Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . fficulty was to get the reverend gentleman towrite the lecture out, something he very rarely did,not a sermon in manuscript having been found at_ his death, out of all the long and able discourseswhich marked his minis-try. Keying up my courageto the requisite point tomeet the august Doctor, Ishortly afterwards pre-sented myself at
Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . fficulty was to get the reverend gentleman towrite the lecture out, something he very rarely did,not a sermon in manuscript having been found at_ his death, out of all the long and able discourseswhich marked his minis-try. Keying up my courageto the requisite point tomeet the august Doctor, Ishortly afterwards pre-sented myself at his house,a two-story stone dwellingstill standing at the footof High Park. Havingknocked timidly at theJohn Bayne, ^^^^^ ^^^ housekeeper and servant (they were generally united in one in thosedays) quickly appeared. Is Dr. Bayne in? I inquired. Oh, yes, she replied, come in ; and, withthe brusque courtesy of the period, she ushered meinto the sitting-room without knock or ceremony. Here a surprise awaited me. The room wascloudy with smoke, which was enriched with anodour which could not be mistaken. Having just come in from the sunlight, I could notat first see clearly about me. Whilst peering throughthe murk, however, a human figure gradually took 40. DR. JOHN BAYNE form and arose from a lounge at the other end ofthe room. As the figure advanced I saw it was , who, although evidently a little ruffled at theunceremonious way in which I had been ushered in,took my hand so genially, and with words and man-ner so kindly, as to soon place me comparatively atmy ease. After the usual interchange of civilities theDoctor excused himself for a few minutes whilsthe went into an adjoining room. During his absence the light and my vision im-proved, and I soon discovered the cause of theunusual smoke on my entrance. On the mantel, thewindow sills and other more curious places I countedno less than nineteen clay pipes, many of whichlooked new, and all were white and clean. Som
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