HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-06-29, Page 5WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29th, .1955.
RELATES TALE
•Vancouver, B.C., •
• . April 29th, 1955
Editor • Lucknow Sentinel
Dear Campbell: • .
At Christmas time when we
were exchanging C h,r i s t. rn a's.
greetings in the farnilyp I recall-
ed• an incident which , none :of • the
restof thera 'were familiar with
for obviousreasons; but which
Emit this viewpoint ,does seer
to .be very amusing, and 'I.• send
' ' it along to you for your consid
eration. It might give your read-
,ers a lai gh, and laughs do. 'not.
SO/h' to come`. as 'often as they
• .ised :'to `do, it seems to me: •
This Christrhas, about 78 years
`.ago; as was the"custom we went
.. to Grandfather's: Grandmother
was the 'chief attraction though,
. as . she could think • up the most
things to Make .us happy,
' • Things had .gone- along ,after
the same old. pattern and •it: was
nearing the time .to °' start , for
Mime about . three 'miles away.
At my Grand'father's,• they :al
' ways; made an:. abundance cif
maple syrup, and every ' year
when the' new stuff carne along
'they had a' lot,' of the old that
bad lost its fresh taste, so' there
•• was all that we wanted to,. -use
to make taffy,` and; • we. were
making a- lot .to .take home ..I•. be-
ing the oldest -of the •.family, . was
supposed . to take the lead in • do-
, ings' ofat kind, . and I was:
really . ver►.• busywith. greased'
hands: 'pulling 'this taffy,,• .to get
to`'- the best condition and
• Grandfather shad a• very big:
ram and ' he was; ald.• enough. t�
get 'the idea that he' ' had a lot.
to say .about. what :went'. on
aro and•the place; When we kids
went there 'he seemed to think it
was an inpositio tor: some•;reas
,on;. so :all ..day if he could, he
waited.. at 'the: kitchen door shop-.
ing Some _,of us Would 'come •out'
an�c he', vvoua
get a chance', .to.
:knock us ..about some: Gr:andfath-•
ger. would go out' and. threaten all:
.sort of 'reprisals if he would not
go to: the barn ''and stay there,
but he was getting so cocky that.
be would. even' sort- of go :side-
ways'threatening to take a round.
out
of Grandfather. - ndfather•• which . of
eou•rse was hot to be,:tolerai, d;
and he blamed it on .. us being
there that put such' notions in
•• his head:. It was .. one of the ; Most
:forbidden pleasures.,to' tease the
ram, but we .would: stand; in the
door and.insult him. and throw
things at' shim, and it took him
some :time to get back ' to normal
again• after we . had gene
This time the :restrictions: were
clamped down tighter than ever.
against teasing : the ram. I: was
:Working • on a very large chunk
of this.'taffy, and had really got
it down to .Perfection in texture.
'the rest were in the front •room,
and l opened the kitchen deer..
and ,looked out and there he
stood • inviting ' me, to. dare to
Come out. He ' would- eat almost
thingthat we would `eat and
seemed to " relish it, so . I handed
hint, this big chunk, of.. 'taffy. It
' was' really a •mouthful • and he.
had to ,open(' wide. He got • it back
in his . mouth and` really clamp-
ed down on it. At once his jaws
were locked tighter than any
:lockjaw could, do it., He was in
,panic—such • antics., I wasin ,for
it. He was`. ;clirnbing up on the
'.fence .trying. to ' do• . something
with his feet. • to ,get his jaws
loose; -I ran into the front. room'
trYing to look: as innocent 'as posy-
ible. Grandfather had an old
rocking chair that he had made
for himself Pram parts of trees
in the bush with natural curives":.
It was a very: capacious,. affair
veil, equipped . with cushions, and
under the seat; cushion he kept
the .current reading matter or.
ar •.other• project of knitting he
hadon' hand. He ' could look out
the w.Indow-.-.arid--see•-all--that
•
I
was going on around outside.
saw him, come to attention -with
e snap and freeze. Ther ;he said,
"What's the . .mater .:wi .- : yon
beast?" , Everybody • rushed to
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THE LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
MARI'TIMERS' TO OBSER'V'E
EXPULSION„ QFAOAaI#lFS - ;..
A great hurrian tragedy .will be
relived throughout the Maritimes '
and some states'o•f• the union this
,sumnier.as gala dispiays•of pomp
and pageantry 'Mark the com-
meration• and 'bice,nterinial cele-
bration of , the expulsion of the
Acadian, .
In .the Maritimes, a celebration
'will be held at Moncton,;. August
8.4 to August '11; ,Mexnramcodk,
August 1213,, Halifax, August
14; , Grand Pre,, August 15;'and,
at Annapolis:.Royal on August' 16:
• Adding' color to the. Maritime
festivities •will' be two group's:
from:. outside 'points .who Will ar-
rive ive in Moncton on August ;10 and,
12'• A special Canadian National
Railways train, will carry .a* del:` .
egatiom''from Montreal and an
other. train will bring represent-
atives ' from as far . south, as' La
fayette, Missouri.
Two 'hundred year.•s• have pass=
ed' since the British, • for reasons:
of security and defence; forced
the Acadians. from' their homes
and .exiled : than to the eastern,
seaboard; •and southern estates: In
later; 'years many undertook the
long journey northward to" the
land of their birth. Today their
.ancestors can be. •found in . the
Atlantic, , provinces,. Quebec, • and
in the 'states of .Maine, •Massa-
chusetts and Louisiana.
over 'inventing his hydrophobia
:serum. • Grandfather called it
hydrofaba, with accent on the
:second syllable: Sp'at.once every.
'body carne 'to the Conclusion. that
the ram • .had • the 'hydrofaba. .'The
women folks .were ;in • a panic
getting all:the children gathered.
up. Grandfather led the men out
without ,his ;cap: and fi can 8ti11
see '• the .big' snowflakes -glancing.
g
';off his -bald .: head. ` Theram. was
still going throughhis • contor,
tions.' •It • would take: a' long time
for' so .rnu'dh _taffy to. dissolve.
They got him out •: to the stable_
and got hitt into 'a .'stall: and
locked thtn -m ti1T the:. -could' de=.
Y
ride what-'• was '• to .be ' done: .Fin-
ally :they '.went'..out:• and. the .rain
seemed .to• be all.;. right, and .his:
own; saucy self again, but it was.
a nine days'. wonder. Whatever
had- happened.. to •:Paterson's' ram,
for he. ;must have, 'had hydro `
phobia. It was a longtime before
I sai.1 b.cut,
' W: :Paterson. I.
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