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There liyed in our time in DeSable, two extra- ordinary brothers, called 'Big Johnny' and George. These ingenious chaps were known locally as the 'Two Je-acks' a name which probably meant jack of all trades, but failed entirely to describe their many abilities. If the crop on the home farm never was planted or harvested in season or their nets and lobster traps so unattended; — it was only be- cause each brother was engaged in 'doing his own thing' or the project that appealed to him at that

particular time.

Brother George was something of an inventive wizard,‘ if ever a wizard was. Working with tools and machines made by himself, he once manufactured and built a set of bag pipes completely of material pro- duced at home, buying nothing but the reeds for the

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chanter. The finished pipes were remarkably well

crafted and showed the touch of a born genius. This

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instrument was his masterpiece and Judged incredibly

good by piping experts. Later George became almost

an institution as he played at picnics and gatherings.

He powered his workshOp with the first, last, and