Telegram-herald., 1891-10-09

weFksF aud . stsuneh Presbyterian Of
the ed -tock-whs hal family worship
every nlofbing, ~ when AL sgFc sun
Elonsd, the servants included. Mr.. Hot
conio thinks ne Knows the Blole mostly
by heart from the resdlngs aud expla-
Batsons OF AIS father. Hssarly edaca-
ton MAS received in = county school
which Ee attended about three months
essry year during the winter. About
1913 be became a student ia tue aeaa-
envy N Aiddleburg, tennessee county,
alJ a short time after graduated with
hgxn honor. tie then for two or three
winters taught "the young idea now 20
shoot" Holcoub AS much inclined
10 buy aud sell lands, lots, etc., and IN
these Transactions hls knowledge OF all
kinds 0l property stood nlIa good ser
vice. In 1883 nc purchased store with
al the goods therein in place called
PoFnea, and followed the mercantile
business up To the time that General
Jackson destroyed the financial busl-
hess by removing the deposits OF the
L. ;. banks and It's branches, which at
fecled Ar. IIolcomb go much that be
wts obliged 70 sell cut AZ great sacrl-
nee.
Mr.. Holcomb had friends in Canada,
living IN krant and Wentworth coun-
ties. who formerly lived Ia New York
state.
In September. 1888. be managed to
purchase twenty-five horses for which
ne paid nsrtly cash aud partly store
debts, took them To Canada aud with
the assistance OF his friends sold them
ali witain thirty days, taking IN pay
ment notes from To ~ months, which
was the custom at that time. Elated
with MS success, he returned To New
York State and by trading OF store
debts, and some cash, be purchased the
second time about hundred hoise
The second Shipment was much better
than the hrst and prices being good, he
realized very handsome sum by the
transaction.
When Mr. Hoicomb first moved TO
Canada he bought a large farm, then
IN the county of Wentworth, now IN
Brant, on which he lived three years,
then solid and went TO Sheffield, In the
township OF Beverly, when there was
great tnorOughfare. He lived there
about seventeen years, dong large
mercantile and real estate business,
buying and selling horses, cattle, ETC.,
loAnlng money, buying mortgages,
numbering. etc. He had two other
stores running, one in 81. George, Brant
county. aud oncat Aocktou, both do
ing u large business.
Mr.. Holcomb had more or less land
IN Michigan, which caused him 10 leave
Canada. over thirty years ago he went
To the city of Grand Rapids, Mich. On
leaving Canada he was rich and IN good
health.
When he came to Canada crops were
good, money plentiful, banks all sound !;
aud great immigration OF Europeans,
Anglo-Saxons and some Americans.
Hole NIB refused several times TO &C
cept the nomination for the house OF
parliament. The late Sir John Melon
aid and other eminent men were great
friends of his. The climate and water
In Michigan not agreeing with him, he
has beea troubled with ague and rheu-
matism; but Notwithstanding all his
afilic tons and losses, he has been able
to do a large amount of business in real
estate, buying and selling stocks, etc.
lie was the first reeve OF Beverly;
elected in 1850, also in 1852 and 1858.
He was elected councillor IN 1851. He
took an active part in organizing the
Beverly Ag. Society. He was justice Of
the peace, postmaster at Sheffield, CON-
missioner for Ia king afidavits IN the
Queens Bench, etc.