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Fromsthis | Canadian fashions of a century ago, from left, serge oo, suit, imported gingham suit, plaid gingham, | gingham: suit with plain trimming, ladies' white \ 3 ¢ | AA lively: ladys On Friflay afternoon at 3:30 an historical plague commen- 'operating Elizabeth Posthuma Sincoe, wife of the first Lieu- tenant-Governor of Upper Canada, will be unveiled at the | entrancedto Castle Frank High School at Bloor Street East 'and Castle Frank Road. It is one of a series erected in re- i cent years by the Archives of Ontario, acting on the ad- | wice of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. Mrs. | Simeoe, whose diaries left us some of the liveliest ac- f ! counts of life in this area at the beginning of itd settle- ment, onee had a log summer house overlooking the Don River near the site of the newly erected plaque. She called it Castle Frank, after her son | Franeis, and evidently relished the visits she was able fo make to ifs during her sojourn here. In April of 1796 she wrote in her diary: "The Porticos here (in Castle Frank) are delight- | fully pleasant and the room § cool from its height and the thickness of the logs of which the House is built . . . we rode there thre those pleasant shady Pine Plains, now covered with | Sweet sceaed Fern--there is no wood ulller the pines so it is good riding," Although Mrs. [#Simeoe was a wealthy young Elizabeth Simcoe ¢ Engligiddady of much refinement, her diary indicates that she greatly enjoyed the comparatively rough mode offfifo she found in the primitive settlement of York, even though the cris here of Mrs. Simcoe and the Lieutenant Governdwas a tent purchased in England at an auction of | the e of the famed explorer of the Pacific, Captain Jamies @@0k. On Toronto Bay, by the light of a great bon- fire, shé@md some other ladies of the community watched the Indians spear fish through the ice while fle sasted pieces of venison on sticks. | saw and looks very well in the harness. . | least one occasion, however: + coe at the age of 16 in 1782. | She accompanied her husband fo his new Post as Lieu. | | tenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1791. She brought |" with her her two youngest children, Sophia and Francis, stuns re ATH suit, ladies' white lawn suit, ladies' fine eribiraidered suit. Skirt length was about 42 inches. Fashions are displayed in the John Wanamaker catalo play 55 75 "The ladies did Tot cateh cold and were delighted with | the novelty of dining in the open air in wintery' she wrofe. "Francis has a small sleigh which the servants have taught a goat fo draw. He is the handsomest goat I ever 2? She did com- plain mildly about the rigors of the Canadian winter on at cold. Tho' T wore three fur tippets, I was so cold I could hardly hold my cards this evening." Eel Mrs. Simcoe's peculiar middle name-=Posthuma-- came from the fact that her father died at Gibraltar a few months before she was born, in 1766, andsher mother died within 12 hours of her birth. She was what would now he called a child bride when she married John Graves Sim- fron but deft four older children, Eliza, Charlotte, Henrietta an Caroline back in England in the care of friends. | Mrs. Simcoe became a widow at the age of 40 on her husband died on October 26, 1806. Devoting the ri "mainder of her life to charitable works, she.lived to th ripe age of 84. Of her sad departure from York on July 21, 1796, she wrote: ". . . took my leave of Mrs: McGill and Miss Crookshanks. Twas. so much out of spirits T was und- ble to dine with her, she sent some dinner but T could n | eat, cried all that day. . "The weather extremely | Hamilton and Tondo StgeR) Staes for Hamilton, vin' St. Grog: boro' West, and Dufidhs, leave every at Bight O'Cluck, A. M. Bk] The London Singe, via Princeton, Woodstock and Ingeralls leaves evely afternogs at Two. For Hamilton, by the J GovernngtaRond, eveirs afternoon at Four O'Clerk, P. M. Galt and Brantford Stages, : The Sider for Ayr and Galt, every morning at Ten/0'Clock. The Stage for Brantford, at Five O'Clock, p. m. These Stages carry Her Mojesty's Mails, and have expérienced and careful drivers: Paris; November, 1852; 125-ko [BOOTS AND SHOES: 11. 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