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The Work of Our Hands Osborne's Garage, c1925. This combination carriage works, blacksmith shop, and garage with a foot in both the 19th and 20th centuries, was built in 1912-1913 by Charles L. Osborne. The cluster of three buildings was located across from the present Community Centre between 716 and 720 Mount Pleasant Road. All three buildings burned down. A second blacksmith shop operated just north of the old post office, possibly the drill hall which was a blacksmith shop by 1910. Courtesy the Osborne family. The village's three wagon makers, Samuel Farr, the Stowe Brothers and Alvah Townsend did a steady business, being located in the centre of "one of the best wheat growing sections of the country in Canada." The Stowe Brothers, still boasting that name even with John sick, advertised "Carriages of the latest and most improved style made to order of the best material and by first class workmen," while Farr, a "manufacturer of carriages, wagons, ploughs," promised "all work made of the best material and warranted." The village's farmers, including Andrew and John Eadie, William and Robert Murray, John McEwen, Hiram Phelps, William Ray and John Walters would have benefited greatly from the craftsmanship of these manufacturers. The three general stores provided all the supplies needed by the local residents. John McGeary, "General Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Ready Make Clothing, Boots, Shoes etc," offered "Cash for grain and wool. Other produce taken in exchange." One could buy butter for 17 cents per pound, apples for 50 cents a bushel, potatoes for 30 cents a bushel or eggs for 20 cents per dozen. Crossley Heaton