From Grant's Picturesque Canada: "He (the priest) drives from shanty to shanty, over narrow and almost impassable forest...roads; on arriving, he is received with reverence... and with respect by all. After supper the small portable altar which he brings is set up, the crucifix in the centre, the mystical lights burning on each side. Short vespers are said. Then the priest hears confessions, often far into the night. Next morning Mass is celebrated, and after the final benediction the men resume work..." From George S. Thompson's Up To Date or The Life of a Lumberman: "...some of the crew would catch some fish, which helped to give us a variety. Sunday is cleaning up day, the men doing their washing and mending on that day that is, the few that would go to that trouble. Quite a number would never change their under-clothes or shirts until the cloths wore out, and as to washing their feet, such a thing never came into their minds...."
Courtesy: John Ross Robertson Collection, Metropolitan Toronto Library Board
