go down to the sea in ships, thi English, government being determined to get rid cf the Srench inhabitants of the then populous liltle town of . Pierre situated djion the harbour cf that name, decide! upon a plan akin to that taken by the Saltan when he quietly drops obnoxious individuals into thr. Bosphorus, and ->ent three hundred of the French adrift in an leaky vessel avowedly with the intention of transporting them to Trance. Before letving, these poor people as vvas the usual custom of the Acadians, buried such things as they considered too sacred to fall into the L ?uids of the English, among these was their church bell. In the year 1Z70 a Mr. Barry of St. Peters Harbour while ploughing in his field, struck sone object that gave forth a Metallic 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 ye^.rs. Mr. Barry presented his treasure trove to the parish- oner^ of "orell v<ho exchanged it for a new bell, v.ith the people of Polio Pry. The old relic was rapturously welcomed by the descendants of its first owners and was killed by kindness. Everybody wanted to ring tt, and everybody did ring it, in consequence it whs broken and had to be recast. In 18 S 2 it was placed it: the tower of St. Alexis Church, where it rings tiv Angelas as of eld to the great joy of all the faithful •" the mission. The beil bears the following inscription: Jesuy- Marie ~ J ~ Joseph -4- P. Cosse a ' a fait, - Miohelin 1723. In 1<?73 J " fus retire des ruines d'rme Eglise d'nn Au.icn tillage Acad ion I.P.P. En IWZ les y; rolsieue de me firent refondre par r- .^ely et Cie de }. T7. Y . en sonvenir de 1 <• r$ f.nce trees d-.> ' ';.-• ;"r." The rr.' i ries who have served the parish of St. '■."!■-'■-. Since th* time of Bishop McEachern ;.re: Eev. Jean Louis Beanbien RrtV. Joseph Pt 't,; i .e Gecile