The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . n, the tug commences. Among the spectators the excitementis intense, some of them being so carried away by it that it is withdifficulty they are prevented from seizing the rope to help their sideto victory. The handkerchief that marks the centre of the ropequivers over the centre line. Each team, encouraged by the cheers 486 GAMES CEASED of its friends, strains every muscle. Maybe a foot slips, a slightadvantage for the other side is thus obtained. Encouraged therebyy
The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . n, the tug commences. Among the spectators the excitementis intense, some of them being so carried away by it that it is withdifficulty they are prevented from seizing the rope to help their sideto victory. The handkerchief that marks the centre of the ropequivers over the centre line. Each team, encouraged by the cheers 486 GAMES CEASED of its friends, strains every muscle. Maybe a foot slips, a slightadvantage for the other side is thus obtained. Encouraged therebyyet one more efEort is put forth, and amid the shouts of thousandsa draw is made, and their opponents are pulled across the line. It seems a pity that these annual sports have for the last tenyears been given up, but from various causes the Caledonia Societyhas not the strength it once possessed. Some of its most interestedand active members have left the village; many others have becomemembers of The Sons of Scotland. Weakened as it has thus been,the feature of the annual games has been dropped, let us hope butffr a CHAPTER OF SAUGEEN} Extract from the Eeport of County Valuators, 1901. This township, in proportion to its acreage, has more inferior land,we think, than anv township south of the peninsula. The shore range,while much better than that of Bruce, is far below the average. Thisranee together with the thousands of acres of drift sand in the north,and cut as the township is through its whole length by Mill Creek, theSaugeen Eiver, and the railroad, combine to pull down the average value verymuch However, there are a number of very fine farms in Saugeen thatwill compare favorably with any in the county. There are some sectionsof very stiff clay, and the land is very rough along the banks of theSaugeen Eiver. The rate per acre for this township is $ There isno village property in Saugeen. Men with keen eyes to perceive latent possibilities and w
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