go PAST AND PRESENT OF one was sent out every spring with sup¬ plies of all kinds for the replenishing of the goods in the store and often again these were sold by wholesale to dealers in different parts of this county. Capt. William Richards had charge of one of the vessels of Hon . James Yeo—for eventually the latter (as did his sons after him) took an interest in the political affairs of the province and became a member of the Government, and retained the title of "hon¬ orable" until he died in 1868. Mr. Rich ¬ ards married one of the daughters of Mr. Yeo and eventually settled in Bideford near where Chanter & Ellis carried on business, and built vessels in the same shipyard. Mr. Richards later in life was also in Parlia¬ ment for some years. One of the early grist mills of the county was built by William Ellis at the head of tide water on the Bideford river, the place being now known as Ellerslie . About the first year of the nineteenth century came from , where he had been in business, to Cascum- pec. Seeing the chance there was for a profitable lumber business, he settled at about the extreme end of the small promon¬ tory jutting- out south between Savage and . At that time none save a few Acadians lived there. This point of land is- still called "Hill Point ," while a small river to the west is called "Hill's River," as a remembrance of the past. Mr. Hill opened a store, bringing his commodities from , and at the same time he began ship building, and sending away lumber. Be sides trading with England he also sent cargoes to the and traded for rum. sugar, molasses and such products as were obtained there. As he prospered he bought out from the original proprietors half of township 1 and all of 2, 4, 5 and 6. These he leased to the settlers for 999 years at the rate of £5 sterling a hun¬ dred acres, while he reserved all the lumber, only allowing the tenants sufficient for house and barn buildings and for fire wood. He was considered a harsh landlord, allowing his tenants little for their products, and charging them very dear for what they bought from him. But in those days every¬ where in this new country, all kinds of gro¬ ceries and household goods were dear, while money was correspondingly scarce. As samples of the prices at Hill's store, the fol¬ lowing are given: Tea, 12 shillings a pound; molasses, 9s. a gallon; sole leather, 5s. a pound; unbleached cotton, 2s. 6d. a yard; salt, 5s. per bushel; 8 by 10 glass, is. 6d. a pane; ten-penny nails, 2s. 6d. per pound. A man named Christy came to Cascum- pec in one of Hill's vessels and became a tenant and trusted servant in his business. This man one night in the year 1821 robbed the store and to cover up his guilt set fire to the building. The shop at the time was well filled with goods worth £4,000. Partly through the help of some Indians the foul deed was traced to Christy. He was appre¬ hended, taken to Charlottetown , convicted and hanged for the crime. His own son was the principal witness against him. A number of years afterwardswhen the land had passed into other hands, some of the stolen articles were found under the floor of the log barn of Christy's old farm. The loss of his store and merchandise was a great blow to Hill, and in 1829 he went home to England , leav¬ ing his interests for a time in the care of his son. . After some years Samuel Cunard got possession of the townships held in fee by Hill.