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THE DAILY EXAMINER. |
MARCH 28, 1887
Steam Communication with the West Indies. Notwithstanding the Hon. A. G. Jones
the Admiralty, urg
subsidy to the
ietii nt . } : . {( unard stean 5 yin between Bermuda nd the West Indies, we are pleased to > nion Government con | S ‘1 have called for lers, I : ne of teamers to ply s in the Dominion, Bermuda, Jamaica and the Spanish West Indies. ‘ s line would be or wreat advantage ther Maritime Provinces and to this | : t ca ir . . uitry , i } s and safet N Che ‘ } i p 5 an at I 5 Vv i m ‘ $< t i i dl 1s - i j “rade and make IC LE possible a@ Monopoly
in the hands of a few vessel owners in Hali
fax, who have controlled the trade for years past Che latter desire to facilitate ur exports and imports, and place the West India markets within easy reach, so
that all classes may participate in the trade
in wenetits to be derived therefrom. T gument that steamers are driving if s ling vessels has been made the most
by Mr. Jones and his
tere ‘f shipbwilding and shipowners, the
party. In the
nee of s tiling vessels is to be recretted;
tra verywhere diverting to steam ‘ re. 1 re sive age ‘ t n ie “ Ss imu I hi sin the I ed state ire g li y 1 those snd * ° . . manufactured ¢ xis, DY mean t r con stant (yin ising net ect mn ction. I iy i ar pocal s now vo st i to New York for tranship- ment irom there. Why should this- be llowed to continue, if we can develope cdirect trade ?
What would become of our egg and fish trade with Boston, if the steamers which have been the means of developing the Would ir shippers and business men be able to No, in the
£ rapid transit, such a thing
tr hye trade sho
ild be taken off the route ? pursue the trade by schooners ? present day would be impossible.
We hope the forethought and enterprise 7
displaye 1 by the Government will be
crowned with success. Once snch a line is
under go val
established g auspices, we are satisfied there isa bright future before it. There is sufficient enterprise among the busines’ men of Canada to develope the
Island
can contribute her share of freight, and we
trade to large proport ions, r. 3 feel sure our merchants and farmers will be ready to avail themselves of the advantages of direct communication as soon as estab-
lish« d.
Editorial Notes.
We shall await with some interest the result of the swearing in of the Local Legis- lators. Will Mr. J. H. Bell dare to take his oath that his qualitic ition is good /
The Quebee Chrowicle says:
Mr. Tail p is lea ler of th Yor : . * j is friends he is likely to do mue in |} present capacity than he didi as Premiei ir. Taillon has one fault w i ould k fe | his temper t i i hep ti S temper his usefulne g
There ar ne ot! s. leading and le whose usefulness is gone when they lose
their tempei
It appears
that in the past five years Ontario exported per acre $38.66" in value: (Quebec, $16.11; Nova Scotia, $3.87; New
Brunswick, $1.91; and P. E. Island, $7.80. The large export shown by Quebec is due to the fact that Ontario ships much of her produce at Montreal. Ifthe Island _pro- duce sent to the other provinces and ’ship- ped at other ports were taken into account the figures would be about double what
they re.
Regarding the
forthcoming Colonial Conference, Sir
Alexander Campbell has stated that the meeting has been called by the finperial Government, and that the measure 18 distinctively consultative, the object being to get at a correct estimate of the available fighting force of the empire, to discover weak points where defences are needed, and to learn all important infor ination as to the number of men that each colony could supply In case of war. The Secretary of State for the Colonies will pre- side over the deliberations of the Confer- ence. Sir Alexander says that the-Confer- ence will not have power over the colonies. itisa merely deliberative assembly, and political significance must not in any way be ascribed to if.
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Mur Chicago News states that Commissio- ner Sparks of the General. Land Office at W ashington, has been attempting to form a combinetion with Governor Hill of New York, Vo eteat the nomination of President Cleve- land, ar a furnish the Democratic party with a ticket in 1888, reading ‘* Hill and Sparks.”
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Cat PAID Jos U. Ross died yesterday in the 88th year of his age. He was one of our best known old time sea aptains
largely en- ' from this port : . he father of Cap- t: in Ross was captain of the vessel in which the parents of Hon. Edward Blake came to this country, Forty years. or so ago, the de- ceased was appointed .to a position in the ‘ ustoins, and fin uily rose to the surveyorship of the port, from which position he was super- annuated, when le wag 77 years of age.
Hx. He rald,
yaged in the Brazilian trade over half a century ago.
seventy-five Years Ago.
\ PREDECESSOR OF CANADA'S FIRST CARDI- NAL VISITS CHARLOTTBROWN -- WHAT HE ‘AID OF THE CITY AND HIS VIsrt,
In 1812 Mgr. Joseph’ Octave Plessis,”
Bishop of the Metropolitan See of Quebec, which at that time held jurisdiction over
all these proyimces, visited Isle St. Jean.
| Mer. Plessis has left a journal of this | pastoral visit which comprehended the |} maritime parts of New Brunswick, Nova | Scotia, the Magdalen Islands and Prince | Edward Island. The good Bishop was the tirst prelate to visit these shores, at least, | since their conquest by the English. His
( voyage was a most exacting one, since it had
| to be made on Sschoonerboard and without
| any of the conveniences which the voyager | now enjoys. The entire part of Mer.
Plessis’ recital which has reference to this
Province, is of great interest, especially to
| tho student of Island history. We subjoin ‘or the present the account of his arrival ! and reception at Charlottetown.
| One cannot help remarking and lfeeling pleased at the kindly — re- llations which, in the. early days,
ted between Catholics and,Protestants.
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| When Mer. Plessis arrived on our shores lymen of all creeds vied with each other in
loing honor to the illustrious prelate, whose episcopacy is one of the brightest pages in Canadian ecclesiastical history. The good Bishop does not fail to note this pleasing fact, nor to bestow his praises on the worthy gentlemen who, although differing from him in religious belief, so gracefully and considerately assisted him in carrying out the object of his visit to Charlottetown.
From the following recital a question often asked may be answered. How came the Catholics of Charlottetown, then as now an almost exclusively Irish parish, to dedicate their church to an English Saint when the Irish calendar presents so many and such illustrious names? Mgr. Plessis, as far back as 1812, selected St. Dunstan of Canterbury as the titular Saint of the future parish church, and commissioned Father McEachern, (afterwards the first Bishop of Charlottetown) to begin the work ind dedicate the edifice as he had determin ed. Since 1812 the parish has continued uncer St. Dunstan's titularship.
With the importance and prospects of Charlottetown in 1812 His Lordship seems to have been greatly impressed. As she then appeared her future greatness seemed to him assured. We have not made the marked progress Mgr. Plessis predicted. True we have advaneed. His Lordship would not recognize the Charlottetown of seventy-live years ago in the city of to-day. But if we have increased in wealth and im- portance the other great cities of Canada have made proportionate strides. The de- velopment of the latent resources of the then straggling provinces, now linked and bound together in a great confederation, has created many new industries, and given such an inipetus to the trade and commerce of the country as te increase many hundred- fold its population and expand the bound- aries of the cities of his time, until now their size and importance has outgrown the bold- est expectations. The changes of seventy- tive years have been great all around ; the changes which the next seventy-five must usher in will be even more astounding. Canada will then have outgrown her girl- hood and taken her place among the. na- tions, the fairest and the proudest, Jet us hope, of them all.
Mgr. Plessis landed first at Malpec, and thence visited Rustico and St. Andrew’s (the place of residence of Father Mc- Eachern.) From St. Andrew's he came down the river to Charlottetown in a boat. Rejoining his vessel here he visited Rollo Bay, then a flourishing Acadian parish, and dedicated a chureh there to St. Alexis. Leaving Rollo Bay he continued his visita- tion in the Province of Nova Scotia. We translate freely from his Notes de Voyage:
‘**It was only on Tuésday morning that we landed at Charlottetown, where the Bishop, knowing that he was awaited by the Lieut.-Governor and General Fanning, de- cided to appear in episcopal garb, foresee- ing that both himself and his companions would be respected, and that the Protest- ALLL pall oO] the pupulation, being struck by y costume, 16 wi uld be to
11S raordinal 7 + " ++] rout ICkil & MIA Gi Vi CUTi ISIbY without pre VOK-
ng insult. The event justified the c LL jec- ure
‘Of the three projected towns in St. Johu’s Island two—Princetown, at Malpec and Georgetown on the Three Rivers—are still inthe greensward. The latter, however, is situated most advantayeously and ail hope that in the near future it will be peopled by merchants, hotel-keepers and artisans. [n the meantime, Charlottetown is the towa of importance. Her elevated position, beautiful view, the width of the streets (of which the largest appear 100 feet and , the smallest 60 feet), the elegance of many of the private residences and of the few pub- lic ones so far construeted—all announce that she will hold a high rank among the prettiest towns of North America. Already she cedes to none, except that she has not the air of opulence which throws Montreal in such striking relief. There is here an Anglican Church, a Court House,"new, and so elegant as to leave nothing to be desired, a barracks for soldiers and the officers of the garrison, separated the one from the other by a spacious court yard. The garri- son consists of 100 men, being a part of the Colonial Regiment, known as the Royal New Brunswick, commanded by Capt. Shor, who has just come through a court- inartial with great honor to himself and the greatest confusion to his enemies. Near the barracks, on the bank of the river is a battery of from. 6 to 7 guns, and a mile from here on the extremity of a point which guards the entrance to the harbor is @ block-house with several pieces of artillery. These two batteries
the present. At the first news of the de- claration of war, the Lieutenant-Governor (DesBarres) wrote to Halifax for ammuni, tion, which has since arrived. This veter- an, 85 years of age, but certai::"7 as active as a man of 60, was occupied with a mili- tary review of 300 men, when the bishop landing and being received by Commis- sary-General Holland, asked - to be admitted to do him homage. The Governor left him the choicé either to go at once to the parade ground or meet him at Govern- ment House in the evening. The bishop preferred the latter, and in the meantime, took up his retreat ‘in a very respectable hotel kept by a Methodist family named Bagnall. It was here that he received the visits of General Fanning, ex-Governor of the Island, of Chief Justice Colglough, and of the chief personages.of the town, who
are the whole protection of the town for.
| showered compliments and, kind offices ‘upon him. ‘The Chief Justice Was so con- 'siderate as toofler him the Court House (which he had cleaned up for the occasion) for divine service next day. [t was here the Catholics of the town assembled on Thursday. * * * Jna short exhorta- ‘tion in very bad English, the bishop did not forget to insist upon the necessity of con- structing a chapel which should be dedi- cated to St. Dunstan, of Canterbury. He hoped that by the zeal and activity of Father McEachern this church would be erected next spring, on the piece of ground so generously donated by Mrs. Callbeck, a Protestant widow, to whom the bishop paid a visit to encourage her in her laudable design.
The bishop and his party having ren- dered every possible service to the Catholics of the town, and having responded to an invitation from the Governor on Wednes- day and General Fanning on Thursday, excused himself to the Chief Justice, who wished to retain him for the next day, and eagerly boarded his vessel to continue the Master’s work. The Widow McDonald, of Tracadie, who had come down the river with us, kindly put provisions enough on board for our voyage—a mutton, butter and cheese being provided. Madame McPhee, a Catholic inn-keeper, added -to this soine bread and pastry, while the Chief Justice forced upon us two bottles of his best French eau-de-vie. A guard from the gar- rison escorted us to the vessel, when we weighed anchor and sailed gayly out the harbor.”
* Mgr. Plessis was the eleventh Bishop of Quebec. Born at Montreal on the 3rd of March, 1763, he was consecrated Bishop on the 25th of January, 1801, elevated to the dignity of Archbishop of Quebec in 1819, and
died on the 4th of December, 1825. Since Archbishop Plessis Quebee has had five Archbishops.
The Athletic Association.
THE meeting to consider the advisability of organizing an Athletic Association was held as announced in the Caledonian Hall on Saturday evening. The room was crowded, © Major Irving was appointed Chairman and B. D. Higgs Secretary. After some. preliminary remarks from the Chairman, Mr. 4f{neas Macdonald, secre- tary of the committee, submitted and read the following report:—
Ata meeting held some two or three months agoin the office of Messrs. Davies & Suther- land, called by the Abegweit Foot Ball Club, for the purpose of forming an association for ath- letic sports, a committee of five was appointed:to inake enquiries as to the cost of procuring suitable grounds With high fence and stand for specta- tors, having arunning and bicycle track, foot- ball grounds, etc., and also toenquire as to the willingness of others to join inthe formation of such aclun. The committee having made these enquiries have to report that the most suitab}s plave to be procured is the field usually oeccupicd by the Caledonian Club, belonging to the estate of the late John Longworth. That it can be ee- cured for a term of years for $200 per annum.
The cost of an 8} foot fence around the entire fleld will be The grand stand and club house, | 200 Fixing grounds, including the laying down of a quarter-mile 8-foot track, etc., 250 Making a total cost of 650
The running expenses of the club will be as nearly as can be estimated :—
Rent of ground, ‘ 3200 er and cost of keeping ground in
order, .
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$275
This is roughly the entire cost and running ex- penses,
‘Two modes suggested themselves to the com- mittee to meet this seemingly large outlay of money. The first was the forming of a club of sufficient numbers to make the entrance or mem- bership fge within the reach of all, say $5 per annum. If a sufficient number become members the first year to start a club without any debt upon it, then this mode will commend itself to the committee, :
The other plan which suggests itself is the for- mation of a smal] company to be incorporated at the next session of the Local Legislature, em- powered to raise $1000 by the issue of 100 shares at $10 pershare. This sum would fix the grounds up in splendid condition. Tickets would be issued to members at the lowest possible price,admitting them to all the privileges afforded by the expen- diture of this $1000.
The committee having considered the many difficnities that stand in the way of the formation of a club on the first plan, are strongly in favor of the second,
Both plans suggested were discussed, the feeling of the meeting being largely in favor of the second one. On motion a committee of tive, viz., W. A. Weeks, D. J. Maedonald, A. A. Bartlett, Alnenrs Macdonald and Williston. Brown were appointed to solicit subseribers to the stock list. This list is divided into two hundred shares, at $5 per share, and no person can held more than ten shares. After some discussion it was decided that the organiza- tion should be known as ‘**The Charlotte- town Athletic Association.”” At the close of the meeting the stock list was opened and in a short time seventy-five shares re- presenting $375 were subscribed, and it is expectec the balance will be taken up to- night.
————— > <> o- GD -« Aut Asovut A Firry DottarR Bitit.—A few days ago amerchant in town bought some potatoes at the market froma French Acadian, giving him, as he supposed, a $5 bill in pay- ment, The bill, however, happened to be a $50 one, and the merchant soon discovered his loss, but did not know the name of the party from whom he bought the potatoes. It turns out that the Frenchman did not notice that the bill was a $50 one until he went home, and his wife called his attention to the fact, and he in turn did not know from whom he gotit. He came to town to-day and was recognized by the merchant. Mutual explana- tions followed, the merchant got back his $50, and the Frenchman gota substantial reward for his honesty. —Moncton Transcript, 24th. onpusttlaaiainet R. K. Brace has received a very handsome medal and diploma from the Colonial Exhibi- tion, London, England, for the first prize tub of butter made by Jacob Bain, Esq., North River, with the celebrated Air Pipe Rotary Churn, sent te London last fall from our Ex- hibition. The medal has on one side the bust and inscription of His Royal Highness, Albert Edwardi Prince of Wales, and on the other side, enclosed in a wreath is printed, Colonial & Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.
To ladies suffering from functional derange- ments or any of the painful disorders or weak+ nesses incident to their sex, Dr Pierce’s treatise, illustrated with wood cuts and color- ed plates (160 pages), s sure means of complete self cure. Sent for 10 cents in
stamps. Address World’s Dispensary Medi- cal Association, Buffalo, N Y. taw ~__o-—_
From Lieut. John Osborn, firm of Evans, Webster & Co., Boston: ‘Two bottles of Adamson’s Botanic Balsam effected a cure in my family that four skilled physicians failed to do.” Sold by druggists at 35 cents. Trial bottles 10 cents. dy wy
Tuer Dundas Dramatic Club gave a concert
and entertainment in Souris Agricultural Hall, on the 23rd, which is highly spoken of by those who were present.
ST TINS. Re I TOPE. EEE I
-. .--. MONDAY,
March.
Tux following pretty verses from the gifted pen of Mrs, Mary EB. Miake, one of Boston's cleverest women of. letters, we clip from @ late number of the Boston Pilot. The spirit of this inconstant month has been so cleverly and naturally taken up in these versea that we cannot praise them too much:—
Hie! with your blustering ! Ho! with your flustering! Fiaon you, thinking of frighting us, March! Scow!l if you dare now, Little we care now, Whether you're loving or slighting us, Merch! Sure when your brow is all dark with the frown Sullen and black, and the tears dropping down, -Knowing you well now, Faith we can tell now There’s little cause to be grieving us, March, Undher your whining Your blue eyes are shining You thief of the world for deceiving us, March!
Bolder an’ bolder now, Turn the cold sheulder now, Snowing and blowing--O shame orn you, March ! But iv’s your nature, You obstinate crayture, CL not be throwing the blame on you, March ! sometimes, in spite of the wrath in your eye, The smile on your lip gives bad temper the lic: An’ shaming the growl in your voice when you speak, : The dimples of merriment dance in your cheek.— O but you're cute now, Hiding the truth now, Cutting your capers and grieving us, March, Scolding and pleasing, Warming and freezing, You thiefof the worid for deceiving us, March!
‘ Up from their narrow beds, Raising their purty heads, Though your wet blankets you throw on them March ! See the small posies now, Lifting their noses now, Sniffing the sunbeams aglow on them, March. Mighty an’ proud as the king on his throne, There's a sweet couxin’ way that you have of your own, Like a play actor taking the winter’s dark part, | With the smile of the summer asleep in his heart ;-- So you may blow now, Rain, hail, an’ snow now, Little your tricks will be grieving us, March ; We know your way now, Sure it’s all play now, You thief of the world for deceiving us, March !
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ST. JAMES HALL. Lecture Course, 1886-7,
REV. JAS. CARRUTHERS
will deliver the Iast Lecture of his course, on [TUESDAY EVENING, the 29th inst. at 8 o’clock, in ST. JAMES” HALL, Sussgece—The World Gone Mad. Admission, 15 cents. ALBERT E. MORRISON,
Secretary, March 28, 1887.~—2i
GRAN D
Dramatic knterbainment
nYCHU MM
Easter Monday Night, April 11th, '87,
‘WHEN THE
Benevolent irish Society Dramatic Clab
will produce jthe thrilling drama
IRELAND OF TO-DAY
founded on events current in Ireland at the pre- gent time, depicting the strained relations between landiord and tenant and their cause, to be followed by a laughable farce, entitled,
A PRETTY SURE CURE.
A splendid orchestra will be in attendance.
There will be several lo@al solos between the acts, appropriate to the occasion.
Admission—Reserved seats, 50 quette, 35 cents ; Gallery, 25 cents.
Doors open at 7.15. Curtain rises at 8, sharp. March 28--eod & apr8 9.11
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Falconwood, March 28, 1887—eod tl date
Bible Society.
THE Annual Meeting of the P. E. L Auxiliary ¥.
Bible Society will be held in the Halli of the Y. M.-C. A,, Charlottetown, on MONDAY, 28th inst. Chair taken at 7.30 p. m.
D, McNEILL, Secretary. Ch’town, March 26—2i
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