C.E. Pratt raised his head and said, “i agree. This is no way to make a living. It would be easier to go around the country with a pack on your back”. He did do

this and became a prosperous merchant. John Robert Swallow said “I think Hi just keep on as I am" and he did.

Together Nichols and his wife worked hard and built up the farm and mill and at the time it was sold to Robert Howlett it was worth $40,000.00. Robert managed it for a time and then Hesbar V. Howlett took it over. On October 1, 1923, the mill dam broke, washing out the bridge and apparently the business too. Evidently some of the people in this area also travelled to a grist and saw mill at Dingwell’s Mills operated by Doras Dingwell.

J.M. Morrow started a lumber mill in Annandale in the early 1900’s. The mill was in Little River first and was run by water. J. M. moved it to Annandale where it was run by steam. The first boiler came from the lobster factory at Little River. On January 11, 1910, the steam whistle blew for the first time at the Annandale Lumber Company. This mill provided work for some of the local men, including Ernest Norton, Milfred Robertson, Sr., and John Banks. The boiler lasted two years and on October 18, 1912 Ernest Norton and J. M. Morrow went for an- , other boiler at Boughton Island. They met Joe MacPhee towing it by boat and they got a line on it and all three boats towed it to Annandale. It probably came from one of the lobster factories on Boughton island since there were several there at one time. On October 19, 1912, they rolled the boiler'from the salt water to its place on the brick work and on October 24, 1912, the mill was going once again and Ernest Norton was very proud to let the people hear the scream of his steam whistle once more. November 1, 1912, the Annandale Lumber Co. was putting a new corner on the wharf and on the same date in 1913 they erected an office by Henry Tassell’s building.

The Iumbermill was in the back part of the building. Mr. Morrow ran a store in the front part and he and his family lived in the other part.

The mill ran for a number of years and in latter years employed George Allen, Will Morrow, and Irving LaPierre, who was the last boiler operater at the mill. Evidently J. M. Morrow moved to N.B., started a plant and came back for his wife and family. The mill in Annandale was closed up after this. Parts of the mill were rafted to Cardigan and were used in the John A. MacDonald shipyard. A portion of the original building still stands and is directly across from Mc- Farlane’s store in Annandale. It is used as a summer home.

Other small businesses flourished in this region also. in the James Norton diaries he mentions going to the carding mill at Morson’s. There was a tannery near the bank of the Boughton River below the Wilfred Campbell property. it was Owned and operated by D. Murray. Mick Smith was a harness maker in Cumber- land Hill and Peter MacMillan had a harness shop and shoe shop in Annandale. Angus Beaton had a cobbler shop in Dundas. William Blackett ran one in Annan- dale, and Lige Blackett in Little Pond. Although a lot of the clothes were home- made, there was still need for a tailor. Harry Woodley had a tailor shop in Annan— dale ln 1892 and later moved his business to Bridgetown. John Nicholson had a tailor shop in Dundas. Edward Tassell also had a tailor shop in Annandale.

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