Wolfe and operating the whole as a local rural service. Mr. Grant , the manager of the Telephone Co., will be present to discuss the matter with the people and make a proposition to them. Our local represen¬ tatives are requested to be present if possible. March 26, 1910 J.E. Dalton of this town has bought out the drug store and business of J.W. Carruthers , O'Leary , and left a day or two ago to take charge. Mr. Dalton is an experienced druggist, having had fifteen years expe¬ rience, most of it in Ormand's Drug Store , Amherst, and the last three years with A.W.P. Gourlie , Summerside . About three years ago he passed with honours the Provincial Pharmaceutical Society's examinations. During his residence in Summerside , Mr. Dalton made a great many friends who will wish him well in his new venture. April 9, 1910 A large and beautiful coloured butterfly, the first of its kind this sea¬ son, kindly forwarded by Mrs. A.A. MacNeill , O'Leary , came to us by mail on Tuesday last, notwithstanding its cramped quarters and the somewhat irregular mails the little harbinger of spring arrived in good condition. It is now feeding among the flowers in Summerside gardens. A suggestion accompanying it, that it be forwarded to the steamers to let them know that summer has come, and was not acted upon as steamer, and butterfly arrived simultaneously. April 16, 1910 The new residence of Mr. H.W. Turner , O'Leary , was the scene of the most auspicious and pleasant event on Wednesday evening, April 16th. About one hundred guests assembled to bid farewell to Messrs. Wm . McFarlane, Thos. L . and Harry L. Turner , before their departure for the golden west. The many and spacious rooms were brilliantly lighted and the guests were entertained nobly. The toasts were many and appropriate and were ably responded to. The toast master was John Jelley . The toasts were as follows: "The King", by singing, God Save The King; " Canada ", George M. Matthews ; "Our Navy ", W.H. Dennis ; "The Clergy", C.S. Young ; "", A.J. Matheson , A.A. Adams ; "Our Industries", P.N. Evans ; "Trade and Commerce", R. Ellis , Jr., R.E. Fielding ; "The Ladies", Fulton Ellis , Percy Turner ; "Our Departing Friends", Messrs. Wm . McFarlane, Thos. L . and Harry L. Turner . The speeches were interspersed by the ladies singing pieces appropriate for the toast. The banquet closed by singing "Auld Lang Syne". 335