called Cheap John (fl. late 19th, early 20th century), character, itinerant in GC area. He is said to have been born at Dalhousie Mills or Cote St. George. “He was married and owned a 200 acre farm but took to drinking and lost it all and his wife left him and he took to the road. He carried a suitcase with a few trinkets that he sold and took orders for apple trees which were delivered in the spring some of which were delivered after he died. He died in the House of Refuge in the winter time and was known for his sharp wit.” (private information, 1996) Another source states, “Cheap John was a bigamist [and] lost his farm on account of the way he carried on,” and adds that he had a brother, Donald, who owned a saw and grist mill at Dalhousie Mills. (private information, 1981) The Vankleek Hill Review of 4 July 1902 reported that the McKinnon-Morrison or Cheap John Concert Company had held the first of a series of gramophone concerts in the Dalkeith schoolhouse. This was perhaps one of the joke items that despite editorial vigilance sometimes slipped into the local press. Cheap John is said to have died about 1924. He is recalled, with examples of his wit, in Elsie MacMillan, Mary MacMillan Beaton and Hazel MacMillan Huckvale’s Butternuts and Maple Sugar (1982) pp. 34, 196.