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_,' PIENICV TRIBULATIONSM `Tie now the merry picnic time, when crowds to woods are hieing. ' Their `baskets loaded to the'im with viands satisfying. ' e lads and lasaia deck themselves in -....L..-nu. link} and nit-u zona" was a Mackinaw schooner rigged, and was owned at the time of a race by George Maun'drel1. "Ed. Bird afterwards bought the Arizona and christened it the Petrel. The Pochohontas was a light sloop built by F. Walton. It was run in a big race at one time on a challenge betwten the Ari- zona and Deuntless and Pochohontas round_ a_ buoy at Big` Bay Point and back to Bar- rie. - `A WIKQRQ/\!l\!l\!II 6 wwwwwwu K`. I bf the oiinion % SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 01-` CANADA Assurances in force` - - - - $63] ` T % Increase __fo`r`_yefzr,s$94,86,738.96 Assets Increase for year $44,7 1 6,7 30.99 Cashincome - - - - ,- - 36 A V % `Increase for year, $5,144,172 97 Payments to policyholders - 15,615,505.85 Surplus over all liabilities and capital 4 14,269,420.95 Incfease for year, $3,885,511,85 ' N CW assurances issued and paid for T in cash - - - - - - - 90,798,648.79 ! BEST YEAR IN ITS HISTORY . yachtman "at Victorie, B.C.) Ralph and I I were -great chums in those days. I re- member the old Captain's little lugger, which he used to anchor off in frontof his home and I remember, as if it were yester- day, the searoh which we all conducted when he was drowned-dragging for the} y_ body with all kinds of improvised grappling ' tools. He had evidently hurt himself and ` fallen overboard in some Way, T non Inna nnnn" `kn :l:IIlI 4'-:nn nun TUHUU UVUI'la-VUIIIU In 501110 Way. . . I can well recall the sailing trips we `used to take to Beaverton and Orillia. We had yacht racing at Beaverton, in behind Thorah Island, and `at Orillia, on Lake Couchiching. ` I'D. Inna!` On an nnuhnna 14.1}- VG}-`Ann uoucmcmng. . "We used to sail across Lake Simcoe from Barrie, and I remember one delightful 'ght when we sailed all night by moon- `light. `It was a new experience to me as a kid, and I can remember so distinctly passing along near the shore of the Geor- gian Indian Reserve and hearing the bird "calls in the early morning. _ mu :4: n Y non I-nun" A5 44:: unann-:4` 03118 In {X10 early IIlDl'[llIlg- This is all I can recall etthe present. time. I hope this information, fragment- ary and sketchy es it is, may be of some interest to you." UUFIUW VVUIULI. LIBUQHJ WUIIQ LAO IJUULIU, Tom Moore. Dan McBrady, Ed. Bird, Ted uJustice, Charlie Cross, Tom Boys, Fred Hewson, Walter_ Evans, Will McLaughlin, Jack Smith, Jim Mitchell, the Graham boys, Will and Fred Capon, Harry and "Boots" Culverwell, Sam Wesley, Edgie King, J. S. Whittaker, Billy Wilkinson, Bert Schreiber, Ralph and Dick Andros, Charlie and Will Spry. Those of your readers, who remember the departure of "the 35th Battalion for the Riel Northwest Rebellion just about that time. may recall the fact that Charlie Spry was the youngest officer of that entire Canadian force, hold- ing the office of lieutenant at the age of Ieventeen years. Possibly one reason for there being so many of the -boys who enjoy- od yachting was because they had heard of that favorite old song, `_`Every Lady Loves a Sailor." 0 A. L`... .....:L.... -...... ....A. ..... ....a.:... ......L:..: AVERAGE RATE OF INTEREST EARNED 6.27% "\. LResizlts fa} ear Ended 3132` December "frat/Bums axammzn HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL HE USED THEM F0/R ms HEADACHE Now He Praises Dodd s Kid- T ney Pills nous: `noun u can... : wu-- - -----.Y, Pills Soonen. St. Anaclet, Que.~, Feb. 12` (Spec- ial)--Your Dodd s Kidney Pills have done me a great amount of good, so states Mr. Martial St. Laur- ent, who is well known and highly respected here. an/r.. 1.......:....1...... '1....... .1:' ...... ....A LCSIJCDUCKI IICL Cc ~ My headaches `have disappeared and I am able to carry on with my occupation. Dodd s Kidney` Pills are the only remedy that has done me so much good. `l\`..,l.l .. V3)... 13311. ......4u 1.3.3....-. an uuu 5uu Dodd s kidney Pills dreva kidney l remedy. They strengthen the kid- neys so they can do their full work of straining the impurities out of the blood. 'Dodd s Kidney Pills have been used. for backaches, diabetes, rheumatism. dropsy, urinary troubles and `heart disease. People who use them` are satised. -11 1 . an Ila '"Xk"`o3?"`2bors about Dodd s Kidney Pills. . A My dear Fred :-j- /I.lUV% ll DIHIUIH ' As the writer was not an active partici- pant in sailing. and was depending upon his memory of other people`s exploits for de-y_ tails, he took the liberty 'of writing one of the real'old Barrie boys who spent most of ' his spare time in a sailboat--and is now a pretty big man in the West-for personal details, and has just received a reply, which will be added to that already written, y_ as, I urn sure it will revive memories of many of your old readers, as it has mine :- div 1 I .. .1 nn.u n ship is facilitated by the use of loud-speak- ing telephones, so that the navigating of- ficer can` by merely speaking into a tel- ephone on the bridge, shout his orders in any part of the vessel. Electric clocks are] installed throughout the ship and the boil- lers are fitted with a special, electrical ar- ' rangement for preventing corrosion. Dis- infectant is made on board by means of Mu -tial St. Laurent Wishes He Had Records in 1922 IQKSIGI kilo IAGIIIIIII5 Vvltslvt LIV IICII Started Taking VDodd's Kidngy `(}nclud1;1g Rea.;st'1ranc'es) Special Attraction, $631,404,869.49 174,088,858.32 36,251,322.13 A had now and then on pies and cakes the Ihen every girl is. filled with woe, and also 1119 H105 B110. mama uuun uscsuuuevuo us costumes light and airy, ' _ Ne'er, thinking that the weather man is oft in mood contrary. At noon,,beneath the leafy trees is; spread the feast delightful, - ~ But oft the sylvan meal is spoiled by _ creatures small and spiteful For spiders, caterpillars and bup,`_fmn leaves o'erhead are dropping, ~ ugly toads are hopping. A stroll along the woodland paths brings I grief instead of pleasure, For cloud unnoticed heretofore let's loose its watery treasure. Of course the strollers find that they are far awa_y_ from shelter . Then to some distant, leaky shed they-`re dashing helter-skelter. _ every fellow, For "nary one in all the.crowd had thought of an umbrella. No wonder that the smiles have own and all desire for joking, _ For there's no fun when picnic throngs get unexpected `soaking. , _ Of course there are some picnics that fulfil _ all expectations, . ' But there are others that are -filled with woes and tribulations. There's-just one- lan to get things rig and one that s well worth knowing-- Get solid with the weather man before to `picnic going. _ 'rHiJnsbAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1923. 1'-HURSDA1 Sailing in the old days on Barrie Bay `had probably a bigger following even than sowing, and regattas were frequent, when sailboats and yachts from various points on `Lake Simcoe would "compete. Among the local sailors were Thomas Meldrum s Alert," Col. 0'Brien s Fanquol," Capt. Andros and Capt. Tebbs. with his big yacht `Gui-lew" which usually won: Ike Boone, .lllI\ unnn nan vnnrnu Notice L~ Ind othk-r.~ 1 of Alfred (A Barrie.` in farmer. dw- the 19th (in post pr(*p:\3d at Barrie. ( their fuli 1.; ment of the nature ox"'.h And that M proceed to BS!.1*.t(* .'HxmI ing rqzurti (,1 than hruo . l\,.-_l .. N0'I`I(`.Id the Tr'1x.~*u-e claims n_::n Bell. lute \ County of dis.-.d on or 1923. are then c'lz1i1u.~ the 28th (in da'c~ the ex 0! the ozetm having reg: he shall tlu not be rm; 1uL~(*ts of .42: thou have I bill -II plum Dated : A.D., 19`. Trustee Ac against tho` .3... ..:n...... npuunal 1 n- the \'illagv Vcoe. ph_v.~'ic about the are roque clnixns tu_I nineteonrn which mm- the 8.~'.~'N.~ titled thljrt <-Jainls uf_ \ and that h person for, daimn sehul NOTK _NOTl( NOT14 Cal Small up`, \QU|n gov-as I received your letter on the 26th ul- timo. Many thanks for your good wishes, which are heartily reciprocated. T nnfn fhnf unn ruvnnnan runv:I-:nm n This ior ove Its c barrels The acity 2 rpnfn` ilLIuy 4 Total [assets to be c f`I VL.. N()'I`I(`l-'. LU `IJC K The 'Assistn A_L (labia ya As t purcha. 1' Price: TOR4 D.'slm! J htn 33" itin Aunrr: land. `WINCH {STU uuunuy ruclprucuwu. I note that you propose writing a Itory on boating -on Kempenfeldt Bay for The Examiner, referring to the time of our -boyhood. Thenames that I associate with .-boating in the old Town are, first, the crew of the "Dauntless,"- owned by George Louht and'F. M. Montgomery and. I number of young fellows who were bank- ers or mixed up with banking affairs. A Thu nnIInfIn:a vnu 111: 1-nnnnvninnw ro 11:4 '1i'.};}Iv| |-\. i>".% 1/:4 -(Conrmed from Ps e:'1);"` And as it ha been reeently..kan_no,uneed re. Islay" id -to be rebuilt, it may `be _stutei:hat as-the 9'0:-illilx;8';,gah: `W: built `a town in J. g ._y`. aptain ,'1lrarles_dltlcInn'es, wh6$,81e'saEe year, pur- dasede arvatlon Islan ,.. in xefnamed it Strawberry b Island, built 3 hotel there and made it a summer resort. In 1895 the 0rillia" was taken to Bar- rie, severed in two, lengthened and was tenamed The Islay", and was operated ake Simeoe,. all over the lake until she was burned at Couehiching Beach early in` 1919. Captain Iclnnes died in Orillia in 1913, and was succeeded by his son, Jack, as commander A of the boat. The writer hopes to` have the pleasure at some not too distant'date of a trip once more, at least, in that steamer from Barrie to Orillia, if for nothing else than to contrast general conditions between ne present time and those of 1885-almost, 40 years ag(>--on the same boat.` vuru ur uuawu up wuu uuuxuug uuulra. The Dauntless," you will remember. was a sloop of about 45 feet over all, 16 feet beam--a big.chunk of a boat. The Ari-