Complex sentence: As a child, Charles Jr. accompanied his father to Carlisle to hear Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald; according to family lore, Macdonald noticed the young future Premier and told him that he was a fine boy who would make a good politician someday.
Split into simpler sentences: As a child, Charles Jr. accompanied his father to Carlisle to hear Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. According to family lore, Macdonald noticed the young future Premier and told him that he was a fine boy who would make a good politician someday.