CONTENTS 



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I. Halcyon Days on Presqu' Isle Bay 1 



II. High Ancestry of the Keeler Family 7 



III. History of Early Settlement at the Carrying 



Place 11 



IV. Joseph Keeler Visits the Home of His Ancestors 15 

 V. Official Report to Family on Paternal Gen- 

 ealogy 19 



VI. Discussion on Causes of High Prices, with 



Results 21 



VII. Joseph Keeler, Student of Early Canadian 



History 27 



VIII. When Upper Canada Became the Dominant 



Partner 31 



IX. The Heir of the Keelers under a Social Cloud . . 35 

 X. The Professor as a Student of Canadian 



Economics 41 



XI. Joseph Keeler Recalls Commercial and Political 



Events of Forty Years 47 



XII. The Exit of John Keeler from Frenzied Finance 53 



XIII. Rural Depopulation and Urban Overpop- 



ulation 57 



XIV. The Stress of Society Functions Has Unfortu- 



nate Results 63 



XV. The Problem of High Prices Analyzed 67 



XVI. Mr. Joseph Keeler Turns Farmer 73 



XVII. The Legal Evolution of an Agriculturist 81 



XVIII. Halcyon Days Have Come Again Down on the 



Lake Shore 87 



XIX. The Philosopher's Stone Discovered . . 93 



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