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if we t^ot a Avliii)piiig' il i»ai(l iis to bear oni' ])aiii in silence, 

 for if we told it at home we ^^■el•e sni-e to i;el another for 

 having- deserved the first. 



To go back a little, 1 will mention the fact that some- 

 time after the settlenijent of the l*arisli a great manv of the 

 Frenchmen wlio first settled here moved further u\) the river 

 into St. Stephen's and St. John's, thus leaving- tlie English 

 in the majority and somewhat cutting down i)opulation. 



Dr. Ihilcho states that in ISl!) the Tarish only contained 

 411 white inhabitants. Of course, it has steadily increased 

 until the jtresent time. 



Tradition says that there was at least one lynching in 

 the l*arish in olden times. It seems that soon after the Kev- 

 olutionary \\'ar a negro girl by name of Jemlima murdered 

 her mistress, a widow named I'erderiau, lied her two chil- 

 dren, rifled the closets and went to enjoy herself at a dance, 

 which was progressing nearby. One of the children got 

 loose and Ued to Col. Warren. A number of men gathered, 

 caplured the Avoman and burnt liei- at the stake. It was 

 said that her own father started the lire. 



The Parish has to be credited wilh two murder^•^ one, Mr. 

 l>cn. Fort, shot by negro on his ])iazza one night just after 

 the War. The olher, Mr McCay, shot near I'almer's liridge 

 by an unknown jterson. The ukmi of this Parish liave never 

 been ''laggards in ])eace or dastards in Avar" whenever duty 

 called them they were to be found ever in the forefront. 

 In i)eace look over our land and see the efforts of these 

 old ])ioneers. Look at the ditching and draining work they 

 (lid; mightier in I hose days than now; look at the rice 

 fields they bi-ought into subjection, look at the swamps 

 they cleared, the houses they built, the reserves they made. 



Verily, they took a wilderness in hand, conquered the 

 land, the Indian and the beasts of the forests, turned it 

 ovvv (o us subjugated to agriculture, to the use of men, free 

 from foreign rule, civilized, and Ave are getting the benefit of 

 their hardshi]) and toil. Tell us not that Ave must not re- 

 vere these men and speak of them and of the past. 



This drainage and clearing fever seemi to run in the blood, 

 for our old and esteemed friend, R. T. Morrison, a descend- 



