Canadian Jewellers Association · Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co · leaf 730
summer of 1876, at the ageof 17, he determined to leave homeand strike out for himself. After afruitless search for employment, he *■ finally stranded at Shelbourne, then a new town on the TorontoCray & Bruce Railway, with just fifteen cents in his pocket.Not being able to buy a regular meal… … Ontario, and succeeded in building upa very snug little business and makingconsiderable money for himself. In January of 1886, after fullyinvestigating the prospects for trade inthe North-west, he decided to settledown in the young and pushing Cityof Winnipeg, Manitoba, feeling satis-fied in his…
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