City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . y are dailyleaving. i\Iy anxious prayer to God is that the angel ofpeace may soon bestow to us again those halcvon daysthat I once enjoyed when you were with nie. It almostseems it you could return that with you I could resumethose coveted joys and pleasures, hut they are longgone by, and I fear a long time before they may return. Horn) was statioiuMl here, and it was fromthe coinnianding officer that Lake Horn(Icrixcfl its name. He made the lake bycutting down a thirty-foot hill which stoodbetween Pall Mall and Hyman
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . y are dailyleaving. i\Iy anxious prayer to God is that the angel ofpeace may soon bestow to us again those halcvon daysthat I once enjoyed when you were with nie. It almostseems it you could return that with you I could resumethose coveted joys and pleasures, hut they are longgone by, and I fear a long time before they may return. Horn) was statioiuMl here, and it was fromthe coinnianding officer that Lake Horn(Icrixcfl its name. He made the lake bycutting down a thirty-foot hill which stoodbetween Pall Mall and Hyman streets, andwith the earth so obtained he dammed up theIreek and built a wall for the lake. The workwas done by soldiers condemned for mis-conduct to do extia fatigvie duty, and in thelake the soldiers were wont to take theirmorning bath. In 18-11 the volunteer move-ment began, and the London IndependentVolunteer Artillery was organized by CaptainDuncan Mackenzie, who maintained the corpsat his own expense for fifteen years. Aproposof this, the volunteer artillery had no. BLACKPRIABS, OXFORD, AND C. P. R. BRIDGES. * * * I have still a hope that when peace is restoredMr. Crichton w^ill see it his interest to return to thiscountry, that w^e may once more have the pleasure ofmeeting. Mr. OBrieii desires to be remembered to youand Mr. O. Hoping this may reach you in good healthand in better spirits than it leaves,My dear Mrs. Crichton, Your affectionate and sincere friend, Jane Isabella Crichton,Pictou, Nova Scotia. The original selection of the site of Londonhad been based to some extent on its positionas a strategic point, and at the time of therebellion imperial troops, the 32nd Regiment,were stationed here. Col. Maitland, the com-mander, died while the regiment was inLondon. The 1st Royal Infantry (ColonelWetherall) was here about the same the early days the 20th Regiment (Colonel cannons with which to drill, and they used topractice with a couple of stovepi
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