information contained in the short sketch. Although nearing the four score mark, his intellect is as keen as that of one much younger. He can recall many instances over the last half century of happenings that have come under his notice during his long useful life. He does not rely on his memory exclusively but went to his desk and looked up old records, giving day and date for anything of importance taking place during the last fifty or more years, and is well qualified to vertfi the statements in this short account.

The Mr. Dawson referred to above was the father of the late S.N. Dawson, a well known personality to Maritime horsemen who campaigned such good ones as Minnie, Leawood, john L., Lady Pilot, and june Morning

Many of the men who were familiar with this episode have passed from the scene of life’s activities and have journeyed down the River of Time. The little grey more has been under the sod for many years. She leaves behind her a record of courage, stamina, and endurance that will warm the hearts of all lovers of mans1 ghost faithful friend performing a feat equaled by few and excelled by none.

Butter Making

Farms had a variety of livestock including one or two cows, a pig, several sheep, a few chickens and other fowl, as well as several work horses. The cows were expected to supply the family with milk and milk products for the year. Often this supply became scarce as spring approached, not only because there were few animals to be milked, but also because of the lack of feed during the winter months. In fact, some years the cows were so weak by spring they had to be lifted to their feet.

Every farm had what was called a dairy. These were holes dug deep into the ground and lined by stone walls with a short board wall above the stones and covered by a roof. These dairies were built large enough that ice, cut in the pond in the winter and stored in sawdust in the ice house on the farm, could be put in the dairy and packed around with sawdust. This sawdust was carefully gathered each year after the wood was sawn in the barn yard. The milk was put in large earthen basins on the clay floor in the dairy and left until the cream separated. The cream was skimmed off, put in a stone crock and stored. When there was enoughlclream and it had properly aged, the butter was made by hand rmxmg.

The creamer refined the process of separating cream from milk. The creamer was round, stood about thirty inches tall, and had a tap near the bottom. The creamer was filled with milk which gradually separated by gravity with the cream floating to the top. An isinglass down one side 0f the creamer permitted a view into the creamer. A container was placed underneath the tap and the milk was drained from the creamer into the container. The cream was then drained into another container and when aged put into a churn and made into butter.12

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