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Whitecapping heroes of Wheatley. (''As we were'' Clippings from Canada Past).

Publication: Canadian Speeches
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03
Format: Online - approximately 701 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Whitecapping heroes of Wheatley. (''As we were'' Clippings from Canada Past).(vigilantes and women''s fitness)

Article Excerpt
Nearly a century ago, those who misbehaved were in danger of being "whitecapped" by their neighbors--dunked in a well, or walked in snow, and thrashed. The Advertiser of London, Ontario, commented editorially on July 22, 1905 on the whitecapping of one Thomas Dulmage of Wheatley.

Dulmage, from all accounts, is a bard drinker, but it is said that he is not in other respects a bad citizen. He is a merchant, and was thought well enough of to be made president of the local Conservative association. While walking in the street the other evening, he was seized by a party of men, who dipped...

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