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..--' ..---- _-~.-. on \auI\p\.| unv than an other` xture in the modem throom. There's something substantial in its appearance and although it costs a little more, it's worth` it many times over.` We can supply you with this and many other xtures that will go far towards making your bathroom a place of health and- comfort. Harry Barron Picnic Days Under the spreading maple tree the well- filled baskets stand, ' _ - Containing chicken, pies and things, all bearing mother`s brand, 2 nd way off in thedistance stroll the `lov- ers, hand in hand; _ Dick `battles with a bumblebee, and Bob, withyouthful zest - Falls from a lofty maple tree_. and father Begin to eat the lunch upon a lively horn- - `et's nest. , i The gentle rainstorm rolls around, andl when the day is late . - ` l They homeward wend their weary way, and i turn inside the gate, 4 . And crawl in bed and` wonder how A many I 1 bugs they ate. Probably in the mind of every ordinaryi boy. who had his existence in Barrie 40! years or more ago. the greatest attrac-l tion for him as regards boating was thel annual Sunday School picnic. Now right I here. in order to prevent any misconception . that the writer is. an uncompromising bigoti in always speciihring the Collier Streebf Methodist Church as the centre of his ac-1 tivities as a youngster, he wishes to state! that his connection with that denomination 1 I was entirely through force of circumstancesi and the guiding restraint of parental con-: . trol, in contrast with later years, when not favorites are played. But there were other: boys. who attended any and every Sunday! School in accordance with the expected announcement. of the forthcoming excur-t sion or Christmas tree or whatever other free 3 enter`ainment had a chance of being pulledj off, And many a Sunday School class mg i Barrie in those days. which as a rule con-1 itained' a couple of inattentive boys who; I amused themselves and passed the tinn~.i' i J I -happily away by catching flies with a swish of a half-closed palm or gazed listlessly: through the window at a flock of birds` doing flipflops in the branches of an over-i ` hanging tree. suddenly blossomed out into} . an enthusiastic crowd of newcomers Wl10,: iwlfle not charter members of any partic-i ] ular class. were casual attendants at these} `favorable times. The `earliest boat that IL rmnoniher carrying those excursions wasi i 9"-~e F7mil_v May. which used as her dock the . j breakwater directly in front of the railway 1 station, for the Buyfield St. wharf was not I I o I built at that time. She was apaddle-wheel: . and as the shaft.` of the paddle. wheels ran across the boat on the loweri l deck. you had to duck your head each time; ; you came to it in promenading around the; boat. But that was no drawback for a real` live boy who was out to get everything that} promised enjoyment on that trip. for that` shaft was of someepolishd yellow enamel; material as smooth as glass and about at foot` in diameter; and the trick was to`. i wind your arms and legs around it and re- , volve till you fell off through dizainess or; your mother arrived and picked you ott.~ l ___._.__. l V That Eventful Annual Excursion to Couchiching; Passing through the Narrows; Moonlight Dance Parties on the Enterprise; Sailing Races across the Lake to `Beaverton; Picnics up Lovers - Creek; Rowing Races for Boys and Their Fathers; Musical Parties amid Romantic Settings; Many of the Old Crowd Have Now. Crossed the Riyer. BOATING PLEASURE-`S on BARRIE BAY IN CHILDHOOD nus, FORTYTYEARSAGO (Continued from Last Week) (Written for The Exunginer by Fred W. `GI-_ant,VVictorin, 'B.C.) I - 2 .` The writer is making no apology for the` frequent use of verse in these sketches. nol , ma'ter whether original or from otherl i source. hoping they appeal equally .to the: - reader as they do to the writer, And in this {connection he will use the following verses 3 written. thirty years ago. by a former Mary I Street girl, Mixe Hattie Cooper. years after she had left the old town to take up her ,.residence in Toronto :-~ I The winding creek where true lovers dream; i As their boats glide along the shadowy stream; i The rustic bridge. and the old mill race-- Is there on earth a more charming place? i No Sunday School excursion to Orillia. was complete without a visiti to the In-i sane Asylum which was then located in` lwhat is now Orilli_a s very pr'e"t_v park. !In after vears I had often wondered what, was the object of those visits to the asylum. or what lesson the children -learned from them. But on one of those occasions some building or repair work was being carried on._and several of the inmates were wheel- in: material in barrows. One of the lun- atics. however, was unconcernedlv rambling all over the zrounds nushine his barrow unside down ahead of him. and when asked whv he didn't turn it the other way up. implied if he did "that than over there will 1 fill it [up with bricks. So perhaps the lesson we were meant to'learn was that there are a lot of liizh-brows holding down `fat `jobs who haven't as much sense as the lunatic operating a wheelbarrow upside down. i ` 'lIII_,_.- _,_.v_ -I_,._-__ _ L-__L_II _,, , `I , I There`s a charm in thy depths, oh. beaut.i- ` ful bay. ,- And thy beauty haunts like a dream to-| I day; ' . f ' Your wildest moods had a charm of yore I As your waves dashed high on the rocky . shore. ` . . The oak and the pine tree in their sum-i me1"s dress. ` i The map.`e and sumach that. the frost has ` caressed. V `Are all mirrored forth in this sea of glass That the boatmen cuts with his oar as %The chipn1unk's_. as `ous_v as he well cm 'nr-. ! See him hoppmrz about from tree to tree, Fnr wintorois coming. too well he kzmws. I And nuts can t be gathered in winter's I snows. I Plutnbing - Heating Tinsmithing . Exclusive Agent for PEASE FURNACES Phone 180 : 133 Dunlap St. I can see them now; the late summer haze Hangs o'er thy waters in a dreamy maze. . 4Thy.lotus-like air `breeds a dre'am_v spell And. a fairy-like _music that befits it well. l In the crystal depth see the wild birds lave; I List to _the boatman's' oar, as he glides o'er the wave. ' Keeps time to the fnirylike music sweet, And the sun is setting where the waters meet. Kempenfeldt Bay in Indian Summer 1 How oft have I watched as the sun went- : down 1 O'er thy calm blue waves so fair. And have thought of all fair spots on earth N'ot~man_v with thee could compare. % i _.--_.----_ ._-.---__.-__ ..-- ---.--v---. The chief attraction at. Couchiching for our elders was an unlimited sup'ply of some kind of medicinal herb which they invar- iably gathered for the [coming year s domes- tic use. But the first place the boys sought lwas the bowling alley. No caretaker ever seemed to be around, and you could slam! the balls from either end, separately or !- altogether. along the smooth alley up the l. chute at the sides or along the return gal- le_v---they were all used when a real live 3 bunch of boys arrived at that club house-~ till it_was time for lunch! l -Most of those excursions were held to Couchiching Park or Orillia and of the whole trip -there was nothing nearly as entertain- ing as passing through the Narrows, and a trip nowadays through the Panama Canal would not cause any more excitement to the ordinary traveller than did the swinging of that old bridge by Mr. Gaudaur (Jake Gau- daur s father) when the whistle of that steamer announced its anproach., nu I n- . n `-1- 1 _v-...- vw-----uv-I Who sa'i'l'e-d`_'Lake'Simcoe. for many years. He will be best remembered as Captain of the Longford. I 1 1 I CAPT. LOCHIE JOHNSTON fa: smuun EXAMINER 9 """T those games the ball \v9s "pasted" clean into the lake. and Ernie King, who as a boy was a pretiy fast mover, in less time than it takes to tell it, appeared in nature?-" garb a regular September morn" though this was an" August afternoon. from behind .~'mm.~ sheltering bush and retrieved that `ball. and the game _recommenced'whiIe all `the abashed old maids in the neighborhood 1-h-rieked as they scurried E-or maidenly jseclusion, ' 'I),II. IT, A I I DCUIUBLULH. 7 Belle Ewart was also a popular excursion tpoint. gaining considerable popularity from people wishing to visit the hulk of the Em- Eily May, after .-she was beached there. La`- er_ came Jac.kson s. Roaclfs and Morton s i Point. Big Bay Point and Strawberr_v Island, when Captain Mclnnes began oper- iating the` Isiay, but as none of these t=rip:_-' called for a passage through the Narrows. they were not as attractive for the ordin- ,ary boy. i A; rl-nu-n um...-. I\I\ .~..\A;._. 41.-.. .._.I -L, A Modern Pedestal Lavatory 'n`lI_\ nu)`. . l A4 there were n-o motors then and the roads nothing like they are now, nfany of the nearby farmers and truck garrleners V . . . . - . iwere in the habit of bringing thelrproduce [to the Saturday market by boat to the foot of Mulcaster Street and carrying it the, remaining hundred yards or so to its dos I I tination. which makes the writer remember the occasion when Ted Justice was sitting in the boat alongside that wharf while his father with one foot in the boat and the [other on the platform w-.~.s transferring some lot the \'egeta.bles. Suddenly the boat be- ignn to he forced away from the platform. 5 and us the breach widened Mr. Justice was I immerverl in about twenty feet of water. ' When he fiiiallv came to the Te'l- i dv. with true filial solicitutle. inquired. `; Father. are you we ?" which was fI.jnl{P 3 that for mam years af erward. always got ; Teddy's goat_ uny. . It wa=/the impromptu affairs. however. which "gave tliemost enjoyment. as. for in- .~`l'8I`.(`.. when some party in a boat would open "up .a concer`ina or mandolin, banjo mouth-organ or Jewsharp even. and soon would he joined by another and` another. until the augmented crowd wou`d be so large and contain so much material for a really del?gh`ful concert that all would run- ashore. the boys would gather up the ma- terial for a big bonfire, and for the next couple `of hours-~'we younzsters used to ( Continued on page 7) I ' - I ! `'There`s a bug down my back!" in wild] terror. she cried. _ Punctuating the sentence with shrieks. Shall I go for your mother? he quickly ` replied. . ; The nallor of fear on his cheeks. : One effort she made the intruder to reach. ; Gave her shoulders a desperate shrug. I And yelled. with another loud ear-piercing ' screech: No! For heaven's sake go for the bug!" - Andthe picnic parties up Lovers` Creek! There surely were some romantic. happy `imes spent in those old picnic grounds in a l fork of the creek up near the overflow from the old mill. There was hardly a tree. with bark smooth enough to allow for it. along that fascinating old waterwuy..tl1at hadn t i`s trunk co"ered with deep-cut initials of the boys and girls of that date. Less than half a dozen years ago the writer was told that on one overhanging tree on the right `hand side at the second turn. up Lovers` Creek there were the initials F.W.G.--A.C. still discernible after nearly 30 years. It may be only incidental. but the writer t.h`nks it hears out his con`ention that there ' were many romances resulting from happy old boating parties. when it is stated that for a good many years past the A.C. of that `ime has been Mrs. F.W.G. ,But of all the pleasures derived from the old boating t`mes in Barrie, the ortlinary old-timer. boy or girl. sur_(`ly will remember with the wreatest plemure. the moonlight. parties. when dozens of boats would be on the water with the band playing its Thursday n?ght concert on the Station gore, only a few yards away. the notes of that old Floating down the river, you and I `o- gether. were mellowed as they fl0ated" across those calm waters to the occupants of those scores of boats dotted over `the bay, | TL ....,,..-41... :.................. ._:t_:._- L-...-_.-_ l I v o nu.-w-`cu-v Who commanded the Enterprise on scores of moonlight excursions and trips to Jackson : Point and other points,-as re- ferred to by Mr. Grant. Jl'\`lv Rnamed aver the woodland so fair. And sported and played wi h n vigor and zest ' That told of exemption from care. A scream left the lips of a beautiful maid. Oh. mamma!" she cried, as if in pain, As her young escort stood pale and afraid, Her screams came again and again. An Intruder at the Picnic I The jaunry picnickers. with Inughtr and! 311:! CAPT. McDONALD Canada Flou_r_ Mills Company Smill Unsld Balnce `I 7---nun.--.v- - -7-`--- _This Company's business has been established at Chatham, 0nt., for over 40 years. , Its cornmeal milling plant is the largest in Canada. Ca aclty 400 barrels per day. The our mill has a capacity of 750 barre s per day. `The Company also owns and operates three grain elevators, cap- acity 200,000 bushels. ` Total capitalization, including bonds, is `$550,000, `as against total `assets of $607,604. This shows the common stock, given as a bonus, to be covered over, dollar for dollar, by assets. TBA vnonutrnvnnf in '~in 4-kn `mantle A? 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