a bucket, 25c. March 27, 1900. Sharkey commenced work this afternoon (in the saw mill) he gets $1.25 a day and boards himself. I was up to Mrs. Muirhead 's hooking all day. Took up a sponge. April 16, 1900. The Northumberland came to Summerside to-day. She took the mails for the season. Washday Monday morning once again, Now we eye the weather vane. Is it dry? Or is it wet?, Perhaps it's snow that we will get. Dust in abundance if it's dry, To ruin our wash and make us cry. All things right, we undertake Our clothes of last week, clean to make. Out comes boiler, board, machine And soon our clothes are really clean. Out to the line those clothes we take, We pray the clothes line will not break. A gentle breeze soon dries them fast, Another wash is done at last. Again to the house their way they wended To be sorted, sprinkled, ironed and mended. Back upstairs to be worn once more- Another washday's work is o'er. Florence Dixon Electrical Power Outages North Tryon has experienced several weather related power failures, the worst one being in the first week of January, 1956. Temperatures dipped well below freezing on the night of January 6 after hours of rain. The freezing rain and snow built up on the lines to a diameter of two or three inches, and the weight became so great that the poles broke like match sticks. The Maritime Electric main distribution line from Charlottetown to Tignish and most local lines and telephone and telegraph lines all suffered a similar fate. Maritime Electric crews, assisted by several off Island crews and the general public, worked around the clock for days to restore power to consumers. Power was gradually restored to North Tryon residents, first to those on the main road and then to those on the side roads, over a period of six to ten 165