ly of busy boys and girls, acedents would spen t , or otherwise injured and spelled. Some & n she has passed then on to m. y statement of a dozen words, ac ther's house, and cared for ha o from W bearohoq gaitirwbasd bas drow rolos vitaitis 8'redtalbasty -silduq edt ogerol of bad ew tadt terger doum W rutɔiq aldaulav a ei eidT Jestinam 978,8niate 1staw lataabiɔɔs edt bas „998 yd beers ɛɛsawolley edt nevI lloidsist teom vad ensdailduq seasqze doum ts bas .oga 878sy saia-ytzie ;1897 dtdgis-ytnsvsa aid ai ungest son, Henry, was close to gitanari BRIEF FINAL TRIBUTE now take leave of grandfather, r2 tost deserved affection, as the dig! He not only served the palestrate rk, and it must be remen beret ty was greatly extended i.... a magistrate's f the presand county se duties then the times than .T.H.W .918m eti lo aoit W ITH consummate skill and patience, though with considerable reduction in size, and at much expense, the publishers have most faithfully reproduced grandfather's artistic color work and handwriting, performed in his seventy-eighth year; sixty-nine years ago. Even the yellowness caused by age, and the accidental water stains, are manifest. This is a valuable picture. We much regret that we had to forego the publication of its mate.. family of busy boys and girls, accidents would happen, the frames and glass would get broken, and for a time at least the pictures would be laid away with other old papers and get torn, or otherwise injured and spoiled. Some were kept for a long time. Now I judge none remain among us. We could hardly imagine then how precious they would be now. October 23, 1916. Quite lately I learned that two of those precious pictures are still in existence; preserved by one of grandfather's granddaughters-in-law; then Mrs. William McKee. Now she is not connected with us, being Mrs. Davidson of Feversham, Ontario, Canada. For a moderate consideration she has passed them on to me and I shall take care that they be preserved in the Trout family indefinitely. They were made on poor paper, are yellow with sixty-nine years of time, and have been injured by partial wetting, and will be exceedingly hard to reproduce; but, if possible, one at least shall appear in the book. His signature, with date and explanatory statement of a dozen words, accompanying each. About three or four years before grandfather died, he sold or transferred the old place to Uncle Sam McKee, who married Aunt Charlotte, and they with their large family lived in grandfather's house, and cared for him till his death, in January 27, 1852. Aunt Harriet's house, where she lived with her youngest son, Henry, was close to grandfather's, and she also gave him her very best attention and thoughtful care. BRIEF FINAL TRIBUTE We must now take leave of grandfather, remembering him with the most deserved affection, as the dignified Christian gentleman that he was. The dignity was not put on it was in him. His whole life was one of leadership. A commanding manner belonged to him, still he was always modest and approachable. He not only served the public as a magistrate and court clerk, and it must be remembered that a magistrate's sphere of duty was greatly extended beyond that of the present. The duties since performed by the township and county councillors lay then upon the magistrate; but those duties then were much simpler in the simple pioneer life of the times than |