different look. On each side of the road which runs from Kenneth Heaney’s gate to about Clinton Heights, large, tall maple and other trees spread their branches and presented a beautiful picture. Our community can boast of some of the most scenic views on the Island and, during the summer months, many tourists park at dif- ferent points to View the scenery. Taking your stand upon the tops of the hills in Clinton, you behold a scene that fancy loves to recall; hill and dale, meadow and woodland, cosy farm homes nestling beneath some sheltering grove 0r crowning some rise, streamlets and creeks slowly wandering through verdant meadows and groves of deepest green, and the gulf itself with its deep blue waters.

Many of the early settlers lived on a branch road, which be- gins at the east side of the farm now owned by Hugh Frizzell anl running east, not far from the South-West River to the mouth of Harding’s Creek. This road was known as the Woodside Road.

A branch road from the Woodside Road runs along the east of George Pickering’s property and directly south across Harding’s Creek on the Cow Bridge, thence to the paved road.

Another branch road runs from the school ground east of the mill property. This road turns south-westerly towards the County line. This road is called the Kerrytown Road because some of its early settlers came from County Kerry in Ireland. A branch road runs from this paved road on which John O’Connor, Kenneth Mumma and William Heaney live, and is known as the Heaney Road. This roads leads to Graham’s Road School.

FROM SCYTHES AND SICKLES TO TRACTORS AND COMBINES

In early times, plows had but one handle and there was no attempt to make a straight furrow. These were used for about forty years, but in 1810, two—handled plows were introduced.

The grain was cut with scyth‘es and sickles, and threshed by heating it with flails on an earthen or wooden f100r. Some farmers had hand-operated fanners to separate the chaff from the grain: others made use of wind. The first threshing machine arrived on the Island in 1828 and it is known that, about fifty years later, some farmers in Clinton were using them. These were driven by a treadmill, and some of our oldest residents can recall exactly how they were built. This form of an engine developed power by two horses, walking on an inclined, endless belt, made of 2” by 6 to 8” hardwood plank. These planks ran on small wheels. Around the horses was a frame, about four feet high on the sides and

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