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bal z Were the regulation in force at the present time, we fear the present genial gaolor would soon be worn down to a skeleton. CHAPTER AVII. THE REAR OF LEEDS AND LANSDOWNE. Tuis Township was originally settled by lumbermen, who were attracted to that quarter by the large quantity of pine and other valuable timber, found Gananoque River. At an early date, spars and masts of great value were cut and taken to Gananestablished a market. The erection of an iron furnace at Furnace Falls gave an impetus to the settlement, which was subsequently increased by the erection of flouring and lumber mills at the same place. The completion of the Rideau Canal, touching the municipality at Seeley’s Bay, laid the foundation of agricultural prosperity, by furnishing an outlet for produce, and, at the same time, enhancing the value of lumber, by opening, through Kingston, the American market. In 1816, the Rev. William Smart furnished the following report, in answer to a series of questions addressed to the several townships of the Province: LEEDS. Settled in 1786 (Front Part.) Land selling at $2 per acre. The iron works in a state of ruin. The following list contains all the patents granted in Leeds, up to the 31st Dec., 1802 :— = = Ma —— —— — = = TOWNSHIP OF LEEDS. — =| Lot.| Name of Grantee. | Part of Lot.| £ [Date of Patent. O < | II 2 ; E I-2 April 14th, 1798 53 Christopher Fornyea } W 1-2 | : gátak +e =f pe 3 |Godfrey Leod........ E 1-2 161|Mar. 26th, 1798 4 |William Dugan,...... W 1-2 100] April 21st, 1797 7 |Robert Macauley...,.. All 290} Dec. 3Ist, 1798 8 |William Sheriff. ...... W 1-2 148| Dec. 31st, 1798 8 |Joel Stone...... ree E 1-2 200!June 30th, 1801 9 |Sir John Johnson..... Pt May 17th, 1802 10 (Sir John Johnson..... Pt May 17th, 1802 It {Sir John Johnson... ..| Pt May 17th, 1802 12 |Sir John Johnson......| Pt May 17th, 1802 13 |Sir John Johnson..... Pt May 17th, 1802 14-15|Sir John Johnson. ....] AI IMay 17th, 1802 16 |Neil McMullan ...... All (May 17th, 1802 19 [Joel Stone....... abies Ft 200/June 30th, 1801 2} 4 (William Dugan...... W 1-2 100|April 21st, 1797 7 |Robert Macauley..... All 200] Dec. 3Ist, 1798 | 8 |Sir John Johnson..... S 1-2 May 17th, 1802 Io (Sir John Johnson......) S 1-2 May 17th, 1802 SRE Be a éden All 200|May 24th, 1798 20 jJohn Leahy.......... W 1-2 100/May 17th, 1802 aS! jMary Cline... 25... All 200/Dec. Ist, 1797 13 Patrick McDonald.... All 200/April 6th, 1797 Ree ER SRO S 65 6 os cde All 200| Mar. 23rd, 1798 | 17 |Jacob Farrand,... .... All | |200)/May 17th, 1802 (22 ichael Cook........ W 1-2 IoojMay 17th, 1802 66 23 Abel Fulford....... : All l200! Dec. Ist, 1802 “= a bers, ~BIOGRAPHICAL, wn > DOCTOR JAMES SCHOFIELD. Doctor James Schofield, born in Connecticut, U.S., (father of the late Major Ira Schofield, James Schofield, Esq., and Doctor Peter Schofield), came into Canada with his son, Ira Schofield, in 1795, and immediately built an iron forge at Furnace Falls, where he manufactured the first iron made in Upper Canada. When the war of 1812 broke out, Captain Ira Schofield was at once called out with his company and stationed at Gananoque, and afterwards at Prescott. His father, Doctor James Schofield, served in the force as a physician and surgeon ; James Schofield being at the same time employed in the Commissary Departmént at Cornwall. Doctor Peter Schofield came to Canada in the year 1800, remaining a few years, and returning to New York, where, he became a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of that State. When the war of 1812 broke out, he was appointed At the close of the war he removed to the County of Leeds, where he settled and remained until his death in May, 1860. He was appointed Justice of the Peace and a member of the Commissioner’s Court. In June, 1828, he called a public meeting and delivered an address upon Temperance at the close of the lecture organizing a Temperance Society (the first in the Dominion of Canada.) RECOLLECTIONS OF HIEL SLITER, Esa. Mr. Sliter was born in the State of Vermont, on the 13th of January, 1795, in the County of Rutland. In 1801, his father left his family in Vermont and visited Upper Canada, in consequence of the proclamation of Governor Simcoe, which contained an offer of a free grant of 200 acres to each United Empire Loyalist. Vermont, he obtained a yolk of oxen, built a large sleigh, upon which were placed his family and household effects, and with this conveyance started for Canada. The trip occupied nearly five weeks. When Mr. Sliter settled in the Rear of Leeds, the nearest store was kept by Daniel Jones, where Brockville now stands. The place was known at that time as Snarlingtown. Returning to answer to the question, “ How did you live?” Mr. Sliter says “ This is easier to ask than to answer.” When we had ‘no tea,’ we procured a substitute in wintergreen sage, or burned corn coffee. One of our greatest difficulties was the grinding of the corn. We were compelled to construct a mill similar to that described in the memoir of Sheriff Sherwood, oo 78
