KELVIN

A postal village situated on the town line of Burford and Wyndham, at the intersection of the middle town lines of Burford and Wyndham, distant 13 miles from Princeton Station and 16 from Brantford. IT contains two churches. The Congregational Church, a handsome frame, erected in 1861, at a cost of % 800 and the Messiah Church erected in 1858 at a cost of $ 1,000. There are also two Wesleyan Methodist Churches, one a short distance west of this place, both on the town line. In the manufacturing establishments we notice Messrs Hull & Malcolm's shingle and stave factory, where five to six men are employed and an engine of 12 horse power turning out daily 15m sawn shingles and 10m staves. Their building is a frame 36 x 40. The steam saw mill of J H Hull costs 2.5 millions feet of lumber annually, uses a 30 horse power engine, and gives employment to six hands. The building is a frame , 42 x 60 feet.
The steam saw mill of E. Malcolm, Jr. gives employment to five hands and has a 16 horse power engine, cuts 1.5 million feet of lumber annually. Building frame is 30 x 40 feet. There is also a pot and pearl ash factory.
In the mechanical trades thee are one blacksmith and two shoemakers. The village also contains two general stores; one hotel - the 'Kelvin House Hotel', G. F. Mitchell proprietor, is well furnished for the accommodation of commercial travellers and the public generally. Tri-weekly mails. Population, 200.

 LANGFORD

A post village in the township of Brantford, situated on the Brantford and Hamilton Stage road, at the distance of 8 miles from Brantford and 16 from Hamilton. It contains one and post office, one hotel, the 'Farmer's Hotel Halfway House', kept by Mr. T. Westbrook.
The steam saw mil is carried on by Mr. A, Ramsay.

 MOUNT PLEASANT
             Mohawk Post Office

A post village in the township of Brantford, situate on the stage road leading from Brantford to Simcoe, distant 5 miles from Brantford and 18 from Simcoe. It contains three churches - W. M. a handsome brick building, Church of England, a good frame; Canada Presbyterian, a frame. The united grammar and common school is a handsome octagonal building. There is a good drill shed, four stores, one hotel and a tavern. The Canada House Hotel is kept by Mr. Jon Sager, who has provided every accommodation for travellers and the public generally. Three shoe shops, three wagon shops, three blacksmith shops, one cabinet shop. Samuel W. Fear's New Dominion carriage factory is carried on in a frame building 24 x 30, 2 stories high, where he manufactures everything in the line; also Kenny's patent "Ontario Harrows" and Bruce's 1st prize cultivators. 
Mails daily. Population 140.

   MOUNT VERNON

A post village in the township of Brantford, situated on the Hamilton and London macadamized road, at a distance of 18 miles from Woodstock, 7 miles from Paris, and 7 from Brantford, the county town. The village was laid out 40 years ago, and is in the midst of an excellent agricultural district, and was long known as the checkered sheds. It contains a Wesleyan Methodist Church, a large frame building capable of seating 300 people, a handsome brick school house, divided into two departments where 150 pupils are in training under the charge of Rev. Robert Parsons, who is a first class teacher, and principal of Mount Vernon Academy, assisted by Miss M A Judson. Perrin's woolen and grist mills. Three stores, two hotels and a tavern. The Mount Vernon Hotel, kept by Mr. Henry Johnston, is well supplied with every convenience for commercial travelers and the public generally. Little's  Hotel, kept by Mr. William Little, is equally worthy of public confidence and patronage. Two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop and a large cooperage, two shoe shops, and two tailors. Mails daily. Population, 250.

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