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cenees of Brougham Village �,
Above is a photograph of the
old Commercial Hotel at
�jugham, as it was about 70
years ago. Now remodelled, present the township ha
with a new veranda replacing where the township count
the one shown above, it is at meets.
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century. It is now occupied by
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. one of the original brick homes
and William, Who settled there
Mrs. C. Shepherd, a grand-
being.
built in the village of Broug-
in the early 30's of the last
daughter of the original Bent-
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leys.
and
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building the church. The land is
of the village. They went to the
reorg�
In 1850 the Sons of Temperance
now the property of M. Harlock.
United States and their brother -in-
2
intern
Porter
came into being, and became a
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for cod in this a
Public School
The public school plays a great
law, Robbie Greig, came in 185L
and took over. In the village Tom
Depart
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firm
power
greatpower
first the members were
part in the history of any com-
munit and Brougham school has
y,
Middaugh has the old stone shop
just south of the drown carriage.
a
Septen
all men, mainly heads of families,
- but later women and teen-agers :
a long history. The earliest records
shop, where Robert Brown au� '�` l'
p, He s
were admitted, in some cases
of the school are those of 1836.
Several of the earliest teachers
made coffins. In 1870, William h1osI
grove bought the Brown shop, ancx some t
whole families. These young
people grew up as total abstainers
were women, but the earliest I
worked there for 50 years until the ne
and had a great influence on public
remember were Alvan Herrick,
Amos Ferrier and Hector Baxter.
his death in 1924, when the bttpi- QUAD
ness ceased. A number of .Broug-
__`___� thought. When the township had
a ,plebiscite on local option, the
The latter was a young man of
ham boys learned the trade in itlr. TERM
Sons of Temperance with time
little experience but with a force-
Mosgrove's shop. ., ., _;ALn6
and money, persevered through ful character wb,jgh Wajp
felt in the community. He was 'a
Another trade of importance was year-o
zmo? prisor,
tedious litigation until a favorable
verdict was obtained. A signal strong advocate of temperance, and
the earliest to engage in it were S. Acic,
honor was once conferred on two his principles made him enemies
of the then three 'hotels, from
Grosse, George Crowhrust, it an at wl
Buren Woodruff, W. Woodruff; , Nl. was
of its members G. B. Smith and
Sylvanus Sharrard, when they which he suffered persecution.
Morris, in the eighties, A f � ra
McDowell, three
- - were elected to office in the He made the school grounds into a
show lace with artisticall
North p y
who employed
men followed by Messrs. Hargrave stone mason, James Thornton, a
National Division of
America. arranged flower beds and planted
Coakwell and Jewel until the trade butcher, and James Howitt, a
trees. He inaugurated township
Hotels in the Village g p
school picnics. These picnics
ceased. weaver of woollen goods in those
A tannery was operated on the days when wool was spun at home
At one time three hotels flour-,
remained a happy memorycreek,
behind what is now the M.
for home use. Mrs. Brown was a
ished in the village. The old Cen- g years, with the
throughout the
tral Hotel was built and operated women and children all enthused
Harlock residence. This tann-�ry rag carpet -weaver from 1886 to
was operated by Andrew Patterson 1914. Tailors Miller and Pat
by Powel Woodruff. The Com-' by them. Brougham had its eight
mercial was built by Charles
'
were
and Son and fell a prey to fire in Doyle. Dressmakers were Mrs.
1878. The house on the lot was
horses hitched tandem, • with
Matthews, and Sampson Webb Charles Hubbard at the lines; No.
Helen Marr and her daughter,
-burned years later and rebuilt bs Mrs. T. Thornton, Elsie Smith,
built a front to his residence as a 12 school had a square of horses.
hotel. The old Central is now Mrs. ' There
Mr. Harlock. Almira Wilson and Bell Brown.
Industries in Village
were bands playing as in
- Woodward's store. The Com- the contest Brougham was the
Jor'ham Littlepohn was the well
Several industries used to digger. Village men and farm
merical 'houses the council cham-; banner school and was named
bers, and the Webb is now the "Maple Lodge School." Clergy-
flourish in the village. A sizable boys without trades became farm
to flow the
residence of Albert Grey.
creek used through helpers, but earnings were only
men, politicians and educationists
In early days, a place of accom-
flats, and on it, in 1859, a saw mill $15 to $20 a month for men and $4
were all proud to be guest
modation was a real necessity
was built. This was burned down to $5 a month for domestic ser-
speakers and the pupils had con-
when produce and grain had to be
in 1867, and rebuilt the same year, vants, with no stated hours of
tests. One of the prize winners for
transported from the back town-
with the addition' of a tub factory, work. These conditions sent many
elocution was Emma Woodruff
ships with horses and wagons to (the late Mrs. W. Allaway, Pick-
the proprietor being George.,-& would-be good citizens to seek
Stock. My earliest recollection, of homes in the west, where many
the lake front for shipment. The � ering), Mr. Baxter also staged
accommodation was very welcome,
it was a basket factory, under became well-to-do and occupied
rand entertainments, at one of
but some tragic events in the which
the joint management of A. Fen- important positions in their
his presence of mind avert-
history of the village were caused,
nell and W. Wilkinson, employing adopted communities.
-
ed a tragedy, a curtain took fire
by strong drink. 1 while the township hall was pack-
twelve women and five men. T14e Stores of the Village. - --
late William Barnes bought the The first store, built by the Bent -
Agricultural Fair I ed with people who jammed the
business in 1874, and transferred it-, leys in 1835 had as storekeepers
Another organization that flour- doors, which opened inwards. For
to Green River. the Bentleys, James Smith, James
- ished from 1850 to 1889 was Picker- a time panic ensued. But Mr.
The medicine factory was also Logie, John Burk and Moses Lin-
ing Township Agricultural Fair. Baxter crushed the fire with his
operating at that time, under the ton. Mr. Linton was the owner
With the coming to the county of hands and calmly restored order.
management of N. Woodruff iaid, when it was burned in 1878, des -
well -to -do -farmers, like the Millers ! For some years male teachers
W. Bentley, employing five or six , troying his store and dwelling, the
of this district, bringing with them' were the rule, and they were
from the land, l necessary, in the
girls and the manager, but it was. dressmaking and millinery busi-
stock imported old alrr-c-st as winter
soon after sold to a Toronto firm, ness of Elsie Smith, Peter Hoyle's
stock breeding grew rapidly in the 1 months the farm boys went back
Milburn, Bentley and Pearson. The tailor shop, the residence of E.
township. Shows were held in to school, either to finish their
factory building was sold to she Wade, the house and harness shop
different places, with plowing ; education or do a bit of courting.
farmers' organization known as of M. Morris and the Sons of
- matches in connection with them.! ' Medical Profession
"The Grange" and was used for Temperance Hall. In 1880, a double
These grew in popularity until The most important of all pro-
meetings and as a farmers' co- store brick building was erected
1850 a fall fair was organized. fens- is that of the M.D., and in
operative store, until the e,hly on the site and a brick Temper-`
Brougham and Greenwood, were' this Brougham was well served.
eighties when with two hou=es ante Hall replaced the old one,
both claimants for having the In the early days Mr. Tucker of
and an implement shop and livr,_pry The first storekeeper in the new
annual fair, but in 1866 four acres, Duffin's Creek served the com-
stable on the south side of Main store was J. Douglas, and it was
of land were bought from James , munity, but in 1862 a newly grad-
Street, it was destroyed by fire. occupied in turn by Messrs. Mor-
Hubbard for $350. and Brougham uated doctor, William Ferrier, took
The Presbyterian, now United ton, Willis, Gleason, Alger, Phillip,
people helped to raise the money, up permanent residence in the
Church, ,was built on the corner. Annis, Gannon and Knox. This
so that the Pickering Agricultural! village and remained there until
Another disastrous fire in the store was burned down in 1923 and
Fair was established on a perma- 11832 when he went to Claremont.
eighties was that at the extensive rebuilt the following year by E. !,
nent basis in 1886 and continued ` He was followed by Dr. Eugene
carriage making shops of Sampson Annis.
until 1889. The first, fair ground Freel, a very popular young doctor,
Webb and Sons, which extended The stores of these early days'
was on a l __norm of the Dean who was followed in turn by Dr.
from Easton's corner to the theri. were well stocked with everything
_ nZa:r's .residence, but it is nqw ; Baseson. Dr. Fish and Dr. Mc
�-�- Annis
Methodist Church lot. Three shop5 n cessary to supply the needs of a
— 'elf-s 'nag
incorporated in the Mervin Kinnon and since the last named
were never rebuilt. community, the
farm. ' doctor's death Brougham has been
The shoemaker trade was storekeepers often having to ex -
The new fair ground was sur- served by doctors from other
represented through the years..by change goods paid for in cash for.
rounded by a fence too high for ' centres. Natives of Brougham who
.Joseph Reeves, Richard UnderMll, unsaleable butter and ancient,
boys to climb over, and too low 1 became doctors years ago were
James Murdock and W. J. Bouell, eggs, and smile while they did it.
for them to crawl under. Pens ' Dr. L. Bentley and Dr. G. Lamor-
whose shop was the rendezvous of The only store building of the
were built for animals and a fine eau, Dr. B. Churchill and Dr. F.
old retired citizens, who met there originals is the store and residence
hall. It was a most popular fair King.
and discussed and settled to their of Mrs. Brown, where the public
until in 1887 and 1888 pouring rain Trades Represented
own satisfaction all problems, library has been located since 1922.
made the annual show's impossible, One of my purposes in writing
political, economic and moral Brougham has now once again
and the fair was discontinued. This ' this historical sketch was to show
was a the interdependence of farm and
Possibly the untidy shop, war a entered on a period of expansion.
contrast to too much order at Much building is going on. The
co-operative movement great'
benefit to agriculture, the fact of 1 village in earlier days, before the
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home. W. J. Bodell, who lived his Citizens' League and the Women's
the farmers meeting and working' time of the large department
life of over eighty years alm.osti Institute look after the social life
together united them in a. common stores delivering goods direct to
entirely in the village, had twol of the community. The United
bond of fellowship. Brougham has the homes. Formerly, almost every
wives and a large family wtiicli' Church is binding the people to -
one genuine Scottish shepherd, trade was represented in the vil-
had grown up and scattered. Left gether in worship. Past history is
who "kent well 'hoo tae lift the lage. One of the most important to
alone. he seemed part of the villx;e not so important since World War
sheep's faces adjust locks for farmers was that of the black-
and he passed away over two ty No. 2, but the staunch and noble
exhibeetion." The agricultural smith. Among the earliest were
years ago. 'characters of the old generation
hall was used for a time as 'a two brothers, Sandy and Jake
hi the seventies, Thomas Hr m l- have descended to the youth of to -
skating rink, unitil John Cowan' Smith from Aberdeen, at the old
ton was the baker, employing day, to' -fit them to grapple with
bought it and used the timbers in I smithy one and a 'half miles west
three men. William Smith wai , a present day problems."
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