go down to the see in ships. the English government being determined to get rid .of the French inhabitants of the then populous little town of St. Pierre situated upon the harbour of that name, decided upon a plan akin to that taken by the Sultan when he quietly drape obnoxious individuals into the Bosphorus. and sent three hundred of the French adrift in an leaky vesSel avowedly with the intention of transporting them to France. Before leaving. these poor people as was the usual custom of the Acadians. buried such things as they considered too sacred

to fall into the Lands of the English. among these was .heir church yell. In

the year 1870 a Mr. Barry of St. Peters Harbour while ploughing in his field. struck some object that gave foruaziflntallic sound. and which proved to be the bell of the old church of St. Pierre which had lain unharmed in the earth for over one hundred years. Mr. Barry presented his treasure trove to the parish- oners of Morell who exchanged it for a new bell. uith the people of Rollo Bay. The old relic was repturously welcomed by the Besceofiants of its first owners and was killed by kindness.

Everybody wanted to ring it, and everybody did ring it. in consequence it was broken and had to be recast. In 1882 it was placed in the tower of St. Alexis

Church, where it rings the Angelus as of old to the great joy of all the faithful

of the mission.

The bekl bears the following inscription: Jesuif— Marie -f— Joseph _t_

T. Cosse n‘ a fait, - Michelin 1723. In 1870 Je fus retire dos ruines d‘rme Eglise d‘nn Annien tillage Acadicn I.P,E.

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The missionaries who have served the yvrirh of St. Alexis. Since the time of Bishop McEachern are;

Rev. Jean Louis Feanhien

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