It must have been in the very early spring of 1913 that my father went with
Mr Howard Murray to look at the property he (Mr M.) was buying on the East
Shore of Lake Memphremagog, but whenever it was it didn't take Daddy long
to decide to buy for himself the property next door to the North. It was known
as ``The South Farm'' being Lot 4A (the south half of Lot 4) 16 Range, North
Hatley Township. He seems to have bought it from David Pepin because it was to
him that his cheques of June 17 
, 1913 ($300) and July 7 , 1913
($1200) ``on acct. of purchase price of farm'' were made out. Whether there
were any more payments after that I don't know but in 1918 the farm was valued
at $3000 by the Corporation of the Township of Magog.
Figure: 1913. The Farm House Front ...
Figure: ... and Rear (Laundry out to Dry.
By the middle of June he was going out to the farm almost every other weekend
taking with him either Mother or Jane. The entries on what account sheets are
still around are interesting if only because Jane, at 6 was
transported by the C.P.R. almost free; i.e.: ``June 14-15 Expenses trip to farm
-- Mrs. H. & self: Ry. 5 
Hotel & carriage 4 
'' as
against ``June 22-23 Self & Jane: Ry. 2 
Hotel 3 Carriage 3 
'' But then on July 6-7 ``Mrs H. & self, Ry.5 Hotel 4
Carriage 3 
''. The ``Hotel'' was the Battles House which was the
only hotel in town. It was close to ``the Outlet''.
Before he moved his family out on August 1 
, 1913, Daddy had hired Lloyd
Allen (Mrs Partington's brother) to look after the place and had bought a span
of horses for $393 and a cow for $55 
. He had also bought from
Fraser Bros. a gladstone buggy ($60 ) and a skiff for $45 . These
were essential purchases to cover transportation (7 miles to Magog, 3 to
Georgeville) and a supply of fresh milk. At this point Daddy had no intention
of ``farming''. That came later when War broke out in 1914. He was content to
harvest and sell what hay the land produced but otherwise it was to be enjoyed
as a holiday place: his country home!
Figure: Lloyd Allen with Jim and Joe.
Figure: Harvesting (Jane and The Twins).
Figure: This is All the View there was of The Lake.