125 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 13, 1884

• Cook Teets, of Artemesia Township, has been sentenced to be hanged next month for administering poison to his late wife Rosanna Leppard last fall. When asked by the judge is he had anything to say, he rose to his feet and addressed the court for more than an hour, reiterating that he was not guilty and knew nothing about the poisoning. The judge said that the jury's recommendation for mercy would be forwarded to the proper authorities, but he could hold out no hope. As the prisoner, an old man who is blind, was removed by the constables, he steadily and firmly asserted his innocence.

• On Saturday last, a large number of Shelburne citizens and farmers from the surrounding area visited the handsome CPR coach left off by the northbound mail train that morning, which contained an exhibit of products from the province of Manitoba and the Northwest. There were numerous fine specimens of all the natural products, including samples of coal and free-stone. All who visited the exhibit pronounced it edifying, even the ladies being attracted by it on account of the ornamentation and tasty arrangement of everything. The idea of bringing before the people of the older Canada the fertility of our prairie empire by this means is a good one. Mr. W. A. Ducker, superintendent of the experimental farms upon which most of the samples exhibited were grown, had charge of the car, and the inquiries of visitors were courteously answered by him and his assistant. Supplies of grain were also distributed.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 11, 1909

• A public meeting in favour of Local Option will be held in the Shelburne town hall Tuesday evening next, to which everyone is invited. Addresses will be given by Rev. W. N. Chantler, of Brampton, and H. E. Irwin, K.C., of Weston, Clerk of the Peace for York County, who have both lived in Local Option towns.

• Hiram Baker, of Toronto, formerly of Orangeville, was convicted in Toronto last week on charges of forgery and false pretenses and sentenced to two years less a day in the Central Prison. He is well-known locally, having lived in Orangeville for many years. His game was to get small sums of money from people by telling them ghost stories and passing worthless cheques.

• The Dufferin Light and Power Co. men are busily engaged getting the poles in and wiring completed for the 50 incandescent street lights that are to take the place of the meager supply of such lights that Shelburne has had for so long.

• 1909 will go down in history as "the year of the big potatoes" in Dufferin. A couple of weeks ago, James Law, of Granger, brought to H. White. & Co., 49 potatoes with a combined weight of more than 100 pounds. Last week George Buchanan, of Primrose, beat this record by delivering 44 potatoes which also weighed over 100 pounds, the largest weighing three pounds two ounces.

• J. H. Attridge, of Shelburne, has sold his barbering business to James Gilpin, formerly of Alliston, who took possession this week.

75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 15, 1934

• W. J. C. Boak, of Thornton, was chosen last Thursday in Alliston to represent the Liberals in the federal riding of Dufferin-Simcoe, winning from E. J. Evans, former M.L.A., of Bradford, on the second ballot. Four others had dropped out after the first ballot, among them T. J. O'Flynn, of Shelburne. Mr. O'Flynn, who was the Liberal candidate in the 1926 election, said he found it rather hard going then, but thought Mr. Rowe was going to have the hard going this time. He said one choice the Conservative candidate would have to make would be whether he was going to a Bennett candidate or a Stevens candidate.

• Highway 10 east of Shelburne was the scene of a regrettable accident Monday evening involving a car and a wagon and team of horses. Messrs. T. W. McBride and Cecil Reid were driving east, Mr. McBride taking Mr. Reid a Great War veteran, home to change his clothes preparatory to attending the Veterans' Banquet that evening. Just in front of the quarries near the 2nd Line, they came upon the wagon driven by Mr. Thomas Carter of Mono Centre. The wagon was seen too late and a severe crash resulted, one of the horses being killed.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 11, 1959

• An Orangeville jury has awarded Owen Quinlan and Samuel Crombie $27,349.65 in damages against John Wilfred Prince, of Toronto, driver of a car that struck Mr. Quinlan's car on Highway 9 as they were returning to their homes from Tottenham last August, badly injuring both plaintiffs.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, November 14, 1984

• A juvenile has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths last week of Monique Babineau, 9, and her brother Daniel of Orangeville.