Georgetown Stories: 1869-1890 23

Trinig School Entertained

“On Saturday last the children attending Trinity School, Georgetown, their parents and Rev. Mr. Cooper, through the courtesy of Mr. Joseph Fairchild had a very enjoyable sail up the Montague River to the Bridge. On their return all repaired to the Schoolroom where tables were spread, to the contents of which, it is needless to say, ample justice was done. The whole affair was brought to a close with a lozenge and sweets scramble which the boys unanimously voted ‘the best of all.” (Weekly Examiner, Sept. 2. 1887)

Hemphill Catches Shark

“A correspondent reports that Mr. Edward Hemphill caught in a herring net off Burnt Point a few days ago, a shark measuring sixteen

feet five inches.” (“Local Items,” Weekly Examiner, Sept. 16, 1887)

Georgetown News Notes— Janm 2 1888

“Georgetown Rink opens to—night. Messrs. Easton & Stewart deserve the thanks of the community for providing such healthy amusement and should be well patronized.

“By request, St. David’s Literary and Musical

Society will repeat their concert in the Town Hall on Tues, the 3rd.

“The Salvation Army is almost defunct in this town, there being only one boy besides the officers in the procession or parade yesterday morning.

“Some of our ‘bad conduct lads’ have been lately transferred from their freedom to a

more quiet and narrow circle within the walls of the jail.” (“News Notes from Georgetown,”

Weekly Examiner, Jan. 6, 1888)

Georgetown Poet

“Mr. Charles Barnes, resident physician at Georgetown is listed in the Montreal Witness as one of the poets of Canada.” (Weekly Examiner, Nov. 30, 1888)

Lighthouse for Boughton Island?

A letter to the Weekly Examiner, Jan. 4, 1889. points out the need of a lighthouse on the south— east point of Boughton Island. According to the correspondent, Boughton Island has two dangerous reefs on its outer side.

The Sanderson Will

Witnesses to the will drawn up in 1881 were G.A. Aitken, William Allen and John Haggart. Sanderson left all his real estate to his grandson, William Sanderson Easton; $2,800 to his son— in—law James Easton and his wife Ellen; bequests of $2,000 each life interest in the Savings Bank to his granddaughters Ellen and Mary and at their deaths the capital to go to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to Foreign Parts, the Church Missionary Society and the Diocesan Church Society of P.E.I.; $1,000 to the British and Foreign Bible Society; $2,000 as an endowment to Trinity Church, Georgetown, two—thirds of the annual interest to support the clergy salary and the balance to support 3 Lay Reader; $500 to the Public [Protestant] Hospital in Charlottetown; $200 to the Society for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews; $ 300. to his housekeeper Sarah Campbell: $50 to Matilda Campbell and $25 each to Alice Hughes and Susan Evans, former servants; $200. for the erection of a Temperance Hall in Charlottetown; $50 to the Drummond Tract Society in Stirling, Scotland; a bequest of $100. to Miss Hannah E. Aitken, Georgetown, for her valuable services in the choir of Trinity Church, Georgetown; William S. Easton to be sole residuary legatee of the estate; probates to include executor, James Easton. (Weekly Examiner, Jan. 11, 1889)

The‘ Georgetown Boys’ Brass Band

“The Boys’ Brass Band of Georgetown played at the skating rink last evening for the first time. Their music gave quite a buoyancy of spirit to the skaters who glided around far more lively than usual. The friends present were not many on account of the snow storm, but among them we were pleased to see a few from Montague and Souris. All appeared delighted with the display of youthful talent. Two or three of the pieces were exceedingly well- played for amateurs. The band was organized