A YOUNG FARMER Joseph A. Maclsaac lived in Bear River , where he operated a mixed farming operation. During the summer months the orphanage usually sent children out to different parishes within the diocese, and some families kept them for the summer. Ambrose McGregor spent the summer at the home of Agnes and Hughie Sheehan. When the fall came, the boy was unhappy about going back to the orphanage. So, Joseph Maclsaac was happy to take him and gave him a good home. Joseph wasn't married at the time, and he hired Rose Anne Wilson as a housekeeper. He was always teasing this lady, and once played a joke on her. He placed calf-meal in the can that usually contained the oatmeal. One night, there were some friends in playing cards, and Rose Anne was making porridge for the morning. The more she cooked it, the thinner it became, and the more the card players laughed. Finally, she caught on that something was wrong, and was very upset when she realized she was making porridge for the calves, and not for their own breakfast. Occasionally men went to western Canada in the fall of the year as a part of the "Harvest Excursion." Once, Joe joined the group and went along. One day, his niece, Agnes Sheehan , received a parcel in the mail. It was a pair of brown boots with buttons on the side. A thoughtful man, Joe saw them in a store window in and felt that Agnes would like them. Now, many years later, Agnes vividly remembers the brown boots and this man's thoughtfulness. In 1930, Joe married Mary McGaugh and they were blessed with two children, Joseph and Patricia. Before her marriage, Mary was employed in Boston. One summer, she and her sister, Gertie, were returning to Boston after a holiday on Prince Edward Island . It so happened that a young four 34