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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
'WEDNESDAY DECEMBER, 24th, 1969.
fel wouldlike #o..
extend our,.
warmest`
holiday
greetings
to our•
friends.
Thank you,
Merry
Chistmas.
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' DI,NNIE" MccDONALD'
Canadian 'Oil Distributer`'Ri'pisy
IiECOLLECTIO, NS.
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sort and place then in barrels.
The packers had a--c.ontraption•to-
press the lid down tight so the ,app-
les would not riiove around in the
barrels.. The orchard at the "Other
Place" had three cherry trees with
fruit ,out .of this world. One. was:*
red cherries and two.'Were black
cherries which made wonderful
sauce .There were also many plum
trees but onewas. especially grand.
We did.: not know what variety' it .
was,.but we called it the blue egg_
plum ,* as the plums were about the
size .of „eggs.'" Then there' was • .
another, good'orchard on• the Tilford
place which . our family purchased
about 1900 which,had a''c'ouple. of•
good pear trees. •
'The economy of the area was
what, could be called self-sufficient)
There was very little cash money
in circulation as little was needed'
for -many of the wants, of'the people
were produced on the farms„, In .._
the Fall of the year the cellars
would be well -stocked with potat-
oes , `apples and some turnips
Bread' Was baked ,at home from.,
flour•produced• from .Wheat grown
On the . Oatineai-was made
from homegrown oats:, The, hens
fu�islied eggs and the cows ,milk,,
which, in addition :to being used
direct'` also •furnished butter and,.
cheese. These werethe days :
before the cream separator , and
the . making of butter entailed a
lot Of „work. The milking was
done by handthen taken to,the
basement or cellar and` strained •
into -Milk paras:or,:c rocks..After; a,
few days the :cream would :rise to .
the top': which was 'then, skimmed
Off with. a cream skimmer'„ After
••
enough cream was collected -to
make a, batch of butter it •was.~,
-reardr ior-otturn-mg. So meti- rtes:
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Now's the
time : to thank
you for
your': continued
gook will, and.
wish you and your
• family ,a happy' holiday!.''
WELDING AND ,MACHINE SHOP
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.414)/k. lI's that -
�/ _—time 'of -year
• when Santa's gifts
are given: out. And
when best wishes. for a
happy holiday are given out
to one and all.: Thanks for your .patronage!'
WFORD MOTORS
Ingham
the .butter would ''come'' within a•
:reasonable tine•`, but.often _• it.took
quite a••while , probably the temper -.
attire or the richness of -the crearn
would have some bearing ori the
:tire ''hook. The prosh;_ct was
sour creabutter The residue
butter :milk made. a'goad. healthful:
drink and 'any butter not used at
home :was taken'to the store,in
butter, tubs, and exchanged for.'grocF •`
eries., cloth' or whatever was needed
• For,'a supply of _meat usually, half
'a 'dozen hogs and one beef animal •
would . be slaughtered ' during the
winter.There .was no `refrigera-
tion so the: excess :meat was -Salted
Were hung in the smoke house , for
processing . ' , The :chips, from • the
wood yard.,produced the smoke
The, lard and tallow rendered from
the animal at .was sol or .bartere
at'the stores.- Any unsaleable...1
fat was :used for making soap., •some
of it was soft 'soip and some was
made into cakes, •The fat, to i.
which lye had been: added,, was
)lolled in a large .iron kettle out-'.
doots. This boiling process.prod-•
uced soap,' The ''lye was a •home
product also and was made by .
water percolating through .wood
• tieont-artei , e�llea ' :'
leach,• was' made of, boards in the.
Nape• of a"w" with a drain at the
ttom. This was i led with ashes
Ekren- •ate -w•a •-part on_ he 'ashes
The water passing. through •the ashes..
produced the lye which drained
into a container•. r
One of the rriany 'skills which the,
Highlanders brought from Scotland
was the snaking of beef sausage.
There were two varieties; one,'
}rude from the blood of the beef
animal and the other mostly from
suet. 2 Both contained arnixture of
rdn , shorts , cold
Considered •A delicacy. .The
Scottish name for therm was 'Mat-
aks'. Homemade head cheese was
ay the beautiful raeaainq of Christmas
... living thiough the 'ages to inspire' men
everywhere ... continue to live ;in your own
heart and mind. And *may Your Christmas
be filled 'width joy.
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May' your
holiday be.'
blessed
'with the
' ort,♦ay
sounds
of joy,'
daughter:;
eartfelt
thanks for
;your.
loyalty .and
.., friendly ; '
good
will.
FINLAY DECORATORS
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GONTINtiED 'ON PAGE 5
ere's Wishinq you• the
fuIfillnieat of all Tour dreams . for
Christmas. Thank .'iour for your ;p 'ona
THOMAS
ETT and SONS