coe aa”

—_—-—-—

a. , PORTRY. THE LITTLE WIFE. nitle wife laid her sewing down, \nd looked at the clock and said : It is time that I put the kettle on, And the.cloW onthe table spread, tor the clock is near the stroke of six, And I've hardly tine to see That the kettle boils and the toast is made When John will be home to tea.’

the tableshe drew to the cosiest nook, And she laid the plates for two;

none, And the dishes they were few. “Hut butter and bread and some cake and fruit, AU dainty as they can be, \nd the cloth is white,’ said the little wile, That's what Joh» likes to see.’

rhe little wife took out a dressing gow And spread in a cushioned chair,

of a} aA \nd before ita pair of slippers piacea Far t large for her to wear, \rd she patted the cown and softly sa Lie there that vou warm may be, For the night is col) for John to put on \\ hen ha @* 1] ‘ home to 1 S. the little wife smoothed and hraided hair And put on a prettier dress, \ bit of soft Jace and a knot of grey silk, To fin.sh it at the breast. Then she looked in the glass and biush and smiled, she was a fair | re to se And \ sed hh john wWiii J sce vs ec when he ¢ *s home to tit must be , e kettle has! ’ And the toast is getting d l growing ik »g @e 4 ef the footsteps pass! ? 1 wife peeps out the front hal! doo hen runs tothe garden gate ! t does not ecme, and Chin dear, sue Tis a tiresome thing to wail.

rhen she tries te read, but whether or n The tale was gloomy or gay,

She conld not have toid, for restless thoughis With her heart are far away

4gain and again to the front hell doo She goes to look up the street,

Hach far away footstep making her heart With a hope to faster beat.

Why it must behours,’ said the little wife, With a povt and an ugly frown,

‘I'd hiketo Know what at this timo of night, Jobn can be doing down town?

fhe cared fer me he would surely come But I've often heard it said--

nd Il half believe it now—that e man Loves only till heis wed.

‘

Hut he sisell not knew, if it breaks my heart I will have my tea—so there!’

| |

;

He was holding on for dear life with the one arm, and two legs, while the ether hand

was eagerly encircling the treacherous }

Jacob cautiously approached with @ stick oO!

1

wood i ‘Hit him like dunder,’ suggested No, 2 be- tween his teeth, j

It was all done in an in from shout of surprise from

Jacob did so stant. There was a

| Jacob, a yell of pain from No 2 as he held |

; a chair, spe Liat they were plain delph, there were silver,

! '

he whined,

- o , hy +t uy a frightfully gashed thumb, and hoth| links of pipe went rolling across the floor. |

: A Jacob hsd receiveda dig in the shin which |

aused him to impetuously draw up the red member in his arm,and hop olf towards chless with amazement

No. 2 did'nt care to sit down Ile 1 the last wounded hand in the tight grip of the other, an ! around the room ina fury of pain, rage and astonishment, | na

‘Och, my gracious! Och, my gracious Vhen suddenly observing a} piece of the pipe he hastily added, + To the | tyvel mitthbe Yankees anyray

rhis being a hint we lett. |

hal

| i gane 1 aan

PRINCE } ry ty {Rp FraTt4 \ >. A lengthy letter respecting the Island lately appeared in the London Zima. The writer is evidently not an Islander. Pro-

| bably he is one of the Messrs. Childers.

of supposl

We notice that he has fallen into the error f g that the railway—which was obtained by the exertions of Hon. J. C. Pope and his party, and paid for by the people of this Island—tas the gift of the Dominion. ‘This error should be corrected. |

Che Land Question he disenusses very fairly. | We ia +] edoyvation of the British North Amet pwances at length afforded ar attempt at settling the F 1 var 3 causes, the I ‘ians, the ye 1 I i suctance Of: ac ny to

become a I! e province, Prince Edward Island ‘Held back'for four or five years after the Act*of 1867 ‘fron nion

1 ioining the Dom

of Canad ite? considerations LOTS ever, at rth prey {over s mental mes, and i: jv she agreed to the union,on condition. among othe of receiving the

lump sum of 8 W000, to be paid by Can-|

ADWARD ISLAND LAND (RRANGEMENT. Toronto Globe is sadly exercised

PRINCE

The London Tin i | over the land settlement going on in Prince |

Edward Island, and cries out lustily against | has written to the London /unes and | tilated his grievanees in its columns. Ile endeavors to

the supposed enormity of 4% forced sale, and something like general confiscation. The Zimes might have spared itself all ex- citement and declamation had it simply attended to the facts which its own corres

given. {t acknowledges

in large blocks to single individuals. These persons were not put in absolute posses- sion, but in return for the land were to

Probably none of the Prince Edward Is- |

‘Iand proprioters, (says the St. John Vers), whose estates hayé been valued by the I

| the valuation, plain bitterly of the award made,

and Commissioner, are quite satisfied with But some of them coms Among

these isa Mr. Stewart, the largest of the resident land proprietors of the Island, Ile

vells

show that neither for the |

cultivated nor his wild lands has the Come= mission awarded to him anything like the

amount he feels entitled to claim, | his brother proprietors, | | Stewart excludes from view certain facts qeaemt ine ; | having an important bearing on the ques- that the land was granted on certain terms | ‘

bring ina certain number of settlers, make |

roads and build bridges, Wc. frankly acknowledges,

ditions, the Times have never been fulfilled he land has consequently been forfeited again and

With large tracts of fertile soil and pockets, the have

land a comparative for exorbitant prices, which are rendered possible only by the industry of

again, empty kept the

waiting

proprievors

wilderness

others, In this way the progress of the has been indefinitely retarded,

and the feelings of ita industrious inhabit-~

country

ants embittered towards the representa- tives of men who neither paid for the land nor would improve it~—who had in short

] ] ] } 4 ry ww) no ilegai titie to the property except waat

prescription might secure, n tuese cis

a

‘umstances what is more sonable than

that itshould be sold to those whose an- from whom they had righteously taken possession of this pro- perty, ‘ You must sell is a fair value for the land, that the country be no longer kept in barrenness and back,

cestors, or the persons

derived their supposed claim, uns

at what arbiters say

da for the ' ses of repnrchasing tle! : ’ ada for the purposes of rey cae |} wardness through your poverty or greedi- the prop ie yrs’"estates. l iaKke a n- | ni a ; . : : © tage of this an act was pass od last year by | Ness . I IO dé may be scand lized ; very

iler cheeks are so ed and be: eyes are so}

bright, She looks af the vacant chair, And her knife fal's down,‘Oh dear'’ she eave, \nd then she begins to ery, { wonder was evera six month's wife So miserable asI?

‘John would never stay if he was alive, The little wife sot Aa% so al! this time I'y ‘It may be that John is dead.’ Why, Dless me, what's this ?* says a manly

voice, Tender as tender can be,

And the clock is

six,

And John has come home to tea.

ngly said been blaming him

pointing to heifpast

GERMANS PUTTING UP A STOVE-PIPE.

(From the Danbury News.)

the Local Government providing for the | compulsory purchase of land, Sostringent, | however, were some of its provisions as against the proprietors, that it was disallows ed by Lord Dufferin, in whom, since the Act of Confederation; the right of veto is | vested: Milder counsels this year pre-

vailed, and both Liberals and Conservatives | joined in passing the Act which is now law | under the title of the ‘Land Purchase Act.’ As it is,some of the clauses sound strangely severe to English ideas, One of them, for example, provides that in estimating the the amount of compensation to be paid to the proprietors, no regard is to be had to

| the fact that the purchase of his estate is

| difficulty which may have been experienced

compulsory; and, by another section, the |

by & proprietor in getting his rents paid is | to be considered a3 diminishing the value

' of his interest.

|ofany property exceeding 500 acres lease-

}

Our barber had his stove put up Wedness |

say. We were in there fora shave when the| in the Commissioner of public lands. To r barber, althouch a| the Supreme Court is reserved the difficult

peration started, |

terman, is pretty well acquainted with the

anguage and customs of our people, but|

s two assistants whom he set to work_at

The machinery provided by the Act is} somewhat clumsily contrived, but so far it | has worked smoothely. The Commissioner | of public Inndsis empowered to notify any proprietor (who is defined to be the owner |

hold or 1(4)) acres in hiS own use and occu» pation) that the government imtend to purchase his estate. Thereupon the pros prietor so-notified- may appoint his Com~ missioner, . When the of the Com- missioners has been published, which must be signed by at least two of them, the publie trustee, an official created specially for the purpose, is to execute a conveyanee of the proprietor’s estate ina simple form scheduled in the Act, which vests the estate, ‘ together with all arrears of rent thereon,’

task of settling how the purchase money is to be distributed among the persons who may claim an interestin it. The precedent of the Selkirk. and Cunard estates will

ihe stove, have not been over but a year or | assist the Commissioner of publie lands in ! .e, and they never put up # stove, aod have | dealing with the large amount of land 60 |

not quile mastered the English language The two men carried the stove out and got it ip Om its legs, and then fell to work at put~ t We did'nt see the rst manoeuvering as we Were in the chair, but we could hear the dreadful pipe racve iboutand the men i reathe heavily. There appeared to be periods of silenee, and rasps mg of the pipe, and

ne

ting the pipe

. opt

togeth

and a Q a suppressed voice, with mutterings ef an inintelligible but satisfactory nature.

When we got shaved and vo saw the two men! pe—the one hoiding a

each other, eac!

ew

cing -.* ir r with @ dink of the Pp

piece which rested ¢

. n the floor

|

'

1 shuffling of the feet, | persons of ail classes t y

t of the German language delivered | looked around |

andthe other EPO -s4+ ©: I

suddenly becoming his property and in res | selling the freehold to the various tenants. | The sum of $800,000 to be received from |

the Dominion will amply cover any loss which may be sustained by the resale.

Finally, it is provided, that no appeal, on | ~ | any ground whatever, is to be allowed to

} ‘

any legal tribunal from the award of the Commissioners.

Much satisfaction has

here ai the selection |

rd Dufferin of Mr. Childers to deal |

with this important matterj@s he will beable

to regard it from an Imperial point of view,

v0 )

and with a mind unwarped by local in- terests and prejudices. Although; pros

3 } } ] ' bably ll not be able to deal personally i with all the estates, the largest and most |

aad the difficult. questions

- ie eya : esobeat, etc. will be settled before making Herculean efforts to slide ‘his pa : edt ke ae naiaEer he leaves, 10 notable consequence of over it. Theupperman’s eyes had increased his presence heré bas been a. iaudable e fully one-third their usual size, and Ww Cuvily in tue proceedings of ihe com- | 2 glitter that bordered on the vunearthiy, wus 1g contrast to the ordinary r le ' en n a tax | routin e of some ofethe Island officials vhileh heeks set out like figures on a tax ; euutnied oal bound in the t of- red-tapeism. st He pwer man scroocne i in j : : : ‘st. The lower maa ” 7 [ie court has sat ten to six daily taali and as mmpacta suape as possil »i durit The question

ooking up at the performance with a gaz° of |

. 2. a } ; liveliest terror, From the. middl oi — anes i. ene Red } 9

tf the € i binge: of | s right hand nad been

craped a bit of skin, and the ‘red -flesh

peored through the black with ghasfly"Lis-

We could aimest see t -brink from the pipe, as the upper fink turned And the standing man

growing redder and

inctiness.

over to that side. weaved end twistec, redder in the

respiration roiled down his cheeks. Suni denly bis link slipped over, ¢eatching the palm of his hand with a fierceness that wrung rom bim a shriek of pain that might have teen beard out on the street. He ict co with both hands at once, while th: ender ican, believing that the climax in the agen; had wow been reached, and that he was sbout to lave the skin torn of both hands, and

lace,

promptly loosened his hold on his jin:

bis hand | having retained@ndt ovly Attorney and Sol-

' leader of the Opposition in the Legislative r Assembly, Mr. Ls H. Davies.

4 while great drors of |

went overon his back, and both pieces of

pipe came down with that appeliing sound peculiar to falling stove-pipe. he berber cimisal! was surprised, Dut it was noticeable that he did not allow his surprise io so far master bim as to overcome his presence of wind. On the controry he placed o's coaton his back, his hat on his bead, and immeddi- ately departed to see a man. sistants Jooked after his reeeding figure very

innch as if he was taking with fim all they

held dear in this life and then proceeded to

pick up the stove-pipe again ibal a restraining fpfluence had been with- ‘wawon. very carefully struck hit across his countenance, which, had it been in

Then a thought suddenly

1 was evident

No. { held his link, and examined it

| lands required for the public good. He smiled aGerman smile clear

English, would have reached clear aroun: to

the back of hig neck, and firmly sais -- ‘1 dry anoder biece.’

Another piece was brought to bear. it}

did'nt work. The same of the s«cond

link.

It suddenty occurred to No. } io reverse the

endsand try them that wey ‘Ha!’ he exclaimed, ‘1 pow got him bretty puee’.”

He went to work with renewed energy but |

the pipe slipped and took of his umbied and upset ihe same ease and g Thea he threw upt ting tha: sounded

No.1 wanted io draw ou his resources again, but No. 2. became inspired. He got the pomade and rubbed »# lot ofitenthe end

ace it had done hi-fore.

ke Rotterdasa

“hin, and wth of them with juat

4 . 8 Ags si fitt-

efboth pipes. He was then prepared to g! p the Onvw over the other, No. i cifered to assiet.

‘You go avay when you can, observed No, |

. signilcantly, at the sume time blowing tenderly upon his mashed thuinh, fe tien setto work on his manoeuver. He first vpened his eyes to their lullest extent, the: distended his cheeks to their fullest ca nasty and closed his lips as tightiv as posstnya. With these precautions taken, he ara red the lower links between his knees, and ile upper with one arm using the” «ther hand to adjust the ends Eifort succeeded effort

‘0 make the oue lap over the other. Pe |. Geshe jsidnd citer tein tebe | » Man Z remotest corners

would get them so neatly arranged as to yeem impossible offadure, when one dr the otber would suddenly over and ecateh home portion of his body ©. their edges, and pelt trop both pieces and ye German war. éries at the top of his voice,

Finally he madeihem match. _ Ho aimost breathless.

ere ones, and shust knoek him mist the tavk-

was | “ : > of North Ameriea’ will shortly become as | ‘ Yacop,’ he whispored, ‘you come queek |

' the country.

| the cases there was a great number, were

j often ludicrous, _ tion was obtained by the chairman of the | commission from yarious eminent men of

the Island, whom he requested to give any

: | able by Tha tvo as! there

‘rights ‘and eseheated the lands of the

| ditions of their grants.

| sider in ‘valuing’ the estates, to what exs | tent the Crown, against whom in this

‘Tam looking over gardens and fields re- |

1g the past lonentg¢ht.

estate us*Tegarded as a suit between the government “and the proprietor, and the rules felating to precedure and evi- dence of the Supreme.Court are generally observed. The government have taken care to be strongly represented by counsel,

oi eact

icitor Generals, but also—possibly with an eye to politicaladvantage—the very astute

‘They even |

took th* troulbe .cf importing a legal

| gentlemen of eminence from New Bruns. | wick, Mr

Samuel» Thompson, Q. C. A | good deal of remarkable evidence was ad-~ duced respecting the condition of much of Adverse holdings are fre- quent.» Thé witnesses, of whom in some of

principally tenants on the estates,.and called by the government counsel; and the answers of these poor, half-educated farmers to the questions put to them one after the other by the examining counsel, as to what they considered was the capital- izod yulue of their landlord's interest, was More pertinent informa.

information they could. The government eoufisel-argued that if the strict legal right of thé Jandiord to the arrears of rent avail- ie tenants was tobe insisted upon,

no reason why the proprietors shoutd complain if the crown insisted its

grantees who had never fulfilled the con, Stress was also laid on the transatlantic doctrine of ‘eminent demgsne,’ which reserves to the Supreme Power in a State the right to reacquire any These arguments were raised in consequence of the commissioners being bound to con-

been expressed by |,

possibly its worship of landlordism may lead it to feel shocked; but we signs cf the times amiss if something of the same kind be not tried before long in Scotland at England.

read the

any rate, if not also in

_—em

fhese eons |

tions at issue. He keeps out of sight | first the significant fact that the cultivated land on hisestate is more valuable than |

Like

however, Mr.

the uncultivated, simply beeause labor, | which cost him nothing and his tenants much, has been expended thereon. Ile | overlooks,secondly, the circumstances that | if wild lands of fair quantity is worth more

| now in the [slandthan it used to be, the

j

It is reported that sixteen tons of small |

arms and ammunition were shipped from London as merchandize and landed at Shanghac.

SHERTFE'S SALE.

daniel Hodgson, an ’ ; Dan 7 : . and S Plaintiffs. fargaret Leah flodgson, § vs.

Malcolm McLeod, Defendant. B* virtue of a Writ of Statute Execution to me direeted, issued out of Her Majes- ty’s Supreme Court of Judicature, at the suit of Daniel Hodgson and M irgaret Leah Hodg- son, against Malcolm McLeod, I have taken aud seized,as the property of the said Mal.

} colm McLeod, all the right, title, and inters

est of the said Malcolm McLeod, in and to all that piece of land, bounded as follows,— Commencing at the north- west angle of fifty- eight (58) acres of land on the south side of Orwell Road, in fee to Donald McLeod, thence,according to the magnetic north of the

| year (!764) one thousand seven hundred and

south for the

chains,

sixty-four,

SIX (db)

distance of eighty-

west three degrees south (W. 3.8.) eight (8)

{

{

| | |

thence by a line running |

chains and twenty-five links, to the east boundary of a tract of land in possession of James Gunnip, thence following the course |

of said east boundary north, three degrees west, seventy-five [75] links; thence by a right angle line tt ith westwardly eight [8] cl s; thence south three degrees east S. .3 E.] seventy-five [75] links; thence west three degrees, south five [5] chains and twenty-five (25) links to the east boundary of Donald McLeod's homestead; thence following

iereW

rS ains

| | |

|

| line therewith west three de

the course of the same north three degrees west [N.3. W. ] seventy-three (73) chains and forty-five (45) links ; thence by a right | there West three lagrees | 1¢ (1) chaig and sixty-two [62] links ; thenee north three [3] degrees west [N.3. W.] | two chains [2] aad seventysfive (75) links then ast Lhree degrees north (E.3. N.) one

north

ind sixty-two links; thence

ec rees ‘aains, hence east twenty-five chains

vontaining two hundred and fouracres (204 wo (2)! ts of land, a little more or Jess,tos

gether with asmail portion ef marsh, bound ed as foliows, thatisto say:

} ‘ f + Y) + r } ‘ the west edge of the marsh, on the e

OMmmMencing ai

ast side

f the bridge over Orwell River, on the Post lioad ; thence following the course of the

eastwerd edge of said Post Road south twen i ees west (S. 20 W.) four [4 i4j

margin between the marsh

and higi land; thence following the course I for the distance

> soulnhe-¢ iwenty de-

>} Cnaios, Ol

istwardly bi ivur | aj Chains; thence north grees cast [N. 20 E.] four [4] chains, or uns ul it meets the channel of said Orweli River ; thence fo!lowing the course of the same north- Westwardly, to the place of commencement, containing one [1] acre and two [2] roods o! marsh land, a little more or less, marsh and nigh jand includ, d, being two hundred and six [206] acres of land, a little more or less, }

1¢ f

number fiftysseven, in Queen’s County. Also, all that tract, piece or _ parcel of land, bounded and described as fol. lows,that is to say,commencing at the edge of Orweil river channel, in direct line north with the west boundary ofthat part of the late Mur- doch McLeod’s farm,now in possession of Mal- coim McLeod ; thence (according to the mag- netic meredian of 1764) south three degrees east fifteen chains and fifly links; thence by

west (N.3. W.) eleven [11] | and | > sixty links, to the pisce of commencemeat,

» lying and being on Lot or Township |

i marsh and high land included being two |

aright angle line therawith west three deg- |

rees south one chain and sixty-two links; thence south three degrees east two chains seventy-five links; thence east three degrees south one chain and sixty-two links; south three degrees east seventy-three chains and foriystive links, thence west three deg- rees south for the distance of eleven chains and thirty-four links; thence north three degrees west ninety-four chains to said chan- nel; thence following the various courses of the same castwardly to the Post Road ; thence following the course of the said Post Road southwestwardly to the margin between the

said Post Road; thence following the course of said margin southeastwardly forthe dist- ance of fuur chains from the eastward edge of said Post Road ; thence by a line running north twenty degrees east four chains, or until it meets the said channel; thence fol- lowing the various courses of the same east- wardly to the place of commencement, cons taining about one hundred and four acres; also that prece and parcel of land commenc< ing on the west side of the Murray Harbor Road at the angle formed by the said road ind the Maitland road, and running thence southwardly along said road for the distance of eight chains to the north side of Weod Island Road; thence along said

i

POoad rt

colony no statute of limitation runs, waived

rits rights to ‘forfeitures ‘by the action of

colonial Ministers and others.

If this harassing question can finally be set at reset, one may be permitted to hope that Prince: Edward Island has a bright future before it. In elimate, fertility of soil, and beauty of its inland seenery,it can compare very favorably with its sister pro- | _vinees. The winter cold is not severer | than in the neighboring continent; in sum. | mer the Island is free from scorching blasts | which dry up vegetation in Canada, While I write, in the month of September, |

' taining the freshness and greenness of an | English May. Charlottetown, the capital, though somewhat distracted by ecclesiasti- | eal controversies and municipal misman- | agement, vies with Quebec in‘ picturesque-~ ness Of sitaftior. Kustico and Summer- side are two-charming Beaside resorts— ho former an oid Vreneh settlement, where the inhabitants still retain the peasant costumes Of France, and near which, at New London, are situated the finest oyster-beds intue.world, Hemmed in by the unins| Viting sbores at Cape Dreton and Nova Scotia, Prince .Edward Island has been | overlooked by-the ordinary travellers; but | the radmayanother gilt of the Dominion “overnment, Which las been opened up this sumaaer for 24 miles, from end t» end |

entily accessable; togethér with the pro- posed wmter steamers, which are to cut through the ‘thiok-ribbed ’ ice which hems | inti coast fo~-five months im tho year, | wills Wé hopecreate great changes ; and the | ‘Green Téle of the Gulf,’ snd the ‘Garden |

well known to the voyager as the Niagara | or the Thonaand Islands,”’

tle distance of thirtyssix chains and ten links ; thence northwardly by a line at right angles to the said road to the Maitland road ; thence along same to the place of coms

| INencement, containing one hundred acres of

land, a little more or less, being part of Lot Sixty, in Queen’s County, in Prince Edward Island, also all that piece of land lying, situate and being on Murray Harbor Road, on Lot Fifty-seven, in Queen’s County, in the said Island, bounded as follows,that is to say, commencing at a stake fixed at the north-east corner of land in possession of Donald Ross ; thence west [according to the course of the

said iioss land) for the distance of seventy- | | four and a half chains to the rear boundary

high !and and marsh on the easiward side of

thence |

t

tine of the Murray Harbor Road farms; thence | north for the distance of five chains and sixty |

links; thence in parallel lines east for the distance of seventy-~four and one-half chaias, or until it meets Murray Harbor Road; thence following the course of the said read

| for the distance of five chains and sixty links |

to the place of commencement, containing about fortystwo acres, in Queen’s County , | aad I do hereby give public notice, that I will,

on Thursday, the twentieth day of April, 1876, at the hour of 12 o’clock, noon, at the Court Ilouse, in Charlottetown, in the said County, set up and sell, at public auction, the above described property, or as much thereof as will

satisfy the levy marked on the said wril, be- |

nivelystwo cenls, with interest oa eight hun- dred and eleven dollars and eleven ceats, from the 23rd day of October, 1874, until

} ing eight hundred and seventeen dollars and |

1 in th

paid, at seven and one-half per cent per an- |

num, besides sheriff’s fees and ali incidental t Vpenses, WILLIAM kh. WATSON, Sheriff Sheriff's Office, Oct., 7th 1875. L. J. Hodgson, Piaintiff’s Attorney. Oct. 18; 1875.

GUBSCRIBE fo THE EXAMINER KJ One Dollar and Forty Centa a year

ssa : the difference 1

their awards, have thus far given

| Pressure in the Head,

; sion of Malcolm McLeod; thence

lune not to expenditures

made by him and such as he, but to those made by cultivators of adjoining tracts.

it seems, In making facts of

(ne Comniissioners,

this sort a certain amount of considera- tion mow DR. SAGRS CATARRH REMED} NO PATENT MEDICINE HUMBUG, got up to dupe

gnorunt aad credulous, nor is it represented

Loss or Impairment of the Sense ot Smell, Taste Hearing, Watery or Weak Eyes, Pain or when caused, as they all

os } 23 ‘ ' f : nol quenuyv are, DY Lae VidieGgCce OT 4 ..

on ule by most Druggists ever Pr » Fift Cents Sent by ail ( st-p 1!) Oa receipt of Sixty Cents , four packages for 32,00, Or one dozen for $5,01 A ddres e r, KR. ¥. PisROR, MBM. DD, mio. B. XY.

Prince Kiward Island Railway.

THROUGH TICKETS |

Moncton, St. John, Pictou, Halifax, |

Montreal, Portland and Boston,

may now be had at the Ticket Office of the }

P. K. I. Railway, Charlottetown. W. McKECHNIE, Sup’t. Railway Office, Ch’town, Aug. 27, 1875.

SHERIFF'S SALE.

Daniel Hodgson, Plaintiff. Maleo!m McLeod, ) : Donald McLeod,’ f Defendants.

B* virtue ofa Writ of Statute Execution,

to me directed, issued out of her Majesty’s |

Supreme Court of Judicature, at the suit of Daniel Hodgson, against Malcolm McLeod and Donaid McLeod, I have taken and seized as the property of the said Malcolm McLeod and Donald McLeod, all the right, title and interest of the said Malcolm McLeod,and Don- ald MeLeod, in and toall that piece of land, bounded as follows:—Commencing at the north-west angle o? fifty-eight, [58] acres of land on the south side of Orwell Road, in fee to Donald McLeod; thence, according to the magnetic north of the year (1764) one thousand seven hundred and_ sixty-four, south for the distance of eightyssix (86 chains; thence by a line running west three *s south (W. 3. S.) eight (8) chains and

aegrer

twenty-five links, to the east boundary of a} {land in possession of James Gunnip; | | thence following

traci «

the course of said east

} tive (75) links; thence by aright angle line therewith westwardM eight (8) chains

thence south three degrees east (S. 3 E.) seventy-five (75) links ; thence west three degrees south, five (5) chains twenty-five links to the east boundary of Donald Mc-

Leod’s homestead; thence following the course of the same north three degrees west N.3 W.) seventy-three (735 chains and

forty-five [45] links ; thence by a right ang! es south one

[iJ chain and sixty-two [62] links; the ce

north three [3] degrees west [N. 3 W.] two |

chains and seventy-five [75] links; thence east three degrees north [E. 3 N} one chain and sixtystwo links; thence nerth three degrees west [N. 3 W.] eleven [11] chains; thence east twenty-five chains anu sixty links, to the

piace of commencement, containing two hundred and four acres [204) and two (2) roous of land, a liltie more or less, together

With a smail portion of

lows, that commencing al the west edge of the marsh, on the east side of the Bridge over Orwell River, on the Road; eastward edge ef said Post Koad south twenty degrees west (5.20 W.)four (4) chains oruntil it méets the margin between the narsh and high land; thence following the course of the same south-eastwardly for the distance of four (4) thence north

is to say:

chains ’

iwenty degrees east (N. 20 E..) four (4) chains |

or untu it meets Lhe Channel 0: River ; thence following the

said Urwell course of the

same northwestwardly to the piace of coms |

mencement, containing one (1) acre and two (2) roods of marsh land, a little more or less,

hueadred and six (206) acres of land, a little more or less, situate, lying and being on lot or township number fifty-seven (57), Queen’s County. Also, all that tra of land, bounded and described that is to say : commencing at the south edge of Orwell River channel in a direct line north With the west boundary of that part of the late Murdock McLeod’s farm, now in posses~ (according to the magnetic meridian of 1764) south three degrees east fifleen chains and fifty links; thence by a right angle line there~ with west three degrees south one chain and sixty-two links; thence south three degrees east two chains seventy-five links; thence east three degrees south one chain and sixtystwe links ; thence south three degrees east seventysthree chains and forty~five links; thence west three degrees south for the dist- ance ofeleven chains and thirty-four links thence north three degrees west ninety-four chains to the said channel ; thence following the various courses ofthe same eastwardly to the Post Road; thence following the course of the said Post Road southswest- wardly to the margin between the high land and marsh on the eastward side of said Post Road ; thence following the course of said margin south-eastwardly for the distance of four chains from the eastward edge of said Post Road; thence by a line running north twenty degrees east four chains, until it meets the said channel ; thence following the various courses of the same eastwardly to the place of commencement, containing about one hundred and four acres; also that piece and parcel of land commencing on the west side uf the Murray Harbor Road, at the angle formed by said road and the Maitland Koad, and running thence southwardly along said road for the distance of eight chains to the north side of Wood Isiand Road ; thence along said road for the distance of thirty-six chains and ten links; thence northwardly by a line at right angles to the said road to the Maitland Road ; thence along same to the place of commencement, containing one hundred acres of land, alittle more cr tess, being part of Lot Sixty, in Queen's County, in Prince Edward Island ; also, all that piece of land, lying situate and being on Murray Harbor Road, on Lot Fifty.seven, in Queen’s County, in the said bounded as follows, that is to say: com- mencing ata stake fixed at the north-east corner of Laud in possession of Donald Ross ; thence west (according to the course of said Ross Land) for the distance of seven- ty-four and a half chains to the rear boundary line of the Murray Harbor Road farms; thence north for the distance of five chains ana sixty links; thence in parallel lines easi for the distance of sevent-four and one- half chains, or natilit meets Murray Harbor Road; thence following the course of the said road for sixty links to the place of commencement,con taining about forty-two acres in Queen’s Coune ty; end I do hereby give public notice, that J will, on Thursday, the twentieth Apou next, 1876, atthe hour of 12 o'clock, nooh, said county, set up and sell, at public auction, the above described property, or as much thereof as will satisfy the levy marked

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