Daily British Whig (1850), 14 Feb 1907, p. 6

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is Good Whisky Try a bottle to be con- vinced ; of all leading grocers, restaurants, S08 H & co. ¥ P x o ae clean and very bottom * Foot of West St were the attempt to close a fod mee A and To by in the in taki aE to our new home, south of Ayr. The we were to move hundred acres, to which red acres was added asvand by Ni Ti oe bret Bh § and our on, we drove to our father's uncle, William Scott, one mile farthi th, where we nad Sremigh 3 ed' ne Cainsville Landing, he New Home. soon settled in our new as at work ploughing had brought from w Muir became our hired man, and a very efficient and tatoes. I had been used to working in New York, and understood the busi- ness very well. I found that the work agreed with me, and I soon became tough and seasoned, and could 5 fog all the kinds of work that I to do with ease. The soil, it was easy to sée, was an excellent one, and the prospect for an adequate return for the farmer's toil was so much better than it had been in Cattaraugus that I was highly pleased with the coun- 'try, and as I had nothing to do but stay at home and work I determined to contented whether I liked the people very well or not. Fortunately we were not long in discovering that the neighbors around us were pleas- ant, intelligent folk with the virtues of honesty and industry fully develop- ed. I found no difficulty in being sat- isfied with my surioundings, and we all made up our minds to decide that the move to Canada was a good one. My father and mother almost im- mediately after our arrival connected themselves with the congregation of the United Presbyterian urch at Ayr, of which Alexander Ritchie was pastor, which naturally increased the disposition of our Scotch neighbors to treat us in a friendly manner. I soon learned to use the Scotch dialect with considerable facility when I desired ito do 80, and made acquaintances as rapidly as I wished to do. > A Thriving District. Ayr at this time was a thriving, and n ot by countr of perhaps five hundred Anh ts, surrounded by a notive aad : well-cultivated country. The Scoteh farmers understood their 'business and gave. diligent attention l peo- Be. rh were year by year uei! e debis ing to their stores of worldly sub- 08. [& West, or Ontario as it has d since confederation, was a number of pushing, enterprising business men who thought its geo graphical position would enable it to Sake the lead of Toronto in a few sssis OACHESTR To harvesting commenced. Ours was done in the old-fashioned way. The grass was cut with the scythe, and the hay raked up by hand. M machines, horse rakes and | Pyient orks were then unknown, I mowed, r and pitched hay till our hay crop of over 4A tons was all secured in order, Very soon after haying the har- was cut wi the cradle and bound Toto sheaves by hand. I was accustomed to the use of the cradle, and could easily lay down three acres a day. With a very moderate amount of assistance we vest. Both of these with our own help. At proper time the summer fallows were thoroughly harrowed to keep the soil free from weeds; as soon as possible after har vest they were hed, this work not being eted till after the oats were cut. Late in A t we commenced on the third ploughing, call- ed the "seed furrowing," which left the land as mellow as a garden. Between Beptember 10 and 20 the wheat was sown, a half a day's thrashing hav- ing previously been done for seed. Then came the cutting of clover seed, Ee Te oug! , Pp and stor- of turnips and various odd jobs. soon as convenient after the fall work was done our wheat was thrash- ed with an open cylinder machine, as separators were not then in use. The straw had to be raked from the floor in front of the machine, and the grain fed from the chaff with the hand fanning mill. When our wheat was thrashed we found that the yield averaged a little over twenty- six bushels to the acre, notwithstand- ing that most of the land was quite stumpy. Unfortunately the price was low, and the greater part of the wheat we had to spare, after saving bread and feed, was sold at about 66 cents r bushel. At this time Dundas and rantford were the chief Joints for the shipment of n or flour from Brant, Waterloo, rod and parts of other counties adjacent to them. All grain for shipment had to be teamed these places. After tern Railway was built in 1854 Paris became our principal mar] town, though we still went to Brantford at Life on the farm was a pleasant and an active one. I was not troubled with a desire for dress, jewellery or ornaments. There was always work to do, and I found great re in do- ag it. In the winter I allowed the others to do the work about the barn, but I did most of the work that re- Juired the use of the axe, which re- eved me from doing chores and gave me more time for reading and study at night. The second winter after we came to Canada I did most of the work in cutting our own wood, and cutting enough more to pay for an open cylinder thrashing machine bought of John Watson of Ayr. This wi my brother George teamed to Ayr. In one of my years on the farm I lost but one day, and that was spent in fishing for trout in Cedar Creek, where my father and brothers frequently, or at least occasionally, went. I had very good sport and caught a good pring, of , but it was not pleasant working through the dense ar swamp where the stream ran, and I concluded that work on the farm would pay better and was just as enjoyable. No Self-Binders Then. In 1851 we had a very heavy har vest to take off. We had put in eighty acres of wheat the previous fall; ny acres of it was on sod. The land was all summer fallowed, being ploughed three times, thoroughly cultivated and put in the best possible shape for the seed. The wheat grew rank and lux- uriant and when it came into head the growth of straw was heavy enough for forty bushels to the acre. When the grain was in the milk a couple of heavy thunder and rain storms beat the stalks down badly, and more than half the was either I or twisted by circular gusts of wind into "swirls." When the grain was ripen- ing a few miaty, muggy days prevent- ed going into harvest, -- 2 ih the weather cleared 3 so that work could commence the wheat in the country was dead ripe. The result was a sharp demand for harvest laborers, and as we were off the main line of travel from the Queen's Bush north of us, where most of the harvest help came from, we could not get a man, and there was nothing for it but to 0 on with our harvest with our own ip, We had two hired men and could run two cradles with the neces- sary help to take up after them and was as active as a eat, and could take np after one oradle and help my bro- Ta De hd her ahd younger er shoe up the sheaves and brought water and lunch. With a determination to do our best we set to work: we were in the field in the morning as soon as the dew would permit work to commence. At mid-forenoon a light lunch was brought to us in the field and then we kept on sll dark. The work was very heavy and we ave three acres per day to each Saad in the swirled and Jodged wheat, which was fully equal to four and a half acres Try a Pound of Myers' soxsaace § 7s H1G, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I4. per Tay Tn an ordinary crop of wheat that stood up nicely. It is needless to say that this was all that muscle and will power eould do. Before we could get any help about fifty acres of our wheat was cut and in stock. The waste from shelling was less than we expect- ed, and we got through with the her- culean task with more comfort than we anticipated. After our own wheat was cut I turned in and helped some of our neighbors. I cradled eighteen days in wheat harvest that year, and was obliged to lie up a couple of days with a lame side when the battle was over. : The farmer of to-day with his bind- ers delivering the sheaves ready to be put into shock knows little of our sensations in facing a harvest of eighty acres of heavy lodged wheat, with two cradles and the number of men and boys necessary to keep up to them. Hard work and severe mus- cular exertion were the order of the day on Canadian farms fifty years ago. The condition of things existing then was not without its advantages, how- ever, for when hardships are endured, y, self-reliant men are produced. The Northern Clearings. At this time the work of the pio- neer was nearly completed in the sec- tion where my father settled, but in many of the surrounding sections the work: of clearing away the primeval forest was still in progress. North and northwest of us, in the region embrac- ed in the counties of uron and Bruce and a portion of the counties of Well n and Grey, was a new coun! which was just being settled and which received the name of the Queen's Buslg to which I have pre- viously referred. It is now a well-set- tled and highiy-cultivated country. At the time of which I write, many of the settlers were in the habit of com- ing south through haying and wheat and oat harvest in Brant, Oxford and older settled counties. Some only came for the wheat harvest, as wages were the best then. The small sum of money earned would often suffice to pay the settler's taxes and buy a much-needed supply of meat and flour while he was waiting for his Jodest crop. The wages in haying and oa harvest were usually 75 cents per day and board, and in wheat harvest $1. On rare occasions the wheat harvest rate would be $1.26 or $1.50. Many men who afterwards were the owners of large and valuable farms, well stocked and with good buildings, were lad in this way to earn a few dol- ars with which to meet the most pressing needs while bravely strug- gling with the backwoodsman's diffi- culties, and with patient toil laying the foundation of future competence and independence. The pioneer in his own way was a hero, and we hardly realize now how much the State owes to these hardy, courageous men who with patient toil subdued the wilder- ness and fought a brave and winning battle with privation and poverty, emerging from the ordeal at last sub- stantial and well-to-do citizens. HONORS IN HUMBLE LIFE. Imperial Service Medal For Letter Carriers and' Light Keepers. The London Chronicle in a recent fssue says: An interesting honors list appears in last night's Gazette, the recipients being retired members of the Colonial Civil Bervice, who had occupied quite humble positions, such as letter carrier, lightkeeper and mes- senger. pon these the King has conferred the Imperial Civil rvice 'medal, which was instituted by his Majesty, for the recognition of long and meri- torious service in branches other than administrative and clerical. The following is a list of those upon whom the medal has been bestowed : Bonner, George, lightkeeper, Point Aconi, Province of Nova Scotia. Currie, George, lightkeeper, Isle of Coves, Province of Ontario. Cusson, Narcisse, letter carrier, Montreal, Canada. Francis, Robert, coxswain, Harbor Master's Department, Saint Helena. Roy, Joseph, messenger, Attorney- General's partment, Province of Quebee. Bhort, William Stephen, letter car- rier, London, Province of Ontario. Tremblay, Dorilas," lightkeeper, Portneuf, vince of Quebec. Our Best Investment. Hon. H. R. Emmeruson, Minister of Railways and Canals, recently was the guest of the Canadian Club of rnwall at a dinner. Hon. Mr. Em- merson spoke at considerable length on Canada's national railway, the In- ternational. He related the history of the road from its inception to the present day, and claimed that the uilding of this railway, linking the various Provinces, had cemented the bonds of compfederation. The Inter- colonial had opened up trade between upper Oanada and the Maritime Pro- neces, and Ontario got the greater share of the benefits. It had brought the people of the various colonies to- gether, and had hel to wipe out sectionalism and make Canada a na- tion. He claimed that the money spent on the Intercolonial was the best in- vested money in Canada. The interest on it came in the development and Prosperity of the country. In this it was like the money spent on canals and subsidizing railways. Labrador Fisheries. Canada has immense resources and, perhaps because of that, inland Cana- dians are not as fully aware. as they should be of the great value of the fisheries along the coasts. The name Labrador is apt to suggest cold, star- vation, and hardship, yet the exports from the Labrador foaat are Jarge and steadily wing. The e! res show at the export value of the fish sent out from Labrador rose from Fao in 1900 to $1,287,329 in 1905. catch for 1906 was a little small- er, and the export value ted ---- pb --------------] ness, depression, backache anc Every woman should take a normal and healthy condition. A Helping Hand rs Women ck dache, faint- i very woman who suffers from hea , fa Three is help for, even | other ailments during those times when Nature makes a heavy demand om her strength and vitality. 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