crackers and confectionery — their trade in
these articles extending over many of the town-
ships. They are now completing a building on
Main Street, which is designed for a bakery, salesroom
and office. It is brick, and its imposing appearance
not only adds to the architectural beauty of the village,
but indicates the success of its proprietors in business.
Hugh Contois entered this business in 1865; he is
also doing a thriving business in confectionery, and
largely supplies the families of the village.

There are two tin shops in Waterloo. One in the

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south end of the village, owned by W. M. Fessenden,
was opened in 1873. Hot air furnaces and stove pipes
are manufactured here quite extensively, and all the
various kinds of tin ware. The one at the lower end
of the village, near the foundry, is owned by Wm.
Goodwill, who commenced business in Waterloo in
1872. He gives employment to two or three men,
and manufactures the various articles made of tin,
copper or sheet iron.

There are three cabinet shops and furniture ware-
rooms in the place. H. W. Dawson has been en-
gaged in the manufacture of furniture here for some
years, and has also kept a good stock on hand.
Jos. Lefebvre has recently opened warercoras here,
in connection with which J. B. Malboeuf has a
cabinet shop. An extensive stock of furniture may
constantly be found here. Wm. Jolly is also engaged
in the furniture business, and has a supply on hand.

A carriage factory, owned by Wallace & Payan, has
been doing good business here since 1871. The
machinery is propelled by an engine of thirty horse
power. They give employment to fifteen men, turning
out a goodly number of carriages during the year,
which for durability and beauty are acknowledged to
be unsurpassed by any in the country ; and in addition
to this, the firm is extensively engaged in the manu-
facture of sash, doors,blinds, etc., and general job work.

Eldridge & Harvey also have machinery in the
same establishment for the manufacture of broom
handles. They have but recently commenced the-
business, but have already received extensive orders.

A sash and blind factory owned by Norbert Beaulne
is in operation here, and gives employment to several

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hand^. The machinery of this also is propelled by
steam power.

J. C. Ellis has been doing an extensive business
since 186 1 . He is now assisted by his son, 0. E. Ellis*
He owns the saw mill, grist mill and carding mill, at
the outlet of the pond, and has recently started a shin-
gle machine and box factory.

In 1873, the Star Peg Manufacturing Company of
Montreal started a branch at Waterloo under the
name of the " Star Manufacturing Company of Water-
loo.'* They put up a building and placed in it a
small engine for the purpose of manufacturing ribbon
pegs and shanks. Finding that this building was not
large enough, in 187i) they erected a much larger one,
purchased nc^y machinery and an engine of forty horse
power. At this time, thoy were making pegs, shanks,
broom ferrules and bottle tops. In the same year
they built a saw mill and fitted it up with a circular
saw. This manufactory not only gives employment
to many men but also furnishes market for good lum-
ber. Birch is used exclusively in the manufacture of
shanks, but this must be of the best quality. A half
cord of birch is frequently cut into shanks in one day.
This Company also manufactures shingles, and intend
soon to put in machinery for making lath and clap-
boards.

J. M. Dubois owns a marble shop in this village and
gives employment to several men. His work is ex-
ecuted with artistic neatness, and he receives orders
from a large section of country for tombstones, monu-
ments, sinks, and other articles usually manufactured
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As Waterloo is the business centre of a largo sec-
tion of thickly settled country, it is necessarily well
supplied with stores. Most of the merchants keep a
general stock, in order to supply every want of their
customers. Starting at the south end of the town,
commonly known as the Station, Eldrid^e & Lynch's
large establishment comes first. This firm com-
menced business in 1872. They deal most extensively
in butter, grain, flour and produce. Near them is
the large and neatly arranged store of Elihu D. Law-
rence, who keeps a full stock in every department of
country trade. Ho started at about the same time that
Kldridge & Lynch did. The centre of the village is
accommodated by the fancy goods store of J. H. Tou-
zin, and the large general store of J. & J. E. Clark.
The latter firm has been in business here several
years. A. F. Savaria has been a successful merchant
in Waterloo for a long time. Ho is also at present
a school commissioner, and a director of the Water-
loo Boot and Shoe Company. His place of business
is near the market. In the new block nearly op-
posite his store, Henry A. White has recently
opened a drj goods establishment. Next in order
is the fancy dry goods and stationery business of
A. T. Lawrence, in the Post Office block. Passing
the Advent Church on Main Street, the next building
is the Gilmour block, in which G. W. Gilmour keeps
a general store. In this block also is the bookstore
and book-bindery of H. Rose. Standing nearly
vis-d-vis on Main street, north side of the bridge,
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respectively, to Robinson, Stevens & Willnrd . nd
Allen, Taylor &Co. They were both started many
years ago, and have kept pace with the progreas of
wealth and population in the surrounding country.
In 1873, Mrs. D C. Rodden opened a dry goods
store between the " old stone store " and the Brooks
House, and has succeeded in securing a good trade.
There are three drug stores in the place, o^ which
G. W. Gilmour, C. Skinner and F. M. Caiponter
are the respective proprietors and dispensing drug-
gists. In 1874, F. M. Carpenter succeeded L. L.
Dutcher & Sons, of St. Albans, Vt., who started a
branch here in 1874, and he, already, has an exten-
sive wholesale trade. He has had much experience in
pharmacy, and is thus prepared to give satisfaction to
his many customers. C. Skinner has been engaged in
the drug business in Waterloo for some years. He
has recently erected a neat building, on Main street,
for a drug store, and in it he also has a telegraph
oflSce and jeweller's shop. G. W. Gilmour keeps
quite a stock of drugs in connection with his dry
goods store.

There are seven groceries in Waterloo, as follows : —
T. 0' Regan, Station; M. Temple, Foster street; R.
P. Harvey, Clark's block ; A. Fontaine, Foster street ;
Mrs. F. B. Hp/ion, :s>stor street; E. N. Shaw, Main
street. The latter gentleman has a jeweller}^ busi-
ness in addition to his grocery. Hugh Contois has
a grocery and a bakery near the foot of Main street.

Hotels.

Waterloo has five hotels. Commencing at the
south end of the village the first of these is the Foster
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by C S. Ilnll, and will probably accommmluto tho
greatest number of guests of any hotel in tho place.
Mr. Hall has made hotel-keeping a specialty for
many years, and with much success. The next hotel,
as we proceed northward from the Station towards
the lower village, is the National Hotel, the proprie-
tor of which is J. O. Paquette. Although not as
large as some of i,he others, the able manner in which
it is conducted by its intelligent and gentlemanly
landlord causes it to be well patronized by the public.
Farther down the street is the Eastern Townships
Hotel, owned by Isidore Beaulne, and the large hotel
lately remodelled of T. Legue. At the lower end of the
village is the Brooks House, of which L. H. Brooks is
proprietor. This is a large brick building, erected in
1874, and its imposing front at once attracts the atten-
tion of the stranger who visits the place. It is heated
by furnaces, and has all the modern improvements of
the city hotels.

In 1870, a large brick building was erected in the
centre of the village, the upper part of which was
designed for a town hall and council room and the
lower part for a market. Still beneath this in the
basement of the building is the dreaded " lock up,"
which has received many oiienders and which no
doubt helps to preserve good order in the commu-
nity. The market is opened for the benefit of tho
public two di.ys in the week, and, though unlike
Bonsecours market in the variety and quantity of its
wares, it answers well the purpose of its erection arid
is a great convenience to the citizens of Waterloo.

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entertainments of Waterloo in often greatly enhanced
by the music discoursed by Hubbard's brass band.

A band had been in exist nee in the village for
several years, but about two years since it was re-or-
ganized and now consists of sixteen members. They
have devoted much time to practice, and, having
received thorough instruction, are prepared to
entertain as successfully as any band in the Pro-
vince. Since the spring of 1875, H. S. Hubbard, a
'oung gentleman of St. Armand, has been their in-
structor. Mr. Hubbard early displayed great aptitude
for music, and by practice has become so proficient in
the art that he is widely known, and has been called
to different localities to give instruction. In compli-
ment to him the members of the band at Waterloo
have called themselves Hubbard's Brass Band.

From the Advertiser of June 17, 1870 : —

" On Monday, June 13, 1870, Waterloo was honored
by a visit from his Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur.
The Prince was received at the station by the mayor,
G. G. Stevens, Esq., and the warden, A. B. Parmelee,
Esq., and was introduced by Hugh Allan, Esq.

After the Prince and his suite had been escorted to
a platform where addresses were read by the mayor
and warden, and replied to by the Prince, the dis-
tinguished party crossed the square to the Foster
House. This hotel was handsomely decorated v^ith
evergreens and its balconies lined with ladies who
were awaiting the carriages to convey them through
the village.

The procession soon formed, W. B. Heath, Esq.
master of the ceremonies, on horseback, leading the
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in tho first carriage ; His Excellency the Governor
General, Mrs. Worseley, and the warden in the
second ; then followed the rest of the suite in car-
riages, the village and county councils and a*long
string of carriages. The procession move^l down
Court street. Across this street, between the Foster
House and the brick store, was erected an arch, deco-
rated with evergreens,in festoons and wreaths, bearing
the inscription " Welcome Arthur" on both sides
the whole surmounted with flags, and bearing the
Royal Coat of Arms.

At B. A. Haskell's, the band and singers, to the
number of about 200, played and sang God save the
Queen, to the evident satisfaction of H. R. Highness,
who repeatedly acknowledged the compliment by bow-
ing to the performers.

Between the Advent Church and Labonte's store,
on Main street, another arch was erected, massive
pillars of evergreen formed the sides aod surmounted
by flags and wreaths, the beaver, the national emblem
of Canada, and bearing the inscriptions on one side
" Bienvenue au Prince Arthur^' and on the opposite
side " Vive la Reine."

Across the bridge was another arch, nicely decor-
ated, surmounted with flags, and inscribed on one
side, " Long live Prince Arthur " and on the other,
Dieu et moti Droit.

The procession moved up Ellis street, then along
West street and North street to Main street, taking
the route back to the station. At Reynolds' hotel the
Prince was loudly cheered.

The stores and principal places of business dis-
played bunting, and were decorated with evergreens.

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At the old Btone store was displayed a full sized por-
trait of the Queen.

The procession then passed up Main street and

Foster street. Between the Foster house and Hutchins'
store, was another arch similar to the one on the
opposite side of the Foster house on Court street?
and ornamented with flags and a beautiful crown
made of evergreens, bearing the inscription on both
sides, " God Save the Queen." The procession then
broke up on the square, and as His Royal Highness
and party moved rapidly out of the village towards
Knowlton, the assembled crowd made the welkin ring
with cheers, and then quietly disbanded for their
homes."

A post oflSce was opened in Waterloo in 1836.

The locomotive passed over the S. S. & C. Railway
from Gran by to Waterloo for the first time on Monday,
August 19th, 1861. In the early part of the year 1876,
the part of the Northern section of the South Eastern
railway between Sutton Junction and Waterloo was
completed, and the remaining part between this place
and Sorel is now in rapid process of completion.
This work accomplished, Waterloo will be in ready
communication with all the great commercial marts
of the country. Situated in the midst of a rich agri-
cultural district, with stores of lumber and minerals
adjacent, it requires no prophetic vision to see that
Waterloo, at no distant day, will vie in wealth and
population with the cities of the Province.

A stranger visiting Waterloo is struck by the air of
cJty-like elegance and substantiality of several of its
public and private buildings. Of the former Clark's
Block, Stevens' Block and Gilmours' Block deserve to

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be mentioned; of the latter we notice the residences
of W. G. Parmelee, Dr. Jameson, J. P. Leonard, J. P.
Noyes, G. G. Eldridge and A. B. Parmelee, besides
that of Hon. A. B. Foster which has already been men-
tioned.

For a time the growth of the village seemed to be
confined to the Southern section, but at present it is
enlarging in all its borders. In 1874, C. Deragon made
quite an addition to i^s tenement houses by the erec-
tion of several buildings.

The people of Waterloo are pre-eminently social —
a feature in their character developed, no doubt, in a
great measure from the isolated position of the place.
Distant from the large towns and cities of the Province
its inhabitants have felt the necessity of relying upon
their own efforts — hence, musical, dramatic and liter-
ary entertainments are of frequent occurrence, and are
conducted with such skill and taste that the stranger is
convinced the performers are no novices in the work.
Morally, Waterloo may not have reached the strict
standard set up in the early Puritan days of Now
England, yet, it will compare favorably in point of
morals with any village of its size in the Dominion.

For the following history of the village council
we are indebted to the politeness of O. B. Kemp,
ISsq. :—

First general session of village council, 24th Januarr, 1867.

Members. — Hon. A. B. Foster, G. G. Stevens, H. L. Robinson,
G. H. Allen, Noel V. D. Labonte, Augiiste Hel>ert and Spencer
Shaw. Hon. A. B. Foster elected mayor ; J. P. Noyes elected
secretary-treasurer.

Session, 24th January, 1868. Members. — Hon. A. B. Foster, R.
A. Ellis, Charles Allen, Spencer Shaw, N. V. D. Labonte and A.
Hebert. R. A. Ellis elected mayor.

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HISTORY OP SHEFFORD.

3rd election, January, 1870.

Members. — G. G. Stevens, N. V. D. Labonte, Joseph Leblanc, B.
Slack, D. Frost, jun., Hon. A. B. Foster, J. B. Lay.
1st Session. — G. G. Stevens, elected mayor, 14tb February, 1870^
13tb June, 1870. — An address was presented to His Royal High-
ness Prince Arthur, upon his visit to Waterloo, by the Mayor : —

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ARTHUR.
May it plbasb Tour Royal Highness.

On behalf of the Municipal Council and the citizens of
Waterloo, I desire to express the gratification we feel on this occa-
sion, and to cordially welcome you to the Eastern Townships.
Your visit is so unexpected that we are unable to honor you with
a more attractive reception, but we feel assured that, in the noble
and romantic ^scenery of this part of the country, you will find
more delight than in any grand ceremonial our limited oppor-
tunities could devise in your honor. In the Eastern Townships
of this Province, Your Royal Highness will find a loyal and
patriotic people, earnest in their attachment to, and veneration
for, your gracious mother, Her Majesty Queen Victoria. In other
times, the people of this section have more than once displayed
their fidelity to Her Majesty's Government, and it is with profound
gratification that we know that Your Royal Highness, as a partici-
pant in the late movements to repel the Fenian invasion of our
Province, h&s had an opportunity to witness the gallantry of
Eastern Townships men in defending their country, and in evin-
cing their stem loyalty to a throne that they revere.

We are not prone to vaunt our loyalty, but prefer rather to
express it by action. We trust that Your Royal Highness will be
pleased to convey to Her Majesty the Queen the expression of our
deep-seated attachment for Her, and that the prayer of our people
is, that Her Majesty may long be spared to rule over a united and
prosperous country. We earnestly hope that Your Royal High-
ness' sojourn here will be pleasant, and that the recollections of
the Eastern Townships "v.'ill not be among the least agreeable of
those you will carry back with you, of the country which is proud
to honor the son of so good a sovereign.

To which His Royal Highness made the following
reply : —

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125

TO THE MAYOR, MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND CITIZENS

OF WATER! '^'\

Gkntlbmen, — Pray accept my sincere thanks for your loyal
address, which, I am pleased to find, gives utterance to sentiments
so fully in accordance with my own views. Let me assure you that
it is not the splendor of the ceremonial which I value, but rather
the truly loyal and h^rty spirit with which the welcome is given;
and my reception here this day shows clearly how strong that
spirit is here. I am well aware that your's are not idle words, but
that you are, and ever have been, ready to prove yourselves staunch
adherents to your Sovereign, and the presence of those gallant men,
soldier-comrades, lately met at the frontier, shews me that you
are able as well as willing.

Should circumstances ever .require it, which, however, God for-
bid I proud would I be to lead on men like you in the defence of
country and their Queen."

(Signed,) " ARTHUR."

Election, 8th January, 1872.

Members elected. — Orrin R. Foss, Hon. A. B. Foster, N. V. D.
Labont^, G G. Stevens, A. Herbert, E. Slack, David Frost, jun.

Session, 12th February, 1872. — G. G. Stevens, Esq., re-elected
major.

Election, 15th January, 1873.

G. G. Stevens and A. Herbert, re-elected.
First Session, 10th February, 1873, G. G. Stevens, Esq., re-elected
mayor.

Election, 11th January, 1875.

N. V. D. Labonte, Edward Slack, and George H. Allen. (La-
bonte and Slack re-elected.)

First Session, 8th February, 1875.— G.G.Slevens, Esq., re-elected
mayor. 8th March, 1875, John R. Clark was elected by Council
to fill the vacancy caused by the absence of Hon. A. B. Foster over
three months.

Election, 10th January, 1876.

G. G. Stevens and Clovis Deragon elected.
First Session, 14th February, 1876.— George H. Allen elected
mayor.

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HISTORY OP 8HEPP0RD.

Preaent composition of tlie Board.

Mayor— George H. Allen. Councillors— E. Slack, N. V. D
Labonte, David Frost, jun., J. R. Clark, G. G. Stevens, 0. De-
ragon.

VALUATION OF WATERLOO.

18fl7 $255,456

1809 276,660

1872 305,643

1875 505,425

WARDEN.

Tills village is locatod nbout two miles noi-th of
Waterloo.

John Mock, one of the Associates o.'^Shefford, settled
here and built mills in 1795. As has already been-
stated, he afterwards sold his land and mills to Riifus
Whitcomb. This projDerty passed through several
hands previous to 1848, when it was purchased by
Col. P. H. Knowlton, Hiram Foster and Mark Whit-
comb. These men at once built new mills here, thus
increasing business and attracting settlers. From
this time until the establishment of the post office in
1858, with the name of Warden, the place was called
Knowlton's Falls, Salvin Richardson was thu first
postmaster, and was succeeded in this office by his
son, L. E. Richardson. The latter also has a store
here, and is one of the influential citizens of the
township.

Selby Lee built a tannery here about 1850. This
was purchased in 1872 by the Shaw Company, men-
tioned in the history of Waterloo, who enlarged it
and placed in it an engine of thirty horse-power.
At present this tannery employs fifteen men, con-
sumes three thousand cords of bark annually, and
tans two hundred an<i twenty-five tons of leather.

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HISTORY OP SHEFFOBD.

A iMothodist church was erected here in 1861.

In 1875 a neat and commodious model school
building was erected. Besides the store of Mr-
Richardson, Warden has a grocery owned by — Paig-
non. It also has a few mechanic shops, and two
hotels owned respectively by Michael Harper and J.
Wallace.

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SAXBY'S CORNEES.

John Savage, a V. E. Loyalist, came to Shefford
about the year 1800, from Caldwell's Manor, and
settled at Shefford Mountain, on the lot now occupied
by John Copeland. He had served as a soldier in the
British army in the war of 1812. He was taken
prisoner at Philipsburg during the war, and, after
being confined in Burlington for some time, was
liberated. He returned to Canada where he remained
until his death, in 1856. He had nine children, several
of whom still remain in the township. One of his
sons, Benjamin K. Savage, born here, became an
honored and influential man in the town.

During the rebellion of ISST-'SS, this son, Capt.
Savage raised a company of volunteers, and was
in such active service as was required at that time.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Col., and
sundry commissions of different Governor-Generals
testify to the high consideration in which his ability
and loyalty were held by the Executive Govern-
ment. Early in life Col. Savage engaged in mer-
cantile pursuits at Saxby's Corners, amassing a
considerable fortune. He took an active interest in
the township and county, and was a member for

many years of the township and county councib

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HISTORY OP 8HEPP0RD.

He was a warm advocate of the Stan stead, Shefford
and Chambly Eailway, and aided much in its con-
struction ; and was also one of the directors. He
was- one of the earliest promoters of the Eastern
Townships Bank, and one of the directors till his
removal Wett He was frequently solicited to pre-
sent himself as a candidate for Parliamentary honors,
but he persistently declined. He was faithful to any
trust imposed on him, and his removal to Illinois,
in 1862, was much regretted. He died at Foreston,
111., Nov. 20th, at the ripe age of seventy-two. Take
him all in all he was a noble,true man, and his death
is mourned by a large circle of friends.

S. N. Bhckwood has lived in Sheft'ord for thirty-
five years. He was born in Montreal. Commencing
the business of life with only the capital of a clear
head and willing hands, his success has been eminent.
For some years after coming to Shefford he was his
own shoemaker, harnessmaker, general mechanic and
farmer. Now a fine farm of over two hundred acres^
with farm buildings to correspond, evidences his
buccess in the last pursuit. For twenty yearw he has
been president of the Agricultural Society of Shef-
ford, and also succeeded Judge Dunkin as member of
the Agricultural Council for the District of Bedford.
He has been a commissioner of the Commissioners
Court for twenty -four years, and municipal councillor
for several years. Mr. Blackwood, though Canadian
by birth, is c^ Scotch descent, with all the distin-
guishing characteristics of the sons of the land o' hea-
ther: stern, upright, thrifty, benevolent, and, withal,
a man of no ordinary judgment and ability.

Wni, Saxby, now one of the most influential men

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131

hero, and from whom tho place gets the name of
Sax by 's Cornern, has resided here several years, as
merchant and postmaster. He has been municipal
councillor, and now holds the office of mayor of Shef-
ford.

In 1852 the post office was established here, Daniel
E. Savage being the first postmaster. The office
took the name of Shefford Mountain.

Dr. Washburn, who is mentioned in the history of
Frost Village, once met with an adventure near this
place. Riding along on horseback he discovered a
bear, with one or two cubs, crossing the road before
him. Dismounting, he followed Mistress Bruin over
a brush fence, somewhat in bravado, intending to
frighten her, and perhaps seize one of her cubs, wh'ch
were quite small. The bear, however, squared round
to him as soon as he had crossed the fejice, and, as
he had no weapon save the slender switch he used for
a riding-whip, he found his situation not altogether
pleasant. Fearing to retreat, he boldly walked up to
the bear sitting on her haunches, and lustily laid his
switch over her head. The bear snarled, growled,
and tried to fend off his blows for a few moments,
and then, much to her assailant's comfort, turned and
ran away.

NORTH SHEPFORD.

John Savage, jun., son of Cajit. John Savage, the
firwt settler at West Shefford, was the first who took
up his abode in this part of the township. He cut
his way through the forest from West Shefford, and
settled here in 1796. He took up a lot, nowjowned
and occupied by the widow of his late son, Ch^^'les
Savage, He built. a sawmill here about the year 0,
and some years subsequently his son, Abram, bunt a
grist mill. Since that period the place has been
known as Savage's Mills. In 1875, several lots were
taken from this part of Shefford and united with lots
from aJjacent townships to form the parish of Ste.
Pudentienne.

In the early history of Shefford two companies of
militia were organized and were commanded respec-
tively by Capt, Henry PQwers and Capt. John Savage.
At the commencement of the rebellion of 1837-38
two companies of volunteers were formed, and those
were commanded by Capt. Mark Whitcomb and Capt.
Abram Allen. A company of cavalry was also organ-
ized at the same time. In 1862, two companiijs of

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133

voluntoerH wore also formed, and thefio were com-
manded respectively by Oapt. Zona« Koynoldn and
Capt. Charles Maynos. On the death of Cupt. Rey-
nolds H. L. Robinson took his place as Captain, by
request of the Company. On his resignation F. E.
FourUrinier took the captaincy,and he being promoted
not long afterwards was succeeded by George Cfxld,
who is still captain of this company. Capt. Charles
Maynes died, and was succeeded in the command of
his company by his brother, Jlfmes Mayties, who still
retains the position. In 1864, another company was
organized, of which J. H. Leonard became captain,
but, resigning soon, L. H. Brooks t(jok his place. In
1865, a volunteer company was organized at West
Shefford, commanded by Capt. W. Wood. In 1864, a
prize offered by Government to the volunteers in the
district of Montreal for pr tciency in drill, was won
by the company of Capt. Reynolds, and that of Capt.
Maynes, at the same time, received lionorable men-
tioj^ for their good drill.

The surface of Shefford is somewhat broken, though
very little of it is so rough as to render it unfit for
agricultural purposes. The only mountain is in the
western part of the township.

The number of elemental y schools in Shefford is
23.

The following history of the Township and County
Councils has been prepared by O. B. Kemp, Esq. : —

Formation of Township Council of Shefford, July, 1855.

Members. — Jr..nes Thompson, Jonathan Robinson, Mark
Whitcomb, Simeon Martin, James Hays, John Booth and
Lucius S. Huntington.

First Session held Waterloo, 13th July, 1875.— A. B. Par-
melee, Esq., appointed secretary-treasurer. Jonathan
Robinson, miayor.

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HISTORY OP SHEPPORD.

January 2nd, 1856, James Thompson was replaced by
appointment of Col. Benj. Savage.

April 6th, 1857, a By-Law wps passed taking £14375
stock Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railway.

November 2nd, 1857, Council tendered two sites for
Court House, and a third site was recommended.

2nd General Election held in January, 1859.

Members. — Jonathan Robinson, John Booth, Duke
Roberts, Silas Geer, Hugh McClintock, Benjamin Savage
and Lucius S. Huntington.

First General Session, 1st February, 1858, James Miller
appointed secretary-treasurer. J. Robinson re-elected
mayor.

Session July 5th, 1858, sites tendered for Court House
were withdrawn and another site, to wit, one half acre north
of the residence of George Robinson, on Lot 21, in 4th
Range tendered.

December 6th, 1858, James Miller resigned, and John B.
Lay, Esq., was appointed secretary-treasurer.

3rd General Election of CounciUors, 9th Januarv, 1860.

Members. — A. B. Parmelee, S. N. Blackwood, "Charles
Allen, James Miller, Duke Roberts, Jesse S. Martin and
Jedediah C. Spencer.

First Session, 3rd Council, 16th January, 1860. — A. B.
Parmelee elected mayor. J. B. Lay resigned, and L. S.
Huntington appointed secretary-treasurer.

15th November, 1860j L. S. Huntington resigned, and
J. B. Lay appointed secretary-treasurer.

4th General Election of Councillors, 12th January, 1862.

A. B. Parmelee, J. S. Martin, W. 0. Lawrence, Alfred F.
Lay, John N. Mills, John Clary and Edward Perras.

First Session, 4th February, 1862. — A. B. Parmelee re-
elected mayor.

5th General Election, 11th January, 1864.

A. B. Parmelee, G. G. Stevens, Jesse S. Martin, John
Clary, Hugh McClintock, Samuel N. Blackwood and Moise
Poirier.

First Session, 1st February, 1864. — A. B. Parmelee, re-
elected mayor. 4th March, 1865, J. B. Lay resigned.
John P. Noyes appointed secretary-treasurer.

October 1st, 1866. — Resolution of sympathy was passed
to family of J. S. Martin, and same Session William V/il-
Uiams was appointed to the Council to succeed Martin.

At a General Monthly Session, 7th January, 1867, Syl-
vester S. Martin was appointed councillor in room and
place of G. G. Stevens, who became incapacitated from

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135

acting in consequence of his residing in the Corporation
of the Village of Waterloo. At same Session, A. B. Parme-
lee re-elected mayor; that, although he lived within Cor-
poration of Waterloo, he owned land in the Towa^hip.
Township divided into two Electoral sub-divisions 4th
February, 1867.

7th Election, February 3rd, 18Y8.

A. B. Parmelee, Hugh McCUntock, S. N. Blackwood,
Fl&vien Cote, S. S. Martin, W. W. Williams and John N.
Mills.

Session, 3rd February, 1868. — A. B. Parmelee elected
mayor.

8th Election, 10th January, 1870.

A. B. Parmelee, Hugh McClintock, S. S. Martin, Dennis
M. Savage, Flavien Cute, John Williams, and George Tait.
A. B Parmelee re-elected mayor, 7th February, 1870. By-
Law passed taking stock in the Richelieu, Drummond and
Arthabaska Railway, $50,000, 6th February, 1871 : recon-
sidered 6th M,arch, 1 87 1 ; approved by electors, 4th April,
1871 J ratified by Council, Ist May, 1871.

9th Election, 8th January, 1872.

A. B. Parmelee and George Tait elected by acclamation,
and Francis Fortin, Dennis M. Savage, William Saxby, Fla-
vien Cote and Sylvester S. Martin by greatest number of
votes. 5th February, 1872, A. B. Parmelee re-elected mayor.

Meeting of Electors held 12th January, 1874, for election
of two Councillors, at which meeting George Savage and
William Pearson were elected, replacing Francis Fortin
and Dennis M. Savage.

2i\d February, 1874. — S. S. Martin appointed mayor.

16th June, 1874. — A. B. Parmelee resigned and Philo A.
Curtis appointed by Council to till vacancy. A vote of
thanks was passed to A. B. Parmelee upon his resignation
for the services rendered by him during the many years
he had filled the ofiBces of secretary-treasurer and mayor
of said Township.

General Public Meeting for Elections of Councillors, 1 1 th
January, 1875 — S. S. Martin, William Saxby and Flavien
Cote re-elected.

First Session, 1st February, 1875. — S. S. Martin re-elect-
ed mayor.

March 1st. — 0. B. Kemp appointed assistant secretary-
treasurer. 8. S. Goddard appointed 5th April by Council
to fid vacancy occasioned by disqualification of George

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136 HISTORY OP 8HEFP0RD.

Savage, whose domicile is in the Parish of St. Pudentienne,
which was organized in January, 1875.

General Election, 11th January, 1876.

George Tait re-elected by acclamation — after contest.
Philo A. Curtis re-elected.
First General Session. — William Saxby elected mayor.

Composition of Present Council.

Mayor — William Saxby. Councillors — S. S. Martin, Wil-
liam Pearson, George Tait, Philo A. Curtis, S. S. Goddard,
Flavien Cote.

VALUATION OF TOWNSHIP OF SHEFFORD.

1855 $392,805.00

1858 555,035.00

1860 524,674.00

1864 672,618.00

1865 521,268.00

1866 773,452.00

1867 631,682.00

1869 565,487.00

1872 680,905.00

1875 *714,508.00

Ist General quarterly session of County Council of the
County of Shefford, held 11th Sept., 1855.

MEMBERS.

Jonathan Robinson, Mayor of Shefford.

Washington Frost, " Granby.

Asaph A. Kiiowlton, " South Stukely.

Michel A. Bessette, '' North Stukely.

Flavien R. Blanchard, " Ely.

John S. Cummi) s, " Roxton.

Pierre H. Guyon, " Milton.

Jonathan Robinson elected warden, and A. B. Parmelee,
secretary-treasurer ; delegates, Knowlton and Bessette.
Session 12th March, 1856, resolution passed to build a
registry office; site accepted from Charles Allen, Esq.
Building accepted September 10th, 1 856. Quarterly ses-
sion, March 11th, 1857. Hyzien Dubrule replaced Cum-
mins, Roxton. A report was received from the Township

* After deducting 40 lots taken ttom the Township in forming tho
Parish of Sto rudoutienue.

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137

Council of iShefford that the amount required to be paid
by Sheflford towards county buildings had been subscribed.
Waterloo fixed as the chef-lieu of the county, and sec-
retary-treasurer ordered to petition the Governor General
to approve of the village of Waterloo as the chef-lieu of
the county at which the Circuit Court should be held.

MEMBERS, 1858.

J. Robinson, Mayor of Shefford.
Washington Frost, " Granby.

Thomas Hacket,

G. G. Stevens,
F. R. Blanchard,
M. A. Bessette,
Thomas Rooney,

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Milton.

Roxton.

Ely.

North Stukely.

South Stukely.

J Robinson re-elected warden, Stevens and Blanchard,
county delegates.

Members 1859 same as above, and Patrick Hackett,
mayor village of Granby. March 9th, 1859, warden author-
ized to receive deed of land oflfered by Township Coun-
cil for site of County Court House.

June 8i,h, 1859. — Plan of County Court House accepted,
and secretary-treasurer ordered to ad\ ertise for tenders.

By-law passed taking 1150 shares in capital stock of
Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railway. Quarterly
session July 26th, 1859. — Members as above, Harrison L.
Knowlton replaces Thomas Rooney, South Stukely
Tenders for building Court House by H. D. Jordan andA.*
F. Lay for $2,664 accei)ted,and secr^^tary-treasurer ordered
to give notice of meeting of electoi , of county to £.pprove
or disapprove taking stock in the Stanstead, Shefford and
Chambly Railway for 22 August, 1859. By-law confirmed
by electors, and by-law ratified by Council, August 30th,
1859.

General quarterly session, March 14th, 1860.

MEMBERS.
A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Shefford.

Jacob Shepherd,
M. A. Bessette,
F. C. Gilmour,
John Wood,
F. R. Blanchard,
Marcus Dougherty,
Thomas Hackett,

South Stukely.

North Stukely.

Village of Granby.

Roxton.

Ely.

Granby.

Milton.

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A. B. Parmelee elected warden, and V. Nutting appoint-
ed secretary-treasurer.

MEMBERS, 1862.

A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Shefford.

North Stukely.
Ely.

M. A. Bessette,
F. R. Blanchard
Hyacinthe Dubrule,
Charles Brin,
JameT Horner,
Robert Cunningham
Amasa E. Knowlton, "

Roxton.

Milton.

Village of Granby.

Grranby.

South Stukely.

A. B. Parmelee, re-elected warden.

Nutting, Esq., resigned, and M. Boyce appointed

secretary-treasurer ; delegates, Bessette and Blanchard.

1st

MEMBERS, 1863.

A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Sheflford

M. A. Bessette, "

F. R. Blanchard, "

Amasa E. Knowlton, ''

Robt. Cunningham,

James Horner,

John Wood,

Hyacinthe Dubrule, "

January, 1864, Township

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Municipal purposes.

N. Stukely.

Ely.

Soutl. Stukely.

Granby.

Village of Granby.

Roxton Falls.

Roxton.

of Ely was divided for

MEMBERS, 1864.

A. B. Parmelee,

Charles Brin,

Charles Chaput,

Narcisse Trudeau,

John Wood,

Robert Cunningham,

E. Bradford,

Pierre Gendreau,

Joseph Smith, ♦

A. B. Parmelee re-elected

Mayor of Sheflford.

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St. Valerien de Milton
Roxton.

Village Roxton Falls.
Granby.

Village of Granby.
Ely.

North Ely.
warden.

County delegates — ^Trudeau and Chaput.

June Session. — Resolved that County Council Meetings
in future be held in lower part of Court House.

A petition was presented by R. A. Ellis, Esq., and others,
praying for the erection of a certain tract of land in the
Township of Shefford into a village municipality, and was

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referred to M. Mitchel, Esq., provincial land surveyor, as
special superintendent.

General Quarterly Session, 4th September, 1864.
M. Mitchel reported in favor of the erection of the Vil-
lage of Waterloo into a separate municipality, which was
duly homologated.

MEMBERS, 1865.

A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Shefford.

M. A. Bessette,

North Stukely.

Charles Brin,

Milton.

Charles Chaput,

St. Valerien.

N. Trudeau,

Roxton.

John Wood,

Roxton Falls.

Robt. Cunningham, "

Granby.

A. Dubrule,

Ely.

Joseph Smith,

North Ely.

W. W. Willard,

South Stukely.

E. Bradford,

Village of Granby,

MEMBERS,

1866.

A. B. Parmelee,

Mayor of Sheflford.

W. W. Willard,

South Stukely.

M. A. Bessette,

North Stukely.

Joseph Roussin,

South Ely.

N. Trudeau,

Roxton.

P. H. Guyou,

St. Cecile.

R. Cunningham,

Granby.

J. G. Cowie,

Village of Granby,

Joseph Perreault,

St. Valerien.

John Wood,

Roxton Falls.

Joseph Smith,

North Ely.

A. B. Parmelee re-elected warden.

County delegates — Warden, J. G. Cowie and M. A. Bes-
sette.

January 20th. — M. Boyce resigned, and Thomas Brassard,
Esq., appointed secretary-treasurer.

MEMBERS, 1867.

A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Shefford.

Hon. A. B. Foster,
W. W. Willard, "

M. A. Bessette,
Joseph Roussin,
John Wood;
F. F. Legendre,

Waterloo.
South Stukely.
North Stukely.
South Ely.
Roxton Falls.
St. Cecile de Milton.

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HISTORY OF 8HEPP0RD.

J. G. Cowie, . Mayor of Village of Granby.
R. Cunningham, " Granby.

Joseph Smith, " North Ely.

Joseph Perreault, " St. Valerien.

Narcisse Trudeau, " Roxton.

A. B. Parmelee re-elected warden.
County delegates — Warden, Cowie and Bessette.

MEMBERS, 1868.

A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Shefford.
R. A. Ellis, " Waterloo.

W. W. Willard,

South Stukely.

M. A. Bessette,

North Stukely.

John Wood,

Roxton Falls.

Narcisse Trudeau,

Roxton.

F. H. Ayet,

St. Valerien.

Andrew Kay,

Granby.

J. G. Cowie,

Village of Granby.

Joseph Smith,

North Ely.

Joseph Roussin,

Ely.

Antoine Cote,

St. Cecile.

A. B. Parmelee re-elected warden.
County delegates — Warden, Cowie and Cote.

MEMBERS, 1869.

A. B. Parmelee,
W. W. Willard,
A. Cote,
Andrew Kay,
J. G. Cowie,
R. A. Ellis,
M. A. Bessette,
John Wood,
N. Trudeau,
F. H. Ayet,
James Smith,
Joseph Roussin,

Mayor of Shefford.

South Stukely.

St. Cecile.

Granby.

Village of Granby.

Waterloo.

North Stukely.

Roxton Falls.

Roxton.

St. Valerien.

iNorth Ely.

Ely.

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MEMBERS, 1870.

A. B. Parmelee, Mayor
G. G. Stevens, '<■

Benj. M. Martin,
M. A. Bessette,
Warren A. Lay,
Wm. L. Davidson,
Narcisse Trudeau,

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Waterloo.
South Stukely.
North Stukely.
South Ely.
North Ely.
Roxton.

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141

John "Wood, Mayor of Roxton Falls.

F. H. Ayet,
Theophile Brunelle, "
Andrew Kay, "

J. G. Cowie, "

St. Valerien.
St. Cecile.
Granby.
Village of Gra'fiby.

A. B. Parmelee re-electod warden

County delegates — Warden, Trudeau and Cowie.

Quarterly Session, 8th June, 1870. — An address was pre-
sented by County Council to his Royal Highness Prince
Arthur, tendering him a welcome upon his arrival in the
Eastern Townships.

MEMBERS, 1871.

A. B. Parmelee,
G. G. Stevens,

B. M. Martin,
M. A. Bessette,
W. A. Lay,

W. L. Davidson,
iN". Trudeau,
John Wood,
F. H. Ayet,
F. Brunelle,
A. Kay,
J. G. Cowie,

Mayor of Shefford.

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South Stukely.
North Stukely.
South Ely,
North Ely.
Roxton.
Roxton Falls.
St. Valerien.
St. Ceoilo.
Granby.
Village of Granby.

MEMBERS, 1872.
A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Sheflford.

G. G. Stevens,
R. Peters,
J. B. St. Pierre,
N. Trudeau,
Fred. D. Pariseau,
Andrew Kay,
James Irwin,
Joseph Robin,
W. L. Davidson,
John Wood,
F. H. Ayet,

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South Stukely.

North Stukely.

Roxton.

St. Cecile.

Granby.

Village of Granby.

Ely.

North Ely.

Roxton Falls.

St„ Valerien.

A. B. Parmelee re-elected warden.
County delegates — Stevens, Trudeau and the warden.

• Lay replaced by 0. Gendreau.

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HISTORY OP 8HEPF0RD.

MEMBERS, 1873.
A. B. Parmelee, Mayor of Shefford.

G. G. Stevens,

Waterloo.

R. Peters,

South Stukely.

J. B. St. Pierre,

North Stukely.

J. Robin,

Ely.

N. Trudeau,

Roxton.

John Wood,

Roxton Falls.

Andrew Kay,

Granby.

S. H. C. Miner.
Thomas Cassidy,

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Village of Granby.

North Ely.

Damase Langevin,

St. Cecile.

F. H. Ayet,

St. Valerien.

A. B. Parmelee re-elected warden.
County delegates — Warden, Stevens and Trudeau.

MEMBERS, 1874.
G. G. Stevens, Mayor of Waterloo.

S. S. Martin,
M. R. Knowlton,
Chas. Willard,
Andrew Kay,
S. H. C. Miner,
J. B. St. Pierre,
Joseph Robin,
W. L. Davidson,
John Wood,
N. Trudeau,
F. H. Ayet,

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South Stukely.

St. Cecile.

Granby.

Village of Granby.

North Stukely.

Ely.

North Ely.

Roxton Falls.

Roxton.

St. Valerien.

G. G. Stevens, Esq., elected warden.

County delegates — Warden, Kay and Trudeau.

A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to A. B. Par-
melee, Esq., upon his retirement, for the able and impar-
tial and straightforward manner in which he has conducted
the affairs of the Municipality during the long period
fourteen years) he has filled the office of warden of this
County.

MEMBERS, 1875.

G. G. Stevens,
S. S. Martin,
R. Peters,
Dr. J. Fregeau,
W. L. Davidson,
Benj. Truax,

Mayor of Waterloo.

" Shefford.

« South Stukely.

" North Stukely.

" North Ely.

" South Ely.

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143

Eoxton.
Eoxton Falls.
St. Valerien.
St. Cecile.
Granby.
Village of Granby.

W. Trudeau, Mayor of
John Wood, "

F. H. Ayet, "
Hyacinthe Lecours, "
A. Kay,
S. H. C. Miner, . .„„g,^ „. v.

G. G. Stevens, Esq., re-elected warden.
County delegates— Warden, Kay and Trudeau. 0. B.

Kemp appointed assistant secretary-treasurer of County
Council, Parish of Ste.Pudentienne, organized 1875, taking
part from North West corner of Shefford.

MEMBERS, 1876.

Mayor of Waterloo.
Shefford.
Eoxton Falls.
Granby.
North Ely.
Eoxton Falls.

G. H. Allen,
Wm. Saxby,
John Wood,
A. Kay

W. L. Davidson,
John Wood,
E. Peters,
Benj. Truax,
N. Trudeau,
Magloire Fregeau,
Jeremie Bachand,
S. H. C. Miner,
Cleophas Leclerc,
John Wood electe

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South Stukely.

Ely.

Eoxton.

Ste. Valerien.

Ste. Pudentienne.

Village of Granby.

St. Cecile.

County delegates— Warden, Kay and Trudeau.

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