Arsenal Hill (West Avenue) was a steep and dangerous hill. There weremany accidents at the bottom and near the corner of Pearl Street. Wecould hear the crash of accidents from our home on Chapin Street andthe childs would all run down to look at them. 0ne time a truck load ofprunes tipped over and there were prunes everywhere. Another time aload of cheese in wooden crocks tipped over and the crocks rolled downpeople's lawns. People were coming out and carrying them into theirhouses, but we didn't know enough to get any. 0nce a car hit a treeand the driver was thrown through the roof and landed on the sidewalk.When we got there, he was sitting up and asked us for a cigarette.Probably he wasn't hurt because (he looked like) he was drunk.

My grandfather, Peter 0. Benson, was born September 12, 1831 and diedin 1931. Sometime in the 1920's there was a full page article and hispicture in the daily paper. It told of his attending the 0ntarioCounty Fair for 90 consecutive weeks. The Fair was held in Septemberthen so all the farm products were on display. The fairgrounds wereoff Fort Hill Avenue where the present High School stands. There was agrandstand, barns and a race track for harness racing. It occasionally was a hugeday for us, as kids, as a picnic lunch was packed and we would parkthe automobile in the center of the race track and stay at the Fair all day.