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FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR
WHOLE NUMBER 2725
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920.
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Melissa Punishers
$1.50 a Tear In Advance
TOP!
PRESS
NEWS.
Too late for our large advertise-
ment we came across a large
stock of Men's Merino
Underwear, all wool,
which we will sell to-
day & to -morrow at
c
Also a large stock of ALL -WOOL
HEAVY RIB UNDERWEAR and
worth seven dollars
per suit, we will sell,
at per garment. . .
See Page 6 for further
news of
GREIG'S
GREAT
SALE.
enough to pick up a trapper called
Peterson, who proved to be one of
the best Canoe men and cooks I have
ever had. Willing, an interesting
conVersationalist, a good cook and a
tims by morning. This '
wonder with a, canoe, he was a man
whom I should unhesitatingly recom-
mend for any such trip.
Great Slave Lake we wersur-
rotmded by fog for many hours which
gave us a few anxious moments, as
ly about three .the fog cleared' and
we saw, away .to the saath, Sulphur
Point and knew where we were and
reached Hay River at dark. The next
MacKenzie and tied up for the night
however, soon disappear, and 'from
the boat could not stand much of a
sea if the wind came up. Fortunate -
morning we left for the mouth of the
at Wrigley Harbor at the head of the
river,The river is about eight miles
wide and studded with islands whieh,
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t
there to. near Fort Providenee the
river averages three to four miles in
width. At Wrigley Harbor a regular
.fishery is established as the fish are
very abundant here at all times of
- the year. In a short time with troll
and line we had caught many jack
fish, grazling and gray trout and a
net set out that evening had many vic-
stretch of the
river gives one a profound respect
for the mighty Mackenzie, whose high
banks can scarcely be seen from the
opposite shore, but which yet sweep
along -with a current of three to
five miles per hour. Just above Fort
Providence 'many islands divide the
river into several channels and here
and at the Sans Sault Rapid are the
two swiftest stretches of the whole
river in its course of athousand miles
to the sea. Boats bound up stream
always tackle these stretches in day-
light in order to take- advantage of
every little bit of slack water close
to the shore; otherwiseit would be
almost impossible to ascend the
river. -
Fort Providence is one of the old
posts of the north. The original fort
of that name was built on tthe north
arm of Great Slave Lake and was
used as a base for Sir John Franklin's
famous over -land journey to the Cop-
permine River. T e present fort is
situated on a fiat tretch some sixty
to eighty feet a . e the river and
the top of the 'bank is reached by a
long series of steps. At the top of
the steps are two of the benches so
characteristic of all the Mackenzie
Forts. They are always situated in
front of the fort where a good a
view of the river can be obtained,
and all are worn quite smooth by the
natives who have sat there watching
arid waiting for craft corning up and
down the river. What stories could
these benches net unfold. From this
bench the starving squaw in the past
has looked, forth hoping to espy
her lord returning laden with the
product of the chase. With what
&motion must the natives have stood
on this spot and seen the first steam-
boat bear down upon the fort. Still
earlier at this spot they must have
watched and waited for the corning of
the governor of the Hudson's Bay
Company and have taken part in -the
elaborate ceremonial of such an oc-
casion.
We arrived at Fort Providence on
a Sunday and had the pleasure of
seeing the children of the mission
there at a concert in the church in
the evening. I had brought down
some lemons to use cm the boat and
1 gave them to the ,Hudson's Bay
factor. He received them with joy
and confessed he had not tasted such- places which had been covered by the
fruit since he came intetthe country flood •that our camp site seemed un -
twenty -five years before. usually pleasant.
From Providence to Simpson, a The Rockies at this latitude are
THE NORTH COUNTRY
"Mr. Ed. J. Whittaker, of the
Geological ,Survey of Canada, has
sent to The Expositor, a short ac-
count of his trip last summer into
•the Mackenzie River District in a
further exploration of the oil-bearing
rocks of that region. On this trip
he successfully completed the work
which has been commenced in 1917.
Mr. Whittaker penetrated several
hundred miles farther to the north
and west of his previous journey.
and relates portions of his trip as
follows:
During the field season just finish-
ed, I have travelled considerably far-
ther than on my previous trip in 191/,
hut owing tc unprecedented good
luck in making boat connections, I
was able to 'et back to civil zation
-more quickly than on the former
time. I arrived in Edmonton on the
loth of June and found to my dismay
that the train for the end of Steel
near Fort McMurray, which I had been
informed would leave about the 16th,
would leave on the 13th at 7 aan. I
had relied on the longer time to get
all the provisions, camp outfits and
other details which must be attended
to before starting on a long trip a-
way from civilization. Edmonton
was then in the throes of the big
strike and it was very difficult to get
anything done. However by hard
work and a liberal sprinkling of palm
oil here and there the morning of the
13th found me waiting at the station
with everything on board, though I
hate to think with what a narrow
margin many of them escaped from
not arriving. The last touch came
when the assistant arrived at 7.30,
but fortunately the train: did not pull
out till after eight.
The trip to the end of steel was
slow and tiresome. The train ran off
the track or got stuck with annoying
frequency, and we were entirely
without wire connection at all. This
* had
intend,ent ordered the train- to stop
some ten miles back. So, in the mid-
dle of a swamp With the mosquitoes
drone rising above all les, e and
our goods were unceremoniously
dumped.
From this point a gasoline speeder
'took the people and their goods by
instalments down to Cache 24 on the
banks of the Clearwater, some eight
miles above Fort McMurray at the,
junction of the Clearwater and the
Athabasca. It was rather hard on
nervous individuals to sit up on that
speeder as it tore down the steep
grade, across swaying bridges and
trestles and threatening to leave the
track at all times. One spot was
especially bad- Here the road bed for
about forty feet was completely wash-
ed away and the rails were left hang-
ing. Those rails certainly wobbled
as the speeder crossed them. I had
to make one trip perched up on top
of the canoe to keep its front end
from hitting the ground and some
how or other it seemed a long way
down to the bottom of some of those
ravines.
We were fortunate in finding the
steamer Echo of the N. T. C. waiting
for us at Cache 24, and as sopn as
she was loaded we dropped off down
stream, and all went - fine till about
four miles above McMurray when she
ran fast aground, and the men were
about two hours in getting her mov-
ing again. The captain philosophical-
ly told his men to hustle up and put
a cable on that tree, yes, the same
one that we tied on to last time," ap-
parently an old story. One man was
rathEr badly heirt when the head of
the capstan flew off, hitting his hip.
However we ST arrived at McMur-
ray, where I had the satisfiction of
meeting many old friends, among
them Mr. Roy, the Hudson Bay trader
at Hay River when I was there to
years ago, and who had shown me
many kindnesses. We were at • Mc-
Murray a short time only and then
proceeded down the Athabasca. From
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Championship
Northern
League
Semi -Final
ALT vs. SEAFORTH
Palace Rink, Seaford)
Friday, March 5th
• Game called at 8.15 p.m.
Seaforth is out to win the Northern League Champion-
ship but will have to travel some to put away this
team. Galt tied the good Str'atford Juniors on Strat-
ford ice, which stamps them as a really fast sextette.
Admission 50c, Children 25c
Get together and win a Championship.
file: Soon roaring of the river
drowned out all other isound a and
we _were in the rapids of the Lower
Gorge of the Liard. Through this
gorge fifteen miles long we took our
canoe without mishaps. Large mask
es of ice, the remnants of the jam in
the spring, filled in many of the
ravines, on each side and we had to
negotiate carefully. However, we just
got through the gorge and reached
Gros Cap Island late Saturday night,
and we certainly did enjtey our Sun-
day rest.
Following this the river rose to a
height of eighteen feet higher than
normal high water and we were un-
able to proceed until it had gone
eloWn considerably, as it was jammed
with driftwood from the upper
stretches of the river. A short dis-
tance above the rapids the banks drop
down to a height of only twenty
feet above the river and the latter
becomes over a mile wide. A long
stretch of over fifteen; miles is
known as the Long Rea& where the
low banks stretch away in a succes-
sion of wooded points to the horizon. ,
We were able to paddle up to this 1,
stretch. Here we got our first quantities were distaibuted: 1,890
glimpse of the mountains, the eas- bushels ce potatoes, 432 busheds of
tern range of the Rockies, looming grain, 12,575 packages of root seeds,
up nebulously against the western 30,700 packages of vegetable seeds,
sky. But alas many a weary -mile 21,900 packages of flower seed and
had to be passed ere we should camp 11,045 dozens of eggs of bred-to-lay
their foot. We seemed to gain strain of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
on them soslowlythat this was one These figures give some idea 9f the
of the most tiresome portions of the magnitude of the school fair move -
trip, but inside the week we had reach- ment in Ontario. The first school fair
ed the junction of the Liardand was organized in 1909 with three
Nahemi Rivers and made a base camp schools taking part. Ten!years later
there on a rocky bank some forty 357 rural school fairs were held in
feet above the water with mountains the province and the pupils had
on three sides of us. We had be- 69,848 home plots and made 111,823
come so tired of camping in muddy
entries. It is estimated' that about
250 people saw the first school fair
in which fifty-eight pupils took 'part,
while last lall 92,600 children and
107,590 adults attended the school
fairs in Ontario. This is truly a
wonderful 'growth.
the
Luck
Was
again
with I had
only to wait a few hours till a train
came along and I arrived in Edmon-
ton much more quickly than I had
ever hoped. To show how luck hap-
pens, another party started outside
only a few days after myself but was
as unfortunate in missing connections
as I was in making them and did not
reach Edmonton till nearly five weeks
after my arrival.
Tony Weis, formerly of Seaforth,
whom I mentioned as having been
with the Northern Trading Company
two years ago, is now with the new
Lamson -Hubbard Company in charge
of transport below Fort Smith. We
passed each other in the_ night near
Fort Providence so I did: not see him
on this trip.
me
and
ONTARIO RURAL SCHOOL FAIRS
During the year 1919 the Ontario
Department of Agriculture, through
its agricultural representatives, (Es:
ttibuted seeds and eggs to 78,946
pupils in 3,278 rural schools' of the
province. The Agricultural Gazette
for January states that the following
distance of about one hundred and 4,000 to 6,000 feet ,in height and as
seventy miles, the river flows a mile they rise abruptly out of the low-level
and a half wide with a swift current plain to the east, are a very conspicu-
between high banks, which are oc- ous part of the landscape. • The rock
casionally enlivened by a cab'n or strdctsre is such that they are gently
village. One of the most picturesque sloping on the west side and very
views is to be seen at the mouth of steep with vertical cliffs hundreds sof
the Rabbit Skin River, where there feet in height on the east. From the
is a beautiful camp high above the top of Mount McPherson a wonder -
river. ful view presented itself. To the east
There was an unofficial rivalry be- stretched the level plain with the
tween the Bishop's boat and ours and meandering Liard, which could be
our captain was determined to beat seen nearly to the lower gorge. To
her, so we came along in fine style the north stretched the rugged range
and reached Fort Simpson early on of mountains with the Nahonmi River
the morning of July lst. This latter gradually losing itself among them.
fort was the great distributing centre To the west and south west stretched
of the Company in the old days, but range after range of high mountains
now it is just an ordinary post, with with snow on most of their crests.
its old warehouses ten times too Among these the Lard soon. disap-
large for the present requirements;
its library of books brought out a- peared.
We stayed here several weeks work -
bout the beginning of the nineteenth ing out the geological structure of
century; its ancient museum of stuff- the region and practically lived off
ed birds and game of the counrty, it the country. Game was abundant
gives one an impression of vanished and so were berries of all kinds.
greatness. Some of the old diarie-s When we had completed our work
on record there are very interesting. we returned to Fort Simpson running
The fort iS situated on an island at the rapids of the Lower Gorge in
the mouth of the Liard, a huge river safety. At Fort Simpson I was lucky
nearly as big as the Peace; which enough to get a passage up stream
cuts right through the Rockies to the in the boat which had taken down a
west. lot of Imperial Oil. supplies, thus en -
Up till now we had been going ablinee me to leave there inside of
down stream but now our restful days twelve hours instead of having to
were ended and we commenced the wait several days as I expected. The
ascent of the Liard. The river was same good luck followed me at the
in flood stage and a pretty -hard pro- Smith Portage and I reached Fort
position with its current of five and McMurray in less than two weeks
six miles an hour all the time. We from leaving Simpson. Here I went\
tracked pulling the canoe with a line, for a trip up the Clearwater River
paddled and poled as the exigencies for over a hundred miles. There are
of the case demanded but occasionally several bad rapids in this river which
we would be at a loss to - know how must be portaged, most of the latter
to get around some bad point where are over nice natural parks of jack -
the water was surging past. Where- pine growth, so they are quite pleas -
ever there was a sandbar, there was ant. We turned back when we came
a log jam which was especially hard to the edge of the granite country.
to pass. Here was where the good At this roirt commences a series of
qualities of Petersen came in. With rapids lasting for ten miles. - We
a less experienced man in many places were thankful one could turn back
we might have had an upset. For when we did. This trip was very
the first twenty miles the walking is pleasant up the Liard. We had had
pretty good and the banks are low, a lot of ramn. and mosqitoes, but new
grassy and covered with the most the latter were gone and the days
burned the country north of Lac la McMurray to Fort Simpson. .on the wonderful bloom of wild roses. The were bright and sunny though very
was due to a great fire VT _
Bich iles. The railway ties MacKenzie, we made the trip by the opposite bank would frequently ap- frosty at nights.
0 for 171 t•
pear a mass of pink. As we went Coming back to McMurray I got
fortunately were buried in mud and boats of the Northlan,c1 Trading Com_
the rest of my equipment and got it
so had escaped. Lac la Biche was a pany and the Hudson s Bay Company farther the scenery abruptly chang-
deaolate place, having been complete- as far as Great Slave Lake,- the route, ed, the banks were higher, steeper
iv wiped out with the exception of is the same as that followed two ' and their grassy slopes were replaced
the station and water tank. The vio- years ago and hence I will not burden i by bare walls of rock, while the
lent rains had so loosened the ground the reader with a repetition of its de- 1 waters becoming darker and more
near the end of steel that the super- scription. At Resolution I was lucky ' turbulent issuedfrom a narrow de -
once, in one's own quarrel, is not al-
together a position of moral advant-
age. Like YEneas when he got the
chance to kill Helen, they feel it would
not be a very heroic job, bad lot as
the culprit may be. Perhaps they
also feel that one who has been an
arch -disturber of the world is visited
with more condign poetic justice by
being left to write third-rate memoirs
in a damp house in Holland than by
which $447 was given to missions.
The W. M. S. raised $133; Mission
Band $21; Ladies' Aid, $94; Guild $36
and Sunday School $104. Arrange-
ments were made for the congrega-
tion's "Peace 'Thankoffering" in -con-
nection with the Forward Movement
and already the sum of $1,468 has
been subscribed, about one-third a
which has been paid in cash.
—Last Monday evening between 8'
being exalted to the distinction of 1 and nine o'clock, William McLean's
chief figure in one of the greatest residence, a mile north of the village
and most anomalous Of all State
trials. A position that has been held
by Joan of Arc is much too good for
i the author of the "Willy -Nicky" let-
ters. Altogether, we may be pretty
sure that the 'Allies would regard
with equanimity any insistence by the
Dutch Govermtents on the right of
asylum for political offenders—a right
which, piquantly enough, the Kaiser
furiously denounced England for up-
holding a few years before the war.
On the other hand, a nation can sel-
dom have had a guest -whose colun-
tary parting it would more gladly
speed thanj Holland's uninvited guest
at Amerongen. We would not sug-
gest kidnapping, but if Mr. Lloyd
George had a magic carpet - about
him on which the Kaiser could be
conveyed without diplomatic fuss tem
England, it is probable that the Dutch
Government would heartily wish us
joy of our acquisition. On one thipg,
apparently, all the nations concerned
may rely --that the Kaiser will not
embarrass. them by any heroic ges-
ture of publie self-sacrifice. When
he fled from the western front in. 1918
instead of getting shot in one of his
army's reatgaards . on the way back
towards thei'Rhine he threw away his
last big ch. nee in life. Every 1dis-
tinguished e it from it is closed to
him now, ; ess, we should be so un-
lucky as to patch him up again as a
sort of hero for German monarchists
by giving, him the dignities of a
historic court scene and of a death
with all the world looking on.
THE KAISER
The refusal of the Dutch Govern-
ment to hand over the Kaiser to the
Allies marks a new turn in a delicate
piece of diplomatic fencing. It is par-
ticularly delicate because none ofthe
spectators knows exactly which of
the thrusts are merely feints and
which of the parries are not meant
really to parry the thrusts. Certain-
ly the idea is pretty widely spread,
among people who are not usually
credulous, that the Allies, or most
of them, would be deeply grateful to
Holland if she can find means to re-
lieve them from the executionacf war-
time and election -time prornises to
hang the Kaiser. With eq.* confi-
dence it is surmised that- Holland
would be as deeply grateful to the
Allies if they could persuade the
Kaiser to go, somewhere away from
Holland. The Allies feel, on second.
thoughts, that to be prosecutor and
judge and jury and hangman, all at
HURON NOTES
—The ice Robert Thomson stored
last week in the East Huron Produce
Emporium, Brussels, measured 26
inches in thickness and it took some
handling. The ice was procured a- the report for School Section No. 1,
Tuckersmith, for the month of Febr-
of Wroxeter,
was completely destroy-
ed by fire. The fire originated *om-
en overheated furnace pipe, commenc-
ing in the upstairs and had gained such
headway when discovered that only
some of the contents of the down-
stairs were saved. There was some
insurance on the building and con-
tents but not nearly enough to cover
the loss and Mr. McLean and family
are sympathised with in the loss of
their home. They have all been
seriously ill since at the home of
Thomas Wright but are now improv-
ing.
—On Saturday, February 14th, the
home of Mrs. Julia Menzie was the
scene of a quiet wedding when. her
daughter, Miss Mabel B. was united
in marriage to Dances' N. MacDonald
formerly of *Melton, now of Hayter,
Alberta. Rev. D. Wren, M.A.'Mount
Forest, a former pastor of the bride,
performed the ceremony in the pres-
ence of only a few immediate reia-
tive-s and friends. The bride, who
was ghTen away by her brether, was
becomingly gowned in pearl pussy
willow taffeta with an overdress of
georgette and beads, and carried a
boquet of Ophelia roses and sweet
peas. The bride's travelling attire
was a tailored suit of navy blue with
taupe hat and Hudson seal furs, the
gift of the groom. After a short
visit among relatives and friends,
Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald will leave
for their home, Hayter, Alberta, fol-
lowed by the good wishes of a wide
circle of relatives and friends.
TUCKERSMITK
See our Special Frost Fence Sale on rage 5.
Henry Edge, Seaforth. 2723-tf
School Report—The following is
bove the mill dam.
—A meeting of the Presbytery of
Huron was held in Clinton on Tues-
day, at which Rev. Mr. Ross, of Au-
burn, was elected moderator, and new
standing committees were elected and
reports of the old committees receiv-
ed.
—Mr. Thomas Rundle, of Hibbert,
has purchased from Mr. 'Thomas Cam-
eron, Mr. Peter M. Moir's 150 -acre
farm, "Rose Lawn Farm," on the
Thames. Road, Usborne. Mr. Cam-
eron has also sold his farm on the
south 'leOttridary of Hibbert to Mr.
Watson,- of Motherwell.
—Mrs. Arthur G. Atkinson, of De--
troit, formerly Miss Maida Armour,
daughter of the. late Mr. J. Armour,
of Clinton, who was married in Jan-
uary and was almost immediately
taken ill with a severe attack of
pleuro -pneumonia, •is now improving.
Mr. Atkinson is a son of Dr. Atkin-
son, of Detreit, who usually spends
the saintlier in Bayfield.
—Ethel cheese factory this year
will have for it directorate A. Mc-
Kee W. F. Schnock and Ed. Collis.
A. H. Macdonald is secretary -treasur-
er and will also be the salesman.
Most of the routes are let for milk
hauling for 1920. Mr. Hart will re-
ceive $1.60 per hundredweight for
manufacturing the cheese, supplying
all the necessaries excepting the
boxes. A good year is _figured on.
—The twenty-seven acres located
11/4, miles south of Brussels, has been
purchased by Alex. Nichol, who sold
his 100 acre farm on the 6th line of
Morris, from William Dark, and
got possession on March 1st. Mr.
Dark may locate in Brussels, at least
for a time. Mr e Nichol contemplates
a number of improvements to the
property.
„Messrs. Gerry and Walker, Brus-
sels, have disposed of their hardware
business to a gentleman from Hamil-
ton. Stock taking is proceeding now
and possession will follow its com-
pletion. We understand Mr. Gerry
will likely take a year's vacation and
Mr. Walker, whose health has not
been very rugged will do some build-
ing up. It is many a year since there
was not a Gerry in the hardware bus-
iness in Brussels.
—James Knight and Sons, of
near Cranbrook, delivered last Sat-
urday forty-two 'head e of first
class cattle to Wesley Snell, Exeter.
to go to New York. They averaged
1,350 pounds and Sold at 15 and 16
cents per pound, realizinz over $200
each and totalled the tidy sum of
411111111.1111111 $8,425. This is one of the best loads
Seed Fai
iof cattle •ever shipped from this dis-
trict and the highest priced. Meesrs.
Kmof
Knight
mt a e a specialty feeding
r • cattle and look after it carefully and
with good judgment.
—Presbytery of Huron held its
regular February meeting in Willis
Church, Clinton, on Tuesday. There
was almost a full attendance. Rev.
R. J. Ross, B.A.,• of Auburn, was
elected moderator as successor to
Rev. Mr. Hogg. The annual reports
of the various standing conimitistes
were presented, which showed that
the' work of the various departments
is being carried on. aggressively. Mr.
Telford, of Blyth, reported on the
success of the Peace Thankoffering.
Three congregations have 'not yet
been able to make their canvas on
account of flu conditions. It is con-
fidently expected that when full re-
turns are in the Presbytery will have
gone considerably beyond its objec-
tive, $60,000. This was an occasion
of thanksgiving in the court.
—The annual emigre ational meet-
ing of Knox church, Bluevale, was Farmer, a geed old brown team time
helAll the re- sure did their bit. I would enjoy
portsdonF
given
n7iraerOt.
were
1veryhencouraging.
stroll down the 8th concession some
•
.
Total amount raised by the congrega-
fine -morningPirhaps some day
tion during the year was $2,346, of will wander back M.
THE ANNUAL SEED FAIR OF
THE SOUTH HURON AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY,WHICH WAS
POSTPONED OWING TO THE FLU
BAN IN HENSALL, WILL BE HELD
IN THE
Town Hall,Hensall
ON
Friday, March 1
transported to the end of steel at ,
Cache 23. The • last six mile stretch "
over which we had taken our goods
in the spring had been wiped out by
the rains and could not be used at all. j
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SEE LARGE POSTERS FOR
PREMIUM LIST
D BELL, K. M. McLEAN,
President. Secretary.
uary: Fourth Class --Mary Clark 525,
Beatrice Madge 400, Harvey Jacobi
287, Florence Robinson 285, Lloyd
McLean 276, Will Vanhorne 146.
Third Class — Vera Volland 423,
Johnnie Madge 363, Dora Pepper 331,
Willie Taylor 258, Foster Pepper 173,
Mary Fairbairn 135, Tom Slavin 28,
Lillian Dalrymple 16. Second Class—
Grace Forrest )557, Ethel Clerk 410,
Irene Volland 327, Glenn Bell 266;
Ella Pepper 231, Clare Vanhorne
207, Garnet Dalyrmple. Primer—
Clarence Volland 364, Glenn Slavin'
235, Stewart Pepper 211, rold
Parker 145, Harold. Shepherd 69. The
following obtained the highest marks
M arithmetic: Harvey Jacobi and
Clare Vanhorne (equal), Vera Vol -
land, Grace Forrest. L Douglas,
Teacher.
. More Old Horses.—Dear Expositor:
Here is a cap on the back for
J. A. L. We enjoyed very much the
sketch. or "in memoriam of the
pioneer horses of the 6th and Ith. of
Tuckersmith. Long may their mem-
ory live green, and I thought the old
nags on the 8th and 9th deserved a
word of praise too. Starting with
Davie Manson's old team, Billy. and
Dina, they did all the work en a
100 -acre farm and were always ready
to trot off to church- every Sunday
morning, as fresh as daisies. The
horses of to -day do not get the at-
tention of those days, the auto has
made the difference. I remember a
nice black team Dilly Dobie drew
wood with. In those years they al-
ways looked as if they got their -
oats and a good rub of the brush as
well, and his load of wood always
looked as neat as he did himself. And.
who is the boy that did not run and
-throw a snowball at Pete Kelly as
he went around the corner of the old
red school at the noon hour with old,
Dick and Punch?- always laughing -
and ingood humor with us rascals.
Joe Atkinson brought a dandy black
team up from Whitby with him, Duke
and Farmer. Sandy Sinclair gave old
Duke a good home to end her days
in, and W S. Mundell with the gray
mares, Doll and Nell* always ready
for a jump and a run. I don't, be-
lieve there was a erl along in those -
years that did not have a ride behind
Munclell'r old Kate. Now for the -
old gray horse and black mare, Mol -
son and Doll. that Neil Kennedy made
all the roads in Tuckersmith with.
They deserve all preiee, but we will
have to give Rolly a word for all:
the cordwood and logs that he drew
with Nancy and Prince, six days in
the week and church on every Sun-
day morning early. Then we' never
will forget Pete McKay's old sorrel,
Prince. and bay, Dolly, nor Jack
MeCloy's black Billy and Fly plowing
all day long with their master whistl-
ing aryl eineing away. Those were
the good old days that we don't for-
get. Jael: McKay with Frank and
Smiler, those were iron grays and a
good, teeeh team to work. Billy
Sillery with old Cao and Major ready
to work and pie° ready to run. Bill
Elgie broneht a team of bays to the
9th C0,11rfniFint) that did some work X
tell you and harsh ever failed to trot
away to Iltmer church on Sunday
morning. We must not forget Mrs.
Archie11,TaeDoneld's old team, a gray
mare Kaee, arei a sorrel hone Torn.
They did a 1/14' of work and always
looked very well. Davie Ferguson
had a goof old 'rev teatn1 have for-
gotten their lin111P% but we used to get
a ride to and from school with then).
if we were smart enough to jump
on as they went sailing by. And
George Storey with olti Tem and