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ivVQu-een Square

Activities Were Many in Growing Business District

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had his store on the rnrner of

Queen and Richmond Streets - MI. ' isolomml Dunn", hld '”""l”g ”" mch"m"d- three. sons. Theophilus. Alexander All along from the Imvtcs PM iii:-kl and Aretas. There were party to the corner of Grafton four daughters. Mrs. Alexand Street, was the land of Charles Ramsay. later of Summerside. .'.-'.tc-uart. Esq. The Stewart house was one of them. The family mov- l'.'l1lCh was in some distance ed to Baihurst. N. B., where some iinm Queen Street, was about! of their descendants reside. "iii-re. the rear part of L. W 1'l'hCt'lDhIlllS. the eldest son. was ltaigmys ,1,-..,: gm;-Q (now part drovlned in one of the docks in or the wooluoi-l.i building) lal- 1-1i;erpoul.En.zland. . ..,- Hand, it was ;. out-,. 'lhe adjoining house, situated rnrey house raised quite high end towards the Square on Grafton from the ground and there were 5”'99l- belolllled W I "139 l13m9d D?VEI'I or eight sxeps to tilt: front. ”"""1 he ""35 3 Wm": "M mid .-.nul' nvcr wiiiirh was a look-out;"' i "r ""m"0"5 tannerles ": ynpp(i1'l(-lrl ti) pillars TllP)' must .1 j"'j.Vll:lLhya1tth0l;)gh unseen wer' have had 2 ill? ()Ftll3"ll Judging d "mg fegsggce N. a oy the number of irult trees. or Mr ' hiiaicdsnnen a carpenter, different kinds. that could be seen whose tamer came m Chmlonb "ll ll” mg” ml” '”"?v which town from the United State: to "mldml lml" ll” Dmle-'l PW build the barracks for the military. ””l-V '” me s”'"'3” h””5C ille must have liked this Island. ltnilntl about the house were rm. he wok up his residence here. Willow and lllllcl "P-05 and fl lie had a fine orchard at the back low railing separated the front of his house, which was often Etlldell lllllll lll! 5lT99l- Thme surreptitioilsly visited by the boys uld ladies lived there. Miss Nelly. in the fruit season, W55 MAW aml M155 Margaret A Mr. lioome lived in the fourth S-'l'll3l'll V9” lllt-'"lll"l "ml amt llollse. who kept a crockery store. 'lll'li3ll(' lll ?lDPl'-'rlT3llCP- The next house was occupied by

The Stewart stable was on tl1e..l. Williams. who bought and sold corner of Queen and Grafton7cmmt;-y product mu seemed 81. streetr. where the Medical Hall way; busy, Hg must. have been In later stood thaw Rogers Hard- the employ of James Peake. Esq.. ware Co. l.trl.1. Stables were xerv senior. for he was generally known much in evidmce round about)as ”Pcake's Red Williams." His Queen Square in the old days, and wile was a daughter of Mr. Chap- yirominent corners and sites seem i Dell. postmaster. and had, Dl'EVr ed to the favorite places to ions to 1842. held the responsibl build them, position of postmistress.

Some time in 1843 the Misses And HOW We qome to the "P"- g,,.w,,,.. mm M... 0; mm land anian watchmaklng and jewelry to Dr. llnbklrk. uho built a hand- Slum M-.Tl9llall"'" W35 3 ”""' twine dwelling on it, and lived 'm'gh )”"gl'.5h".w"' am mu”? N" W” '0' SW -'m l” ll" i3if3”3;..TS.i3f;lZ””ieiil'ti:””iiZ i.?."iV.o.'.;'.5”..fm”?.f.i?i”iI”i?i"ie2?L” though the articles We not We who bum : ,”,,N .N,,,.'., m"c' erous. He had a '.arge family of and did buil-IIFSS Tlierehil-e even- sons-aim da"gmC”' hm” mowgd ho" t b .k d Adjoining his store. was Robert h : y ' y 5e at 3”, Weeks' shoe shop. and under the

llllt another Sl(ilf'. the one in same ",0; lived a Mr. pick,”-dr which Moore and MacLeod now who was ,, Saddler, are. (Much smaller. of course, than the present day store, which ; PRESENT BANK CORNER iinderwent several changes.) l

APOTHECARIES HALL Bank corner) there was at this

The Apothecarles Hall was 81- time a low, two storied house, ways on the corner of Queen and which was owned and had been Grafton Streets. In the l84(Ts the occupied by Mr. Solomon DeaBrls- proprietor was Thomas DesBrisay. ay. As the land was very low and l'7sri.. son of the Rev. Theo. boggy at that corner, one would DesBrisay. lie and his son, Theo- imagine the house was sinking phllus. usually dispensed mcd- into the ground, for the front door icines. and often have both iricd- was rather below the level of the lcine and advice gratis to the poor. street. The house in 1844 was oc- The store was a great rendezvous oupied by Hon. J. S. Macdonald; for the young men of that time. afterwards by a Mr. Koughan. as drug stores generally are. The About 1850 Hon. Patrick Walker main building has had many bought the house and land. and changes since then. There were no did business on that corner for other stores in it, and it did not many years. , . 6X1-end quite as far along Grafton Between the corner house and Street as the present building. In Mr. Pickard's was Mrs. DesBrla- laid it was the resirlence of Mr. ay's stable, another one of which Solomon Desllrlsay. another son Queen Square was ornamented. If the old Parson. as the Rev. About 1845 or '46 Mr. J. B. Cox,

Theophilus Desririsay was usu " hi

At the corner of Great George and Grafton Streets (Nova Scotia

View of Richmond Street business area in the old days. from Queen Square

iWas Earl

"Clllllll" Pllcld II it. A roof wuputolhluldlhcwuuutl for I Il'3ll'-ill" '35 llnhl "ll" drive off. It was noticed a aur' sr

l'lllI' IAZAAI II the lprlng of 18!) the l.adlu' ' .

, GREETINGS FROM

unto: the deck of the "Cutalta" stall: were formed of canvu. and the whole ship decorated inside with flan. We are informed that the sale was most successful. Lady Mary Itartoa the firlt baz- aar in Charlottetown in 1838. She wu an energetic woman. and took great interest in the young people. It was said she followed in the footsteps of her mother. the Duchess of Richmond. who was said to be the greatest match- maker of her time, and at whose

-"Apothecaries Hall"

who came to this island from Newfoundland. bought the piece of land on which was the Desllrisay stable, and built a good house and store on it. Mr. Cox afterwards lived at Morell. and died there. lie was the father of Mr. Bannerman

Cox, proprietor of the Seaview Hotel. Sourlu. Right across Great George

Street from Walker's corner. as it was called for many years. was Smardon's corner (now Capitol Theatre). ills building was a two- storied one. Mr. Smardon was a saddler. He sold his property sometime toward the end of the sixties to Mr. Beales. and then left the Island with his wile and son. Mr. Beales held the corner for many years. and it took his name.

Along a little lartherQ3st from Smardon's corner was the Faught; property. a long one-storied range with dwelling and shops attached. Mr. Faught was a shoemaker. an Englishman and a man much re- apected. One of his daughters married Mr. William Boyle, tan- ner and currier.

MECHANICS INSTITUTE

A want very much felt in Char- lottetown in the early 1840; was a public hall. or lecture room. The meetings of the Mechanics Insti- tue which had been organized in 1836 by Judge Young during the governoriihlp of Sir Charles Fitz- roy, and patronized by the Gov- ernor and Lady Mary. were held at the National School House every Wednesday evening during the autumn and winter months. Of course. if the Governor patronized it, the Institute was fashionable. and all the elite of the town must patronize it too; but in '45. or abotu that time, it seems that the Institute had not been as well attended as formerly. That

caused dissatisfaction among the promoters, and in 1846 a great

house. on the eve of the battle of

effort was made to bring it to

its original standing. Season tickets were sold. 1 e c t u r e s w. ..uvertised a lnonth ahead.

and their subjects given. The lec- tllrers included Mr. Charles Young. Mr. Porteu, Mr. liubbard.. Dr. E. R. Humphreyl. M. T. Heath Havi-

ton.

land. Jr.. and Mrs. J. P. 'l'an- 1846. It was held in the old Court

ernor's wife, whilst the society Charlottetown until 1838. when aha lasted. All denominations were re- was driven on shore outside of presented. and all took great In- Bedeque (now Snrnmersidc) lIl',ll- terest in it. bour during a I Ivy gale. As she

Bazaars were held in '::'::.-ctiolig was condemned. part of her cargo witl: like Laaiesl Benevolent Soc-' "as. through the winter, taken iety. and one such is recorded in

Waterloo.

"There was a sound of revelry by night

And Belgium's capital had gather- ed then

ller beauty and her chivalry."

I copy of an old paper of Feb. 8rd.

House. The fancy articles were ex-

- FOUNDED IN T810 -

Operated by the Hughes Drug Co.. LI'd.. Since 1874.

Dr. Hu-rnpllreys save a course of hibited for sale in the House of twelve lectures on English History Assembly room. and the cake and every Ftltlay evening dull": the refreshments in the Councll.Cham- wintei of '46. The first lectures her. "The bazaar," says the re- were given in the National School- port. "began at 12 o'clock sharp; house. on Kent Street East. but as Sir. 1-1. V. Huntley and Lady Hunt- it was far from the centre of the icy were there nearly all day. and town Mr. Humphreys

Provincial Building. near the crane as the result indicates. In- Apothecariea Hall. deed. the Court House was crowd- (Dr. Humphrey: was head- ed to excess throughout the day. master at the Central Academy The articles exhibited for sale did afterwards Prince of Wales Col- great credit to the skill and taste. lel9””"d later became hula" as well as to the kind feelings of master of Merchlsl-on College the ladies of Charlottetown and School, Edinburgh, and head- vicinity. of whose labors we have master of Cbeltenham Grammar every reason to be proud. and for School. England. He was educat- which the indigent poor have every ed at Magdalen College, Cam- reason to be grateful. The sum bridge. and was a finished scho- realized was 5100." lar. While in Charlottetown he In Lady Mary Fitzroy's time it put forth an excellent edition of was found very difficult to get a Horace. with English notes, which room sufficiently large in which he dedicated to the Colonial Min- to hold a bazaar. and for want of liter. Lord Stanley, afterwards the a better place the ladies of the Earl of Derby.) society decided to have their sale

Lady Mary 5-hzmy was the first had been butt in 1835. She sailed to establish the "Ladies Benevol- between Plymouth lilnslandl and ent Society." and had a sewing ..e---.. , society in connection with it. meet- lng at Government House. Each lady belonging to the society paid an annual subscription of five shillings. Many of the gentlemen of the town. headed by the Gov- ernment. also gave good dona- tlons.

After Lady Mary Fitzroy left this Island, Lady Huntley was patron-

t Welcome To

Our Visitors

ass. as was each succeeding Gov-

A Comparison

. h .

In Street Scenes

As Grafton-Great. George Streets corner looked It century ago. The picture. taken from the Colonial Building, shown the fence and gateway at the entrance to Queen Square, which a few oldtlmerl can still

After The 'f Show

l' Races

Of dll

" Outing A GOOD PLACE 'l'0 EAT IS

J0llllllY'S MAYFAIR

Corner KENT & PRINCE Streets l

colltlnued were considerable purchasers. Thc. them in the old Court llouse or visitors and purchasers were num-v

We are indeed proud to be able to claim 144 years of Dependable Service to the Community.

i We attribute our long and successful life to 2-

Our Complete Prescription Service conducted on the highest profes- sional standards.

Qualify Merchandise sold at reasonable prices.

A Friendly and Experienced Staff

Our Citizens everywhere will rejoice on

the occasion of our-

CENTENNIAL

.vlay we continue to progress and pro-

vide for even greater things to come.

TOM DAVIES

SERVICE STATION Gt: George Street:

VJARIE O. President and Managing Director

GREETINGS 1

pro OUR MAYOR, CITY COUNCILLORS

and

FELLOW CITIZENS

The Centennial celebrations of our city servo torocall events of the past and tho unselfish acts of then who helped build and develop Charlottetown. ' I

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We trust. as we color a second century.

hur contribution will be equally as great and

T merit the pulse of the generations to fol-

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ti my; in.