SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:02:05
Drownings in Charlottetown and how they happened; drownings, Charlottetown.
SIDE A 00:02:05 -- 00:03:45
Mr. MacEachern talks about a wake in a railway station; wakes, train stations.
SIDE A 00:03:45 -- 00:06:00
The Lake Verde Station and some of the other railway stations; Lake Verde Station, Lake Verde, train stations.
SIDE A 00:06:00 -- 00:08:08
Train wrecks on PEI and the railway snowplow; snowplows, trains, train wrecks, accidents.
SIDE A 00:08:08 -- 00:09:06
How a steam engine was once converted into a saw for a lumber mill; lumber mills, saws, steam engines.
SIDE A 00:09:06 -- 00:10:16
The great trapper Elijah Roche; trappers, Elijah Roche.
SIDE A 00:10:16 -- 00:13:57
Having no electrical power during the 1930s, shipping carloads of fertilizer, and different people he knows who changed their German names; Germans, 1930s, electricity, power, shipping, fertilizer.
SIDE A 00:13:57 -- 00:14:40
German last names, the Acorns and Acorn's Bridge; Acorn, Acorn's Bridge, Germans.
SIDE A 00:14:40 -- 00:16:32
The Harvest Excursion and the trouble that some people would get into; trains, Harvest Excursion.
SIDE A 00:16:32 -- 00:22:05
Blacksmith shops in Vernon River and other towns and a story about a blacksmith and drilling wells; wells, blacksmiths, Vernon River.
SIDE A 00:22:05 -- 00:23:14
He talks about water dowsers, then moves on to briefly talk about a photo that shows a mill; water witches, water wells, well drilling.
SIDE A 00:23:14 -- 00:25:30
The bad roads on PEI, driving sideways, and how poor the driving conditions can get; Cardigan, Seven Mile Road, driving, roads.
SIDE A 00:25:30 -- 00:26:36
The mail and how tough the horses were that took the mailman around; postman, mailman, mail, horses.
SIDE A 00:26:36 -- 00:29:08
Teachers, their pay, school taxes and Mr. MacEachern's school memories; teachers, school, teacher's salary, wages, school taxes, education.
SIDE A 00:29:08 -- 00:29:51
A story about the school concerts he remembers; school, school concerts, concerts.
SIDE A 00:29:51 -- 00:31:14
The good jobs locally and the murderess Minnie McGee; Minnie McGee, murder, employment.
SIDE A 00:31:14 -- 00:31:47
Brief discussion about knitting machines; knitting, knitting machines.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:32:04 -- 00:33:42
Being born at home, local doctors, and midwives; midwives, doctors, birth.
SIDE B 00:33:42 -- 00:35:40
What would happen if you had an accident in the woods and a few accidents he remembers like the time a fiddler knocked off his fiddling finger; fiddlers, accidents.
SIDE B 00:35:40 -- 00:39:20
The Drakes and a railway agent's pay; wages, Drake, iceman, ice, butchers, railway agent.
SIDE B 00:39:20 -- 00:40:46
Families having operations on the kitchen table when John was a boy; doctors, operations.
SIDE B 00:40:46 -- 00:44:25
Mail sorting on the trains and the mail cars on the railway, with mention of PO boxes and card games; card games, mail, postage.
SIDE B 00:44:25 -- 00:47:43
Doctors, vets, and a story about a horse; doctors, vets, veterinarians, horses.
SIDE B 00:47:43 -- 00:50:07
Breeding cows and how much thrashing cost for him and for others; thrashing, cows, cattle, breeding, bulls, cattle breeding.
SIDE B 00:50:07 -- 00:52:34
Getting the telephone, electricity, and the first radios; electricity, power, telephones, radios.
SIDE B 00:52:34 -- 00:58:03
Driving his first car, what the roads were like in the early days, licenses, cars, and how much they cost; cars, car prices, Model-A, Model-T, roads, driver's licence, driving.
SIDE B 00:58:03 -- 00:59:10
Priests at St. Joachem's and how many they went through; St. Joachem's, churches, priests.
SIDE B 00:59:10 -- 01:00:40
Changes since the last war and when he was a child; changes.
SIDE B 01:00:40 -- 01:01:24
His sister's age, her family, and her daughter; family, age.
SIDE B 01:01:24 -- 01:03:10
Discussion about schools and hard work, with mention of thrashing; school, hard work, thrashing.
Tape ends at 01:03:10.
