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 At first all communication was by the river, but gradually roads were built, to connect the East and West and the back country. Stage lines and boats were put upon the route, to be followed later by steam vessels for the water stretches, then communication was made by canal and river from Montreal to Toronto, and in 1855 the Grand Trunk Railway was opened, when the primitive modes of conveyance disappeared forever. Never forgetting their military experience, it needed but the declaration of war by the American Congress in 1812, to muster the pioneers and their sons round the old flag once more, and at the battle of Queenstown Heights, Ogdensburg and Crysler's Farm their names were inscribed on the roll of fame. Again in 1837-38, 1866 and 1870 they rallied to the defence of their country. When the British Arms were meeting with reverses from the Boers in 1900, hundreds of the young men from Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry volunteered to fight for the Empire in far away South Africa. Volunteers were so numerous that only a small percentage was accepted and all acquitted themselves creditably. Only a few weeks ago one of their number, Lorne Bouck, of Morrisburg, was killed in action fighting the rebellious Zulus in Natal. Even to-day their prestige is unimpaired, the 59th Regiment being one of the crack corps of the volunteer service. |
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