the construction of a new church in Georgetown. This edifice was at first

forty six feet long by thirty three wide. the builder was Mr. Joseph McDonald. (Weasel). In the year 18h” a legacy of five hundred pounds was left to the

church by a Mr. James flcDonald %.P. and it was then enlarged and improved, and

is now seventy six feet in length by thirty three in width. The altar is a fine

one and very richly gilt. The Antependiun' which was presented by the then

countslfl of Westmoreland to the late Rev. John MacDonald of Glenaladale, is extremely handsome. It is of crimison velvet, with the sacred.m6nogral

richly embroidered. and although in use for If a century bears little evidence

of the savages of time. The aisles are carpeted with a matting. most ingeniously woven from rushes, this matting was a present to the late very Rev. D. XacDonald from some of his former parishoners in the mission of St. Columba. The Church

of St. James is well supplied. and its altar. vestments, ornaments. linens.

laces etc, give evidence of delicate taste and loving care on the part of the ladies of the congregation. The graveyard is beautifully situated and contains some very hand: momunents. A fine wooden cross commemorates: a mission held here by the Redemptorist Fathers in 188%, Georgetown is a parish of mixed nationalities, the Scotch slightly preddminating. notwithstanding the fact that an Irishman named John Kearney built the first house in its precincts and author, named John Xirwan filled the first grave in its cemetery.

The early settlers of the country surrounding Georgetown had rivers to bridge

and roads to make before they could develop the resources of their farms.

A story is told of the rooming“ of the first carriage to these parts. Mr. Angus McDonald. son of Andrea McDonald Esq, of Panmure Island. carried on an extensive ship building business upon the point where de Roma held sway in the last century. One summer Loving occasion to visit Charlottetown, Kr. VcDonald and his wife proceeded there in one of his OWn vessels. While in the city he purchased a

I horse and gig and started for home. He got on pretty well. until within a few

miles of Georgetown when he came upon a cleared district where the road was