556 PAST AND PRESENT OF boat, he was drowned, and his papers, which were with him, were never recovered. The paternal grandfather. Thomas Carruthers , who was also a native of Dumfriesshire, Scotland , came to Prince Edward Island in 1820, though he had previously settled and taken up land near Pictou , Nova Scotia , where he remained but a short time. He spent the remainder of his life at Carleton Point , where he engaged in farming. In 1858 the subject's father removed, with his family, to North Bedeque , where he made his permanent home, being successfully en¬ gaged in agricultural pursuits. He was the father of twelve children, of whom ten are now living. The subject of this sketch was the young¬ est of the family and received his elementary education in the district schools of North Bedeque , after which he attended Prince of Wales College. Charlottetown . He then put in one year in the medical department of Queen's College, Kingston , after which he entered McGill University, at Montreal, where he graduated in 1883, standing sec¬ ond in a class of thirty-six. He then went to London, England , and still further ad¬ vanced his professional knowledge, taking the examination at Royal College of Physi¬ cians, followed by a year's further study. Returning to Summerside , Prince Edward Island , he practiced his profession there for five and a half years, following which he was located at Alberton seven years and at Sackville, New Brunswick , four years. In December, 1900, the Doctor came to Char¬ lottetown, where has since engaged in a large and remunerative practice, his profes¬ sional ability and his personal worth having been speedily recognized. He is a member of the Nova Scotia branch of • the British Medical Association. His fraternal rela¬ tions are with the Masons, in which order he has risen to the Royal Arch degree, and with the Independent Order of Foresters. On November 16, 1885, Doctor Curruth- ers was married to Miss Phoebe Callbeck , a native of Bedeque , Prince Edward Island , and a daughter of Phillip Callbeck . To them have been born three children, Georgie, Bes¬ sie and Bruce. Frank S. Jost .—Among the well known and substantial business houses of Char¬ lottetown is the music house of Miller Brothers , of which Frank S. Jost is proprie¬ tor and active manager. Mr. Jost was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia , on August 14, 1863, and is the son of Thomas J. Jost , of Halifax, Nova Scotia . The latter made Halifax his home and there was engaged in the dry goods business up to the time of the destruction of his property at the time of the Granville street fire. He then became connected with the firm of Moirs, Ltd., with whom he yet remains. The sub¬ ject of this sketch spent his boyhood days in Halifax, and there received his education in the Morris street school, in that city. Upon completing his education he became employed in the offices of Stayner & Com¬ pany, with whom he remained until 1883, when he came to Prince Edward Island and engaged as a clerk with Albert Craig at Free¬ town, with whom he remained three years. He then removed to Malpeque and was in the employ of D. & P. MacNutt until the fall of 1888, when he came to Charlotte - town, and entered the employ of Miller Brothers , dealers in pianos, organs, etc., oc¬ cupying various positions with this firm. Mr. Miller was compelled to spend his win-