As we turn away with a parting glance at the pleasing
scene, we cannot help mentally saying,--surely the residents in this
vicinity owe much to Robert Ainslie for the interest he has ever taken
in the prosperity and improvements of the place, and long may both he
and they live to enjoy the fruit of their united labours.
OLD RUFUS.
The memory of Old Rufus is so closely connected with the days of
my childhood that I cannot refrain from indulging in a few recollections
of him. The name of Old Rufus was not applied to him from any want of
respect; but it was owing to his advanced age, and long residence in our
vicinity, that he received this appellation. His name was Rufus Dudley.
I remember him as an old man when I was a very young child; and his
residence in the neighbourhood dated back to a period many years
previous to the time of which I speak. He was born in the state of New
York, where he resided during the early portion of his life, and where
he married. His wife died before his removal to Canada. When he first
came to the Province he located himself in a town a few miles from the
village of C., where he married a second time. When first he removed to
R. he was for some years employed in a saw-mill and earned a comfortable
support for his family.
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