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Winona - cont'd. 10. but it's what it will lead to, rightly hol di ng that a little laxity will e v e n t u a l l y des tr oy the sa credness and quiet of our Sabbath, and on that ground want to see the law enforced. When the case comes up for hearing, whi ch may not be for two months, it will create plenty of interest and d e velop some feeling, but as it looks now, the ma jo r i t y consider the captain justified. "There are two ways the law can prosecute. In the civil w ou ld be $400. If pr os e c u t e d in the ma gi st r a t e ' s court $1 . 00 to $40. court the the fine penalty is from "Knowi ng of the oppos it io n of some to the boat running, Capt. Ellison made only one trip to the cemetery, thus d i s a p p o i n t i n g about 200 people who were w a i t i n g for the boat to return and who had no other means of reac hin g the c e m e t e r y ." The grammar co ntained in the " W a l l ace bur g News" article about the ex cur sio n and its af t e r m a t h is not of the best, but we ce rta inl y get the picture as to what happened. The story of steam bo ats runn ing foul of the Lord's Day Act is one that was re peated all ar ou nd the provi nce at various times, and we have m e n t i o n e d on a previous occa si on the d i f fi cu lt ie s e n c o un te re d by the Niagara N a v i g a t i o n Company's steamer ON GI A R A (I), wh ic h served as a ferry across the Niag a r a River, c on ne ct in g with the cr oss -la ke steamers. WI N O N A survived her run-in with the law, however, and the "Wallace bur g News" of August 25th, 1904, r e p or te d that the steamer had been fitted with a new propeller, and that this had incr eas ed her running speed. This same article ind ic a t e d that re turn trips from W a l l a c e b u r g to Sarnia on Wednesdays and Sa tur da ys had been added to WI NONA's schedule. WI N O N A fini sh ed off her 1904 season on the T h an ks gi vi ng w e ek en d in October, and she then was laid up for the winter at Wallaceburg. Other vessels known to have spent that winter at W a l l a ce bu rg were ENE RGY (steamer), NO RS EMA N (barge from Goderich), VI EN NA (schooner), C O LL0P, D. A. GO RD ON (I) (freight steamer), BELKNAP (barge), H A R R Y SEWELL (tug), WIL LIE SCAGEL (tug), ROOK (tug), AS HL E Y (tug), MAUD CO OP ER (tug), ACT IV E (tow barge), LOUISA LEE and Capt. John Gibb's spile driver In 1905, WI NO NA again was run by Capt. Elli son from Wa ll ac eb ur g to Detroit, Windsor and Sarnia, but service no longer extended to Tu ppe rvi lle or Dresden. Cap ta in Walter Power was back as master of the steamer, while Mac Sherwood, of Wallaceburg, was a p p o i n te d to the po si tio n of first mate. Most of the crew members were from Wallace bur g. WI NO NA' s week end s were mos tly given over to charters, and ex cu r si on is ts no doubt a p p r ec ia te d the fact that a d i n i n g r o o m had been added aboard the ship to provide better facilities. Unfo rtunately, the month of May, 1905, also brought trouble for WINONA, for she struck the Central Bridge at Wa l l a c e b u r g on one of her trips. As a con seq ue nc e of this accident, WI N O N A was forced to lose two weeks of service while she under we nt si gnificant repairs. The July 13, 1905, issue of the "W a l la ce bu rg News" c o m me nt ed further on the acti vi t i e s of WINONA, under the headline "The Greatest Excurs ion Week": "Last week was the greatest ex c u r s i o n week W a l l a c e b u r g ever seen (sic), w h et he r it was because the dive rs io n loving citizen was eager to get away from the hot wave of town, to the cool waves of the St. Clair, or else just to show that he could get off the earth for once in his life, and get inthe aquatic parade on the big river. "There was a choice of any day in the wee k to take a cheap fare and not be lonesome, for all you had to do was to fol low the crowd in the dewy morn, and you would land up at the town d o c k to see the WIN ONA loading up. It is w o r t h y of note that it was the liveliest and fin anc ia ll y the greatest week the W I N O N A ever enjoyed, and the most timid fair weat her sailors had their way with the we at h e r man.