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nan. rdtninl cHARI,Q'1"rE’r0WN. PRINCE _§_P_VY_41‘D ISI-AND. CANADA, Sag URDAY, FEBRUARY 17, mee. _ {,,e,~,,<g_=,»g,s,,»:;=.p,;g,°gg,__

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' ` ' " " / v* f' ,ri ' e=; _»_--_==-K.

~' Devoted to- the Literature.

~ Histor . Folk-lore and

" I " ' ' " ' ' “~ f -~ ' snceeeaing 6/.e Piuivcl:

-- _ _ _ I Is, -,el-..ii.. . s

i Magazine Gitardlannm familiar with the some of Paul-Laurence Dunbar the negro

_p.-et arid writer. Hii death the other 1 day, at gieege cf tiiirt»y-it/breeyears has `iemoved a promising author. lie' wrote umdiing -verses which -often struck the

‘truuiiow of poetry. i' Iiere ore some which ‘_ iueuidiy apron-in i- i ‘ IL1y"me down benciif do wlllers in di*

-(grasses,

2 \N'|iiir§le_imii\cli 'll go ii idngln' as it p.iss

' Au' v\'u|i i's a-|ayiii` loiv,

_-\ klii hyi-ali it in it go,

r- ii ,in', "Sleep, my lioiiiy, lik yo' res' n

liis`." _

l.-ly mn nigh to wlirili it iiwlis ii little pool, An' dc ixutlmh sli\ii'.~. 1-i0i|iiict ink un' cool.

\\'h-iii di~ little birds In s_n'ing llsl- to c.nne nn' drink iiu' sing,

_ .\ii` Ilii- rliilicii iviiiled ou dey way tu

school.

i.i:tiiir settle \v'ei\ my sliouliliiiis ilriips

dey luiiii

Nigii enough to b>cnb iie noises iii dc l road; _

, l»‘u' l t‘liik dc las' long rcs'

Gwlne to soothe iuy spcirit bes'

Perhaps not many ofthe readers of Thai

been fniemin efniae ~ , ` , , . ,_ ,, ,_ itnwaim iscaivn

_ Provinoee_l"Prinee Ed- '_ , _i v ' ~ f _ir '-*;. _ _ ' _ /\_ _1 f ' MAGAZINE W *Q ~<

_ -weird Island. Y *Q ~< _ f,- ‘~'i;.~_ -- _ "_, _ff - __ _ ‘ » , Issued Every Satur-

_ , ‘J ` ~. ” =- .-_ = _ -_~~ ._ H ~ _ _ .- , dev Morning. \e ~< ~<

P, E, I. E! l's liiyin' 'mong de things l's allus P- E. I.

kneweii.

fi.

. U ,, .,,__

N F _ ~ MEN 50 YEARs Ano. .__

no

that would appear incredible, but I have it from his own lips, as well as from lil-

contemporaries.

In thoseilays, when no pork packing

li ALEX. ROBERTSON, RED POINT.

1 IFTY years agoa clnssof fishermen

exist/sd very different from tiieir

successors of to-ilny. East o

Searls there were ‘th/ree fishing stand Gluepafow, Little Harbor. and lied Pain

-at epeirgtnnd ri small store was kept, bu

d"‘i:’°d"'°‘°,”"5"'h° °""°‘p“"“I may od them out of bed. The moonlight

eayttrlfiletlal ones-were ii barrel o

“M M-*$1 mm' mm mein' 5 mek Dr tormentors n chance to fiakepole their iiacisssmend' #keg of rum,- the latter re-

quiring creqnent 're-Biting. An oocaslona jenn! ef tea and afew pounds of tobacc

‘”" |°‘“°"‘“°"°“outhnhelvamuodash the old-fashioned chimney. The outsiders like and mackerel ineahamiance were

hand 'in immense quantities a few

‘o

Mildred yards from the shore. I*

'“”'d °h°"° WM "° demand’-"lm ney, at John sitting, as lin supposed, in

B,

Unitld Stltel. the market for this fish i

digyyeere, was far away, and there was no e&ninnioetion except occasional sail- ill “D616 Ind prices were low.

, B

Aflmfolut, the principal stand w

°"“ bfiihe hmlauhn Knmmi: his clerk tcrm “Bouncer", sworn at Joe in the most for was the late Joan D.

8totrQrt`of‘Weet River, while the salter,

nesllelljffnctor at every fish stand, was nh une, time a man called Kelly,a native e Newteundland, later the late Francis

llosly, Descendants of both nrefouad here M-

lhlii Spring, aftcr thc farmers had put

in their small orops, many of them hasten- ed to the there; hired a boat, tho uniform mit ofwhiah was $8.25 of our currency (o- liiiiiinp' at that period) per lbll; the nlioiior and cable were includ-

ed. qlhbtllnsl one sail, but this didn'

llltiras the distance they fished from

“N .und "n pnemny short" They and the chimney were Joe wns deluged

lenght their lines and alnkcrs.-the price df the iatter,il)eents then, would bo to lay about 25 cents.The ncconiiuodution

who most primitive, small log house

with tiieloga far enough apart to admit the end of Bake polos when the moss wil

aloud out, which often was done by lflobievons persons. . `lnnyetorirs an told ni ihcso days, o ie of which is often related by the surviving nti.o’|\,‘1invl rapidly paesingofi’ thc sings

\

°' “‘"""`I“ °"°°l me" lm h°“s" wus light. li fishing was good tiicy generally sleeping e John Meilonalri locally known

s|**!Jehn the Bonnoer", not from any il

illprof, hat as I- iiistilivi-i°\\ 'mm tm V the fishermen left at sunilowa and gener- Hlny John McDonalds here, and Joseph

Si

t" flake pales between the logs against the

o

Mollison, generally known as "Joe the Frenchman." John McDonald wns ii man

of powerful phisque, by no means quarrel-

( some,butbitteriy rcsentcd thc appellution

of “Bouuccr." On this nigiit n crowd

camo, tied the door outside, shoved in

° bodies ofthe sieepen»'.an<i literally plum-

! streaming through the window gave the

_ victims, and for safety John got up on

two beams which ran across the building -there being no loft,-and Joe get into

got up on the lo\v roof, torc ofi“ some o the bark and slabs composing lt, and Joe,

r. looking out from his refuge in the chim-

triumph and security on the beams, and seeing a polc coming his way through the roof sang out: “Anoder pclc, Mlster_ Bouncer.” John, forgetting poles and

B everything else in his indignation at the

bitter terms, imd Joe mistaking thc

A nbuseits intended for the crowd outside,

joined in with more for their benefit.

I Jou's voice betrayed his hiding place, and

u bucket of salt water down the chimney

drove him from his post of refuge. Next morning John lodged a complaint against some person or persons unknown, before Samuel l\icDonald, inte of Dundas, owner of the house. Samuel expressed consider- able indignation, but iltt-lo did John

suspect that Samuel himself \\as onc of the ring-lenders. Many years afterwards

trnwis tiien for tlsliing while men slep Thctisli was thrown upon the “stage

ermcn wcnt to tho shop, got his pound hard tack, pint of molasses, and half pi of ruin, and uinde his breakfast, dinne

merchants would sell the fishermen s1ilt,so they could not even salt ilsb I

of hake 330 lbs. were taken for s quintal

than a quintal when dry. liake was s

Flour, (and each man was limited to

lbs.)costiJcts. per lb. To day you con buy 120 lbs. of fioui' for what you cou

time cost from 57-il'i cts. per lb. so yo could seldom getaib. of ten for a qtl.

fish for which to-day you can buy 12 lbs.

Among the fishermen of that poric

Donald McLellan, Joseph Mollison, Simo

Responsible, the late Michael Campion

buyiior 10 at that period. Ten at that

Of

famed for rugged endurance, iron frnrnes and vigorous constitutions thc names of

Mollison and Giimrilicl Jarvis, men o whom wo have no conipcors to-day, stand ontin bein distinction nninng a class of rowers oicoutamely. A favorlteimstlms men massive in physique, herculean in strength, and bold in adventure, Game-

conipanios were in existence, pigs formed

,_ nn important part of the fishing populn

_-' tion. In thespring they came in drovee,

cleaned, split and weighed, then the ilsii- 10”" “"0 iwniiry. from the farm lioiwcs-

of At the Red Point they lived in barbaric

ng, luxurinnce among the fish ofi‘nl all day,

,-_ and when night approached they went up

or supper-ng the was migm, bp, The fish. the bank; the different tribes and clans

no

fought for physical superiority, and then

r sought their beds among somelow scrubby

o their own use. Of green codflsii 2% lbs., l>“5h°9 Will' i-|18 DI'2B€l1ii0b9iUl‘lff\0i¢°l'.Y-

_ More than once Donald was known to

either of which would make much more °°m° ¢\5h0l'e "iff" I\lZllif. 88|- N5 SUPP" 0'

Di

d hard bread, molasses and rum, then find

from 72 cts.-02 cts. qtl. of our currency. |“V°1`Y h°\l5° |1“dil00l‘ full 0! Hl0Bi1Ei`S. R0

10 east to the busiies, turn out the pigs and

d get in himself with his wet clothes whcre (1 it was warm. Having no learning, only

such as be acquired among the rough lumberinen of the Mirauiichi, and rough fishermen of Labrador, and being often

annoyed by the “boys” when taking too much of thc ardent, he commanded ii

fertility of repartcc, n vigor of inventive, and s flow of sarcasm, that the transgres- sor against his person or his property seldom forgot. Nor was bo without abundant opportunities of exercising his

u

d

n f

among the fishermen was rigging seine absent one’s boat like a full rigged ship or

brig, and with the aid of his cables, lines

v

n

being ineffectual hc rcturneil in thc evo ing, took cffsome of the thatch and foun hisliorse. Then Donald used ull his dc

criptive powers on the supposed pcrpct

l

iiol wns n scamnn on board thc schooner

.

mnoter and owner, when she was taken hy H. M. S. Devastation in the Boy of Chaieur, sometime in the fifties and tow-

aud finkepoles, they made s good imita- tion, lhe iinkepoles forming the yards, top-masts, spnniier gafi and o formidable bow sprit, the cables being used for shrouds and the large stays. the cod lines

h, the writer slept in the house, and saw thc

Irstoiic beams whcrc .iolin took refuge,

'with salt wntcr.

The population nt the iisli stands was

B trnneientnnd irregular, constantly coming B und going, n few of thc old veterans only

ilshlng the entire season. Temperance

' principles were not so widcly practised as

to-day, and much oi the iishermen’s hard-cnrned money was spent In the "Cup that inobrIates."

In spring, nt cod fishing time they row-

ofi or sailed to the fishing gi-ouiiiis, at diiy~

ed as a prize into Charlottetown.

Gamaliel,once, when an nnohor coul

not be hoisted on board n schooner i which he served, stripped, with the sc around hlin full of floating ice, put tw half hitciics of n rope around his boi arm, wont down the perpendicular choi into between twi-nty and thirty feet o

for the sheets, smaller stays, etc. Many n man came to the shore in n hurry for ii dsy's fishing, and found he hart to spend the day taking his cable and lines careful-

ly from iill the turns, sewliigs and linots among his spars, yards, bows|r.ls nnvl

gnnwnies. More than once I)onuid`s boat

d n a o e n

i’

around thc fluke of the anchor, camo u again, and put on his clothes.

water, put two half hitcbcs of n rope

il

was rigged, but Donald at one time in- stead of unrlgglng and unserving took his knife and cut away at his o\\'n llncs and

Donald I\icLellsn was born at Scotch-

loables, tolling at tbe annie time in 'his

fort, probably about 1810. At nn early iigcichoioest English what he thought of thc ho moved wllli his parents to Little riggers. At another time at All Hollow's

Harbour, and in the thirties spent so|uc:Eve they took Donuld's horse to thc late Wars in the lumber woods of Miram|ch’. Captain Donald II. Mt-Donnlil's stockyarii R/Aturiiliiu hc lished some summers in at Ciieapstow, took the thatch and rope..

i _returned with a boat load by mid-day. Ai

ls baking time, iishoke blto host at night

I.'nbra<lor, in Sourls vessels, which resort- ofa slack and thatched and roped hini

stands, hired a boat, and roughed it iii

ally camo in with a load nt daylight; no

cd there. Tiience hc drifted to the fl-hlng ' from the nose to the inil and tied him by

n the side of the road.` Donald, looking his

manner that would kill the fur-coated'missing horse wcntto ses him, but said dudes of this nga in ii fcvi' days. He ger- he wo-sn't his. ills search in other places

emi ' -d

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' eriilly fished bare footcd, never uscil oil '__t,_ »' " Wi Q,,,,,,,,,,_;,,

I HING A D ISHER- f °‘°"\°--“fi--<1-f--1---,--1---d ISLAND SANDS I UNE hid” `

'Y vi* _» ; "--

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dl? vii’ By J. 'I`. CL

ARHIN, lB.A ,_

/_ ._ _ T4

tors. As time wont on and evolution fishing methods took place, Donald lc the shore but retained his powers vituperitive denunciation to the last. N

very prevalent, Donald said: “The Dc

tors new are no good, you lienr nothin

men better than them never had lung

breast. He lived to ci good old age, man

years past nisn's allotted span, and d cd (ew years ago.

selves; trcwling commenced; the hm llnes and their hont passed away; ri ne ara cnincln. To those who iicwnll iii

good olil tlnics this comparison of tlsliin thcn ami new may be interesting.

'HE LEADETH ME”

In "pastures grci-n"i .\'ot nlivay

sometimes lic

Who knoweth best, in kinilntss lendetl

me

In weary ways, where heavy shadow

be;

Out of the sunshine warm and soft an

bright,

Out of the sunshine into darkest night I oft would faint wiiii sorrow an

nfl`i-ight

hand;

So, ivlicthor Icrl in griieii or desert liinil I trust, niiiiougli I rnnnot iimicminfi. Anil bv "still \rnters"l Nc, not nlwa;

so;

Oit times the heavyltcinpesls round ii

blow,

And o'er my soul the waves and billoir

go.

But when the storms boat loudest, an

I cry

And whispers to my soul, “l.o, it is I

diiy,

~Bo,whcthcr on the liilltops high nn

fair '

there.

Awnd more than this: where'ro il

ii

; ll/V

many years ago when pneumonia wn

___ the future. lilan, niiielcr of cw-iitiuii i

now but inflammation of the lungs, plenty

5_

and here is one of them" striking hi

Such were the men. such the mo-ies o

fishing at that period. In the early six- ties. the fishermen could obtain salt them-

.i \V

S.

"` HAT i|ii|ii¢ssrs us must,

roiind.~ us. is ilu- i-vi<li=i\i‘i-

rn-

in roiitiiiuiil cii:in|.;c. The licnrt nf Naiiui

f

of ot The organism of tho prcscnt pcrlslics nn

L is eternally tlirobliing; and the pul~':iiio

thrill the iiiorgaiiic as well ns the ori_fnn

B its components liclp bnilil ii ui-ciiiurc

_I his own conceit, is :is suri-ly nn i:\':iiic.si'c

iicingiistlie iipliis Lliiitlicglii:-i its life

iiills that ,~.i-um to ilely thi: iii_;i~.-., li

E ground wc sliinil on-our own lsliind,

sinking into the sch; is reiurnini; wlicn it came.

islniid's crcnilon is written in tiii- <‘liil`>.

ln: found to consist of n number ol' lb sheets of alone. The fact thai. il is

sheets orliiiiiilinc slicivs tliait it wns in down iii water und built by :-iicccasi

D deposits.

gcther.

\ . . . .

duced the sionr io its origiiixil ginins

i

the pri-.it world ilint :.ii

thc morning sun and sees grc.y1i4.:u in iii

__ c\'ening`s ilusli. \\'c spool: of thc uleriii

Y __ mciisuroil in thc inimciisily oi time thi

chniigc like the colors in the diiwii. 'l`l\

All along.: its const thc story of il

0 Exumiiicnny n.n»s of rock that stan:

K iibovc llic bciicii and, iii most i<ii.\es, it wil

'l`hls stone ismnilc npcl',,;rnln.< oi .min and minute scales of inicii cuiiienlcd to

On thc bcncli. the mill oi the sen has ri-

snnd and on examining some ol' thc grain

s

you will fiiirt that tlicsc nciirest the clit

c:\|'iii'-ii :ind ilu' iliiil ili\|iu~i|S-Qunt¢l‘-

__; iiniy-ni Ihr iipliiiiilii of this l'|ovinc-e are

___ ni lin- ini.-,.|.

__1 'l'la~ |`n|-imiiinii oi this i.~lniiil is Perme-

__;' ifiiilioiiiii-iii\i» ovniliiiil in pliicrs wilh ____ deliosiis of 'l`rlns~ii- aiu-. li, conirs next to __ ilic Cai-l»onil'ei~oii< ni _\'oi':i Scotia and is

mg insi. iibmit mid-way in ,geologic history

__ _ ln»in;_» more rii-out than .-my portion of tho ___ ,Ianni .~nri-oiin-llrigiliciliilfnf Sl. Lnivrciice. __| I-Zi-ifii-in-c exlsi-< that nx innsi, some small __ sci-linn~ \\'ci'i'i‘lc\'iilcil iibori- (lic sen ln the

I

__ bilcri`iii'iiuiiifi~ious sign niiil perhaps an

iiii-noi i-mi~'iiii‘|‘:ii|li- i-xtnni. 1-xistcil. The

____ i|iii~~tiun of am-li 1-xli-ii~.ive ni-on of cle\'nt~ __ limi -lui-ini.; Ihr Cni-liunlk-rr.u.=i agc is of

pnininoiiui init-r.».~i fui-on ii depends the

:_ nxi.-.it-ni-n or lin- nnn-ii ,list-n.-we-i noni

ul

i c

art-ns siipprvscil by .~n|n¢~ to exist beneath

___ il|l»l‘m\-im-i-. .\'i\i>-i-niwiii io the Car'

innilfi-ri.ni~< ii .»\il»_si|l<-iii-v i\.\i.~iod and a

L \i\\i .~l|u:il »~\li~i\iii-ii iiniii .\'<i\'|i Svotln in-

_ \,iii\i-t;iill`;o\<-rivlili-Ii iiiirilir-i>|i currents __l.\\\'v]il .~.:in-l_~ dr-iiii-li-ii irnni tlic l‘utv-iduiii

ioruinlimi of ibi- viizisis of iii-lie Isle

__ sirnia “ innn n,.,n,n-.~.\ ninnt dn- _-nn in the vu I"i-riiiiiiii iigc iiiiii \\‘is ilnllinil with D.

__1li-iisie \'ri.'eiiitioii. 'l`l\i-_ii .nwceoilefl an Torn of nt least local siiliaivli-iii-r, during the 'l`rinsslc, whiizli wns iulioiicil by an iip- lii-fivnl.

` Ai n not very r<einuli~ :iw-_ igrnlnglcnlly ',¢nn~i.ii-n--1, nn- i‘i-o\-in.-.- nn. tn-vnieo

i

iii

i»

nnn-ii ins-in-r unni nnn-_ an- un- .-ininnni er _iin- in--in si. i,..n-.-.n.,-t- in... 1-nn.. traces

nrendiirkcr red liiiin those out iii lb

_less qunrt'/. but thc exterior is colon-il icil -

by iruii oxiiic, some ol’ whicii is ri.'ii|i»\'i-1

.I ,\ ” inxniin-< nlrnn .|nnnin.|i..ni.-< in-ynna

surf. '1`lici|iti-rioroftbc gi-iiliis is color-l

iiithnt ng. ninnnil \\nn|<l noi ia- the

Only for this~I know he holds my'

d

by the iiiisli and wciir of_ilie sen.

It is iiitcicstintz (0 uuiisldi-r linw nu

litilc l’rovl|ir.c coiii\riri~.- in npr- will

l ‘_iioii-wil) i ii|»\\ fin ilu Sliiiils of »Nnnnnnnn-.»inn.i nm nni --un ...ni the “<;.n-.ii-n nfiiwnnir nv... nn-n n ,nation of ‘ nn»..nnn|.nni.

l ______...__ .-_._.._ ..._ _,___

Aloud for help, thc Master stnndcth by

,,. wnnlfininin-n inns im ni nn _.pi-.ini in-’

Above me u,,mmst wud Hmm. mm My lerest. Siillicr in say lhiit thi' l.:iii|'i-iii iriii.

"Beyond the darkness lies the perfcc

In every path of thine I lead the way.

I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where The shadows lie-what inatteri lie is

iiclgiiboriiig lands. As i-vi-nl.\' iii viii

' ii-

bistury are rcfcrrcd to i-crtiiiii i-in~, sn il surfiiuc ioriiialion of cvi-i_y wciinii ol’ il

nge. l'I\'eiit.~'iif dim iiiiiiqiiity thu l-`lin

C

` ofxnnn, inn sn-nn or 'rniy .nn ri-it in 1..-

iiicoiii-ci\'i\bly iiistiiiiif from today; i-ui _NZM when n-e toiisiiiti- nn- ,ri-niogie nn.-.~. i\n»; \_§;_\ L'.i¢-'53 little nnins oi nnin nn- only of me nnn_' nf `\`§=»’§‘s

d _ ,\ , _,-‘K

1 » -i

B

for lic has only nri-ii-oil.

L inc inn-i< bein- orniii-L-ntii iinn.ini..n is

5 . . - , .

ciirtb is said to belong to >oii\<-,;_'vo opio-

1

A siiinmniy of ilu- geologic foi~i|inii<n.,~ '*

l l "`l

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5

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lin-l

il

- ~'°i.¢-_s-»

t _

I _

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Dat un! end r | ` /_ _ :__ 2

.,,i\

nerd. '1 __._ -

__7 ____ ‘ =. 1- _ ___

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Ho gives to me no helpless, broken { "Q ‘

mn, __ _ g _‘E But his own band, sufiicont for my --1, '___' Q ._ 3

So where he lends mc I can safely go, B |

And in the biest hereafter I shall know ' “ “ Why in his wisdom he bath lcd mo so,

-s.i.¢»,¢n P. E. I. FISHING BOATS.

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