i-lazlelbrook Baptist Church, Mon- lay less. ling, there was a good attendance. ind through in an interesting and ef- Sensational C- ENDS tnnmnnY. mnv 1 SPECIAL PRICE ONLY IIIIIIINii TNIS SALE ! BOTH siiibizas SUMMERSIDE-Cl-IARLOTTETOWN ENJOYABLE CONCERT The Easter concert held in the Benonl, Jones. night 18th. was a decided suc- Offering. Despite the rain in early eve- was carried the program Benedictio ter and Sue Closing hymn: of Jesus with you. n: Mr. Hy Jones. The parts of r, John and Simeon were taken by Earl Jones. J. W. Hayter, Gordon Carver and Henry “Fake the Name l ter. the evening was Old Times South I Of The Hillsboro LUDLOW JENKINS iectlve way. The following pro- The Qrggnist for tram was given. Mim Pearl Jones. By Opening Hymnl “Christ M0593’ Tasty decorations of evergreen Easter story by 4 illrlfl- am‘. flowers added beaut and Recitation: Janet Pendergast. enact, Mrs, Parkman Jeri ns as- S010: “There is a Green Hill/Z sisted the young people most gen- (Continued) lllcia Jenklns- erously in the decorations. ihe Temple", Spurgcon Jenkins. h Nfihm Jenkins. An I)‘ Cross“. taken by Miss Sue Jones; tianlt by Miss Winifred Hayter; Cross-lie Love by Misses Muriel Jones. Mar- laret Ballem and Ora. lollowed by tableau. Ie Drpha. w hlbel MacKinnon. Recitation: Robert MacKinnon. Violin Solo: "Open the gates of Recitation: Muriel Jones. Instrumental, harmonic and “The old rugged Cross" by Easter Reading: Julia Carver. Violin duet: “Nailed to the Cross" Ralph Raynor and Earl Jones. Rxitatlon: Keith Jones. Exercise: “The meaning of the The part of seeker was Chris- using them. a lot of imp arers of scorn, Shame and ing the ll — B‘ em lings. Those Harold Wood. Instrumental music: William “The parts of nklns. Easter Nplay: ary, Salome, Joanna, taken by Misses Lois Ha ter. Winnlfred ay- Recitation : use. This tinued until 62B FRUBKS 5.95 to 11.50 Newest frocks for now — for Summer! Saucy jumper frocks. swirl prlnts_ s m a r t shirt- waisters! See them to- day! S P This Radishes are plan to thin they hrst appeal"- Leaf lettuce should be thinned. begins, to about one plants. As lettuce ls d, this means discard- the seed- develop will be when growth inch between usually plante I big majority o. rapidly however, lar e enough for some Pulil up alternate inches. enough to a Use Minor-d‘; for bites. (Patriot Please Copy) Thinning Radiahes and Lettuce usually thinned by always resultsin erfect specimens which must be thrown away. It is a good the seedlings when This remaining wi.l and soon plan process may EGIAI. Weak-and 25 Crepe Dresses 25C Sizes 14 to 44 Clearing at l rope Dresses l4 to N To Clear i“? $2.95 SON e99 Queen Strut wbeused. ts con- the plants have 4 to 8 ttain full growth. It had a large number of five dollars standing which quite a price in north end of the property quite a landmark and was country. Quite a number of buildings built out of material there. among them might be tioned Birch Hill Church, a perty at Alexandra; a large built by Benjamin as well as spars for vassels. Next we come to a. couple dred acres of land owned by and George Weatherbie. Moss ed. up several times and is at ent owned by sons of Robert have been frightened away. was a little more than fifty mo. bush is field. of the beers in those days. of which were greatly exagge known as yard. That was about ago. That was not the first on this farm. the first one house now stands. the late and William Jenkins being there 8B and 90 years ed a beer all day and about fast rate. Of though it was the bear. several of the braves fell ove all hands started to retreat lively rate. However the bear ed out to their lives. The incident was a joke in the community for a day. The bear was by some of the Acorn men the creek north of the mill It was near this grandmother. Mrs. when crossing baby the late her arms. saw ‘a lynx or large red. black and white spruce trees, one of which I saw sold for those days. grove of large hemlock near last grove in that section of obtained house build by the late Charles Kelly o! Lake Verde, a large house built by Lemuel Wood on his pro- Jenkins o! Birch Hill, besides many smaller buildings and long sills for others The first house on this‘ farm was built at the edge of the low land bordering on Lake. This place was divid- klns. On this farm the last one on the east side of Mount Albion. A COUPLE 0F BEAR STORIES Signs can still be seen where a bear started to make a den under a fallen hemlock, but seemed to and the field adjoining this the bear-den Many are the stories told When the present house on the farm of Boswell Jenkins was in frame a bear killed a sheep in the a little north of where the school a80- One day a crowd of men hunt- met for a chat before dispersing on the Old Georgetown Road slight- ly west of where Birch Hill Church now stands. In the dusk something was heard approaching them at a course all hands In the melleo the top rail of the fence on which they were sitting broke and be a young horse which had broken out of its pasture and had given the hunters the scare of later shot place that my Henry Jenkins. this stream. with her William Jenkins in Just below the bridge crossing this VBFY was A the was the the were men- large barn hun- John W95‘ Jen- She got quite a start. Probably more than necessary. These animals were not plentiful in that part of the Island even at that time and for the last number stream. of years have been extinct. They 1110118 with the bears were dreaded by the yoiuuz folk, but were quite harmless. Bears of course were able to catch sheen and were some- times known to kill pigs, but the Digs were generally saved for they were always ready to "squee". It was said that the bears sometimes killed young cattle with a blow of their paw. Very many of the stories told of bears in th ea l. d taken Mme rv ays need to be 5WD’ has persisted until the pres- ent day of a woman being killed by a bear on the north side of the Hillsboro River in the vicinity of what is now known as French Fort. a grain oi’ salt. The that a bear chased Peter Also 5tlott. the first Scott to settle there when returning from his old home at North River with a bag barley meal on his back Mr. 5mm seems to have gotten such a fright that the shouts he made frighten. ed the bear away. of The last bear to be taken in those parts was one killed one Sunday afternoon about fifty years ago, while swimming from near Pownel Wharf towards Crown Point and in speaking of Pownel Wharf it was given a start by a petition taken through the district for signatures by William This Acorn, although the matter had YEBTS most rated. years house being born dusk r and at a. turn- quite manv alone pond. cat been talked of for sometime, espe- cially its location. SOME UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS — THE BALLEM'S Following are a few notes con- cerning some of the families Unit- Bd Emlilre Iflyalists who belong- ed to the districts:- The Ballum-Baum-or Baliem Bollem was an officer in thc revolutionary war. He was killed in storming a fort in New York State in 1777. l-le was married to a German girl. from Hanover in 1778. but her name is not known. As far as it is known she was at least a friend of Sussanah Wagner of the same place who marriedJPrederick Praug/ht who settled in Pownal. The Ballems had two children Mary and Peter. Peter being born in 1777. The widow of Ballem was married a second time iri 1783 to Nicholas l-lenckeli. When she came to P. E. Island she sen-t her daughter Mary home to friends in Hanover but took little Peter with her to Vernon River where they settled the Vanlderstines, Acorns and one of the Praughts. As far as we can learn. they. along with Nicholas Henckell came the same time and the widow Baliom They settled on land pa of by the Catholic Church there satisfied. the principal reason be- im that they were lonesome for their old frienra’ the Praughis. Henokeil followed them to Pownal where he secured l. grant of 1W0 of land on the east. side of to the Acorn able or ldesoent petticoat with iridescent holsery. Wide hemiines sometimes are accentuated stiffening at the hem. this tree ment halving a very new look in afternoon dresses de- veloped in crepe or taffeta. Some- times this “swiri" line at the hem- line results from released pin- a wide band lock. irts have a new lock flat and the front to the Back . of the Birch Hill land and land later owned by his grandsons Henry and John Jenkins in Mount Albion ex- tending almost to the Old Horde Mill Road on the north. In fact one could walk for a. distance of between three and four miles with- ~ out Icing off his land. A lot of this land was taken up by his sons and again subdivided between his ns. (To Be Continued) ness is a shined apron outline. and some- timu with shicrrlngs and tucks and pleats that are concentrated at the centre, the skim below very soft. Cardigan And Vicinity KINGSTON W. l. The April meeting of Kingston W. I. was held at the home of Mrs. Bertram Willis. The meeting Opened by s ng the Institute Ode followed by the Creed and roll call. Eleven members and three visitors were present. Mr‘. and Mrs. Bernard McQuaid and daughter Betty were visitors to members were welcomed. The min- utes of the previous meeting were Cardigan on Saturday. ado ted as read. ‘ --_- T e various committees gave Mr. John T. Corcoran, 48 Road. their reports. The following new drove to Cardigan Monday on busi- committees were a pointed: ness. ' sick: ‘Mrs. Merril Green. Mrs. —-——- Bertram Willis. Now that the fishing season has Szhool: Mrs. Albert Cicw. Mrs. opened some sportsmen have been James Beer, catching quite a numberof eels, Program; M11 Jhmeg B“; M155 but trout are reported to be scarce Vera Livingstotmzh ks i as vet in the streams. message o an was rece v- ‘——"' M: Chester Bradley 8nd Mr. ed “om one to whom fruit Md James Cullen were visitors to Car- been sent during a period of ill- ness. The Questionnaire on agricul- ture was completed. An interesting demonstration on hooked chair seats of silk was given by Mrs. Wfliam Younker. A floral contest was put on. the winners being: Mrs. Bertram Willis. Mrs. William Younker, Mrs. Elmer Younker and r" . Davis Ward. A spelling mrtch continued from previous meeting was also com- pleted. The next meeting is to be held at the home of the secretary. Roll call: An exchange of flower slips ci- seeds. The meeting closed by singing the National Anthem. - A dainty lunch was then served by the hostess and a social time spen . iii TAFFETA DRESSES COME TO All) OF THE PARTY New York.- Now is the time for all women to come to the aid of the arty by selecting the very prett st pary frock possible. There is nothing batter than an afternoon party rock in taffeta. a most popular fnbrc. An excep- tional one isn‘t pieced and has a digan cn Sunday evening. The people of this district regret to hear o the sudden Missing o Mr. Henry Curran. Stanhope Road. on Monday after three days illness. Two sons and two dang-lifters arrived home by car from . S. A. on Monday evening. Mr. Joseph bBldWln was a visi- tor to Summerville on Sunday the guest of Mr. Daniel Murphy. Mrs. An us Mcbeod returned to her home n Lorne Valley on Mon- day evening having spent ihe pact nu 9-,! y ‘(liluvi am: .. BR.I’(]H'I c u, r A very cleverly constmdred bodice with sleeves cut in cne with it. and the new square n-ecicYne 1f it should happen that a bridss- mind's ores: is among your prob- lems, this one must seem like an answer to a prayer. It could have either a long or a. Shift nun Speaking of flaring gkirts. remind.- us that shorter piered. fuller and flared skirts often show the pett- mat when the figure is in moticn so that the colored taffeta rettico" may be reckoned in accessory en- semblee. Suggested co‘or schemes are: Mimosa llow. chartrcn"; or iris boutonneles or handkerchief.- petticoate in and freshness. \ FEW MINUTES- FRfl-IIRF BRINGING UP FATHER MUTHBKTI-I. LADIES- wiu. B; Hem. IN mks mind and body. wine or rm! "Its the Smootheat Smoke" lOc PER PKG. NIBKEY & NICHOLS week in the city where she was re- ceiving treatment. Mrs. Philip lvfcmnis, Lorne Val- ley is visiting in the city. Dr. firmer of Mt. stewart mot- ored to Stanh Road on Sunday and reported te ands to be in very good condition for cars. Mir. Daniel Baldwin was a visi- vtoggélo Montague during the past Mr. Martin Road. nt Sunday eve ing in heath among from Mrs. Patrick R. an Cardigan, wesavisitorto S.'1‘eresa's on Sunday the guest of her mother, Mrs Bridget Kenney. Mrs. Mary Ann R , attended the funeralmgf the it‘. Henry Curran, Btanhope Rcad.--C OLDEST C. N. B. VETERAN DIES AT 101 MONUION. N. B. April 28- Canada oldest railway veteran has phased away at Ohatham, N. B. in e person of Dennis J. who recently celebrated h birthday. He was born at Upper Nelson N. B. and Joined the ser- vice of the Canada Eastern Rail- way on January 1B. 1887 working between Ohatham and Chatham Junction. When that railway was taken over in October 1904 b the In- tcrcoloriial now part of {he Can- a lan National system he became a seotlonman and was romoted to section foreman at Ne on in Aug- Como: . Bald in‘ an ‘gig-its ust 1006 retiring on August 1st. 1912 he was married three ‘years before Confederation and his widow is 97 years of age. A son James Creamer _who is 62 years of age was formerly employed as train baggagema: on the Intel-colonial Railway and is now retired. The late railway veteran had many in- developmenta he had seen dur h ifetime. He was a repository torlcal information and keenly. remembered the deintq surrounding confederation. lie wit- nessed the supplanting of the nil- in" vessel by steamshp and u“ the 00min! of the Railway to not, em Canada. ____..________~_. Every day the power that q gillknot use is failing from us.-l Poverty is uncomfortable. but fq a young man may be most pront- ‘””””““““”““i FERTILIZE YOUR PASTURES HAY LANDS : NOW AA=L¢_‘+ vvvvvvvv 1 SHIPPING DAILY REGULAR PRICES SUPERIOR SERVICE QUALITY The Island Fertilizer Go. ltd. . 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