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serenaded at midnight, and later, by loud barking and mournful howling at his gate. For months, his mail contained at ‘least-one caustic postcard or other insulting message, daily. Eventually, the active resentment moderated, but the ill-feeling was years in disappearing.

Despite its, tumultuous inception, the Mathieson Administration introduced several beneficial.innovations, notably. in the Departments of Agriculture and Education. Like all governing bodies that hold power over long periods, the Liberals had outlived much of their pristine dedication to public service. In the overail picture, the change of government was | good for the province. |

In retrospect, it is easy to see that the community would have benefited; that life would have been infinitely more serene; that much more of worth would have been accomplished, if only some of the old, ingrained political hates and prejudices could have been put aside, or at least modified. Of course, in that period, such a condition may well have been impossible of attainment. The racial origins of most of the people would in great measure account for their uncompromising attitudes. For

good,. or for ill, the Gaelic race have long memories.

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