As I Remember Them Neil kept about 10 cows, 20-30 sheep and a couple of horses. He always had money in his pocket from selling eggs, wool, sale of a pig or a fat steer, as well as sale for his 3 acres of potatoes. He was as true a farmer as one saw in those days. After his mother died he usually ate his dinner at our home. He always brought a big plate of butter, so there was always lots of butter on the table. My uncle Neil was by no means a grouchy old bach¬ elor. I was told that he had had several girlfriends but none suited his mother. Even in his 60's he kept com¬ pany with a widow woman who was one of his old girl¬ friends. He was extremely fond of us children. He tried to teach us Gaelic but I am afraid it did not take root. He always wore a moustache. One time he shaved it off and went to church. No one knew who he was except for one small boy who said he was wearing Neil MacDonald 's watch chain. He joined in public functions. When they built the local telephone line he went to the woods and cut and peeled ten posts and helped put up the line. He had a beautiful yellow mare, which he kept in tip¬ top shape. I can still see him with a long rope holding on to her when she ran in circles for exercise. She was so scared of cars that he never took her on the road, except in the winter. Neil never seemed to get old. When he died at the age of 89, he was always talking of "the old fellows," not seeming to know he was one. 27