The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Esquesing, in the historic Scotch Block. The homestead, now occupied by F. Ward Ruddell, was called "Cluny Castle" after the McPherson home in Scotland, and still retains the name. It was on the border line between the Scotch Block and the Irish Block, which is strictly Loyalist, and altho I have often heard that it was generally known by the Loyalists that Mackenzie used Cluny Castle as a hiding place, he was never caught there. When I was a small boy, my uncle, Peter McPherson, frightened me with a hair raising tale which clearly showed the nerve and able treachery of Mackenzie. One night when Mackenzie was hiding at Cluny Castle, the Loyalists, in their search, were getting a bit too close for comfort and it became necessary to move him the McLaren's Castle, in Caledonia. Uncle Peter hitched a team of horses to a sleigh, and covering the reform leader over with straw on the floor, they set out for Caledonia. By the time they reached Stewarttown, Mackenzie's thirst had got the better of him, and ordering Uncle Peter to stop the sleigh, he climbed out from under the straw and calmly walked into the bar of the hotel, which was surrounded by his enemies. After buying himself, and everybody else several drinks, he went on to Caledonia. It was said that the barkeeper that night was a supporter of Mackenzie, and but for that, the party would have been shot. At the close of the rebellion loyalist soldiers were sent out to bring in all the rebel guns, but very few of the reform supporters surrendered them." The above piece was written in 1948 and belonged to Mrs. Dan Livingstone. It was taken from the diary of Mr. George Leslie. The article was submitted by Dawn Livingstone. She wonders what happened to Mr. Leslie's diary. Any ideas anyone? 5