Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-11

interested and made a sale. Oh boy!
Sold him a book 1 had on hand.
Agreed to allow 81 off for nights lodg-
ing and three meals. However, col
lected $3.50. Hope this keeps up.
Monday
Southampton is some place! It's
about three-quarters of a mile from
the stopping place, which is called
a station, although it is only a wooden
flooring with a small place to dump
parcels into. The town consists OF a
general store, a post-ofice, a board
ing house (of which 1 am the only
boarder) and a few houses. Farms
are along the roads out of the town.
l came across probably the poorest
family l ever saw. l sold the man a
book and then went on. 1 started to
come back to town for supper, found
it quite late, so stopped back 1t his
home. He offered to let me stay for
supper. The meal consisted to canned
corn, bread (stale) and cake. The
family, consisting of Brown, his wife
and child (about 4 or 5 years. had tea,
but 1 INDUCED in only milk. A table
cloth was gotten out from some place
upstairs, three silver knives were
washed and put on the table. Forks
were not needed; you ate the corr
with a spoon. There was, however,
good cake there which l enjoyed.
Whenever the youngster wanted a sec
ond helping of corn or tea he would
Cry and let out a howl. l suppose
many an evening he was put off hun
CRY and, of course, he would cry. This
evening he was told that there was
plenty and no need to cry. Brown
and his wife refused to take anything
for the meal, so l deducted rs cents
from the balance due me in August
and slipped a nickel to the kid. Am
writing this at the boarding house by
the light of the old fashioned lamp.
Sold two books by the way.
Tuesday, June Goth
Tramping and talking all day. The
roads up here are terrible compared
with those in the States. 1t rained
this morning and that did not help
matters. The roads, country and peo-
pie are very primitive. Am lodging
with an old duffer over night, who
didn't know anything about or ever
heard of Philadelphia. Imagine that!
Also asked me if 1 aver saw n of
those things they go up in the air
with. Said he would give a great deal
to see one. Canadians have a peculiar
idea of the States. 1 have talked with
quite a few and all considered it a
good thing for Canada that the U. S.
did not enter the war, and the reason
is interesting. They believe hat if
the u. S.. declared war on Germany,
several hundred thousand Germans
would Immediately revolt, overthrow
the U. S. Government and then with
help from the German Government
invade Canada. They don't see why
we in the States don't realize this
Bed at 9 P. M.
Wednesday, June 21st
Was talking to an old woman who
appears to be a hundred years old,
and is going blind. She gave me a
little advice. She was married five
times and after telling MT all her trou-
bles, and wishing her present hus-
band dead, she gave me this bit OF
sage advice: Experience teaches
fools, young man, and I know. Take
this bit of advice: BE good to your
first wife, for your second will be
much worse" She also asked me il
l knew her son and daughter who
were somewhere in the States. Met a
good American today, who bought a
book, gave me a dollar deposit, set me
up to a meal and had his wife put up a
lnuch for me.
Arrived at River Philip, which is a
more progressive place than any other
1 have been in. On trying to find a
place to sleep, I met a fine young fell
low who kidded me along and took me
out for a drive in his machine over to
Oxford. I certainly have met some
good-hearted people up here. This
travelling around not knowing where
your next meal is coming from, or
where your next beds going to be is
some experience, believe me! Am
stopping at the young fellows house
over night. He lives with his mother,
who, although she is giving me a
| good bed and a good meal, believes me
some sort of a scamp who is trying
to do people out of some money and
then never show up.
Friday, June 23d
Back to civilization again. Am stay
ing over night at Spring Hill, the larg-
est town in Cumberland County, N. s.,
but don't be misled, for any small
country village in the States is larger
than If TT is a mining town and true