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"THE GUARDIAN

buthorllwi II Second Gino Illll Post Office Department. Dthm. I'll lllllld Glllfdhn PIIIIIIIIIIIIQ 00. UIIIIUIATION

Tobi City Zone .

Total Net Psld Editor IlI'I M Auocin

')irootor. J. It to Editor. Frank Wlllusr. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

- the Weakest Ink"

,CIlA.B.LOTTETOWN SATURDAY. JAN. 18, 1951

, "What's A Million Iiallars?"'

Trade Minister Howe's familiar quip, "What's a million dollars?" may not have been a politically wise utterance, but it re- vealed an understanding of what is wrong with public finance in Canada. For, while a lot of extravagance in government is ap- parent in such items as S6,827,000 last year for official publications, films and other forms of publicity, and S23,000,000 for travel, even if these two items were cut in half, it would not solve Finance Min- ister Abbott's dilemma.

That dilemma is simple to state, but not so simple, politically, to solve. In plain language, Mr. Abbott's problem is how to find enough money to pay for defence costs. and at the same time to meet pre- The answer is that it cannot be done unless taxes are substantially increased or the fixed charges, so-called, written off the statute books. ,

Consider one or two examples. The De- partment of National Health and Welfare budgeted for S455,000.000 for the current fiscal year. Existing Federal legislations demand that of this amount, iiS411,000,- 000 be paid out in benefits. Not much chance for saving there!

'l'he current budget of the Finance De- partment is 25575,000',0O0. Of -that sum, S3540,000,000 must be paid out for servic- ing existing debts. Chances for economy there doift look too rosy, either.

And so it goes, right down the ex- penditure line. Hobson's choice confront- ing the Government today, therefore, is to tell the people of Canada that they must either dispense with a good deal of the paraphernalia of the welfare state, or face a much stiffer dose of taxation. That tax- ation will be the sort that will hit every- body. Economy in government calls for more than pruning administrative expenses. It calls for a fundamental change in policy.

Iinomployailles

The committee on public assistance- of the Canadian Welfare Council has recom- mended that Canadas unempioyables be made a Federal responsibility. The three- member committee, consisting of David Croll, Liberal, Toronto Spadina; Donald Fleming, Progressive Conservative, Toronto Eglinton and Stanley Knowles, C.C.F., Win- nipeg North Centre, suggests that since the Federal Government takes responsibility for the insurable unemployed and for the National Employment Service it should also assume responsibility for the unemploy- ables. I ,

Apart from the desirability of unified administration of unemployment benefits there is a pressing need for relieving mu- 'llClI'Ja1illeS in particular of this burden.

In slack times and even when employ- ment is at a high level municipalities are prone to deal with the unemployable by the simple and expeditious method of mak- in: him move on. The problem, of course, is not solved but municipal revenues are thought to be protected by this means al- though its adoption as a general practice only adds the cost of transportation to everything else.

If the Federal Government were re- sponsible we could expect the problem to be faced and to some extent solved at less cost than it is now being ignored.

Electoral showings Presldl:nt.,'l'i'ur,npr;, has asl;gdmtghe&Amer-

ican Political Sciencelxssociatlon tofnaiic" I study of the reasons why so many United

States citizens stay away from polls. This 'request, says an exchange, may seem '-rather odd in view of the widely publicised fact that 48,000,000 votes were cast in the -last presidential elections. The fact is however that only 54 per cent of the elec- rlors troubled to turn out. According to Mr. EBertram..Gross of the President's Council gpf Economic Advisers, the figure of 14,- ;-000,000 voters for the year 1900 was much kriore impressive since it meant that 74 .-per cent of the citizens then eligible had Egxercised their franchise. .At the turn of the century the suffrage tho Uni .8totso was collided to notes." ' onfrsnclrhemont of womon mil: in- tho numborof those eligible to ' - Yet the proportion of those ftmnnb

..f.dl.J.n. with

he affairs on the port of women voters. A rather different story emerges, how- ever, from the Canadian figures. The year 1900 also saw a general election in this country. The total of eligibles, as taken from the Statistical Year-Book, was then

., 1,289,180. Women were not of course en-

franchised at that time. The actual vote was 952,496, giving a percentage of slight- ly less than 74 and corresponding remark- ably with the U. S. figure. This result somewhat flatters Canada, however, since the Year-Book was able to cite in the case of Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and the

' North-West Territories (then including Al-

berta and Saskatchewan) only the figures of actual voters. Thus the true total of eligibles would be higher and the percent- age slightly less than the above calculation indicates.

The most recent general -election was that of 1949. For this we have the report of the Chief Electoral Officer which gives the percentage casting their ballots as 74, slightly lower than the 76 per cent voting in 1945 but actually better than in 1900. On the basis of these results, it can hardly be said that the enfranchisement of wo- men has produced the consequences which political scientists attribute to it in the United States. Judged by their voting, Canadian women are taking a much great- er interest in national affairs than the women of the United States.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. O O 0 Our interestsiat Ottawa require a di- recting force, which is lamentably lacking, and nobody here, Prince County excepted, seems to be worrying about it. 0 m I V

Absenteeism in the Special Service Force has shown a remarkable drop. The troops again feel that they have a job to do and are conscientiously going about preparing for it. . O I 0

Tomorrow the Manitime flying curlers take off for Chicago, Milwaukee and other points in the United States, ambassadors of goodwill and exponents of true sports- manship. I

O OH 0 An awful warning to telephone gossips. In Kansas City, a mother said two women on a party line prevented her from calling firemen to save her baby from a fire that destroyed their home. O O, O The decline of classical learning has brought with it a serious deterioration in the quality of thinking. Modern man tends to ask, not whether a thing is true, but whether it is advisable to believe it. 0 O I

A scientist has announced, what every- one probably suspected, that a girl matures faster than a boy almost from birth.. The situation, however, is not altogether one- sided. In later life women seem to age considerably slower than men.

0 O O

The question is being canvassed wheth- er the Maginot Line can be utilized as an atomic bomb shelter. Peace and security will really' be here when we learn of its underground chambers being used to age wines and cheese. '

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Like many plants, the Federation of Agriculture seems to become the stronger for an occasional stormy blast instead of uninterrupted warmth. Its efforts in meeting potato marketing difficulties seem to give new vigor to the Federation. '

In New Brunswick, an Islander, Mr. D. A. Riley, M.P., is pushing the claims ,of that Province for due recognition by Par- liament and through Parliament the Gov- ernment. He learned to do that here when Messrs. Mathieson and Arsenault were in power, for their eternal endeavour was to focus attention of the powers-that-be on our rights and requirements,

' O O O

"'""I'liia" Po"st'Office"Depa'rtrncnt, or rather the Federal Government, is considering re- ducing mall deliveries to once, instead of twiceqa day. The American example was I reaction to repeated losses which Con- gress would not permit to be avoided by increased -postal rates and should have lit- tle bearing in this country where the Post office continues to be operated without benefit of red ink. V o o 0 p , , Sir John seeley, English historian, died this date 1895. ”I-Ils greatest work was "Ecce Homo", In unconvcntlondi Ind non- thoologicsl trutmentvf Ghrlitignity and Lt; founde;-i. .110 also mmtgaaa published stursli luionb-low , sought to rnoditats booths rdlgion: an "Expansion , ,iwhlolibod'-I,gI-u't success been

fd .

"Growth of British 9 ilcy", which be on . .. .L..;...,..

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”tlIc'tiithol-unnoottlroogtit - - Mtjgjppfdolbdo teodcnclcstof ,j g, , thItimc.Hpcom 'tii'etilomsln

rm: cusnomiv. cHARuo'r'r1:'rowN . If Vliltor llolool can Skill II for build? ,

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the dlocuulon by correlpondentl of questions of interest. The Guardian docsnoi. necessar- Ily ondoru the opinion ot correspondents.

non clzoss ACTIVITIES

sir.--Permit me to point out to you that there was a misleading statement made in the- Editorial Column of The Guardian on Thursday. January 11th., with re- xord to Red Cross and its func- tion in the event of disaster. The article, herewith attached. made reference to the losses sustained by t-he.residcnts of North Rustlco as the result of the recent dam- age to the breakwater. end sug- gested that these people might expect. monetary assistance-pen hops from the Red Cross.

In Canada, the function of the Red Cross in times of disaster is to have committees set up and ready to make provision for em- ergency housing, feeding. trans- portntlon, registralion,etc. of those

the victims. This is usually taken cars of through funds raised by public subscription such as in the case of the floods in Manitoba. and the fires in Rimouskie Ind csbono, and administered by a committee on which the Red Cross may have representation, or which may, us was the case In British Columbia. be turned over for ad- ministration by the Red Cross. The Red Cross itself is in no way re- sponsible for compensating those Iifected by fire. flood. etc. for their losses. There is probably some confusion caused by the fact. that in the United states the American Red Cross is the agency that does rehabilitate the victims of disaster. because the funds are collected through Red Cross with this in mind.

Trusting that this explains the situation as far as the Canadian Red Cross society is concerned.

I am. Sir. etc. LAWSON JENKINS. Chairman. P. E. I. Red Cross Disaslsr services.

AN ISLAND MINBTIEL

Sir.-I was much interested in I letter recently published in your paper, from Mr. G. L. Mclnnls, of Vancouver, B.C. if you will send me Mr. McInnis' address, I will be happy to send him an article I wrote in 1949 for the Maritime

tains all the information I- had then about Larry Gorman - hIvc more now. If you'd like to reprint it. I am sure Mr. Avard wouldn't-mind. and I can send you the article, too.

Some of the New England song collectors (notably Mrs. Eckstorm in her "Minstrelsy of Maine") credited "Peter Emberley" to Larry German, Ind Helen Creighton in her "Songs Indliallads of Nova Scotin",-hu unfortunately follow- ed thcir1ead. ,

I don't know about Mr. Mc- Innisi man named Nelson, but her; on the Mlromlchl we know that "Peter Emberley" wos written by John Calhoun of Boieslown. I hove it as given me by I nephew of Cslhoun's, who says it is encl- ly Is his uncle wrote it. The we lost. verses are in dispute - one faction holding that they were written by Calhoun, and tho oth- ers thIi. they were Iddcil by some- one else. Maybe Nelson?

As to Lu-ry Gbrmufs "Prince

Is "The History of Prince EdwIrd Island", if you read I dozen or so of LIrry'l poemt, you would be convinced he wrote this. He hos In one Ind lilt that the other bollocl makers haven't got. lie was undoubtedly tho grcolelt woods bollsdist that over ilvod. it is Ibouxnsevonty ycsrs since he worked lllnmlchi; Ind we still sing "the Scow It Cowdcn shou", Ind some others.

There must be only of Larry's poems flonllni I nd Prince Id- word Island. in msnuscript. some of my rldio listeners from the Is- lsnd have not me uvorol, Ind 1

would, lnly like to have more. If. ' lmrighl whorl no moo of tho songs drift-

woro much slur-

bollodisu lake on A song; I110: 10 Illlnoo pis Ind on Ind

affected. but not to rehabllltatel

Advocate, of Sackville, which con- i

Edwsrd hole, Adieu". sent to me

no

,&coem1-cos-co-Q-co&eo-ss

& Old Charlottetown v

Q (And 1'. E. I.)

From an account by Lleut. Col- onel Sleigh, "late of Her Majesty's 77th Regiment." of his passage by ice-boat to Prince Edward Island in the first week of March, 1852. continued from yes,terd3Y'5 155119- In the preceding excerpt the writ.- er described -hls trip from Hali- fax to Amherst in an open sleigh?

"The following morning I 801 up early, and, the Island mail not having arrived during the night, 1 determined to push on 101' Cal!!! Tormentine, is distance 'of fort miles, without further delay- small sleigh was provided. W911 furnished with buffnlo robes, and driven by I young American from Maine, whose sister kept the hotel.

"The outskirts of the town were soon passed, and making a detour from the road. in consequence of the heavy snowdrlft. of the pre- iceding night, which rendered it impassable, a fence was removed to allow our getting into some tcornfields, where we floundered over half-bare hollows and ridges, in I. manner sufficiently rough to set. your teeth on edge. A couple of miles off the road was regained. and, more at case, we went. It I tglorious rate to Bay Verte, where :we arrived in less than two hours. lwithout stoppage." The Bay was 'frozen over. and'outllnes of the stocks of some half-built; ships, 'coverod with snow, Dreseni-Ed I 'mclnncho1y appearance. After so ihoux-'s delay, to rest our steed. ',with tAllez' from the , driver we ,1-csumed our journey-

TOILMENTINE IN 1852

"About eighteen 'mlles off we met a sleigh approaching at full speed. while a little crazy-looking individual was wildly blowing a horn, "and on our nearing him, he shouted out, 'Mnlre way there, you fellows, for Her Majesty's mailsi' two had Just time. in moving to 'nne side, to glean from the excited driver and his two equally excited ccmpanions, that 'tho ice-boat had got. over: such an awful pass- Isgel nearly lost! sixteen hours in crossing: if the weather was fine, the ice-boat would go over again tomorrow! This pleasant infor- mation was wound up by a piece of advice: 'Let the gentlemen go to 'AllIn's, the best house in New lBrunswick.' - 1 "With this, away flew the cur- .rlcle, and the woods re-echoed -with the shouts of 'Wild Tom'. or 'Poor 'rom', as the driver of Her Majesty's mail was designated.

1tWe were soon crossing the brittle

'sheet of ice which formed the

surface of I salt-marsh abutting upon Cope Tormentine. A few hay- ricks were dotted here and there. and on I slight eminence, with a belt of pine-wood in the back- ground. stood the log-building of ;those respectable New nrunswick- tors, the Messrs. Allan - lonely idc late, and forlorn - while be- fore me I saw the Straits covered further thm the eye could see 'with confused mosses of ice. of every distorted shlpe sud size; the field-ice. which is that which stretches from either. shoro for about. 3 mile out. with I smooth glittering. surface, was fringed ,wil.h misshapen msssesfwlth sharp conical points thrown together, Is it by some mighty convulsion of nature, some twenty, some ten foot. high, chair pesks forming I "chevnux-do-frlso" which oppon- od to bid defiance to human pro- gross. Further out onto. more mighty blocks rolled Ind thunder- ed down the Straits. while the distant roar, of Iwful import, told of tho rude tntcrneolns strife Ind mod headlong passage of those- icy masses.

"A vut. bonk, Ippu-ently I cou- ple of hundred feet high. white. shrouded with snow to the sum- mit, with a few glistening Inglos presented to the setting sun. which unk sum, red, Ind sullen in the west behind my Vcrte.

man now an anal; -

so Mr Irtlcls.froIn tlid

Advoooia the first but of which

Won in our iuuo today. -14. .0

Milne Ago-old Story 33

The Lord rewarded mo Icoordlng to my righteousness: Iocordlng to the ciunness of my funds nun hc . compcnscd me. For I hove knot. the wsys of the Lord. Ind him: not wickedly depsrted from my God- ...As for God. his my in perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is 1 buckler to Ill those that trust In hlm...If. is God that girdeth me with strength, Ind mnkoth my win perfect... Therefore will .1 give thsnks unto thee, 0 Lord. among the heathen. Ind sing pniles unto thy nnme.

down this oftcmoon with the tide from the north.' '1-Iesvensl' I muttered, have I to cross this bid- eous Rubicon?

"I now entered Allan's hospitable abode, and was ushered into In npartment. grandiloquently desig- nated 't.ho Governor's room: from the ieminiscence of I few dsys' so- ibhrn of the Governor of Prince Edward Island. who, in the pre- vious year. had waited 9. week at Cape Tormentlna for favorable omens to warrant his Ittcmpt- ing the passage over. This spart- ment was cnrpetless: two rickety chairs, an old deal table, and In American cooking-stove, which smoked most. painfully, formed the unique and unostentotlous cm- beilishment. of the regal room. A small door in the rear opened upon upon I recess. in which o bed monopolizcd the entire space, ex- cept half a. foot, behind which the toilet was performed. . . .

"I passed from this chamber into the public kitchen, where I found Arthur Irving, the .con- ductor or captain of the ice-boat and his crew, warming and dry- ing themselves at the fire. To judge from their wearied appear- ance, they had had a. hard time of it. Arthur looked particularly sad, for his narrow escape had caused reflective thoughts. when Irving learnt who I was, he expressed great pleasure at seeing me, hav- ing been on the lookout for me ever since the ice set. in.

"After gleaming informIt.lon rc- gnrdlng my Island purchuc. I re- qucsted Mother Allan to produce her best viands. These in time appeared, and consisted of slices of fried fat pork, with I. large bowl of boning grease by wIy of sauce, Ind some watery potatoes. with a plAte--- of brown doughy bread. A cup of whisky was also added: while that ever-ls.st.ing' sc- compcnlmcnt. to every Provin- cial dinner. I teapot, completed the spread. I was hungry when I entered. but the peculiar fragrance of the pork acted as the herring in the 'Whltc Horse of the Pop- pers: Ind I soon rose from the table, after I very frugal repsst. "I sauntcred about until night- fall, and then was only can gm: to seek rest. Ind in sloopi forget the dullness which surrounds! me; for it wss wrsfchedly molouolmy -that lonely log-hut perched on Cape Tormentlne. with the wind howltnghrouncl it, And the snow pattcrlns It "the windows."

jagjj.

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toedidmec

FIOM I'll OIIINIII These gray t nos h rung ith mirth ';d lord" '-

I ly osrousol.

Hero proud king: mingled Poetry and ruddy wins.

All hath pIu'd long Igo; nought. but this ruin Ibldofh.

sadly in Iryolon tronco guing upon the river.

Woukln thou know who here vis- ltoth, dwolloth Ind sinuth

Ilso. , Ask the swsllows flying from

strotohcd beyond the intervening , . nu. This then: 1 ma 'lI the '"'"” "'"” "wt Island: 'nlInd:' interrupted my -nobort Bridgu. tnfor 'WbIl you too is not . j-m--- moro ,, lfour miles on; 0890 .llUlI1.l nconnmros 'l?IVlI'IO inlgii upon ton lbs: to ' ---- . I Inns of which ho coins .Antbon oholrhov. ltnuisb. nonl- . ,, , In who oipsurtooo. In-Aha -.:"'......- .'::'..-"..n t....m '".::'::: my-no nustlotorssting. . ' 1 Ion, Sir. otc., ' t Louis: IIANNY Newcastle. NJ." . I.

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(Louise lfonoy in

none is -r-ry Gor-r-nun To In bonds lmun no hIr-r-rm. Yo med not be. slur-r-1-med. I Yo luvo hard of one below. 1 cu: mks a song and sing it. I con mske it nest Ind bring it.

' And the title that I'll give it

the snow It Cowdcn Shore.

(Is sung by "willie Mncdonsid, Block River Bridao. for the bard Beaver-brook Collection of New Brunswick Folksong.)

It is seventy-six years ago this Aulust since Lorry Go:-man step- ped off I ship from the Island and hired to work in SnowbIli's mill, in Chstham. lie is still a legend in Miramichi-woodsmen to this dIy remember him. Ind sing his songs. The old-timers say. "When I was a young follow, I used to see Larry Gunman on the street in Bangor" as one might speak of a king. Every man who worked in our lumber woods knew stories of that-'imp, Lorry, whose songs were the terror I.nd delight of the Mir- smichi before he went off to Maine to horns and chsrm lum- bering foik there. So well known is he in Maine that American folksong collectors usually refer to him as thd "Maine Woods Ballsdiat", but some of his best songs were made in Mlrumichi.

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Larry Gormon was-born in Prince EdwIrd Island. His mo- ther. they say. was "at great. singer." She rocked Larry's cradle with her foot. keeping time to the old sons-S. which she sang 811 day ions. As Larry grew up. he began to sing old songs. too. to make up Jingles about friends and neigbbou a. Ind longer poems to be suns to the 'old tunes.

There is an unmistakable case and chorm about Larry GormIn's compositions. One soon learns to recognize the light, bright touch, the quick and lilting metre. the sardonic phrase, which character- ize them. They Ire Ill eminently singsble, which is another reoson why so many Jnive survived: In their day they were opt Ind de- vn.stIting-the ill-ted lover; the pompous employer. the dishonest inn keeper, the miner, the silly girl. the vain young man. were neatly impaled on Larry's wit. I don't think mIny people fooled Lorry Gor-mun. Old-timers begin a. story about him by saying. "rhere was I mon who lived on Bnthurst Road" (or wherever). "who cheated his neighbours" (or "his wife left him", or "he wu so mean he wouldn't buy I newspaper"). Ind "Lorry made I song obout him." They my he made one song too many here, and was "run out of Mlrsmichi" for n song about the men in one lum- ber camp. it is more probable that better conditions Ind higher wages lured him to the Maine woods. . The earliest of Lari-y's songs which has survived is the "Gull Decoy I lsmrpoon on Larry's own uncle, who was so-called because:

Jvilhein I stand up and begin to whistle. You'll see all the gulls around ' me fly, And in the ssnd they seem to nestle, From whence they cIli me the Gull Decoy."

(Is sung by John B. Stymiest, aged 87. of Tsbusintsc. for the Lord Beovci-brook Collection of New Brunswick Folksong.)

But though I bird-charmer. the Gull Decoy wss I mean and cruel man-so men that he 'would not buy I newspoper, but visited his nephews, who read the papers to him. A cruel man,

"It's Ill for spite Ind ntisfaction.

I set my dog on the orphan boy.

And all such other dirty actions.

Adds more grief to the Gull Decoy."

(Verse found by Dortl-ten Cox of the Cauodian Bi-csdcssting Co.. in Boisslown.) .

Gossip accused the Gull Decay of worse crimes:

I. I "I have by folks been accused of murder. Likewisc expelled Church of Rome."

Sung to I haunting tune I hovc not yet identified. the song that so enraged that worthy that he "ran Lnrry off the Island" for it. when one hears of ' Lori-y's inter cnrcsr, Inc! the, brilliant success with which he satirizsd those who annoyed him, one thinks psrhops the Gull Decoy got off 'chcIply.

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"Larry Gormsn would go into I comp at night, Ind by morning have I-QODQ about ovorybody in it." they soy. I'M Winter of '18. or Moosiloin comp. is typicol. It describes Lon-y'I Irrlvll in Mir- Imichl, where he workod It snowballs Mill in Clistimn. when the mill wu' shut own for tho winter. ho went to t woods It ldcCullIm'I Comp. it is I very long snow with I mention for nor! mun" be worked wiIh-,port- Islms. swonperl. tcInuurs.'ohop- non. sled Mldlrl. cruiurs.,.oool- ore-Ind their, horses. too. cram. Rysn of Newcastle I

from um

ave mo some 3:. ,II o ronombor our '1 in ii. woods

"Ontb I "1 x. m2ni-.'5- of I.-vv-iv-.u-r-.

' iii "3n'i"il' if"

I hind '

Tim ilsrwi: '.b't?ia'lng

V'.As'-tbs roaccgso us: 4, ,1, -'

-Larry 4,GoIrnIa.Vn's . Ballads. I, .. ruocI::::lmm:)ovmu Ind 3.... Int. ' '

. oLmu..n. flo' no wuaoo ' no I

trump turns,

Being much fatigued Iran I fell in with two pa;-tun Bound for Moculism Camp. John Ingrnbsm. Bill Du-rlngbun,

were both of those mIn'I nunu 3910081118 to Mccullnm Camp" And drove two portuh

I drove with Billy Derkiljblm;-'

A verse for him I'll make. T;

He drove I gray anal

s e roug om

Th tmiimb ht. fr tb orig

Luke. 6 , ;

The horse be weighed twelvo hundrc

And I noble bout to hsui. ,, Tho more she was I benuty, too, Although she wIs but small.

(horse)

when we arrived at Mccullan Camp, Being hungry, tired Ind cold, The foce of Billy O'Brien Wu the first I did behold. And glad I was to us him too, And Inked who was the boss, When be pointed to I little man By the homo of Charlie Cross.

I hired the noxtmorning. Concluded for to stop, Along with Chorlie Oxford, They sent me for to chop . And a loysl teamster, John McGlnniI was his name. He drove I pair of roads, . Called McCul1Im's fancy team.

0, Guy Mr.-Cullsm Ind Cbsrlls Cross.

cruised round.

They thought they could do better, Up on lVlcInerncy's ground.

the woods Ill

The spruce was good in bunches.

WI: handsome, straight no sound,

But Guy not yet being satisfied. To Charlie Cross he said, 1'-

"There's no use in stopping he ,'1 Where we can't work two sl 5 '

There was another Island nunii Here amongst the rest, L Three feet across the shoulders, In proportion round the breast Though very big, not very cute. Jim W-halen'was his name. On the seventh of March he cu”. his foot. And he marched off X stream.

down-

He took with him five pounds of

film. The lo.dics' hurts to gain. But. all the thanks he got for it They said he was too green. He blowed the roost upon me, And said I'd made the song, - And proved to be I trlitor. . For which mnny's the man was hung. ' I

Now the men are all paid off, To take the long porlash. - some are bound for Bothurst. And some for Pokemouche. some in SI.lmon River dwell, More live in Mix-Imichl. - -- Thc rest gone down to lndlsnlown, To have I glorious spree. "-

They've all gone out excepting me, I stopped to watch the Comp.

To see fhePidltfl'rels'-Inclriucifccbf Go skipping through the swImp'

That cruel winter's over. Thank God, I'm still alive.

And if the spring proves fIvorIbE-'2', I intend to stop Ind drive. '35:

(PIrr of the above was sung by Fred McMahon of Chothsrn. tcam- ' star with Fraser Companies, for I 3 forthcoming book of fqlksong by ' William M. Docrfllnger, Nev. York.) "' I

' The Fourteenth of October. In- other song-. by Larry GormIn.' used to be sung with great effect by the Inc Trsven Aitken, Lord BeIverbrook's brother. Is part of Peter lmberlcy. Mr. Altken song it with what our come-Ill-yo sing- ers cnll the "browi". It the end

of non linc. "Ritchie" became "Ritch - eye - cc". "surrounded" "surroundl-ed". "csribou" "car-

cye-bou-ou", etc.

"On the fourteenth of October, Our vessel put to sea, For the Province of New Bruns- wick. And the port. of Mirsmichi.

We lnnded up It Newcastle. And lumbering men in vcw,

I hired with Bob Ritchie,

To join his winter crew. "

Ho gun to me I shclthlng blade Likewise I bowie knife,

A csrobine Ind bsttlo Ixe, For to protect my life.

I never shsll forgot the day, The dIy first I did make,

A voysgo into tho forosl. For youthful fortune's uke

A voysgc into the forest Before the break of dIy. And there I won surrounded By birds and bouts of prey

l The luclfcspilio wild-cot, mtlviw caribou. . . Tbs moon-bird Ind tho tom-lit Tho skunk Ind squirrel. 100-

And the wild ferocious rabbit. from tho Polor regions come.

And lots of other Inlmail. Too nutnrrollo for to name.

ll tho:-o'I dsngor-Ion the ocean. are the wow: run mounino

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