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14 The South Marysburgh Mirror (‘Life In The Past’ continued from page 9) Sat. 16- Whit Mary and | went down to Picton. Drove the gray colt down with Flory. Roads were good. Pa and Ma were over. Sun. 17 - Mirt and | were over to Whit’s for dinner. Mon. 18 - | finished up making my corn crip. Tue. 19 - | husked corn in the four noon. After dinner Mirt and | went down to Picton. Took Emmet down eight bushels of potatoes the roads were fine. Wed. 20 - | husked corn all day. We are having nice weather. The ground is frozen some. Still there is a few ploughing. Thur. 21- | spent most of the day husking corn. Whit and Mr. Collier in getting out stakes in the woods. Fri. 22 - About finished up husking my corn. | have in the crip 25 bushels altogether | had about 100 bus. Sat. 23 - Whit and | drove down to Picton drove Flora in the high-flyer she capered nicely all the way down and back. George Lewis and Floranse were over to Picton came out here and stayed all night. Sun. 24- Rained all day. George Lewis and Florance went home in the four noon. Mon. 25 - Snowed all day. | worked in the Black Smith shop most of the day. Tue. 26 - Very good sleighing. Whit took a couple of loads of logs out to Bloomfield with the sleigh. Ida and Dan were out for the evening. Wed. 27 - | went out to Dan’s and helped him kill his Hog. We have had a few days very cold weather. And today has been a snuffer. Whit and I settled up our a/ c for work and the Bloomfield factory. Thur. 28- Mirt and | went down to the Bay. We stoped to Pa’s till after dinner then went down to Mr. Spafford. And so on to the Tea meeting at the Union we had a fine time. Fri. 29 - | left my buggy at Mr. Spafford. And Mirt and | come home with the cutter very good sleighing. Sat. 30- | helped Whit draw in his stock it has been a lovely day watch Mr. Colliers dog come over and eat one of Mirt’s pies. She was very much upset at the bold chap. Sarah’s Research Notes Hictarical Inf, tion & Anecdot About Nelson Hicks’ Journal Entries. November 23: Nelson chooses transportation de- pending on the need. For a speedy trip to Picton it’s the high-flyer: a high-perched phaeton with extrav- agantly large wheels and a minimal body. It was designed for fast, sport driving, and was described by Jane Austen as “deliciously dangerous.” November 29: On one visit Nelson and Mirt depart in the buggy, (a primary mode of short-distance transportation between 1815 and 1915.) They re- turn in a cutter, an open sleigh designed to be snug and comfortable for a couple. Elegantly curved run- ners and often colourful bodies reflect their recrea- tional, sometimes romantic, use. ELIZABETH CROMBIE jl, ROYAL LEPAGE SALES REPRESENTATIVE cc, ULNA www.pictonhomes.com PESAIENCAFENE ulate 104 Main St., Picton, ON KOK 2TO Tel: 613.476.2700 Toll Free: 877.476.0096 Fax: 613.476.4883 clizabeth.crombie@sympatico.ca You can't fix stupid... A man was driving when he saw the flash of a traffic camera. He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit, even though he knew that he was not speeding... Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed. Now he began to think that this was quite funny, so he drove even slower as he passed the area again, but the traffic camera again flashed. He tried a fourth time with the same result... He did this a fifth time and was now laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past, this time at a snail's pace... Two weeks later, he got five tickets in the mail for driving without a seat belt...