The Hon. James Pope was the greatest politician this Island ever had. He was the leader in our Parliament. He wanted the Island to have a railroad through the centre of it. He framed the Railroad Bill and put it to a vote in Parliament, and the bill was carried. Mr. Burke got so much a mile to build it from Georgetown to Alberton . The railroad set the Liberal Party crazy. A few old Tories turned their coats and joined the Liberals. The Tories were all turned out, root, stem and branch. Mr. Laird was made Governor of the Northwest of Canada and Mr. Palmer was made Chief Justice . I remember a monstrous indignation meeting held at Bonshaw condemning Mr. Pope for passing the railroad bill. I remember John Le- Page's song four verses, the last line was: "We will give three cheers for Pope, and his party one and all for passing the Railroad Bill." I remember being at an outdoor meeting in Bonshaw . A monstrous meeting it was! The Liberals had a great platform built against a building fronting on the street. A good grist of Liberal lawyers were there from Town. I remember Edward Palmer pronouncing them to be sinners. I remember hearing Louis Davies giving his maiden speech. It was the first time I saw him. He looked to me like a little school-boy. And I heard William Lea , another boy giving his first speech on politics. I heard Mr. William W. Lord speaking. It was the last time I heard him. Mr. Lord was very funny and able to make you laugh, and he gave no man a hard name. He said he was glad to see and hear the boy, Billy Lea, and to see him on the platform making his maiden speech. Mr. Lea never answered him, but turned his back. It wasn't the Boy Billy Lea when he came to me for my vote, when he ran for member for . I remember hearing Edward Palmer running down all the Tory men. A Grit got up and asked him what about Donald Palmer . He said "Donald is my brother, and I won't say anything about him." Now we have two famous politicians living in Crapaud , one of each kind. They are well drilled in politics and posted in farming. One is living in Hampton and the other in Victoria. The Hampton man has 400 acres of land. At one time, he had a high office in Charlottetown . He is now in the House of Parliament at Ottawa. He is a man of high standards, he being half Scotch and half English. He is the father of fifteen children, all living, all mixed up, boys and girls. He is a great farm worker and an almighty Tory worker. His works never fails and he is no worse for it. He looks as young as ever. A few Victoria notes about the Ex-Premier of P. E. Island . He was the son of a good Liberal member of the local House in Charlottetown , and born a farmer. When he was a young man, he went into stock raising. He raised some of the best horses and milch and beef cattle in the Province. He always took the first prize in Charlottetown . He held meetings all over the country on good farming and started a lot of Farm ¬ ers' Institutes. He has held high offices in Town, and at last, he got the Premiership. He is the first farmer Premier our Province ever had, I have a problem too deep for me. What got all our trades and manufacturers? Was it an earthquake that took place and swallowed them up, or was it Sir Louis Davies "free trade" that killed them? Or was it Sir John A . MacDonald who chased them all away? At one time we had a woollen cloth manufactury in Tryon . We had one in DeSable . At one time we had two blacksmith shops, two shoe¬ makers and one tannery, all in Hampton. And Crapaud had two tanneries, two shoemaker shops, three tailor shops, one starch factory, one lime plaster establishment, and four lime kilns. Now they have all died out —<6t 39 ]§•""