Henley’s Hamilton and the Muser: Recent Episodes
Brian Henley
Sort episode … work on the TH&B slowed by rain, two boys convicted of theft were ordered by the Magistrate to be flogged by their father, if not the boys were to go to jail
Monday ‘active operations’ commence on TH&B, many prospective workers from outside Hamilton arrive and more, including an A D. Stewart reference
Two young ladies walk to Toronto, two small boys, brothers, flogged for breaking windows
The beginnings of a major transformation of Hamilton from the fall of 1894 to the end of 1895
The Old Muser, Richard Butler, had a Weekly Column with the a Great Family Journal (The Hamilton Spectator) for more than 20 years. This podcast will share selections of his writings accompanied by some commentary as to helping put in contemporary some of what the Muser goes on about