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Janes A.

The Present Mayor

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The Reunion of Islanders being

celehratedin Summerside during this

week and next is-an occasion oi especial interest. Nowhere perhaps will one ilndapsople more clanish than PE

garnered annually from where the busy thoroughfare was intended to bo.

Prlncetown however enjoyed for a \ime the privilege of representation in the Provincial Isegislature by virtue of its name.

In 1770 the Island was made a separate

province with Waiter Patterson Elq. as Governor. He and his brother were proprietors of Lot 10 and settled a number of Acadians thereon. In July 1773 the first House of Assembly was called composed of 18 members. The Land Question was the first subject demanding their consideration, and continuedtobe a hone of contention until its settlement ninety years later.

As an expression of gretefulness to the

Duke of Kent, who though he had never visited the Island had done so much for it, in ordering the erection of barracks etc., its name was changed in 180) from St.John to Prince Edward Island. lt had then about 5000 settlers.

_. On the lst Day of July 1873 P E

Island became a province of the Domin- ion. Our first representatives from Prince County were James Yeo and J C Pope; from Queens, D Laird and P Sinclair; and from Kings, 1) Davies and Austin McDonald. Messrs Haythornc, Haviland, D 2Montcomery and Howlan were appointed Senators. Mr. Robinson was the last island Governor appointed at London, and Sir Robert Hodgson was the first under confederation.

THE sr~:'r'r1.c.\rcN'r os sunmmsrps.

Then called Grcen’s Shore, was

commenced in 1778 Previous to

MCNEILL

of Summersinlc.

dwelling oi pol s and bark, and managed to eks out an existence by fishing and cultivation cf a small patch near his door. V Gradually the settlers increased and their huts began to dot the shores of Cr ipuu 1 and Tryon harbors and the banks

this Lot 17 in which it is situated was the property of Colonel Comrton. The American War of ln~ dependence had occasioned great loss to those who had remained loyal to Eag- land and to help them was the mother

is new occupied by the town oi Summer- side, and Mr. Darby chose 500 acres ex- tending west from Green's Shore. And then began the slow process of hewing out an habitation from the primeval forest' But soon the hand of industry had cleared out a rude farm yard, and for the ilr-st time the smoke arose in Lut 17 from the home of an Englishman. About uve miles went, on the north shore, at a place now known ae New Village,a little settle- ment had been established years before, and these with the roving bands- of Indians who frequently hovered around in pursuit of game, were the only near neighbors of the two families. The French settled all along the north shore from Lot 17 to Bustico and blast Point.

About 1840 the lots began to sell. Sam-

uel Green, father of I-I C Green, and Thomas Hunt, father of Richard Hunt, were among the first to move in and became the first magistrates of Lot I7. It was about this time that the place was

FIRST CALLED BUHMERSIDE.

The way Summerside came to be so- oalled is said to be as follows : -One cold day Colonel Compton drove down from the North Shore to Greens Shore. The day was bitter cold; the sharp north wind blowing across from Richmond Bay chilled him through; but on approaching his destination he presently found him- self sbellered from the cruel blast, and on the sun suddenly emerging from the clouds he exclaimed. “ Why dear me, it`sllke a Summerside here." The first PostOfl‘lce was established very shortly after and the mall bags bore the name of Summerside.

The first Post Otlice was kept in a

little building where novr stands the brick building occupied byJ H Bell

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DAVID ROGERS

First Mayor of Silnimurside, 1875,

Capt. Simpson, made regular trips be- tween Summerside anti Stir-disc. Quecn's wharf, now Town wharf was uculmi»r.c- ei in 1840. The people had her-n obliged to travel along the shore until about this time when an effort was made in open up

B lker are the only members now living). .inml s Gturlie was appointed Town Clerk and con'i.".ue'i to '_ hold his position until his death in 1895. The same Council

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‘ In the curly years of Summerside ship-

lof the Dunk and Pinnette. The Indian

and Neil McLeod, barristers, and the

a road , although the owners ofthe land

Islanders. They are scattered abroad

over the whole wide world, and wherever and “Islander” is met he is always found proud of his native laud and delighted to greet one of his fellow countrymen.

lformany years the emigration from this

province has been large. and there are thousands of“Islanders abroad" who “hold dear to their hearts the scenes cf their childhood." A reunion has long been talked of, and about one year ago Summerside through the eil"rts of the Improvement and Tourist Association undertook to bring about a “gathering of thefclans".

All parts of the province will extend a

hearty welcome to its returned sons and daughters, and Summerside in particular stands with open arms to greet our fellow provinclalists from abroad.

It will he of interest to many to review

here the early history of the little town which leads the way in the arrangements for this reunion of our patriotic and loyal brethren. First we will refer briefly to the Island in general in its earliest days.

The discovery of the Island on St.

John‘s Day by John Cabot, who named it in honor of the Saint, was followed in 1003 by its being granted to Sieur Doublet, a French naval otlicer who established thereon a few fishing stations.Subsequen- tly a number of French took up their abode on the Island, and founded among other places Port La Joie, now Uharlcrte- town. By the treaty of Utrecht in 1718 Acadia and Newfoundland were ceded to Great Britain and have remained in her possession ever since. Under that treaty the French inhabitants of the ceded territory were allowed to remove within a year to any other place, a.ld many took advantage of this to add their numbers to the population of this Island. In 1752 it had about 1,354 settlers in different parts. and six years later when it was taken possession of bv the British that number had increased to_ about 4,100. The iirst few years of their settl- ment had been years of loneliness and privation. Here and there in some sheltered nook an emigrant would build his log hut, or rude

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Wim |;¥;¢||g¢| gg glqquut sermon to 0|-ample! yesterday. around Port Arthur and whnlthe loal quickly. Refuse a substitute. Who began his pastorate in ' t 788 I

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fcotspitb, the wa'cr courses in summer and the ice in winter were the only .y highways to Port La Joie.

Among the proposals made for settle-

ment of the Island was one by Lord Egmcnt, who wished to divide the land amongst freeholders,\Lords of manors anfl capital, Lords all under a Lord Para- mount. Castles were to be erected and in short, in the words ot the Board of Trade, it was simply a scheme to answer the purposes of defence and military discipline, instead of the encouragement of trade and agriculture. His plan of course was not adopted. When the lsurvey went home it was decided to :bestow the Island in grants of townships lor parts thereof on certain conditions :respecting settlement and payment of quit rents to persons having claims on the Government. The grants were nearly all balloted away in August 1767.

' In 1750 Col. Lrrd Russel arrived on the Island and received the submission of the settlers. It was in 1763 by the treaty of Fountainhieau that thc Island was form- ally su rreudsred to Great Britain and placed under the Government of Nova Scotia. In the following year Capt Holland commenced his survey in which he laid oi! three towns, Port La Joie, the capital, Georgetown in Kings County and Prlnoetown in Prince County. Speaking of the latter he said: “Prince- town is proposed to be built_ on a most convenient spnt of ground as well for` fishery as for fortification. The site is on a peninsula having Darnley Basin on the northesat which is a convenient harbor for small vessels and where they may lie all winter. 1`he town will have conven- ient grou id for drying fish, and ships of burden can anchor near it in the bay. It can be fortified at little expense ; some batteries and small works erected along the shore would entirely secure lt." But alas for the shortsighredness of man. The plans were never carried out, and to day the proposed streets of Prlncetown are furrowed by the ploughsh are on each ` return of spring, while harvests are

count|y`s bounficu duty. Among them were Daniel Green and Benjamin Darby, and for their devotion they were each re- warded with flvc hundred acres of land in Lot 17.

Mr. Green chose the land, part of which

first Postmaster was Patrick Power.I;{on. J. C. Pope was among the first to move here about this time, and soon the place began to build up rapidly, Vessels failed quite frequently. and n sailing paclret named lhe Dolphin, commanded by

‘ H. J. MASSY

Town Clerk of Summerside.

NEI L MCQUARRI E Siipendiary Magistrate of Summerside.

In Russian

RUSSIANS AGAIN

SUFFER DEFEAT

Oku Occupies Kai Ping and Captures Ten Guns-Grip Closing on Port Arthur- Final Assault Soon Expected-Trouble

Poliand. 1

raocnta IN Ponarvn Now.

Vra'NNa,J ui y D-(Special) -Polish DBDBPS

regret that the Governor General of Warsaw has asked permission to place Russian Poland in a minorstate of siege, aa otherwise it will be impossible to

prevent an uprising of the dlssKected

population. / .urs oarnml 'rim arms ` Lormol, July 9-(Special)-The Tokio

correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says the Japanese captured over teu guna and ilfty prisoners near Kai Chou.

ALIO OUUUPY KAI PING. `

Lthr severe ughting General Oku occupied Kai Ping on Friday. 'rlu our on roar annul. 1

'nn pm.: tum qu. o has rms a notary rlgtualag s nineties pin

assault comes the fall of lbs fort will be a matter of hrief duration.

crm'r.\rN Mnsr soorv msn.

The curtain must soon be raised and ia

expected to show the Japanese in posses- sion cf e strategical advantage with men and guna sufficient to successfully and

the present operations.

[Danger of an uprising in Poland, de-

frat at Kai Ping and the loss of that im- portant position with ten guns are among the Russian troubles reported by the wires. Victory still perohes en the Japanese banner and London looks for deeieiveiidings from Port Arthur at an eeriyday.]

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Ibililfiilllz was cnrrici on very extensively;

on was appointed to attend io the u.\at\cr‘ vphelx stood on the docks' Bm' this ls and the road which since developed intowupnt' IL ia naw about twenty years Water street was opened ta the public. isjnce “Punch to Ik place in Summerside' It W” not “nm um UNL Summersme Ebntt. - m. itithnrds built the last vessel. began U, assume me ,,p,,,.,,_,.,,uc,, 0, a‘ Sornuch for thc earliest days of Sum- mw“_ In Lhatyear sh;p;_u;|,]|,K |,,.g,mlmerslde. Looking at thc town at the to be carried on quite largely. In 15531 the I D1"5““L i3iU\"» CUUIDIIFWI Wilh the 10061 steamer Westmorland hlgnn to make'¢”‘-" ':°"e 5005 “WHY 0hl\lJRES» Th0llRh trips twicea week to Point Du Chem. '"0 '5°"'" has “Of HUW" l0_¢lY ZIBM Ann the Complain” of me ,,,|1,.u ,,| in iexleni. ihcre is considerable improvement l875dally trlpswerc male. People rzuwliu ""’ “W"5*"“"C9- BUL BDHTC fl’0l1l began to pour in from all quar ers; g"°‘"h “ml l"1Pi”°"em¢“'~. H1016 U0 H1- irurnigrants strolled up from C!xarlottc'gW”y°‘ chani-5"* i" 3 WWE W1li0h H9 mwu and the seaport villages: and soon ;noticc'i mort by tl‘o-e who visit it but afterwardsthe bnslness,wh1cn bm i»cen'ff\‘fi\1@f\tIv- Many of our old residents

carried on at St. Eleanor's and aiiaceut villages, began to centralize in Summer- side. A stage coach then ran daily between St. Elcanor`s and iffnnriottc- town,connecting with Summcr.~»i~ic. S Eleanor's was then the shire town of thc county. It had been partly seitl--ll as far back as 17911 and later 1-n'ltaln1»d thc county jail and Court House. '1`i1upxc.~cnt Court House in Summerside wut completed in 1870, site" which the old building at St. Elcnnor`s was flisp 'nsirl with.

In this year Summerside was mntie Ihc

county town of Prince County and was allowed two repreecntat res in lim lion-an cf Assembly. The town was inrorporlxtufi in 1875, but the charter wus not granted until 1577 so that for two years the town was conducted unrlcr “Thu Town and Village Act." The first Board was rom-

S ' rt Thomas Crabbc and .7oh|\It

Town Clerk.

seven members was elected under the Act of Incorporation as follows: David Rogers, Chairman, Thomas Beattie, Thomas Crabbe, Thomas Brehnut, David Montgomery, W. P Baker and Jacob Schurman. (Messrs. Rogers, Beattie and

|v\lll be with us this season who have not "seen their nnlivle land for many long years; hy them thc,-sc changes will be readily otwerveri. Faces once familiar are new gl-own strange; some are absent, .sonic are gone iorever.\ Yet, be the L'ii1\I\xi\:sr‘\'cr so great, there is a some- thin; in nature which always remains to weak \\"t’i familiar voicc io the returned rmtivc no mnlisrr how long he has wnilfiercli from ironic: and “Such is the |l.\iri<~.`< hna~r, \viere'i-r we roam; hlg limi, best coun ry ever is nt home."

"Prince ii lward Isl:-i fit subject, for the

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(lf sweeter minstrcl: how shall I aspire- A-¢ b 'st I may-to celebrate thy praise; \\'hu.»i- praise might well employ the

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llrhsllers, Chairman, -iohn GnH`n0y. It Mc-E F" "°i?Ml~U* il0\H\d by natures tender

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Catlhfdun W B RamsaY was the il.st E To the; I rep] my warmest' wish must

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thought remains,

llIu~t be thy ii lwing streams, thy woods

and f rlile plains."

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