SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:15
Discussion about mussel mud continues on from Tape One; Frank Corcoran, Cascumpec, manure spreader, banking the mud.
SIDE A 00:03:15 -- 00:05:05
Discussion about fox ranching; fox feed, fox prices, Harry Lewis, fox ranching.
SIDE A 00:05:05 -- 00:07:44
Discussion about farming, with mention of wheat and grains; gristmills, wheat, grain, flour, Elmsdale, bran, shorts, wheat toll.
SIDE A 00:07:44 -- 00:10:49
Discussion about general stores, with mention of E. T. Botts; Dave Botts, general stores, E. T. Botts, Bloomsfield, goods, candy, sugar, cheese.
SIDE A 00:10:49 -- 00:13:19
Discussion about farming potatoes; farming, potatoes, potato planting, harrows, plowing, potato varieties, acreage, potato picking.
SIDE A 00:13:19 -- 00:15:40
Discussion about starch factories; starch factories, Hunter River, Ramsey, starch, potato prices, 1940s.
SIDE A 00:15:40 -- 00:17:36
Discussion about potato prices and a story about Botts sending potatoes to Boston; potato prices, Botts, Boston, 1930s.
SIDE A 00:17:36 -- 00:18:29
Brief discussion about chickens; chickens, New York dressed chicken, turkeys.
SIDE A 00:18:28 -- 00:20:33
Discussion about fish; fish, herring, salted fish, blue potatoes, Fridays, planting, lobsters, superstitions, oysters.
SIDE A 00:20:33 -- 00:22:29
Discussion about pigs, with mention of homemade soap; pig feed, pigs, butchering pigs, pork, homemade soap, potash.
SIDE A 00:22:29 -- 00:24:19
Discussion about machines, with mention of a stationary engine and a washing machine; machines, stationary engine, Gray, washing machine, engines.
SIDE A 00:24:19 -- 00:26:43
Discussion about horsepower and a homemade saw; horsepower, homemade saw, saws, crosscut saw, thrashing, cutting wood.
SIDE A 00:26:43 -- 00:29:28
Discussion about the family home; cords, fireplaces, homemade bread, firewood, cooking, baking, jam, berry picking.
SIDE A 00:29:28 -- 00:31:26
Discussion about hay; hay, hay coils, salt.
SIDE A 00:31:26 -- 00:31:51
Discussion about school; school, school vacation.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:51.
SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:33:09
Discussion about school continues; school, one room school, Piusville School.
SIDE B 00:33:09 -- 00:34:09
Brief discussion about winter storms; storms, winter, 1923, shoveling, snow, deep snow, 1918, The Guardian.
SIDE B 00:34:09 -- 00:36:02
A story about a ruptured appendix; appendix, appendicitis, 1932, Summerside, hospital, death.
SIDE B 00:36:02 -- 00:36:40
Brief discussion about trains, with mention of Hog Day; trains, Hog Day, pigs, train.
SIDE B 00:36:40 -- 00:37:30
Brief discussion about his birth; birth, Dr. Gallant, Rustico, Bloomfield, Dr. Isadore Gallant, doctors.
SIDE B 00:37:30 -- 00:40:47
Discussion about the first car he saw; cars, John Murray, Model-T Ford, 1924, left hand driving, horses, roads, car bans, 1929, Model-A Ford.
SIDE B 00:40:47 -- 00:42:20
Brief discussion about the first radio and the first time with electricity; radio, electricity, 1936, 1930s, 1957, radio programs, CFCY, Don Messer.
SIDE B 00:42:20 -- 00:43:22
Brief discussion about WWI; WWI, 1917, Red Cross.
SIDE B 00:43:22 -- 00:45:03
Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, 1919, death, flu vaccine, rum, tobacco.
SIDE B 00:45:03 -- 00:45:51
Brief discussion about entertainment; entertainment, fiddle, Alberton, movies, dances.
SIDE B 00:45:51 -- 00:49:06
Discussion about traveling, with mention of going to Summerside for the first time; Summerside, traveling, train, 1929, electricity, gas station, Whippet, rumble seat.
SIDE B 00:49:06 -- 00:52:26
Discussion about cars; cars, fox boom, 1920s, McLaughlin, Keith Moses, Alberton, Chevy 490, Chevrolet 490, John Corcoran, mechanic, roads.
SIDE B 00:52:26 -- 00:53:35
Brief discussion about sleighs; Francis sleighs, sleighs, cutter sleighs, Jelley's sleighs.
SIDE B 00:53:35 -- 00:54:22
Brief discussion about peddlers; peddlers, fish peddlers.
SIDE B 00:54:22 -- 00:55:37
Brief discussion about his birthday and how he got his name; birthday, St. Norbert.
SIDE B 00:55:37 -- 00:57:18
Discussion about the first airplane he saw; airplane, Mt. Pleasant, plane crash, accident, 1941.
SIDE B 00:57:18 -- 00:58:54
Brief discussion about the Hindenburg and the Halifax Explosion; Hindenburg, Halifax Explosion, 1935, 1917.
SIDE B 00:58:54 -- 01:00:23
Brief discussion about the sinking of the Gracie Parks; Gracie Parks, 1923, sinking ship, Alberton.
SIDE B 01:00:23 -- 01:02:16
Discussion about the first time he went to Charlottetown; Charlottetown, 1933, traveling, Rodd's hotel.
SIDE B 01:02:16 -- 01:03:51
Discussion about the first time he left the Island; 1948, Halifax, truck, traveling.
Tape ends at 01:03:51.
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