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THF. GUARDIAN

llurnln] Dally (Founded In l8") Authorized us: Mei-unit Ciiiaa hlull. Punt Office Department, Ottawa. The lalnuil liunrillun Publishing Co. Bdlllrl’ uiiu Atuiiugiii; lrlrei-tur. J. ti. Burnett;

Lanai-tale Editor, Frank Wallsal

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink."

CHARLUTTETO\VN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 1B, 1948

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The iiuniias Events

A fine example of community- enterprise and co-operatian is shown by the success of the King's County Plowing Match and AQHCUITLIIE Fair Association, whose field day at Dundas takes place this year on September 22. The idea of reviving the old-tim-e Island plowing matches was started eight years ago by the Central King's Carry on Canada Corps to raise funds for war services, and at the close of the war was organized in its ‘present form. The movement was aided by a grant of $25 from the Provincial Government, plus donations from business concerns and individuals. Next year the Government grant was increased to $50, the following year to $200, and the fourth year to $500. The first prize list amounted to $160.’ at present it is over $900. The attendance at the matches has increased correspondingly — from about 500 the first year, to an estimated attendance last year of over 4,000.

The association now owns its own farm of I00 acres, to which new buildings have been added this year. It has bought and remodelled the Dundas court house and now has a com- pletely furnished hall. A luncheon booth 50 feet in length, on ice cream booth, soft drinks booth and dancing booth have been provided. A bandstand has been erected this year. There ore I50 feet of horse stalls, a machined track of 220 yards for sports, a machined horse show ring and provision for farm machinery and house- hold appliance exhibits.

The original promoters of the scheme, still actively engaged in managing and developing it, include Messrs. Leslie Hunter, ptesident, Jos- eph G. Campbell, M.L.A., vice-president, Albert Acorn, former secretary, and other dents. Their success would possible, however, but for the enthusiastic sup- port of all sections of the community. Co-opera- tion has been the key-note, and it is in evidence this year more than ever in the fine programme which the organization is offering. Better pro- vision in the way of refreshments and in variety of events has been made, supplying a full day's outdoor entertainment which will doubtless draw visitors from all parts of the Province.

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Mr. Mayhevfs Visit

Our fishermen are entitled to take a bow in response to the complimentary reference con- tained in the monthly publication of the Fed- eral Department of Fisheries with respect to the recent visit by the Minister, Hon. R. W. May- Iiew, to this Province and New Brunswick. The object of Mr. Mayhew's visit, it is stated, was to obtain first-hand information on theproblems oif fishermen and others engaged in the fishing industry; it was his first trip to this part of Canada and he was able to visit some sixty fish- ing areas In the two Provinces.

"Delighted with the hospitality with which lie was received," says the article, "Mr. May- hew also was impressed by the alertness of the fishermen and the industry generally, and the fact that they were ‘quality conscious.’ 'The quality of the fish products Canada puts on the market is a matter of paramount importance. lt promises well for the future o-f the fish trade when one finds people engaged on the PTOdllC-l tion side so sensible of the importance of main- taining standards,’ Mr. Mayhew said in a state- ment following his trip."

In reply, it can be said that our fishermen were impressed by the new Minister's evident de- sire to improve conditions in the industry, and to acquaint himself fully with their problems. lt is to be hoped that he will revisit us more fre- quently thcn has beenthe custom with former Fisheries Ministers, and that he will make his de- partment what it should be—one of the most im- portant branches of administration in the Gov- ernment. '

Pertinent Questions

In connection with the appointment of Mr. L. B. Pearson, Under-Secretary of State for EX~ ternol Affairs, as a member of the King Cabinet, the Ottawa Journal poses this pertinent ques- tion: lt can be argued in Mr. Pearson's case that his experience in the Department equips him forhis new post as External Affairs Min- ister; that he is, because of his training, the best man for the job; that we should "cash in" on his training. But, isn't the answer to that sim- ply that Mr. Pearson's experience would be avail- able in any event-available as the department's Under-Secretary—to anyone appointed as Min- ister; and that, in point of fact, Mr. Pearson's new duties as a politician and Minister must subtract from his attention to External Affairs? As Under-Secretary of External Affairs Mr. Pear- son could give all his time to his iob. As a Minister, as a politician, he will have other things to attend ta—-he must inevitably fall into the ways and habits and techniques of an im- portant member of a party. Cabinet Ministers, no matter what their training and temperament, have got to be politicians. Mr. Pearson's first chore as Minister will be to get himself elected.

But the sixty-four dollar question posed by the Journal is this: Suppose, a yeor hence, the Conservatives come troffice, and that, being human, they decide that Mr. Pearson's easy change from civil servant to Cabinet Minister, plus Mr. King's statement that the civil service should be regarded as "the ‘stepping stone to the Ministry." suggests that some of Mr. Pear-

the present secretary, W. P. Creed,-

not have been-

son's former associates in the service were also potential Liberal politicians. What then? ln such circumstances, might not the new Conser- vative- Government decide that the thing to do was to get rid of such officials, to make (from its standpoint) some desirable changes? When one begins to tamper with the continuity of the permanent service, so vital to our system of good government, a lot of undesirable things can hap- pen

For The Blind

lt may come as a surprise to many of our readers to learn that more than fourteen thous- and Canadian citizens live and work and find what happiness they can in o world of drab and unending darkness. They cannot see.

These men, women and children are victims of a cruel stroke of fortune, but they have the same right as every citizen to normal, full and useful lives. lt is the responsibility and the privilege of more fortunate Canadians to see that they have every chance to achieve it. .

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind affords every person of compassion and good will an opportunity to help those without sight to help themselves. All contributions to the support of the Institute go directly into the work of training and caring for the blind.

Today is Tag Day in Charlottetown for this worthy cause. A generous response is requested.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tag Day for the Blind. i I I I

Quebec capitulated this date i759. i R i i‘

Tomorrow unveiling cenotaph at Cornwall. I i I I

Tomorrow, l7th Sunday after Trinity lBth after Pentecost.

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Tomorrow is to be celebrated as Battle of Britain Sunday when "so many" will remember their debt to "so few."

The General Electric Company has manag- ed to produce several different types of snow using different vapors, according to an exchange. The chances are that all of them would stick to a shovel anyway.

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At least one member of Britain's Labour Government is living up to his party's name. George Thomas, M.P. (Cardiff) has worked his way to Pugwash, N.S., on a lumber ship and in- tends to return the some way.

As individuals, Canadians see-m to be act- ive in their aid to Britain. Canada ranked third in nurrter o-f parcels sent to the United King- dom las-t year being topped only by the United States and Au-stralia.

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Tihe latest thing in air transport gets back to a principle used by the ancient Romans.- A

‘jet-propelled helicopter powered by a pulse-jet

engine mounted on each wing tip amounts to a re-discovery of a pre-Christian steam engine con- sisting of a revolving boiler with bent jets dis- charging steam at right angles to its axis.

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During the war Englishmen, not in arms, declared they had to go shirtless because of lack of the raw material. Shirt manufacturers here are now frightening us with that bogey. Yet every mail from the Old Country bombards us with letters and circulars urging us to patron- ize Ulster products to relieve the dollar short- age.

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The Conservatives at Nlgoma have decid- ed, for patriotic reasons, not to oppose the elec- tion of the Hon. L. B. Pearson at the forthcom- ing by-election. This is really a self-sacrific- ing action on their part, as there was every prospect of their candidate, a local man, being elected in a three or four cornered contest

which seems inevitable.

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On the freight rotes question Ottawa seems bent on following the policy of "too little and too late." A Royal Commission to investigate "some aspects" of national transportation is not going to sofisfy anybody, it being obviously an attempt to escape from a dilemma. Isn't it iust like the Prime Minister who dealt with the thorny issue of conscription by ignoring it!

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The profoundest sympathy is extended to the bereaved relatives of the three Islanders who lost their lives-in a boating accident in Gibson's Lake, N.B. These young men left their native province to make a livelihood elsewhere due to lack of opportunities at home. In a mo- ment, in the twinkling of an eye, they were swept to their doom, leaving their relatives and friends to mourn their sudden passing.

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_ Leonard ‘Euler, eminent Swiss mathematic- ian, pupil of Bernouille, died this date 178i; was appointed professor of mathematics at Petrograd, and later, at the invitation of Fred- erick the Great, became professor at Berlin. In i766 he returned to his former position at Pet- rograd where he died. His name is perpetuated in various mathematical formulas. He chiefly worked at problems left by Newton, Wrote Theory of Planetary Motion, etc. I Q i Q

lt may be interesting and flattering to our souls to bear in mind that among the outstand- ing personalities at the forthcoming Imperial Parliamentary Conference in London promise to be two Canadians, Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mac- kenzie King, O.M., etc., who has ruled as Prime Minister longer than any other statesman in history; and Hon. J. Walter Jones, B.Sc.A., Pro- mier of Prince Edward Island who, in an em- ergency, put the interests of the former-pro- ducers ahead of those of the trade unions, and survived the shock, though denounced by Union oificioldom at Ottawa, Washington and Lon-

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The first. record we have of Lennox Island as the sear of an Indian Mission 1s 1n a letter from Monsejgngur P195515, then titular Bishop of Canatlie and coodllllvr of Quebec. Ii. ls dated Quebec, :4 June, 1901, and is addressed to the Abbe de Caloiie, their missionary in Charlottetown. He says!

"Your excellent. project. a! lflkllltl upon yourself the spiritual care cf the Magdalen Islands. Miilpec. and the Indians, whom you nope to collect and settle upon Lemiux

we gum of eighteen pounds cissli. The sum of ten pounds tb be paid when the gallery 1s finished." Between the little graveyard and the church 1s an enclosure containing is large wooden cross representing a Calvary. I-Iere, upon the Feast of Si'._ Anne and the two following clays. the Indians come to pray, and here they fre- quently leave s simple vottve of- fering. _ The Mission of St. Anne was first served by the Abbe rle Oaloime, then by Father blot-Zach- ern, andlatei- by the Abbe Beau- hlcn and the Abbe Cecile. Upon the departure for Quebec of the latter, it 1n common with the other western mlsslc-ns was given la the Rev_ B. D. MacDonald. From him ll’. passed 111 1842 to the care of Rev. James Mac-

Island, cannot. but. meet. with the approbation, litdeed I may say, the applause and admiration, of your superiors, These Indians are pro- bably the decendaiiLs-oi the pupils of the late M, Melllard, one of the most. virtuous and hardworking missionaries that we have had 1n Canada. Doubtless tlie soc-nor you carry your design into execution. the better. From the idea I have formed ofyour talents, I do not thlnlc that. at the age of sixty the study of Mtcmac wlll be beyond you."

W-hen Mgr. Plessis, then Bishop of Quebec, visited Prince Edward Island in July, 1812, he made mention ln his diary of the In- dlans of Lennox Island, who came over to Malpec (Malpeque) to re- ceive the sacraments. and who fc-r confession, addressed themselves to the Abbe Polnctiaurl, as tie Spokg their lannuage,

The Bishop loll: Rev. Jean Louis Beaubeln on Prince Edward Isliincl to minister to the Acadlans there, and it. would appear that the Indians also were 1n his care. for a letter from the Bishop dated "Si. Marguerite de In Grange, 10 Aout. 1812" reads as lollc-ns:

"Sir: The Indians wh-o are scat- terecl over the r-oasis cf Piciau and Mlrigonisli. having no lands and consequently no fixed dwell- lug. it would appear well fcr you to instruct and confess tlicm in your mission. In order to regulate tlicm. and not overwork yourself, you will exact from lhcrn that each eammunieant and herici of lrimllv shall My you lialf a dollar refills’: and also ycu must insist that. they do not come to look for you at all tfimcs. and iii all places. but milv on Lellnox Island _ you llTPOTlSTF-‘I vvflli 111921 the time you will he there each year, '

"W" may also unlll fuether orders confess and coi-rmunicate those who come to you {mm Newfoundland, but send bank to M. Lnjolntel those of Cape Breton Rlld l0 M. Plcharri those at Pom- kel and to M. Gagnon these of Richebuctq In the meantime ap- plv yourself to the study Of the Mlcmac language, give your whole heart to 1t. The longer I live. the more I feel how necessary 1t t; for the salvation of these nem- people that we shoulrl know their language. They are cverywhgy-e 56l- nsldc. which would not be the else lf we understood Mlcmag md could speak with them 1n their own te-nrue."

The first church of Ipnnox Island was a log chapel which the Indians .uilt for themselves. The existing church. dedicated g4. Sis. Anne, was framed by John Dixon of Kilns-re Calm in rosin-rs measures so by 40 fir. and is orna_ merited by n tower and spire, The alter 1s profusely decorstcrl with slldliis: above U16 labcmnele is s picture ad the Ascension and on the 309ml Bldg an oil pointing of 5t, Anne. The ehureli appears to ham been completed ln-tertoriiy 1n 1042, for tn the register of that year is the following entry: ‘This ls to certify mi John Wallace agrees to finish the Indian Ohapel

tn as near as "possible the some manner as Cascumpec Otiapoi for

Donald. In 184s the 11115510" on the island was held by Rev. P. McIn- ts re; 1n 1866 hy Rev_ James Mac- Donald; 1n 1837 by Rev. A. J’. Trudel; in 1876 by Rev. M. J. Mncyflllan; in 1878 by Rev. Angus MacDonald and from 1890 up to the present time by Rev. Laughlin MfiCDC-Ilflld.

On Oct. 10. 1844. the Indians of the island resolved to build. a. presbytery and pfCtTllSed to pay to Peter and FTHIICIS Bernard the sums attached to their respective ‘names: one-half to be paid on the! Ist April, the other half on St. Anne's Day. The presbytery was‘ completed and ls the abode of the priest. during lils semi-annual vls-l its. li/Ir. Arsenault. wlio teaches o. government school on the island, habitually resides ln it,

The Indians have quite a large sum of money 1n t.lie bank and‘

kccp their bank book “turn ..i1oiit"._ A few rears ago they ivalterl on l.lie Bishop, and set be- fore His Lordship the fact that all the other parishes were building 111w churches and they wished to do the son-re. His Lordship succeed-

ed in calming their arehltecturnll

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---F‘rCm an script, 1885. by the late Father Burke (Rev. Dr. Alfred E. Burkel. at that time secretary to Bishop lllc-In-lyre.

Most _PopuIar Tlym n

A’ recent. poll of favorite hymns taken by the Landon Dally EXDTBS! shows that. the most popular hymn in that country is "Abide With Me." In the second place comes "Lead Kindly Light,” and tying with it. "The Day Thou Gayest, Lord, Is Ended." The fourth choice ls "O God our Help ln Ages Past." while for sixth place there was one-flier 11¢ in "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "Praise My Soul." There was i; great liking shown for the sailors hymn, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," which came in eighth place and for "when I Survey the Wondrous Cross."

On this continent, says an ex- change, 1t. 1s probable that. "Near- er My Gcd to Thee" would have stood high had a poll been taken of favorite hymns. only recently

,thls hymn has appeared as the

isubject of dispute. Some have said

‘that when the White Star liner Titania went down on April 15, 1912, the band played this hymn. Han- son Baldwin, writing of the als-

mster in Harper's Mllglzlng refers to the playing of "Nearer My God to Thee." But Mark Sullivan in "Our Times" writes that while the ship's band st. first. played lively airs, just before the end 1t. broke into the Episcopal hymn "Autumn" ecmposed by it"s-uncle Hlppolyte Bortiielmon, (Bordeaux, 1H1 - London 1N8), with its significant lines,

"Hold me up, mighty waters. Keep my eye on things above."

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-.s roars POSTSCBIPT

I wonder 1f, long years from now

When I no more shall walk this earth

Some stranger with a. puzzled brow

Will scan these lines of little worth?

When I am dust. and lost 1n Time

W111 brooding eyes unborn as yer

Bend over this too fragile rhyme

That. Night. may claim and men forget?

For dawn will nuri-i their self- same sky

And rose and lilac scent the 511'

As lark and robln wake—ancl I

Who loved them mice will not be there. -

So when to Silence I've returned

Arid Plfllltf-‘d any faltering singer's par .

Can one too fleeting flamg that bumed

5° 1°"! l8". touch any heerit

Csn notqs from wires resigned to rust,

Cari rows of word _,

Still bloom airid blxvmslasbillveljntfiille’

dust That mark; men's mortal hart. toge?

Wlll some vouns girl. still quick ‘with youth.

When I am earth and crumbling bone. r

Awaken to some whispered truth

I-‘mm lips beneath a llchmed stone?

And will some youth of ot-tier years

‘From time-worn leaves he bends above

ivDlseei-n some longing touched with tears.

Some relle of remembered love?

For we urho onoe knew sweet,

And. being thought.

To ghosts beneath our careless feet,

Are through the grey years soon forgot.

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quick. gave little

{Yet we who went into the Night. {And watched the lamps of 'I‘fme go

out.

Must hunger for some friendly light

Along those corridors of Doubt:

And iorrowtng nil things pass sway.

Still seek some torch beyond the tomb.

Same OTIIJEI‘ where the ashes lay.

Some little candle in the gloctn.

So I. who found this singing brief, And long the silence at the end,

‘Leave music like a falling leaf ‘ To lie beside you. Unknown filefld.

-Art.hur Stringer tn Saturday Night.

’ The Ago-liid Story '

Ito hath given he'd unto tbm that fear Illa; llevvfllflrbl mindful of Ilia oovmant.

since one of the most terrible disaster! ever to take place at. sea. wtiii the lose of 1.517 persons. But. today the passage»! itrne has rorrivivhat allullld the grief and shock, and the aftgtr felt that the ship carried ilfeboete for but half her pnsaenge Instead. irre are concerned over the hymn played an the voolll oettled be-

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A writer aaya "load-night." means it's time to go home in England. and come into my par- lor in Ireland. Here _1t. means we've just. bought. and psla for the groceries. - Saskatoon Scar- Phoenix.

Charges made by Toronto bank- ers that the handwriting of mos". saudents of that. city's collegiate institutes ls atrocious has drawn the retort that. t): writing o! many bank managers is illegible, we. Their initials. however, mean mu-ch at times. - Amherst News.