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The location of the first Town Hall in Hillsburgh has not beenestablished, but it was the site of early Nomination Meetings. Thesecond Town Hall was erected in 1887. It was a two-storey building onMain Street, with the second floor being used as Lodge Rooms,sponsored by the Oddfellows and Workmen's societ (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
The weigh scales were on the west corner. In 1907, Alex Cripps wasoperating a sawmill and shingle mill. His brother , Wm. Cripps, usedthe same engine for grinding grain. The blacksmith shop was on thewest side of the town line (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
Alright, alright! Mick said in a voice quivering with fear, and guilt, and the helium from a balloon he just inhaled. I'll turn Barbette back the way she was. on one condition! (monkeytown.type....nkey_town/)
The centennial celebration was one of the red letter days in the history of the old town. It would be interesting to quote many passages from the eloquent address of Dr. Augustus A. Gould, th (www.townofnewipswich.org....istory.htm)
" Such are some of the interesting things of which one likes to read in the books, as one spends summer days in the historic town, and of which one likes to think, as one walks up and down the village street at morning or at night (www.townofnewipswich.org....istory.htm)
All streams and rivers in the early days, were well-filled withspeckled trout. Trout weighing from one to five pounds were a commoncatch. But with the building of dams to operate sawmills and gristmills the salmon runs in the springtime came to a halt; and by 1855,salmon fishing in the Credit Valley came to an end, as it did in allSouthern Ontario stream (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
Many of the colourful stories in the history of Erin Township,were preserved in a 66-page booklet, written by C.J. McMillan about1922. He was a descendant of the Pioneer McMillan family on the 9thline. (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
The first Town Meeting was held in the house of Abraham Buck, onJanuary 5th, 1824. Henry Trout, Sr., was appointed TownClerk. Assessors were Henry Trout, Sr., and Archibald Patterson;Philander Hopkins was Collector. Wm. How was Poundkeeper, andArchibald Williams and Robert Neily were Town Wardens. In 1825, theTown Meeting was held at the house of Philander Hopkins; and in 1826,at the house of Matthew Smith. In 1827, it was held in the house ofStephen Clark, and at this meeting, Nehemiah Hopkins was appointed Town Clerk. In the New England States, the word Town still means township, and this may be the reason itwas used by the early settlers. Many of them were United EmpireLoyalist (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
It is said that the first election was held on a pine stump acrossthe road from Wilfred Burt's gate. If any improvements were to be madein the Township, it was necessary to collect tax money, thus the needto organize the Township business (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
A new Municipal Office for Erin Township was officially opened onJune 10, 1995. It is located south of Hillsburgh Village, beside thetownship Works Department Building, on six acres of land, on CountyRoad #25. (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
John Root of lot 20, con. 3, Erin Twp. was elected to representWellington-Dufferin in the Ontario Legislature in 1951. On Dec. 22,1958, he was appointed a Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet ofPremier Leslie Fros (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
When Premier John Robarts formed the Government in 1961, heinvited John Root to serve on the Ontario Water Resources Commission,of which he became Vice Chairman, and Chairman. Descendant of aMennonite Minister, his family is the fifth generation living on theirCentury Farm (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
John had served as President of the Baptist Convention in Ontarioand Quebec , representing 52,000 Baptists. In his maiden speech in theLegislature in 1952, he advocated setting up a Pioneer Village topreserve the story of Ontario's development. His speech is creditedwith sparking a revival of public interest in Ontario History (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
One of the two houses was where Alexander McLaughlin, the notedpoet, lived. One of his verses and a sketch of a sheaf of wheat werecarved into a stone over the barn door in the John Jackson barn. Thestone is now on display at Rockwood Academy, having been purchased byMr. Drenters in 1966 (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
The Old McLaughlin Cemetery is on lot 6, con. 10, and is nowabandoned. Some of the stones have been taken away. Poet McLachlinlater moved to Erin Village (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
One citizen who lived to a remarkable age was Mrs. James Young , the former Agnes Smith, who died in 1939, in her 107th year. Her daughter, Barbara, died the same day, in her 80th year, and a double funeral was held (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
He made the trip on foot to Toronto , where he secured the ticketfor his lot, number 19, in 9th concession, Erin Township. The ticketwas a small piece of cardboard, that must not be lost, for it was theonly indication that he had bought a piece of lan (www.town.erin.on.ca....story.html)
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