“In Binbrook resides
a farmer with domestic difficulties in plenty. Two handsome daughters the cause.
Hamilton Times. July 27, 1914.
Parenting can be tough, especially
when the children become teenagers. Such was the case for an unnamed farmer
from Binbrook township, whose daughters tired of life on the farm, and found
life in the nearby city of Hamilton much more interesting.
As described in the Hamilton Times of
July 27, 1914:
“Last June, the eldest, not quite
eighteen, ran away from home and married a constable on the local force, much
against the will of her parents. The mother at the time was seriously ill.
“The other girl is
not yet sixteen and when a young man started taking her out for walks, the
father put up a strong objection.
“But Lochinvar was
not daunted, and each Sunday, he drove from the city to a rendezvous where he
met his fair queen. She fell in love, and refused to obey the parental command
never to see her knight again.
“The police were
communicated with, but nothing could be done.
“On Sunday night, the
farmer met the young couple and a hot argument ensued, but it availed little,
for on Monday morning, when he went to call his daughter, all he was a note stating
that she had gone to live with the parents of her friend.”1
1 “Troubles
of a Fond Parent : Two Binbrook Girls Preferred Love and the City”
Hamilton Times. July 27, 1914.
The father did not
believe that the girl was living in a circumstance as the note indicated.
Again a trip to the
city, and a visit to the Central Police station took place. The message received
that if the girl had left home of her own will, and that if she was with a man
as suspected, there was nothing that could be done.
The saddened farmer
returned to his property in Binbrook Township a heartbroken man.
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