More Stories 1838-1899 [ Scotland ] where she had since arrived." ( Journal. Mar., 22, 1874) Presbyterian Revival Report of the Minister, Rev. Peter Melville :: "The great revival visitation in Georgetown began in March 1874 during our fervent struggles against intemperance. The traffic had grown daring and insolent. We laboured and prayed very anxiously, humbly and unitedly. We engaged many in the good cause. The congregation soon followed their good example in the prayer meeting. We formed a Temperance League with written pledge subscribed, as our forefathers entered into their Solemn League and Covenant. We gained three hundred signatures. We assembled in the church every evening for prayer. Night after night the meetings were so large that we dared not give them up. Still we had a hard struggle. We prayed for revival but the spirit of prayer appeared to withhold. We waited and toiled long and almost to despair. We asked help of more favoured congregations in vain. We were in extreme danger of giving up hope, and effort too, when the dear destitute church at Orwell Head heard our cry, and at one sent two of their choice Elders to our aid, Messrs. Ewan Lamont and William MacPhail . That very night while they prayed with us, we saw the sign of revival. Though it was but as a little cloud like a man's hand rising from the sea of Divine grace to the brazen sky of human despair yet the word was spoken, "Behold he prayeth." Others followed quickly after and, from that night forward, the drops fell from heaven until the clouds became so heavy as to be awful. Many cried out in terror and in tears, "Is there any mercy yet for me? O Lord , deliver my soul, I beseech thee." Then the Lord's handmaids came up to help with His servants and trampled the fear of man under foot. Scoffers shut their mouths in awe. Young men and maidens, old folk and children, boldly testified for Jesus, and joined publicly in His service." (Presbyterian Witness. Halifax, Mar. 13, 1875) Bootleg Fails 'The schooner, Arrow, Capt. Boucher , bound from , Newfoundland , for Georgetown with a cargo of herring, entered the harbour yesterday. She hauled alongside a wharf and commenced to discharge some liquors. Officers Curtis and MacDonald, who were on the alert, immediately seized the vessel and transferred all the liquor to Bonded Warehouse No 1. The Arrow is now in the hands of the customs authorities. She is owned in Georgetown ." (Examiner. June 24, 1878) "Dry" Letter 'To the Editor of the Examiner: Dear Sir, It is now clearly ascertained here in Georgetown that the old rum vendors (whose glasses we thought had run dry for ever), are again on the warpath, that it is their intention to apply for license in a few days, and that they are canvassing and mustering every individual that they know has a right to vote for or against the granting of such license, and trying to induce all who have not yet joined our temperance societies to aid them in their daring and bare-faced attempt to again deprive us of the harmony and peace which has prevailed since their tangle-leg wigwams have been closed. I would strongly advise and do hope that all members of the temperance organizations of this town, and all others who have the future prosperity of the place and welfare of themselves at heart, will be up and doing and show those ministers who are trying to get the whiphand of them in Georgetown means to maintain that dignity which it robed itself with six months ago-- Temperance Reform and prohibition of the sale of all intoxicating liquors. Yours sincerely, REFORMER Georgetown , July 12, 1878" [The license law re. sale of liquor was still in effect on P.E.I , at this date, and in Georgetown , churches Catholic and Protestant, led by their clergy, had joined in an enthusiastic Temperance Reform Movement in 1877- 1878] A Trip on the "Although the train was a few minutes late, the Winter Boat was at the wharf [at Pictou] . Not a second was lost in transferring the mails, passengers and luggage to the steamer. In ten minutes, at the very farthest, after the arrival of the train, the boat was in the stream on her way to Georgetown . The discipline on board the boat appeared to be everything that could be wished. Everyone was at his post and did his work with alacrity. The passengers, of whom there were quite a number, including one lady expressed themselves pleased with the accommodation afforded by the steward. The trip was a very pleasant one and was made in three hours and a half Although the vessel has had a great deal of hard work to do this winter, her machinery is uninjured and the damage done to her hull is comparatively small. Capt. Finlayson and his officers and crew appear bound to make the Winter Boat a success. [Later] the boat left Georgetown between seven and eight o'clock in the morning and was back again with the English mail at about half past six in the evening. Georgetown Harbour is nearly clear of ice and there was not much to be seen in the strait." (Patriot. April 8, 1877) Serpent Seen in Strait " Capt. Henry Mutch of the reports that while crossing from Pictou to Georgetown yesterday he saw a serpent. It was, he said, the full length of the steamer and was moving northward at a rate of nine miles an hour. The Capt. could not explain its exact appearance as it only appeared once upon the surface of the water " (Daily Examiner. May 10., 1882) A Winter Trip on the "A passenger on board the states that the steamer left Georgetown at a quarter after six on Wednesday morning. For two hours she got clear water, then got into heavy drift ice about eight miles northward of . The engine stopped soon afterward and the boat drifted eastwardly with the ice. Was off Merigomish at night, came within eight miles of Arisaig by eight o'clock on Friday morning. There were four passengers beside the mail clerk and the ice crew on board, and all these with the mails went ashore at Arisaig on the ice boat. They left Arisaig in sleighs arriving in Pictou about 9 p.m. on Saturday. They could have walked from the boat to the shore in safety, so closely