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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-03-05, Page 1VARY 27, 1920. mimeto 1. 2 ights Only - .11111=1011.11.0■••=16014 ist & 2nd TON, Pig SHOW STS Imitations [c Comedy 25c nice aerials to win battles? The all ready for several Laying in a supply of to take advantage of me to get the dresses wide nd Grey—$1.00 to $1.25 -to $3.50 a tirrINGs, $1.50 to xd,- SILKS, 50c to splay in the Dress not something you is if you ought to Suess worn in eon - about putting the i appearance. end flesh color, as the new shades. in giving to your arance. And Just ss little as $4.50. ieet All right quality has ling the cold days. t. If your under - rail value for the d de/lye. setly proportioned ,....25c $4.00 ...$1.25 to $6.50 ed and t fen p an,: have s FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2725 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920. { 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, On e 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 1 I 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 2 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