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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-12-24, Page 7,4th, 196t there..was• en orked was a s done. ityand • WEDNESDAY, DEC.•EMBER, 324th, 19'69 4'j W_ ,•.•sW.f.zr..r`A..' .b,4.AA-"'! ,!�. s. J!!e,..«.4•-11. THE. LUCKNOW SENTINEL; • LUDKNOW, ONTARIO; was'.an expert checker, player, but occasionally he allowed me to win a game, 'which I guess was to keep up. my ;morale, .He liked to forecast: the weather an F ouiT:. he •orch.and: tell us. "there. were high weinds on Lake Erie"The poor fellow ran out Of money when he got old and ill and folks could not. take care of him in their homes He had to • spend his last days in <tbe° County Hospital or what was, then known as the Poor House. Another gentleman who was a i l` 1./ At this joyous season. may . I take the opportunity of extending to, all my nos `and-Bents-best-wishe s -for -a-- very, merry ',' and a • �: happy, and prosperous New Year, .; LL R:.R, 2 •Locknow Phone Winghain, 357.1987; SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF ; CANADA He started studying to be a Presby- terian minister: but;. had to .give up '• this vocation on account of fail ing eyesight He became, almost totally blind • However he' did not, give up but tried to make a living' selling bibles, and religious' books to the :people in the Ashfield , Ripley and Kinloss congregations: He called himself the blind 'col.- porteur He travelled on foot summer and• winter 'carrying a `.. Satchel of books. • Father and'. Mother -bought our bibles and many of MS books:of sermons from him. Some of the 'authors •I remeniber were Robert Murray: McShane and- Charles Haddon Spurgeon;: We young foikswere fascinated by the. manner he ate -his-hard-boi-led-eggs. IIe-wou d carefully remove the•shell then .sprinkle a little, salt on it.and consume the whole egg, in one. bite At morning family worship he would pray long and loud for all'sorts and conditions of men: and for every kilndred• and every' tongue . 'He.was troubled with what was then known as catarrh a very bad case.. He died in his fifties and. is buried inKinloss cemetery. Billie Bain was a.• jolly fellow - RECOLLECTIONS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 '•mercy. Sunday evening. father would read some sermons to us and just-before-bed-ti-ir►e--all would--ga-th: er around 'the big ,dining: room. table to.be•quizzed on the Presby-, terian Shorter:Catechism (107: questions`and answers),' After the. question period, a; few :chapters of the,New.Testament would.:beread by each reading the next versein turn. Tom•Harris used to tellthe story aboutthe time he 'and •Alex were•climbing inthe beech tree down' by the 'river on 'a Sunday .__a-ftexioonvAe#,el..u: _�:, the tree and' broke his, collar bone Torn was staying at Uncle,• :Kenneth`•s. at. the time. Uncle Kenneth did' not want to•lose his temper ori theabath day but waited until Monday' morning to • give him a good •scolding about. breaking the Sabbath day by.climb ing in trees. On Monday morning I woke Up 'With a cold so could not go to school, 'The information 4: r Rot. to father that "'I had been down. so he admonished .meSunday `on my con,' duct.. Said I should,not •gii swim= tlhoo rithhe studying my Catechism.. Every morning right after break- fas aiidTheeoreany work was star— , .w_ouid_re.adr,a_Chaptex _.W arid a psalm from the; bible and then say a prayer,' The same cus- tom'' was followed before going to bed atnight. Family, worship was 'practised atnong the Presbyterians in Ashfield 'and Huron Townships generally. The story is told of a patriarch living near Lochalsh : • !who, on .a summer morning with the kitchen door open , was read- ing h!s btbie iriitn tiro cr.d t ament when a mother duck and her flock of ducklings carne :marching into the kitchen..<, the reader hesitated to instruct his grandson Johnny'tb take careOf ,the .'ducks. The passage he was. reading came out like this, "The Lord said unto Moses Johnny put '. out the ducks".' { ,These, were the days before.._ there was any Governnient'welfare such as :we know today and lots o.f families would have. living with them some relative` or; close friend who :may have .had some misfortune, and through no fault of, their'own were unable to:prov • id themselves. " One gentle- m. who lived with us for quite sorne tithe was Rory Cameron,' a bachelor, also known 'as professor Cameron: He was a cousin of,:. at eras : •orn m •osss .lire, cot - land ; ot=land; and lived,for a time in Eastern, Ontario. He lost aa-1eg• in a forest accident so he had an _artifis.iaileg.and;-usesl-.a.ca Lile. had a long ;white pointed beard which almost reached to. his waist, He wasvery smart~.: inform- ative and could tell many •inter- esting..stories, and could also sing` a little, Early inhis career•, after, losing his leg, 'he travelled around Western.Ontario during the summer, ,with a horse and buggy with a panorarria show con :sistin_of a ma_ic lantern with a series of slides.projecting t 'e pic- tures on a screen, usually a white sheet . He exhibited. in school. houses for ten cent admission t... and=-a€ter-the-show-be=used-h: s ;-- t skill as a phrenologist.' For ;a fee .' of twenty=five •cents he would feel the bumps on a person's skull, to determine his good` and bad r qualifications. Come fall-, before the roads became impassable , the professor would direct hit course to Kintail'for the' winter, acid alternate his stay with. Uncle' Straight bonalds; Uncle Kenneth's itr-hua ase~: ter-heras- unable to carry on this occupation he stayed with his' cousins the entire year. During the long;, whiter days and' evenings he and I playedcheckers by the hour,. fie . ry . ry"q 'q y'. 9 .. , . , udG'd'1 •Pao �t^1 NAxiddPA yi"PPIF n -°. AP 'Y.�NpPP1, Pd P.'(dM d'�1 p_,d q"Q^PPP4U VPP l.PP\A�, 11 �{P ii� 7Q • .ixo. i,i. k. uk W.r - ^rvF h r mr'.1erx yre..X irP PAGE SEVEN Jit Christmas,' reetings and wishes for the gift of happiness. -7-during the holiday. season. ; Thanks:., for the past patronage!. • • gne*s': INSURANCE Agency Here's a.friendly wish that youwill enjoy :The .Happiest of Holidays who lived in Kincardine. ;He tried to increase hisincome by selling soap and would spend a few days or a :week at'our °house • quite often He.liked to sing hymns and would sing "There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded -whole ' -with -much: gusto. One morning he. set out to sell some of his 'soap' to the neighbours down the .sid:eroad• and stopped at Jamie Carr's, who lived beyond Bob. •Hamilton's. After he finished his 'sales pitch Mr. Carr ;informed him that the women' folks just yesterday had. made' a great barrel a tub and pot full, and they. would not need any .of, his finery., Billie was.always'in a good humour and e would have a `great laugh when telling about his experiences There were; rrmany'peddlars'offer ing a great variety of articles,. some . on footthers with•horse: and ,cart; bringing the storeto your door, 'One Armenian Saul Mowat wouldmake one 'Or two • visits everY.summer.., He was a . ,.. Chr-istian, - not a Moslem' - and,: liked to go to;church, with us . One of hisaccomplishments was that he played a flute Or tin Whis- tle his tle He would 'get out his instru- ment the first• thing :and .pl,ay some of his weird Oriental Music.' He impressed`us because he could make a •continuous sound without stopping for breath:: He would' fill his clie a ks with air' which 'kept t , the .sound: Coming from. the:•instru CONTINUED ,ON. PAGE 8 • c, i; ,,6i.11Ct et �w ,first s'�t`he story of the f irst Christmas unfolds in churches and homes across the land may Yyou Y y ours share in " and its hope for "Peace on Earth, Good Will to All 2,22 . • From " The Staff Of SILVERWOOD DAIRIES LIMITED Lucknow, Ontario t`x,11�►.i��t��1�� 1.�b��fiai��l�+s /.