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 AN 
 
 EMIGIUNT'S EXPERIENCE 
 
 IN CANADA, 
 
 CUDDY PEGGY, Ac, 
 
 BY A 
 
 EOXBORO' FARMEK. 
 
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 ■ i^ National Library Bibliotheque nationale 
 
 ■ T^ of Canada HnranaHo 
 
 du Canada 
 
 
AN 
 
 EMIGRANT'S EXPERIENCE 
 
 IN CANADA. 
 
 CUDDY PEGGY, Ac, 
 
 BY A 
 
 EOXBOEO' FAEMER. 
 
LONDON : 
 I'rinted by G. Mittom (late Varty), 27, Camomile Street, Bishopsgate, E.C. 
 
VERSES DEDICATED 
 
 TO 
 
 E.C. 
 
 JOHN AND HUDSON HALDANE, 
 BY THEIR GRANDFATHER. 
 
 Man the Sinner, Christ the Savioub. 
 
 Sinner — 
 
 Lord by nature I am vile ; 
 
 My heart's deceitful, full of guile ; 
 In my attempts to come to thee, 
 
 1 feel my sins so great to be, 
 
 I dare not look thee in the face 
 And ask of thee forgiving grace. 
 
 Saviour — 
 
 ye of little faith, why doubt, 
 
 1 came to earth to seek you out, 
 For you I suflPered bled and died 
 
 And shaU not strength, then, be supplied 
 lo those who ask aright from me 
 Even as their faith, so shall it be P 
 
 Sinner — 
 
 Lord, I believe thy word is true, 
 And all that thou hast said will do, 
 That all who come with heart sincere, 
 And earnest cry, thou wilt them hear : 
 But, Lord, I find my faith so weak, 
 I have not power thy face to seek. 
 
 Saviour. 
 
 Not in thine own strength can'st thou come, 
 
 tor thou art powerless, and undone. 
 
 But I will be as feet to thee, 
 
 When thou in love will follow me ; 
 
 My spirit's power I will impart. 
 
 To change and cleanse thy sinful heart. 
 
 Sinner. 
 
 This promise, Lord, in me fulfil, 
 Make me obedient to thy will, 
 That I with true devotion may 
 Serve thee more fully day by day, 
 All I possess I freely give 
 To thee, who died tliat I might live. 
 
AN EMIGRANT'S EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IN THE 
 BACKWOODS OF CANADA. 
 
 Gude preserve us, sic a country !— 
 Naething here but sticks an' trees, 
 
 Swarms o' bugs and vilo mosquitoes— 
 Every kind o' biting fleas. 
 
 Never since my mother bare me 
 Have I been in sic a plight — 
 
 Skoutherc : .. . .ugh the day, and eaten 
 Up wi dirty bugs at night. 
 
 Not a moment's rest I've gotten 
 Sin' I crossed the Atlantic Sea ; 
 
 Stay in Canada wha likes it- 
 Canada's nae hame for me. 
 
 It's been ca'ed the puir man's country— 
 Weel does it deserve the name ! 
 
 If ane's puir when here they're landed, 
 Puir they're likely to remain. 
 
 Sair puir mortals toil an' struggle, 
 Fighting on frae year tae year, 
 
 Yet, wi' care an' thrift an' trouble, 
 Scarce can make a living here. 
 
 Half the year wi' cauld they're nithered- 
 Biting frosts their vitals freeze ; 
 
 Burnin' suns, again, in summer, 
 Melt them nearly into grease. 
 
 Boggy swamps an' dingy forestH, 
 Wooden huts an' stumps o' trees, 
 
 Here an' there a patch in tillage, 
 Forms the staple that ane sees. 
 
 Then there's nae romantic grandeur, 
 Rocky steeps or heath-clad hills ; 
 
 Creeks an' streams are dark and muddy, 
 Flagged wi' sawdust frae the mills. 
 
 Sport there's nane for the piscator— 
 " Gentle " Izaac's craft is gane ; 
 
 Neither trout nor salmon is there— 
 Least for me, I've met wi' nane. 
 
 Woodnotes wild, from brake or forest, 
 Nane are heard tae charm the ear ; 
 SirjJs there are, but mute an' dowio— 
 ']> fruni them is a' yo hear. 
 
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 How unlike our mollow maviH 
 
 And the blackbird's note sue clear, 
 Makinji^ woods an' valloyH vocal 
 ' the Hpringtimo o' the year ! 
 
 O that I were back to Britain ! 
 
 I rionds nor foes Hhould tempt me more 
 E'er again to set a foot on 
 
 This uncultivat<!d shore. 
 
 Yes, rather would I be content wi' 
 Meaner things an' sober cheer, 
 
 Wi' i'reends at hamo, than spend a lifetime 
 In this wilderness oot here. 
 
 OalasMels. 
 
 P.O. 
 
 A DEOUTHY HUSBAND'S SOLILOQUY. 
 
 Aw fin' aw'm raithor fou the nicht, 
 An' doot aw'U hardly daur gang hame, 
 
 For ma gudewife is sure to flyte 
 At beija' left sae lang her lane. 
 
 1 thouchtna here to bide sae late, 
 Or yet to taste the barley broo. 
 
 But when we boon companions meet, 
 Hoo Hwift the houirs and moments flee. 
 
 Ilk sto'i ; we toom heaves us aboon 
 The ■ , i Id and a' its cankerin' care, 
 
 And as tlie reamin' glass gaes roon, 
 We quaflF it off an' ca's for mair. 
 
 But pleaaures are like a'thing here — 
 A blin k at best, and syne are gane : 
 
 Then comes regret, remorse, and fear — 
 To me the fear o' gangin' hame. 
 
 Should ma wife flyte, aw'U bear the dree, 
 And own that I've been in the wi-ang ; 
 
 That I'll nae mair get on the spree. 
 Or wi' sic drouthy cronies gang. 
 
 Aw ken her love for me's the same 
 
 As mine for her will ever be ; 
 H? t lave or sune wucn aw cuiii name, 
 
 She's sure to find no change on mo. 
 
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 THE BASHFU' WOOER. 
 
 YouNo Johnny he caiii hero yestreen, 
 And sat doon by oor inglo-cheek ; 
 
 Ho sighed aud gauntit sair atween, 
 Hut scarce a word had ho to speak. 
 
 He glintit whiles up wi' his e'o, 
 And peopit at me noo and then ; 
 
 Fu' woel his errand aw could see, 
 But ne'or let on aw cared to ken. 
 
 I askt him hoo his mother fared, 
 And gin they wore a' weel at hamo ; 
 
 And if his undo Taji, the laird, 
 Frae Lunnin had come back again. 
 
 He answered mo discreetly a' 
 
 The things that I at him had speird ; 
 But something mair, fu' weel I saw, 
 
 He had to say, tho' unco feard. 
 
 His courage faild him to disclose 
 ^ The secret in his heart that lay, 
 So from his seat he gently rose, 
 And thoucht at aince to gang away. 
 
 I said the nicht was no that late, 
 But that he micht sit doon awee. 
 
 And no to bo sae shy and blate. 
 And spend an houir or sao wi' me. 
 
 I thoucht it maist wad been a sin 
 To let the bashfu' lad away, 
 
 Without disclosing that within 
 His bosom he had come to say. 
 
 But tho' to m'> his words were few, 
 His heart, was beatin' true within : 
 
 Fou modestly he preed ma mou, 
 And to his bosom clasped me 'in. 
 
 He said that there was nane but me 
 Could make him happy a' his life, 
 
 And he had come that nicht to see ' 
 If I'd consent to be his wife. 
 
 And hoo could aw refuse the youth, 
 ^ Sin' he had been sae wondrous kind ? 
 So, juist to tell the honest truth, 
 Aw very soon made up my mind. 
 
That nicht the briiUl day whc not, 
 And Huno tho aiiptial kridt whm ti»'(l 
 
 And I've fun' naethinK to regret 
 Thf day that I bwrHmn his bride. 
 
 Sonio wooera cuii do nonrht but say, 
 And Huuie can neither nay nor do : 
 
 Young Johnny ho was nano o' they, 
 But proved aimMi'l' a lovor true. 
 
 So ne'oi let lass hor lover slieht, 
 Tho' he may little have to Hay, 
 
 For if his heart within be rieht, 
 He'll learn to speak some ither day. 
 
 C IT D J) Y P E O G Y 
 
 In a town on the (iala lived auld Peggy Tynlin, 
 
 Wha was blest wi' content, though she whyles took a gvumblin ; 
 
 Her callin' in life was provisions to hawk, ' 
 
 And Dauyid, her cud, bore them a' on his back. 
 
 Ilk mornin' they marcht 'o their daily employ : 
 
 Nae task did they count it, but rather a joy. 
 
 And Dauvid jogg'd on 'neath his weel-laden creels, 
 
 While Peggy, half-t;ent, hirpled after his heelg. 
 
 Frae mornin' to sunset they wandered alane, 
 
 But aye at the dusk o' the gloamin' cam hame. 
 
 When Peggy had sauld oflF the gudes i' her pack. 
 
 Then she mounted hersel' and rada hame on his back. 
 
 For mony lang year thu. they toiled on thegither, 
 
 And the langer they toiled grew the fonder o' ither ; 
 
 For Dauvid she seldom had reason to flog, 
 
 Though gently she touched him at times wi' the brogue. 
 
 But it happened ae day that puir Dauvid took ill. 
 
 Which the heart o' aiild Peggy wi' sorrow did fill ; 
 
 And the big rollin' tears filled the auld body's e'e, 
 
 As she thought to hersel' that puir Dauvid wad dee. 
 
 And seein' him placed Jn this helpless condition, 
 
 She thought it her duty to get a physician ; 
 
 So awajr for that purpose she hastily set. 
 
 When just on her way she the minister met. 
 
 " Well, Margaret," he said, " I hope you are well ? " 
 
 "I thank yo for speerin', I'm gaily mysel'; 
 
 But I'm sorry to tell ye our Dauvid's no weel; 
 
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 So Margaret she curtsied and bade him good-bye. 
 
 Syne away for the Doctor as fast's she could hie. 
 
 The Doctor came prompt at auld Peggy's request, 
 
 Thinkin' a' the road up what he ought to suggest. 
 
 So his patient wi' skill he minutely surveyed, 
 
 And then shook his head and reluctantly said — 
 
 " His case it is bad and hopeless, I doubt, 
 
 But I'll try what I can to bring him about." 
 
 So he blistered and bled him, and gave him a dose 
 
 0' the best o' strong physic, as one might suppose ; 
 
 And the moans they were blest to gie Dauvid relief, 
 
 And to ease at the same time the auld body's grief; 
 
 For as Dauvid grew weel, her spirits grew light. 
 
 And her een, lately dimmed, shone wonderfu' bright. 
 
 The minister, he, to his word ever true, 
 
 Came down the next day, as he promised to do, 
 
 On purpose, nae doot, as a matter of course. 
 
 To see if puir Dauvid was better or worse. 
 
 " Well, Margaret,'' he said, " how is David to-day ? " 
 
 " Wecl, sir, he's some better, I'm thankfu' to say. 
 
 The Doctor's been here and used the means, 
 
 And to outward appearances some better he seems." 
 
 " I'm glad to hear that, and I hope he'll recover. 
 
 And that both may be spared for a while to each other." 
 
 " Oh, yes, sir, I'm glad and thankfu' atweel, 
 
 For little I thought I would see him sae weel. 
 
 If ye please, sir, sit doun, and rest ye a bit." 
 
 " Well, Margaret, I doubt that I scarcely must sit, 
 
 But if it's convenient with David I'll pray." 
 
 " Gude guide me, sir, what on the yirth do ye say ? " 
 
 " I'll pray with your husband that's now in distress." 
 
 " The duce i' the man, wad ye pray for an ass ? " 
 
 " fie, Margaret, fie, why don't you think shame 
 
 To call your poor husband by any such name ? " 
 
 " Ma husband! I daursay the minister's mad ; 
 
 I've nae husband noo, tho' at ae time I had." 
 
 " Dear Margaret, you don't mean to saj^ that that's true P" 
 
 "It's as shure as this minute I'm speakin' to you." 
 
 •' Then is David your son or relation in blood ?" 
 
 " Gude gracious, the man, isn't it Dauvid the cud ?" 
 
 " A cud /" saja the parson. "Aye, a cuddy,''' said she ; 
 
 " Isn't him that carries provisions for me ?" 
 
 " Oh, Margaret, I find that I've been quite mistaken, 
 
 I David, your ass, for your husband have taken ; 
 
 So pardon what I've in my ignorance said. 
 
 And the awkward mistake into which I've been led." 
 
 So tho parson nae langer protracted his stay, 
 
 But shook hands wi' auld ir'eggy and bade her good day, 
 
 And laughed a' the road hame till nearly distracted, 
 
 To think such a part he'd unwittingly acted.