However, he continued to do chores around the farm. It is said that one season he picked twelve quarts of raspberries. He placed a string on the container that he used for picking berries and then hung it around his neck. That left his hand free for picking the berries. He was a very ambitious man, and he even split all his own wood. To carry the wood into the house, he would place it in a basket and carry it that way. He was also janitor for the school, cutting kindling and lighting the fire before the children arrived for daily 'classes. His handicap certainly didn’t deter him from living a normal life.

Another son, Jack MacDonald, was a farmer, and a good one too. He always managed to have cream to ship in the winter, while others found it difficult toproduce enough milk for their own use. He grew good crops, and was one of the few farmers who owned a car at that time. '

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