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The Work of Our Hands Guest Brothers Butchers, one of many thriving commercial enterprises in Mount Pleasant before Brantford became the centre of economic activity. Shown are James (Jim) and Charles Guest, who took over the business from their father Richard Guest who acquired the money to buy his farm in 1863 by working for Thomas Racey's Rosebank Nursery at the front of Lot 3W. Floyd Ferris is in the middle, with the original Guest home in the background. The house and abattoir were located on the west side of Mount Pleasant Road at the present day North Street corner. The wagons appear to be decorated for a parade, flying the Union Jack and the Canadian Red Ensign which was the dominant flag in Canada. Courtesy Linda (Phelps) Guest. a large family of six daughters and five sons. Richard became the village butcher and both he and Sophia joined All Saints Anglican Church, serving their parish as active members, a role continued by their descendants to this day. Richard and Sophia died within three days of each other in July 1903, and their headstone notes this with a touching tribute: "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death were not divided. By the mid-1860s the developing village needed the services of a butcher. The C o u n t y o f B r a n t G a z e t t e e r for 1865 gives us a snapshot of Mount Pleasant similar to the one Waldie painted of the settlement