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Beacon
Jan 10/1907
The clam factory whistle is one of the industrial features of St. Andrews. It indicates progress along one line at least. Messrs. Leavitt Bros. and Co. have taken possession of their new clam factory. Being mfuch larger than the old building, they have an abundance of room in it for the carrying on of their rapidly increasing business.
Masquerade ball recently held at Owen Hall, Campobello.
Beacon
Jan 17/1907
Osburn House to be used by C. P. R. as summer School of Science. Hayter Reed in town; began arrangements for school. "The building will be treated as an annex to the Algonquin and will be under the management of Mr. Allerton."
The CPR Company have in view the extension of the Algonquin Hotel. Just what the enlargement will amount to, Supt. Hayter Reed, who came down from Montreal on Saturday, was not prepared to say. A survey of the ground is now being made, and when this is completed he will be better able to say what will be done. The CPR have now sixteen hotels in their system, and it is their intention to make large expenditures in further developing this interest. The Hotel Frontenac at Quebec will be also doubled, at an expenditure of a million dollars or more. At Lake Louise, at Banff, and at other places the hotels are being greatly enlarged.
Beacon
Jan 31/1907
Early History of St. Andrews
The Following Extracts for part of a paper recently read before the Canadian Literature Club by M. N. Cockburn, K. C., on The Early History of Saint Andrews
Part One
Dr. Ganong who has gone very exhaustively into the question how St. Andrews received its name says the tradition of an Indian in 1796 was that two or three hundred years before that time the French erected a cross upon St. Andrews Point on St Andrews Day, celebrated Mass there and gave it the name of "St. Andrews."
Another M. S. gives an Indian tradition that a cross was erected there by a French Priest named St. Andre, and the town was named after that ancient Divine. The best informed persons on the subject now believe that the name dates back to the French period, and the first authentic record of which I have any knowledge, in which the name appears is in the Owen Journal in 1770 when it is spoken of as St. Andrews Point, and was intended to apply particularly to that portion which we now call Indian Point.
Naturally our interest in St. Andrews begins with the time when our ancestors or the ancestors of those of us who are descendants from the Loyalists, first came here and formed a settlement, took up their abode and began the Herculean task of converting an unbroken wilderness into a civilized community and a centre of industry and prosperity; and from the fruits of those labors we, in this day and generation, are reaping so rich a harvest in the form of comfortable conditions, made so easily possible by the progress and advancement of civilization.
A writer of undoubted authority tells us that when Castine, which had been held through the closing years of the Revolution was lost by the peace, St. Andrews of Consquamcook Point was fixed upon by the Castine Loyalists as a suitable place for settlement. Two or three refugees had preceded them and built log houses not far from the site of the present town. At the time of the arrival of the Penobscot loyalists the greater part of the present town site was probably an unbroken cedar swamp. Near where the present Record office stands was, perhaps, the log hut erected by Brown and Frost about 1770. Although the Loyalists made their selection of what seemed to them to be safety and surety within the limits of the King's possessions, under the terms of the Treaty of Peace they were not for some time afterwards allowed to enjoy their possession undisturbed. The terms of the treaty seem to have been so framed as to leave doubt and uncertainty as to which river named in the treaty as the boundary line was the St. Croix. The government of the United States and the agents and representatives of that government stubbornly and persistently insisted that the Magaguadavic river was the true and ancient river St. Croix and therefore the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick intended in the treat of 1783.
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The conditions at St. Andrews in the early part of the first spring after the landing of the Loyalists, the nature of the country generally and the plans and intentions of the first settlers for future operations, are so well explained and shown in a letter written by William Pagan to Dr. William Paine and also published in the Winslow papers, that I here reproduce it. The letter is dated at St. Andrews 2nd of May 1784, and reads:
"Dear Sir:
"I have just learned of your arrival at Harbor L'Etang, and am in great hopes of before you return to Halifax you will find time to pay our new settlement a visit. You will find us in a state of infancy, but when it is considered that there was not a single house erected till last October you will not think light ofs our exertions.
"We have now about ninety houses up and great preparations making in every quarter of the town for more. Numbers of inhabitants are daily arriving, and a great many others are hourly looked for from different quarters. Agents are now here from the neighboring states on a lookout for land from a number of valuable inhabitants who wish to emigrate here being tired of their new government.
"I have not been in your part of the Bay, but from information the lands are good. I early this spring made one of an exploring party. We went all around Oak Point Bay and up the Scuddock river as far as the Indian settlement a little above the falls. These are part of the land laid out for the Associated Loyalists from Penobscot, and I can with pleasure assure you that the land in general is very good, abounding with large quantities of hardwood, all kinds of pine timber of a large growth and very handy to the water, where most vessels can safely anchor. There are a number of falls of water where sawmills can be erected but only two of Scuddock yet up. The mill privileges on Oak Point Bay have been lately sold to defray the charges of the Town. The Purchasers are making preparations to erects sawmills. The timber is very handy to the mills and no end to the quantity.
"There is a large growth of white pine fit for masts and spars of any dimensions. Apart from my own observation I have had from undoubted authority, I am fully convinced that the Grand Bay of Passamaquoddy alone can supply the whole British West India Islands with boards, planks, scantling, ranging timber, shingles, clap boards, and every species of lumber that can be shipped from any part of New England, oak staves excepted. Masts, spars and square timber suitable for the British market can be furnished to any extent from here and nothing prevents all these articles from being now furnished in the greatest abundance, of the best quality and on at least equal terms with any other part of the continent, but the want of inhabitants and sawmills, in both which we have the most promising prospect of cutting a very respectable figure in the course of a years.
"The (easy) navigation of this town exceeds any I have seen: no person of any observation will want a pilot after being once up, and we are accessible at all seasons of the year.
"The fishery in this bay, you are no doubt sufficiently informed as to the great extent it can be carried on.
"Excuse the liberty I have taken in giving my opinions of our settlement. I know you are interested in its prosperity and will be pleased with the accounts I have given, especially when I assure you that I am not governed by my own opinion alone but also by the opinion of every person, who has taken any pains to explore this part of the country.
"Should your time not permit you to pay us a visit now, I am in hopes to have the pleasure of meeting you at St. John where I shall set out in a few days on my way to Halifax. I am your dear Sir, your most obedient servant,
Will. Pagan"
Beacon
Feb 25, 1907
The Loyalists of St. Andrews
A lengthy paper on The Loyalists of St. Andrews was recently read before the Canadian Literature Club of St. Andrews by Mr. R. E. Armstrong, President of the Club. Copious extracts were made from the writings of Mr. James Vroom, Prof. Ganong and Dr. G. U. A.Y.; the Session Records of Charlotte County, the minute books of the Friendly Society of St. Andrews and of the St. Andrews and Quebec Railroad Association and also from the Educational Report of New Brunswick.
The writer of the paper described our Loyalist forefathers as "sturdy defenders of the British flag and British crown when the colony to the south rose in rebellion against the King. They were men who were willing to sacrifice—and who did sacrifice in many cases—all that was near and dear to them for the sake of their country. They were patriots in the truest and broadest sense of the word. . . . Wealth, position, domestic happiness—all that men prize most—these men gave up for the country they loved. . . . We honor the glorious deeds, the noble self-sacrifice of our Loyalist ancestry. We prize their memory in our hearts. What grander foundation could a young nation rest upon than the heritage of such noble, self-sacrificing patriotism! . . .
As to the character of these men and women—for the women were as brave and as loyal as the men—their very act of heroic self-sacrifice stamps their character. . . . They were men of broad outlook; strong, manly men; men of erudition and refinement; men without fear, except that fear of God; men who could grapple with any question, graduates of the best schools of learning in the world, shrewd in business—these were the men who laid the foundations of this Canada of our. . . . Looking about us today, noting our well laid out town, with its broad streets and magnificent shade trees, we can see reflected in them the character of the Loyalists of 1783. Everything indicates cultured minds, refined, aesthetic tastes and sturdy manhood. What they did they did well. If there is any room for regret in this connection at all it is that their descendants have made such little progress along the lines marked out by them and that the beautiful town which they fashioned in this little corner of the empire has not as yet realized the fond hopes that its founders entertained for it."
As Mr. Jas. Vroom's contributions to the paper possess great historical value they are herewith appended:
"On my arrival at Passamaquoddy the 23rd Sept. I found there had been several Surveyors exploring the rivers, and a number of settlers having taken possession of St. Andrews Point. . . . I also received information that two public Surveyors were there in the place for the purpose of laying out townships. . . . On the 3rd of October two large transports and several smaller vessels with a number of families arrived at St. Andrews from Badaduce (Castine). . . . I passed by the ships and cautioned them not to land any inhabitants. But a few days after the whole were landed to the amount of forty families. By what I can learn from good authority, the general plan of the Britons is to claim all the lands which produce lumber in the bay of Passamaquoddy as being under the jurisdiction of Nova Scotia. A company composed of a number of wealthy persons, among the rest Pagan, formerly of Casco Bay, one of the principal managers, intend to carry on the business to a great amount at Passamaquoddy."—Extracts from a letter of Col. John Allan to the Governor of Massachusetts, December, 1783.
Robert Pagan was born at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1750. While still a young man he carried on an extensive business in lumbering at Falmouth (now Portland, Maine). He died at St. Andrews in 1821, leaving no children. William Pagan was a brother, I believe, and Thomas and Robert junior were probably nephews. (For more extended notice of Judge Pagan and others, see Sabine's Loyalists of the American Revolution.) As a businessman, a representative in the legislature, a colonel of militia, and a magistrate and judge of the local courts, Robert Pagan had an important influence in the conduct of affairs in this county in its early days. There is a memorial tablet in All Saints Church, and Pagan's Cove at Oak Bay (formerly Pagan's Mill Cove) and Pagan Street, St. Stephen, perpetuate the name. Jeremiah Pote, father-in-law of Robert Pagan, was also a merchant of Falmouth proscribed and banished for loyalty. He died at St. Andrews in 1796, at the age of seventy-one. (See Sabine)
Thomas Wyer, another son-in-law of Captain Jeremiah Pote, who became first Sheriff of the county, had been a customs officer at Falmouth. I judge that he was the writer of a letter dated at Penobscot, Jan. 1784, which comes the nearest of anything we have to giving the date of the final evacuation of Castine; and which, if my guess of the authorship is right, allows that there was a sort of family compact in the management of the enterprise.
"I expect four or five days to leave . . . as this place will be evacuated in the course of a fortnight. I shall move to a place called St Andrews, Passamaquoddy, in Nova Scotia, on the western side of the Bay of Fundy. . . . The inhabitants of this place all intend settling there, many having been there three months and have got houses erected to the number of sixty or seventy. . . . Capt. Pote, Robert Pagan and myself are agents for all the people who intend settling there."
The following are the names of the 178 men actually present at St. Andrews, by a muster roll of June 10, 1784, with whom were 102 women, 206 children over ten years of age, and 163 children under ten:—
Jeremiah Pote. (Above mentioned)
Colin Campbell came from Scotland during the war. Did business as a merchant in St. Andrews for a few years but was not financially successful. Returned to Scotland in 1808. (It may have been he, instead of Thomas Wyer, who wrote the letter above quoted.) His eldest son, Donald, was one of the children under ten in the muster roll. He afterwards became a rear admiral and married a sister of Sir Howard Douglass. Three other boys are named in the muster roll: Alexander, John and Colin. The latter became Sheriff of the county in 1833 and died in St. Andrews in 1843. He alone, of a family of twelve brothers and sisters remained in the province. He married a daughter of Capt. James Campbell, of Pennfield, cousin of Sir Archibald, who was afterwards Governor of the province. (He is not the Colin Campbell who was at one time Collector of Customs at St. Andrews and president of the Charlotte County Bank.) John Campbell of Barbeck, colonel of the 74th and commandant of the forces at Castine, afterwards made brigadier general, was a nephew of the Colin Campbell of the muster roll. As head of the firm of John Campbell and Co., he succeeded his uncle in the business at St. Andrews when, I believe, the latter went to St. John, where he was in government employ for some time before his return to Scotland. Gen. Campbell's name does not appear in the roll of the Penobscot settlers, at St. Andrews (this list) because he was mustered among the members of the seventy-fourth Association, but he is, most probably, one of the John Campbells of the grant.
Robert Pagan (Above mentioned)
Moses Gerrish. Graduate of Harvard in the class of 1762. For many years a magistrate in Grand Manan, where he died in 1830. (See Sabine)
Thomas Wyer (Above mentioned)
William Gallop. Gave name to Gallop Stream at the head of Oak Bay where he had a mill. Was one of the first magistrates appointed after the arrival of the Loyalists. Registrar of deeds, 1786-9.
John Jones. Capt. Jones was one of the surveyors who laid out the lands for the loyalists in Charlotte County. Formerly a surveyor for the Plymouth Company, he made several fine settlements at Kennebec before the war. He lost an ample fortune for his attachment to the British cause.
Alexander Linklighter.
Benjamin Milliken. Of his sixteen or more children, two settled permanently in St. George. One Dominicus, is the ancestor of the Millikens of that place and Eastport; the other became the wife of Stewart Seelye, a Pennfield Loyalist, from whom are descended the Seeley's of St. George.
Thomas Ross. From Falmouth. Settled at Grand Manan where an island preserves his name. Did at sea in 1804.
Richard Pomeroy.
James Doty. Ancestor of the Doughty's of Deer Island and the Dotens of Oak Bay.
Robertson Croker. Properly Robinson Croker, as in the grant. Was here before the Loyalists came, and his loyalty before that time had been very questionable, if St. Stephen traditions may be accepted. Yet he was chosen as one of the first vestrymen of St. Stephen, when the church corporation was organized in 1802. He came from some part of New England.
John Dowling.
William Swain. A man of property who came with the Loyalists from Castine. He engaged in lumbering on the St. Croix and built the first mill at what is now called Milltown. Afterwards in business at St. Andrews for some years.
David Eastman
George Wisely
Moses Barnard
John McIntosh. Owned farm back of town. From his daughter, Katy, the cove here got its name of Katy's Cove.
Peter Vallett
Edmund Dougherty
John Hefferman
Finlay Malcom
John Doggett
Joseph Milligan
Wm. Redhead
Matthew Limeburner. Limeburner's Lake preserves his name.
Duncan McEchran
Amos Hitchins
John Hall
William Gammons. Properly William Gammon. The spelling of names in this list is faulty owing apparently to copying from the original sheets into the record books. The name of William Gammon is prominent from the accident of its appearing first on the grant of the St. Andrews town lots as he drew lot No. 1. He died within a year, leaving his property to a son of the same name who sold to Robert Pagan.
David Arnott
Silas Cummings.
William towers. From him the name of Tower Hill at which place he died in 1835. He was engaged in building the court at Castine and is said to have built the first house at St. Andrews after the removal, possibly not for himself, but as a master builder. There is a tradition that his wife jumped from the boat and waded ashore in her eagerness to be the first to land on the site of their new home.
Zebedec Hammond
William Cookson
Andrew Patton
Eben Greenlaw
James Russell. Passed his winter on his Bay Side farm lot (probably the winter of 1784-5) in a shelter hollowed out of the bank at Sandy point, presumably engaged in clearing the land, while his family remained in town. Afterwards found among the trees on the point, remains of an old French building that could easily have made habitable.
Samuel Kelly
Zebedec Linniken
Timothy Roax
Lauchland McCurdy
Michael Ryan
Morris Henly
Thomas Hailey
James Simmonds
John Lilly. Gave name to Lilly Hill, at the head of Oak Bay, where his farm lot lay.
John Rigby
John Baldwin
James Hannah
James Thomson
Joseph Smith
Joel Bragg
John Davis
Daniel Layman. This Daniel Leeman, who lived for a time at Oak Bay and then moved to Deer Island.
James Wordwill
David Daily
James Collins
Patrick Callaghan
John Cook
Andrew Martin. Kept the St. Andrews Coffee House, which was taken down at Castine in December, 1785 and rebuilt at St. Andrews.
Benjamin Bradford. Descendant of Gov. Bradford of the Plymouth Colony Established the ferry from Bay Side to Oak Point, long known as Bradford's ferry.
James Nicholson
John Taylor
Balthazar Stilkey. A surgeon. He remained for a short time only.
John Bean
John Fowler
Ralph Taylor. A naval officer under Mowat at the siege of Penobscot. He was called into active service again in the French war of 1703 [sic]. Standing on his quarterdeck while a French vessel he had engaged was lowering her flag in token of surrender, he was fatally wounded by a musket ball from the enemy ship. He was said to have been heir to a valuable estate in the Island of Wight.
James Remington
James Piercy
Robert Munear
David Hill
William Harvey
Dugald Thomson
John Mathewson
Hugh Limey
Samuel B. Turner
James Stinton. Should of course be Stinson
William Stewart. Said to have owned a large property in Gloucester, Mass. Finally settled on Deer Island, and from him are descended the Stuart of that place.
Andrew Peters
Samuel Trott
John McMillan
James Stewart
John Glayton
Henry Ross
Timothy Roax, senior
John Roax
Daniel Grant
James Turner
John A. Sowers
Benjamin Pomeroy. From Massachusetts. Pomeroy Ridge where he finally settled bears his name.
Nathaniel Bailey.
Stephen Roberts
David Shields
William Spencer
John Crawford
John Mott, junior
Moses Sprague. A pre-Loyalist settler after whom is name Sprague Falls.
Alex. Greenlaw
John Nason
Daniel Brown
Joseph Cruikshanks
Benjamin Milliken, junior
Matthew Thornton. Nephew of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Escape from persecution after being imprisoned and acquitted. Came to St. Andrews or near there before the Loyalist settlers.
Thomas Bell
David Fog. Should be Fogo
Thomas Browne
James Doty, junior
Nathaniel Philips
Francis Welsh
David Wyer
Jeddiah Pribble. Possibly a pre-Loyalist and a relative of Capt. John Preble; but the latter was one of the two pre-Loyalist settlers here that are known to have been actively disloyal, the other being James Boyd, who attempted to plant a colony at St. Andrews earlier.
David Mowatt. Properly Mowat. Son-in-law of Dr. Caleff, and cousin of Capt. Henry Mowat of Penobscot fame. (Possibly it was a younger David Mowat who was Caleff's son-in-law. The marriage, I believe, took place in St. Andrews.)
John Long
Hugh McLeod
Gorge Gunn
John Limeburner
Robert Sim
Alexander Murphy
John McNichol
Natl. Palmer
Henry Fling
William Perry
Samuel Rogers
Donald McLean
Frederick Horn
Nevin Lindsay
Richard Mayher
James Simmington
John Calif. Dr. John Caleff, of Ipswich, Mass. Sent as delegate to Great Britain by the Castine Loyalists, to endeavor to have the Penobscot made the boundary line. Practiced as physician and surgeon at St. Andrews and died there 1812 aged 88.
William Moore. Of New Boston, N.H. Built the first mill at Moore's Mills.
John Caslow. Should be Carlow
Thomas Dawson
Barnabas Higgins
Charles Sider Parken
Thomas Little John
Peter Little John
James Joyce
Edward Ross
Thomas Philips
Thomas Stewart
Peter Durham
Deniel Cornelius
Joseph black
John Martin
William David
Daniel Nason
Samuel Cochran
Rufus White
George Ross
John Bradley
John Mathew
John Edhron
Joseph Stout
John Fisher
William Vial
John Shields
Charles Stewart
James Phillips
John Priest
Colin Campbell. There were four lieutenants of this name in the Penobscot garrison. Probably this was one of them.
Alexander Morrison
John Gray
John Stevens
William Doty
William Ragan
Neil McCurdy
Cato, and six other negro men whose names are given, who had probably been slaves before the war.
It is significant that with those 178 men, there were 102 women and 369 children. The proportion of men in the other Passamaquoddy settlements was much greater. At Belle Vue (Beaver Harbour), with 192 men there were only 60 women and 112 children; at St. George's Town, (L'Etang) with 108 men there were 40 women and 54 children; at Morristown (St. Stephen) 114 men, 48 women and 39 children; and in the Seventy-Fourth Association 125 men, 32 women and 48 children.
The 74th Argyle Highlanders, whose lands were at Digdeguash and Milltown, were nominally mustered at St. Andrews in May 1784. Some of them no doubt, were actually present, and remained to become permanent residents. Part of the regiment had been disbanded at Castine on Christmas eve, 1783. The association seems to have been formed later, probably at Halifax; and its members, or some of them, came to St. Andrews at the following spring. With them, or scattered about elsewhere along the coast and Islands of Charlotte County, were discharged officers and soldiers of other regiments returned separately in the muster roll—the 84th, the 64th, the late North Carolina Highlanders, the Nova Scotia Volunteers, the King's Orange Rangers, the Royal Garrison Battalion, the Regiment of Specht, the 70th and two or three others. Among the prominent men of these military settlers may be mentioned the following, who resided in St. Andrews for a time, or have descendants now living there.
Of the 74th—Peter McCallum, Dugald Clarke, David Craig, John Cockburn, Walter McFarlan, Hugh Cameron, Duncan McColl.
Of the N.C. Highlanders—Lt. Col. Allan Stewart, Capt. Angus McDonald, Capt. Alex. McRea.
Among the Castine Loyalists whose names are not included in the muster roll (for some reason which I cannot explain) were Daniel and James McMaster, who had been merchants in Boston and who, with the possible exception of the Pagans, may be safely regarded as the most prosperous merchants of St. Andrews in the early days.
John Dunn is another grantee not named in the muster roll, though he became a resident. He came from New York and was perhaps not one of the Castine colony. He held important positions in St. Andrews, first as the second Sheriff of the county, and afterwards as comptroller of customs.
Another was John Fraser, who, in company with Gillam Butler and Capt. Thomas Storrow, did business at Campobello and St. Andrews.
These may have all been so well off that they would not accept the King's bounty, and therefore were not enrolled, or they have been non-residents at the time.
I have reached the very unpleasant conclusion that I was in error stating, in Acadiensis and elsewhere, that the L'Etang settlers who came from Castine and after the burning of their town mostly settled in St. Andrews. I was led into the error by the fact that a large number of the Penobscot Loyalists were grantees of town lots in St. George's Town as well as in St. Andrews. That town, however, was laid out for the disbanded officers and men of the Royal Fencible Americans, who were landed there in sorry plight on the 10th of November 1783. They had been disbanded at Fort Cumberland. The officers who came with them were Capt. Philip Bailey, Capt. Peter Clinch, and Lieutenant James McNabb. The only names on their muster roll of July 1784, that I recognize, as that of a later resident of St. Andrews, is the name of Thomas Emmerson. He was a surgeon of the regiment and practiced for many years in St. Andrews.
It may still be true that some of the Castine men reenrolled as mustered at. Andrews really resided at L'Etang. Lieut. James Campbell, of the 54th, whose wife was of Castine, certainly did; though his youngest son, the late Postmaster Campbell, of St. Andrews, was born in Pennfield, where his father died. I cannot name any other individual except Dr. Emmerson. I have to thank you for leading me to this study of the muster rolls which has raised a doubt of the truth of the tradition or supposition that after the fire of 1790 there was a reunion at St. Andrews of the Castine Loyalists. I find now no ground for asserting that any considerable number of them lived in St. George's Town.
That the French had dwelling houses at St. Andrews Point is by no means certain. I had thought that the house which Gourdan and his people were engaged in building at the time of Col. Church's raid, 1704, was at this point. Dr. Ganong, whose judgments are pretty safe, thinks it more probable that Pleasant Point was the place. There was certainly an old Indian burial place near where the CPR station stands; and there was the usual large wooden cross nearby probably facing the water near the harbor entrance. The priest named St. Andre, whose name was given to the point (if there ever was such a man) had a hut such as the Indians built for themselves, if he followed the usual missionary custom. There is no record of a church building and if one had been standing in 1704 Church would have been sure to mention it.
In 1767 James Boyd, a Scotsman, living on Indian Island and engaged in fishing and trading with the Indians applied to the Nova Scotia government for fifty thousand acres of land on condition of settling fifty families thereon. The site included the present sites of St. Andrews and St. Stephen. Acting for Boyd, James Brown and Jeremiah Frost, in 1761 [sic] or the year previous, erected a hut near to where the public landing in St. Andrews now is, which was said to be the first building of any kind ever put up by any English subject at or near that place. Boyd's plans failed and though he claimed to have settled twenty-six families on the whole tract they probably left no permanent dwelling. Being disloyal, he found it advisable to leave before the close of the war. Some of his settlers remained and their presence at Moose Island (Eastport) though they were not active partisans, helped to hold that island by occupation for the state of Massachusetts.
Two Loyalist refugees, Ephraim Young and John Hanson, were living at St. Andrews when the Castine people came, the former probably on St. Andrews Island and the latter on Minister's Island. It is not known that there were any houses on the town site and certainly no one but the Indians claimed it by occupation. I have a list of forty others who were living along both sides of the river from Campobello to the head of the tide waters, and on the Digdeguash, exclusive of the Owen settlement on Campobello which was scattered by the war.
Beacon
Early History of St. Andrews
Extract from Paper by M. N. Cockburn, KC
Part Two
Feb 14, 1907
Perhaps it was early in the year 1784 that Charles Morris, junior, Deputy Surveyor, the same man who held the interview with Col. Allan, laid out the Town of St. Andrews in its regular and uniform plan—with six parallel streets running lengthwise and thirteen streets cutting them at right angles—in sixty blocks that are perfectly square lying between Water Street on the front and Prince of Wales Street in the rear, and between Harriet Street on the north west and Patrick street on the south and east, and twelve water blocks lying below Water Street, made very irregular on the south west side by numerous curves and indentations of St. Andrews harbor, which is their common boundary line on that side. The ancient plan bears the same name Charles Morris and the date given is 1784. By this plan the Town is divided into three divisions, each block is lettered and divided in eight lots. The first division was named "Bulkley's" and extended from Harriet Street to the north-westerly side of Edward Street. This division was named after Hon. Richard Bulkley, who accompanied Governor Cornwallis to Nova Scotia in 1749, became secretary to the Province about 1759 and continued in office under the thirteen successive Governors or until 1793 when he retired in favor of his son. On the death of Governor Parr, in 1791, he was for a short time Administrator of the government of Nova Scotia. He died December 7th, 1800 at the age of 83 years. At the time of his death he was judge of the admiralty, Grand Master of the Free Masons and Brigadier General of Militia—a rank never since conferred on any militia officer in Nova Scotia.
The second division was named "Parr's Division" after the Honorable John Parr, Captain General, Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over His Majesty's province of Nova Scotia at that time and down to 1791. The division embraced that portion of the Town from the south easterly sideline of Edward Street to the north-westerly sideline of Princess Royal Street.
The third division extended from Princess Royal Street to Patrick Street and was named "Morris' division" for the Hon. Charles Morris, father of the Charles Morris who laid out the town. The Hon. Charles Morris was Surveyor General in Nova Scotia in 1794. He was at one time a representative of the old county of Sunbury in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. His father was also named Charles Morris and was the first Surveyor General of Nova Scotia.
According to plans so prepared by Mr. Morris, and following his descriptions by Divisions, Blocks and Lots the town of St. Andrews was on the 15th day of August 1784 granted to William Gammon and 429 others.
It is quite evident that the Loyalists who settled St. Andrews did not have much faith in the sincerity of the United States government in the contention that the Magaguadavic river was the ancient St. Croix and that St. Andrews was a part of the United States. For, in spite of the fact that the dispute over that point was not settled before the latter part of the year 1798 or early 1799, they went vigorously along in building up and improving the town and adding to their property and possessions. The best authority I have yet been able to find on that point is in Dr. Raymond's "Winslow Papers." There, on pages 353 and 354, is published an old manuscript dated 1788, entitled "Progress of New Brunswick," but without anything in the original manuscript to indicate the author of the sketch.
One paragraph in that valuable document states "this province has become of so much consequence to Great Britain and increasing daily in its magnitude that no time ought to be lost in establishing the boundary laid between the United States of America. The Americans claims the town of St. Andrews built since the Peace by the Loyalists, consisting of six hundred houses, together with many valuable islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, which by the express word of the treaty are clearly written the limits of New Brunswick. The inhabitants of St. Andrews and its vicinity amount to upwards of three thousand. If these Loyalists should fall with their properties within the limits of the United States of America it is necessary that they should know it before any further improvements are made by them as I believe not one of the family would remain subject to the States being perfectly happy under the government of Great Britain.
It is the more necessary that this inquiry be immediately made while the Indians are alive that have been called up to Boston to give their evidence which is to remain on the records there, which river was anciently called St. Croix. They have declared upon their return that they were bribed to say the easternmost river. And it is the more necessary while the old English and French inhabitants who have resided there upwards of forty years, can personally attend and give their evidence to the contrary. I have later been there and have examined the rivers, Island, etc., and conversed with the old inhabitants and Indians; there can remain no doubt but the boundary line we claim is just and agreeable to the Treaty."
It would be an injustice to departed and deserving worth to conclude a paper of this character without some special reference to at least a few of the first settlers in St. Andrews who made themselves useful and conspicuous by their public spirit and zeal for all that makes for the good and welfare of a community in which they had cast their lot, under conditions particularly hard and trying.
John Curry, who was created Senior Justice of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Charlotte, was also one of the original grantees of the town plot, and died here. His son, Cadwallader Curry, was for some years a merchant at Campobello. The name "Cadwallader" so common among the male inhabitants of that Island at the present time, comes down from that gentleman.
Robert Pagan was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, where he was born in 1750. He emigrated to America early in life and established himself as a merchant of Falmouth, Maine, now Portland. In 1774 he was a member of committee to ascertain the names of the holders of tea in Boston and the quality and quantity of that article. A year later he became involved in the controversies of the time and abandoned his business and the country soon after the burning of Falmouth by Mowatt. He settled in St. Andrews in 1784. Served the Crown as agent for lands in New Brunswick and in superintending affairs connected with grants to the Loyalists, represented the County of Charlotte for a number of years in the Provincial Legislature.
William Gallop was a leading man among the St. Andrews Loyalists. Was the first Registrar of Deeds for Charlotte County and was appointed by his Excellency, Thomas Carlton, Captain General and Governor in Chief of New Brunswick. His commission was dated March 3rd, 1786, and was signed by Jonathan Odell, Secretary. From June 25th, 1785 to April 3rd, 1876 Joseph Garnett performed those duties as Deputy to Edward Winslow, who seems to have been the Registrar General for the Province. He continued in that office until 1789. In company with Colin Campbell and Thomas Wyer, he owned the Oak Point Bay mill at the mouth of that stream at the head of Oak Bay, near the creamery building over which we cross in driving to St. Stephen which stream is still called the "Gallop Stream," after this William Gallop. He also received a grant of land at Chamcook, where it is believed he also owned a mill.
Thomas Wyer, another prominent Loyalist, and original grantee of the Town Plot, married a daughter of Capt. Jeremiah Pote. He had been Customs Officer at Falmouth. He became the first Sheriff of Charlotte County from 1784 to 1790 and was largely interested in lumbering. He died in 1824 in the eightieth year of his age. His remains are in the old churchyard, at the head of King Street. His descendants have always been and still are among the most prominent and respected citizens of St. Andrews.
John Dunn came from New York. He owned and occupied the building now owned by Mr. W. J. McQuoid on the corner of Water and Edward streets, the frame and material for which he brought with him from New York in 1784. It was the first two story building ever erected in St. Andrews. He was the second person to hold the office of Sheriff in Charlotte County, his term of office extending from 1790 to 1803. He was for many years Comptroller of Customs at St. Andrews. He died in 1829 and a large stone tablet marks his last resting place in the old burial ground. In 1825 he presented the Roman Catholic Church with that piece of ground on which their church formerly stood and where their old burial ground still is, facing on Mary Street and running back from Montague to Parr Street. The present Collector of Customs, Mr. William Whitlock, is a direct descendant of Mr. Dunn.
Beacon
Early History of St. Andrews
Extract from Paper by M. N. Cockburn, KC
Part Three
Feb 21, 1907
The third person to fill the honorable and responsible office of Sheriff in this County was Elisha Shelton Andrews. Though not a Loyalist he was the son of a loyalist, the Rev. Samuel Andrews, first Rector of the Episcopal Church in St. Andrews. His appointment to office was dated April 16th, 1805, and he continued in office until his death on July 26th, 1833, in the sixty-first year of his age. Sheriff Andrews' wife was a daughter of the Rev. Richard S. Clarke, who was the first Rector in the parish of St. Stephen.
The fourth incumbent in the officer of Sheriff was also the son of a loyalist, Colin Campbell, Jr. He filled the office from 1833 to 1843. He was born in Glasgow, married a daughter of Capt. James Campbell, who was a cousin to Sir Archibald Campbell, a successor to Sir Howard Douglass as Governor of New Brunswick. He was a son of Capt. Colin Campbell, who came from Scotland during the war and was for a time a Customs officer at St. John, and was one of the representatives of the County of Charlotte in the first House of Assembly. Did business as a merchant for a time in St. Andrews and finally returned to Scotland in 1808. His eldest son, Rear Admiral Donald Campbell, of the British Navy, married a sister of Sir Howard Douglass, and his grandson, Admiral York Campbell, is at present the head of the younger branch of the Campbell's of Argyle. Miss Annie P. Campbell, of St. Andrews, is a direct descendant of Sheriff Campbell.
Thomas Jones (formerly Capt. Of H. M. 74th Regiment), succeeded Colin Campbell, Jr. as Sheriff of Charlotte from 1843 to the time of his death in 1865. His death occurred at Naples, as the result of an accident. A white stone in the old burial ground marks his grave and the splendid fence recently erected around the lot from the proceeds of a legacy left by his son, Mr. Owen Jones, of London for that purpose will serve to perpetuate his memory.
Alexander T. Paul followed Sheriff Jones in that office from 1865 to March 1883 at the time of his death.
The present incumbent, Robert A. Stuart, is Sheriff Paul's successor.
Joseph Garnett was one of the Loyalists who came to St Andrews with the Rev. Samuel Andrews in 1784 and was one of the first church wardens and first vestry clerk in St. Andrews' church. He was New Brunswick's first master in Chancery and the first Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Wills, and Deputy Surrogate or Judge of Probate for Charlotte County. He died in St. Andrews in 1800. Up to that time there had been no separate record of the proceedings in the surrogate or probate court and the only proof to be found that the probate court had an existence at that time is the proof and registration of certain wills between 1784 and 1800. In the year 1800, after Joseph Garnett's death, Henry Barlow Brown was appointed Deputy Surrogate under Edward Winslow, and Donald McDonald was appointed Deputy Registrar of Wills, probate of wills, letters, of administration and other testamentary documents. Joseph Garnett died intestate, and the probate court records begin on Dec. 20th, 1800, with the grant of letters of administration in his estate to his widow, Rebecca Garnett. The second case of administration was on the estate of Nehemiah Marks of Saint Andrews. Betty Marks, his widow and Ninian Lindsay of St. Andrews, were appointed administratrix and administrator April 18, 1801. The first will with letters testamentary registered in the probate court was that of Rebecca Phillips. It was dated Dec. 28th, 1806, and admitted to probate on march 20th, 1801. Mariner Solt was the executor and Samuel Andrews, John Mowat and Rachel Mowat were the subscribing witnesses. Henry Barlow Brown continued in office as Deputy Surrogate until the end of the year 1808 and was succeeded by Harris Hatch, who acted as deputy Surrogate until June 27th, 1822.
The constitution of the court was then altered, and Mr. Hutch was appointed Judge of probate. He was succeeded by George I Thomson, who was succeeded by George I. Thomson, who was succeeded by James W. Chandler; he by George D. Street; Mr. Street by Benjamin R. Stevenson, and Mr. Stevenson by the present incumbent.
Jeremiah Pote was a merchant of Falmouth, Maine, transacted a large business and filled offices of trust and honor. In 1774 a public meeting was called to consider the state of public affairs, which he attended, but he desired that his dissent might be entered against a resolution relative to the Ministry and East India Company, which was introduced and passed. In 1775 he rendered himself obnoxious during the troubles with Mowatt, which resulted in the burning of the town. He was summoned before the Whigs who, under one Thompson assumed the Government and organized themselves into a board of war, and required him to contribute money and provisions and to give a bond in the sum of £2,000 to appear at the provincial Congress of Massachusetts and give an account of his conduct In the conflagration which soon followed. His loss in property was very heavy. In 1778 he was prosecuted and banished. After the peace he settled at St. Andrews, where he died Nov. 23, 1794, aged 71 years. On march 5th, 1794, at a vestry meeting of the Episcopal church of which Mr. Pote was a member, the records tell us, the bad situation of the burying ground was taken into serious consideration and Mr. Pote offered to donate the lot then belonging to him at the upper part of King Street as a burying ground, which was accepted. He soon found a use for the new grave yard he had so generously donated, for his son Robert, a young man of 25 years, was buried there Nov. 8th, 1794. As before stated his own death occurred just two years later, and his widow, Elizabeth, died Dec. 24th, 1809, aged 79 years. They all lie near the centre of the lot and plain grey stones mark their graves. Robert Pagan and Thomas Wyer married daughters of Capt. Pote.
St. Andrews Standard
Early History of St. Andrews
Extract from Paper by M. N. Cockburn, KC
Part Four
Feb 28, 1907
Daniel and James McMaster were doing business as merchants at Boston before the war, but because of their loyalty and obedience to the laws they were compelled to leave. One or both of them joined the British at Castine, and came here with the Penobscot Loyalists. They carried on business in different parts of Charlotte County and held positions of trust and honor. Daniel married the only daughter of Rev. Andrews, first Rector of St. Andrews. One of the daughters of his brother James, (Charlotte) became the wife of the Rev. Samuel Thomson first Rector of St. George. His only child is Mrs. Neville G. D. Parker, so well and so favorably known to us all. Mr. J. S. MacMaster, of St. Andrews, is a direct descendant of those illustrious men. In 1829 James MacMaster with his business partner, Mr. Allanshaw, conveyed by deed to Charlotte MacMaster Hardwood Island, and MacMaster's Island in the Bay of Passamaquoddy. Those properties descended by heirship from her mother to Mrs. Parker, and no conveyance of any part thereof was ever made until Hardwood Island was sold to Dr. Woodworth in 1906, over an unbroken period of 77 years.
Dr. Califf was one of the first physicians to settle and practice in St. Andrews. He came with the Penobscot Loyalists and built a house at the upper end of the town. He died here in 1812, aged 88. Dr. Thomas Emerson formerly of the Royal Fencibles American, also practiced for several years in St. Andrews, and was afterwards assistant surgeon in the 104th Regiment which he accompanied in the famous winter march to Canada. He died in Fredericton, 1834, aged 81. Dr. Balthazar Stickney also practiced here, for a short time. All of these first physicians were original grantees in the Town Plot.
Capt. Samuel Osburn was the grantee of the island now owned by Mr. E. L. Andrews and Sir William Van Horne. He conveyed it to the Rev. Samuel Andrews in 1786, from whom it took the name of "Minister's Island." That part now owned by Mr. E. L. Andrews has never since passed out of the Andrews family, he being the fourth in direct succession to own and occupy the same.
Capt. Osburn, the grantee of the island, it is said in the Frigate Ariadne cruised all winter in Passamaquoddy Bay to protect the Loyalists from the Indians during the first year after they landed.
John McIntosh lived on the North slope of the hill in St. Andrews, not far from the site now occupied by the Algonquin Hotel. When he grew old and infirm, his daughter Katy McIntosh took charge of the property, and from her Katy's Cove took its name. She was a large woman of masculine strength and appearance, and a terror to the boys who ventured to trespass on her lands. She it was who gave utterance to the prediction, "Dam Katy's Cove? Katy's Cove will never be dammed!," a prophecy which stood good until in 1906 the CPR dammed it.
John Lillie, in addition to being one of the grantees of the town of St. Andrews, had a grant of land at Oak Bay. The steep hill just on the east side of the Gallop stream on the road leading to St. Stephen called "Lillie Hill," took its name from that early settler.
Several of the first framed houses built in St. Andrews, it is said, were taken down at Castine, Maine, and the frame and materials brought here and rebuilt. Perhaps there is only one now remaining. That dwelling sits on the westerly side of William Street near the harbour front, is owned by the heirs of the late Donald Clark, and is occupied by Mrs. Alex. Donald. Andrews Martin owned it at the time of its being placed in its present location, and kept it as a hotel. It was called "The St. Andrews Coffee House." Mr. Martin purchased the building at Castine, from John MacPhail. The original bill for the materials presented by MacPhail is said to be still extant, and the following is a true copy thereof.
Andrew Martin to John Macphail Dr.
Estimate of the value of the St. Andrews Coffee House, with the expense of removing it to St. Andrews
To the house taken down at Penobscot £ 30 0 0
To freight from there to St. Andrews £ 13 10 0
To taking down three thousand bricks £ 6 0 0
To freight £ 2 10 0
To 1000 feet seasoned boards £ 2 10 0
To 4 window frames, cases and sashes glazed £ 4 0 0
To one panel door £ 1 0 0
The frame of the house at present owned by occupied by Mr. Harry Boone is also said to have been brought from Castine.
Beacon
Feb 7/1907
Sardine Weir men Will Organize
To Secure Better Price, Better measure, and Better Conditions
Details
The presence of Mr. Painter, the chief architect of the C. P. R. in St. John, has given rise to a report that the C. P. R. is to build a big hotel there. The Globe remarks that "the C. P. R. is arranging for a large addition to the Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews, and it may be that is the reason for Mr. Painter's visit here."
Beacon
Feb 14/1907
Mr. Painter is just back from France, where he had gone to study architecture of French chateaux, in preparation for addition to Frontenac.
Continuing extracts from Cockburn's history of St. Andrews and exhortation for men of 1907 to be like the "giants" of yore.
Beacon
Feb 21, 1907
Mr. R. B. Van Horne Appointed Manager
Mr. R. B. Van Horne, who has been appointed general manager of the Cuba Railway, with headquarters at Chamaguay, will spend the greater part of the year in assisting in the direction of the affairs of the system. Sir William Van Horne, the president of the company, who left last evening from New York, en route to Cuba, will continue to make periodical visits to the island but with his son in a responsible managerial position there the necessity for prolonged stays will be less urgent than in the past.—Montreal Star
William Pugsley 1907
Premier of New Brunswick
Liberal Mar 6, 1907
LG: The Hon. Lemuel John Tweedie (1849-1917) Born in Chatham, New Brunswick. Appointed 5 March 1907 at age 58 until 6 March 1912.
Beacon
Feb 28, 1907
Wharf Plans Arrive
The plans for the proposed addition to the Market Wharf have been received by the town council from Mr. Gilbert Murdock, of Saint John, and a blueprint of the same has been on exhibition at Cockburn's Bros. Store. The plans indicate an extension of 434 feet to the present structure. This addition would be 24 feet wide and would be constructed of piles; at the end there would be a solid crib with a face length of 123 feet, which would extend across the end of the structure. This crib would have a width of twenty feet. The approach to the wharf would require to be dredged. The estimate cost of the wharf extension, including $300 for a drop float, is $13,000. The cosset of the other crib alone is placed at $9000. There could be large saving made in this, as 125 feet is much too large for the ports' necessities at this point.
The site near the Factory wharf had to be abandoned, as owing to the presence of ledge near the surface, piling could not be employed and the whole wharf would have to be of solid crib work. It was estimated that a solid crib wharf at the point mentioned would cost $30,000. This put it out of the question.
Beacon
March 14/1907
St. Andrews town Accounts
Assessments
Support of the poor—$400.00
Support of pauper lunatics—$130.00
Kitchens will be added to two of the Algonquin cottages before the season opens.
Beacon
March 28/1907
If those people who now curse the CPR had been residents of St. George for the past ten years they would have had some reason for cursing. The CPR may be a soulless corporation, and all that, but without it St. Andrews would be a much smaller dot on the map than it is now.
The CPR will erect a large warehouse on their upper wharf for the storage of sardines and other freight passing through here. The present shed is crowded at times.
St. Andrews wants industries, but how can we persuade people to establish such industries when we are without water or electricity or anything else that modern industry requires?
Beacon
April 4/1907
After Fancy Cattle
Mr. J. R. Oastler, superintendent of Sir William Van Horne's stock farm, started out on Monday night on a purchasing trip to secure new blood for Sir William's Dutch Belted herd. He will inspect herds in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. He may be absent a month.
A hot air heating apparatus is being installed in Kennedy's
Beacon
April 11/1907
"The Inn" is the name by which the new C. P. R. hotel (formerly the Osburn property) will be known. Ready for guests in June.
Beacon
April 18/1907
The new CPR warehouse to be erected on their upper wharf, St. Andrews, will be 150 feet long, taking up the whole wharf, except a space for lines. Passengers for the boats will go through the warehouse.
Sir William Van Horne
Though he is known throughout the continent as a constructive railway man of the highest capacity, Sir William Van Horne, First President of the Canadian Pacific Railway and present Chairman of the Board of Directors, indulges tastes and recreation sin his home which are scarcely less dear to him. Sir William's house is in Dorchester Street, Montreal, one of the fashionable thoroughfares on the side of the mountain. Sir William has enormous business interests in Cuba, in addition to his intimate connection with Canada's first transcontinental. But once inside the walks of his home he enters another world. Drawing forth a box of long, fat Havana's and puffing for hours without ceasing, he enjoys the art treasures with which his house abounds. His gallery of paintings is one of the best in all Canada; while even more extensive is the collection of pottery and of Japanese art work. The latter is probably the best on the continent, and in general way its extent reminds one of a museum in its immensity. In a rear room Sir William has a studio of his own, and there when fancy dictates, he chooses palette and brush and spends many an hour in the role of an amateur artist. Sir William is a liberal entertainer, and guests at his home are treated with lavish hospitality. In addition to his Montreal home, he has a summer residence at St. Andrews by the sea, New Brunswick, and a stock farm at Selkirk, Manitoba.—-Toronto Globe
New Brunswick Tourist Assoc located in Saint John; issuing booklet with write-ups on various Charlotte County attractions, including the hotels.
The new CPR warehouse to be erected on their upper wharf, St. Andrews, will be 150 x 40 feet, taking up the whole wharf, except a space for lines. Passengers for the boats will go through the warehouse.
Controversy over the ideal location for the new wharf.
Mr. Oastler in US seeking new blood for Sir William's herd. Details.
Supt. Oastler, of Sir William Van Horne's stock farm, who went o the United States a few weeks ago to secure new blood for Sir William's Dutch belted cattle herd, returned on Friday last. During his absence he inspected herds in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Among them all he saw none that would equal the Van Horne herd and no bull superior to "Nicholas" of Covenhoven. Some of the herds were larger, but none were so true to the belt as Sir William's.
Prices of the inspected stock were high, running all the way from $50 to $1500. No purchases were made, pending Sir William's return from Central America.
Mr. Oastler says that the weather in the districts visited was quite as backward as in New Brunswick. He had a sleigh ride a day or two before coming home.
One thing remarked by him, while visiting the farming section outside of Hartford, Connecticut, was that the farmers were returning to the use of oxen. The farmers said that they had found horses encouraged extravagance and drew the attention of the young men from the farm. For this reason they were returning to oxen.
Beacon
May 2/1907
Sir William in Guatemala
Sir William Van Horne has just returned from a trip to Guatemala, which he declares was one of the most interesting he ever took. The reason of his going was the building of a railroad from the city of Guatemala to the coast, which he undertook some two years ago. The road will be finished in a few weeks, and trains will soon be running over it. The road runs between the capital and Port Barrios.
The banana industry on a large scale has been made possible by the construction of the railway, Sir William stating that 55 miles of railway track would be required for one of these immense plantations. In fact, the banana trade, from the Central American republics to the United States and England, has assumed tremendous proportions.
"How did the capital city impress you?" Sir William was asked.
"I found Guatemala the most beautiful of all the Spanish American cities. The population is about 100,000; the buildings are of a very superior quality, the streets very fine, and the sidewalks the best I have ever seen in any city."
"The Government of Guatemala is a very stable one, and no internal troubles have taken place for fifty years past. The president of their republic, Estrada Cabera, being an able and broad-minded statesman, is in consequence a very wise ruler, and the country being a comparatively small one, he is able to give a great deal of personal attention to its general administration.
"I found a great regard for vested rights; island property is very safe. There is, in fact, no disposition whatever to break down successful enterprises in the Central American states. On the contrary, the people show great satisfaction at the success of enterprises in their respective countries, and a most pronounced disposition to encourage more of them." Montreal Star.
Beacon
May 9/1907
G. H. Stickney showing souvenir plates in blue with views of St. Andrews, St. Stephen, Calais and Eastport. Central picture Sir William Van Horne's residence.
Mr. T. T. O'Dell is having plans drawn up for a handsome residence. It will be of colonial design, and well erected will be a creditable addition to the own residences.
Beacon
May 23/1907
CPR building large wharf on company wharf 30 x 125 feet
"The Inn": "Its location in a beautiful grove within a stone's throw of the ocean." Interior decorations by Kate Reid, of Montreal. "The general color scheme is of green. The walls that are papered in that color have a very unique border of water scenes. Poster pictures with stained spruce frames of original design decorate the walls. A large grandfather's clock serves as an additional ornament for the reception room. The dining room furniture, as well as the windows and doors, are of corn yellow, making the embowered room much brighter than it otherwise would be. There is an old-fashioned fireplace in this room, with the usual antique accessories. There are bathrooms on the first and second floors, and a toilet in the attic where the female help will sleep. The male attendants will sleep in quarters in one of the adjoining outbuildings. Mr. James Cummings has about completed the contract for laying a sewer to the shore. Kent's will-boring machine is now at work deepening the well.
Prices $14 per week or $2.50 per day
Guests Lady Tilley, Major Vernon-Eaton
Clifford Robinson 1907-08
Premier of New Brunswick
Liberal May 31, 1907
Beacon
June 6/1907
The automobile will take a back seat when the flying machine comes in vogue.
Windsor Hotel, St. Stephen, purchased by W. F. Nicholson. Been proprietor past five years.
P. G. Hanson, dry goods, has been in business 18 years.
St. Andrews Booklet—St. Andrews and About
This is the title of an illustrated booklet in colors issued by the enterprising manager of Kennedy's Hotel. It is printed on "Toile Moiré Tanjib" a grained paper of fine quality—and is generally admired. The work was done in The Beacon office and will compare favorably with any city work. The letter press, besides being of a concise historical character, contains information as to railway and steamboats. Manager Kennedy will be pleased to supply booklet on application.
St. Croix Courier
June 13/1907
"The Queen" is the name given to D. W. McCormick's new hotel, the former residence of Nehemiah Marks.
Beacon
June 13/1907
Fifty carloads of fine white sand from Magaguadavic Lake have been placed on the bathing beach at Katy's Cove. The work is being done by a crew of Italians.
Beacon
June 20, 1907
New Wharf
Mr. B. F. DeWolfe, who has always ranked as one of St. Andrews' most progressive citizens, has furnished another example of his faith in the future of St. Andrews by beginning the construction of a large wharf on the property purchased by him a year ago. This property belonged for many years to the Street estate. The work of construction is being performed by a crew of men under Mr. Albert Gillman.
Beacon
July 4/1907
Vegetation has not been standing still about St. Andrews. Supt Oastler of Sir William Van Horne's farm showed the Beacon on Saturday a bunch of fall rye that had attained a height of fully seven feet.
Beacon
July 11/1907
The well at the Algonquin, which was sunk by Thomas R. Kent, got a good flow of water at 242 feet [must be fifth well]. 300 feet away Sir Thomas Shaughnessy went down 823 feet and got a very scanty supply.
Beacon
July 18/1907
A telephone station to be placed at Kennedy's.
Raymond-Whitcomb excursion party in town again
Beacon
July 25/1907
Picture with History
St. Andrews Fifty Years Ago Sought by Tourist
There is a picture in the writing room of Kennedy's hotel that has an interesting history. It is a lithograph of St. Andrews, made by Frederick Wells, an officer of the 1st Royals, which regiment was stationed here about fifty years ago. Presumably that is about the age of the picture. At present it is the property of Mrs. R. M Hazen, of Saint John. Some years ago, the late Miss Hazen, of Saint John, was visiting a member of her family at Tonbridge, Kent, England. One day, in passing a bookseller's shop she noticed this lithograph in the window and she at once secured it. After Miss Hazen's death it fell into the hands of Mrs. Hazen, who prizes it very highly
The picture bears below it the following inscription, which indicates that even at that remove period St. Andrews had a reputation as a tourist resort, besides being an aspirant for winter port honors:
VIEW OF THE TOWN OF ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick, WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT HARBOR AND BAY. From the extreme beauty of its scenery and the salubrity of its climate, the town is much resorted to by tourists from all parts. It is situated at the entrance of the Bay of Fundy, at the southern and warmest extremity of New Brunswick; and lying in close proximity to the US at their nearest point to Great Britain it commands the whole of their extensive system of railways and is probably destined at no distant period to occupy an important position in the history of British North America, particularly as on the completion of the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway (the great trunk line to the Canadas and which is now in active progress under the Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Ashburton, and other gentlemen) it will become the winter port to those vast provinces and that line being the shortest which can be constructed to reach them on British territory it will naturally be much resorted to as a port of disembarkation for emigrants, who will doubtless long cherish it in grateful remembrance as the spot where after the perils of their voyage they first touched the hospitable shores of their adopted home. [circa 1857 then]
This lithograph hangs upstairs in the Charlotte County Archives.
Sir William Van Horne has not yet been interrogated with reference to the rumour associating his name with the leadership of the conservative party. His reply might be the same as when he was asked about the CPR's connection with L'Etang, —"Where is the conservative party anyway?"
Beacon
Aug 1, 1907
Sir William Van Horne set out by special train for Sydney on Sunday night.
Beacon
Aug 8/1907
Shore Line now extended all the way to St. Stephen.
Mr. McDermott, representing the electrical department of the C. P. R., had a conference with the town on Tuesday night, when he submitted an estimate for an electric plant that would light the town as well as the C. P. R. hotel and station. He said that the company would consider three propositions, one for the Algonquin Hotel alone, one to include the town lighting and one to embrace Sir William Van Horne' s property. . . . The plant to light the town would cost $17,000. . . . He said that 20 arc lights for the streets could be supplied for $80.00 each year. Incandescent lights would cost $30.00 each."
St. Croix Courier
Aug 15/1907
Calais wrestles with the Water Question. Calais wants the water which the people of St. Stephen are going to have some day . . .
Beacon
Aug 15/1907
Vice-Regal Tour Will Include St. Andrews
Earl Grey and Lady Grey. Photos. Will stay at Algonquin Sunday coming. Already been in NS and Saint John.
Electric Lights—The decision of the CPR to light the Algonquin Hotel with electricity next season has brought the electric light question to the front once more. The question now is, whether the CPR shall provide its own plant or whether it shall patronize a plan to be owned and controlled y the town. The statement made by the electrical expert of the CPR that the operating cost of a plant sufficient to light the town would amount to about $5000 and that the CPR would utilize about $2400 worth of light, has set our people thinking as to whether it would not be better for the town to put in the plant and secure such a good customers as the CPR would probably be. It is claimed by the advocates of the municipal system that the operating cost, as estimated by the CPR is very high, and the expert himself in a measure supports them in this view. In the first place, it is stated that a saving could be made in having but one generator. In the engineer's estimate he provides for a second generator, which would involve a cost of $3500. He also estimates on hard coal for fuel purposes, as it would be impossible to burn soft coal so near the hotel. In these two items alone there would be considerable savings. Placing the operating cost at $4000, and assuming that the CPR would take $2100 worth of light, there would be a balance of $1700 for street and house consumption. The lowest estimate of the engineer for providing street lighting (by incandescent light) is $1200, while under the arc system it would cost $1800. Taking $1500 as a fair average of the cost of lighting the town *single arc lights on Water Street and incandescent on the rear streets) there would only be $200 to be made up by private users. As one hotel alone would require about $100 worth of light, and perhaps more, it would seem that the revenue from private sources would far exceed $200. Probably $500 would be nearer the mark. This would reduce the cost of street lighting very much below what the town would have to pay the CPR. The town would have the advantage of owning its own lights, and if it was found that the cost to private users could be reduced the town would be more likely to make a reduction than a private company. It is felt, too, that if ever the town is to be lighted by electricity the time to do so is now, when the CPR is willing to become such a heavy purchaser. If this opportunity is allowed to go by and the CPR puts in an independent plant for itself the town will be forever debarred from having the company as a customer. It is further pointed out by the advocates of a municipal plant that in the town of Campbellton, the revenue from private users is so large that it not only costs the own nothing for lighting its street but is able to lay by a little every year. They can see no reason why this should be the case here.
On the other hand, those who are opposed to public ownership say that it would be to the town's interest to have the CPR control the lighting plant and have the town buy what it needs from the company. They think that the same interest would not be taken in the plant by the town as would be taken by the CPR and that as the CPR is not in the electric business for private gain would be likely to grant any concessions that would be reasonable. Moreover, they argue that if the CPR owned the lighting plant the Company would be more concerned about forwarding the town's interests and population than if it were in the hands of the town.
The Mayor has been asked by petition to take a plebiscite on the questions. Before doing this, however he will place himself in communication with the CPR Company, asking them if they would patronize a town plant and to what extent. With these figures to submit to the people they will be in a position to cast an intelligent vote.
Good Hotel Season Despite Bad Weather—"This has been the best season Kennedy's hotel has ever had," remarked Manager Kennedy to The Beacon last week. "We have never had so many people during August before. They have filled our rooms and overflowed parlors, halls and writing grooms, while some have been compelled to sleep outside. We have managed to care for all who have come. Next season we may add more rooms to the house. This will entail an enlargement of our dining room space and other changes, all of which means a large expenditure of money." Manager Allerton has a like story to tell of the Algonquin and of its new annex, The Inn. The latter has been crowded of late.
Sir William Van Horne Advocates an Export Duty
In case the exportation of pulpwood from Canada were prohibited, Sir William Van Horne thinks that Canada would not only gain directly by having the raw material made into the finished production in Canada and then derive $38 from a cord where now she only gets $6, but she would also gain in the markets of the world. The home consumption of Canadian paper is so comparatively small that a great amount of the produce depends on the foreign market. Since our paper is excluded by heavy duties from the United States, the only markets open to Canadian paper markets are those of Great Britain, Australia and South Africa. These are likewise open to the mills of the United States, which find occasion every year to dump a large surplus of their production into our only available markets. On the other hand, the American paper manufacturers with free Canadian pulpwood and with their many natural advantages are able when it suits their purposes to take away our foreign markets or spoil them, which they have frequently done in the past.
Questioned as to the probable effect of the prohibition directly or indirectly upon the individuals who are selling pulpwood from their own lands, Sir William said that paper manufacturers would soon be able to buy up all they had to sell, preferring to buy the raw product in order to hold their own limits in reserve. As for the question of danger of retaliation on the part of the United States there is nothing to fear for by the Dingley tariff. Americans have shut out of the country everything which they do not need. Moreover, Canada is now by no means an insignificant neighbor, and Sir William thinks that she will meet with profound consideration on the part of the American people. —Herald
An addition of 75 feet will be made to the railway platform to accommodate the long trains that are coming in.
Beacon
Aug 22/1907
The Governor general and party certainly spent a restful time while here. For the nonce, officialism was cast off and Earl and Lady Grey and their daughters enjoyed themselves just like other humans. There were no formalities of any kind, even the luncheons given by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and Sir William Van Horne being unmarked by any display. We hope that they will be able to come this way again.
The Governor-general before leaving the Algonquin Hotel passed a high compliment upon the excellent management of Mr. Allerton. He said it was the best kept hotel he had ever been in. This is high praise, coming from such a source. Guests—His Excellency the Governor-general, her Excellency Countess Grey, Lady Sybil, Grey, Lady Evelyn Grey, A. V. Sladen, Capt. D. C. Newton.
Governor-General of Canada Visits St. Andrews
In the dawning of the morning of Saturday last, Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, and party steamed into St. Andrews from Saint John, remained in their private car well until 9:20 o'clock when by appointment his Excellency received Mayor Snodgrass and the members of the town council. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, who was present, also introduced a few citizens to the Governor General.
His Excellency was in good humor and chatted pleasantly for a few minutes with his visitors. During the brief reception a magnificent big Newfoundland dog persisted in leaping about the Earl, showing affection that was honestly genuine. After breakfast the party entered the carriages of Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, Mr. C. R. Hosmer and Mr. F. W. Thompson, of Montreal, and were driven to the Algonquin Hotel. The forenoon was quietly spent, a run out to the Algonquin golf links being the chief feature. The party partook of luncheon at Sir Thomas Shaughnessy's residence, returning to the hotel afterwards. A large tent was erected on the bowling green for the informal reception at 4 o'clock, but the rain beginning to fall, the tent idea was abandoned, and the reception was held in the drawing room of the hotel. It was of a very informal character. Almost all the hotel guests attended. Among others were Sir William Van Horne, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, G. W. Ganong, M. P. George, J. Clarke, M. P. P. W. C. H. Grimmer, M. P. P Mayor Teed of St. Stephen; Mayor Snodgrss, Aldermen Cockburn, Hanson, Cummings, Doon, Rigby, Horsnell, McDowell, and Greenlaw, Sheriff Stuart, Mrs. Stuart, Miss Stuart, Judge Cockburn, Mrs. Cockburn, F. H. Grimmer, Miss Grimmer, R. E. Armstrong, Miss Armstrong, Mrs. Very Whitman, Misses Maloney, Miss Gordon, R. Walter Clarke, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. N M. Clarke, T. R. Wren, Miss Freda Wren and W. F. Kennedy. A feature of the reception was the presentation of a handsome bouquet to her Excellency by Master Whitman, on behalf of the American visitors, and also one by little Miss Farmer.
Saturday evening after the shower was over the Governor-general and his aide strolled about town. On Sunday morning their Excellencies worshipped in All Saints' church and listened to a good sermon by the Rev. R. R. J. Langford. As they passed out of the church, the choir sang the national anthem. After church they were driven to Minister's Island, where they lunched with Sir William Van Horne. The party entered their car at 9 o'clock Sunday night and retired. On Monday morning, the car was attached to the regular express and proceeded to Point du Chene. After a trip through PEI Earl Grey will return to the capital.
Beacon
Aug 29/1907
F. W. Thompson has own tennis courtyard and tournaments—Shaughnessy's, etc.
CPR would prefer to take lights from the town but would not like to pay 12 cents a kilowatt.
Beacon
Sept 5/1907
Editor looks to hope in these forms: increased cottage population, advent of marine biological station; electric lighting, increased development of fisheries.
New Summer House
The purchase by Mr. Charles F. Smith, of the Dr. Parker lot near the Algonquin Hotel, has been ratified by the owner, who is in England. Mr. Smith, who has about completed his first season her and who is charmed with the town as a summer resort, will very shortly begin the erection of a beautiful summer house for himself on his new estate. The house will occupy the site of the Parker residence, which was destroyed many years ago, but will be considerably larger.
Rumour CPR may create new Bar Harbor at New River Beach. Has taken possession of Shore Line. Similar rumours over last year.
Beacon
Sept 12/1907
A Strange Sea Monster in St. Croix Waters
Thought by Some to be a Female Narwhal from Arctic Waters—bears a Charmed Life
The "sea serpent" which has been alarming bathers and boatmen in the St. Croix River for several weeks past and which seems to bear a charmed life, turns out to be a species of white whale, probably a female narwhal. The big fish belongs properly to Arctic waters but has probably been beguiled hitherward by the schools of herring which have tolled it along the coast and finally led it into the St. Croix River.
Many of our boatmen have been in close quarters with the leviathan and know whereof they speak.
Isaac Johnson was rowing off to his weir on Monday morning, dreaming of the shekels that the little silvery fish he had imprisoned herein would yield him when the white monster suddenly rose up in the water alongside him. To say he was alarmed conveyed but a small idea of his feelings at the time. He said he could feel his hair lifting up his hat. The big fish followed him for some distance, disporting alongside the boat, and evidently in a playful mood. When the boat got in shallow water the fish refused to follow it any farther.
William Winchester, another reputable boatman, had a somewhat similar experience. He and Wellington Carson were rowing to their weir when the fish ran up alongside and showed a disposition to get chummy. Winchester had a sharp boat-hook in his boat and he drove it with all high might against the fish. The boat hook flew back as if it had struck against a big mass of hard rubber. As the fish got the blow, it turned about and looked at the fisherman with a sad, wistful look, as much as to say, "I didn't think you'd use a fellow that way," and then disappeared.
Several Weirmen about Katy's Cove have also been in close touch with the fish. George Simpson drove a lance into its side but the weapon glanced off taking with a piece of the fish's hide which was as hard as sole leather. He noticed a long scar in the fish's back. He thinks this was caused by the shot someone fired at it while upriver. The male narwhal is known as a sea-unicorn because it has a horn from six to ten feet long protruding from its snout. This horn is an extension of one of the teeth in the upper jaw.
The cetacean in the St. Croix waters is of the same whitish color as the narwhal but is has no horn. It is from twelve to fifteen feet long and about as big around as an oil barrel. The fishermen have noticed that it plays about the spar buoys a great deal. Capt. Ingersoll of the Steamer Aurora had a long shot at it with his glass while it was disporting itself near St. Croix Island last week. At that time it was circling the red buoy above the Thumb Cap. This predilection for buoys may be due to two causes. The fish may be feeding on the mollusca which gather about the buoys or it may see some resemblance to its "affinity" in the large, floating spars.
At all events there is no doubt about the presence of a strange sea monster in the locality. It has shown on ferocity, but might do so if enraged. It would be just as well for boatmen who are not fitted up for whale hunting, to let it alone.
Canada's Favorite Watering Place. T. C. L. K. in Montreal Standard.
[Longish article, with glance at possibility as port. Minister's Island mentioned.]
. . . A mile or so, and across the water you notice Minister's Island, where Sir William Van Horne has his beautiful summer home.
Among the old stalwart Tories who would not give up British connection was Rev. Samuel Andrews, who like many of a similar mind, came from Connecticut. He found his way to St. Andrews, and was, in time, given a grant of the island, known later as Minister's or Andrews's island. His grandson has yet a home on the island granted to his forefather, though, with this small reservation it now belongs to Sir William Van Horne. And the Rev. Samuel brought with him two relics of the pre-revolution days—a Crown and Coat of Arms. They may be seen at this day t the west end of Al Saints Parish Church. . . .
Beacon
Sept 19/1907
CPR to take possession of New Brunswick Southern Jan.1st.
Campobello Island—Mr. George Byron, of Campobello, was in St. Andrews on Saturday. Regarding the future of the island, he was very optimistic. He stated that there was a good reason to believe that the new hotel company would get control of the summer hotels on the island. When they did, they were prepared to spend $20,000 this season in putting things in shape for next season's business. Several cottages will be built. The Eastport board of trade had signified its willingness to assist the promoters in removing any local causes which might operate against the success of the scheme.
Colonial Cottage
The dwelling which Mr. Thomas Odell proposes erecting next spring on his lot of land opposite Mr. Thomas Armstrong's home, will be one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in St. Andrews. The plans, prepared by Neil Brodie, architect, of Saint John, disclose a dwelling at once elegant in design and convenient in arrangement. It will be two stories in height. The front, which will face toward the harbor, will have a small verandah on the corner and also a balcony on the second story. The ground floor will contain a large vestibule and hall, with a comfortable fireplace at its father extremity, also a commodious drawing room, dining room, kitchen, etc. The second floor has five or six sleeping rooms of good size, busies two bathrooms. The rear of the house on Montague Street will be plain. The basement entrance also to the rear door will be on this street.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 19/1907
Campobello to Boom.
There seems to be a fair prospect that the beautiful island of Campobello may regain its prestige as a summer resort. During the past few weeks, a movement has been on foot, promoted by Mr. H. M. Merriman, one of the summer visitors on the island, to purchase the right, title and interests of the Campobello Island Company, an option on which has already been given. The plans of the new company are extensive, and as it is now understood, include the remodelling of the Tyn-y-Coed, the erection of another hotel and several cottages. Ample capital has been secured, and a party of men from New York, who are ready to furnish the money, have been on the Island, looked it over, and are thoroughly convinced that by going to work in the right way, with ample capital at hand to push the matter, the natural beauty of the Island can be brought to the tourist population so effectively that Campobello can be made to rival any resort on the coast. When Campobello was booming as a summer resort, Eastport derived pecuniary benefit from its visitors, and if the plans of the new company are carried out, would gain profit thereby and to a much greater extent—Sentinel.
Much in news of water system for St. Stephen.
Beacon
Sept 26/1907
Lady Van Horne and Miss Van Horne are enjoying these beautiful September days at Covenhoven. They have as guest Miss H. R. B. Reid, of Montreal.
Mr. A. D. Patterson, a Toronto artist of prominence, has been the guest lately of Sir William Van Horne.
Advice from Campobello say that the transfer of the Campobello Island Co's interests to the new company represented by Mr. Merriman, is about completed. Mr. Merriman will spend the winter on the island, preparing for the summer boom.
Mr. H. M. Merriman and Mr. J. Arch. Douglass, of New York, were in town this week looking into the titles of the Campobello Island Company's properties. Mr. Merriman says that the scheme for taking over the island properties has not yet been accomplished.
Beacon
Oct 3/1907
Supt. Oastler, of Covenhoven Farm, drove into town on Tuesday behind a handsome two-year-old Clydesdale. Sir Adam was the sire of this pretty animal.
Donald MacMaster Entertains Kipling
Montreal, Sept. 30
Mr. and Mrs. Rudyard Kipling, who have been in the city since Friday, when they arrived from England on a holiday trip, left this morning on their trip across the continent. Their plans are to return to Montreal in three weeks and they will sail for home about the end of October. A party of prominent Montrealers, including Sir William Van Horne, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, Principal Petterson, F. D. Monk. M. P., and Lay Hickson, met the distinguished author at luncheon Sunday at the Mount Royal Club, Donald MacMaster being host.
Mr. Henry Rideout, the rising young novelist, completed his vacation at Kennedy's hotel on Monday. With his sister he is now spending a few weeks in Calais.
Beacon
Oct 10/1907
Snatched from the Jaws of Death
Miss Beatrice Andrews Almost Loses Life on Island Bar
A close call from death was that experienced by Miss Beatrice, daughter of Mr. Edward L. Andrews, Minister's Island, on Thursday forenoon last. There being a crew of men on the farm engaged in threshing, Miss Andrews harnessed one of her father's colts and started for the mainland to get some needed supplies for the harvesters. The tide was ebbing but the bar had not bared, there being a foot or more of were at the highest point. The young lady was plucky and thought she could cross over, as she had crossed many a time before. But getting a little too far down on the lower side her horses stepped into a hole from which sand had been removed and he fell. He plunged around among the rocks and seemed unable to extricate himself. Fearing that he might drag the carriage out into deep water, she leaped out into the tide, and proceeded to unloose him from the vehicle, intending to get on his back and drive shoreward until a later stage in the tide. She had barely freed the traces when the horse leaped away and left her struggling in the tide, which was sweeping seaward with great strength. In her helpless state she screamed for help. Her younger sister Dolly, who was on the lookout from an upper window in their home, heard her screams and hastened after her father. The two made all haste to the beach but could see only the point of the whip sticking out of the water when they got to the shore. Both horse and rider had disappeared. Glancing seaward, a hundred yards distant, they descried the floating girl, who was still able to raise her voice feebly. They got a boat launched as quickly as possible and started rowing for her when about thirty yards from her one of the thole pins broke and Mr. Andrews fell backward in the boat, losing one of the oars as he fell. When he got up the girl was out of sight. The boat had kept on a straight course, however, and when over the spot where she had gone down, Miss Andrews saw her sister's body under the water. She plunged her arm down and succeeded in grasping her. With the help of her father the unconscious form was dragged into the boat. There were evidences of life in the body and after she had been taken home restoratives were applied and medical help summoned from town. Within thirty minutes, Dr. Gove was at her side. He succeeded in restoring the heart's action, and she gradually regained consciousness. She had been quite ill since but is now better and little the worse for her terrible experience.
That she was not drowned was largely due to the alertness of her sister who feared that she was running too great a risk in crossing the bar and who was keeping a sharp lookout. The horse waded ashore and walked home, by a different route from that taken by her owner.
Young Lady in Peril
It was a rather a remarkable coincidence that upon the same day on which Miss Andrews, of Minister's Island, had such a narrow escape from drowning, Miss Van Horne, daughter of Sir William Van Horne, the only other landowner on the island, should also have had somewhat alarming experience in the water. With some friends she was returning from a short cruise in her yacht Covenhoven and was about to be rowed ashore from the yacht's mooring off the island when her foot slipped and she fell overboard. A Scotch lad who was employed on the yacht was carried over at the same time. To make matter worse the dingy was half filled with water by the two people tipping it up. The youth succeeded in getting into the boat, but with the burden of water in it, it was deemed unsafe for the young lady to attempt to get in. Though the situation was alarming she bore it good humouredly and assured her friends that there was no cause for anxiety. With one of the yacht's crew, Herbert Snell, supporting her, and another one rowing he boat, she succeeded in getting shore. The young lady suffered no ill effects from her dunking.
A Bye-Law
To Authorize the issue of Debentures for the purpose of providing a deep-water landing in the harbor of St. Andrews. Details. [town will vote on authority to borrow $12,500 for erection of deep-water wharf.]
A man who sent a dollar for a "potato bug killer" received two blocks of wood with the following directions: "Take the block which is No. 1 in the right hand, place the bug on No. 2 and press them together. Remove the unfortunate and proceed as before."
Beacon
Oct 17/1907
Donald MacMaster Presents British Flag to St. Andrews Schools. Miss Van Horne also present.
Beacon
Oct 24/1907
That Strange Sea Animal
Said to be a Common Beluga, not Sea Serpent
Referring to the big white fish which disported itself in the St. Croix River and contiguous waters during the past summer, (and which has not been heard from for several weeks), Prof. Penballow of McGill University, writes the Beacon that he has no hesitation in saying that it is a very common inhabitant of the sea, though possibly rare in the St. Croix waters. "There can be no doubt that it is nothing more than the common Beluga or white whale, which in the lower St. Lawrence river is commonly called the white porpoise. From this you will see that there is nothing in the animal to excite such feelings of uneasiness as were experienced by some of the good people on the St. Croix River. I can only repeat what I said to some of those living in the vicinity, that if the whale is still in the river next summer, we shall endeavor to take it into the Station (biological) where it may be seen."
Palatial Summer Home being Built by Mr. Smith.
Veteran of 1861 to camp alongside old tent ground.
When Mr. Charles F. Smith (of Montreal) footsore and weary, marched into St. Andrews from Quebec in 1861 to fight if need be for the honor of his country and the defence of its flag, he little dreamed that in the year of our Lord 1907 he would be building a palatial summer home adjoining the barracks where he first rested his weary bones with his brother soldiers.
Mr. Smith's new dwelling is being erected on the lot recently purchased by him from Dr. Parker. Situated on the high ground to the south of the Algonquin it commands an unexampled view on all sides.
The building itself will be fit setting for such magnificent surroundings. Planned by Messrs. Edward and W. S. Maxwell, of Montreal, who recently won the $8,000 prize offered by the Canadian government, it will be one of the finest summer homes in the lower provinces. Surrounded by broad verandas, with an ample porte cochere fronting towards the setting sun, the ground floor will contain a large hall, living room, (from which a door will open on the south side) dining hall, children's dining room, waiting room, coat room, den (the latter on the east side, at the extremity of the hall), also a large bedroom with bathroom adjoining. The ell will contain kitchen, larger, etc.
On the second floor there ill be six large bedrooms in the main building, and three bathrooms, while in the ell there will be four servants' bedrooms and bathroom.
The heavy foundations and concrete pillars have been completed by Mr. Charles Horsnell, and the wooden superstructure has just been begun by Mr. Wright McLaren, who has large crew of men employed. The building will be completed in time for occupation next season.
The By-Law Sustained
People of St. Andrews will have Wharf
In the Old Staging Days.
When the Coach Ran from Saint John to St. Andrews. Saint John Globe, Old-Time Sketches:—The mail to St. Andrews commenced operations on Monday, 20th of November 1837. There were twenty horses on the line, making five teams for distance of sixty-two miles. A very handsome new coach, called The Victoria, was exhibited in the city and the editor says of it: I we are rightly informed, this was the first appearance of the mail coach and four in the city of Saint John. The coach ran from St. Andrews on Monday, Wednesday and Friday leaving at 6 o'clock, and from Saint John on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, leaving at 7 o'clock. Fare each way 25 s. Way fares: St. Andrews to Magaguadavic 7s. The line connected with the US mail at Robbinston, from which a stage started every morning for the west at 9 o'clock. L. L. Copeland was agent of the proprietors. Directors of the company: Hon. James Allanshaw, Harris Hatch, James Campbell, of St. Andrews; Charles Loring, SG; Cyrus Stockwell, Edmund Kaye and Moses H. Perley, Saint John.
Two lives in peril on Minister's Island Bar.
They are saved in the nick of time, but their Horse perishes. A foolhardy attempt which two young men made to cross Minister's Island bar on Sunday morning last, almost led to the loss of two human lives. As it was, it caused the drowning of a valuable horse.
On Saturday night, it was arranged between Frank Miller, James Henderson and Eugene Worrell that the latter, who is employed at the Hartt Coakley stable, should drive over to the western side of the bar and take them from there to Bartlett's. Worrell started out for the bar a little before eight o'clock on Sunday morning. Finding that neither of the young men were at the appointed rendezvous he crossed over to the island to get them. It was flood tide at the time and the water was rising rapidly on the bar. Miller was found after a few minutes' wait, but Henderson was at another part of the island, and was about setting out in a boat to cross over.
As the carriage with Worrell and Miller drove down to the bar, Henderson shouted to them to go back, that it was dangerous to cross. They pushed on, however, and Henderson, who knew something of the perilous condition of the bar at that time of tide—having lost a brother at the place two years ago—rowed with all his might toward them.
In the meantime the horse had lost his footing, and Miller was thrown out of the carriage. He went down once or twice, and then succeeded in grasping the horse. Worrell fell out a moment afterwards and after a desperate attempt to stem the current, got hold of the wagon and clung to it.
The two youths were well-nigh exhausted when Henderson reached them with the boat. Exercising the greatest caution to prevent them from upsetting the craft and imperiling his life, he managed to get both of the young men in the boat. By this time the horse had ceased struggling, having been drowned by the waves which broke over him, and being unable to swim owing to the weight of the wagon on him.
The half-drowned men were rowed quickly to the island, and a telephone message was sent into town for Dr. Wade. He drove out to the bar, was boated across and rendered whatever assistance was necessary. The young men speedily recovered from the effects of their experience. Miller was in the worst shape, having been kicked in the breast and head by the horse while endeavouring to get him loose from the wagon.
The dead body of the horse was afterwards towed ashore and relieved of harness and wagon.
Recent experiences in cross this bar when the tide is upon it should dissuade others from needlessly exposing their lives. It is risky enough when the tide is ebbing but when the tide is on the flood it is but courting death to attempt to cross.
Beacon
Nov 14/1907
Gallant Attempt at Rescue
Minister's Island to the Fore Once Again
Minister's Island has been fruitful in aquatic sensations this season.
On Saturday there was another, but, fortunately, not of a very alarming nature. Capt John O'Halloran and Mr. J. T. Ross had gone off to bring the Van Horne launch from her moorings into winter quarters. Mr. Ross had occasion to walk forward on the boat and seized the handrail to steady himself. His weight proved too much for the rail and it came off, causing him to fall overboard.
O'Halloran hearing the splash, and not knowing whether Ross could swim or not, leaped overboard and swam around to the assistance of his comrade. When he reached Ross he found that he could handle himself as well in the water as a water spaniel. Then the men tried to clamber on board the launch, again, but the sides afforded no handhold, and though they tried most persistently they had to give it up. Fortunately, Mr. R. D. Rigby was nearby with a boat and he at once went to their assistance, pulling them ashore without any further injury than a wet jacket a piece. Capt. O'Halloran is to be commended for his pluck and promptitude on behalf of his companion.
Beacon
Nov 21/1907
Sardine fishery over for the year. Not so plentiful as in previous seasons.
Campobello people will be glad—and the Beacon will joy with them—if a live corporation will take over and operate their beautiful summer properties.
Campobello Co's Property
To be Taken Over by New Company
The Beacon from time to time has kept the public informed with respect to the movements and intentions of the new company which has been lately formed to take over the Campobello Island Co's properties. The following additional particulars appear in an Eastport despatch:—
The Campobello Corporation, success to the Campobello Land Company, will take over on Dec. 1 the beautiful island of Campobello, which forms part of the county of Charlotte, province of New Brunswick, and which has been in the public eye as a summer resort for many years. The new owners of the island contemplate making extensive alterations and improvements in the Tyn-y-coed and Tyn-y-Maes hotel which were included in the sale, and will also erect six or more cottages of modern design and equipment in anticipation of a boom the coming year for this popular resort. In addition to catering to the summer tourist business, the corporation will also engage in industrial enterprises and will establish on the island two box shook mills, there being a plentiful supply of timber available for the enterprise named. A new pier is to be erected at the island by the Dominion government on the site of the present one, the Campobello Corporation relinquishing all claim to the property in consideration of the Dominion government erecting a new a larger pier, properly protected from the fury of the waves in rough weather.
The Campobello Corporation is composed of New York, capitalists, who obtained a charter from the provincial government. The capital stock of the corporation is $250,000, divided into shares of $100 each. H. M. Merriman, of New York, who was one of the promoters and a corporation, is at present on the island and will spend the winter there, overseeing the work, which is to be started at once and continued throughout the winter months. It is expected that the greater part of the repair work and improvements will be completed in time for the opening of the tourist season of 1907.
Campobello will in the near future have telephone communication with Maine and New Brunswick, the telephone company organized by residents of the island having made application to the Dominion government of the laying of a cable across the Lubec narrows, by means of which connection will be made at Lubec with the New England telephone system. The distance is short, about 1,000 feet, and the cost of the cable will be small, comparatively. Deer Island has connection by cable with the mainland and Grand Manan also, and the Canadian authorities will doubtless grant the application of the Campobello folks, who are anxious to keep in touch with whatever is going on in the world about them. The establishment of communication by telephone between Campobello and Eastport will be of great benefit to residents of this island also, who have been obliged to cross the intervening strip of water in heavy weather, frequently, in order to transact business that could readily have been arranged over the telephone.
The correspondent is not quite right in saying that the new corporation will take over the whole island. It will only take over the properties of the old Company. These are chiefly located in the vicinity of Welshpool. The island possesses a telephone connection at Wilson's Beach via Deer Island with the mainland. Welchpool is without such connection, and it would be a great convenience to the residents of that locality if they were provided with such]
Sir William Van Horne Goes West
Every year Sir William Van Horne, who is an agriculturist as well as a railway king, pays a visit to his beautiful farm at East Selkirk, Manitoba. Tomorrow he leaves on his trip for this year, and he will be accompanied by several friends from New York. The present intention is to make the trip an affair of from two to three weeks; but is well known that when Sir William gets out west he is generally unwilling to come back without seeing the Rockies and the coast, so that it is very possible the trip will take somewhat longer than his plan so far allows.—Montreal paper. (Sir William will visit his model farm at Selkirk. There is a rumor that he intends to sell it, but he would not confirm or deny it.)
Beacon
Nov 28/1907
Sir William Van Horne. Has Something to Say on Western Conditions
Montreal Herald—Sir William Van Horne, chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway board, who has just returned from his trip to the Northwest, which while primarily intended as a visit to his farm at East Selkirk, was extended so as to include a general survey of the prairie provinces and the grain-raising country, stated in an interview with the Herald today with regard to the financial situation, that when in the West he had heard nothing in the nature of complaints against the banks. "Such references to this as have come under my observation I have seen in the newspapers," he said. "My conversations with responsible people up there convinced me that they saw it was unreasonable to expect the banks to advance money to enable grain dealers to pile up wheat for May delivery"
"I was exceedingly pleased with all I saw in the west," proceeded Sir William. "I found a marked difference in all towns especially since my last visit, and a notable advance in the character and number of the buildings wherever I went. Winnipeg is no longer a frontier town, but has become a real city. Portage La Prairie, Brandon, Regina and Moose Jaw have become handsome towns with surprisingly fine buildings and I was particularly struck by the condition of the streets, which as regards Brandon and Regina especially are equal to any in Canada."
Beacon
Dec 12/1907
Campobello Sale
A transfer of the properties of the Campobello Island Company to Paul Askenasy, of New Rochelle, New York, has been recorded at the registry office. Mr. Askenasy holds the property as a trustee pending the incorporation of accompany. The land included in this transfer amounts to 8,800 acres. The Act or incorporation which has been advertised in the Royal Gazette is the "blanket" kind and covers a great variety of purposes. The new owners of the island properties are men of wealth and have the wherewithal to make the island boom as a summer resort. Mr. H. Morton Merriman will be the local representative of the New Company. He has already established himself on the island.
Beacon
Dec 19/1907
Early Flying Machine. Invented Fifty Years ago by St. Andrews Man.
We wonder if the scientific world, which is now raving over the exploits of Santos Dumont, Prof. Graham Bell, and the other inventors of flying machines, is aware of the fact that one of the first men to experiment on flying machines was a humble lad in a Canadian lighthouse, none other than Mr. Obadiah Conley, of St. Andrews
It is fifty years or more since Mr. Conley made his first attempt at flying. His friends laughed at him and jeered him for a silly fool, but the experience of the years has proven that he was wiser than some of those who ridiculed him. The following account of Mr. Conley's exploit is taken from the Beacon, Nov. 28/1889. . . . This is Mr. Conley's story as it was published eighteen years ago by this paper. Since then, "the womb of the future" has been unlocked and people no longer call the man foolish who exploits flying machines. Mr. Conley, who I still active, told the Beacon that the people laughed at him so that he gave his flying machine away to a man named Fisher who lived at Machias. He heard afterwards that it had fallen into the hands of a scientific gentleman interested in aerial navigation who improved on it and utilized the ideas his own. Mr. Conley has never received any public recognition for his early effort in the interests of aerial navigation. Surely he is entitled to some.
Campobello Schemes. As Outlined by Resident Manager Merriman. Saint John Telegraph. Important changes which, it is planned, will add to the attraction of the island of Campobello as a summer resort are promised from the policy of the Campobello Corporation, Limited, which is now applying to the provincial government for incorporation with a view to developing the resources of the island. H. M. Merriman, of New York, the treasurer of the new corporation, was in the city Friday and accompanied by E. H McAlpine, K. C., as his counsel, had an interview with the government with reference to the matter.
Speaking to a Telegraph reporter last evening Mr. Merriman said the corporation had bought out of the interest of the Campobello Island Company and now owned 8,000 of the 10,000 acres which compose the island. It was proposed to modernize the Tyn-y-maes and Tyn-y-Coed hotels and to develop the natural resources of the island, including the fishing and lobster industries. A number of cottages would also be built for tourist sand summer visitors.
Much was expected, Mr. Merriman added, from the development of the fisheries. A drying plant was to be put up and it was expected to make large shipments to the West Indies. Lobster would find a ready market in the States. The Dominion government was building a new wharf on the island and with an hourly service to Eastport in the summer season it was confidently expected that the prosperity of the island would increase considerably not only as assumer resort but as center of the fishing industry.
Mr. Merriman, who is one of the provisional directors, mentioned that those also on the directorate are Albert Buchanan, a prominent New York Architect, Paul Askenasy and Paul Armitage, all of New York. The capital of the company is 250,000. Mr. Merriman intends to remain on the island all winter to supervise the improvements to the hotels which are already underway.
Beacon
Dec 24/1907
Editor's Silver Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Armstrong Remembered by Friends. Details