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DOCTOR HENDRY. hear the merits of his stories discussed, and the
The subject of this sketch was born June 13th, authorship ascribed to Mr. Galt. Mr. Wylie after¬
1838, in the Township of Yonge. After receiving | Wards removed to a situation on the Glasgow
an elementary education, Mr. Hendry taught school Guardian, At the end of eighteen months, he took
for some time. He then entered the Grammar a situation on the Liverpool J7/az/, where he acted
School at Farmersville, where he prepared for | 4 local reporter and proof reader. He remained
matriculation at the University of Queen’s College, | on the 4/az/ for about eight years, when he went to
Kingston, special instruction being received from Manchester, and was engaged on the Aut Corn Law
va Dr. J. G. Giles. Graduating at that distinguished Circular, published under the supervision of Messrs.
seat of learning in 1869, Dr. Hendry removed to | Cobden, Bright, and other eminent gentlemen. The
Zilwaukie, Michigan, where he had previously publication of the paper having been removed to
practiced some months as an undergraduate. The London, Mr. Wylie returned to Scotland, and took
Canadian doctor now holds a leading position in | charge of the /7/e Herald office, in the town of
| that portion of the State, having been elected Cupar. The //era/d was edited by the late Mr.
y President of the Saginaw County Medical Society, Russell, of the Ledinburgh Scotsman. While here,
Superintendent of Public Schools, and to other im- | he published the tale of “The Life of a Convict,’
portant offices of trust-and emolument. In 1873, from notes furnished by the mate of the vessel in
= Dr. Hendry married Mary, daughter of the late | which the convict sailed to the United States. He
3 David Simpson, of Elizabethtown. also published several poems in the Herald. While
: there, he received an offer from Mr. J. C. Becket, of
WILLIAM RIDDEL. Montreal, to come to Canada, and take charge of
Mr. Riddel was a native of Jedburgh, Scotland. Mr. Becket's office. This offer he accepted, and
arrived in Canada in 1845, when the subject of
Responsible Government was being warmly dis¬
cussed. From early conviction, Mr. Wylie took the
side of Responsible Government, and wrote several
letters on the subject to the Fife Herald. He
remained with Mr. Becket till 1849, when he
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DAVID WYLIE. accepted a situation as parliamentary reporter for
! the Montreal /erald. While here, he also wrote
various pieces for publication in the daily papers
and the Garland, a monthly magazine. He con¬
tinued reporting till the parliament buildings were
burned, when he arranged to come to Brockville and
take charge of the RECORDER. One bit of work Mr.
Wylie feels proud of. After the buildings were
burneda “call of the Upper House” wasmade. The
report occupied eighteen columns of the Hera/d, all
written by Mr. Wylie with the exception of one speech
furnished by a French member. At the close of the
session, the House voted Mr. Wylie $50, as a mark
of their appreciation of his services.
He emigrated to Canada in 1821, settling on Lot
No. 8, in the rst Concession of South Elmsley,
where he resided for many years, being among
the early pioneers of that mnnicipality. He died
in 1878, in the State of Minnesota.
David Wylie, for nearly thirty years editor of the
BROCKVILLE RECORDER, now Lieutenant-Colonel and
Paymaster of Militia District No. 4, was born in the
Village of Johnstone, Abbey Parish of Paisley, Scot¬
land. His father was a great reader, and this fact
gave a cast to the son’s mind, for while a mere child
he would sit by his father’s side and read what¬
ever books were furnished, while he otherwise
stocked his mind with the songs and ballads of his
own country. At the age of fourteen the subject of
this sketch was apprenticed for seven years to Mr.
Stephen Young, of Paisley, to learn the printing
business. He commenced his apprenticeship in
January, 1826. In about three years and six months Mr. Wylie edited the RECORDER for many years
after, Mr. Young gave up business, when Mr. Wylie’s with distinguished ability, making that journal one
4 indenture was transferred to the University Printing of the ablest local newspapers in the Province. A
Office, Glasgow, where he took lessons in Latin and staunch Reformer, his influence was always cast in
; French, and also in stenography. On complétion favor of increasing the liberties of the people and
: | of his apprenticeship, he visited Edinburgh. A short curtailing the powers of the Crown, within proper
a time after, he was engaged on the Greenock Adver- constitutional limits. In the establishment of the
q iiser, where he remained between three and four EVENING RECORDER, he demonstrated that old age
years. It was while in Greenock that he wrote his had not weakened his energies and that he was pre¬
first locals, and also two or three short stories for pared to keep abreast of the times, which demand
the columns of the Advertiser. John Galt, Esq., the | the very latest news from all quarters of the globe.
author, was at the time residing as an invalid in Mr. Wylie’s earliest recollections are connected
Greenock, and Mr. Wylie was greatly pleased to ! with what are now known as the “ Radical times” |
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