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The Era NewmarketAurora Wed November 29 The Man With The Pitchfork Is Story Of Sharon In ST ORG Rents house J LkHDIHO- TEMPLE OF PEACE Wards house WILLSONS STUDY VILLAGE HOPE bakers house Mrcarters house BURYING- GROUND NEWMARKET winants house noma elders house meetinghouse I MONTGOMERY TAVERN GALLOWS HILL TOLL Maps from The Man with 1ilrhfork The Man With The Pitchfork by Bealah G Swayze pub- by W J Gage Ltd Reviewed by David R Haskell Editor of The Era As Ihe authoress writes in a footnote to her story The Man With The is fact and fiction The setting for the story is fact much of the story is fact most of the charac ters are fact but the heroine and her family are fiction The story centres in the village of Hope which is now Sharon It deals with the people living in the village and their participation in the Mackenzie Rebellion of The hero is teenager Step hen Howard of Holland Landing and Betsy Ward of Hope Mrs Swayze the authoress who resides in King Township describes how these youngsters are affect ed by William Lyon Macken zie the man with the pitch fork who was travelling the muddy roads of York County seeking support for a rebel lion against the ruling Family Compact of Toronto Mackenzie found as time went by that the only way to bring about reform was to use force As it turned out the Mac kenzie Rebellion was a fail ure as a rebellion and almost a farce But it did bring about much- needed as Lord wX- THE AUTHORESS Beulah Garland lives near King City and Is a member of the York Pioneer and Historial Society The society maintains the Temple of Peace at Sharon the village called Hope in the story Mrs was born at attended school there and graduated in English and History- from the University of Toronto She is part of a writing family Her husband Fred wrote a number of books for teenage boys and her older daughter has published a book Mrs Swayze has edited text books and written one other historical novel for children stands and you can still see where he studied In a build ing which no v stands In front of the Temple Behind the Temple of to day stands a log house that was similar to the one Betsy Ward might have lived In Near this log house is the home of Ebenezer Doan the master builder of the Temple Stephen Howard was a real boy who In Holland Larding at the time of the story The story goes how this boy of actually drove a team of oxen and sleigh load ed with Mrs Samuel Lounts furniture down St He was captured by British sold iers at Corners now Aurora and later rescued by his father And of the heroine Betsy Youll not find her name or her familys names In the record books But the authoress has made her real just the same as the Mackenzie Rebellion was real The Man With The Pilch- fork is recommended reading tor the youngsters It Is recommended read ing too for adults who have enough of the youngster left in them to use their imagination a bit ham and then Lord Elgin almost years later made responsible government a fact The period of the Rebel lion was a troubled time for everyone in northern York County especially the child ren They were puzzled about the causes and they were very aware that something frigh tening and violent was about to happen Theres a particularly poi gnant scene when the men of Hope Sharon start march ing south on what is now the 3rd Concession of East Gwillimbury Township to meet British soldiers in Toronto A few had muskets but most were armed with only pitch forks The band struck up a tune Someone opened the door so that the music could be heard Betsy and William Henry her baby brother slipped At the sound of the band HOMES A CEEDERLOG ill you hove an of modern you and still ihe of the earlier log hone men is used nol Only lor its but lot lit Insulating prop- tiling the use of areas of DecLogs In Canado MOTELS HALLS RINKS The led than a uniform lag pattern with and grooves provide joint when Even the ore machined fa we call SoddU bat Join patented available only from Thus when you your 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from to However adults will find it Interesting es pecially residents of northern York County who know such names as Wilt- son Dennis Hughes Hender son all of whom were living and took an active part in the Rebellion Many of the buildings de scribed in the story are still standing among them the Sharon Temple known then as the Temple of Peace David who was the preacher at the Temple Is buried near where the Temple Rest in bed Drink plenty of fluids Take Aspirin to reduce lever and relieve pain ASPIRIN WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER FAST ASPIRIN FASTHtUtf HEADACHES Amplrin Is the Trade Mark of The Company Limited Aurora Ontartc I A W v Mm SNAPPY V v f I I A V mm i He knows the trend is to rugged sweaters turning turtle and chances are hes hoping that you do too Vneck and wool pullover Blue brown I XL 1195 cotton dicky pullover with on dicky divided by Intlico Assorted colors SMLXL c Fully wool blend root Knittl hack sleoves dicky Gold pine S I XL si VJ i t A TWO LEFT SIDE DOORS WITH OR 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