on him and his faithful Betty and took them to live in the priest's house, Betty officiating as housekeeper and John as man servant. After a while John became too old to do muca work, and with the consent of the parishoners, the Bishop allowed him to put up a house on one corner of the priest's farm. The neighbours helped him to finish his cottage, but he died before it was completed. Betty then moved in and lived there for a while. She appears to have been a very amiable and pleasant old woman and a general favorite. She had a great talent for music. Old people still living at St. Columba's will tell you how sweetly Betty Broh sang Irish ballads. As has before been stated, the first settler at the East Point was the old soldier, Peebles; the second was Leughlin KacDonald of , then ceme Donald Beaton ffom Lockaber, then the KcEacherns and then the I»acDonalds of the East Lake . From 1791 to I835 the dwellers in this mission were, for religious consolation and instruction, dependent on the visits of Bishop I- xrarhern who sometimes came to teem but twice a year, sometimes oftener. In I835 i Bev. John McDonald of Glenaladale was appointed to the charge of St. Columba's, which was then a dependency on the mission of St. torgaret. Bear River . He remained until I8^4 i when he was replaced by Rev. Pius IxPhee who was in charge until 1853* when he was succeeded by Very Rev. D. MacBonald , Dr. KacDonald left St. Columba's for Charlottetown in 1861, and Rev. James Phelan took his place for two years. In I863 Rev. Dugald KacDonald went to St. Columba's remaining until I867. He was succeeded by Rev. William Phelan who in I872 gave place to Rev. D.J.G. MacDonald . In 1880 St. Columba's was separated from St. Margaret 's and was given in charge to the present pastor Rev. D.J. Gillis . When Rev. William Phelan was pastor of East Point , he started a lending library there. Among the books are some that are valuable because of their antiquity. One in especial is worthy of notice, a large folio work in two volumes, bound in time-worn leather, wnich tne title page sets forth as being: "A new geographical Dictionary containing a full and accurate account of the