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THE: LUCKNOW SENTINEL, . LOCKNOW, ONTARIO
Everyone's. singing out in merriment
and joy,. announcing to. the world that it's.
Christmas! And it's our time to
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thank you, customers, for your patronage.'
M TRANSPORT
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. ' all .t4e joys and.blessings
of this glorious holiday seaion'.
is the tradition •We" treasure. Merry Christmas:
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ALLAN Mac!NTR
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May the
spirit of that „
night, on ,Which the: Saviour was born, shine
upon you in this Christmas season.
RECOLLECTIONS..
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alsO.a variety of diet enjoyed, by
'everyalle. , -
•The farm had .a flock of sheep s•
which produced wool fromWhich-
yarn was made., The yarn in turn
w
as made into wool socks, mittejis
blankets, underwear and carpets.
About the last of'May or first of,
June, when the weather -Started toy '
warm up theisheep would. be driven
down to the river into a per near
one o fthe deep. holes, where. a ,
Coupleof the boys would! wash the
slteepbreepiditive
a hard tire walkingafter their-. ,
bath .with all the ,water adhering to
theirfleece , .but they managed to ,
navigate all right and in a few days
they. were thoroughly dry'and ready
for sheiring. 'There were no elec-
tric -clippers so the shearing was
done with hand cliPpers. There .
•was' a carding mill in. Lucknow, . .
where the wool would be cleaned,
cornbed and made' ready for spin-
ning. The rolls.of wool before
spinning were about two and half
feet long and the size .Of a Man's:.
middle finger.. ' After spinning the
yarn `was' .transferred from the .
spinning wheel spindle.tO:a reel t�
make it into skeins .for dyeing.
After' the yarn was dyed -irwas ;
relied into balls and readYforknit,
ling.-. All knitting was done by
hand until the late 1890's when .4
knitting Machine carne on theo
market.. IvIbther:and.brother AleX..
mastered the 'operation of the‘knit-
ting machine which took expert
know-how in making the heels and
toes ot socks With the big famil-
ies in thescoinrniinity.it, took a lot
of knitting to ..keep them in' socks,
aid mittens The women spent
most of their spare time knitting ,
and many of 'the older' ladies had ,
crooked little fingers from holding
the yarn in position. .,
Mother made alt the family ,.
blankets on"lier loom and it was a
big job to get the warp, and . every -
thing set up for weay.ing. When
she was' busy weaving we cpuld,
rea.rhe` and
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and forth with the woof. When the •
weaving was completed there would
be a bolt of cloth about thirty feet
long, and then We would have a
fulling bee., SOnie'of.ihe neigh
hours would be' inxited and
would gather in the.baseinent
around the table that was used for
the milk pans. Theiabile. was 'of
Plinks placed on wooden horses
and..was a sturdy piece .of furniture.
'The-riewhianicerrnateria.
placed on the table and afterta
good supply of soft soap and warm
water was applied to it all hands
.would move it around and around
f9r quite sorhe dine until• it bearrie
full , that is softer,, thicker and
mOte compact.. In order that all
would .use ,the same rhythm. Gallic
song's would be sung led by Dave
Stewart and Rory.MacLennam The
one song that was most popular
sounded like this, "Au Ray'mairi
einanyby (Of course this
spelling is not claimed :o: be tone -
eCt.) • '
.Anottrcritettrrff-hOrrie-prodUct:
,
'ion was the mattresses Which'
Were ticks filled .with good, clean.
Wiheat straw.' Wheat straw was
prefetred:bedatise-it-had_the_idoaWL
est fibre and would last longer. •
The ticks would be emptiedafter
several Months' .t.tse, and refilled
with new straw. This must be
where the saying "As full as a
tick' originated. '-,
The; Winter months 'were. employ-
ed by cutting down trees in the
bush and hauling them close' to the
hotise, ;where they were placed on
split and piled in the woodshed
and also large pile's outside, All
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The beauty ana spirit of .
•the season brings to mind
most wonderful gifts . . friend-
ship,loyalty and good will. We thank
you -for -yours and wish you a Merry Christmas.
•E'EST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
niid's Jewelry and China
LUCKNOW — PHONE 5211-3532
'it's time once agaiito take pause, •
in the spirit of .tho.heautifel Christmasseason,,
to greet fine friendtafiiineighfiers with. best wishes
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Anti• to add deep appreciation for your favors,OOd.WIIL.•
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