Stewart MacDonald , Malcolm's brother Dan came home from the West and bought Archie Munn 's farm in Wood Islands . He had bought a threshing mill while he was still home, and he tried feeding the mill like they did in . I can still hear the roaring and stopping of the engine from the loud reports heard at the Little Sands School. Malcolm seemed to be a very kind man, but I never remember conversing with him. I do not know who owns the Smith farm at this date. Horses were important for work and transportation 64