Silkville & DeBoissiere

["Ottawa Journal," 20 Oct 1870, page 3, column 2]

Mr. De Boissiere has commenced the digging of a foundation of a new building for a silk factory, 25 x 80, at the French colony, to which he intends adding materially in a short time. Mr. La Feumne, who superintends the work, planted seed for 20,000 mulberry trees last spring. Mr. De Boissiere, who is a Frenchman, says the young trees have grown much more rapidly here than they do in France, some now being thirty inches high, as much in six months as they do in France in none months. The velvet trimming manufactures heretofore have been of different widths up to half an inch, but new looms, which will manufacture much wider goods to conform to the present fashions, are on the way from New York, and will be put up at once. Anothe rloom, to weave silk dress goods, is to be put up at an early day. One great advantage of this trimming alone most of the ordinary goods is that it has a selvage on both edges, an advantage easily appreciated by the fair sex.

HOME AGAIN

[" Ottawa Weekly Republic," 04 Sep 1890, page 4, column 3]

Mr. E. V. Bossiere, one of Franklin county's wealthy citizens has just arrived from a six years visit to sunny France and the beautiful Paris. Our readers will be pleased to meet their old friend again. He arrived last night and found his way to the Hamlin House and his old friend W. Bitts. He says he is home to stay and attend to business. Although eighty years of age he is as vigorous and sprightly as many of our younger citizens. Silkville and all his interests around that garden spot will rejoice at his return.

DEATH OF DE BOISSIERE

["Ottawa Weekly Republic," 29 Mar 1894, page 4, column 4]

Mr. L. C. Stine has received formal notification of the death of Mr. Valeton de Boissierre, late of Silkville.

The letter is from L. Deaclaux de La Coate, Notaire, No. 18 Allece D'Orleans, Bordeaux, France, written under date of Jan. 13^th, and announces that Mr. DeBoissiere died at his residence of Cortes, at Audgonge on Jan. 12^th.

The writer stated that he had been appointed executor fo the deceased gentlleman's will, and under its conditions, and by direction of the court he was required to send Mr. Stine a formal notification.

The letter, which was writtten in elegant French, was duly stamped with an official notary's seal. Mr. Stine received the letter about the first of Febraruy, but unfortunately mislaid it before he had an opportunity to read it; in fact, in some mysterious manner he lost it on Main street, but a few days since, where it was found by a citizen who translated it and discovering to whom it belonged, handed it inot Mr. Stine's office in his absence. On his return he gave the REPUBLICAN permission to use the contents.