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U‘ 1. 2. 3- 4. 5. "PRUGE' Jo County in all canada 6. \a'ere hatter men than Bruce 1-10 man that genes from that UOunty need ever make excuse. 'L'he pioneers of the Queen‘s hush Eeve passed to their reward. Brave men were they. and strong or lint. Who trusted in the Lord. wheir women too. were very fair. 7- And Just as brave as fair, in hewing homes iron out those woods whey gladly did their share. ‘l'hey lived in home-made huts of logs, And sang While at their work; whough tasks were hard and Winters long he one was Known to Shirk. Although their lot was somewhat hard 8. They were a happy lot. “they reaped a joy from honest toil lhat money never bought. Waugh sons and daughters horn to them were all of humble birth No one will hut admit that they were all of Stirling worth. ‘l'hen when the population grew 9. ‘Iheir young, folk were out west, 0n prairie. mountain. sea and stream why were acmowledged best. 1115 some good Stirling qualities that marked them when in brace may offered quite ungrudgingly r’Dr vanada's own use. And now the sons and grandsons 10. Uf those who wandered west Gather. their labours to recall With song and speech and Jest. r'our hundred here in Vancouver uathered not long ago, .‘iith Joyous songs and merry hearts their love for brace to show. 3~7 when they chatted of the heme towns The places that they knew, of Walker-ton and of wars Lucknow. Teeswater too. Paisley, Uhesley. and Kincardine, Southampton by the lake Or of ‘l'iverton or iiiarton their hearts were like to break. where were some hailed from Port h‘lgin And some came from Mildmay And l aaw some from Hanover And some from oeuseen way. And there were some among the group Uama not from any town but lived on some paternal fern u‘ithout name or renown. They SPOKE proudly of hanade And of the :znpire too. Ontario - the heat rrovince. As you and 1 would do. but when they toasted nruce bounty xheir hearts were filled with joy 'A‘ha name recalled that dear old home They loved as girl and boy. So here's a toast to Bruce \Jounty, And one to all her sons. And one to all her daughters fair As long as eaugeen rune. And one to all "Bruce buys and Girls" who've settled in this Nest. Success to each and every one ror they are of the best. And while we stand in silence all with heads bowed toward the earth. we'll. drink a silent toast to all ‘l'hoea souls of honest worth: Our parents and their parents. too who made brace to become A plea»: where men are proud to live, or proud to say they‘re from. will r'araday. The slave poem is copied from the rort Algin limes. June 12.57. and was apparently given at a Bruce cuys and Ulrls neuniun held in the city of Vancouver.