Harry Evans, “’Arry sez” 11 November, 1983
Put the clocks back Oct. 30 and luxuriated in bed the extry hour. Next morning on rising found we’d had the first killing frost of the year. It was a…
PHOTOGRAPHIC Terms of common occurrence, and Maxims, popularly explained (1863)
PHOTOGRAPHIC Terms of common occurrence, and Maxims, popularly explained, BY J. A. S. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an Advertisement published in the Picton Gazette, 30 October, 1863, and at other…
Wellington Bank Hold-up, 1933
TWO ARRESTS MADE IN BANK HOLD-UP (October 12, 1933) Discover Two Men Hidden in Bushes Near Wellington Percy Garrett, 25, of Vancouver, and John Pettie of Toronto, formerly of Wellington,…
A tour of Wellington, 1833
Hallowell Free Press, September 30, 1833 We take this opportunity of publicly expressing our thanks for the liberal manner in which every facility was afforded us for the prosecution of…
“Harry Says,” 3 October, 1973
Living and working on the land, you develop a bunch of theories on any amount of things. US farmers, usually alone for a big part of the day, have a…
Farley Mowat’s Letter From Sicily, August 1943
Letter From Sicily Tells Of Regiment, by Farley Mowat Published in the Picton Gazette, 27 August, 1943. [EDITOR’S NOTE: A twenty-two year old Farley Mowat, yet to become a celebrated…
Their names liveth forevermore, by Phillip Dodds, 18 August, 1943.
Their names liveth forevermore, by Phillip Dodds. Published in the Picton Gazette, 18 August, 1943. In this County of Prince Edward we are as one great family. Though perhaps not…
“Harry Says,” 10 August, 1973
“Harry Says,” by Harry Evans, published in the Picton Gazette, 10 August, 1973 Well, we got our rain just when the grain harvest started. Right now in our Tropic Midsummer,…