=33- who came here from Halifax and started a fancy-work store, where she sold all colours and shades of Berlin wool, canvas and patterns for working covers for cushions, chairs and ottomans| and for making slippers. About the year 1849 a large three storey "building was erected on the vacant ground adjoining the Cameron pro¬ perty. There were two fine shops in it, much larger and brighter than any others in Charlotte Town at that time. It was owned by a Mr. Wilson who came here from England ,, After Mr. Wilson had been here for a short while he decided to make this Island his home; and bought Warblington, the pro¬ perty and residence of the late Hon . George R. Goodman of H. M. Customs , on Ellens Creek - part of the North River . He ( Mr. Wilson ) was a widower, and married a younger daughter of the late Thomas Pethick , Esq.j then returned to England and brought out his family, with their governess. They lived at Warblington for a few years, and eventually return* ed to England . Soon after the three-storied building was finished, Mr. Jardine McLean, of Halifax, President of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax, opened a grocery store in one of the shops. Everyone was astonished. The idea of anyone in his senses thinking he could make a living by selling gro*> ceries alone 1 All the other merchants had general stores. Many were curious to know if he would succeed and went into his store, not to buy but just to see, and were so pleased with the appearance of his goods that he soon got up a fairly brisk trad© for Charlotte Town . He did not remain longer than a year, however; and the next heard of him was from California - the place so many were rushing to at that time. About the time Mr. McLean left this Island, the large build¬ ing was bought by William Brown , Esq., with the assistance of his elder brother John, who had a tea plantation in Bombay. William went into partnership with Charles McNutt , Esq., of Malpeque , and started a general store under the name of McNutt & Brown, which continued until February 18849 when the Brown and Cameron buildings, also some others were destroyed by fire. On the west side of , where there is now a succession of handsome brick shops, there were, in 1844, only three houses; or to speak more correctly, two houses and a stable. On the corner where the London House later stood, (now Royal Bank of Canada) was the residence of Mrs. Davies . Her son, (later Hon .) Benjamin Davies , had his store on the corner of Queen and Streets - opening on Richmond (Old London House ). All along, from the Davies1 property to the corner of , was