Mrs. Tom
Kerr of Brockville, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Fred Cope, who is now
in her 90th year, and looks after her own home.
Joseph
Denny, a former resident of this place, died at Langton, and his body
was brought here and buried in the Newkirk cemetery on Wednesday, May
19.
The management of
the jam factory has received orders which nearly clear out the output
of last year, and makes room for the new crop of 1915, which starts
with strawberries in June.
The
prospects for good crops were never better in this district than at
present, and with good prices, which are likely to be obtained, the
farmers should be able to increase their bank account some this year.
Our
friend James Cope has been very unfortunate in choosing his dates for
holding picnics at the Cope Grove, and his first for May 24, 1915 was
no improvement as the morning was rainy and the grounds wet, which
made the attendance small.
For
a long time our village could not make the claim of having a resident
who owned an automobile, except the one owned by Dr. McInnes, and
people wondered who would be the first to purchase one. At last the
spell was broken by Frank Cridland, and then Capt. E. Hathway bought
one, and now it is hard to tell where it will stop, as the fever is
sure to spread. The great trouble seems to be in learning how to run
them, and Capt. Hathway said it depended a great deal on how you hold
your mouth; and if George Cridland have taken his advice along that
line he would have kept out of the ditch on the second concession of
Walsingham, and saved a fence post or two. But a little personal
experience he had late when he was trying to loop the loop and came
out about the same as Mr. Cridland did has changed his mind, and he
claims now that what is required is nerve and lots of it.
