A souvenir of the village of Meadowvale-on-the-Credit, described and illustrated by HSpiers. . carried offthe first prize for two years at theProvincial Fair. years ; after that John Wills ran it,during whose occupancy it was de-stroyed by fire, and amongst thevaluable contents destroyed, was acolony of bees belonging to Mr. of Streetsville. During the period of time that thegrist mill, store, etc. were built, asaw mill was also in operation, byMr. Simpson, situated somewhat onthe site of Mr. Jacksons farm build-ings, this eventually closing old race being plainly seen to-day. i
A souvenir of the village of Meadowvale-on-the-Credit, described and illustrated by HSpiers. . carried offthe first prize for two years at theProvincial Fair. years ; after that John Wills ran it,during whose occupancy it was de-stroyed by fire, and amongst thevaluable contents destroyed, was acolony of bees belonging to Mr. of Streetsville. During the period of time that thegrist mill, store, etc. were built, asaw mill was also in operation, byMr. Simpson, situated somewhat onthe site of Mr. Jacksons farm build-ings, this eventually closing old race being plainly seen to-day. in these early years, directly oppo-site the present one. This was agrocery and liquor store, under themanagement of W. Elliott, and afterchanging hands to a Mr. Campbell,was mysteriously burnt down. J. blacksmith shop now occupiesits site. During the time of theboom the cooper shop and foundryemployed a considerable number ofhands, and cottages were erected forthem, adjacent and running parallelto J. D. Orrs house, most of whichhave since disappeared. 6 SOUVENIR OF MEADOWVALE, RESIDENCE OF R. GOLDEN. The first postmaster of Meadow-vale was Luther Ctieyne ; the pres-ent postmaster, C. W. Switzer, whoalso owns and runs the store. Brown came into possessionof the mill and neighboring property some six or seven years ago, and he,together with Mr. Lam be, , Mr. Orr and Mr. Swit-zer, practically control the volumeot business transacted in the vil-lage. Meadowvale To-day. Turning now to present day affairsa considerable amount of businessis done at the different mills, thechopping mill possibly being the
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