have for forty years enjoyed the peace and quiet in the old cemetery, and today is reverenced by the vast concourse of people gathered here. Miraculous, as it may seem, the remains, upon the grave being opened, were almost in perfect state of preservation. What a joy re-awakened of the dead past in the breast of those, who with loving hands tenderly laid away, nearly forty years ago, the remains of their beloved "Old Father Duffy", to gaze again on that face they knew so well, resurrected for the moment, as it were, in the closing days of the 19th century. The Pontifical Mass concluded, the absolutions were pronounced over the remains by Bishop McDonald, when the procession formed, and solemnly wended its way to the newly made grave, under the shadow of the imposing monument erected by the skilled hands of Mr. Edward Duffy , Charlottetown . Father Duffy was born in the County Monaghan , Ireland, in the year 1802, and was ordained a Priest in Maynooth College, when about 30 years of age. He had two brothers also Priests. Shortly after his ordination he came as a missionary to work in America. For 17 or 18 years he was in charge of a mission, 300 miles in extent, at St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland . The hardships and sacrifices undergone by Father Duffy, while located there, nearly 60 years ago, were vividly portrayed by Rev. Dr. Doyle . From St. Mary's, he went to Nova Scotia , and was stationed in Antigonish for 8 or 9 years, at the end of which time he was transferred to Charlottetown in 1858. Soon he was given charge of St. Ann 's, Lot 6 5, Kelly's Cross, and Kinkora . Having contracted a cold on the "cold Christmas", 1859, by visiting Kinkora , Kelly's Cross and St. Ann 's in each of which parishes he celebrated Mass, probably his last Mass in these places, he was removed to Ch'town, and died at the Bishops palace on December 1st., 1860, in the 58th year of his age. Before his saintly spirit fled from the clay which was re-interred Sunday morning, he expressed a wish that his body should be buried at Kelly's Cross, whose people almost worshipped him, and whom he naturally loved in return. At the conclusion of the final obsequies at the grave, the unveiling of the monument took place, the ceremony being performed by Bishop McDonald, assisted by the visiting clergy. The Sacrament of Confirmation was administered at 3 o'clock by the Bishop to about 60 children, after which the cemetery was visited by the Bishop and clergy." This remarkable story of Father Duffy's body showing no signs of decomposition or decay has been handed down from one generation to the other. Sons and daughters tell of the event as they received it from their parents. There are a number of persons alive who were present when the casket was opened by Patrick Duffy , Maplewood , a very respected member of the Parish who volunteered to do so, and who also saw the body as it laid in state in the parish church, and who testify to the truth of the event. —35—