=`- °°",j=l__§§:,e.,'.».:..: _ _ ' » __ __ . S _ ._ _____A__, __ . ...~_.._ ._...__..-_..s._i......._¢_~-A-__ of Uigg, by whom, he i\ad a large family. BOUT the year18l2, therelived in|Thls grandson married a Miss Gordon, 4 the state of Maine U. S. a man A named James Laird, having a poor, rocky farm. Net wishing to live under the stars and stripes, being a loyal British subiect, he decided to settle somewhere on British soil. Being the owner of a small schooner, or shallop,built sharp at both ends, he gathered his few effects, and with his family, on hoard set sail for 1-‘rlnee Edward Island. His family consist/ad of hi_ri\§°_U» “mi Wl_f¢g_i-“'° so'ns,‘lnid oii§`3`aughtex"§` "Illia s`5iis` names were Josiah and Bauward, the daughters name was Polly., _ They coasted a.round the Island forgsome time, until ilneiiy theyentered the mouth of theliistorlcvernou River. And sailed up river about ahalf a mile above the Vernon River liridge, until they came to a small clearing, from which some poor unfortun ate Acadian, had been driven. Heirs they went ashore and buiita small house, later they had a farm sur- veyed, on which some of Lairll's great grandelilldren arc now living. ills daughter Polly marrieda Scotch- man, named Angus Ross. Sho had two sons-James, and Samuel, (James died some years ago, Samuel is still living). and sevcrni daughters. Mr I.a|rii's sons, did not like farming. Josiah followed shoemaking; Banward went to sea in the schooner, and for a time did ome trading, ami coasting, until llnally he disar- pearcd altogether. Mr Laird, by this time was getting well up in years, and, deserted hy both ofhls sons, he took his grandson James lloss, to live with him Mr. Laird willed his [arm to his great~ grandson, John Ross, (son of James). A few years ago, the writer, with John Ross,examlned the will, which can be seen in the Registry ofllec at Charlotte- town. Somewhere about that time, 1812, John Vaulderstine, and Jeremiah Enman, settled about two miles further up the River. They married the only* two 'daughters ot John Fraser, who were pasengers in the Polly. They raised large families, and quite a number of their decendants are settled on farms along the south side of the River. Then John master, and his brother William, took up farms near the Enmans. Jolla married a Miss Smith who came in the Polly. Thoyhad five sons, and two daughters; Thomas lives on the home- stead, Reuben, at Vernon River. William, and John died some years ago, Frederick is in Alexandra, Lotfiil, The girls are both married. A little further up the river, lives Itoderlc McNeill. the undisputed chieftaln of the clan McNeill, of Barra, Scotland. Ashortdistanco south from the river, stands a modest Methodist meeting house. When the cvi\El‘0iZl\U°“ WHS “'90 formed they were under the leadership of the late Rev. Ccphas Barker. Further up therivcr we came to the Murray Harbor Road, and at the foot ol \vhut was called Ilnydcn’s lllll we llnd the cellar over which stood the old historic school house, In wliich that 1’rinco,among :mem lion. .lamcs Hayden Fletcher, Ex- Gcvernor of N. Dakota, studied under ments Ai-naman msnil, of imma-ea memory; and where the \vriter, when eight years old, attended for two sum- [DOTS- Now we will turn north, and we come to that ancient landmark, IIaydcn’s mill, when now weilnd an up-to-date roller process, which turns out flour unsurpass- ed by any produced on the Island. The mill, iam glad tohoar is stlllrun _hya `Mr. Hayden, who does an extensive custom trade, besides purchasing a large quantity of wheat covert into , flour Ashortdlstanco north we come to a stirring village, the center of which is that ancient hostlcry once conducted by ‘thelate Matthew Redmond, new mana' gcd hya Mr. O'Ncll. Sixty years ago.it 'wasarum den and was called the half way house, being halfway between |Charlott-etown- and Georgetown. At that time the mail and passengers hctwecn Charlottetown and Georgetown were carried hy the late Samuel Lane, of Mount Molllck, who always fed his horses at thehalt-wav house. Mr. Lane, pre- vailed with the government to place numbered posts one mile apart between Charlottetown and Georgetown which afforded a great deal of satisfaction to the travelling public. At the Ten Mile ilouse there was a large post piaccdceilod the linger post having four arms, pointing to Charlotte- town, Georgetown, Cherry Valley, and Pownal llay. it was the \vritcr'»~ . _' __i\ _ _ `\ r s.-,”.`\_" ' ', ' '.’("_' 1 ' - . $35; _ _EI-:_,_ ,,,\,,_»,, ,_ “sr ' ` .~'k:~ fer? 1 uri-.~ ra fr. nr as \» _ V - pg;-|lu|u.nnA¥.» Pn.mc|:_s:nwAnn xsuiso. -ja”-' . ‘ » - .- Lf ' "T/'.*,»§t*-1'-'-";`5:"l"‘i'-" _ -' » ' ' i 1'. , _ . ~ I r.. , » . Y_:_v z ‘ \ ~, ._ ,,, . , ,, l _ * /, ~ ' S .,-, eg -=» -,,,._)_»,._ I WE MUST HAVE _ 5 THE 1“UNN-EL' Prince Edward, productive lair i-le oi the I sea, Join:-4| in the ninlnland l-y lailway should he; s`in\:|: Collin-i|rrai,|u|| in seventy tllrve Men haw hopefully |nni:ed a Tunnel tn nee. Slmnlilvrln shnal|l»