Hard by the church stands tae presbytery built by Father Perry, in 188^. This was not the first presbytery of Parish there having been one erected by Father Cecile in 1820. The first priest on the records of the mission is Rev. J.L. Beaubien . He, in 1818, was succeeded by Rev. Father Cecile who purcnased from him a large white horse which is inseparably connected with the Rev. Father Beaubien in the minds of the old iicadians. In I823 Father Cecile was replaced by Rev. B.D. MacDonald , who, in 1828, was replaced by Rev. S.E. Poirier . Father Poirier's first place of residence was Kiscouche, but, after 183^, he went to reside in his new presbytery at . In I864 Father Quevillon took charge of the mission for one year, being in I865 succeeded by Rev. Azade J . Trudel, who remained until 1868 when he was succeeded by Rev. Cajetan Kiville , who died in December, 1882, and was replaced by Rev. Stanislas Boudreault , the Present incumbent. Many of tne older settlers of have a very clear memory of the past. One old man, Roma Arsenault , possibly named in honor of the celebrated De Roma of Rivieres, now Georgetown, was baptized in the last century by Father Richard and confirmed by Bishop Denant in I803. Roma says that Father Ricaard told his mother he would make a good singer, Many recollections of the Abbe de Calonne linger in the minds of these new settlers who have heard their parents speak of the pious Abbe . One tells how upon Ash Wednesday, M. l' Abbe had a pot of porridge made which lasted him for food during the entire season of Lent. In the time of the noble Abbe , tne pioneers of wore sabots which, after the manner of the Jews, they left at the church doors, always assisting at mass shoeless on account of the noise made by their unwieldly foot coverings. In a few years they were able to tan the skins of their pigs and make of then good strong boots. One of the chief figures in the early days of mission was Joseph Arsenault , nicknamed " Joe League and a half. This man was the last of the colony to leave St. Eleanors . Me owned a fine farm of five hundred acres on tne Compton estate and was in comfortable circumstances. An English family,lately emigrated,