editor of the Examiner and his son Robert L . followed his father's business. Robert L . donated a large sum of money to found the Bunbury Nursery, truly a great benefactor to P.E.I. It is gratifying to know that Robert L . will be honored with a Doctors Degree from the new P.W. University 1967. Rev. Alexander Cameron preached in New London from 1863 to 1872, there being no manse at this date he lived in Lucy Campbell 's house. Rev. W. A. Mason followed Mr. Cameron and stayed nine years. While he was here the new manse was built. An old subscription list of Jan. 8th, 1883 shows that Long River Church raised $561.00. Mrs. Mason was Martha Johnstone of Long River . Rev. J. M. MacLeod followed, and was the last to occupy this manse. A few years later it was sold to D. M. Johnstone and is now the home of George Thorne . CHAPTER II FROM SICKLE TO REAPER, SLEIGHS & CARTS The first grain was sown in among the stumps and covered with a hoe, it was cut with a sickle, as more land was cleared the grain was cut with scythe and cradle, the cradle was a light frame work of five fingers attached to the snath or handle of scythe, the width of swath cut depended on the height of the man and his arm reach, this was not arm work, the whole body went into the stroke of the scythe and the grain that was gathered on the cradle was laid in a neat pile by a little flip of the handle, a woman generally followed with a light wooden rake, these rakes were about 20 inches wide with wooden teeth five inches long and four apart, the ends were braced to the handle by two small bows of wood, the piles of grain were raked together to make a sheaf. A good man could mow three acres in a day. When cutting hay with the scythe the cradle was not used. The first hay mowers were the Buckeye and the Humming Bird with four and a half foot cutting bars, some of these machines had a wooden deck and an attachable pan that hooked onto the cutting bar for cutting grain, when enough for a sheaf accumulated a man walking behind raked it off with a wooden rake. Next came the two horse reaper with four fans going around and laying the grain on the platform, when enough gathered for a sheaf the driver pressed a leaver with his foot and the fan swept the sheaf around back of the reaper and left room for the team to pass on the next round; if the grain was uniform the fans could be set so that every 3rd or 4th fan would automatically sweep the sheaf off. Women did a lot 15