PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 197 Scotia when Acadia Division. Xo. 1, was organized at Yarmouth and was introduced here in the year 1848. On May nth, of that year, Prince Edward Island , No. 1, was organized in this city by R. G. Halls , of Nova Scotia , acting under commission from Philip S. White , W. P. The charter members were: Lawrence Tremain , William Barn- stead, William McKay , John Powers , John F. Clarke , A. M. McKenzie , Charles Young , George W. Millner , John Davies , Jr., John Pidwell , John J. Pippy , George H. Chud- leigh and Edward Love . It speaks well for the permanence and stability of the society then introduced that Prince Kdward Island, No. 1, still lives and meets under the original charter. It was a very staid and conservative institution, so much so that the younger and more demo¬ cratic members moved out and helped to form a new division named Rising Sun, No. 2. These were .followed by the organ¬ izing of Hillsborough , No. 3, and Victoria, No. 4, the latter still meeting regularly un¬ der the old charter. The records extant begin with the year 1857, being the minutes of a special meeting held on September 10th of that year, on the state of order, Brothers John Rider , act¬ ing grand worthy patriarch; J. P. Tanton , grand scribe; G. P. Tanton , grand conduc¬ tor, and John Powers , grand sentinel. The proceedings recorded all have reference to them. It appears that the preceding grand scribe, Peter DesBrisay , had the records, and owing to some difficulty with the Grand Di¬ vision, or from some other cause, refused to surrender said records and proceedings. The difficulty almost broke up the Grand Division, but mainly through the efforts of Brother Samuel Prowse , who was elected grand scribe on October 29, 1857, some of the papers and effects were recovered and scribe, Peter DesBrisay , had the records, on a sound basis. Following this, good work was done by the grand worthy patriarch, elected at the same time, Brother J. P. Tan ¬ ton, and the membership increased through¬ out the country. On the 23d October, 1848, the Island was granted a grand division charter. The movement had by this time spread widely over the continent. There were thirty-five grand divisions, four hundred sub-divisions and two hundred twenty thousand members, and in consid¬ ering those numbers we must l)ear in mind that at first only men of twenty-one years of age and upwards were admitted as mem¬ bers. In the year 1852 Victoria Division, No. 4, applied for incorporation, which was granted and a certificate of registration given on May 3d of that year. The energy and strength of the order in those was remark¬ able. The party press gave the pioneers very little support and so an organ of their own was deemed necessary. On the 1st of May, 1852, Mr. John P. Pippy issued the pros¬ pectus of a " Temperance Journal and Organ of the Sons of Temperance," to be issued monthly at a subscription price of three shil¬ lings per annum, in which he says: "It will be the uncompromising advocate of temper¬ ance reform. The editorial department wiU be conducted by some of the leading mem¬ bers of the order of the Sons of Temper¬ ance, with occasional articles on agricul¬ ture, education and morality. No political or sectarian opinions will be permitted in its columns." It is to be regretted that the history of this paper can not be followed further. In October, of the same year, Rev. David Fitzgerald , worthy patriarch, stirred up the community on the state of the liquor traffic and as a result of the agitation a pe-