day so enjoyable. A special train came from Charlottetown , and picked up passengers along the way to Bear River for the party. People came from Souris and from the surrounding areas by horse-and-wagon, or walked. Some left their horses at Peter McCloskey 's during the festivities. It was a day that everyone remembered. In every school, there were students who played tricks on others. Kay recalls sitting behind her friend, Imelda Chaisson, and tying her long hair to the strap on her satchel. When Imelda stood up, she pulled her hair, and her screeching startled everyone in the classroom. Kay had to do some explaining for this prank. There was no water in the school. So, Kay and Imelda would often go to the brook, five hundred yards away, to fetch two buckets of water. On the way back, they would stop to visit Tillie Burke who treated them with thick molasses cookies. The school day would be nearly over when they returned to the classroom. The students used slates in school. Both the slates and pencils were made from a form of rock, and they made a scratching noise that could be heard all through the classroom. The students kept a rag in their desks to wipe the slate after washing it. Occasionally, when the teacher had her back turned, the students would spit on the slate, and wipe it off with their sleeve. Once, Kay received note-books and a pencil in a "care box" from Boston, and she thought it was a wonderful gift, because it would then replace the slates and the slate pencils. Kay remembers two students, Margaret and Andrew Lewis, who attended South school for awhile when their father, Greelie Lewis was manager of Hughes store in this community. Margaret was bothered with sties on her eyes. Kay vividly recalls Margaret coming to her home and her mother, Zilla, placing her wedding ring on her eye. The stye would disappear a short time later. The ring was blessed, 92