* arrived.

@.s ete cL. xis PukRe are several good business stands LS7o.

rr tN TH LAD. HO

SOURLS,

Ole &:

Narch. 32

Charlottetown, “+s in Souris West; and in summer the ship- tut Souris East the commercial half of County. It to itself the

“ ommerside District have, we understand, the large and wealthy section extending

ping trade is lively there. bk / he TION ‘ is the

centre — of the

THE SUMMERSIDE

—_———.

seat of business

eastern King’s A very larve nawber of the cleetors of draws trade of

cned

Pope to allow bimseit to be put in nom. and from Greenwich to East Point on the north

— lively even in winter-

memorial, requesting Hoa. J.C. from Rollo Bay to East Point on the south,

nation os a candidate for their suffrages. Consequently, it is a stirring place

‘ . and consequently, We have not vet learned, definitely whe he ‘ i . .

, + - iteontains Smany thrving men of business, ther or not Mr. Pope will aeeede to their ’

We trust he Mr. Pope is

is Well as the able st,

i John Kuight, is probably one of the wealth, request will .

ec iest on the Island. James McLaughlan now the most popular, has, evidently, achieved for himself no

politician on the Island; and we feel sure mean place on the seale of independence. that, should he be persuaded again t) Messrs. C. C. Carlton, Fredk. Morrow & McLean,

take part in local polities, he will use his Co., Matthew & McLean, J. KR. influence. not only in furthering the ad-| M. P. P., and many others, have exten-

vancement of Summerside. bute also in sive and general business relations with the promoting the best interests of the whole people of the surrounding country. Ship»

building occupies considerable attention Messrs. F. Morrow & Co, are about build-

ing two vessely—a barque, of 400 tons and

Province. *: -_ ee LICENSING

SYSTEM.

rIoOrvoOR

a brigantine of 200 tons. Captain Simon

Chiverie is building a large schooner for Alex.

Licensing System has, in yoerious to measure 100 tens,

a brig of 300 tons;

been lately before the pub ic: We the fisheries,

hep thinking that the present, Chiverie is building

; - . John MeKinnon, a schooner, 10) tons ; ent with the opening of our legis- | "°?? MeKinnon, ’ . . . ae James MecLaughlan, a brigantine, 200 tons. i fitting time fer siving a qlee ' s as : Not far from Souris—at Rollo Bay~James itv. and for offering » few 3 oes : : ; :

: Keefe is building a brigantine, 200 tons ;

at Pay Fortune, John F. MeKay is building } ' l z ’ . i . . . the utter extinction of druakeu— brigantine, 200 tons; Alexander McInnis,

*} - * , a‘: ‘ ss would be desirable beyond every-/ q brigantine, 200 tons, and also—we are th loes not admit of a mement’s argu- informed —a large ship, SOO tons. sen}.

but, that it is possible by foree of | Dingwell is building, at Bay Fortune a tion, must bea matter of very crave | brig 300 tons. From these enterprises, , ied Souris, of course, profits largely. ordinarily active ttrade of the town, too, ‘was greatly stimulated, during the past by the construction of

Te Tha it certamiy has not succeer Phe

and the craving for either a

or nareotie seems to be so unl

lt

two years, railway. A spent on the works at the east went to must be admitted ay a fact, we €+0- | Souris through the hands of Messrs. James

+} ‘ ? that ue

may be i woked upon 2s in

(hh maw,

Basing our argument on

eve a failure ;

the signal for # *ystem of general | tors. Then, the engineers, mechanics

which if everybody

Stu ing, m

railway, made Souris the centre of opera-

; tions ; and Sourians received the benetit Ge lew wees taquere “of the cash they expended. So that /money has, lately been plenty and times good at Souris.

not in, cer einly no ove would inform: and to enforce preventive force of at least ten thousand ll highly paid in order to render Could . be carried out? We doubt it.

them trust-werthy. such # mea

Nor have the good times ended. Souris / has afine prospect before it. The special Un the other hand. a plan has been | benefits conferred upon it by the railway the year IS6S been worked with marked | construction. It has peculiar beauties—

ess in Gottenburg, Sweden, where the | peculiar advantages. The railway will be the means of making these beauties and advantages known ; and they only need to be known to be appreciated. Provide the necessary accommodations ; recreations and amusements—and Souris

iginated, and is now being trie

with au equally satisfactory result in |

‘ rote Relative

«eh and some other Scottish towns dif two

lin some details to suit the the

laws and enustoms of

will become, ere long, one of the most

The main features of the plan ave as’ Dominion. In order to do this a little energy and enterprise,on the part of the people, only is required. And, lieve. they will be found equal to the occa Already, the town possesses, in the

pint lice and re we bes

Tees,

» dealers to the sale of not

| : : : lat ess than: len: beesuse it was found | $40"

as £2

ies ait ses Bay Vue Hotel a house of entertainment oft< o as eo °

When we,

’ had

that it Was a custom wit! ; second to none on the Island.

| two weeks ago, suggested the propriety of } building a firstsclass hotel at Souris we

who had * methed in their

mur,

Hers, and ert

to buy pints at wholessle, . the profit th it private room 2. Abolish

i ; ie ced price fur leenses,

the present system of 28 anticipated. It appears that Mr. James MecLaughlan has already let contracts for the erection ofa hotel measuring 50 x 5) four storys high; and that he intends pros viding it with bathing houses and all the

modern conyeniences. Mr. MecLauchlan

iieduce the num of retail license holders to a maxtmum { y. three for each ward in | harlotte-

il ma}

town, apd putthem up at suction

the | large portion of the money |

that total prohibition |MeDonald, F. Morrow, and other enters | because it would | prising townsmen who were sub. contrac, |

- 2 | york zaged in cous ing the | did | and workmen engaged in constructing the

ion, the only way ia which Souris [arbor could be made available to large ships was by the erection of a breankivyater at Lobster | Point. The expense of building the break

water, would, doubtiess be great; and the

expense is, likely, what the Mackenzie Government fear. llowever. we conti- dently look forward to the time when,

under the auspices of better men than those composing the present Administra- tion, this great, necessary and important public work will be accomplishéd. That Souris Harbor should be rendered navigable

and safe,is unquestionable for Souris is the

eastern terminus of our railway and its harbor is open throughout the year.

he business n of Souris would, we

tly venelited by the estabs

think, be grea

lishment of a bank; and they can very well afford to support one.

We should Jike to linger a little longer | around Souris and vicinity, but time passes ; We shal

endeavor to give a brik fsketch of the couns

and our space is not illimitable.

try east and north of Souris in the next

issue of the EXAMINER.

or 4 i ‘ ‘ ‘ La ‘ At th ee O¢ ‘ on Tharsday last, th > Lieutenant Governor, accompanied by his Ailes and the Usherof the Black

1» ’ 1 oi. . Ym orwy cee l Rod, came down to the Legisiative Council,

summoned the House of Assembly, and de-

livered the following

' ‘ ry ahs , Mr. President anck loner fe Crcieiechien Counct

v » re , p , , . M . Speaker and Gentlemen of the llouse of

Assembly

i have much pleasure in meeting you in your Legislative capacity, and in having re. course to your assistance in the enactment of measures for the promotion of the wel- fare of this Province

rhe Bill entituled “* The Land Purchase Act, 874,” which I reserved for the con- sideration of His Excellency the Governor General, has been disallowed. Despatches and of various other Documents relating to that measure will be laid before you, and from them you will learn the grounds upon which His Excellency has been advised to withhold his assent.

A measure similar in its object to the Land Purchase Act of last Session, and fram.-

core Copies o

| ed with a view to meet the objections which

proved fatal to that Bill, will be submitted for your consideration. 1 am happy to inform you that ‘ The Ten.

| ants’ Compensation Act, 1572" and the Act 'in amendment thereof, passed in the Ses.

ht to our notice, which hos, since | will, we feel satisfied, not cease with its |

he necessary | | with the requirements ol the irovinee, as

popular places of summer resort in the}

| sion of 1873, have received the sanction of

Her Majesty.

Papers having reference to the Provincial Asylum for Insane persons will be present- ed to you. The unsatisfactory condition of that Institution demands your early and earnest consideration. The Building at present used as an Asylum is manifestly in- adequate for that purpose, and it is highly desirable that your attention should be dis rected to the adoption of measures for the erection of an establishment commensurate

well as to the improvements of the system under which the Institution is at present managed. Mr. Speaker antl G ie we Thor Assembl:

The accounts of the past year shall be laid before you.

The estimates for the current year will be

| submittited to you, and I confidently rely

upon your readiness to make provision for

| the efficient support of the Pablic Service,

had no idea that our suggestion had been |

In Gottenburg, in 1867, there wer : i ee oe. ; ea i oe will, not unlikely, meet difficuities at the | fifty-six retail liquor-sellers. The uum-

inception of his work, but if he perseveres, he will, in the end undoultedly be suc~ censes putup atauction : «nd the proceeds | cessful ; and prove the enterprise to be a produced more than double the revenue great benelit, not only to himself, but to revlized under the old fixed-price system, the town. It has been said that the man vith the additional advantage thet those | Who, by carefully tilling the soil

her was reduced to elehteen, and the li

makes

who paid se highly tor their licenses kept | 0 blades of grass grow where only one |

grew before, is a benefactor to his country. It might, with equal truth, be stated that the man who, judiciously laying out his capital, builds houses

rp look-out for illicit sellers. —in fret,

1

. + ' thelr own policemen

Heenses ure put up for suie at cer provides accommo,

curring periods, ud the Heense- dation for visitors pers

; ; and thus induces re tuder # stringent suy i their substance,

‘rVision, | sons to stay and expen

Mr. President and Honorable Gent } the Legislative Council Mr. S} al v aT } (fen oom Hel i} f Assembly. The Railway which, under the Confederation, to the

terms of |

Dominion |

’ issed

Government on the first day of July, 1875, was through the effort of my Government

opened for a brief period last autumn. Its entire control is with the General Govern. | ment, and I trust that the people of this | Province may soon be enabled to enjoy the | the many and greatadvantages which this | useful public work is so well calculated to confer upon them.

Correspondence in relation to the Rails | way will be placed before you.

It affords me extreme satisfaction to be enabled to congratulate you on the abund- ance, under the blessing of Almighty God, of last year's harvest, a } from

large yield

the soil has been happily succeeded by re-|

munerative prices for its products. The general prosperity of the Provinces also demands our thankful acknowledgement to the Ant i Giver of all Good

he subjec » which [ have allu led, as well as other affecting the public interests, | will, 1 feel ired, received your zealous attention; and may rely, with con- | fidence, upon my cordial co-operation in every well-directed effort to promote the

to prevent the sdualterstion ef | is a benefactor of his town. If our capi-

, juors talists would but take this view of the mat- * ‘ “ ~ > c. _ SON +4 Ey i M eecre ean t

think that few, except those inter- | *? We feel convinced that Messrs. Hol

4

man and MeLauchlan would find many imitators. At any rate, these gentlemen deserve the thanks of the community in wz like it which they, respectively, live. Mr. Me-

i iene accun cis Gees | Lauchlan has commenced a work in which, for if he does

; in rust, he will osper , trios or Da. Wappert.—The report of Dr. | We trust h atti

> Of tate In perapee,

bject to such a system. or some-

Wod tell just presented to the Legislature, | Lut not yet printed, contains an intimation | of his resignation after a very honored and |

fulleareer. His services have ex- |

beneficial to Souris and the country round about.

But that Souris fmay take its pro- tended over a quarter of a century, and — — — way “ne peasy - while his duties were of the most trying America, it must be incorporated. Rules cherseter, he has much cause for thankfule for the guidance und government of its that they were so successfully pers people must be made and enforced. At

It is understood eight applicants for the si including several well known physicians in John.

nes

tuation, meet the view, are those put up by its people, The houses and stores havejbeen erected without the slightest attention to the principles of taste, the requirements of

Six OF

this neighborhood and up river.— sf

” i j ’ '

' ea onie . order.or the dictates of convenience. They “ovis Mats.-A correspondent at are not hideous; but it may be truthfully

“ouris, under date 16th March writes:— asserted that there is only one edifice in “ As you are aware, the people of Souris are the town upon which the eye may rest with complaining of the menner in which the | pleasure. Every man has built—not as it party having the contract of carrying the | seemed good in his own eyes—but as it nails to and from Souris is fulfilling the suited his convenience for the time being. said contract. I can assure you that there | The result is a higgity-pigg!ty assortment is room for complaint. It is now 84 o'clock, | of dwellings stores and barns. of almost p m., and the Charlottetown mail has not levery conceivable size and pattern. A Please point out his duty in your | corporation which would impose upon the | Sourians compliance, to a certain degree, tlerelict.’ | with the ordinary principles of good taste Our correspondent had not, evidently, | in building. and which would encourage peceived the last Examiner when he wrote | the growth*of ornamental trees, etc., is aps —a oo | parently essentially necessary to its dec Motasses Apiuer,~ During the last pas- | velopment to a fine town. ve of the Cunard steamer 4/péa, from | ment is also a necessity. Vermuda, part of the cargo of the Brigt. | come surprise, that Souris has yet neither uy at the latter port, which was trans~ 4g fire engine or an organized fire brigade. ferred to the I/pha, consisting of molaeses Should a fire break out on the windward in puncheons, got adrift in the hold and xide of the town, ona breezy day or night, flowed about in all directions. It got | Souris might have to rise from its ashes. vmongst the coals, and ‘stuck’ to things | We trust a fire brigade may be organized, generally. The crew were engaged two and, at least, one fire engine obtained, with» days and two nights in bailing out this tse»! out unnecessary delay ul ecommodity.-—- Hr. Herald

neXt issue, as he is weekly growing more

A fire departs We learned with

In order to the full development of the shipping and business of Souris, a break~ water is needed at Lobster Point. This year the Dominion Government set down in the Estimates the sum of $3,000 for the purs

i katie 6 tas, | pose of dredging Souris Harbor, Whether

Vice Previdents—James Grigg, Lot 10, net they really intend to spend the Wm. MeN. Simpson, Hamilton Lot 18, money, appears to be somewhat problems David Rogers, Freetown, Rev. L. 5. John- | atical Tut even if they do, the expense s ve) a Wrsht ys fone ial will be utterly useless —except that it may

T-caswver——Daniel Stewart, Summerside, 244, little to the floating capital of Souris.

Secvetary—Jobn Walker, do That it is folly to dredge a sandbank, needs no demonstration; and such is the spot on

(Luncillore— Rev. Neil Mekvay, Suimmer- side, Thomas T. Fairbairn, Vignish, Pat- which it is proposed by the Dominion Govs Moreover. it

rick Browh, Summerside, Robert McC. | d 3.00?

Stavert, do Samuel Simpson, Lot 16, John ¢™ment to expend $5,00>.

|... MeKinnon, Summerside, (ieorge Doull, is a sandbank under which, at the depth of six or seven feet, lies a hard rock. This rock will have to be blasted, if the har-

do, W. If. Brown, St. Eleanors. -_. ~

bor is to be made available to ships of large draft. ‘To do this wili require the expens rday evening. lie went home in- diture of a much larger sum of money than ~tx cated, and undertook to water his $5,000; and, besides, incur the risk of the While in the act of dippiag a filling-in of the artificial channel during buc'set of water out of a spring, itis sup the very first heavy storm after the dredgs posed his foot slipped, and he fell in head ing and blasting had been performed. We first. Le was drowned in about four feet had it on good authority, that the engineer of water. Verdict—* Accidental drowning sent by the Dominion Government to ex. while in @ state of intoxieation.’—Summers amine and report upon Souris harbor, side Journal, | Stated, while at Souris, that, in his opin-

— ee Pexce County Proutetiony Leacur.— | fhe following gentlemen havea been elected | officers of the Prince County Prohibitory

League :-

Usriue.y Deatu.—James Crossman of | 6 met with an untimely death on last

hor aC.

that there are | Present the only unsightly objects which |

| |

| prosper, the result of his work must be | ceremony.

|

} } j 1

prosperity and happiness of the people of Prince Edward Island.

In now leaving you to the performance of | your important duties, [ ferventiy pray that you mry be guided by Divine Providence in all your deliberations.

A large number of ladies graced the The Volunteers in attendance |

were unable, as usual, to come to the “ pre- sent arms’ for they had no arms. Because they did not happen to be at the Barracks at one o’clock—the hour appointed —the officer in charge refused to give them arms —in fact walked off and treated them with contempt. We this “ sharp shooting”’ officer has learned of his

greatly fear that

superiors at Ottawa, the lesson that to take advantage of every Opportunity to annoy, |

belittle, and insult Prince Edward Island - | ers is highiy proper. Otherwise he would | not have so eagerly ‘‘ taken occasion by the hand” to prevent the Volunteer companies detailed for the purpose, from paying their tribute of honor to our respected Lieuten, | ant Governor.

After the delivery of Honor withdrew ; and the assembly return, | ed tothe chamber. The Solicitor General introduced, pro formu, a Billto amend the Act regulating the registering of Deeds and | other instruments relating to titles to lands. | The Provincial Secretary, by command | laid on the table the returns of Mr. Owen’s | elections ; and moved that he be admitted | a member of the Assembly—motion carried. Mr. Owen took the customiry oath and | his seat. Committees then ap-| pointed. CURTAILMENT OF THE DEBATES. On the motion to appoint a to receive tenders for printing the Parlia, | mentary Reporter, Mr. Davies (Leader of | the Opposition) suggested that the reports | be, in future curtailed. He said that now) we have entered the Confederation it is not necessary that the debates should be re ported at such length as in times past. When important questions came up, they, | of course, should be published rertatim. | But some discrimination should be shown. | It is unnecessary to report the unpremedita- | ed utterances of hon. members, on all sorts of qnestions ; and, in the publication of the reports, spend money which might be em- ployed to much greater advantage

the Speech, His

were

Committee

The Provincial Secretary thought it would be a diflicult and delicate operation | to discriminate between important and uns | important debates. What one hon. mem-~ ber may think a highly important matter, might be thought by another to be of no consequence. One might think the dis~ | cussion on matter relating to agriculture (for instance) was not worthy a place in the Parliamentary Reporter; another might | think it right and necessary to give the debate prominence.

And so there would | be dissatisfaction. He (the hon. P ovin- | cial Secretary; thought the House would | either have to do away altogether with the practice of reporting the debates or cons | tinue them in full. :

Mr. B. Davies said that if the debates | were putlished ia the newspapers people | in the country would be able to read them; |

mentary Reporter

‘what Dills came within the jurisdiction of

, er of the Oppo ition sugge ted.

| great gainers

ed. Ifsue

ler; Jas.

and some arrangements with the news-

papers might be advantageously made, But publishing the debates in the Parlias Which was

i . ' wntil nearly ayerr after the debates

issued had

not

taken place, and which could not or

tamed by hon. members cor ‘ittents, ins volved a waste of pablie mone

‘The motion passed,

JURISDICTION OF LEGISLATURE

Tho Leader of the ¢ position suggested

the appointment of a Committee to decide

i.

that last i here

should have been sent (ittawa, 10 He

. the Local Leg cure Said

year, a Bill had been pas which dealt with by the Dominiop Parliament. Con- equently, it had not received the assent of the Governor Genera! A comunittee, should, he thought, be appointed for the purpose of presenting a like occurrrece in future,

The Provincial Seeretary, said that, to the Commitiee on Private Bilis, would be long the duty of discriminating as the Lead.

? MR. PERRY'S SEAT he Solicitor Ceneral submitted a re-

solution to the effect that as 8S, FV] erry,

(member for the First Distreit of Prince) had not beenin attendance at the Assemb- ly for more than a year, | is seat be dectlar-

ed vacant. He explained that the law left

} . peotie » ¢ > | 4 no other course open to the House Alte: ‘ : s . An 8 . vy some discussion, the resoiution Was UNea

animously agreed to.

ACCOMMODATION FOR REPORTERS, My. Stewart moved that suitable accommo, dation be provided for newspaper reporters —cearried unanimously,

S140 7 BF OYA PhS ERE Yt ROP eases ee eas E 5 f

Freicow Cirizens—-You will permit me, as

l one of yourselves, a householder, and 4 native of your city, to direct your attention

You do not require to be told, gentlemen, that the Board

to the present state of civic affuirs.

of Common Councillors, as at

present constituted, with a factious and thoroughly incompetent majority, are pur -

suing a policy which must ere long involve us, %5 a city in complete financial ruin. Many of youare aware, ge1tlemen, that in August last, when this faction assumed full control of our city finances, that their pre. decessors, to their credit be it said, left in the City Treasury nearly 3,000.00 hard cash. Besides this, the bulk of the taxes had to be collected, and besides this, the award of $2,4°4 09 for Land Damages, was deposited inthe bank and set aside especially for building purposes. What is the state of

ai

VM) earefully deposit- i

things today. The City Treasury i and the 2404 ed in the M

pleted,

erchants’ Bank has been all

shamelessiy sqandered. What excuse can

be offered for such reckless and unwarrant- able expenditure of the people’s money? As t2x payers we demand an explanation. 1 am convinced, gentlemen, that so long as our Councillors are expected to give the city their time and service gratis expect still to find such talented and pros

racesive can?t} ” . gressive gentiemen {7 Composing

jority of our civic board, I propose, proj

it} b > paid.

men in

that.in future,

our Councillors sh fo my mind, few representative is ci ion, and out

do not

will now risk their rewuta!

a = ve Q ~ <4 <=

year after r, serve the citizens with

some consideration ; and indeed we expect it.

1 i

For the presens let the sum be $100.09 a year for each Councillor. We may then exnect to have a class of men in whom we ern the better conide our i nterests

we will some claim. The citizens will be gainers directly, and

indirectly. We may well blush with shame when we are told that the

and on whom have

City Council of Uharlottetown is to-day

controlled by Rumsellers and their allies.

Is it nut extraordinary, that in a city like |

this where the respectable, the good think-

ing, the virtuous, the pious, the educated en wt f h, wl seer » silica tens . part oi tne pe pie, conti pao Oputlon, that such a state of thing yuicl really ex- ; res. ; Pf * eo st. theoice of City Rec & mostex.- | '. ‘ . ? * ? i pensive, useless burden led on the citizens, to tne tune of $524.00 per year, i I must be attended to. The few representa- l tive men who grace our board to-day, are, “. - ° understand, about to retire heartly disgust- 1? t 1 1 } 1 ¢ a be the case, what then ? Sperry

mei i eens

At present the laziest wretch who walks

our streets can obtain a license to sell rum.

It is high time that we interested ourse!ves

in civic matters. Let us go to work and

| hurl from power one of the most reckless and extravagent set of incapables that ever | | degraded our Civic Board.

Dollars and

| cents are rio equivalent for morals, honor and |

, Quaz nocent doe

merit. ‘* loceni.”” let the the

Citizens, the wives and mothers, too,

, contrast for themselves the City Council of

' Charlottetown, as at present exists :—

Pariy in Power.—W.B. Allan, Leader ; F. McCarron, Rumselier ; Thos. Morris, Brew- ; A. 8. Smith,

John Quirk, Vice Pres i the Leople,—W, E. Dawson, F, Harris, Arch’d, Ken-

Currie, Rumselier Ruruseller ; Fricnads «

J. lJ. Fletcher, C

nedy.

This looks like work ahead, and Iam dis- |

posed to think that the Y.M.U. Association,

| St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society, The

Sons of Temperance, and indeed all the pro- fessedly reform associations of the city, if

| they are worthy of their name, will not

when required be found wanting. For the present Lam Ac., A: we,

“aiiur oO Paintne? “in,—This is my first letter in the public press, and I would not trouble you now but

for a grievance which, if permitted to be

carried out, will ruin this part of the couns | try.

There is a new road intended to be

made between Priest Pond, Lot 46, and Naufrage, Lot 43. It is to be hoped that

fon the

| necessity of having

‘ benevolence. Llis eloquence is of the tends |

therefore the inhabitanis object to the survey going any farther; snd, as would he expected, the surveyor went home and left : it there undone, 'f the Government had | sent up Francis Kelly to have this alter- | ation made, from Priest Pond to Naufrage, | he, no doubt, would have dons it to the} satisfaction of both parties, Our main road from Charlottetown to East Point | Lighthouse is pretty straight. But this new survey makes it longer, as you have to turn south when you come to St. Mar- garet--if you are going east—a couple of miles on the Bear River Line Road, before 1can get to the other end that is going east. Well, if this is not a patent hum- Chere should, if this road is opened,

von

bug! be beacons at the angles, with written in- structions, in large letters, to" direct the in this locality! Why did not the surveyors commence from Naufrage Bridge, this side, where it would suit on the west end of the road, and run his course east to the south of St, Margeret Chapel, which would bring it straight across Nau. | frage farms, where no one wou'd object ; ist, to the south of A'ex. Gillis’, Hay | River, and to the north of the Gillis’ on the east side, keeping east, close by Me- |

. 3 travele!

on

tHAen e€

Hachern’s, to‘the north; keeping a straight line east to Joseph MeAulay’s house, Black Bush, to the south, then due east from thence, keeping the settlement of the Mc- Leans to the south-east, close by John A. MePhee’s, Blacksmith, to the south; keep, ing direct for Big Pond, to the north of that valley, due east from there to Neil Angus MecPhee’s to the south; close by the Mc- | Donald Red Swamp, to the

north of

settlement, south also, and MeNeill’s; close hy McPhee’s spring, from thence due east, keeping the McDonald settlement—Rock Barra~—to the south, which will bring the road there square across the farms, in place

ily.a southswest

then due east to connect with the

f course as at

or going he pre cent; Ronald MecEachern’s, the Priest Pond. This mostly through clear farms, and the outside enrvey, and would give satis- new road inust be opened, which is not at all neces-

other end at

eastward of this to route is will not cost anything like Wik BOD Cosy any LOIS ine wilderness

to both

faction parties. If a i road is a good road, and not make. any. improvement. It has cost the Government | less money than any road the length of it Island. It is a pleasant road in

sary. The ok

any alteration made will

summer time; and the three bridges on the whole route could be easily res

moved a couple of chains to the south

thnut would iast for

years without any re-

lam, yours truly

A FRenp to IMpxovemext. lack Bush, March 9, 1875.

?.S.—Why not the Commissioners that passed this piece of new road, report the a Lighthouse on the west end of it, to direct the traveller who is going east at night! The proper road | will bring him no further than Bear River toad at St. Margaret's asthe old road } be closed to that then go to one of the

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neighbor s houses to inquire for the other He will be directed to turn south a couple of miles The night is dark, velier passes the end going east, and is asiray all night, if not lost altogether.

part of the road that goes east.

on the said line road.

, It will be the same going west, if not worse,

is the traveller will keep on west, as, pro-‘ bly, not knowing any jogs on the road— Bear River Line Road; gets

the B entangled in the woods in the dark. So the necessity of having a Lighthouse on the west end of this new intended road. IMPROVEMENT.

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TEC y eee ERSCULLANHOUS, A magnificent marble statue of St. John at the age of fourteen years, supposed to} be the work of Michael Angelo, was re-

; cently exhumed near Pisa.

The sixty-five years, While that of a printer is thirty-three, hence the necessity of paying

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i ‘ . . F? ceelee base Wy? paper promptly. Ber! shire Cous i J

iverage length ofa farmer's life is

A careful housewife in Altoona put an “18 order and a $10 greenback into the lrawer of the coffee mill last Wednesday or safe keeping. family enjoyed a £28 cup of cofee. -

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Thursday morning the | - Miner's Brigham Young has been sentenced to fine of $25 and 24 hours’ imprisonment for contempt of Court, in failling to pay &2- GOO attorneys’ fees within the time specifi- | ed by the order of Judge McKean.

The Place for Harness. --Many farmers hang their harness on pegs immediately behind the horses. ‘This isa bad plan ; the gases of the stable have an injurious effect upon the leather, besides, the harness fres

quently gets thrown down and tramped in the manure, when the injury is, in a great measure, irreparable. Have a separate room for them and a separate peg for each | set, as well as for each bridle and collar. Non-Studying Farmers.—A. farmer would not think it a very curious think if a lawyer | or a doctor who did not study failed to succeed; yet the immense majority of | farmers do not study. They give as a} | reason why they do not take some paper | devoted to their profession, that they have | no time to read. Theyshould make time | to read, and would find time so spent to _be most judiciously invested.

| who, it seems, | beingethe first American Cardinal, is a na- ‘tive of {rooklyn, in which place he was| bornin the year 1810. After receiving a | liberal education he prepared for the | priesthood, and was ordained in January, | 1834, at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New| York. Ten years later he was consecrated | ' by Bishop Hughes as Bishop of of Axieren, | and coadjutor of the officiating prelate. At, | the death of the latter Dr McCloskey sucs | ceeded him in 1864 as Archbishop of New} York. The Archbishop is described as of | _a well formed erect figure; his countenance | ‘strongly expressive of intelligence and

er, religious type, uttered with fervent | sincerity, in language of simplicity and | elegance. }

Dr. Kenealy’s own account of his entr- | ance into the House of Commons shows no |

| lack of appreciation of his own merits, He

our good Government will not allow a read | informs the readers of his paper the Eng-

| to be made on this ridiculous survey: for

it will be only be a nuisance to the travel. ling public, instead of a convenience, as it was intended to be. If those upon the Grit’s settlement are determined to have

our old road removed, that gaye the old | settlers and the travelling puislic satisfac- | | tion for nearly a century

in their tarming, fishing and fowling, and all the conveni- ences in life—if the road must be removed let it be removed half-way between the upper settlement and the old road settlers. The survey was made too far south of the two settlements through and swamp, and more bridges—two to one, And after all this blundering survey it might be put up with it, if only connected

wilderness

with the west end at St. Margaret’s,or Naus |

frage, or wherever it would suit. east end is ail right, although it did coms mence in a swamp,

cld rvad at Priest Pond. But the west

end is left off at Bear Riyer Line Road, a! couple of miles to the south of the old

main road. If thisis engineering this part of the country for convenience and improve- ment, I will leave it to the public to judge. The surveyor kept the route too far south altogether. He could not bring it to cons nect with the west road or old road only by running a course northswest through Naufrage farms, which are surveyed north