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WEDNESDAY, DEC.•EMBER, 324th, 19'69
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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
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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
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'•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 .
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PAGE SEVEN
Jit Christmas,'
reetings and
wishes for the
gift of
happiness.
-7-during
the holiday.
season. ; Thanks:.,
for the past patronage!.
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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
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s'�t`he story of the f irst
Christmas unfolds in churches and homes
across the land may Yyou Y
y ours share in
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its hope for "Peace on Earth, Good Will to All
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• From " The Staff Of
SILVERWOOD DAIRIES LIMITED
Lucknow, Ontario
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