desired, yet it is comparatively comfortable. Situated at the suburbs of Alberton in a 
     
     growing village which is to be a terminous for a railroad about to be constructed.” 
     
     From The Wesleyan, September 10, 1880. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oct. 13, 1873 
     
     “Dear Sir: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our tea meeting which was held on Wednesday, the lst day of October in the 
     
     new Wesleyan Church, was a grand success. The day was beautiful and the affair 
     
     was patronized by all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Roman Catholic priest, the Episcopal clergy, and the Presbyterian minister 
     
     took tea at the same table. Financial result was $215.00 clear. We hope to have the 
     
     building finished this fall. It is thirty by thirty-one with eighteen foot poles, with an 
     
     end gallery, a tower, and a spire. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As we are a poor lot of sinners up here, our financial resources will be fully 
     
     tested, yet still we hope to have it nearly free of debt when completed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Alberton, P.E.I. October 4, 1873 
     
     Signed 
     
    

    
     L.S.J.” 
     
     (The Rev. Levi S. Johnson) 
     
    
   
   
    
     From the Provincial Wesleyan 
     
     Monday, October 13, 1873 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dec. 19, 1876 
     
    

    
     “The spiritual interests of the circuit was the subject of earnest conversation. 
     
     The signs of good in some places on the circuit are increasing while others, like 
     
     Miminegash, where some special meetings are just closed without apparent fruit, are 
     
     discouraging.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Minutes of Quarterly Board of the Methodist Church (Book in possession of 
     
     Mount Allison University Archives). 
     
    
   
   
    
     1877 
     
     From the Minutes of the Prince Edward Island Methodist District. In 1877, there 
     
     were eleven preaching points in the Alberton Circuit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1879 
     
    
   
   
    
     Alberton — A parsonage is in the course of erection. Tryon and Charlottetown 
     
     helped by contributions. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1880 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Parsonage was built in Alberton at a cost of $1,600.00 and contains furniture 
     
     valued at $150.00. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sept. 10, 1880 
     
    

    
     “A recent tea party at Alberton in aid of the Methodist Church was one of the 
     
     largest of the season. An excursion train of nineteen packed cars rolled into Alber- 
     
     ton bringing two thousand people on the grounds at one time. The net proceeds 
     
    
   
   
    
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