PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 3rV McMillan, of Summerville . Always ener¬ getic and progressive in his life work, Mr. Edmonds has a long record of great useful¬ ness to his credit and enjoys in an unusual degree the confidence and esteem of the people of the locality. George A. Poole , a leading citizen and successful merchant at Lower Montague , was born at this place on September 29, 1865, and is a son of William A. and Chris¬ tina (Leslie) Poole. Both parents are na¬ tives of Prince Edward Island , the father having been born at Lower Montague and the mother at St. Peters Bay . During his active years the father successfully followed fanning and mercantile business. His death occurred in September, 1903, and his wife died in February, 1895. Of their four chil¬ dren the subject of this sketch is the third in order of birth. George A. Poole attended the district schools and subsequently took a course in the Charlottetown Business College, and upon the conclusion of his studies he entered the mercantile business at Georgetown as an em¬ ployee of McDonald & Westaway, with whom he remained about one and a half years. In October, 1882, he came to his present location, where he has since carried on a successful mercantile business. He car¬ ries a full line of general merchandise, select¬ ing his stock with due regard to the tastes and desires of the local trade and his deal¬ ings have been characterized by the strictest integrity and the desire to make friends of all with whom he has had transactions. He enjoys a large and constantly increasing trade and, what is still better, the respect and a mfidence of his associates. He is a member of the St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge at Mon¬ tague Bridge and he and his family are mem¬ bers of the Methodist church. On January 18, 1893, Mr. Poole married Miss Florence MacPhail , a daughter of Angus and Annie (McLaren) MacPhail, the former being a block maker by profession. To them have been born two children, Raymond A. and Arthur E ., the last named being deceased. Mr. Poole is public spirited in his attitude toward public questions, though he does not take an active part in political matters, and enjoys a wide acquaintance and a well de¬ served popularity. John Robinson , a practical and suc¬ cessful farmer at Lower Montague , was a native of Lot 48, Queens county, where he was born in 1839. He is a son of Peter and Christiana (Robertson) Robertson, the for¬ mer a native of •Perthshire, Scotland , and the mother of Iverness, Scotland . The father, who followed the dual occupations of farm¬ ing and shoemaking, came to Prince Edward Island in 1818. He died in 1874 and his wife in 1870. Of the eleven children bom to this couple, the subject of this sketch was the fourth in order of birth. John Robertson received his education in the district schools of the neighborhood and has followed farming practically all his life He continued to reside on the homestead until 1863, when he moved to West River or Long, Creek, where he lived until 1900, a period of thirty-seven years. In the year mentioned he located on the present fine farm, comprised of three hundred twenty acres and known as the "Tremont Farm ." The place is one of the best improved in Kings county and is provided with comfort-