Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . ery, Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd. E. L. Sennatt. Starke, Seybold, Ltd., Montreal. D. E. Hamilton, Simonds Canadian Saw Co.,Montreal. A. E. Hanna, Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Winnipeg. A. E. Hough, Canadian Tube & Iron Co., Ltd.,Montreal. C. A. Walker, Ontario Lantern Co., Ltd., Ham-ilton. Many letters of regret were receivedfrom those at a distance who found itimpossible to be present. HEARD AT THE WHOLESALERSBANQUET Decidled appreciation was expressedfor the vocal duet of George Caverhilland Archie McFarlane. When two kind-red-spirited Scots have a
Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . ery, Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd. E. L. Sennatt. Starke, Seybold, Ltd., Montreal. D. E. Hamilton, Simonds Canadian Saw Co.,Montreal. A. E. Hanna, Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Winnipeg. A. E. Hough, Canadian Tube & Iron Co., Ltd.,Montreal. C. A. Walker, Ontario Lantern Co., Ltd., Ham-ilton. Many letters of regret were receivedfrom those at a distance who found itimpossible to be present. HEARD AT THE WHOLESALERSBANQUET Decidled appreciation was expressedfor the vocal duet of George Caverhilland Archie McFarlane. When two kind-red-spirited Scots have a mind to singas they had, it just makes a banquet hallring. Open jealousy was expressed inone quarter for Archies fine tartanwaistcoat. The skirl o the pipes wasa richt welcome sound. Something was said on the menu cardsto the effect that the hardware jobbersassumed themselves to be honest, and(Continued on page 96) 66 October 4, 1919 FIFTY YEARS IN THE WEST How James H. Asnaown WonOut on the Prairies Reprinted by Courtesy MACLEANS MAGAZINE. This is probably the mos>t recent picture of MrJ. H. Ashdown, President of the J. H. AshdownHardware Co., Limited. The snapshot was takenat Ottawa as Mr. Ashdown was leaving a meet-ing of the National Industrial Conference. ONE afternoon in the year 1861, a young man of abouteighteen years—the age when ambition so frequentlystirs in the male heart a desire to strike out andconquer the world—was riding briskly along a railroadtrack. In the near distance was a settlement which inafter years was to become known as the town of this time, however—it was a mere clearing in the denseforest. Despite the fact that he had come all the wayon shanks mare from Guelph, a distance of twelve miles,and despite the further fact that he had previously walkedall the way from his fathers farm in Brant County toGuelph in search of employment and had failed to find it,he was still cheerful. So cheerful, in fact, that when hesaw a sixpenny bit
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