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Elizabeth McFarlane, of James Moharen, junior.

Two children of George Moar,

John Moar James Moer. Grace Duncan, Duncan Stewart,

children of William McLaren. Child of Duncan Ste-wart. Child of Simon Wallace. Munroe, a seamen.

With the rekindled memories of these old days in our minds, with praise, and thankfulness in our hearts to the God of our fathers who ordered these doings to his great glory I shall now request William McDaren, great great grandson of James McLar'en, and great grandson of Donald Gordon to unveil this monument, which with willing hands and. loving hearts we have built to the mem- ory of the Brudtenell pioneers and of the hallowed dead Who are bur- ied here. :-

'To those who in imagination would follow the path along which our new country has developed,

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who can mark the influences that

produce definite results, who- can catch a glimpse of the effect of early charactem of the conditions

that, are ours today, pioneer lifev

, is fraught with an abiding inter- ? est. It gives: an insight into that peculiar characteristic of the human, mind; which makes men unsatisfied with the completed work about them and makes them seek wider fields and newer ob- jects for the exercise of their en- ergy and perseverance; a peculiar- ity which is the basis of all de- velopment and increasing know- ledge. We see in "the history of pioneer life that capacity and abil- ity that braves! all hardships and surmounts. all difficulties, that the way may be opened to the land of promise where succeeding genera— tions may sojourn and reap the fruits and enjoy the rewards which are denied to the pioneers them- selves, the ground work of all civilization and advancement,

But we are here today to pay homage to our ancestors, who landed on these shores a hundred years ago. They looked! out upon

a scene altogether foreign to their

experience, but with the dzauntless courage and hopeful animation, characteristic of their race, they steadily and patiently battled with every opposing element. With 1am- plements unhandy and crude they

gradually converted the silent grandeur that surrounded them into the utility of industrial life. Nony and well with the other

.early settlers of this beautiful Is-

land did they perform- their sev» eral pants. By their industry and that faith, inspired by c-onfiiden cc of success, they left us a heritage which we prize, an example we should, emulate.

Let us not forget that we also are “architects of fate,” “bullding in these‘walls of time,” and let us so order our lives as to be worthy of such a noble heritage and of the esteem of those who will. follow

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‘y De‘diCatory prayer was then off- ered by Rev. R. G. .Sinclair, pas-

‘tor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Montague.

Hon. Daniel Garden, M.L.A., grandson of Donald Gordon, was the next speaker. After expressing his appreciation. of the addresses which contained many Valuable historic facts, he referred to the change which a century had made in the locality. He could rem-ember when 1both banks of the Brudenell were lined: with heavy pine trees, which were exported. from the province. Now well cultivated farms and snug h-omesteads mark the prevailing prosperity and show that the work of the pioneers has not been in vain.

{lit may be asked why the pion- eers ChOSe this spot. For centuries before the birth of Christ, the noble Warriors of Greece chose such a spot for their burying ground, as they wished to have their sepulchre on the highest"

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