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A ntvmg SCENE » I.
tstool today. -V
OF EARLY "SETTLERB `
fr~ .»~.
early settlers’ _ laws were
cl contain much food for
over the past and present
_ \Vhat would now consti-
tty larceny was thot) a_ cap-
e, punishable by death., It
ppened there was a jolger in
nces. It gave the shock of
death, thereby impressing
it, but neatly framed in tile
ol the day was a- prpyision
st offense would allow it
wonderful little spot ou 
welcemel you to her- `
stay she will prove 119|-
ioxr Zoldeu stores.
-t,‘.t'rHERlN}i:- L1i:oPo!.D
EDWARD ISIJANDI
name has a. sort ot
:tic glamour.” ' The
g connect ` the imma
Prince Charming
1.-_ fiction. _It is
for E land of sueh
Drillflely promilse.
settlers have fur-
Sff-HUEB anecdotes ot
'““‘°`i*”’*‘.-“”‘-”'“‘*~“'*
and customs. They were
people aiid`.tl;ey also`fur-
e backbone of as wgnderfiil ‘
untry as theft is on God‘s
first offense, in the case of crimes
where the punishment was not ex-`
pressed to be without "benefit of
clergy."
l Thus it will be seen that even in
those days the statesman and gen-
eral lawmakers managed to insert
"lokers" that would allow of free-
<l0n1 for their clients.
In the “History of Prince Edward
island" is published the following
case of "Benefit of Clergy." that
typifies the times. In this case the
Judge evidently was possessed of n
strong hu_morc'>i_is'\'ein. It would be
hard to reconcile the two possible
verdicts-before' and after pleading
“benefit of clergy"-with our laws
of today.; " " ' ' --
'rwo GALi.dNs or wEs'r IN.
D1A`R'UM WORTH SEVEN
SHIHLINGS `
J'up3ter‘l/Vise,-a black servant of
S. Burney, Esq., who' stole' two gal-
l lons of West India rum worth seven
shillings, the property of one Mr,
McDonald, appears to have,bcen the
first to avail himself of the privilege.
WVhe4n_h_e was qrclergglgiiito tl1e,cou;,t
aftefleonvictioit it-ntl "set" to the bar
for sentence, the question was put:
“Whathave you to say why sen-
tence of death should not be passed
upon you?"_ The prisoner replied
that he claimed the "benefit of his
clergy," and his claim was'fortli-
with allowed, with the effect that
instead of being hanged he was
transported to _the West Indies for
seven years. The relation between
the crime and its punishment must
have struck Jupiter _Wise as singu-
larly appropriatrny- seven years’

oPPoR'rUNi'rY sem/is 'ro ' °§.:r.t-E-Be
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aibiliiiul, ll iltl following article “mu °f 1911 and 05° Y°51`
- ’ written by Mr. I. E. B. McCready-
the Government publicity agent:
foundation in the minds of the
statesmcn of that period. They
schemed between set law and cun-
science to perfect their government.
The drastic nicasuresof the frontier
were often tempered by the philoso-
phy of a Rousseau.
TEEMS WITH ANECDOTE
The Island simply teenis with an-
ecdote.. .-Of it-\.t»erest,..toitl1e.people of~
the United States.is an extract from
the minutes of the /Supreme Court
of Judicature, which goes on to re-
late the “depredatious" committed
by two "Provincial Privatcers." The
forces of Gen. Washington were not
considered as much, and when the
two "privateers" carried off the rec-
ords of the court, the Great Seal of
the `Island, together with the com-
mander-in-chicf and 'the surveyor
general, it would be extremely im-
probable they would be allowed
to plead ‘fberiefit of clergy," if it so
plead "b nefig of ¢|¢g- y,” ; ; ' : 'BHQWXNG DOMESTICATION ‘ '
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‘ A PERFE c'i‘ PAIR
in every field of useful endeavor you
will find the human product of this
wonderful Island.
The industries of thc Island today
have made many of its mcn wealthy
beyond their dreams, bu_t they do
not scent carried -
away with their
successes -- they
do not acquire the
“big head"--there
is enthusiasm that
is not marked by
any form of greed
-- t h e y realize
they have a won~
derful 'country
and a number of
wonderful indus-
tries.
PELTS OF GOLD
 ' ` " ' - The nobility of Europe, the Far
G '~ ' ‘ g ' - Eastern potentate, the millionaire of
0
fee1A\l§¢_.
'Torndll Univbreity.:/I
fbdergyii' 'which ai firigi transportetioii. itofhe Westiilndies happened they had been tried for fl” U"l¢°d States' ‘h° “me king °f
e Pleldede lliyixingdigi fo stealinE Sitiven shillings’ worth -their "‘depredations” on the Island th* A"3°“lj"°' in fact; wherever
was gradua y e 6 _ ,"_ . ~ » _l - ~ " _ ' . .. h
5  _ I d- _ _v l V ` . Th at _' st 1 sont, ty there is the ability to purc ass an
Whu ¢°‘-'ld |`°3& ‘dd of wqt n 9 I-'um ' we ew sump. C ear cl siv fur will be found the
"  -_ ~. Pi h't~fth_-Ilnd.D °"“°
was further e»tt°!\‘|%'i._.*°. _ Tl1°~°‘°’1"‘“-"°"‘l‘»°‘ th* ".‘,'-°° 's My ° ° . ° H W" silver. iiueie fox fur of Prince Ed- I ~.
“‘“‘° °‘* i` 1** “f '°“"‘**‘f‘?‘*‘“°‘°‘°°“"°"""""  l'I.§.‘1Z'.E‘.f`..'."`.?..~’.°§`.I§,.'§i '?.°f.“.1`l`°..°. 'Iii wed lm
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most ¢3|k¢d_0f ¢0\m¢|-ig; im ¢;|-gh- This wonderful little animal bids
._wlth laws thatare the lhost humane
and a #justice thatis supreme.
The evolution_of,the 'Inland has
been always along -thedlnes ofthe
very highest thought; It' has - devel-
oped men`who,|re -greltzin their
chosen; lines. wlti hesrolwiys been
aid that, due to an inlieritedwvander-
lust.: "one cannot. thtoblffltone in
fair to revolutionize in part the
conditions existing on the Island.
There is bound to be a great rush
from all quarters of the earth to
locate on the Island for a number of
reasons--the desire to get in on the
ground' floor of the fox business,
which ie bound to make many ex-
traordinary fortunes in the next five
Amgfin wjghoug, hm|§‘,»”| 4,1. years; to enioy`the unusual summer
"def," - I  ‘climate that is the wonder of the
.unit or"rl1EiIlt.fANn_
__ ~’I`he__ men of the elaiid _gre as
el it--si':,;.saiitlis‘ ei, ina ne? on
§l9'_>=-`:
men of great ability-e
tourist, and the ability to have a
beautiful home on a picturesque isl-
e`nd that abounds in rich farming
land, bordered by numerous beauti-
ful blyl and inlets.
|00 TO |00 PER CENT.
fi=!». F_=°;§__t1==_1

Island your estimate of the silver
black fox business undergoes a
change. Due to the scarcity of good
breeders, the pedigrccd, guaranteed
foxs brings a price which niiglit bc
thought exorbitaiit. You are nat-
urally skeptical
when you hear in
Boston that a
company formed
On the Island to
promote the breed
of the black fox
had declared a
dividend of 200
per cent., another
300, another `400
and still another
900 per cent. You
cannotandwillnot
understand that it is possible that a
business of this kind, in its infancy,
a business haiidling the pelts of an
animal that has a diamond value,
of the _ ¢ 1 HOLLAND covn
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-1 1 F1_____ _ a ranch in Prince Edward Is]and’|
has the chance of declaring big <li\~i»
dcnds for about the first five years
of its existence or until the capital
of other countries pours in and puts
it on a watered basis of from 16 to
10 per cent. lt seems possible that
with the depletion of the ftir-bear-
ing animal the time will conic when
a silver black fox pclt. will he worth
$5000, _aud,tliat,not.a_ very t'av»off
possibility. The organizing demons
of the "trust" will then arrive and a
pair of known breeders will figure
as ati asset of $100,000. -There are
those iwho claim that within five
years the present price of pedigrectl
silver black fox will be no liigher-
that the top price has now been
reached.
They reckon without any figures.
When the business settles to an ab-
solute pelt basis and the Island is
dotted with fox ranches, the time
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coat is not found on any but Island-
bred silver black foxes. The fur
recommends itself to the fastidious
people of all countries."
A single pelt oi I uiiver fox from
profits of $11,000. Many
oloiololmow To-ololololo _ -  "1
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.ind most desirable It is the only large and in wma cases °x°°
Q     fm- known ,hat Wm take 3 goidemally so. One well known and relfgbls
  U UP. and its fine texture and glossy citizen oi Charlottetown ‘toldi,m¢
.
that his first venture was itoiigjférln
with three others in the purcha8ei;?! il;
pair ot foxes, each putting in: 
(say £200). One year later‘he't’¢ok
out°pronte or s1_1,ooo <s.s,¢w; “hui-
cluding his original investmont;i_'D!
$1,000. A lady of my
vested $500 in fox shares ln'
l
Canada, was sold by C. Lampson 
Co., of Loudon, in April,v1910. furi
£540 ($2,700). Other pelts from the£
same ranch were sold to the Samet
ipurchascrs at the same date for
i.£530 and £500 each, re|pe¢tively,I
’l`wenty-seven skins, including the L
average price of £281 in Md.
($1,400). `
have been sold from the Prince!
Ifrward .'sl.1nd rsnchcs, excepttiigi
of foxes that d'cd from accident
or disease, ur such as had grown,
too old to breed. The reason for this!
is obvious. The profits from fox-l
breeding had proved to be sn cx-
ceptionally tsrge that many desired
all that were produced. Brecdlni,
foxes were sold in 1910 for some
thing more than their pelt value,
elapsed will probably be about five
1
r
5
years. By that time the price of the
high class pelt will naturally bc
much higher than today, and as a
consequence the pcdigreed high
class breeding foxes will bring a
higher price. Do not be fooled by
the alarmist or the ultra-conserva-
tive.
ONLY FUR T0 _TAKE GOLDEN
TIP
The writer hu visited many of
the fox ranches and talked with those
who have the good of the country
at heart. One of these gentlemen-
the Premier of the Island-J. A.
Mathieson, after 3 resourceful study
of the industry, declared it was hard
to see where the possibility of fail-
ure came in. Continuing, he said:
"The pelt of the silver black fox
of Prince Edward Island has pecu-
say, £000 or £800 per pair, and a
number of new ranches were catab-
lished.
above, brought £700i ($88,008), ani
Since 1010 practicatly no peltsi
THE PROFITS . enterprise by individuals or
w
to enter the business and the dc- NNHVE ISLANDER in "":“Rs_= '
mand for breeding foxes al>S°rl>¢ll ----Z--->----.-`-1%
' equally large profits might bdgfrlldt-X
. » _ t
` ed, due to fortunate clrmimiiih*
and rapidly advancing prle`es.‘ ,
The efleet; of such rapid moneyrmgke
.5 $
ing lu a small community 
.` t
mostly oi farmers can be more
imagined than described, 
fortunate ones were doingm,-_w|11,
others became desirous to llilro 1|;
the profits and scores at puff,-|\g'|§iL|§|
were formed, each of which bddfltt 5 ‘
pnii' or two pairs 0( (Ong au§|'7lmmt
_.,,
n runnin in wtncn to keep them. 'ng
success attending these veutuhldfngl
unequal owing to the want. ofilinéwu
ledge and, experience ln tho'
takers. but in nie mein there
oN 'rim ALERT 1 l "°"Y h““d*‘°‘“° l“'°flf~'- I-Tit'
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
Down to 1912 the bt fgg.
breeding was conducted an
` The profits were in many cases
ships. In that year
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