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early settlers’ _ laws were cl contain much food for over the past and present _ \Vhat would now consti- tty larceny was thot) a_ cap- e, punishable by death., It ppened there was a jolger in nces. It gave the shock of death, thereby impressing it, but neatly framed in tile ol the day was a- prpyision st offense would allow it

wonderful little spot ou welcemel you to her- `

stay she will prove 119|-

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-t,‘.t'rHERlN}i:- L1i:oPo!.D

EDWARD ISIJANDI

name has a. sort ot :tic glamour.” ' The g connect ` the imma

Prince Charming 1.-_ fiction. _It is

for E land of sueh

Drillflely promilse.

settlers have fur-

Sff-HUEB anecdotes ot

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and customs. They were people aiid`.tl;ey also`fur- e backbone of as wgnderfiil ‘ untry as theft is on God‘s

first offense, in the case of crimes where the punishment was not ex-`

pressed to be without "benefit of clergy." l Thus it will be seen that even in

those days the statesman and gen- eral lawmakers managed to insert "lokers" that would allow of free- <l0n1 for their clients.

In the “History of Prince Edward

island" is published the following case of "Benefit of Clergy." that typifies the times. In this case the Judge evidently was possessed of n

strong hu_morc'>i_is'\'ein. It would be hard to reconcile the two possible verdicts-before' and after pleading “benefit of clergy"-with our laws

of today.; " " ' ' -- 'rwo GALi.dNs or wEs'r IN. D1A`R'UM WORTH SEVEN

SHIHLINGS `

J'up3ter‘l/Vise,-a black servant of

S. Burney, Esq., who' stole' two gal-

l lons of West India rum worth seven

shillings, the property of one Mr,

McDonald, appears to have,bcen the first to avail himself of the privilege.

WVhe4n_h_e was qrclergglgiiito tl1e,cou;,t

aftefleonvictioit it-ntl "set" to the bar for sentence, the question was put:

“Whathave you to say why sen-

tence of death should not be passed upon you?"_ The prisoner replied that he claimed the "benefit of his clergy," and his claim was'fortli- with allowed, with the effect that instead of being hanged he was transported to _the West Indies for seven years. The relation between the crime and its punishment must have struck Jupiter _Wise as singu-

larly appropriatrny- seven years’

oPPoR'rUNi'rY sem/is 'ro ' °§.:r.t-E-Be ’ \€ sg =_..P.1'f`i§f..`§§§.ff.`ff..i.T`.§§”§llf

aibiliiiul, ll iltl following article “mu °f 1911 and 05° Y°51`

- ’ written by Mr. I. E. B. McCready-

the Government publicity agent:

foundation in the minds of the statesmcn of that period. They schemed between set law and cun-

science to perfect their government. The drastic nicasuresof the frontier

were often tempered by the philoso-

phy of a Rousseau.

TEEMS WITH ANECDOTE

The Island simply teenis with an-

ecdote.. .-Of it-\.t»erest,..toitl1e.people of~

the United States.is an extract from

the minutes of the /Supreme Court of Judicature, which goes on to re- late the “depredatious" committed by two "Provincial Privatcers." The forces of Gen. Washington were not considered as much, and when the two "privateers" carried off the rec- ords of the court, the Great Seal of the `Island, together with the com- mander-in-chicf and 'the surveyor general, it would be extremely im- probable they would be allowed to plead ‘fberiefit of clergy," if it so

plead "b nefig of ¢|¢g- y,” ; ; ' : 'BHQWXNG DOMESTICATION ‘ '

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‘ A PERFE c'i‘ PAIR

in every field of useful endeavor you will find the human product of this wonderful Island.

The industries of thc Island today

have made many of its mcn wealthy beyond their dreams, bu_t they do not scent carried -

away with their successes -- they do not acquire the “big head"--there is enthusiasm that

is not marked by any form of greed -- t h e y realize they have a won~ derful 'country and a number of wonderful indus-

tries.

PELTS OF GOLD

' ` " ' - The nobility of Europe, the Far

G '~ ' ‘ g ' - Eastern potentate, the millionaire of

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fee1A\l§¢_.

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fbdergyii' 'which ai firigi transportetioii. itofhe Westiilndies happened they had been tried for fl” U"l¢°d States' ‘h° “me king °f

e Pleldede lliyixingdigi fo stealinE Sitiven shillings’ worth -their "‘depredations” on the Island th* A"3°“lj"°' in fact; wherever was gradua y e 6 _ ,"_ . ~ » _l - ~ " _ ' . .. h

5 _ I d- _ _v l V ` . Th at _' st 1 sont, ty there is the ability to purc ass an

Whu ¢°‘-'ld |`°3& ‘dd of wqt n 9 I-'um ' we ew sump. C ear cl siv fur will be found the

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was further e»tt°!\‘|%'i._.*°. _ Tl1°~°‘°’1"‘“-"°"‘l‘»°‘ th* ".‘,'-°° 's My ° ° . ° H W" silver. iiueie fox fur of Prince Ed- I ~.

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most ¢3|k¢d_0f ¢0\m¢|-ig; im ¢;|-gh- This wonderful little animal bids

._wlth laws thatare the lhost humane and a #justice thatis supreme.

The evolution_of,the 'Inland has

been always along -thedlnes ofthe very highest thought; It' has - devel-

oped men`who,|re -greltzin their

chosen; lines. wlti hesrolwiys been aid that, due to an inlieritedwvander-

lust.: "one cannot. thtoblffltone in

fair to revolutionize in part the conditions existing on the Island. There is bound to be a great rush from all quarters of the earth to locate on the Island for a number of reasons--the desire to get in on the ground' floor of the fox business, which ie bound to make many ex- traordinary fortunes in the next five

Amgfin wjghoug, hm|§‘,»”| 4,1. years; to enioy`the unusual summer "def," - I ‘climate that is the wonder of the

.unit or"rl1EiIlt.fANn_

__ ~’I`he__ men of the elaiid _gre as el it--si':,;.saiitlis‘ ei, ina ne? on §l9'_>=-`:

men of great ability-e

tourist, and the ability to have a beautiful home on a picturesque isl- e`nd that abounds in rich farming land, bordered by numerous beauti- ful blyl and inlets.

|00 TO |00 PER CENT.

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Island your estimate of the silver black fox business undergoes a change. Due to the scarcity of good breeders, the pedigrccd, guaranteed foxs brings a price which niiglit bc thought exorbitaiit. You are nat-

urally skeptical when you hear in Boston that a

company formed On the Island to promote the breed of the black fox had declared a dividend of 200

per cent., another 300, another `400 and still another

900 per cent. You cannotandwillnot

understand that it is possible that a business of this kind, in its infancy, a business haiidling the pelts of an animal that has a diamond value,

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has the chance of declaring big <li\~i»

dcnds for about the first five years of its existence or until the capital of other countries pours in and puts it on a watered basis of from 16 to

10 per cent. lt seems possible that with the depletion of the ftir-bear- ing animal the time will conic when

a silver black fox pclt. will he worth $5000, _aud,tliat,not.a_ very t'av»off possibility. The organizing demons of the "trust" will then arrive and a pair of known breeders will figure as ati asset of $100,000. -There are those iwho claim that within five

years the present price of pedigrectl silver black fox will be no liigher- that the top price has now been reached.

They reckon without any figures.

When the business settles to an ab-

solute pelt basis and the Island is dotted with fox ranches, the time

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coat is not found on any but Island- bred silver black foxes. The fur recommends itself to the fastidious people of all countries."

A single pelt oi I uiiver fox from

profits of $11,000. Many

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.ind most desirable It is the only large and in wma cases °x°°

Q fm- known ,hat Wm take 3 goidemally so. One well known and relfgbls

U UP. and its fine texture and glossy citizen oi Charlottetown ‘toldi,m¢

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that his first venture was itoiigjférln

with three others in the purcha8ei;?! il; pair ot foxes, each putting in:

(say £200). One year later‘he't’¢ok out°pronte or s1_1,ooo <s.s,¢w; “hui-

cluding his original investmont;i_'D! $1,000. A lady of my

vested $500 in fox shares ln'

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Canada, was sold by C. Lampson

Co., of Loudon, in April,v1910. furi

£540 ($2,700). Other pelts from the£ same ranch were sold to the Samet

ipurchascrs at the same date for i.£530 and £500 each, re|pe¢tively,I ’l`wenty-seven skins, including the L

average price of £281 in Md. ($1,400). `

have been sold from the Prince! Ifrward .'sl.1nd rsnchcs, excepttiigi of foxes that d'cd from accident

or disease, ur such as had grown,

too old to breed. The reason for this! is obvious. The profits from fox-l

breeding had proved to be sn cx-

ceptionally tsrge that many desired

all that were produced. Brecdlni, foxes were sold in 1910 for some thing more than their pelt value,

elapsed will probably be about five

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r 5

years. By that time the price of the high class pelt will naturally bc much higher than today, and as a consequence the pcdigreed high class breeding foxes will bring a higher price. Do not be fooled by the alarmist or the ultra-conserva-

tive.

ONLY FUR T0 _TAKE GOLDEN TIP

The writer hu visited many of

the fox ranches and talked with those

who have the good of the country at heart. One of these gentlemen- the Premier of the Island-J. A.

Mathieson, after 3 resourceful study

of the industry, declared it was hard

to see where the possibility of fail-

ure came in. Continuing, he said:

"The pelt of the silver black fox of Prince Edward Island has pecu-

say, £000 or £800 per pair, and a number of new ranches were catab- lished.

above, brought £700i ($88,008), ani

Since 1010 practicatly no peltsi

THE PROFITS . enterprise by individuals or

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to enter the business and the dc- NNHVE ISLANDER in "":“Rs_= '

mand for breeding foxes al>S°rl>¢ll ----Z--->----.-`-1%

' equally large profits might bdgfrlldt-X

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` ed, due to fortunate clrmimiiih*

and rapidly advancing prle`es.‘ ,

The efleet; of such rapid moneyrmgke

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ing lu a small community

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mostly oi farmers can be more

imagined than described,

fortunate ones were doingm,-_w|11, others became desirous to llilro 1|;

the profits and scores at puff,-|\g'|§iL|§|

were formed, each of which bddfltt 5 ‘ pnii' or two pairs 0( (Ong au§|'7lmmt

_.,,

n runnin in wtncn to keep them. 'ng

success attending these veutuhldfngl

unequal owing to the want. ofilinéwu ledge and, experience ln tho' takers. but in nie mein there

oN 'rim ALERT 1 l "°"Y h““d*‘°‘“° l“'°flf~'- I-Tit'

PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

Down to 1912 the bt fgg.

breeding was conducted an

` The profits were in many cases

ships. In that year

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