contained a forge for the fire and bellows to fan it. When the coals aecame red hot, the iron was heated until it was malleable. It was then Minded on the anvil with a heavy hammer and shaped into shoes to fit the horse's hoof. The nails to fasten the shoe were also made by the blacksmith. Shoeing could be dangerous as some horses were nervous and hard to manage, depending on the temperament of the animal. The first known blacksmith shop in Augustine Cove was situated on land now owned by Holdsworth Leard. This would be in approximately L 880. It was operated by a Mr. MacEachern , but no other information is available. Donald Howatt was also a blacksmith. His shop and his home, both of which are gone, were located on land back of Darrell Foy's resi- ■ice. For many years a blacksmith shop was in operation at the Cove :orner. One was operated by Harry MacPhee . It was on property which is now owned by Edward Wadman . Later a forge was operated by Harry Clark . It stood on the site where Ralph Dawson 's store now stands. The Clark's lived in the house flow occupied by Elmer Dawson . With the age of mechanism increasing so rapidly after 1920, the usefulness of the smithy soon began to diminish and after about 1950 most blacksmith shops had disappeared. STORES On the lot which Elmer Matheson now owns, stood a store operated by Neil MacFadyen , father of John B., and later by Daniel Ross . In Aug¬ ustine Cove now we have two general stores. The larger one is owned by Ralph Dawson , who took over the business after the death of his father, Kenneth in 1967. A smaller, well-stocked store is operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Clark. This store was formerly operated by Ray Clark until his death in 1971. POST OFFICES Next door to the store which was operated by Neil MacFadyen was the community post office. Mail was brought from Cape Traverse . Two post-masters in those pioneer days were Albert Oakes and later Harry Clark. For several years in the late eighteen hundreds, Joseph Wadman walked and delivered mail to every household in the district, As there is no post office in the district now, our mail is delivered daily by a rural mailman. This mail delivery came first from Cape Traverse , before the »ost office was moved from there to Carleton Siding , from whence our mail came for many years. This year, 1973, the post office in Carleton was permanently closed and now our mail is delivered from the post office in Borden. Rural mail delivery began, on a daily basis, in 1916. The first rural mail courier in this area was Joseph Ahearn , followed by Tom Gardiner , wiarhe MacNeill, Kenneth MacNeill , Thomas Keough , Russell Quigley , Biilie Perry and presently Gordon Norring. CHURCHES witi, r,There are no churches in Augustine Cove , but our affiliations are lti beven , Cape Traverse , Tryon and Crapaud . 35