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the weather refused to cooperate for trie opening of the uxbridgescott historical soci etys annual steam threshing days held at quaker hill museum grounds last weekend within minutes of the gates opening the heavens opened up flooding everything in sight and sending visitors scurrying for shelter inside the barns and museum it was some time be fore the weather let up and allowed everyone outside the years big crowdpleaser was an exhibition put on by members of the upper canada rifles depicting life amongst the early settlers and indian tribes the comprehensive dis play covered everything from loading a muzzleloading rifle to putting up a teepee although visitors were invited to fire the rifles few were brave enough to point and pull the trigger antique cars were well repre sented there were even a cou ple of motorcycles of pre1920 vintage for the twowheel en thusiast along with a large variety of steam engines of all sizes and ages oldest of the biggies was a fine foden steam wagon of 1877 vintage that has been certified as being as sound as the day it was built most fascinating operation of the day was the sawing of a five foot diameter log by the oldest engine there the 1877 foden the cutting may have taken a little longer about twenty mi nutes than could be attained by that todays chain- saw gang but then life was just a little slower down on the farm in queen victorias days a bit big for the average fireplace built in 1877 this foden steam wagon is as efficient as the day it foot diameter log and there wasnt a chainsaw in sight was built it took about twenty minutes to slice through this five- photos by jim holt did i forget something one of the most interesting exercises of the the old girl moving but she eventually started day was watching charlie wood start his 1923 work with the rest of them tractor from scratch it took some time to get smoke gets in your eyes all the time those muzzleloading rifles must have frightened to death the the upper canada rifles instructs donna lawson of port marauding indians back in great granddaddys day you didnf perry in its operation donna was the only member of the crowd lhave to hit anything the explosion and smoke after pressing the brave enough to pull the trigger trigger was to say the least impressive here john yarranton of all my owhwork this 1914 65 horsepower case tractor is to onequarter scale and was built by hg davis of killaloe pembroke ontario the model is a perfect reproduction in every way and drew much praise from knowledablc enthusiasts having problems with split ends just like new completed in 1982 by wellknown tnthusiast and historical sod- operation this massive logsaw was coupled to a 1927 rubbertired ety president francis hockley seen here overseeing the catting steam tractor and made very short work ofa large number of logs this beautifully restored 1912 beltdriven harley davidson was rated at lhorsepower and cost 235 when new it belongs to tom wil cox of bowmanville a collector and enthu siast