Johnnie Currie I knew very little of Johnnie who came from the earlier settlers. His grandfather was married to the sister of Bishop MacEachern. There was a story of the Bishop sending a cow to his sister, as the Curries were quite poor, but her husband said, "no Catholic cow comes to this farm." His wife told the Bishop that her sister in High Bank , married to a MacLean, should have the cow. That family became known as "Bishops" because they took the cow. In my day there were no Roman Catholics in Little Sands . I think the first Catholic I met was a class¬ mate. We had our locker together at Prince of Col¬ lege. I think my father and the other relations of Bishop MacEachern were always proud of a man who had been so well known, and who had the first public job held by a Catholic, which was a no-no in Prince Edward Island before 1833. I recall a story of Johnnie Currie 's father. He used to visit the neighbours. It was the custom of the times that few houses did not have rum and it was customary to treat their visitors. Old Angus liked to visit more than one house and would arrive home in an unsteady trim. His wife decided to scare him one night. She covered herself with a sheet, to make out that she was a ghost. When Angus said in his unsteady voice, "Who are you?" she answered, "I'm the devil." His reply was, "I'm married 57