, w a team of horses to be driven in to be shod. In one corner of the room the fireplace, built of stone, and in the early days, a large accordion-like ws to fan the fire. This was operated by a long pole in reach of the : thy’s left hand, so his right hand could be free to handle the tongs. This ' ws was later replaced by a modern machine, which, when cranked ~ a steady draft. In front of the smith was a huge anvil with a round ted end used in shaping horseshoes or whatever other piece of iron or 1 he happened to be working with. Immediately in front of the fireplace ' 7 a tub of water into which the hot iron was plunged, either slowly or ; kly, according to the temper desired in the metal.

7 A blacksmith fixed everything. If you needed a barrel hooped, a shoe ‘ :1 ed, a horse shod, a wheel tired, a tin bucket soldered, a sleigh runner 'red, a broken mower knife welded, a driving wagon painted, an axe

. pened or a bolt threaded, all and everything went to the blacksmith, and ' ou had nothing to take, you went anyway to swap gossip with the ; hours.

The wood-working section contained, besides the work bench, a lathe, '11, a band saw, jig saw, circular saw and a planer. In the early days all 3e machines were driven by “horse-power” which was simply a tread _; set at a slope so that when the horse was put on a revolving platform his ht turned the spindle, and the horse was forced to walk, thus supplying power. When the stationary gas engines came on the market about 1908,

»« Burns purchased a three horse-power upright International and discarded “horse-power”. This engine gave excellent service and was still in use the shop was sold in 1964.

. Upstairs in the shop, out of the dust, was the paint shop. A ramp at s end of the building, leading up to the double doors gave access to wagons leighs as the demand required.

‘ The building was right on the corner and when, in keeping with progress, , Freetown Road was widened, the shop protruded on the road, so the e_.nding part was simply sliced off, and the end boarded up again.

~ After Stewart Burn’s death in 1964, the property was sold to Ralph 'ugh, who tore down the old shop and landscaped the grounds. Garth . mmond is now the owner of this property.

DUNCAN MACPHEE

In 1869 Duncan MacPhee purchased 140 acres of land from Ronald ‘- cCormick. This land was bordered on the south by the Freetown Road. ‘5- on the north by the property of Charles Reeves and Caleb Tablor. ' can MacPhee’s wife was the daughter of the Reverend John Scott, the at ordained Baptist minister ever to settle on Prince Edward Island. ir two bachelor sons, Danny and Johnnie lived here for many years. _ ny was the farmer, but Johnnie’s hobby was the rearing of race horses, most notable of which was “Parkwood”. When Johnnie was offered 200.00 for this horse, he accepted, and sold him. “Parkwood” was pped to the United States where he was reputedly sold for the fabulous

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