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“l mﬂered stomach and until l etante Everything -l Bas to -form which beoan times and nu lib-at I through The pains so oftsn became I could hard] My liver was gisb and I n great deal 1w l was very n fact was feel" wreck. "Thanks to all my stoma

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SOUTH AMERIG. HAVjN FOR Fl.

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. ’ feiters. forgets ai enabling them to

_ gotten gains in

_ . best suitcd their ‘ . , aments.

Cables. radio, . connections, hon made the “fade America as diffic of the equator.

Bernard Goltlstt had no sooner checks from the A Company in Ber train connecting

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daily during the v Order throug‘

IMPERIA]

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PAGE TWELVE Reminiscences of <

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN ”

Other big questions den {with by our legislature in its asrliilyl‘

absentee and delinquent insid-

mandas Early Days were Catholic emancipation.

(Continued From Page 1)

uppermost and dominant. The most eastern county was therefore named Kings, the central one Queens and the western Prince. And as a county must have a county town with a. name of more or less note and signiﬁcance, the head-quarters of Kings county was named George- town in honor oi’ the reigning So- yereign, ivhile the county town of Prince county was nunrcd Prince- towrr, and that of Quccns county was designated Charlottetown in honour ot‘ Quccn Chnrioito, But as If this “His not enough. they surrounded each of those towns With a royalty 0t‘ spacious arcs and made the said royalty the comrrron property of the townspeople, to Qcrve tircm in the matter of fuel {m- ghqif ﬁres and pssturage for their cattle.

As for Charlottetown, those in charge of the mutter proceeded to llay out n strcot along its wutcr front which tirr-y named Writer Strcct. and thcn lnid out anothcr and broader strcct at right angles lcross Wutor" Strer-t northward through the center of tlic town to the town limits. This was liryiilly named Great George Sircct. Then they paralleled Great George with Queen Street on its left and Prince Street on its right, and crossed the TOYBI trio at right angles with King Strret. Having further de. korated thc town with s Queen Square in its centre and elsewhere with a King Square. the nnmers doubtless cnncludcd that they had duly imprcsscd their own and filtllrﬂ ncncrutlons with t-lro nit-an- ing and importance of royalty and loyalty". This wits all wcll enough in its way. but the narnc Cirarlnttc- town might well have been shorten- cdto"Chnrlottcﬂlivory one knows a town wiicn lic secs onc, especial- ly if he lives in it. Besides, the Island capital has been n full- ficdgcd cty for gcncrations past. A city, and a cnpitnl city, it was long before Ottawa, Toronto. “Wnnipcg, Regina, (‘ulirariq Victoria or FIWWIQFlKfIUH attained tlrnt dignlty,— just as tlic Islrurd wns n provincc‘ years or l-vorr gcncrutions before Now lii‘llll.=\\'ltk, (lntnrio, Manitoba. Fnskntcbcwnn, Albortrt or Ilritislr Columbia bud a leg-alisctl cxistcncc as provinccs.

And it is one of our further"

‘claims to distinction that. wc hnvo

hr-rc in tlrc Island one of the r-ldrst Icgislnttircs' in North or South America. It dutcs from ‘l it is oldcr tlrnn tirc Ponur-oss of tho "Fnitr-il Ftutcs of tbc famous‘, lb‘- clnration of Inilopr-nrlr~iroir. .\il-.~‘t oi‘ thr- stﬂtc lcitisluturcs across ihc international border nrc rucr- youths, and sorno of llicrn orrl.\' hubir-s in suwulrllintr clotlros, corri- phrod with thr- voncrulili‘ lmzzislll- tivo Assombly wlrcli holds its annual Fﬂssitiiis in the Islund capit- el. In tlic till" liuirtlrwl zinil lift)’ yours 0f its lll~‘i\\l‘_\' it lrus urnppir-rl with mid l»: slzitotl upon nlllinst ull tho questions which nny legisla- turc in Tlritisli Arnr-ricn lins hw-n callcd upon to vonsidor. (lric of ‘tlic ﬁrst of ilicso r-fforts was to rc- g ulntc iltc liquor traffic. Twcnti‘ odd ycnrs nco wr- ccsscd from tl‘.\'r ing to rcp-irlntc. nnd pnssr-d the ﬁrst law sincc tltc lminlnlon was inund- od tn prrrlilhit the snlc for hc-verngo pirrposos within the province. Arid on January 22nd of the prt-scnl your a plohiscltc was takcn to de- cide whr-tlicr or not the importa- lion rind exportation of liquors

. should be lonirer pcrmittcd.

iilR. WALTER PRATT.

Y‘ - rrul Mon rcr Sleeping. Dining ind Rnilwny Restau-

Nniionnl Railways. . w? been extended to 1-. “lloiving the resigns- D. "T. litrllignn. formerl? Grit-ml Mun ;: Canadian National Railways Haiti

~.,.- _ . -

lordism. the introduction of re- sponsible government, ssnctioninl-i the treaty of reciprocity with the United States in 1854. repeated ex- tensions 0i‘ the voting franchise. the building 0t railway lines, the sboliton of the Legislative Council by absorbing it into the Legisla- tive Assembly. and the union with the Dominion of Canada. The last of those great questions was view- cd hesitsntly and with a measure misapprehension in the Island. as it was ‘in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It was riot'r.rntil 1873. six year-s afii-r tho sister provinces ucrnss the strait had joined the union, and one hundred years from tho foundation of our legisla- ture, that tlic Island became part und pnrccl of the (‘irnadiirn Fedora- tinu. The grout indirccuicnts which overcame all the ‘many objections to the union were tho assumption of our then firrrnitiablo railway debt. and thr- pronrisc of dniiy stoum communication for mails rind pnssorrgt-"s bvtwccn the Island ruilwliy and tin: railways of the runirrlarnci. Tlrs ' prnmisc tides thought to bc of thc most vitnl importance, as the Island was thcn isolated. ice-bound and uvintcrcurs- cd during the five colder months of tlic you r.

Otherwise thc ﬁnancini tor-ms of tlic agrecmcnt wcrc found to be sadly inadequate for dcccnt pro- vincial housekeeping. And the pro- mise of daily steam communication with the mainland was not kw!- It is true that an nttompt was made to kcep up ivrltini! 00m- munication front Gr-orgctovrn to Pictou. first with one ice-breaking stcnnrcr‘ and inter with two, but it was constantly being interrupted sometimes for a wcok or two wcoks at a time. while in the your i905 no crossing was mudc by the winter steamer for a full month. At that time, owing‘ to a drought. the preceding summer lind been

in tiic barns, while hundreds of tons of hay bought by the provinci- al govcrnnicnt to relieve the dis- trci-"s. were sido-trnclrcd in cars at Pictou. some of which did not reach tho Island until the grass had grown. Pussonccrs who crosscd the Struit during‘ that drcnry month. and any mail mnttcr that cnmc or wont across, worc carricrl iri little uniplribil-us loo-boats ﬁttcd with lllllllvrs. oars and stills, und plying hr-twccii (‘upc Travrrsc, T‘. E. I.. urid (‘upo Tni-mcntirrc, N. IE.

'l‘lir-rc wus ll squadron or floct of tlrcst- cruft owncd rind oporatr-d lr.\' tin,» Iilllllilllﬂn r‘.ovcrruncril——r-pcrul- oil only in part officiullv. howovor .\lo.-t of the Pfl.\‘.\‘(*llQt‘l':<~—lll| the uhli-Jiorllvtl ones in fl\t"l——li.~1\lr‘\ll,\' worki-tl tlioir pzissziuv. 'l‘l_ic,v. li - the i*l'~~\\', wvi-o r-qiriyvpcd wi .1 straps nttuchoil (u thc hunts, work- lIIL" liko lior. -s to pull tlic bout nitrous tho snow icc-tlclrls. \\'lrr-n

upon wutvi‘ wits fc-iiirri. tin-i‘ luurrchml tho bout thi-rcin ﬂHll ruwcd or suilcil it; thou iucctinu

ll'l' uuwirr. tlrcy drug: ‘ml it out. orrcc rirorc, and this might occur -- irlh‘ of tirnoi-r iu n sinplo pirsstrtzc.

lt was the work of bravo and stulwnrt nrcri t‘iu.-i to luurrcli, or" drug out of thc icy watct‘ tilt-so bouts licuvily ludon with hugilnui- and mail-lungs, (lfton it \\'.'\.~r difficult tnr-ffoct u lllllfllnlllfillll thc r-usliiiii: titlc full of tumbling born-s tn tho solid icc—-lroard-ico so-cnll- cd—\vliiolr cxtcnds out from oitlior‘ sirorc. fifton uftcr or during s storm the trciiclicrnus snow cover- od up and conccnlctl opcn wnior lll‘> nit-nth, and tlic ntiierwlsc Iucklcss strap pirsscngcr plunged to thc armpits in the chilly slush and wntcr, rind was ilrairgt-d out by his follow trvilvrs to suffr-i‘ thc zcro cold in his gnrmi-ntn, still thnnkiul that his lifc hud born saw-d by n strap. tlic cmblom of his servitude!

Sonii-iinrcs the lc? boats and -iliclr I'l‘('\\',~4 and passengers act out to cross, and after labouring for hour-s nt tlrcir hard tank wore fnrccd tn return. Srvnrctlmcs they wcrc overtaken by n snow storm in mid pnssagc and wore carried fur up or dnwn the strait and thcn, ln thc riight time it might be. had to hunt up a tcnm to convey tlrcm over unbrokcn roads to their destina- tion. Sci-oral timcs they were out nil night _in stormy winter gains, driven and tossed about, not. know- ‘ing whore thcy wore. Rctlrncs thoy lny upon tlic icr- and burncd their houts nnd mnilbngs to keep from frcczlng tn dczttlr hcfnrc morning. More than one owed llll dcath. othcrs n lifo-long maiming, or serious frost-bite to the perils of this \\'|YIU‘I“DISHBIQ‘. The distancc between the Capes is clght miles In a straight line, but the strap nnsscnsrcr often found the space covered in actual crossing to be two or ihrce times as great as that. I-‘ortiiie service a generalist Domin- ion GoW-rriment permitted him to work his passage on a payment of

' ""““'""' §$1§\_~‘¥4\,£s.... iiﬂq-l .\.M._.,._,,,',.,

u short crop; cattlo wore starving on from I873 to 1915 It wont on

taken ’

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“wit! - rum aw», ..

sues and membrane; and reco

and has been s

GRIPPY cotos ‘

COMMON Cows

‘ BRONCHIAL coLgs

There's a story and a ' moral in what follows.

Joli liiriineni

', withtbﬂ“ ‘midi-i 15.. very begins at once. No waiting for rubs and lotions and other sxternals to reach the seatof troubleover the slow route of penetration and absorption; johnsonh Anodyne Linimcnt is a physician's prescription-internal and external use-. , conquering colds for morethan a century. Doctors admit its proven superiority. All dealers.

OVER 100 YEARS OF SUCCESS

u ._~ I

rll

JANUARY t‘

25snd50c.

two dollars. Wnnrcn, aged or sick persons paid four dollars a trip. it may bc infr-rrcd that fcw women or small children cvor made the winter crossing at tlzc Capos.

In tlrosc dark days tho Isluntlrrs did not bicss Confederation. Rnthcr it was looked upon as an trntmvnrd cvcnt. And this sort of thing wont on for forty ﬁve-years aftcr our union with the Dominion. It wont

under tho strcccssivrc prcnricr-sliips of lilacdonaid. liiackcnzic. Abbot, Thompson. Iiowcll Tuppcr and Laurlcr. In the mcntimc we lost twenty-one thousand from our muxiumm population of on“ lrumlrcd and nlnc thousand, bcsidcs all tho natural incrcusc of tho fittest brood of men and wnmcn produccrl in Canada. For marry yours, contrary to pcpulnr bcliof tlrc rtvcrnge lslurid family ivus llil'l.lt‘l' than that of (Jucbcc. -thr‘ bouxtorl lininclzriicl of-big‘ fnnriiics, us vitul stutisiivs prove. ilut wt-

illltl riuuuhtr s iri tlicir youthful vigour of rnuriiiood mid wnnuiir- hood. our best llllll strongcst THU‘ i\i‘:l\'~->'i, by tho l-li-crlirrir "Xtlllllzl tlrut sot in and is not yi-t stuyi-vl. it bus ziitnlncd i. - momoriirrin which is hurd to o\ rcourc. it hus illiltlt‘ ii trugody of our-ii .~=u' ivre census for tlic pus-t thirty y ‘. ii’, us lius boon s-riii. rvvry llilliVl‘

lost thorn it tchs of thousands. sous"

born son or dnuulztcr, l‘F'lll'\‘-|l to llli\\\ll'll_\' rind itlumricd. is worth a tilllllSiPlti dollurs to tiru cr-untr_\'~—' and who will quo. ion it'.‘——ibcri fir‘ lslurrtihr more rrronoiury in.» ill this wuy niur-iruts to untold millions.

And bccuuscwvc lost tlicst- \\'ui'lll_\' sons rind dziiiuliivrs in such l\lll'ili_\('i‘>‘. w» lost onc-tirlrrl m’ out‘ "Plrrwlliaitinii in ilio House of (foninioris. which has hccn rcriucr-d from . .\' mcrnlrors to four. At tho coming" readjustment of fedrrul rr-proscntatlon it ruust hc furthor‘ J-‘gﬂucvtl to tbrcc if not to t wo, wcro it not for thc tirricly mcnsurc cnrr-ird tlirouiili‘Pnrlinntr-nt by Sir lluhcrt llordcn which prccludcs any furtIrI-r‘ rcrluclitin. Arid bc_ and his govcrnmcnt also, gnvc us tho Cit?‘ l-‘t-rigv. now rcnulurly plying daily bt-twccn tiio (‘um-s and across tlic Straits wlrcrc tlrc lltilc ice-bouts and tin‘ strap pussctigcrs. mon- tioncd already, uscd to wcnd thcir unccrtnin and pcrilous way. As n rccoiruition of wliut hc did to rc- lli-vc nirr distress in this und other ways. tho now lllPi'\|'pi\l‘ﬂ[('(‘ gown which stnnds thc Island cntrnrrcc to our admlrntnbic winter irighivny to the outer world boars the nanic of "Borden."

We have sirriercd greatly. we have lost much. but much still remains. Hope and courage remain. semi-- what revived and enhanced by the ameliorated conditions referred to. Our farmers propospcred during and after the war owing to the high prices for all thcy could’ pro- tlucc. Old dcpts wcrc paid off and mom-y dcpnsitcrl in the savings blinks. ﬁn tlic whole perhaps our poopic arc ns wcil offas any farm- ing community in the Dominion. notwithstanding the swift decline of the past two ycars in the mnr-itct yniuc-s of our ﬁeld products. llndcr our systcm of mixed farm- ing. the products of tho- stockyarci. the dairy and the poultry yard. for which high prices are yet maintain- cd. redress the losses of the ﬂt-li!

And our lobster ﬁshery last year

nccd more factories to afford con- lllllwllrl c-rnploynrcnt, and cspcciully to give work and wagcsﬂuring-thc

ll‘

und u ciuartor in dollars. Our fox- to pcpuiirtionls farming industry must also bc “r ‘my Pmvlnclll.

takcn into account as s rcvcnuc» f” d"""l“'"""llll n few confirmed

drink irzthit, ta arrcsicd for 100 arr-cult sci-n on the It i lnwu is aiwlyl iroticc than s lip must oilirr citler u

producing asset. But we greatly

winter season. Our forests have bccn cut nwsy until on most of our farms only a small woodlot rc- malns, and mun) farms have not cvcn this resource. Coal is irn- “.

Nova. Scotin ‘to supply our railway.

powcr sorvicc, for household usc in

pcoplc. In ilk:- mttnncrwo nrc hcuvy H

of nrrn irriplcmcnis and rnnclilncry. of cotton. woollen uutl utlicr- ilibrics, rcudy-rniido clothing, boots mos, carriages. ll|\l'l\(‘S!4. irroior" curs, scarcely any of which srro rrurnirfuctirrcd in tho province. Haunt-d fund products arc also irri- pi-rti-rl in lurirc quuntitics. which

'1' ll

oil in thc city rind towns is mostly ‘mportod from tlw iuuinlurill. l-‘or-tirrizitrly llillltlril rill our soil

!‘.‘lltil'-'lll_\' fcrtiiv. Our- poiiplo i\l‘E ll industrimrs, thrifty und fruinrl: -l.<c tlr“ furnts would riot bc rrbic to u_v tho bills for nil the goods. ruorchirrrrlisc and wurcs which

in udrnlr-nblc pence and hurmonr- 1

n qunrtor of a century pust in the

our pcoplclicrc attend tlicir church scrvicc more gcncrally and obscrvc rhsﬁlrrisqian Snhbnth more strlctl)’ tliun do tlic ponpic in any othcr province nf thc Dominion. And fol‘ ihc ﬁfty ycars since (‘onfcdcratinn the official crimind statistics havc

produced a value of over a million

ported in lurgc quantities from mm", nwmd ‘I pl't)\‘lll(‘il\l govern our city and towns, oirr light and _S1,,,.O n“, um govcrrinient. No - the towns and to an increasing rx- h, “mm m“, m, icnt in tlic country districts. At “M, m". "my prrscnipriccs thc call for lmportcrl mum“. “I um 9|- fucl tnkcs rt licavy toll from eti-ie w unnuult-ririririgs andrcceipts ot’ ill" h. Fwnuy “(W505i

llllliortrﬂxs of lumbcr, brirks. limo h, HW-ﬂtnndﬂrd, and ('\‘l\lt"l\l for building prirposcs. .;~,...=-.._ M vffsﬂ]! lino lu-tsvm-n Cli

ing li.-< thuri arit- rn i Iwrr y mi lcagi. . i.-|.»|\l\.irrr~ si-rvica

should be produccd licre, but - urc "*‘"'" "'

not. l-Ivcn tho wircnt ﬂour‘ ouiisiriri- "“1|"'“"~" i-rit number. Ml

or li-riiliihi. ﬂrﬂl lull. .\< bus lrleii

‘-' urirblc, cusiiy’ cuitivutctl niid tho

tirric Fniou hll, tlrc sill-l‘ ill" _\'.>\';i Nwolill. lit".

I'm exodus. but limso who rcrnulrr (‘hurl rind vii" a-rc not nppnri-titly downhcnrtcd on point -~:i ilic that nccotiut. (bur Protestant urid mw“ ‘vnuhhui Wrtimlit- clirrrriics and pcoplc. now (IiLVJHITHILlFIHH closely lipprnuchini: nn cirunllty in Mm ‘Yuma he bl riumlvcrs. livc and work togctlici" “N. (minrcs

Uni-c Protostnnts than Catholics ‘Hsupvtllllhmélll’ hnvo ruigratcd abroad in tlic past: "uh... with (‘an und should this continue. as sccms 5mm] why .\lai'|l_ to bc probable, the cqirality_ will and (nvnur in P bo established within a fcw ycars. m“. pI‘\>\'ll'\f€. ill I-‘rom having rcsﬁiod for cormldcr- vnnﬁid,q;|hly nblo terms of years in New llruns- nrummqrk M“ wit-k. Ontario and for more than 109mm,,‘ W0 Acudiuri Govcﬂl. isrlsrrdl am lcd to conclude tliul. "mm "mwhltelﬁ rcndl/ "F y" sucrlilﬂvt l" W iy iuvcivc. tcrtuiir suciil A gonvrfllliln _ island in i310 ‘ sirown that hcré ihﬁ IJTQIWTlWn r ram“ ‘Turn; drunkcnnoss and indictable oifclwv! whnt Wt \

7,; wnhAND-IILMVI l.

"m: snsaxmo POINT

ton

Tho province oil irquippcd will

itliiri ilvc mllrs oi

nos oi‘ 2T2 miles

iirrii~li and thr \il'll\l\ lli\\'\' bttli

l4‘ ioxvus arid ii‘ irttl and ill '

pit, the ilc ~ ulrt.’ And wlrrit ll“

iwrrrly conic to us from abroad. fur us tlrc “l. 'l‘l\l-_v urc also clioorfrrl uuil gnu-as. ii mccis I courageous. nntl fztcc thc futuro Such uueul.‘ ‘m with fortitude. Rt-nrit is fclt fﬂl‘ mow Hill‘ m"

slnmli rs. W31” '

and