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164 has just come to my recollection. There was a great deal of drinking going on, and the hard cases would be hard up before “ pay day.” OneD said he would go out and run his face for a quart. All said he could not get credit for a quart in town. “T’ll make a bet that I'll get it, said he. So the bet was taken, and away he went with a half gallon jug, water. He went into the first store, asked for a quart of rum, and when it was put into the jug, he said: “Ill pay you on pay day.” ‘No you won't,” says the shop-keeper. “QO, you may as well let me have it, said D , “I got a quart from So and So, and you might trust me for one.” ‘No, I can’t do it.” So out came the quart, leaving what was in two or three other places, until D came to the barrack with the needful, and gained his bet, which was paid in more rum. THE BELLAMY FAMILY. . Samuel J. Bellamy came from Vergennes, Vermont, in 1819, and shortly after purchased 400 acres of land in Augusta, from a man named Dunham. The property contained a mill privilege on the south branch of the Rideau, and the site of the present village of North Augusta. Mr. Bellamy at once proceeded to erect a grist mill, it being the first mill of that description built in the Township. In his enterprise he was assisted by his brothers, Edward, Hiram, and Chauncey. At that time, there was but one house within the limits of the present village, and the saw mill purchased from Dunham. The mill stones were taken from a quarry near Brockville,and were with great difficulty removed to the mill site. In 1824, they commenced custom grinding, and also cloth dressing works. Samuel Bellamy, in the same year, bought a mill site in the Township of Ramsey, and in company with Edward Bellamy, erected a saw and grist mill on the new property. In 1835, Chauncey Bellamy removed to the Township of Yonge, and built’ mills at a place now known as Dickens. Hiram Bellamy died in 1842, leaving to his son his interest in the property. Samuel J. Bellamy was one of the first members of the Counties’ Council. He was also a Justice of the Peace. In 1821, he married Anna, daughter of John Blanchard, of Elizabethtown, by whom he had three sons and three daughters, viz.: John Blanchard, Archibald Wait, Luther Hall, Abigail, Nancy Ann, and Mary Ann. Abigail married John M. Haskin, of Almonte; Nancy married William Walker ; and Mary Ann married James B. Dowling. John B. eszi has had one son, Samuel J , Surveyor of the Port of Prescott. Margaret, his wife, died in 1856, and, in 1860, he married Diantha V/ Kellog. Archibald Wait Bellamy married Anastitia Bartlett, and in 1863 purchased the Yonge Mills, to which place he removed, continuing the business until his death in 1866. Luther Hall Bellamy married Marion A. Merrick in 1860, and settled in North Augusta. Anna, wife of Samuel J. Bellamy, Sr., died in 1834 ; he married again in 1837. The Bellamy brothers, shortly after the erection of the mill, established a distillery, pot and pearl ash works and also the first store opened at North Augusta. In 1839, a post office was opened at the mills, Samuel J. being appointed the first post master. John B. Bellamy occupies an extensive farm near the village, and in 1875 erected the residence shown in the accompanying illustration. JOHN CHAPMAN. William Chapman, a native of Wexford, Ireland, came to Canada in 1813, settling in Elizabethtown on Lot No. 4, in the 7th Concession, where he died. He had one son, Benjamin, who remained on the homestead. Benjamin raised a family of nine children, viz: William, Edward, Thomas, John, Benjamin, Albert, Nelson; Jane married Walter Percival ; Ann married William Dent. John Chapman was born in Elizabethtown. He taught school successfully for several years and entered upon the mercantile business at North Augusta in the spring of 1863. He has long been a member of the Municipal Council, for four years being elected Deputy Reeve, holding important positions on the Committees of the Counties’ Council. In 1868, he married Florence Amelia, daughter of Isaiah Wright, of Algonquin. Mr. Chapman is agent for the Montreal Telegraph Company, Post Master, a Commissioner for taking affadavits in the Queen's Bench; he also conducts a large conveyancing business. (See view of residence.) GEORGE HOUGH. Mr. Hough resides on Lot No. 31, of the 9th Concession of Augusta. He was born in England, in 1811, his father emigrating’ to Canada in 1819, removing to Augusta in 1823, where he purchased 300 acres of land. the late John Wallace, the latter being also an English emigrant. Mrs. Hough has borne her husband two children. John Hough died in 1848, in the 7oth year of his
