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PARTRl_D_GE__8; FGI_LR50Y % -muns`nAY,_ FEBRUARY 22, 1523 Auto Licgnses`, A full fruited, generously lled loaf with a real raisin avor. ` ' Every Bite :1 Delight Bayfieldi St., Barrie Phones: Office 86l, Residence 864W P. 0. Box |_0I| For A HAPPY HOME USE Fl,SHER S' cow MEDAL, STAR, AND wnma FLAKE FLOUR-- BRYSON S THE FISHER FLOUR MILLS, LIMITED " SUN MAID msm LOAF 4: British as then hen war key and rlaninlgul SOLD AT 10 delivered. 75% of the people in` town today are using it. Why not. the rest? Ask your grocer to supply you with Fish- er s Flour. If he.has none in stock, phone our retail department and it will be promptly -,/ V V` `III 35! I Masonic Temple Building W. BELL, Issuer Successor to J, Ar1'1ol_d FIRE INSURANCE Phone No. 155 stores. nice loca- . . $1000": stable, $- you will 1 Qll sziiii ' Bomnc PLEASURESON BARRIEBAY % g 2 IN cumnuoon DAYS, 1-`om YEARS AGO; a great hompson last d being dians he of the L In 1890 hter of 1, and mag` LIIUUIIIIEIII Hlglllp UII IJHIIIU DH . . There was one church quartette which was noted for the fine singing they used to distinctly heard by those on the station plat- form. Jus, Edwards was ,bass_. his brother ;Ed. was the tenor--your older readers will remember who were the leading-fchurch '80- prano and cowtraltyo of that time, so I will refrain from mentioning their names. One iof their favorites was:-- give from across the bay and which could be keep early hours. those times-an _insf'ru- mental and vocal concert would be given-- on Minett s Point as a general rule-which i was a. delight to both performers and audience within hearing dfstance, and that was indeed a far-extended area on a calm moonlight night on Barrie Bay. 'I`hTlL nu... Ann nlnnu-la nnuvlnttn -urlxlt-lm ll-|IVVq |JI\I|'IIK'ID: IUVV. IUI VIJU DI'l\4u|Il nulls fast, The rsmids are near, and the dsylight r passed." 4 Perhaps that quartette, who `sangeo de- lightfully across the bay, and some of whom have passed on, will be of that heavenly choir to welcome the rest of us when we crow the river and are approach- ing the other shores. ' Surely no one who ever enjoyed these experiences thinks the present hectic, fast.- moving, -noisyfmotor joyride compares in any" way with the leisurely progress over the placid moonlightiwaters, or the danc- ing, wimpling waves, where agreeable `com- panions were gathered together. But- Them days is gone forever!" V A ,, Lju _____ ._1...._ :`.. LAu.xu uu_vv an away .......v. ' And no ohe who ever hld any plce in any of those old moonlight boating parties on the Bay but would be carried back to L':.. L...,...... kmyknnr! An-uc.._..rampnv.hnrin2`. [118 D8) `Dub wuum Ur: vtuucu uaux on his -happy boyhood dn.ys~-rem_em:bering, of course, the experience of some less: fortunate swain~-when, in after` years, he heard that delightful little singer Dellat Fox. as she so suggestively sang to that fickle, lovesick her-oine in vthe opera Wang, about The Other FeIIow":- l A rpi'et.ty girl, a summer night, "i . A - '1-v\ nnn any-nuoiv 1nnnuy.._ `A rpreny girl, It uuuucx Jusuv, .A `moon serenely mellow-- A `fond caress, a loving vow. I A kiss, and all is well, oh. Again the girl, another night. Same moon, so far all s well, 011-- But if we took another look We d find another fellow. A shady, nook. a babbling .brool<;. Red `libs where kisses dwell, oh-- "' nvnnw fn l-an h-uni" I rln, I do!" Red `hps wnere Kisses uweu, on- "Swear to be truel" I do. I do!" . Pwp! pwp! the lucky fellow. - Again the no"e k. once more the brook. Same lips. but sad to tell, oh-- ` The one who sins Yhose ruby lips Is quite another fellow, There were many local oarsmen then. too, who used to meet. in rowing contests each week during the summer." 'Among -` `Row. brothers, : `nu? .double-scull boat from Jake Gaudaur. ` Kim: and Jack -Malloy. Billy Venner and ~combinations too. who used toirace against '-William Moore, those pairs whose names just at presentlg occur to the writer were Levi and Johnl = Carley. George and Al. May. Bob and Sam s Neill, Donald Farquharson and Bob Dut- 1' ton ( a sort of Mutt and Jeff combination, v physically, but they could send a about r. through the water at a pretty steady`elip.l 2 There were several boys double scull s f each other in impromptumeets. The writ-, 5 or had the pleasure in those days of having ' as a rowing partner Billy Moore. and feels l even vet the thrill when we ourchased the ` 2 which he and his brother Charlie used until he branched out as .a professional oarsman and ended up as champion oars- man of the world. Some of the other boys` nairs were Fred Somers and. Harvey Bib- bald. George Burton and Jimmy Brown. Archie Wilkinson and Steve Brennan. Bert `E Harry Burns. This last-named pair. one ` time. having missed the steamer Enter- prise. borrowed the writer's boat and rowed down to,Big Bay Point in order not to miss playing in a lacrosse match between Barrie and Bradford. and got there in time to ` nlay the second half of the game. Of that` bunch of boy rowers, the .writer,for purely personal reasons, does not care to say who he thinks` `he knows were the `cham- peens," but. any of your readers. who are renllv anxious to know could doubtlessvfind out by asking your leading shoe merchant. who just naturally hasn`t so modest or retiring a disposition as has the write_r.. I 'I\L..L it-urvliili urn: Ia vii!!! nnlllf Enlue` lthe wnter.. . That rowing was 9. very pnmllar amuse- menf in Barrie in the old days may be judged by the number of boat houses erect- ed all along the shores of the Bay. A The Writer s was one of a ~clu.ster of 9. dozen orjso at `the foot of Mgry Street. Besides -v-l|l\r\aIJ ng. The bet. has "genera- strong, 5 been I D I`! LADY OF THE LAKES IN FRONT OF BARRIE STATION - This picture of the steamer at the wharf was taken during the seventies. (Continued `from page 2) ` row. for the streimm runs i A STEAMER ON BARRIE BAY IN EARLY DAYS hose privately owned were the three public` boathouses operated by Carley Brothers,-1 Eisc-Ian and W. C. Penton. and as each of "hese had anything from 25 to 50 boats to rent, and they were all in `use on any important-occasion at a rent of from [10 cents to 15 cents an hour. it can readily, be seen that the `Bay was a l7ve3_v p`ace. at :..t... .11-..- `_Y.. ;... I....l. -6` ...,.m-. v.. nIl"nrl 4-\ `_ V` JVJ "'B'. Then there were the moonlight excur-` sions held on the_Enterprise d:wn to Big Bay Point where a. dancing platform was` erected andluuch was` served. Dancing was`! carried on also during the trip each way, D8 seen Luub lHL' Dy was 21 rn:-_y 3.: nuts Lu. 51:19 . *~f`os:.'L2iy its lack of expcnxc a.:Hcd to rowing s p0pularify-fm' you don't get very] far`nowarlays`at 10 cents an hour in the3 realms of joy-riding, ` Iv I - I?,l,L ,,__._,, ` %the deck having beeri cleared for the pur- Toronto or .pose, and the stationary seats all along the ' Aurora. Gec iraii of the boat proved admirable for those trip on the sitting-out, but "who nevertheless kept en- And many tirely in the game by very audibly beating in connectio `time with their feet to the music supplied Newman-ket: 1.-. .i_- ......1.....+.... ml... .1-ulf their wknla cars as wart `time Wllrn E11611" .385 [0 H18 JIIUSIU nuppucu i'by_ the orchestra, who put their whole -{hearts into their labors. Those moonlight dances used to be of the popular invita- tion brand--everyone invited him_se1f---and as everyone knew everyone else a general This picture shovrs the Islay about to shove off on one of her popular trips. The date of the photo could notbe ascertained. Among those in the picture is the late Bandmaster George Henderson, who is standing on the boat at the front gnodtinre was had. That was really the! rest at*raction.of those affairs--the whole- souled. loudly-acclaiged. spontaneous Vmer-l riment which they produced; iNo dance worth while was held in the old times with out the caller-off," and the merry quips and witw sallies that were "usually inter- snersed by that hard-working. perspiriner floor manager (as they now call himl add- , ed a whole lot to the hilarity and hanpinesu of the entertainment, And as a caller-off George` Byrnes, a shoemaker, whom every old Barrieite `will well remember, excelled _lI ,.A.L...... Ulll IJGILIC all others. THE OLD-FASHIONED DANCE Since I ve moved to the city, after my `farm. life was done. I have finally concluded city folks have _little fIun. . In-`L _ . _ _ _ _ . . . ..-.... ti... Jmlb. nknnl uynnlrl 1 ume run. Their swell soirees they talk: about would never do for me. H They` ain t much like the good old timn: _ the young folks used to see. A - These modern crowds are so proper-like and their pretty clothes. But as for me. well, Jiminy! If I just had the chance 7 I'd like to spend an evening at an old-time * "country dance:. ' Salute -`your partners. eyes all bright; Genfe in'a huddle, ladies to the-right; Four to two. and two come down. Lady in the centre and five hands mun ; Ladies swing out and gents swing in. Five--upo--and go it ag'in; Gents in a center, ladies in the shade; Balance to your partners---all promen-. adel" V ~ 1 `We used target. together in the oil lamps` so polite, I suppose, They like to get together just to show wavering light, ...~~ $Fag%vay_ STEAMER AISLAY AT BAYFIELD ST. WHARF rm: nuuua 1-zxnmnux-:1: And gaily swin-1' out partners until way into thefnight. - , . There was none of what you`d call this high-falutin style. But everybody "waded in for pleasure all - the while. . A You take a down country girls and Just is as many boys V . And set them all" a-dancing, and there's sure to be a` noise. And so the ddle had to sing its notes so loud and clear, ' - The good old stirring music is still ringing ` in my -ear:' ' ` Ladies sashay, gents keep still;` i Gents in a circle which ladies fill; 1' S3}: to two and two come down; - 7 Lady in the entre and seven hands roun ; Do, do, gents,- and all go slow; ` Do. si, ladies, don't you know; . Gents turn a `somerset ; ladies swing: . Gents on the corner cut a pigeonwing!" I i And when we finished dancing then the cat- ` ables were spread; _ Just lots of "cake and cider and of apples ' gold and red, And `popcorn balls and taffy and the best of pumpkin pies. _ `And. take it all in `all, a feast a king could l not `despise. - - [But those old times are numbered with : the pleasures that are past; l'l`-hey've gone the way of lots of things `that seemed too good to last. But still I'm hoping Fate will plan to give me `one more chance To` gaze upon the pleasures of an old-time ; country dance: 1 Gens glide forward, ladies wait; " Swing those corners like swinging on a unit: I I l " r l . There were many other" reasons for boat- 1 ! `ng being a popular pastime. Generally any 'ex_cursion coming to Barrie by rail fromj 1 o Toronto interior places like Newmarket. i 'Aurora. Georgetown or Orangeville, had a bay as part of the programme. moonlight excursions were run connection with the short rail trip from Newmarket and Aurora, when as many extra cars as were needed were hooked on to the `evening train from Toronto and taken back by midnight transcontinental going south from Barrie at. 1.30 a.m. A,,I LL- ....._-. ............... -`VIA-6:l\n n-`pl drknan %n st, v",g-1-I-a!;~--v~~ vv-7----~ ----v """"c"'o v--I - Al .0 :1 hands and hold on txght; S\v9:~.,r.r your partners. circle to the right-_; Snowflakes falling, wheat's all dead; I<`.veryb7)rIy'il have to eat cornbread; Gents chase ladies around the hall; Skirts a-s`wish'=ng-promen aile all ! havingummer Iiomes along the shozes hid recourse only to row boats or sail boats for their trips to and from town for supplies. ""` I - H L -_ ..--.......I - In v\hn1v:AII aha}- to the scum. A Considerable space also was devoted in another story by the writer to the big aqua- ` 'c meet which used to be held` on the Bay. when all the prominent sculler like! Hhnlan. Ross, Riley, Plaisted, Turner; andi the others of the leading plforessionals of" FOR] DKTl'l8 36 l.OU H.111. V, And the many campmg parties and those L-ucrr eupa vu uuu nu... w.... --. ....,.r..._ The writer has referredin previou sket- ches to the ver_v`busy scenes .on the wire: when the Meldrum; Durham, Ardagh and Vansickle sawmills at the head of the bay were running full blast and kept several tugs busy hauling boom of logs for their supp1`es and many men employed ?n'load- ing the lumber on flee ars_for shipment fro the south. n-;_..:.I..-..l..I.. suntan .I;... was avntm-I in `BOATING SCENE ON BARRIE BAY PHOTOGRAPHED A FEW YEARS AGO the worid, used to meet. in competition in Barrie around l875-l880.- Huge grand- stands were erected and dozens of excur- sion trains carried about half the popula- tion, 'it seemed, from Toronto up to these meets (Toronto had at that time a popula- ltion of -80,000 or fhereabouts). ,I_, ,,,__I_ u-nun. \ln -:v,vvv V. -.......--.-..--,- ' Reference has also, been previously made ' to the large crowds which used to beneat- ried by stearper when some important la- crosse game was being played by Barrie. Orillia, Beaverton or Bradford. when it `sometimes required`three steamers to carry the emhusiastic rooters of the contesting teams. and every boat available on the bay would carry its quota from other lake points to the field of play, ha u-nu nnnrlnrn I-nnnnvnhnr flit: r-cf nvnnl-L l`U IJIU IICIU U1 play, Do you readers remember the first experi- ment tried by Shaw}: Brothers, artist and photographer. of propelling a row boat by means of foot power? It was in the nature of the `modern motor boat, only the pro- pelling power -was generated alongatbe lines of riding a bicycle, but for some reason it didn t prove workable, and was used only one summer` by the inventors, though it travelled through the water considerably faster than a` person could row inlthe same boat. I-nL_.., _____' -__ ___--_:..I ..._..; ._ 4|... 1.... DUKE. There was one especial spot on the bay where the echoes could be most distinctly heard. and that was in a directline from the Bayfield Street wharf to Allandale Sta- tion, and about 300 yards from the Barrie side. Any boating boy of that time knew it. and when the writer next visits Barrie he's` going to experiment along those lines to see if conditions are still favorable, and hopes Chief King will still be on the job and will aid in the experiment to the extent at least of not thinking some of those old iOrillia Asylum inmates are having a tan- .trum. and will refrain from butting in on i this experiment in ethereal acoustics, what- lever that means. ``---------'---L- ---- L.._.. .. L... ....I.... Rad CV81" [Hal 111811115, more fortunate and born a girl--must re- .member some of his juvenile seaman of"- forts. like loading a pebble on a chip and starting it off on a journeyrto the Atlantic 3 Ocean. or building a raft of railroad ties iand sailing away" to be a pirate in the !SOI2i'h Seas, or sailing around all day in an ordinary rnwboat using an umbrella for 'a, _sail. but it remained for some full-grown I man to launch what was called a catamar- ,,I:I_. ,, L,__9_ ___.CA_ __._.I. -1 _..:I Everyone who was born a boy-unless-. _ lllilll LU IHUJIUII W112: W UIIIIUU I1 UKIIIIILLIBI` an--not unlike a boy s raft made of rail- road ties. only- t-he buoyancy (that a no joke. mind you) was obtained from elong- ated, airtight, shollacked canvas bags. It was a safe vessel, all right. for either pad- dling or sailing, but it didn t know there was such a word as speed. and soon lost its popularity. Seems as if, sometimes, a fellowls mind gets drifting like 3. boat Upon some well-remembered brook` where water-lilies float, The lazy current slips along. and soon you re far away Xnd rocking on the waves of Memory s sun- ny bay. l`he smoke-rings from your pipe are clouds, the fixes a sunrise glow Xnd all around, like islands, lie the things you used- to know, `md voices hail you from the shores in tones` once loved and dear. V ' '.`he places where you used to be, old-fash- ioned now and queer. l Tonight 'I m on a voyage like-\_that, the wind is light and fair, " - No pilo`t s hand is on the wheel, my port is Anywhere; I ve drifte;d.t.hrough forgotten seas where.` once`I used to sail, I ve heard those voices calling me, and answered every hail; I ve stepped ashore at Babytown, where someone always sings Old lullabies that soothe like breaths from uttering angels` wings; V ' , And there's a little room Ik*now, andi there s a little bed A Where I can hear old Santy drive his rein- (`unit r\1vlxII1'|13nr' | I ve made the port of Boyland, too, and oh, its air is sweet Its dust is powdered gold and marked ~with prints of sunbrowned feet; And, standing on its hills, I ve looked across the bright blue sea I And every single ship in sight is coming in for me, I And every flower that blooms is mine, and every bird that sings, .And every freckled face around is happy i as a king s; _ iAnd isn t it good to see them here, those faqes all aglow, s IAnd call them Bill and Jack again, just as you used to know? I i ;I ve drifted on and on and on, now fast, I now calm and slow, , rAnd other faces, sweet and bright, come i A close and smile and go. Sometimes the trees lean overhead and i spripkle me with flowers ;SometiI'f1es:the water s dark and deep and dappled up with. showers. - I ve drifted till my boat has stopped-the fire is cold and dead, My pipe is out, and"m the glass I see my _ grziy-streaked head; T My wife announces supper time; she's call- ing at the door-- ` Throw out -the anchor, beach the boat, I ve drifted home once more! . V1!-5'17: 11'`! I115 A \YrI`I E-ILIHU VV . \JI\vl'LLV 1. ` 1016 Princss Avenue, Victoria, B.C., January 15, 1923. P.S.-The writer would be pleased to re- ceive pictures relating to any of the above vreferenoea or my others in any way con- 'nected with'Barrie to add to the `big Bar- 1 Erie Family Albi1m'A he is working upon-- _'F.W.G. nu uvu ht! a time gressing CIU I UGII LLCIII UL deer overhead. DRIFTING "i7REf;'vir. GRAN _____ -- 17:-A.....!.. `D I` !BarrieMarb|eWorks Vlemorial Tablets, Corner Stones, Markers, Granite and Marble Monuments 1!: 1 -`1..`?`3"`_`.. .~PRQ! :%% 79 Baygeld St. Telphgmg 734 Coffeeito most people is a poor drink without good cream. The standard for coffee cream is 15% butter fat. Our coffee cream is now 22% butter fat. We could call it medium whipping, but we call and sell it as coffee cream at coffee cream price. This is just an- other item that shows we are living up to our New Year s_ resolution of Quality and Service. HATCH` YOUR CHICKS, WITH E.LECTRlCl'l'Y We have for sale. Electric Hatchers and Broodefs, 50$-egg size No more bother with the setting hen, Call in and see them. All kinds of poultry feeds and supplies; _