ONTARIO SESSIONAL PAPERS, 1914, . he was brought to Canada wlien less than two yonrs old byhis parents, who settled in the township ofMoore, on the St. Clair Eiver. He waseducated at the Sarnia Public School andthe Goderich Grammar School. For fiveyears, after leaving school, he sailed onthe lakes. In those days there were norailways in Canada, and while thus em-ployed he had the opportunity of visiting all the leading cities along the water front from Quebec west. In 1840 and 1850 he was engaged clearing timber land, and in 1852 was employed in a gejieral store in Goderich. In 1858 he e
ONTARIO SESSIONAL PAPERS, 1914, . he was brought to Canada wlien less than two yonrs old byhis parents, who settled in the township ofMoore, on the St. Clair Eiver. He waseducated at the Sarnia Public School andthe Goderich Grammar School. For fiveyears, after leaving school, he sailed onthe lakes. In those days there were norailways in Canada, and while thus em-ployed he had the opportunity of visiting all the leading cities along the water front from Quebec west. In 1840 and 1850 he was engaged clearing timber land, and in 1852 was employed in a gejieral store in Goderich. In 1858 he entered the sherilTs office at Stratford as clerk and deputy, and on the separation of Peel from the County of York he received the appointment of deputy sheriff, necessitating his removal to Brampton, which office he held until September 23rd, 1873, when he was ap-pointed by the Ontario Government to tlio Bursarship at Brantford, where he spent walter nicholl hossie the remainder of his life, completing a Bursar, sc^hooi^for^thc 542 THE EEPORT OF THE No. 17 little more than forty years of continuous service in the same positioii. Courteous,yet firm, in his dealings with the public; prompt and methodical in his officework, perfectly familiar with all the varied details of his work, he was trusted andesteemed alike by his superior officers at Toronto and by his colleagues in Brant-ford. He died, as he had wished to die, in harness, for his final illness was ofonly three days duration. The funeral took place on Wednesday, October 15th, theremains being taken to Goderich for interment. Before the departure of the train,service was conducted at the late residence of the deceased by Rev. Mr. Gordon,assisted by Rev. Llewelyn Brown and Rev. R. D. Hamilton, the pall-bearers beingMessrs. McEwen, Brandon, Gardiner, Wickens, Burbank and Leonard. Mr. Hossie was a Liberal in politics and a Presbyterian in religion. He unitedwith the church in Goderich, was elected to the eldership in
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