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     With the exception of a single constable in each district, there was; no 
     
     police presence outside the towns. In cases of law violation in rural ares* 
     
     the county sheriff served warrants and made arrests. Compared to the 
     
     neighboring provinces, the Island has had a.remarkably.favorable crime 
     
     record throughout its: entire ‘history. I can‘ recall no more than five 
     
     capital’ crimes being committed during my years there. Two were the results 
     
     of line-fence feuding between owners of adjacent farms; two involved 
     
     insanity; the fifth followed an altercation at a horse race. The lesser 
     
     offenses were mostly of minor importance. The Charlottetown police court 
     
     docket consisted mainly of Prohibition Act violators, and of citizens who 
     
     had sampled their products a: 1ittletoo’ generously. Few city dwellers 
     
     locked their doors; in the rural districts, no one did. I renenbon/ean 
     
     instance of the sheriff's making an arrest in our district. 
     
    

    
     Daily life was governed by rules which in this enlightened day may seem 
     
     archaic but which, wbthout doubt, exerted a profound influence on the 
     
     characters of growing youngsters. Those axioms bear eloquent testimony to 
     
     the sort of thinking ‘that typified our elders. For example, universal 
     
     respect was shown, and felt, for age. Vie regarded our grandparents as 
     
     slightly superior beings -- as persons on pedestals. In most respects, 
     
     their word was law; their wisdom was taken for granted; their opinions 
     
     were respected. And this reverence we gave, not only to our own elderly, 
     
     but to all aged folk. urthermore, we respected all adults ---.not-only 
     
     our own parents, but the parents of our contemporaries. Which, of course, 
     
     is not to imply that we never privately found fault with our parents! 
     
     decrees and actions, but we always felt the utmost deference and showed 
     
     it by word and behavior. 
     
    
   
   
    
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