"He first saw the light of publication day in his father's office, the Guelph Herald, in 1849, and was brought up to the sound of the mallet and planer, the hammering of wooden quoins in the chases and the incessant cry of "Color!"
He began his life immersed in the world of printing at his father's office, the Guelph Herald, in 1849. He was surrounded by the sounds of a woodshop: the rhythmic pounding of mallets on planers, the hammering of wooden quoins into chases, and the constant call of "Color!"