The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . INTERIOR OF ENGINEERS TENT. FORDIN(; RIVER ON THE WAY TO CHURCH(Clothes in the Bag) Lumber Camps weaver at 35>y. a week in a country place, workingat a mill, but I was discharged, and when youredischarged in a country place, well, youve got tomove, thats all. I sold my poultry and all mystuff, and altogether we had close on ;!^ioo. But what made you come to Canada? Isaid. Why, cos I always heard it was a fine countrywith lots of free land. I had had my bellyful ofweaving, and I thinks to myself, Ill go out
The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . INTERIOR OF ENGINEERS TENT. FORDIN(; RIVER ON THE WAY TO CHURCH(Clothes in the Bag) Lumber Camps weaver at 35>y. a week in a country place, workingat a mill, but I was discharged, and when youredischarged in a country place, well, youve got tomove, thats all. I sold my poultry and all mystuff, and altogether we had close on ;!^ioo. But what made you come to Canada? Isaid. Why, cos I always heard it was a fine countrywith lots of free land. I had had my bellyful ofweaving, and I thinks to myself, Ill go out andtry my luck, and take the Missis. So out wecame last May, and booked to Calgary. I had abrother in the East, but he didnt seem to bemaking any more than me in the old country, soI makes up my mind to come West. Well,when we gets to Calgary, I falls in with a youngNottingham fellow, and he says to me, * Imgoing up to Edmonton to look for land, and Isays to him, Ill come too. So off we goes, andfetches up here. And why did you choose land here ? * Well, we looked at a map, and sees it markedwooded country,
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