and he could be seen running down the highway, because he hated the sight of blood. Once, he was going to visit Peter McCloskey, and noticed that Peter had painted the gateway posts red. He still wanted to make a visit, for he knew that he would be fed. So, he walked down to the end of their property, marched around the field, and up to the house. John was known as a grave—trimmer, and had the job of cutting the grass around graves in the various cemeteries. He was a very religious man who could quote scripture very well. When travelling down the highway, he was usually seen with a cod fish on his back. When he was hungry, he would gnaw a piece off the raw fish and eat it. In the fall of the year, he would pick apples from trees and carry some with him in a basket in case he would be hungry. On this particular day, he was visiting at McCloskey’s, and Kay recalls as a young girl, watching him reclining on the couch, while eyeing the delicious red apples in a basket near him. She became very brave, crawled on her hands and knees, and grabbed an apple. Her mother became very upset with her antics.

Jerome Christian was another resident who was well-known in this district. He was a great sport and comedian who worked for a livery stable in the United States.

Some years later, he moved to Bear River, where he started to farm. He was always late ploughing, and he would invite the farmers from the district to his farm for a ploughing frolic. They would all share Jerome’s home-made beer, after ploughing with their own ploughs, drawn by fine teams of horses.

As the day passed all his fields would be ploughed, and everyone would be in a happy mood. The farmers enjoyed this day listening to Jerome’s many stories.

Jerome was a mischievous man, who often played tricks on someone. Once, Long Alex and Sandy MacDonald were driving along

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