DECEMBER 27,

1947

THE GUARDIAN,

CHARLOTTETOWN

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Note of Explanations: _In order to facilitate the finding of stones or monuments. they have been listed in "rows", and each has been given a number. The "rows" are by no means always straight and there are many gaps between stones. llim Ave. The stones on thc left-hand side of the cemetery are listed first. the first row being the one nearest to Elm Ave. each stone or memorial there is a note oi its type (slab {upright i, iia! atone. shalt, sacrophagus, etc.) and its physical condition. that are intact, in no need of repairs or levelling. and with good. clear lettering are marked '|1| good condition are marked ii. followed by the letters “ll" (lettering faint), "ivf" (lettering very faint), Family names only are written in capital letters. .

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lletslleii List in sum on Inscriptions la 0lii m. instant ilemetery. Elni Avenue, illiarlnttetovin.

By Elsie J. Cambridge f

All rows run from left to right. as one faces in the case of All stones Stones with faded lettering but otherwise in

or some other comment as to lettering.

Lizzie J., wife of Robt. YOUNG, d. Dec. 11. 1872, age 33~—I-Iii-Tiie base/ill“ No shaft.

(a) Nathan, d. Sept. i2, 1865, age 19. (b) Nathan and Joseph, sons of Henry and Elizabeth DAWSON. (c) Joseph I-L, d. Nov. l0, 1873. age 28. (Masonic emblem on shaltL-Iiarge, badly tipping shaft base. Shaft it- self is lying on ground. in 2 pcs. Stone posts should be straightened up, also iron rails. and painted. Surface of atone is we .

Mary, wife of Christopher B. SAAITH. d. Mar. 26, 1852

(7). age 22 (7) yrs. Also their dau. Jane Smith. d. Aug. 6. 1856 .2), age l1 yrs-Slab-li, but face badly weather- ed and lettering fast going.

(near walk) Roderick McKINNON. d. Jan. 8. 1856. age 9 yrs-d mos, son of Donald and Catherine McKINNON, Malpeque Rd-Smali slab-ii, lvf.

Elizabeth. wile of Wm. SMITH, d. Feb. l0, 1869, 47.—

Slab-ll. 1V1.

James Henry. son of Jas. and Mary BEALB d. Feb, 4 i?)

1870. age 4 yrs.—'I‘iny slab-ii. lvf. Lamb design. (name covered with crudely applied cement) d.

Monday, i9 <2’) December, 1865, age 51 yrs. (see news-

paper fr-r date and nameL-Siaib. two 1-2's very badly

cemented together. Weeping willow design.-

Mery, wife of James wnrcurr, d. Jan. S. 1860. a. 8i.-

Blab-fl, 1i’.

Geo. BRODERICK. d. Jan. 26. 1851. age tiL-Slab-illi.

(some distance from walk). Some inscription may be hidden lo ground-Part of slab. Should be examined for possible inscription in ground.

(gap) Elizabeth Ann. wife of i-lenry Ol-IOWE-‘N. d. April 6. 1856, age 81.-S1eb—i|-il.

Richard HARDING. d. (might get details in bet- ter light, when leaves off trees, or by taking a. paper and charcoal impression), Two other names are on this st0vie.—Slab-j!. but lettering almost gone. Clasped hands design.

(gap-forward oi above) Thos. ALLIN. d. Jan. 8, 1869, age 78. Also his wife. Grace. d. Mar. 9, 1868, age 76.- Got-hic slab-i, weeping willow design. lvl.

(grip) Daniel DIXON. d. July M. i844. age 23.-Slab—-i|II. Name and oi-hei- inscription" hidden in ground-Upper part oi slab. Raise. examine for inscription.

Elizabeth Ann, wife of James DIXON, d. July 31. 1863. age 26.—‘=lab~,:. 1f. (a) David Joseph STRAMBERO, River John, N. 8., drowned on a holiday excursion, Aug. S. 1867. age 20; (b) Ohas. Robt. SIRAiMBER-G. River John, N. S.. drown- ori on a holiday excursion Aug. 3. i867. age 27 (i); (c) Chas. SIIIZAMZBERC, of Cape John. N. S.. drowned Aug. 3, 1867, age 33 (‘li.-Shaft intact now. but needs levelling. lvl.

J. H. SHERMAN, United States Consul, born in the City of Albany, N. Y. U,S.. died at Charlottetown, Aug. 11, 1865. age oii-Shaft, needs levelling. and urn top needs straightening up; also shalt has been cemented on not in center of base. 4 short granite posts should either bc removed or have iron spikes taken off.

Iiiora, wife of David BEITTUNI. d. Oct. 1i, 1873, age 40. —Gothia siab—i!|i.

Mary Lick, wile oif Daniel BEN-TUNE. d. May 4, i870, ago (id-Gothic slab-iii.

Sarah, dau. of Wm. and Sarah REIIIL-Tiny slab—i!, lvf. Sarah ivicNciii. wile of Wm. REID, b. at West River. Oct. i9. 18.25, d. at Charlottetown Dec. 16, 186i, age 36

yrs.-S‘lab-—I'. ivf. Harvie Robert, son of John and Rosabella. BELL, d. Aug. 25, 386i), age 8 mos-Small slab-ii. lvf. No inscription-Small slab-lettering efiaccci.

Thos. AJEXANDER. d. May 16. 1824, age 67. Also to the memory o! his wile Mary, d. Aug. 1. i821. age 58- Sila.b—l,. but. should be more strongly and neatly set in ground.

Margaret. wife of David RAMSAY, merchant. d. Dec. 22. 1832. age 38.—Slab—|i!i.

(gap) Eliza Matilda. infant dau. of John Myrle HALL and his wife Arin, d. Nov. 12, 1836. 9 mos-Small slab-Jill. (gap) Mary Ann, dau. of Wm. and Ann PAUL, d. Nov. 16, 1873. age 46.—Slab—|i. ll.

Eliza, wile oi Charles Dm/EPSEY. merchant. d. Aug. 17. 1834, age 3'1 yrs-(Slab-Iiil.

John SUMMERS. d. Jan. 17, 1849. age 8i. also Ruth, his wife. d. Aug. ‘.10. 1849. age 75.—8lab-i,)|i.

(it little forward of No. 6) “Serah"-no other inscrip- tiori.-5ma.li siab—i!. _

(next to No. 9). Samuel C. HOLMAN. b. Aug. 26, 1624, d. Oct. 6, 1852.—S1ab—li|i.

i-lecior iifcliEAN. d. Sept. 5, i862. age 62; also his dau. Margaret, d. Apr. 8. 186i, age 17; Donald Mel-DAN, d. July l-). i865. age 66: Clown D. R, d. Nov. 3o. 1856. age 8. and Hector A.. d. July 27. 1870. age 8. children of Hec- tor and Flora McLean-Shaft, leaning slightly. crudely cemented on base.

"Uncle". "Father". "Mother." (No other marker on this plot nowu-Smail attractive stone. Bhould be re- cut at bottom v-

Thos. FOUND, d. Feb. i8, i858. age 75: also his wile Priscilla. d. Oct. 4. i860, age 66. -- Unusual shaped slab —I|. ivf.

ivm. T. PEYIHICK, d. Nov. 15. i887. age 36. and Thomas Henry. age 3 mos-Gothic slab, heavy base, needs level- ling and clean up of cement.

Victoria Alexandrina. dau. of Thos. and Henrietta PETHICK. d. Dec. 8, 184i. age 3 yrs.—Sia.b-||||.

Thos. PETHICK, d. Apr. 6, 1870. age ‘it-Heavy Gothic llirb on heavy base. Needs levelling and clean up of Gtllllnt. . Henrietta, wile of Thos. PBPHICK. d. May 8. 1M0. age 42. also their youngest daughter, Henrietta, d. Aug. 20, i840. age .~Siab should be raised. part of inscrip- tion hidden in ground.

Mary, wile oi Sergt. Donald McKmNON. d. Nov. 7. 1826, age 44. a native of Argyle. ScotlamL-Siab-ilii. Hector Mc-KINNON. Malpeque Rd" d. Jan. i3, i862.- Slah. two 1-2‘s badly cemented. if.

Maria J:.ne, wife oi John RIINDLE. d. oct. 17, 1e86, age 49. Also Jane, wife oi John RIINDIE, d. Jan. 6. 1869, age fit-Small shaft, leaning badly and unbidily cemented at base.

Capt. Geo. littRihiliST, native of Scotland, d. (hfidden by cementL-Small slab. badly cemented 14's. iv

iiannuh Blanchard, wife n? Rev. Robb DOUGLAS. late oi St. Peters, d. Apl. 8, i666. age 71.—8mali shalt, lean- ing very slightly. if. Elisabeth, wife o-f the late John WEBSTER. d. Sept. l4, 1942. age 80.—Slab—ii, but weathering badly.‘ . Mary Ann. 3rd dau. of Thou. and Henrietta PIPHICK, Q Oct. 0. i893, age l0 weeks-Glab-iiii. Iewie f‘. ANDMtSON. d. Sept. 2, 1839. age 4 yra. Also John o. ANDERSON. d. oci. a1. mo, age 2 days. Also Victoria P. ANDERSON. d. sept. l3, i647, age 10 mos, children of John and Catharine ANDIRBONF-lisb-iil (gap) Sarah Ann McKENNON, d. Rb. 23. 1862. age I yrs. 6 mus-Tiny and beautiful rose and scroll design. iii. (gap) John 1..., son of Hiram and Elisabeth HOBBS (f), d. Oct. 28 (‘i’). 1666, age 3 yea-Tiny slab. needs reniount- ing. ivf. (long gap) Donald Mel-BAN, d. May i3. 18G). age 83. also his wife Catherine, d. Jan. 1 (or t). 18G, age N. also their dau. Ann. d. Aug. flat-slab. l. but sunken too far in ground. li. , (long gap) Mary Thomas, child oi —-- lb ---

. d. July i9. 166i, age I yrs.. I irioa-llsb-ii, lettering almost gone.

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Owing to late peiting and the very large number of pelts that are being received daily ny the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association at Summer- side, it has been decided by the Directors of the Silver Fox Breed- ers’ and Exhibitors‘ Association to change the dates oi the 10th Fox Show from January 5-7, 1948. to January 19-20-21 and if necessary the 22nd. All pelts must be in the hands of the show committee or. or before January 15th. Classillc. stion of pelts will take place Jan- uary 17th. Intending exhibitors please take note of these changes. Also ii you have not yet made up your mind to send some of your best pelts to the show it would be a 800d idea to do so. These pelt shows have a. marked eflect Ln keeping up the morale of breed- ers and also have an educational value in providing competition.

At Anning, Chadwick d: Kiever. Iii/i, London. Eng. last week, hail and three-quarter silvers drew the strongest competition. Full slivers best and inferior grades were firm but the demand for medium grades was restricted at from 60s to 90s ($12. t0 $18.)....At the Denver, Colorado offering oi mink and silver fox by the New York Auction Company, prices for the large mink offering averaged 15% higher than at last year's sale. Fine dark males sold from $33. to $28.50; ordinary males $19. to $22; line dark females 816. to $18: refl- ular females $13. to $15. The collection of 5.000 silver and color phase fox consisted mOstly oi lust year's pelts. These brought. prices around 20% higher than in Aug- ust with keen interest shown in good platinums and interest in white faces fair though price re- sistance to the latter was strong. About 70% of the collection was sold. Top grade platinums brought as much as $68; white faces up to $28 and silvers brought up to J23. with the bulk selling from $14. to $18. ‘Their next sale will be De- cember 29th when fresh foxes will be offered.

The Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company one-day sale oi mink resulted in 85% oil the otierin! being disposed of with an advance of 5% compared with the Decem- ber 1st sale. Dow grade mink W“ 100% sold.

The Oslo, Norway, fur sales re- commenced on Monday. December 15th. Buyers were mostly Belgian along with'a few French and It- aiian. There was no New York or London buying. Silvers were 73% sold with values averaging Ii)- proximately $17; rive-sixths silvers averaging $22.25; three-quarters $19. The second day's sale, Dc- cembcr 16th. slivers were 79% sold with these average prices: F0115 $17.50; five-slxths $23.40. On thB third day silvers were 83% sold with these average prices: luiis, $16.75; flve-sixths, 819.80; three- quarter silvers, $28.70-

There seems to be quite a Dick- up of interest in silver fox pelts both in the United States and Europe. In New York and other cities silver fox capes, 186k“! l"? scarfs are being featured. Les. week in Washington. D.C.. CBPIIBI oi the U.S.A.. sliver fox 180K918 sold well it prim from 9°‘) l" $350, A despatch from that city states there is more interest in sliver for; this season than noted in quite some time but buyers are not optimistic about it coming back in very heavy demand.

1n another- paper we note where silver fox stoies have been in d6- mand in the better U.S.A. stores all season but recently b09111!- prlce department stores also re-

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criticism.

(To be Continued Neat Iaturdsy) M». ‘ __

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, TIMELY NOTES OI TOPIOS OOIIIEOTEO WITII Silver Fox and ' _ Mink‘ Farming

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port requests flat the wraps. Black tox is coming into the picture in spectacular stoies such as the one with skins divided by strips oi red velvet. Animal tails used as trim- ming are also gaining in popular- ltl'—tlie black fox would no doubt be red fox dyed. lti still another part oi a. fur trade publication we notice where stoies. capes and kerchiefs oi mink are presented ior wear at cocktails or formal occasions in Russacks window this week.

No doubt our readers have all heard of the death in New York on Wednesday, December 17th, of i. J. Fox, the greatest fur merch- ant the world has ever known. l-le came to New York from England with $3.80 in his pocket and ran it up to a fortune in the millions. His business turnover ivas between $5 and $8 millions annually. Mr Fox was almost 59 years )f age and was at the very zenith of his business career. Only recently he spoke about ambitious plans of expansion which would add four more stores to his New York chain. in his early contacts with the fur business he conceived the idea of merchandising and oi promoting the natural glamour oi furs arid to bring it down to the level of the shop girl. l-Ie soon found out that selling furs in quantities was easy if they were presented prop- erly with glamoun and imagina- tion. Where the promotion of furs was concerned he had an in- exhaustible ambition oi how to make use of glamorous events and persons iri the news to advertise his business.

Mr. Fox reputedly spent a rnii- iion dollars for advertising and publicity. Tens oi thousands of dollars went for fur coats as prizes on radio programs and celebrities. Any time he could tie up a. celebrity with fox furs he went to any trouble and expense to do it. Many will remember the Spring of i939 when a consign- ment oi Norwegian platinum fox. es were auctioned in New York and I. J. Fox bought the largest part of the some 300 skins, paying unheard of prices and a. world's record price for a single skin- $5,000! That publicity went all over the world and Mr. Fox lol- iowed it up with window displays that ivcre breath-taking. Glamor- ous garments were created for tho new fur and platinum became the world's most wanted fur.

A year-or two later when the Prince Edward Island Fox Breed- ers‘ and Exhibitors’ Association had their pelt show which feat- ured many beautiful platinums. white faces and superb silvers the largest part of the collection was purchased and featured in the windows of I. J. Fox's stores it) New York. Ilis death is a bad blow to the fur industry for the reason that he had more 1W5?)- fmagination. initiative and merch- andizing skill than any othe: man or collection oi men on the entire continent.

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Attention Fox Ranchers!

Mr. Fritz Weissler, well-known fur buyer, will be or my office Friday afternoon and Saturday oii day only. large quantities of fox pelts and other row furs. Highest market

He is open to buy

l. ROY HOLMAN

U. 8. Secretary of Stale George C. Marshall, right, and sir Stafford Cripvfi. Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, shake hands on their arrival for the Pilgrim's Society dinner, given in Secretary -Marshail's honor. Earlier in the day the U. B. diplomat had to listen to Russia's Mo otov heap vilification upon the United states and Britain. Speaking ATV-I‘ dinner. Secretary Marshall urged the British end American people to proclaim their "fraternal relationship" to the world without iear of Absent from the dinner was Molotov. who said he was "too

i - NEWSY

a-o-n-e Geoffrey Chaucer

These are long evenings but they give one an opportunity to glance at our English classiciit- erature. I have Just done a lit. tie at the works of Geoffrey Chaucer 113402-1400), usually styled "The Father oi English Poetry."

Chaucer was the aon oi a. vint- iier (or, as we say, a wine mer- chant). but at the age of sixteen became a page-boy at Court. In 1359 he joined the army o! Ed- ward III and saw service in France. Thereafter we find him acting as a diplomatic agent. be. tweeu the years 1374 and i384. In these ten years he gained dis- tinction in Italy, Flanders. France and Lombardy. In i386 he be-

came “Knight of the Shire" for Kent. and died at Westminster iri 1400.

His fame rests mainly ‘on the "Canterbury Tales", though he wrote many other works and some minor poems. The Canterbury Tales are twenty-four in number, but seven of these are so broad and so plaimspoken as to make them quite unsuitable for twenti- eth century readers, hardened though they arel Chaucer, in the original archaic English, would be unreadable too. but the language of his works as presented in the Everymarfs Library, is sufficiently modified as to be easily under- stood. Readers who enjoy robust. humor cannot do better than re- new acquaintance with old Chau_ cer.

some ltemlniscencea

The editorial (in The Guardian, Dec. 16) quotes 10rd Baldwin‘: address to a university: "The sounds of England - - - the corn- crake on a dewy morn-int" - - - "The wild anemones in the woods of April." . "The smell of scutch fires." - - - all these things bring back memories of the past.

The corn - crake is a bird of the Family Rallldae and i.» therefore related to our Rails; iii- deed, many Britons term it the LandJail. It is a. shy bird and its dull slate-colored plumage does not invite attention. But its voice gives it away and the farmer can always tell when a corn-crake has decided to settle and raise its young in his corn (Bruin) 1161i Crake! Crakei and. after a nin- iite's silence, Crake! Crake! 2.681))- as if somebody was trYIuiZ 40 011i a dry old hardwood board with a blunt saw. This went on hour after hour. and ii it were not for the strange ventriloquial sound that seemed to come ircm differ- ent directions. it would have been easy to locate the bird. To d0 this, however, one would have iv trample over the whole grainfield! Unthinkablei At last the "reaP- er"—there were no binders then- was drawn into the field 811d began cutting round and round. forcing the poor corn-crake into the centre. (They are uwkll/Rfd fliers, like our Rails. but are swift runners.) Sometimes when they broke cover they were felled by the wands of the firm-help. 80d were

afterwards cooked and eaten. In weight they averaged .ialf.a- pound.

The three ail-es most usteued

to in Northumberland. were ti" sky-lark, the Cuckoo. and the monotonous Corn-crakc.

"The wild anemones in U)"

\\'Qod5 of April," - - - Canada has been blessed with such a wealth or woodlands that the inhabitants think the supply will last for ever, As a result there has never been my attempt at forestry i5 D180‘ uoed in Europe. (I have some» times wondered what the Null-I)- urnbrians thought of the tech- nique of the wood-cutters _fru'.'_i1 this side, during the war!) Jluw of the Northern woodlands are planted with conifers. which B") quick-growing, and have timber very suitable for use in the mines. There remains a very 601151598‘ able acreage of hardwood forests‘ which are most carefully attend- ed to. No cattle are allowed in to damage the branches and admit wood-destroying fungi. The "W001i- men" keep down all wild and worthless shrubbery that woulr. clutter the forest floor and take water and food away 5mm u" trccs. In the fall nothing is seer. under the trees but the carve!) "I fallen leaves.

when spring comes to the woods of the Derwent valley. the floor of the hardwoods ha! 800th" carpet. First to bloom under the leafless trees are the native old Elngiish daffodils, Narcissus Pseu. do-narelseus. with their long yel-

low "trumpet!" dlilwius l“ W March winds. By the time they fade the Wood Anemones are

ready to take their place, spread- ing a sheet of white flowers under the walrening trees. We called thr- anemones "Wind-Flowers", which of course, is a translation of the botan'cal name. By early Jlme the English Bluebells (Scllla nu- tans) assert themselves. They clothe the forest floor with a sheet. of bright blue. Then the trees are in full leaf, the light is cut off and the show is over. ‘There ll '1

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Special Reduced Prices to 31st December

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special area in Kew Gardens plaiit- ed with Scillzis, that attract thou- sands oi Londoners to the "Blue. bell walk" in late spring,

(At a. few places in Britain, oii limestone formations, the Pasqua- iiovrers (anemone pulsatilla) 1'C1.\I' their dull purple, silky-haired blus- souis. 'i‘li(-y' resemble the Arie- cnone \\IllCIi is the Floral Eiribleni oi Marutoba; in fact I could see no difference “lhfill a reader sent me specimens from Winnipeg).

The smoke of the scutch-rires. was made by burning the couch- grass. How oficii have 1 sure-it the smoke without recognizing the poetry behind itl

Scottish Life and Character’ (2)

Dean Ramsay asserts that the men of his generation were Just ‘the reverse of their father's in regard to church-going: that is, among the gentry and nobility. Young men now attended church regularly and were even seen at communion. (sacrament. as vie call it). There was an interest in Bible and missionary societies, schools, and reformatory institu. tions. most of which, as regards active operations, were riot. fifty years old.