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ACROSS THE ISLAND

P.E.|. Past Revealed

By NEIL A. MATIIESON Provincial-Farm Editor

I MADE a most unusual find this week when Centennial com- drawn in of detailed information

mittee manager William Hayward loaned me a map 1863, that provides a tremendous amount on Prince Edward island at that time. it lists the name of every farmer along the roads. and the first name I spotted was that o my maternal grandfather. Alexander isandyl who lived on the Dixon Road at Breadalbaue where his grand- Ion, Donald. lives now.

e map was published in Saint John, N8. and the populat- ion of the Island was 80,552 in the census of 1861 Charlottewgvn and

though there were 21

b . a bell with people of today. Of that number 14 were in general merchandise.

The map was loaned to the Centennial Office by William Whittaker of Glenfiiinan who found it in an old house he pur- chased, Mr. Hayward tells me. My friend Prof. J.H. Blanchard, Charlottetown has a similar map which he received from George Leard, Souris. Mr. Leard, who must be one of the Island's top collectors of items of historical interest, also has one in his own possession.

THERE WERE 30 retail mercantile establishments in Ohar- 17 wholesalers, four bakers and three oailmslwrs among other tradesmen.

There was the Bank of Prince Edward Island and the Un- ion Bank of Prince Edward Island. The Prince oi Wales College and the Normal School were listed separately at that time. Of course St. Dunstan's College, as it was known then. had been In existence for almost 10 years. The centenary was observed in 1955

Ohariottemwn had five boot and shoe makers, a tamer. and e "er. The currier was a man who dressed and colored leather after it was banned. “Block maker" was a trade often listed and Tom Ledwell St. Peters tells me it was a man who made block and tackle oqinpment. He recalls that Allan L. MacDonald at Souiris West “made a great of money" when he invented a roller-bearing block that greatly increased the « ' city. The man was an uncle of our present Lieutenant Governor, W. J. MacDonald. and the father of Art ll/iiacDon:ald who was one of the best known d a announcers up to the time of his deaiu. There was an abundance of newspapers in Cl'iarI‘l0lteDOWII 100 ye£|'I$ ago. Int, the Monitor

They had the Examiner, The Islander, the Protest- , Ross’ Weekly and the Vindicabo:-. Brewers, Distillers Here Then

THERE were a half dozen hotels and boarding houses and

one saloon keeper was listed. Four establishments were listed as brewers and distil

DIE

rs. There were a dozen establishments connected with the car- riavge building and blacksmith trades, 11 lawyers. niine doctors and seven firms were listed as “ship owners and builders" in

Charlottetown.

There were four bakers, which indicates that people mu»

3 good deal of their baked goods even 100 years ago. There were 11 cleirgymen.

I note that Southport was a ranking village at the time and that was some years before the Hillsiiorou Bridge was opened. The village boasted ee merchant currier shops. another business plaice listed simply as one harness maker and an hotel.

Shipyards are noted at many places and two were at Wheatiey River. for example. ’ PRINCETOWN AND Royahty——it was close to Ma.lpequo—was a settlement with 385 souls at that time. and I wonder what

to it later.

Some of the old place names no longer In use include Gret-

‘ ' oad; and Eisonwhich apipearstc mthea now knownas Hunter River, or close to it. Greenville post office was a little to the west and I'm wondering if that‘: the place we know now

e. a most interesting old map and what impresses me most about it is the Il!‘€I'I'Ielld)0lllS amount of detail which must have entailed a long period of research.

Before I leave the interesting old map I should explain that I was Lincion Dewar, secretary the P.E.I. fedeiation of am- culture who told me about it. when we chatted for a couple of minutes earlier this week.

Frank Jardine. MLA of Wilmot told me at the farmers‘ din- ner meeting at Suimmerside this week that Mr. and Nina. I-I rison MacFarlaine not only ' home in Bedeque also everything that was in it. when the house was destroyed by fine recently.

Letter In Byron's Handwriting

I VISITED Mr. Mac.Farlane some time ago and have some interesting notes on the unusually interesting collection of antiques he had gathered around him. I want to do a column on them w I have more space but I recall now that one of the most interest- ing to me was a book of Byron’: works in which he found a letter in Byron's handwriting. . _

The letter was written to a publisher who had printed several articles which he incorrectly attributed to the gifted wri.tel|' I copied a few paragraphs and here they are: _

“In various numbers of your journal I have seen mentioned a work entitled “The Vampire" with the addition of my name an the author. I am not the author and never heard of the work in queistiiom until now.

“ a per I perceive a formal aiinunciation of addition of an account of my ‘residence

t P3

"The Vampire" with the Island ‘which I have occasional v

on tihe Island of Mitylene’, an aailedbyinthecourse aellimgm

I should have no objection to reside. but where I have never yet. resided

.13,

“NEI'I'}IER OF these performances are mine and I presumei ‘ uest t u will ii I

that it is neither unjust nor ungracious . yo llagzor me by a contradiction of the advertisement to wihlc alude"

l was struck by Byron's calm restraint, by the kindly manner in which he rebuked the pubiishehrmffir having incorrectly attribut-

ed the story and statement The letter written by Byron, January. 1788, ed in Greece in April 1824, came MiacFarlane's hands by accident. The book had been in the library of George Robinson distinguished Islander who was dean 0 Eng] of British Columbia. s.

Ckvmpany, was asister of Mr. Robnaon

.5 age 3

. home. .. you about same when I find my notes and get them into readable for-m.

Congratulations Are Extended

meet f e something more than 200, Mr. MncE

would for mow-blocked roads as a result of Monday‘: storm.

flu.

H2811

McLure ~

up figure we have heard suggested

an- but -se le

The Levant. and wiherel

who was born in London in into Mir.

. ii ish at the University Hiowaid Hillson, who lived in this city during the time her husband was associated with mes‘:

time later that he found the letter, so it was 3'3" Mum’

e had the am they had planned except

10 The Gurdhn. Charlottetown. I"!-I..~Fcb. ‘I. 1964.

l FARM FEDERATION NEWSLETTER“

Agricultural Committee ln Celllullold Map Seeking Ancieni Farms

Over the weekend the press carried the announcement that

ily name for 100 or more years

would be recognized in suitableiof looking at 8 large map manner. The manner of recog-:1’-E-1-

nition will of necessity be relat- J ed to the n u m b e r qualifying. , How many that will be is, of j course, pure conjecture. the only

lis in the vicinity of 500. Should he case then the project 3 could involve considerable wor". . This project comes under the l sub committee of the agricultur- ‘ ai, fisheries and community ac- tivities committee one of a 14 or more set up for the I--"termini

as a Centennial feature farmsl that had been in the same fam-‘

In discussion on matters related _,to the general farm organiza-

tion. HISTORIC MAP

We recently had the pleasure of and published in 1863. This map lists in fine print the owners of all the farms along each road. A business directory of each town including Charlot- tetown is included and gives the names of the active butchers, bakers and candlestick makers. Tanneries, breweries. distilleriea professional men. pu ic offic- ials are all listed. In short th e whole effort contains a wealth of interesting and valuable in- formation.

g Vernon Bridge. Feb. 11, Ver-l

lnon Bridge School ti p.m.; ;berton, Feb. 12, Regional High School 8 p.m.; North Rustico, Feb. 13, Stella Maris Regional High School 8 p.m.; East Baltic, Feb. 17. East ‘Baltic School 8 «p.m.; Lot 16, Feb. 19, Lot 16 ;School 8 p.m STURNIP MEETING } At Birch Court on Feb. 14 ‘starting at 10 am. with an after- noon session at 1 p.m. the turnip -industry will be the subject for consideration. Production, dis- eases, insects. quality, varieties, lmarketing, etc., will all be dealt :with, all interested in the indus- ltry are urged to attend.

‘ a plot by

Other projects being considered or promoted by the agricultural - committee include rural beauti- ficatlon projects, the seeking out of very old farm houses, the pro- vision of chair seats by the Wo- men‘: Institutes for Governmentj House, a portfolio of photos. an; essay competition, open house‘ ., at food plants. open house at ‘ designated farms. a fisheries?

ling

North Rustico Considering Sewerage System Project

The village of North Rustlco held its annual ratepayers meet- Tuesday night. and

Gallant was re-elected as a

exhibition’ production of thelcommissioner and Allan Gauth-

. floral emblem, etc. lnumber of these porjects 1 underway and a small number _ actually nearing completion.

l WHEAT DEAL ,

Already as

are ;

Iare Albert Doiron, A.M. llant, Bert Blacqulere and Law-

ier was elected as a new com- missioner. Other commissioners

rence II. Doucette. The budget for 1964 was set at

Tuesday evening Front i=age,$5.000. with the most important

. Challenge included the tracking‘Pl'0lECi for 1964 being a sewage ‘down of Canadavs wheat dea] line for the village. This was

‘of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Under close ques-l iioning Mr. Bentley did a finel . job of explaining the wheat deal.’ ’ its importance to the Canadian, 1 economy and its contribution to; better human relations through- " out the world. ‘ The Canadian Federation of

‘ Agricultur has long been a sup- ‘ porter of the world food pro-l

; gram and takes the position thalldied l“ the UDIVCPSIW ; food should not be piled up when‘ Edmonm“. 0“ Jam 22

, there are hungry people in the. ‘ world.

Today’: world is a shrinking ago. the youngest son of LWO tanner and place and we should soon be‘ 1816 Frederick Y0lmk€!' a “store".' reaching the solution of the pro- ‘ R?b€t‘C3 C0l95-

Mr. Younker went to Alberta

m of over abundance on one

with Russia with the guest being dl5CU_55€d James M. Bentley the president m99““E-

and a guest at the Arthur Hitchcock of W.I~I, Crandall and Associates, Moncton, N.B.. gave plans and cost estimates. The project is

Former Islander

Dies In Edmonton

A former resident of the pro- vince. Charles Lemuel Younker Hospital, at

Mr. Younker was born

the

hie part of the globe and starvation , almost half a century ago and

.111 others. W-hile initially “United States .for the deal it has since been

criticized Canada i farming operation at ' berta. George was killed in a i.

H” ; joined his brother George in a Al-r

Irma,

trying to get its share. The real 3' auto accident in 1941.

[Canadian opportunity came be- ‘Board lean

‘an opportunity arises. whereas in the United States there is no 1 lcomparaible agency to quickly ‘take on business of this nature.

UNION TROUBLES

, On Monday evening Inquiry

‘dealt with the difvfic-ulties which ose last winter in Northern

ar Ontario where a striking union‘

l With tt rs who were stock upulpwood resulting In talities. It is not our intention to take sides in the issue which was certainly complicated other than to point out that the settlers were organized under a co—ciper- ative which was a number of the Catholic Farmer’s Union of Que- hec which in turn is a member ‘of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. This was probably .one of the few instances where

‘ organized labour and organized

‘ agriculture clashed head on in a strike bi-eaiking action and cer- tainly the first in which low of life was invo e

e strikers were hush work- ers and were out in sympathy .with another striking union in -what was described as an illeg- al strike. The settlers had only ltiwo months in which to stock pile their wood or it would halve to remain in the bush for anoth- er year. Their livelihood was in- volved and the strong feelings engendered n ' ' NATIONAL

Women's Institute in promoting a safety symbol for slow moving farm vehicles is receiving na-

‘o recognition. Recently we have received at the Federation office as a result of the demon- stration at the CFA meeting a number of requests from West» ern Canada for samples of the

' . Saskatchewan, Manitoba have all written seek-

DERAT-ION PROGRAM

On Monday, Feb. 17 F a rm Forum will bring to Maritime listeners a special regional broadcast on the Federation of Agriculture. , The importance of the federa- tion to farmers and to the econ- ' I be discussed. '1‘ h i I

“log further information. e_ FE

for federation directors to invite their neighbours for a visit and

rufllilliga ers and the plants—Seemnn Brot.he:s and Prim: El’-W9“! Pflkfied warmly by Premier Shaw. “Tii‘ is onctly the kind of thing we Mont to ace develop" the prilrsnler Bedeque Youth , I I missed the early discussion as it was mid-afternoon when In serv'c’ I arrived. but I was struck the notes I received from thel tions farming by Edwin Lewis_ Frgemwn BDDEQUE —- Gm'st.ian Youth SUMMING UP the problem he said lweek aarvioe was conducted

"It is necessary to have planters operating

at ioo p.c «-5 last

morning. by Rev. as.

‘ Sunday ‘fioetcncy, it Ls essentgl txlimlxxsze scufflers set acciii:at,e‘ly‘,h:o as not} R.M. Cameron. the pastor.

with p ar<:."'*.:*..*°.:.':." “.2”

, : to ve ii digging oper ti that yotfnfimovlnmfhiallvltistinidanietitlal a on hot are cool yet compnntlvdy moisture

"And." cmclnded Mr. Lewis. “with hard i;.'“.‘3..é' l‘.l"°...'.‘§.'.‘.."°.".‘.‘?.'.'..i‘" ""‘l..‘$°“'° """’"°“°" ua _ t , -hi fl_uI:Ifweareto¢ayinlhebnsine;" Mao wen“.

root system. it

‘work,

M You the rest of his observations at a later

an I have told by several who heard iii

is meticulous to have storage facilities the

5°“ "'”“ tore lesson llold, . ‘um

mtheynre.‘

mt alsled several of the young In: system that is almost 100 peorlcby

Mia: Susan Murray. led In

ionpondve reodhu. Mia

Carolyn Pdmor road the sort)- and

Dianne l «IO 3 CGIT. The boys rendered I lselectioii. Prayer was led by ‘George Wcbuer, and J oh

; INDONESIAN! mun

mam wuinm (Routers) -M... m

" and upland uvonlfoi-cu. it said.

lwniditroportediortfie

in the int two days. up Mg. C noun. Garry Mocbonlld rave lnyxinn government announced '1" . statement said MM and Ital-rut-n security the Indonesians opened an _ In North Iorneo have first. There were no casualties Q70 "lldflolill border In the British and Malaysian

Mr.Ccnoi-on¢Hivomdnnnd- dnslnlfiletothnoccadnn. '11:: clnihwas cmponed of the paqileandwosin ciiamle Mrs. Walter Coaig, the oburdiomanlnt.

a pulp mill clashed with:

The late Mr. Younker is sur-i, l°‘"3° the Canadian wheat vived by one sister_ Mrs. Wil-I

place in Irma

onsicler

{not settled as yet but the way [has been left open for a special meeting later for more discus- sion on the line. It is expected to be an accomplished fact by next fall.

Plans for a centennial gram i n c I u cl e the fisher- men’s regatta set for July 29 and 30. Other centennial plans are for the erection of a memorial in the village and hope for opening of a tourist informa- tion centre. Tree planting is al- so planned. Last year's fisher- men's regatta was a financial success.

Also decided at the meeting was that life tax rate in the vil- lage would remain the same and Fire Chief James Vincent Gal-

, n ,3; ambassador to (Xinacla. =a

him was re-appointed. The clerk of the village Mrs. Geneva Gauthier.

About 50 ratepayers attended l the meeting.

nu-bee

IN DP Leader Denies Move

By KEN KELLY

OTTAWA (CP)—-In the words of a popular song. It takes two to tango. And the same is true

of political marriages. he New Democratic Party, acknowledging unrest among reports of mar- h the Liberals. in advising the membership it’s all Liberals who would demoralize them and destroy party unity. National leader T. C. Doug- las, writing on the subject to all party members, says "no mergers are being or will be contemplated so long as I am

le .

“No coalition, no working re- lationships, no informal deals have been worked out between the New Democrats and the Liberals."

Mr. Douglas says the flurry of reports late in December about Liberal and New Demo- cratic members talking merger “have 'sturbed our members across the country."

“We have indulged in so much public self-analysis lately that we are a bit jumpy and ready to believe the worst about our- selves."

He says they were based on a single meeting last October held without the knowledge or authorization of any official body of the party.

Mr. Douglas reviews last Liberal attempts woo the CCF. the predecessor of the

P1‘ °' NDP

LIBERAL FEELERS “Today." he says, "as might xpected, there are reports of Liberal feelers going out to see if unions with the NDP can the arranged provincialiy and, om that. the Liberal strate-

sociation."

He suggests New Democrats “realize that people who want to divide the New Democratic Party, who want to disheai-ten our members, are going to pro- mote this merger ta It ‘ their way of weakening our morale and fragmenting our

{ RECEIVE rwo ENVOYS-.\ QUEBEC tCP)

‘Max de la Fuente. Peruvian

-Governor Paul Comtois re- ceived Gershon Avner, ambas- sador from Israel to Canada. The meetings were part of a courtesy visit by the two dip- llomats to Quebec.

i l

l LOW-LYING ROCK Bedrock in Antarctica's Vic-

is an instrument whichty M] N [h R" _. - . operate quickly when such _ }ll3emwaS0uI;‘flr::lIl‘llfi.ed. 0!‘ Wef toria Land ‘ies generally 1,000

?feet below sea level and is lcovered by ice averaging 10,- ‘ ieet thic

_ Meteork low price . . . then you’ll see liow Meteor’: extra length and widtli

give you ride and performance that beat: all cars in its class.

loyalties.’ He advises that Neiv Demo

Premier lcereiy want to see ‘North River, P.E.I., 59 years Jenn Lesage Tuesday receivedl

eulen- l

crats convince people th

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See it? That's pure, big. load-carrying space! Even with an 8’ toboggan in it you’ve still got room to close the tailgate. Even with six big passengers, ‘ you’ve still got whopping huge cargo room. But a Meteor Station Wagon gives you more than merely big load space—it gives you an elegant car with the interior luxuries enjoyed in sedans.

And big means more than just space and room. It means easier hnmiline at hiirhwnv mead

Meteor Custom Station Wagon, one of the Ford Family of Fine Cars made in Canad,

gists would move with their us-; ual caution towards federal as-'

is year

“who sin. ‘ is kind of

For Union With Liberals

merger come about" that it is an unlikely and unprofitable course.

. Liberal leadership has been ‘timid and “has ts roots deep in‘ big business." It would

0-.

pi iture to change the I-lbe1‘fi1l' poses to make substantial lu- creaaes in federal grants to

“-traditional bias."

He says the New Democratic Party was founded to fight for lgenuine economic planning. real lineasures to end unemployment. lnew and sweepig concepts of ‘social security and a new role for Canada in defence and in- ternational affairs.

“If the day ever comes when large numbers of Liberals ac- cept those policies, and start publicly fighting for them. than there will be room for discus- sions. But not one day sooner."

Engagement 01‘ Princess Not Planned

‘HIE HAGUE (AP) — een Juliana has told the Dutch peo- pic that a planned engagement

.lrene, would not take place.

i T e - year - old Irene was ‘ linked romantically with a Span- linrd after it was announced last lweek that she had left the Pro- ‘testant Dutch Reform faith of the royal house to become a .Roman Catholic.

At the time of the announce- ment Irene was in Spain. but she vanished from the Dutch embassy In Madrid last Satur- day.

AGRICULTUREAL BOOST

QUEBE (CF) Alcide Courcy, Quebec minister of ag- riculture, said Wednesday agri- cultural co-opeirations in Quebec .province had total sales of $224,000,000 in the 1962-63 fiscal against $206,000,000 the iprevios year. The figures were contains in the annual report 'of the minister's department.