marble slab sets forth. the many virtues and the early death of the young Father Joseph MacDonald who was born. ordained and died in the parish of St. Andrew which parish by the bye, has given to the diocese of Charlottetown no fewer than twelve priests.

Wherever one goes in this mission one is met by some relic or rsmiscence of Bishop McEachern. In the barn of Mr; Patrick MacEachern, of Sewage Harbour is carefully preserved the old boat, made in 1819 by the Bishop and which securely fastened on runners and furnished with furs served him as a sleigh in his winter Journeys.

When the hum of the mowing machines has ceased in the meadow and the weary housewife has laid aside her work. when the toils of day are ended and the toilers resting in the sweet evening air, they will tell how in the long ago their dear Saggerth endured great and grhevous hardships, how he faced perils by land and sea and poverty and privation. and even calnmny for the greater glory of god and the salvation of his people. From the walls of the house wherein dwell the descendants of his brothers and sisters, the kindly face of the grand old Bishop looks down upon us as we grope through the shadows for the story of the eventful career of him. whom in the spring time of his youth, god called acress

the wide ocean " to execute the office of the priesthood " and to have praise in his name. " and to offer him worth incense,

" for an odour of sweetness.”