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Table Top

by Idol Phillpotfs cl-iairi-an vm ' Continued

West of Ecuador by nearly six hundred miles lay Galapagos. and the last lap of the Journey took some days in s slow boat. But. the volcanic nests of islets, though lacking in much charm for a chance visitor, could furnish both Tom and Jane with very potent attractions. since for the natural- ist who loves birds. or plants, it offers something unique. Not only the gigantic tortoises, that give the islands their name. rejoiced the lovers; but for Jane the land birds were such as she had never seen.

Indeed. they cannot be seen else- where and are peculiar to the is- lands. As for Tom, new plants con- fronted him on every side, as they had confronted a genius in days long past and led him to mighty

Strange But True

1 By I'. H. MacArthur

Ivory 8 years since his death in 1321, the body of the great singer llnrica Caruso has been taken from the family vault in Italy and in- spected. Why? Because the famous tenor requested it. No other reason was given. Everytime the body is impacted it gets a new robe and somebody sings a few bars from the deed singer's favorite songs. But the most amazing thing about Caruao's body is that it has not showed any signs of deterioration since it was placed in its tomb 32 years ago!

It is said with some authority that the ghost of Abe Lincoln 'hsunts the White House, that the poet. Shelley returns to its room in Italy where he wrote his last poems; that the tower of London has at least three ghosts that prowl the place previous to every coronation that Louis Reil's ap- parition appears every 10 years where he was hanged as a traitor on Nov. is. 18m, st Regina, Scsk.

conclusions touching the origin and variations of species.

"Here is one thing worth visit- ing this grim place for alone," said Tom. "This is where the fam- ous lichen, orchilla, comes from.

It is gathered and sent to England'

and makes a wonderful dye.” ,

For Angus the crater: that hon- eycombed the islands-from mere blowholes to deep cups of great size-impressed him most.

"If we ever find Tabletop," he told them, "it will be much on this pattern- low-lying in tremend- ously deep water, shrouded in mists, and with an active, or ex- tinct volcano rising ill the middle ofit.And just as the flora and fauna are extraordinary and unique there. These isolated places are links with life from the far past. that had persisted and ea- caped the devastation man brings along with him.”

It was to Charles Island and not Albormarle that the travellers had come. and at the little settlement of La Floreana. Felice Pardo await- ed them.

He interested Jane very much, for she was immediately conscious of a mind cast in a different pat- tern from any she had yet met in her brief existence.

She had never known a foreign- er very well before. and the mixed bloods that. went to create Felice produced an intellect and outlook that gave her much to think a- bout. She approached him tiously, and when an instinct of doubt and even aversion began to dawn in her. shc blamed herself, not him, and told herself that only a child. or a savage. mistruats the unknown.

He. was clever and poured into her new knowledge 0 the world in which he lived. and obviously strove to please her; but she felt him to be radically dif- ferent in essence from her own kind. She would never understand him, as she understood the simple natures of Tom or Angus. Yet he did not hide his enthusiasm or conceal his strong Sncialistic con- victions. He was quite honest in that matter.

"What I want. in see before I die III a luster world. Miss Bradshaw; and that would also be a better world." he said.

She could not deny the force of that ambition and observed that Pardo'n ideas were cast in a great- er mould than those of her own. or of her friends. Birds and plants and ruined cities St"Pnl9d small things contrasted with the iPe1ill- vlanis onthusiasms for humanity: and it was the sharp contrasts, that, Jane concluded. must make her feel uncomfortable in l'elice's company.

As for Aylmer and Maine, they welcomed their old friend gladly enough and for them a new sensa- tion attended their reunion. They both felt it, yet neither could put it into words or explain it to one another. Something had happen- ed to Fardo and they were coii- acioua of this change, yet could point to no definite symptom. He was always somewhat unfathom- able and his moods beyond their calculation. Intervals of gloom were apt to engulf him like a cloud and obscure him from them: but out of these he would usually e- merge in riotous spirits and take his unconscious place as the men- tal stimulus of the others.

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A SHIP CHARTERED

Now. while thcy found that he Iiad made admirable preparations for their enterprise. chartered a useful little tramp aieamrw, kept expanses down and secured trust-

worthy and experienced men for the cruise. they also discovered P4-lice himself ehangrd in some subtle fashion. He was more sat- urnine and preoccupied than of old, given to longer silences. less quick in emerging from the

secret chamber of his own thoughts. They could not know that it was his own thoughts that had creat- ed the barrier. any more than Pardo himself knew how his hid- den purpose had altered his out- ward demaanour.

In secret he fought with himself still, in favour of his intentions. al- though now quite determined. He went round and round. like a squir- rel in a cage. arguing each point of justice and honour in turn. and spinning a web to entangle and destroy his old loyalties. He told himself that his mental misery was unimportant and only the re- sult of his own weakness: but it created an intense impatience and desire to gel. on with the matter and be through with it. It was his impalienct-.. indeed. frhllt hi! friends observed. and both Tom and Angus agreed as to so unusual a phase.

To be continued

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because he fought to give the ;Indians a fair break; that the jghosts of Wolfe and Montcalm are sometimes seen Walking about the :Plains of Abraliam where they both ;laid down their lives in battle. . . .

Jack Garfield. the actor. who was .discovered dead Ina blonde's apart- .ment not long ago, was considering .the dramatization of the novel. ”"Murder one" as a new play. The plot of the book has to do with a blonde who finds a dead man in her room,

In Virginia, it was announced .iast March that income tax refunds were being held for George Wash- iington of Richmond and Martha Washington of Beach. Va. ,

Leo Galmartin. of Lunnenburtz.

N. 5.. lost his store teeth while fishing cod-then found them in .'the stomach of a fish he caught later in the day. i Strange but trite, the names of the first three fish:-rmaii tn ar- rive in Pictou N. 5, last season were I-look. Fly and Fish. Their ;names may be seen registered at a resort hotel,

Because he refused to bear arms iin World War II Larry Clark of Halifax, N. S, had to serve a couple of years behind bars. Last year they put Larry back in the laame cooler for the same stretch if-or carrying a concealed weapon. lIt's a strange world is it not?

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A patient in an Entzlisli hospital iwho was suffering from loss of

ca... imemory. was handed a paper by an

orderly. Suddenlv he put his finger .nn an item reporting the disap- tpearancc nf I-larnld Jarvis. 48. and lvelled. "That's me!" A police check- lup proved he was right.

when Captain M.-irtin Olsen re- .iired a ter a successful career

ship the Sea Lion rather than sell the vessel into other hands. ,and for 10 years she sat on a sandy tspot. called Point Monroe. not far ifrnm Seattle The Captain sat on Iher seared deck on sunny dais land dreamed his dreams of III” Eolden days

I Yet strange to say the verv icapt. Olsen died the Sea Lion to sea and drifted around the until her skipper was under the .a'id. Then it came to rest on the lvcry same sandbar where it had spent the previous in years.

; The NRWTIOG Indi.-in: gave to all :their children secret names which ,were never used save in some om- 'ergency. They believed that the secret mime had the to deliver it: owner from lotions. The name is carefiillv chascn and bolirveri to provide the child with a guiding spirit.

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farm of Mrs. A. K. Fizkcrs. Central Oklahoma The which is causing quilt a stir locallv ii: a hand-carved niece of wood. -showing a and holding a rim in one hand and leaninrt on a staff. It is eight inches high can venture a guess as In how it came In br buried on the Lincoln County farm.

When Aiidv Marr'a aiitoiiinbllc uas damaged outside of Y-irkton. ,Sask., from colliding with a deer lit wa: his secniid accident. in 49 years of driving. In the first ac- ICidPnI. he hit. a cow All the babies born for the past

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Borden and - Vicinity

- school opened this week with the following staff of teachers: principal Mrs. Eastori; vice-principal. Miss Theresa Han- drahan, and Misses Elva Mcxenna. Mary Mccarvllle and Madeline Greenan.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Pike and daughters, Bertha. Marie and Miss Dolly Cobb of I-I.-all-fax, were week- end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pike at Borden.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. White who have been enjoying their annual holidays spent the week-end in Moncton.

Mr. and Mrs. Irving MacDonald returned home August 30, from Cape Tormentine. They were ac- companied by their daughter, Hea- ther who had been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Snowball Allen.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gillan had as their guests on August 30, the lattei"s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George MacAulay. I-fer grand- mother, Mrs. William Power and daughter Miss Amie Power of Souris East.

30. were Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Gallant and family of Eigmont Bay. This is the family who suf- fered so terribly from burns iihcii their home was destroyed by fire last summer. All are now fully re- covered only the scar and very sensitive skin remaining. One boys skint is so tender that he can only wash in salt water from the seashore.

Captain and Mrs. Lorne Cou- sins left Borden for Portage La Prairie, Man., August 31, to spend their holidays with relatives there

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duncan and son's Keith and Harold of Tren- ton, N.S., who have been touring the Isiard for the first time. spent the weak-and with Mr. and Mrs. ;W. S. Jardine returning home on Sunday August 30.

I Mrs. Michael I-landrahsn and .son Michael and Miss Anne Mc- rlnnis of Peake's Station were vis- Iitors to Borden on August 30, iguesis of Mr. and Mrs. Mai-1; G11. la .

I On August 31, menibeis of the iBordeii Women's Institute and :many citizens of Borden gatliered hat the, nome of Mr. and Mrs. R0. ,1-1-'ld Rams-TV to bid farewell to ;Mr. and Mrs. Nell Darrach who iliavc since left to reside in Char- :10W?lr0Wn. An address of iipprccia. ition for the fine work she had accomplished during the many

I Catching salmon. he beached hiilycais she had been President of

lllle IIISZILULC was read by Miss .Els:iiicr Maclsaac and the pre- lsonintioii of a life membership (pin in Mrs. Darrach was made by Mrs. .1. V. MacDonald. ii charter ,member of !W'llllll'(I Leard on behalf of the :f0lVn -Woke the regret of all to lose such fine citizens and pre- ,srnt.ed thorn with a well-filled purse accompanied by the good jrishes ol all,

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30 .V9ai's on Fair Isle in the S-hct. ilands have been boys!

The last one got him. A coconut. Ipicker in Malaya slid down from ytliegtree on which he'd pick-ed every .fruit but one ona vcry high bzmicii Thai last. coconut fell nn his he.-.('. and killed him.

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A King's County youth was taken

1 Chinese God of lnngcvitv liasili-1 hospital. His parents clidnlt know bmu-iey, Maior hecn dug iin on the Tincnln Countv tat the time that their son was Ill;Bui'I1Plt, who at present rir.a dangerous condition and i-iiniiing.B,111m..,-,

n.b1pnt,'a high fever. But their she-phertl'

dog whlned and shivercd and kept the couple awake most of the Inight. Later they learned that tho ldogs shivering and the boys lever the same hours. I I-Izinnibal, Martin Luther. dore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wil- son. all were blind in one eye.

The very day he was elected in director of the Lot; Angeles chapter of thr National Safctv Council. a radio executive. Cliff Gill slipped in his bathtub and broke a couple of ribs.

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Visitors to Borden on August '-

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Interesting History

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cicty of Jesus, then pastor of the Mission. of St. John the Baptist, Miacouche, and of St, Patrick's. Grand River.

Mr. Ewen Mcliinnon was the builder of the church which was completed exteriorly in the sum- mer of 1875. A tea party was then given by the parishioners in order to raise sortie money to assist in defraylng the expense of finishing the interior. some years elapsed before a sufficient fund was raised. In the meantime t.hs pastor, Fath- er McDonald resigned his charge and loft the diocese of Charlotte- town. In the year 1882 Rev. N. C. A. Bouriresult. pastor of Mlscouche. brought. the work of the church to completion. Mi: Peter Cameron was the carpenter employed and Mi". Gibson was the painter.

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The altar which was neat. and tastoiul was given to the mission by the late pastor Father McDon- ald. SJ. and was made by Mr. Dempsey of Siimmerside. The church was fifty feet. long by thir- ty-ilve feet. wide. The height of the wall was iivmtv feet. It was ivory nontly flnislit-fl within and iwilhout. There is an entry in the !egislt".' dated January 18'I'l.which veads "Mrs. Alexander McKiimon I ierousiy presented this church a clizilice; may God reward

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During the pastorate Rev- ;.lolm A. MacDonald. the cliurchl built. in 1875 iias ciilarged and that iprcsent pamrliial house was built.i In 1950 extensive repairs were made to the church and it. was tastefully painted. On January 21. 1951, this church was completely 'destroyed by fire. The parish hall was immediately fitted up as a. tempovaitv chapel. In June 1952, the CD1lSI.l'llCI.lOll o-f a new church was begun, and on December 8. 1952, the new church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception was,

Smtfwlio Gave castle To Nation

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JAMES BURNETT, Bt., of Loys, B. baronel Iof Nova Scotia, who has died ail his home, Crathes Castle, near 'Baiichory, Kincai-dinesliire, on Au- lgust 13th, at the age of '73. took a Eproltllllelll part in the public life of kthe county when he retired fronil the Army in 1935.

He had been a Vice-Lieutenant since 1944. a J. P. and Vice-Con- vener of Kiiicardine County Coun- lcil.

1 Sir JalllPs, who was the thir- ltcenth Biirmiet. and 25th Lord, en- tered the Army in 1899 and served in the South African War and the 1914-18 War, when he was severely llK'0l.llldP(I and was awarded the ID. S. 0.1-In was madc a C. M. G. in 1919, and a C. B. in 1932. He was

Th. C 'd H" hi d- f&'T.13i..”f9a.r. 5. 133322. a”5....?.ii.. 'oi the Royal Company of Archers. Abt . .S'--la s -i.....i?i .iiT.".. 1533.2?” c.I;..., "35. lgarded as our of tho finest speci- l.n'lPllS of Scolvtisli barnnial archi- its-ctui-P, to the National Trust for Scotland. with an endowment to

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, Included in the gift were eight;-riith-century .den: and policies. 1 The Castle completed In 11596, but tho aasociaiioii of the Burnett. friniily wi:li Dcosidc dates ,from tho time of Robert tho Bruce. iwhn granted them the lands of Ciarhcs in 1324.

The heir tn the haronetcy is his Alexander Edwin lives at

Sir James Ila(I two K0113, Thomas. who died in 1934. and Roger, who Iwas killed lll action with the Scots ,Guards in 1945 in Wnstern Europe.

Bl(ll'(lI,IC TOUR iiAi.i.rA.x'. A (CPl - A szmuv of 10 high-school studcnts from the I'llllPd States visited here on a bicycle trip through N. 5. They plan to see thr Cape Breton high- lland izamcs and visit. Prince lid- Iivard lslnitd brfnrc i'ctiii'nliig to lfheir liomos in New York and Con- , nociicut.

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opened for divine service.

The parish of Wellington is now composed of 110 families. Since 1800. a considerable number of Acadians from the neighboring parishes of mmont Bay. Mont Carmel and Miscouche have set- tled in the parish of Wellington, and they now form a large pro- portion of the parishioners.

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First settlers of the Mission of the Immaculate Conception. Wel-

llngton: John Kent; James Pituerald (Mount-Hemlock): Philip oondon:

Thomas Culfer; John Ayres; Nich- olas Kent; Peter Malone; John Larrlasey: Michael Walsh; Hugh Gillis; Archibald Cameron; Donald McDonald.

Pastors of Wellington parish:

1847-1870-Rev. Ronald 1!. Mac- Donald (reslding at Mlscouche.) 1879-I866-Rev. Nazalre C. A.

1&6-1890-Rs-v. Lauchlin C. Mac- Donald (residing at Grand River.) 1&0-1017-Rev. John A. Mac- Donald tresiding at Grand River.)

1917-1925-Rev. Felix L.Gonnolly (first. resident pastor.)

W25-1928-Rev. Joseph 5. Gal- lant.

1928-1029-Rev. F. X. Gallant (residing at Egmont Bay.l

I929-1930-Rev. John A. Mac- Donald (residing at Grand River.)

1930-1948-Rev. Urban Gillis.

1948-Rev. Leonard J. MacDon- ald (present pastor.)

(The above sketch is from a series of articles prepared by the late Rev. A. E. Burke and brought up to date by Prof. J.1-I. Blanch- ard, Charlottetown.)

Among The Farmers

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tion prhvided by stove oii or-kero- sene.

Hogs Verses Beef

The following comparsion proves that during the past year a very decided change has taken place in the relative values of hogs and cattle:

On August as, 1952 the price of 100 lbs. live weight, of good steers was 132 per cent of 100 lbs. B. 1 hog, on August 22 this year the steer price was only 72 per cent or a change of 60 per cent in the relative value of hogs and

Boudreault (residing at. Misccuchen,

beef. During the years train 1014

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to 1041. steer prion have been on the average approximately 10 per cent of hog prices. the hog man also finds that during the last year there has been an lmpmvg. ment in Barley-Hog nus, ioo ma. Of ho: been Otltlll in value to 32 bushels of barley at the moment '8 Oompsred with 19 budaels a year &CO- For the present at least, the hog is looking down his snout at the steer and may continue to do so for at least another year.

Farm Policy

It I' I senmllv accepted fact that prosperity In Agriculture is desirable not only for farmers but for other sections of the aoonomy. However, many of the attempts either on the part of farmers them- WVH 01' by Government to achieve BQUIUIY of return, run into criti- cism, particularly if these attempts show any likelihood of Lffxtlgu the returns of other groups.

For many years past farmers have been concerned with the monopolistic trends that have devel- Oped in Labour, Industry, gnd Business, but while resisting these trends there has been the develop- ment of the belief that the way to'iight fire is with fire, hence the development of certain features in Agriculture which can perhaps be termed monopolistic in the marketing field.

Farmers as individuals can ex- ert very little control over the external forces which regulate both their income and costs and it is nnly through group action, which in many cases must be sup- ported by legislation and Govern- ment Intervention that Agriculture can even be in a position to fight for its rights.