When the mills became inoperative and the road was changed, the house was moved up to its present location, and now forms part of the {imposing structure of the present day modern home of Robert E. Burns.

Farther up the brook near Andrew Burns, Sr’s. home there was a grist mill run by Ralph Thompson. Ralph S. Burns tells me that this mill was in Operation when his father (Isaac) was a boy, and also that his Uncle Albert was one day accidentally pushed into the pond, but luckily escaped with ,nothing worse than a wetting.

When the road was changed to run up the entire north side of the Burns’ property, George Burns” farm (now owned by Walter Bernard) was left without access to the road. Accordingly George traded one of his fields near James buildings with James, and received in return the field just north of his own buildings, thus solving the difficulty. This accounts for some of the crooked line fences.

When the Burns’ first came out from Scotland they were of the Presbyterian persuasion. As there was no Church in North Bedeque at that early date, the nearest Presbyterian preaching was at Malpeque, where Dr. Keir was the minister. This was before the days of wagons, and horses were scarce, so in order to get to Malpeque the Burns men adopted the “ride and tie” system, whereby two men started off with one horse. One rode on ahead a distance, then tied the horse and walked on. When the other man came up to the horse he rode on ahead a way and, so on to the end of the journey.

One of the most prominent members of the Burns’ family was the Honorable Stewart Burns, l835-l909. He represented the fourth District of Prince in the Legislature for a period of eight years and was also a member of the Cabinet of the Conservative Government. His loyalty to his party was surpassed only by his devotion to his Church, where he was a deacon and an ardent Sunday School supporter. At his funeral the pallbearers were all deacons of the Baptist Church.

, Jesse S. Burns, 1844—1898, was another of the Burns’ family to attain ‘ a degree of prominence in public affairs. in addition to holding offices in the Provincial Sons of Temperance Organization, he, for a number of years held the office in the Provincial Legislature, known as the “Usher of the Black Rod”. A story is told of one of the neighbors, who on hearing that Jesse Burns had the “Usher of the Black Rod” remarked, “Well, isn’t that ; too bad! I hope none of my family catches it!”

3 William Burns’ father, James Burns was killed in the woods by being

; struck by a falling tree. Afterward his widow, the former Margaret Jardine married William Tucker, and they became the parents of John Tucker, grandfather of Mrs. Henry Reeves.

One of the younger members of the Burns’ family currently making a name for himself in the Poultry business is Donald Burns. Donald is the son of the late Lloyd Burns, who founded the Burns’ Chick Hatchery business