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Boylike, I tried to pick a quarrel with him. but he was a coward and would not fight."- '|'-Tnving 'vnm-`in nnnrhnrinfn nnmmanf 8. COWEPO `R110 WOUIG [IUL Ilnl." ' Havjng made appropriate comment on such juvenile depravity and there surely were some tough nuts among those sleighriding boys as I remember- ed them. and I think I knew whom he referred to /as taking his sleigh. though `I. myself. never used anything except bobs, he continued .-- , T nnnnnun Hoof Inn: unnt-calf hnvlncr to `slelgnriae. une Unl`1Bt.1'na8- 1 got u. dlipper sl -e'-the first one I ever had. It was pa nted dark blue with gold stripes along its edges, and I lost. no time in beginning to use it._ThatA hill was a bully pmce to coast, and I re- member how I polished up those run- ners with sandpaper, as I wanted to beat` all the other boys sliding down that hill and then running across the ' ice of a pond that. long ago was filled up and built upon. 0 one day when the hill was icy I got a good start.` At the foot of the hill was a bumper. but it didn't throw me off. and when I struck the pond I knew I was beating a record, I crouched as low as I could to lessen resistance. and let the sled run. It carried me across the pond and part way up the bank. That feat had not been accomplished for many years. and or course all the boys wanted to ride on my sled afterwards. 14111...- 4--.- I..4._._ __-. ...IA.I Al ...... .....l "D003", ne COIltll'lLleCl'.'-' I suppose that. like yourself, having been so long out here on the Pacific Coast. away from any of those old- time winter pastimes, they have left a more lasting impression upon me than has been the experience of those who have gone along each year seeing modified enjoyment of succeeding gen- erations`of boys,-r But it never requires anything more :than the sudden. un- expected appearance. of a picture in some magazine of a bunch of young- sters in a coasting groupto whisk me back to childhood days and a return to that favored pastime of the real `old-fashioned winter. of which only an old-timer can know. There. are lots of new-tangled, highly-sophisticated. waxed floor. jazz band ways of spend- ing a hilarious evening. but if there is more `real. healthy fun within doors than there is out in the open on`the snow ona brightmoonllght night. on a bobsleigh loaded down with a jolly crowd, and a slippery. icy hill, I surely require to be convinced of it. You go whizzing down in a whirl of snow and laughter. and you. pull your own sled uphill, boys and girls indiscriminately tackling on to the hauling rope. It's .'as close to,.an elemental contact with _.the earthas one is likely to get nowa- days. and if there are upsets, bumps . and perhaps even bruises. -it is part of the game. While "it lasts there is an exhilaration in swooping along at a fearful rate. with your nose six inches froxn`the hard. white crust, that you do not now get out of 100 miles over a smooth paved road hunched down be-' `hind the steering` wheel of the best motor car made." `- '7`!-tau Rn nnanv I>`:in`a-a Rattan ........ agne cou1un't see now mey could do it. if they had any sense of what's right. One night with a. crowd she went _"sleIghing. snow on the hill icy and deeb: .; _(continued 1_rom',iastVweek) A y Turning Back1Th/e_ Pages Drag your rocker to the fireplace, light .your pipe and "hoist your feet, a Start another big log burning. and,\ror- `get the slop" and sleet.` Lights all out and fire crackling, kid's `abed and we alone, - Smoking. dreaming, face-a-beaming. wishing that we .weren t grown- Kids are hookingrides on bobsleighs. ` heaving hard-packed. snowballs `too; Maidens helping pulling coasters. `dodging teams and sliding through: Bunch jot chu'm's are standing waiting. with iced snow-balls in each hand. `Just to whang us-hear - em holler-4- `best blood tonic in the land. Remember how when-._ you and_ .Bill. Tom and Dick and even Skinne.v. Used to` build a great big snow.efort. heixlaed by "Mike and Kate and Min- n e. - . - Dared the bunch of other fellows. old chums you now dream about. To come up in shooting distance, then they put you` all to rout? V ' \' Recollect the day that winter when you sneaked away from books, "Gang was waiting` round the corner. ` innocent with lamblike looks; How they downed you, sat upon you. wished your face and_mussed'your a r. ' `Just because you took Tom's "steady" home one night fromsome affair? Old-time thoughts of old-time frolicsi .how they turn the pages back, As you dream `and then remember. and: behold the beaten` track: `Months are moments, years are days. Still Father Time. moves on anace, As you sit and dream and ponder. while the hour glass.runs- its race. ` . "And here is mention of .someone slipping on a. hilly street where I used to `slelghrlde. One Christmas-fl got a tlllnnnr nInd_'_fha flrnt nne I ever motor made." ~ They do many things better now than they did in the "good old days." and one of them is the practical, sen`- sible way younglolks fix up for their winter sports. in contrast with the old timeswhen the sleighing costume was the same as` for any other outdoor wear. only there was more of it. And many a sudden spill for the whole bob- sletgh load headtirst into a snowbank used/to cause that nartlcular -crowd embarrassment before everyone was `pulled out. up-ended and put on their `test ~again-that is. embarrassment `-to the dishevelled. girls. It only. added a hip-hur'x`ahing,gus1ao to the other en-' _o!_ the .crowd. a joyment`s'of the evening for the rest -Shathoght the nevi w man" was hoz`rld. unsightly, inrimod t as well. [And she wonderedhow a nice wo. a man could in such atmos ere dwell. V She believed in a womanly man, one ` bull); ai{te'r. Nature's own . . And..she thought ltvwas surely (113- graceful to `appear in the garb ofla man. * . . And"the thought of a girl wearing bloomers was a shock to her` modes- .:' ty. `quite. . ' A _ She couldn't see how, they could do it. ' thev had anv series of what : y-Ia-no __ sxexgnmg, snow on tne mu Icy and den): ;'1`he loaded sleigh" bumped, into some`- thing. and threw them all off in a , heap. _ - 1 She lan.ded?~headt1rst\-1 `a -snowbank, .~ _and Vvaxrescixed by} several young mem- Ah.v there's _n'othin'2 but what she'd 1 have given had she `only held bloom. _eAvs-ox;\__t>hen!' _` * ` ' V. x .[..'.` - ,(.`,' S6. Joyousfyi'Announce' (DneA=B2i1rrie Old west But ~ f ~ `HeHadn t Seen"Elt1'IeY P 3133 Or Hom,e.'for "l`we'nty~'ve ]' _Y,'ears;=Was Able to Glance Backward, ,in Memory,` to A .. Names and Incidents` Associated with His H_a-ppy Boy- . hood Days in `thewold Town Forty Years Ago; Just..a ;Reminiscent,Session Between Two\of.the Qld Gang, 5 _ 3 0p0' Miles Away from Home. L \ ' \ -'__-*"` (:B3v ._F`reE W. G!`8:Y_lt, Vitoria, B.C!)_ % Hgr jaleighride La 51.... u.A.....' ..... 1'!!! l_3K!!_R!l'.3XAMI1iz`h :lawcost ""` `J '3-IVC `YI7a:lSu . "in the obituary column here -is the` notice of the death of a lady who use to be my Sunday School teacher. She .had always remained in Barrie. `it ._ Cemetery, where I know some of the Younger members_ of the family were Seems. and had married some man who came to live there long after I had left. '7"=W= s_a.lsn a notice of the death oi!` 3 lady. aged 76. who has lived in Tor- onto during the past 45 yearspbut her body and, pallbearers and mourners came up by train to Barrie. the funeral `. `T0111:-3 from the station to the Union buried long. long ago. I do not recog- nize her married name. but I remember her maiden name. She was one of two ' sisters who had a kindergarten school --although it was then-called Just a private school--.whei`e I went as a four- year-old kid. They lived in an old- fashioned, grove-surrounded house a . longside of a coasting hill named after- their family, and the elder sister was a gentle little lady not much taller than some of her infant pupils, and I rather think this refers to the tall, capable sister who was in charge of :2 the school: and they each acted m'_o're`_`: like a mother to us youngsters than as - at teacher. ` L uv__ LI__ ,q` ., 4 ,,, ,. u, ..\.u-uuus o In the o1d`-days a `funeral _was a solemn, dignified ceremonious affair. and was generally, largely attended. Everyone was becomingly clothed. The procession moved slowly to the ceme- tery, the coffin was reverently lowered into the grave. no one moved away un- V til the living had performed the last of all offices for the dead. until a mound of earth proclaimed the fact that another mortal had entered into eternal rest. There were some very large funerals in `Barrie when I was a boy, larger than any I have ever since seen. and I remember those of Colonel McKenzie. . Canon Morgan. Sheriff Smith, Frank Buttertield. Edgie King and Sam Carson. and also of Mrs. Grant (your-mother), Mrs. Burton, and Mrs. Morrow `were all very large ones. for each _one of those mentioned held a very large place in sthe social life in Barrie in the old days. H13"; Ll... 6..-:-A- eh... .......I.: .....-..... LI... nncv on: aaumsau III menu unu uu_yu. But the faster the world moves the less time people seem to have on their hands. In fact, the people-of the world are now in such a tremendous hurrv uuuua. Ill Lu.Ul., L118 DEUDIG-UL L118 WUFIU hurry they cannot spare the time to pay pro- Der respect to the dead. Time appear: too precious nowadays to waste upon such common human occurrencesas funerals. No one but the immediate re- latives pay last respects to the dead. Even the religious ceremonies are hurn ried through. The hearse is mounted on a motor chassis. The world moves 11-u-_ Al,,,,_ u , 7 "Look at this:---_"I'he `weather. is \,;8'1`0Wing milder, ` and ` sleighing for. heavy teaming practically vanished-| on Monday, the thaw of thetwo days Previous having` carried all the "snow. off? Talk about snowstorms! Why If Used to get up: before sunrise, light the kitchen fire. shovel aepath down to theL Abtlrn. feed the chickens. shovel a. path a10?18side the house to the front. then; along the front _and over the crossing- all before breakfast-when- the snow .was two feet deep. and sometimes when` it was blustery, by` the time I got back to. where I` started the path was nearly led up again. Snowbanks! The banks would be so high sometimes that per- sonswvalking on one side of the street couldn't see`thos'e onthe other side. Father used to help me sometimes at-. ter the biggest storms. but I used to _ tackle some big Jobs a_1one._If I hadn't been husky enough to `do that. I sup- postol would not be strong enough to stand the strain out in this place for thirty-five years... - , | In H... AL.-4......_-. -..I.._._ 1.....- 1.. 4.1.... nvuvn \aAAu--chant}: .a.u\. vv u: an (Continued on page 7) > Only a child's eeving` toy-and how little he realize: what it might mean for him in later life; how it might be ueed vtovaccumulete 1 fund for eVMenufecturere Life Endowment Policy. which et maturity would vide for a college education or e etert in business. Do not let the Bank be token to` aatiefy..peee iu%fenciee. but Iethet_trein`your child to have a denite purpose ` in saving-an `O jective in'.lile.- g :AniurAcr"nEns Lure I-lEAD__OFEICE.' TQRONTO.` ` CANADA 7- -: 1 ;.!_'|~`-RA!!.'?.E_;'_<.=_9;l|_P.I\Y+7 ELLERS- H. Felt . B. Webb 's GARAGE IES' WEAR- well & Co. SPAPER-- rthern Advance _P'hon`e your`news items to The Exminer. Xvi` ICHEESE BEANS 3.711 Qji TY` , QVCGT Q j 3 $95 '.Gst your picnic reqnireznents at the nearest Dominion Stone. We . 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