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the cause of education he has been one of our foremost reformers; it is doubtful if any other person on the Island has such a good grasp of the subject as he; a series of articles, contributed by him to earlier volumes of this nugazine, contained a most exhaustive re- view of the whole subject, and suggested re- forms which common sense has since made it advisable to adopt.

“In history and literature, Judge VVar- burton finds much recreation, and from the results of his studies in these subjects he has contributed many articles to the press and at times has occupied, with ability, the lecture platform. During his short adminis- tration of the local government in 1897-8, he showed himself to be inspired by prin- ciples which we would like to see more gen- enerally possessed by the political steerers of our local ship of state. ‘* * *

“In 1884, in conjunction with Mr. R. R. (now Mr. Justice) Fitzgerald, he inaugu- rated the movement for tree planting and improving the appearance of the town. The columns of the Patriot having been placed at his disposal, and those of the Examiner at Mr. Fitzgerald's, they carried the move- ment to a successful issue. The trees now adorning Queen Square and Rockford Square were planted and the gardens in the former laid out in that year, and in the whole town over eight hundred trees were planted on the Queen’s birthday.” And the work has been kept up ever since.

Judge Warburton has been twice mar- ried. In 1883. he married Miss Helen M. Davies, a daughter of Hon. D. Davies, her death occurring in the following year. In 1889 he married Miss Isabel C. Longworth, youngest daughter of the late Hon. John Longworth, and to them have been born

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three daughters. Judge Warburton is a mem- ber of St. Paul’s Episcopal church at Char- lottetown.

D. A. BEARS, who successfully follows farming operations on fifty-five acres of land in Lot 32, Queens county, was born at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, April 6, 1830, a son of Capt. D. A. and Dorcas (Whitman) Bears, both also natives of that province. The subject’s ancestors, both paternal and maternal, settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1632. In 1853 Capt. Bears went to Nova Scotia, where he remained for a time, and subsequently settled in Prince Edward Is- land, where he passed the rest of his days. He was a sea captain nearly all of his life and also built and sold many vessels. It is also worthy of mention that the subject’s mother was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, the mar- tyred President.

D. A. Bears came to Prince Edward 15- land in 1852 and located at Charlottetown, where for twelve years he was engaged in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes. In 1864 he located on his present farm, near York Point. He has since been engaged in general agricultural pursuits. He is prac- tical and systematic in his methods and has met with a gratifying degree of success.

Mr. Bears has been twice married. In 1856 he married Miss Isabella MacDonald, a daughter of Donald and Janette (Robin- son) MacDonald, natives of Scotland, and to this union were born five children, A. H., master of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, at Winnipeg, Canada; Donald, deceased; Ja- nette, deceased; Isabella, wife of D. SteW< art, of Southport; and David A., deceased On October 23, 1882, Mr. Bears married‘