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LOYALISTS' 
 
 
 >VV.//. W// not look/or.uard to posterity, ..ho never look hack...r.i 
 io their rt«a-,9/o«."- KuMUND Burke. 
 
 SAINT JOHN, N. B. 
 I .»t V McMillan, 100 PiiiNCEWnxiAMSTiiKKT. 
 
 1887. 
 
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 Entered, Acoordlng to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1887, 
 
 By NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 
 
 In the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa. 
 
 
 
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 To THE Memory of the Loyalists 
 
 WHO rOl^NDED 
 
 The City of Saint John 
 
 AND 
 
 The Province of New Brunswick, 
 
 AND 
 
 To THE Memory of All Others 
 
 WHOSE LIVES AND LABORS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH 
 AND WELFARE OF THE CITY AND THE PROVINCE, 
 
 This Volume 
 Is Reverentially Dedicated 
 
 BY 
 
 The New Brunswick Historical Society. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 Introductory, 
 
 Centennial Prizes, Public Schools 
 
 Centennial Watch-Night, 
 
 Ode on Watch-Night, 
 
 ' Landing of the Loyalists, 
 
 Services in Trinity Church, 
 
 Firemen's Procession, 
 
 Addresses, Oration, and Ode, •. 
 
 Sports on Barrack Square, 
 
 JUuniinations, 
 
 Free Public Library, 
 
 Fall Demonstrations in Honor of the Loyalists, 
 
 Centennial Exhibition, 
 
 Harvest Festival, 
 
 Arbor Day, 
 
 Hay market Square Drinking Fountain, 
 
 Old Burial-Ground, 
 
 Ode on Old Burial-Ground, 
 
 Epitaphs in Old Burial-Ground, 
 
 Some Old Historic Tombs, .... 
 
 Mayor who Died in Office, 
 
 Story of a Tomb-Stone, -• 
 
 In Memor^am of Members of New Brunswick Historical Society, 169 
 
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ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Hon. R. D. Wilmot, 
 
 Centenary Church, 
 
 Hon. John C. Allen, 
 
 Trinity Church, 
 
 Simeon Jones, 
 
 Exhibition Buildings, 
 
 Hon. Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, C. B., K. C. M. G., 
 Design for Old Grave-Yard Enclosure, ...... 
 
 Robinson Tomb, 
 
 ScouUar Tomb, 
 
 Wanton Tomb, 
 
 David Waterbury, Sr., 
 
 Drinking Fountain, Market Square, 
 
 Frontispiece. 
 
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INTRODUCTORY. 
 
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 On the inh September, 1874, J. W. Lawrence, G. Murdoch, 
 W. R. M. BuRTfs, R. W. Crookshank, T. W. Lee, W. P. Dole, 
 A. A. Stockton, G. U. Hay, W. H. Dimock, and James Hannay 
 met in the Directors' Room of the Mechanics' Institute for the pur- 
 pose of takinj^ into consideration the advisability of forming an 
 Historical Society. Mr. Lawrence for many yeai-s had been 
 quietly collecting historical data, documents, and pamphlets bearing 
 on the early history and settlement of the Province, and wished to 
 have other gentlemen associated with him in that pui-suit ; hence the 
 assemblage on that occasion. The founders of the city — the brave 
 resolute men who left behind them ancestral homes and the comforts 
 of civilized life, faithful to the principle they had fought and suf- 
 fered for, an I'nited Empire, and who came to the wilderness of Kew 
 Brunswick so that they migwC still remain subjects of the empire for 
 which they had sacrificed so much — had all passed away. But few 
 of the second generation were left, old and feeble men, so the time 
 had arrived to pick up the threads of the past, and to preserve for 
 future generations an account of the settlement of the country and 
 its progress in arts and manufactures and commerce. At this meet- 
 ing it was resolved that an Historical Society be formed, to be 
 called the New Brunswick Historical Society. At a meetins 
 held at the same place on the 25th November, 1874, the Society 
 was duly organized. The following were the office-bearers and 
 membere : 
 
 Patron — Hon. William Johnston Ritchie. 
 
 Pre»!dent — J. W. Lawrence. Vice-President — A. A. Stockton. 
 
 Cor. Secretary — W. P. Dole. Eec. Secretary — T. \V. Lee. 
 
 Treasurer — \V. R. M. Burtis. 
 Committee : 
 James Hannay. L. R, Harrison. G. Murdoch. 
 
 Curator — G. H. Lee. 
 
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R. W. Crookshank. 
 D. J. Scluirman. 
 (i. W. Burbidge. 
 
 7ohn Ward. 
 L. H. DeVeber. 
 Beverly Robinson. 
 Charles Ward. 
 
 iNTROrUCTORY. 
 
 Members : 
 I. Allen Jack. 
 C. R. Ray. 
 
 F. B. Hazen. 
 
 G. W. Dimock. 
 
 Honorary Members: 
 
 Isaac Woodward. 
 Asa Blakslee. 
 Charles Hazen. 
 J. B. Gaynor. 
 
 R. B. Butler. 
 W. C. Milner. 
 Clarence Ward. 
 
 Henry Melick. 
 Edward Sears. 
 Dr. LeB. Botsfor 
 S. K. Foster. 
 
 Of the Honorary Members all but the last four mentioned have 
 entered into their eternal rest. For some years the Society evenly 
 pursued its way. Papers were read by the members on subjects 
 connected with the history and settlement of the Province; the 
 nucleus of a library was coHected, together with historical docu- 
 ments and manuscripts relating to the progress of the country. The 
 disastrous fire of 1877 caused a serious check to their development. 
 Members became scattered^ and the attendance fell off; all the 
 records, etc., in the possession of the biecretary were burned, and ". 
 seemed as if the Society would come to an end. But a faithful few 
 remained, and the President, J. W. Lawrence, kept them together 
 with unabated zeal. In 1880 a renewed interest Avas awakened ; the 
 Centennial of the Provmce was approaching, new members joined, 
 and since then the Society has gone forward quietly and unostenta- 
 tiously, doing its appointed work. 
 
 Mention may be made of the pi'ominent part taken by them in 
 the celebration of the Centennial year of the city. A "watch 
 meeting " Avas held in the Centenary Church on the evening of the 
 17th May, 1883, the best description of which may V<e given in the 
 words of the lamented William Elder, whose whole heart was 
 devoted to the proper celebration of the city's natal day. In the 
 Telqfraph of May 19, 1883, he wrote: 
 
 " The evening meeting in the beautiful Centenary Church was happily con- 
 ceived and well carried out. The presence of the Lieut. Governor, Hon. R. 
 ^». WiLMOT ; Chief Justice Allen ; American Consul, Gen. Warner ; Mayor 
 Jo >:«B ; J. W. Lav'RENCe, Esq., and many of our most prominent clergymen 
 
Introductory. 
 
 and laymen, and of an overflowing and deeply interested audience, made the 
 occasion one of deep interest ; music and sacred song, solemn address and elo- 
 quent speech, the teachings of iiistory, and the sanctions of religion, were all 
 successfully invoked to make the occasion forever memoruble. The last mo- 
 ment's of the century saw the memory of" the Loyalists honored by a solemn 
 service, by salutes over the graves of some of their number, by renewed mani- 
 festations of loyalty to the Queen, and by earnest prayer to God that He would 
 continue to bless our land, our people, and our nation in f Uure years rw He 
 had done in those which had passed away forever." 
 
 The funds contributed at this meeting were devoted to tree plant- 
 ing, renovating the tombstones in the old historic Burial Ground, 
 and to copying the inscriptions on the same, as the following resolu- 
 tion will show : 
 
 "At a meeting of the N. B. Historical Society, held on the 29th May, 1883, 
 the President, J. Vv'. Lawrexce, read a report on the Memorial Centennial 
 Celebration in the Centenary Church on the evening of the 17th May, 1883, 
 whereupon it was unanimously 
 
 " Resolved, That the report now read be accepted, entered on the minutes, 
 and published ; and a Committee of such members of the Society as have rela- 
 tives in the ' Old Burial Ground ' be appointed for the expenditure of the sum 
 realized at the 'Watch Night Celebration' on the close of the century, in the 
 preservaiiou of the tombstones in the Old Burial Ground, and copying the 
 inscriptions, on obtaining the sanction of His Worship the Mayor and the 
 members of the Common Council." 
 
 This work was enthusiastically performed by the members. 
 Many stones of historic interest, which were much dilapidated and 
 going to decay, were carefully restored ; othera were straightened 
 and renovated as well as could be done, and a complete copy made 
 of every inscription on all the stones remaining, which will be pre- 
 served by the Society for future reference as to those buried there. 
 Other Avork done by the Society in the Centennial yea^ was the re- 
 planting of Queen Square which had become a barren waste. A 
 great multitude of citizens gathered together, under the direction of 
 ihe SocTety, on the 4th Oct., 1883, and on a signal given by the dis- 
 charge of cannon, the whole people at once commenced to place in 
 the ground trees which had been procured and put in position in 
 
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 readiness for the occasion, so that in a short time the whole Square 
 was covered with a flourishing- young plantation. A very valuable 
 and interesting collection of relics, consisting of articles of domestic 
 use. Bibles, paintings, clothing, arras, and many other curious and 
 venerable things, gathered from all parts of the Province, was shown 
 by the Society at the Centennial Exhibition, and attracted much 
 attention as illustrating the habits and customs of our forefathers. 
 The ardent and earnest efforts of the President, Mr. J. W. Lawrence, 
 in behalf of the Society, were duly recognized in the following reso- 
 lution passed by them : 
 
 ^^Resolved, Tliat this Society recognizes and fully appreciates the zealous and 
 valuable services rendered by J. W. Lawrence, Esq., President of the Society, 
 in connection witli the proper celebration of the Centennial of the anniversary 
 of the foundation of the City of St. John, as mainly by and through his in- 
 strumentality and perst>nal efforts the intention and wishes of the Society in 
 regard to that important event have been most successfully fulfilled." 
 
 The Society is now on a sound basis, and, while the interest of 
 the public in th<nr pursuits is not what it ought to be, it is hoped 
 that the publication of the " Centennial Souvenir " will awaken that 
 interest, and induce the people to cheer the Society's labors with a 
 more substantial recognition. 
 
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CENTENNIAL 
 
 CELEBRATION. 
 
 MAYOR'S OFFICE, \ 
 
 Saint John, N.B.j 
 
 HIS HONOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR having by 
 proclamation appointed FRIDAY, the Eighteenth day 
 of May, lust., the One Hundredth Anniversary ot the Landing 
 of the Loyalists, to be observed as a PUBLIC HOLIDAY within 
 this Province, I hereby request that all public buildings, private 
 resi lences, and places of business in the city of Saint John be illu- 
 minated on the evening of that day. 
 
 S. JONES, Mayor. 
 Dated this 12th day of May, A.D. 1883. 
 
 What Meaneth this Service? 
 
 THE LOYALISTS. 
 
 On the 18th May, 1783, twenty vessels from New York, with 
 three thousand souls — men, women, and children — arrived in the 
 harbor of St. John, and although they found some people here then, 
 this was in reality the foundation of the city. 
 
 When the Loyalists landed here they did not find a thoroughly 
 inhospitable land. There had been settlements before. The French 
 had made some progress in cultivation. On the western side of the 
 harbor there was tjuite a village. Still, the work done in a hundred 
 yeai*s by the Loyalists, and those who have settled here since, has 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 been very great, for not only are to be taken into account the 
 wharves, houses, halls, and churches erected, but as well the streets 
 laid out, the railroads built, and the ships whose pathway is on the 
 ocean. The wealth created has been very great — a good proof 
 that there have been few idle men. 
 
 The golden age is before us, not behind us. The hundredth an- 
 niversary of the city appeals to us, it is true, by the niemory of the 
 privations endured, by the sufferings sustained, by the triumphant 
 achievements of those Avho have passed away. But it is not by 
 precious memories alone that man accomplishes great things. There 
 must be active, energetic work, perseverance, determination, and 
 hopefulness. Our city, situate at the mouth of a noble river, and 
 commanding by its position a large trade, should be first in the 
 hearts of the peo})le. The idea should prevail that what is for her 
 benefit and for her advantage is for the benefit of the Avhole state. 
 To build her up ; to make her learned, prosperous, generous, and to 
 fill her with happy, comfortable homes ; to make her a place where 
 commerce, art, science, and religion*combine to elevate and improve 
 all who come within her bordei*s, should be the aml)ition of her 
 children ; Avho should and do, in the Avords of our poet, 
 
 Welcome witli open hand and heart, 
 AVelcome with Friendship leal and true, 
 
 Each man who bears his honest part, 
 And does what Duty bids him do — 
 
 No matter what liis nation's name, 
 
 No matter whence or when lie came. 
 
 — SI. John Globe, May 17, ISSH. 
 
 A Lady Loyalist on the Celebration. 
 
 Pomfret Centre, Conn., May 12, 1883. 
 My Dear Sir: 
 
 I have to thank you for tlie newspaper you have so kindly sent 
 me in reference to your coming celebration on the 18th. I regret I 
 shall not be able to be present, as my plans have been somewhat 
 
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 changed since I first wrote you. I hope, however, to be in St. John 
 later in the season, to pay my respects to a city in which my grand- 
 father,* at an early period of his life, resided, and also to see the 
 picture of my great-great uncle, Col. Murray, now in possession of 
 the Hazen family, painted by Copley. It would have been a great 
 pleasure for me to have joined the other descendants of the Loyal- 
 ists, on the 18th of May, as a token, of respect for their memory, 
 and I hope nothing will prevent to have the celebration a success. 
 Hoping to meet you in person later, 
 
 I am, truly yours, 
 
 ELIZABETH O. P. STURGLS. 
 To J. W. Lawrence, Esq. 
 
 ISAAC BURPEE PRIZES. 
 
 The intensely interesting proceedings in the Victoria School on 
 the afternoon of the 17th, may be said to have initiated the great 
 celebration. No impressions are likely to be more lasting, no memo- 
 ries more pleasing, than those associated with that afternoon, when 
 so many bright eyes and glowing countenances revealed the pleasure 
 and excitement*felt within. 
 
 The distribution of the munificent prizes given by Hon. Isaac 
 Burpee, f and the Certificates of Honor to the successful pupils, took 
 
 * Dr. Paink, graiidfiither of Mrs. Stuugis, at the organization of the City of St. John, 
 May 18, 178), was appointed Aldermiin for Sydney Ward by Governor Carlkton. Dr. 
 Paine drew land at La Tcte, Charlotte County, of which he was elected one of the members 
 to the Legislature. He was appointed by the Governor Clerk of the House of Assembly, 
 holding both places. In 1787, he returned to Massachusetts, and died at Worcester April 
 i;), 1833, aged 83 years. His granddaughter, Mrs. Sturois, was born at Koston, 1826, and 
 in 18.51, married Henrv Parkman Stirhis, who died in London, ISHO. During the Exhbii- 
 tion, held in 1883, IMrs. Sturgis visited St. John, when Lieut.-Governor W'ilmot and .ToHN 
 SiCAjis, Esq., descendants of Loyalists, with the President of the N. B. Historical Society, 
 called on Mrs. Stirgis at the Hotel Diitt'erin. 
 
 fHon. Isaac Bi'rpke, M. P., ex-Minister of Customs, went to New York in th.9 fall of 
 1884, for his health, and died March 1st, 1885, in his 60th year. His grave is in the: St. John 
 Rural Cemetery. 
 
 In 1882, Mr. Birpee presented the City of Portland with a " Free Public Library." 
 In it is a large Oil Portrait of the donor. 
 
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 place in the Hall of the Victoria Building. A very large number 
 of the Teachers and friends of the Scholars were present. 
 
 The list of winners is as follows. In addition to the Burpee 
 prizes, many of the pupils who received Honor Certificates were 
 awarded books, the gift of George F. Smith, Esq., and other 
 gentlemen : 
 
 P/wze, $5.00. GRADE 1. BOYS, Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Ernest Everett, Leinster street School; Miss M. V. Hea, Teacher. 
 
 Willie McF'ate, Leinster street, 1,134 
 
 Robert W. Nesbitt, SheHield street 1,124 
 
 Fred. Scribner, Leinster street 1,113 
 
 John Malcolm, " 1,112 
 
 Fred. Chamberlain, Brussels street, 1,107 
 
 Willie Tufts, Leinster street 1,105 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : 
 
 (teorge Matthew, Leinster street ; Miss M. 
 V. Hea, teacher. 
 
 Walter Currie, Waterloo street; Miss L. 
 J. Thomas, teacher. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on merit marks for term : 
 
 Prize, $5.00. (i}RADE 2. BOYS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Frank Portmore, Albert School ; Miss B. A. Brittain, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : 
 W^altcr Brass, Leinster street. Miss M. B. 
 Everett; AVm. J. Nesbitt, Sheffield street, 
 Mr. A. Nesbitt ; William Hamilton, Brussels 
 Street, Miss L. S. Read. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 Walter Brass, Leinster street, 1,150 
 
 Charles Buchanan, Brussels street, 1,148 
 
 Wm. J, Nesbitt, Sheffield street 1,120 
 
 Harry Driscoll, Leinster street 1,117 
 
 Herbert Crighton, Brussels street 1,115 
 
 ,Pme, $5.0C. (GRADES. BOYS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 George Tingey, Cl>arlotte street School ; Miss A. R. Green, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination: | Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term: 
 
 Keltic Tufts, Leinster street; Miss A. A. j Albert Peterson, St. Malsichi's, 1,114 
 
 Williams. i Jeremiah Coholan, " 1,103 
 
 Prize, $5.00. GRADE 4. BOYS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Harry Brittain, Albert School ; Mr. John McKinnon, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on exaniination : 
 Thos. Farmer, Brussels st. ; Mr. H. Town. 
 Hon, Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 Harry H. Brittain, Albert School, 1,112 
 
 Joseph Scott, Sheffield street, 1,100 
 
 George E. Bernard, Leinster street, 1,100 
 
 Prize, $5.00. GRADE 6. BOYS. Hon. IsSac Burpee. 
 
 Chas. DeV. C. Schofield, Charlotte street School ; Mr. \V. J. Wilson, Teacher. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 Chas. DeV. C. Schofield, Charlotte st.,... 1,135 
 
 Alfred Howard, Albert School 1,115 
 
 Willard Brittain, '* 1,109 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : 
 Wm. Whitebone, Leinster street, Mr. W, 
 C, Vincent ; Geo. McLaughlin, Albert School, 
 Mr. A. F. Emery ; Young Swnnton, Brussels 
 street, Mr. H. Town; Geo, Milligan, Carle- 
 ton street, Mr. W. C, Simpson, 
 
 Leslie Faulkner, 
 
 ,1,105 
 
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 Prize, $10.00. GRADE «. BOYS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Eobert T. Saunders, Albert School ; Mr. A. F. Emery, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination: 
 Harvey Harrison, Carleton street, Mr. W, 
 C. Simpson ; Allan McBeath, Leinster street, 
 Mr. John Thompson; Robert Plumpton, 
 Leinsterstreet.Mr John Thompson; Arthur 
 Peterson, St. Malachi's, Mr. J. Barry ; Fred, 
 Barber, Charlotte street, Mr. T. Stothart. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term • 
 
 Robt. T. Saunders, Albert School, 1,144 
 
 Henry McDuffle, " 1,137 
 
 John Emerson, " 1,12.'} 
 
 Michael CouKhlan, St. Patrick's, l.lOfi 
 
 William L. Ellis, Albert, 1,103 
 
 Pme, §10.00. GRADE 7. BOYS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 George T. Doig, Leinster street School ; Mr. J. Thompson, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination: Charles E. B. Brown, Charlotte street, Mr. T. Stothart. 
 
 Pme, $10.00. GRADES. BOYS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Geo. Drake, Leinster street School ; Mr. D. P. Chisholm, Teacher. 
 Honor Certificate on examination: Fred. Burridge, Albert School, Mr. John Mont- 
 gomery; Lucius Haley, Charlotti Street, Mr. T. Stothart; James O'Brien, St. Malachi's, Mr. 
 J. Barry. 
 
 Prize, $20.00. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 J. Wesley Myles, Grade 9; Mr. G. U. Hay, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : 
 Arthur Richardson, Grade 11 ; Mr. W. 
 M. McLean. 
 
 John Gallivan, Grade 11 ; Mr. W. M. Mc- 
 Lean. 
 
 Win. C. Cross, G.ade 9 ; Mr. W. S. Carter. 
 Thos. Dieuaide, Grade !) ; Mr. W. S. Carter. 
 Prize in Gram. School for highest marks : 
 Arthur Richardson, Grade 11, 980; Prize, 
 S20.00; Mr. W, M. McLean. 
 
 Prize, $5.00. GRADE 1. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Lilian Case, Victoria School ; Miss H. D. Gregg, Teacher. 
 Honor Certificate on examination : 1 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 Ella Sullivan, Victoria School; Miss H. j Jennie McL.aughlin, St. Joseph's School, 
 1^-^regg. 1,138, Miss M. J. Rogers; Annie Belyea, 
 
 1 Waterloo street, 1,131, Miss H. D. Howard. 
 
 Prize, $0.00. GRADE 2. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Maggie Kelly, St. Joseph's School ; Miss H. McGrath, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : Alice Gordon, Albert School, Miss L. J. Fullerton ; 
 Lena McLean, Victoria School, Miss H. Adam. 
 
 Prize, $5.00. GRADE 3. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Mabel Fairweather, Victoria School ; Miss H. M. Thompson, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : Josephine Johnston, St. Joseph's School ; Miss L. 
 Lawlor. Honor Certificate on marks for winter term : Ada A. Young, Albert School, 1,100; 
 Miss L. J. Fullerton. 
 
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 Prhey ^5M. GRADE 4. 0IRL8. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Teresa Wakeling, Victoria School ; Miss L. E. Williams, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : I Honor Certificate on marlcs for term : 
 
 Katie Dntly, St. Vincent's School; Miss Jennie McUobbie, Peters street 1,12:1 
 
 H. Cosgrove. Lena S. Nelson, Waterloo street 1,117 
 
 I Alice BriggH, Peters street, 1,103 
 
 Pi'ize, $10.00. (TIRADE 5. (JIIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Mary Davidson, Victoria School ; Miss K. R. Bartlett, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certiticate on examination : I Edith Sinclair, Victoria School, 1,1.10 
 
 Lena Jrotter, Victoria School ; Miss K. ] Mary Davidson, " 1,144 
 
 E. Bartlett. 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 llattle A. Bettle, Waterloo School 1,10a 
 
 Eleanor .1. Ncsbitt, Victoria School 1,102 
 
 Prize, mom. GRADE 0. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Marion Shaw, Victoria School ; Miss M. Stothart, Teacher, 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination : ] Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term: 
 
 Carrie (Jilchrist, Victoria Scliool, 1,133 
 
 .Tennie Rol»b, Victoria School, :Miss M. 
 Cameron ; Mary Mclnernty, St. Vincent's 
 School, Miss I'". McLeod; Mamie Tower, 
 Albert School, Miss K. E. Carr. 
 
 Lillie Brock, Victoria School, 1,130 
 
 Clara Magee, " l,12!l 
 
 May Howard, Albert School, 1,121 
 
 Mary Mclnerney, St. Vincent's School, 1,105 
 
 Prjze, §;10.00. GRADE 7. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Maud Brock, Victoria School ; Miss H. Taylor, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certificate on examination: 
 Maud ^IcLean, Victoria School, Miss H. 
 Taylor; Kate Donovan, Victoria School, 
 Miss JI. Crawford; Agnes Campbell, Vic- 
 toria School, Miss Taylor; Annie Donolioe, 
 St. Vincent's School, Miss M. Shortland. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 Lena Thompson, Albert School, 1,141 
 
 Florence Wells, " 1,111 
 
 Other Prizes: Nettie SuliSjVictoria Scliool, 
 high marks; Mary Smith, Victoria School, 
 high marks. 
 
 Prize, §(10.00. GRADE 8. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Mary Vanwart, Victoria School ; Mrs. S. J. Parkin, Teacher. 
 
 Honor Certiticate on examination: 
 Josephine Jones, Albert School; Miss S. 
 E. Whipi)le. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 Elvira Belyea, Albert School, 1,146 
 
 Josephiae Jones, " 1,149 
 
 Prize, $20.00. HIGH SCHOOL. GIRLS. Hon. Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Competition with Grammar School ; Kate E. Hall, grade 9 ; 
 Mrs. M. M. Carr, Teacher. 
 Honor Certiticate on examination : 
 
 Jane E. Puddington, grade 9, Mrs. M. M. 
 Carr; Frances E. Henderson, grade 9, Mrs. 
 M. M. Carr. 
 
 Special priae: Honor Certificate on ex- 
 amination and on marks for winter term: 
 
 Sophy R. McLaren, grade 12,1,142; Mrs. 
 M. M. Carr. 
 
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 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 
 Gertrude Mills, grade 9, 1,1:57 
 
 Kate R.Hall, " l,n« 
 
 Hon. Certificate on examination, grade 9 : 
 Agnes Quirk, St. Vincent's Seliool, Miss 
 M. Sliortlaud; Jennie Mowatt, Victoria 
 School, Miss J. P. Koberts!>n. 
 
 Hon. Certificate on marks for winter term : 
 Tauline Livingstone, grade 9 1,121 
 
 Otlier prizes : Katie R. Hall (Lome medal) ; 
 Jane E. Puddington (silver locket) ; Frances 
 E. Henderson, Agnes Quirk, Jennie Mowatt. 
 
 1783. 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK 
 
 1883. 
 
 HISTORICIIL 
 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 Cestensial Memorial Celebration. 
 10 p. M. Centknary Church. 12 p. m. 
 
 MAY 17th, 1883. 
 
 The Watch Night Services in the beau .dl Centenary Church 
 were attended by an immense gathering ; all the aisles and corridoi-s 
 were packed, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The scene was 
 one never to be forgotten by those present. The floral decorations 
 consisted of cactuses, century plants, and geraniums ; while the Stai-s 
 and Stripes and Union Jack were displayed on either side of the 
 platform. The services commenced by singing 
 
 God, our lielp in ages past. 
 Our liope for years to come, 
 
 Our slielter from the stormy blast, 
 And our eternal home ! 
 
 Under the shadow of Thy throne 
 Thy saints have dwelt secure ; 
 
 Sufficient is Thine arm alone. 
 And our defence is sure. 
 
 Before the hills in order stood. 
 Or earth received lior frame, 
 
 From everlasting Thou art God, 
 To endless years tlie same. 
 
 A thousand ages in Thy sight 
 
 Are like an evening gone, 
 Short as the watch that ends the night 
 
 Before the rising sun. 
 
 Time, like an ever-rolling strear.i, 
 
 Bears all its sons away ; 
 They tiy forgotten, as a dream 
 
 Dies at the opening day. 
 
 O God, our help in ages past. 
 Our liope for years to come, 
 
 Be Thou our guard while troubles last. 
 And our eternal home. 
 
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 The Centenary Church. 
 
 Dr. Pope's Pkaykr. 
 
 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, which is, and whioh is 
 to come. Far back in the sublime solitude of Thine own underived and self- 
 existent being Thou had laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are 
 the work of Thine hand ; they shall perish, but Thou remainest ; they all shall 
 wax old as a garment, as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up and they shall be 
 changed, but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall never fail. Centuries 
 may begin and end, millenniums come and go, but the hand of time may Avrit<i 
 no wrinkle on Thy brow, for one day with Thee is as a thousand years, and a 
 thousand years as one day. Compared with the infinitude and changelessness 
 of Thy endless being, how insignificant appear the duration of empires and the 
 life-time of our race. Standing, ns we now do, amid the evening shades of a 
 closing century, and thinking of the men who witnessed its opening morning, 
 we are deeply impressed with the frail and evanescent character of human life, 
 and are led to exclaim: "Our fathers! where are they? and the prophets! 
 do they live for ever?" So teach us to number our days that we may apply our 
 hearts unto wisdom. Assembled to retrace the course and recall some of the 
 
Services in Centenary Church. 
 
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 events connected with the first century of our existence as n jieople in tliis 
 country, and desiring to solenniize its expiring moments by worsliipping Tliee 
 in tliis sanctuary in the spirit of C'liristian gratitude, penitence, and devotion, 
 we place ourselves immediately un<ler the guidance and inspiration of Thy 
 holy spirit ; we trust for acceptance with Thee and pardon at Thy hands only 
 through the infinite merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, desiring 
 humbly to confess our manifold sins as a peoi)le and as individuals, while we 
 earnestly pray God to be merciful unto us and bless us and cause His face to 
 shine upon us. \Vc recognize in Thee and worship Thee as the Supreme Ruler 
 of the universe and sovereign Governor among the nations of the earth. Thou 
 it is that setteth the solitary of mankind in families ; that hagt made of one 
 blood all nations of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, who hast de- 
 termined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitations ; we, 
 therefore, recognize Thine hand in the coming to this section of the great 
 American continent of our Loyalist ancestors, whose landing on our shores 
 one hundred years ago we would now gladly and gratefully commemorate. 
 We thank Thee, we glorify Thee on behalf of those brave and enterprizing 
 men, those heroic and enduring women, who contributed so largely to the lay- 
 ing, broad, and deep, and strong, the foundation of that great Canadian \Jo- 
 minion beneath whose flag we worship, and are permitted to enjoy so nuich 
 peace and prosperity. We bless Thee for Thy grace afforded in connection 
 with their wise legislation ; their skilful enterprises, before which the unbroken 
 desert became as a fruitful field, and the fruitful field as a garden which the 
 Lord delighteth to bless, so that n,)w with goodly cities, thrifty towns, growing 
 villages, and an increasingly fruitful country, with the hum of industry salut- 
 ing the ear on every hand, with the sails of our commercial marine whitening 
 the waters in evei-y direction, with our collegiate and academic institutions, 
 and an unrivalled educational system, as the free heritage of every child in 
 the land, and, above all, the sacred edifices and beneficent institutions of our 
 holy Christian faith, we are gathered within these hallowed walls to-night to 
 rejoice before Thee in Thy goodness and to praise the Lord for all His mercy. 
 
 We would also invoke Thy continued blessing upon the entire common- 
 wealth ; God bless the Queen, the Governor General of this Dominion and 
 his honored wife, the fair and beloved representative of an illustrious line, 
 through whoue veins flows the Royal blood of that great British Empire to 
 which we are so proud to belong ; God bless the Ministry and Parliament of 
 this Dominion; God bless the Governors and Legislatures of the several 
 Provinces ; God bless the people composing the rapidly increasing population 
 of this magnificent and richly endowed country ; and, while we view with ad- 
 miration and pride those grand elements of character by which our Loyalist 
 ancestors and predecessors were so eminently distinguished — loyalty to the 
 
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 Crown, to tho country, and to tlie oonHtitiition, and loyalty to their God — wo 
 pray wo may so Huocessfully imitate their virtues tJiat we may prove ourHelves 
 not unworthy to succeed them in the occupancy and enjoyment of this land, 
 (lod grant that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; that our 
 daughters may be as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace; 
 that our sheep may bring forth thousands and tens of thousands in our streets; 
 that our oxen may Ikj strong to labor; that there Ik; no decay, no going out, 
 and no complaining in our streets; and grant that every home in our land 
 may share largely in the happiness of our people, whose God is the Lord. 
 The Lord hear us and answer us, through Jesus Christ, our adornble Redeemer, 
 to whom with Thee and the ever blessed Spirit be all praise, glory, and adora- 
 tion, world without end. Amen and amen. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Holbrook, a Massachusetts clergyman, read the 
 
 PRAYKR FOR THE QUEEN. 
 
 <) Lord, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings. Lord of 
 lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from Thy throne behold all the 
 dwellers upon earth, most heartily we beseech Thee with Thy favor to behold 
 our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Vk.tokia, and so replenish her with 
 the grace of Thy Holy Spirit that she may alway incline to Thy will, and walk 
 in Thy way: Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant her in health 
 and wealth long to live; strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome 
 all her enemies ; and finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and 
 felicity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 This was followed by the Lord's Prayer, all responding. 
 
 Hon. Chief Justice Allen's Address. 
 
 Chief Justice Allen : "Before nominating a chairman, I must express the 
 great pleasure it affords me at being enabled to take part in the proceedings 
 this evening. I am not a citizen of St. John, and so, perhaps, have no right 
 to take any part in the proceedings, but I have been requested to attend, and 
 as a descendant of one of the Loyalists I had great pleasure in acceding to the 
 request. I trust the people of this Province will not be satisfied with a mere 
 meeting of this character, but that something substantial will be done to com- 
 memorate the Loyalists, something permanent, something that people may 
 look to in the years to come, and say, * This was erected by the citizens of St. 
 John to do honor to the Loyalists.' It would have been a pleasing feature if 
 tiie corner stone of some building or monument could have been laid to-mor- 
 row to show what we intended to do. It may not be too late to do this; another 
 occasion will arise about a year hence — another centennial of the date when 
 this Province was separated from Nova Scotia. Sufficient time will have 
 

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Services in Centenary Church. 
 
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 elapsed between now and then, August, 1884, to enable the people of the 
 Province to decide what thty will do ; and I trust that that time will not pass 
 without something being done in the direction I have suggested. 
 
 We live in a time of luxury in this year of 1883, and we can have no idea 
 of the hardships wliich the Loyalists had to undergo, although we enjoy the 
 benefit of their laborh ; and it certainly behooves the people of New Brunswick 
 to see what their forefathers did. 
 
 I now have great pleasure in moving that His Honor the Lieutenant- 
 Governor preside as Chairman to-night." 
 
 The Kev. D. D. Currie. 
 
 " I second the motion ; and I may add, in addition, that wlien the President 
 of the New Brunswick Historical Society spoke to me about the propriety of 
 having a service of this kind, it seemed to me eminently proper that there 
 should be such a service on the labt night of the century, and we pppear here 
 in the House of the Lord, ever recognizing the good hand of God during the 
 century that has passed ; and we are also here for the purpose of watching the 
 closing moments of that century and to recogn?/e the dawn of the new century, 
 the second in our history. It is well there should be the sports to-morrow ; 
 but it is only right and proper that vre should remember how good God, our 
 Heavenly Father, has been to us, and that we should here, with thankful and 
 reverent hearts, recognize His goodness and speak of Him for what He has 
 done for us. 
 
 " I am sure you are all glad to recognize His Honor the Lieutenant Gov- 
 ernor in the chair, and should request that he would go on and .preside over 
 
 the meeting." 
 
 Hon. E. D. Wilmot. 
 
 The Lieutenant Governor said : " I feel I am not exactly the person to 
 choose for this position, although 1 conceive it a very great honor to ha'-*^ ^*»en 
 asked. Before taking the chair I will simply thank the mover and the 
 seconder of the resolution for their remarks. I have lived almost three- 
 quarters of a century in the Province, and know a great deal about the in- 
 fluence the Loyalists have had here. They left the comforts of the States and 
 came to what was at that time a very forbidding coast. The two first places of 
 worship I recollect were old Trinity Church and the old Methodist Meeting 
 Plouse. I saw the first regiment, the 104th, march into Fredericton in 1813. 
 Ip 1815 I saw the first illumination, which was in honor of the battle o*" 
 Waterloo. I was long a resident amongst you, and I have seen St. John in 
 prosperity and in adversity. It has been almost destroyed by fire, but if there 
 was one quality that existed amongst the Loyalists more than another it was 
 determination of character; and this quality seems to have been inherited by 
 their descendants, for in spite of obstacles St. John has risen again from the 
 
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 flames. At first th(> feeling between tlie Loyalists and those tlsey left behind 
 was a very bitter one, but I am thankful to say that that has now passed away. 
 I am sure the same sentiments of loyalty and attachment that All my mind 
 and heart influences the people of this great Dominion, and I am also glad 
 that no feeling of hostility now exists between ourselves and our American 
 cousins; each country will pursue Its own inttests in honest rivalry to develop 
 its resources and industries." His Honor then gave a short historical sketch of 
 St. John as it has been during his recollection of it, and th^n said : "I And that 
 here in St. John the same obstinate disposition that M'as in our forefathers is 
 continued in our children, and in m^' belief St. John is bound to flourish. I 
 trust before long we shall have direct communication with Montreal by the 
 shortest route, and that St. John will go on in the principle that influenced our 
 forefathers, 'Love to God, good Avill towards men, and loyalty to the crown.' 
 We have alongside of us a republic, but this side of the line it is a monarchy, 
 and I think that wherever the British flag flies Ave have civil and religious 
 liberty, and that ours is the only jierfect system. Only a short time ago we 
 had, I may say, a double crisis in our Local Legi»hiture ; but though there has 
 been a change of Government, business goes on the same — it has only been 
 IJUtting the ship on another tack, but everything goes on quietly. I am 
 strongly in favor of our con ititution, as I have stated before, we have full 
 civil and religious liberty; and I am sure wherever the Anglo-Saxon blood 
 exists, that libertv Avill exist for all time." 
 
 The choir, led by Thomas H. Hall, then sang Woodbury's 
 anthem, " I was glad when they said unto nw, we will go into the 
 house of the Lord." 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Macrae and Rev. John Reed read, from a Bible 
 brought by a Loyalist, the 91st and 100th Fsalms ; the fonner read 
 Sunday, 18th May, 1783. 
 
 The choir then sang Emerson's anthem, " Guide me, O thou 
 Great Jehovah I " Miss McInnis and Mr. Barton taking the solos. 
 
 Hox. C. N. Skinxer 
 
 stated " He was unexpectedly called upon to fill the place of Judge Palmer. 
 If the. Judge wus to resign his position on the Bench there would not be any 
 lack of persons to oti'er to take his place. We are now starting on the new 
 century under the idea that it is New Brunswick speaks, and not the city only. 
 Our forefathers left their old homes and their all because of their attachment 
 to the Crown. If we have not made a footmark in the history of the world, it 
 is bec?u8e we have not been overrun with war and bloodshed. The resources 
 
Services tn Centenary Church. 
 
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 of the country are day by day being brought to light. The resources of the 
 great Northwest have been opened up, wliich will be a home to thousands; and 
 we shall be able to leave a splendid heritage to our children, and one of which 
 they may be prond." 
 
 The choir sang. "Jehovah's Praise," Miss Clawson sustaining 
 
 the solo. 
 
 Mr. J. W. Lawrence, 
 
 the President of the New Brunswick Historical Society, then addressed the 
 meeting. He said : " We are now in the last hour of the century, to fill up the 
 last page in the last chapter of New Brunswick's first hundred years, and where 
 a more fitting place than the highest spot in the city which was founded by 
 the Loyalists; wl^'ire a more fitting place than in the last ecclesiastical struc- 
 ture erected in the century ? As the first act of the Loyalists on landing was 
 prayer and praise, it is fitting, in this closing hour, that we should think of the 
 loving kindness of the Lord in the midst of His temple. Their first act of 
 worship upon landing was in the great temple of nature, whose maker and 
 builder is God, with the heavens for a canopy, and the trees of the forest — 
 the spruce, the fir, and the pine — for its walls and biittresses. 
 
 The prayer for the Queen to-night recalls the days of George III., her 
 grandfather ; if he had only had her wisdom, and had taken the counsel of a 
 Chatham instead of a North, in place of the two flags which now float over this 
 continent there would have been only one — the standard of Britain. The 
 presence of the American Consul and the Rev. Mr. Holbrook (acting for my 
 friend, the Eev. George Armstrong), and the salutation to the British flag 
 at Yorktown some eighteen months ago, show that the two flags now float 
 peacefully together. May Ave always continue to dwell together in the unity 
 of the spirit and the bond of peace." 
 
 Mr. Lawrence went on to speak of many interesting facts in connection 
 with the early history of St. John, but as they wei i an epitome of themselves, 
 it is impossible to do them justice in the limited space at our disposal.* 
 
 * Ottawa, May 16, 1883. 
 J. IF. Lawrence, President New Brunswick Historical Society : 
 
 Many thanks for kind invitation to the meeting to be held o" Thursday night in con- 
 nection with Loyalist celebration. I greatly regret that my Parliamentary duties prevent 
 my leaving Ottawa at thi" time. Nothing could att'ord me greater pleatiure than to take 
 part in the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the landing of my Loyalist an- 
 cestors in New Brunswick. I trust the meeting will be, as I have no doubt it will, a perfect 
 success. 
 
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 A silver collection, for tree planting and improvement of the 
 "Old Burial Grocnd," King Square, was taken up, the choir sing- 
 ing at the time " Strike the Cymbal." 
 
 Key. Dr. Hoppkr 
 
 "Regretted Mr. Lawrence had not taken up all the time that had been allotted 
 to him. He was glad to be present at this celebration of the landing of our 
 forefathers. They came he^e one hundred years ago and laid the foundation 
 of our city, beautiful for situation. They were a religious body, and they felt 
 the grounds for the rebellion were insufficient, and they therefore left. It was 
 of such stuff that martyrs were made. They held convictions in political and 
 religious matters, and were prepared to give up a.11 to carry them out. We 
 have reason to be proud of our institutions ; the Loyalists gave them to us, and 
 we must try to keep them up. Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of Saint 
 Paul's Cathedral, has no monument in it; the building is his monument. So 
 the monument to the Loyalists is the City and the Province." 
 
 The choir then sang the " Gloria," from Mozart's Twelfth Mass. 
 
 As the first gun from the Old Burying Ground was heard, and 
 the hands of the clock on front of the end gallery pointed to the mid- 
 night hour, the vast assemblage rose and sang in the closing minutes 
 of New Brun&wick's first century and the openinf^ of its second : 
 
 Pra*je God, from whom all blessings flow. 
 Praise Him all creatures here below. 
 Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Holbrook stated that, as an American, Lis heart beat 
 in sympathy with other Americans in seeing the prosperity of the 
 city, for they could not forget the sorrow that all Canadians had 
 shown when the President of the Republic was so foully shot. That 
 would always endear Canadians to Americans. Nor should they 
 ever forget the kindly sympathy of Victoria. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Daniel* pronounced the benediction, and the great 
 audience dispersed, after singing " God Save the Queen." 
 
 ♦Passenger in barque Ilebe, at St. Andrews, :fOth August, ISHO, from London, Rev. 
 Henky Danikl, of the Wcsleyan Missionary Society. Wiiilo the Jfebe was lying-to in a 
 gale on the Banlcs of Newfoundland, on the 19th of Augu- 1, con>(quent on a sudden lurch 
 of the ship, the Rev. J. Snkllokove, a missionary appointed with Mr. Daniel for New 
 Brunswick, was thrown overboard and lost. 
 
Centennial Ode. 
 
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 The choir, led by Mr. T. H. Hall, was a representative one, in- 
 vitations having been issued to members of the choirs of different 
 denominations. Miss Ennis presided at the organ. 
 
 The Midnight Salute 
 was fired from two pieces of artillery under command of Sergeant- 
 Major Hughes, from King Street East, over the Old Burial Ground. 
 Its echoes announced to the citizens the opening of the second 
 century in our history. 
 
 The occasion inspired a grandson of a Loyalist to write the 
 following 
 
 ODE. 
 
 Say ! why send forth with all tumultuous power, 
 This midnight thunder from your iron keeping, 
 
 Breaking the stillness of the midnight hour. 
 Above the graves where earlier worth lies sleeping ? 
 
 The bloom of peace is fragrant in our land ; 
 
 Health and contentment on our people wait ; 
 No civil strife, no fierce invading band, 
 
 No hostile cannon thunder at our gate. 
 
 Then why thU tumult? Give my question heed, 
 
 Nor idly let your thunderings wander by. 
 Far o'er the hills the midnight echoes speed, 
 
 While thus the booming cannon make reply. 
 
 " Our voice we raise above their honored dust, 
 To point mankind who fill the land to-day 
 Unto the sires of old — true, generous, just — 
 To rich reward from earth long passed away. 
 
 " P\)r this we break the silence of the night : 
 Ring the glad message every lof'y steeple. 
 Bid slumberers awake — how grand the sight, — 
 Alive the town with all her thriving people ! 
 
 " Alternate filled with sunshine and with shade, 
 C.i3 hundred years have sought the silent sea 
 Since they came forth, who here securely laid 
 Deep the foundations of prosperity. 
 

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 "They came: brows furrowed by the share of time — 
 The smiling infant at its mother's breast — 
 The stalwart arm that told of manhood's prime — 
 The youth and maid, with health and virtue blest. 
 
 "Their fathers' birth-place, and their childhood's home, 
 Rich-blossomed trees, green fields, and fruitful farm ; 
 All these they left, wide o'er wild seas to roam. 
 Trusting in God to guard from every harm. 
 
 " Eighteenth of May, seventeen eighty-three ! 
 Honor the day, and be it ne'er forgot, 
 "When on these shores they bowed the thankful knee, 
 Nor railed rebellious at their altered lot. 
 
 " How changed the scene that met their wondering eyes ! 
 No verdant fields, but over all below, 
 Where leafless branches pointed to the skies. 
 Pure as their purpose lay the virgin snow. 
 
 " Around the camp-fires, when deep shadows fell. 
 From holy book rose voice of tenderness ; 
 Fervent the father prayed that heaven woul well 
 Watch o'er h's fold and all their doings bless. 
 
 "Though rude the couch where they were doomed to lie. 
 Peaceful they slept — secure from conscience' power — 
 Save when the wolf's long howl^ or Indian's cry, 
 Broke on the silence of the midnight hour. 
 
 "Cheerful they rose when first Aurora drew. 
 With golden grasp, the curtains of the night ; 
 No vain regrets their purpose did undo ; 
 Bravely they went to tread the path of right. 
 
 "All barriers fell before their conquering arm ; 
 
 With swinging steel they hewed the giants down ; 
 Gave 4;c the land full many a smiling farm. 
 And here laid out and built a goodly town. 
 
 "Nor earthly thoughts alone did claim their care ; 
 'Mid all privations they their faith held fa«t, 
 And in the forest reared the house of prayer, 
 Whose grand proportions charmed until its last. 
 
Centennial Ode. 
 
 " Thus toiling, praying, till the Hharlows fell, 
 Life's journey o'er, — to them a blissful even, 
 Whate'er their lot,— 'He doeth all things well,'— 
 Tranquil they sleep, to wake again in Heaven. 
 
 " Ah ! could they know, who fill the land to-day, 
 What toils and trials those pure patriots knew, 
 Great were the praise and honor they would pay 
 Unto the memory of the brave and true. 
 
 "Descendants, — whether doomed by fate to roam. 
 Far from the smilinj; land that gave you birth, 
 Or if rejoicing in your childhood's home, — 
 Herald their virtues and proclaim their worth. 
 
 "For purer blood than theirs did never flow 
 
 With true pulsation through the breast of man"; 
 No nobler deeds than theirs doth history show. 
 On its immortal page since time began. 
 
 " And should some craven soul, with dastard word, 
 Deny their right to honor and renown, 
 Be all your frame with indignation stirred. 
 And in his slander strike the caitiff down. 
 
 " For O ! remember, as ye sit secure. 
 
 While round you streams of comfort largely flow, 
 What they for King and conscience did endure 
 Upon this spot an hundred years ago." 
 
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 The ceremonials of that midnight will be spoken of in yeai-s to 
 come as the most memorable in New Brunswick's first century— a 
 grand and fitting Peroration to its first One Hundred Years. 
 
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 The 18th of May, 1883. 
 
 The day was ushered in with a salute by No. 1 Battery, Capt. 
 Kane, on the Barrack Square, followed by fifty guns from No. 2 
 Battery, Capt. Ring, C^arleton. 
 
 The first event of the day, after the salute, was the starting of 
 the Polyniorphian procession from their headquarters in Haymarket 
 Square. At 7 o'clock they set out on their march to the Market 
 Square to receive the Loyalists on landing. About the same hour, 
 the latter, represented by the Calithumpians, were embarking on the 
 St. George from the Government pier at the Ballast Wharf The/S<. 
 George, one of the happy anachronisms of the day, was taken in tow 
 by the tugboat Norman, and at once proceeded to sea for some dis- 
 tance; turning round, she was met by a fleet of tugboats, whose 
 salutations were more fervent than melodious. In fact the hoarse 
 and persistent shrieks of the steam whistles of the tugs were enough 
 to have frightened the Loyalists had they not been made of very 
 stern stuff'. Happily, however, the decks of those boats were, in some 
 cases, crowded with visitore, whose friendly gestures must have en- 
 couraged the Loyalists to venture up the harbor, which, they did in 
 excellent style. Their advance was watched by many thousands of 
 people, and was one of the greet features of the day. 
 
 The Landing of the Loyalists. 
 The screaming of the tugs and the music of the bands simul- 
 taneously announced to the 20,000 people gathered on and about the 
 Market Square and on the wharves that both the Loyalists and the 
 procession, which was to welcome i hem, were near at hand. Just as 
 the bow of the St. George was visible to those standing in the slip, a 
 small canoe, in which sat Mr. Benjamin Lawton, in the dress of 
 the last century, came swiftly up the slip, and before the St. George 
 was fairly in the slip two sharp rifle shots spoke out a welcome to 
 the new comers. The Indians in the procession then made their ap- 
 pearance, and their chief, Mr. E. C. Woods, presented an address to 
 the Loyalists, which was responded to by Captain Devlin. Then 
 the landing took place, and the Loyalists, with their baggage, fell 
 into the line of the procession, which moved down Prince William 
 
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 street. It was here that the vast multitudes in the streets, on house- 
 tops, in windows, etc., took a view of the scene, which was picturesque 
 in the extreme. Before the Loyalists joined the procession it had 
 been moving from Haymarket Square in the following order: 
 
 Platoon of Police. 
 President of the Polyniorphian Club, Charles Nevins, mounted. 
 
 Banner. 
 
 Sixty-Second Fusiliers Band. 
 
 Grand Marshal. 
 
 Seventy Mounted Lrncers. Artillery Company, 1783. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth's Court. Tally-IIo Coach. 
 
 Colonel McQuarrie, mounted. 
 
 Pioneers of the Eegiment. 
 
 104th Kegiment on foot, with Fife and Drum Corps. 
 
 Surgeon of the 104th, mounted. 
 
 Harding Street Fife and Drum Band, 
 
 Sloop King George, drawn by four horses. Log Cabin, drawn by four hoi"ses. 
 
 Koyal Fife and Drum Band. 
 
 Bridal Party of ye Olden Time. 
 
 Emigi'ant Train. Calithumpian Club Banner. 
 
 Mechanics' Band. 
 
 A Number of Gentlemen of the Old Time, mounted. 
 
 Carriage with Ladies and Gentlemen. 
 
 Charactei-s of all Kinds on Horseback. Indians on Horseback. 
 
 Two-Headed Giantess, driven by a Monkey. 
 
 Artillery Band. 
 
 The procession was a grand pageant, and was followed through- 
 out its entire course with the greatest interest. Its chief features 
 were the Court of Queen Elizabeth, in the *' Tally-Ho " coach ; the 
 104th Regiment ; the Log Cabin, with the domestic industries, which 
 were in full blast; the sloop Kiiif/ George; and other attractions. 
 The procession, after leaving Prince William street, made a round 
 of the streets, finally disbanding it Haymarket Square.* 
 
 *The uniform worn by Mr. J. C. Miles at tb? reception •>£ tlie Loyalists at the Market 
 Slip, on Friday morning, including shako, green swallow-tailed coat, white vest, butt" cor- 
 duroy knee-breeches, top-boots, sword, etc., is the same that was worn by Lieut. Charles 
 Hare, when he escaped from the French prison of Sarre Libre, in the Province of Lorraine, 
 August 12, 1809, and was kindly loaned for the occasion by his sou, Georob Hare, of this 
 <>ity. Lieut. Hare entered the Royal Navy in Isi/^, at the age of eleven years. In a calm 
 his frigate drifted under the guns of a battery on the coast of France, where she had to 
 surrender. Th§ officens were imprisoned at Verdun, where Lieut. Hare remained six years 
 and two months before making his escape. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souveniii. 
 
 Trinity Church. 
 
 
Services in Trinity Church. 
 
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 Centennial Service. 
 
 A very large congregation aKsembled at the special service in 
 Trinity Church at nine a. m., on Friday, Governor Wilmot and 
 staff', with the Common Council, attending in a body. The following 
 clergy were robed and took part in the procession : Canon Brig- 
 stocke, Canon DeVeber, Revs. T. E. Dowlino, L. G. Stevens, 
 A. V. "Wiggins, R. Simonds, O. S. Newnham, D. W. Pickett, 
 G. O. TROor, A. H. Weeks, D. B. Parnther, W. A. Holbrook, 
 F. Towers, H. T. Parlee. Rev. Messrs. DeVeber, Parnther, 
 and Simonds took part in the service. The Rector, Rev. Canon 
 Brigstocxe, delivered the sermon, taking for his text : 
 
 "The land which thou gnvcst unto our fatliers." — /. Kini/.i, vili., 40. 
 
 "The Cvjiiiiiienionition of events whii'li have proved to be turning points in 
 ii nation's liistory, is one of the strongest instincts o( humanity, and has its 
 sanction in Holy Scripture. The nation whose history is there recorded was 
 formed and developed by a series of gre.it events, the most striking of which 
 were to be held in remembrance by the divinely appointed festival, as well as 
 celebrated in the song of praise. Israel's delivery from Egypt, which may be 
 regarded as their national birth, was to be annually commemorated by the 
 Feast of the Passover ; their dwelling in tents during their wilderness journey 
 was to be kept in remembrance by the Feast of Tabernacles ; and their national 
 freedom and gift of land, by the year of Jubilee'. The psalms which were 
 sung in daily worship not only abotmd in allusions to their national history, 
 but some are nothing less than commemoration odes of the various events of 
 their national history. 
 
 " It is then no mere sentiment that prompts us to celebrate the centennial 
 anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists and to make a special act of worship 
 to Almighty God a part of the commemoration of that great and interesting 
 event. It is the due recognition of the fact, which every Christian believes, 
 that a nation's history is the development of divine purposes and designed to 
 promote divine gl'^ry. It is further the due acknowledgment of the noble 
 deeds of those to whom we stand indebted for the city of St. John, whose 
 picturesque site is, on high authority, surpassed by only one city in Canada, 
 whose harbor can be made to aflbrd every facility to be the maritime port of 
 the Dominion, and adjoining to which is the splendid river of the same name, 
 with its many tributaries, flowing like a great artery through the Province, 
 and so well fitted to be a highway of commerce into the interior. It is then 
 most fitting that we should turn aside to-day from the ordinary routine of 
 business and work, to commemorate events which were turning points in the 
 
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 hiHtory of this country, no less than of our own liv. . And here I cainiot 
 forlHJJir from expresHlnj? my t)wn regret that a suitable memorial in the shape 
 of a moniunent was not this day either iH-gun, or unveiled with appropriate 
 ceremonies in a completed state, as a tribute of gratitude and admiration for 
 the founders of this city, and a{.|)reciation for their high and noble principles, 
 which are to-<lay, as nnich as then, the only guarantee of the stability and 
 integrity of the empire. 
 
 "Time would fail me to review particularly the events by wliid; 'this land 
 wa« given to our fathei*s,' nor is it necessary that I should do so. It has Ixjen 
 done again and agrin, and will 1 do not doubt receive full and worthy treat- 
 ment in a later portion of to-<lay. My emleavour will be to draw your atten- 
 tion to certain features of those events which contain for us le:isons of practi- 
 cal instruction. 
 
 " 1. Let us note the great changes that have nuirked the century just 
 closed. 
 
 "One hundred years ago, when the tlcet of liritish ships which brought the 
 Loyalists weighed anchor in the harbor to be afterwards named from this 
 city, few, if any, vestiges of civilized life met ihe eye. Everywhere they must 
 have seen what was at that time a very inhos))itable coast. No wharves lined 
 the shore, no hotels were open to receive them, nor were there friends to wel- 
 come them. No churches with their heaven-directing spires met their eyes 
 and gladdened their hearts. There was no means of communication by post 
 or telegraph with thci' they had left, or with friends more distant. All was 
 a solitary wilderness. Little else could have been heard but the ripple of the 
 waves on the shore, or the song of the bird in the forest. And now, what 
 have we? We have a well laid out city with streets and squares, and adorned 
 with buildings of goodly proportions and not devoid of bea«ity ; a city in which 
 we have churches and schools, courts of justice and ]mblic offices, hotels and 
 factories ; a city full of active energy, and known as a centre of trade and 
 hive of industry. Kailways connect it with all parts of this vjist continent, 
 and telegraphic communication is carried on with the Avorld. The comforts 
 ,-nd luxuries of civilized life are found in abundance, the activities of com- 
 mercial and political life are incessantly carried on, and eve-y modern im- 
 provement for the transaction of business or facility of trade finds here its 
 congenial home. As we now look round we may say in the words of inspir- 
 ation, 'The wilderness has been made a standing water, and water-springs of 
 a dry ground.' 
 
 "But these changes in the outward life are symbolical of yet other changes 
 which the past century has witnessed. When the tleet of the British left the 
 harbor of New York, in 1783, it carried away those who were tilled with bitter 
 hostility to those in the United States who were determined to form an inde- 
 
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 pendent nationality of their own. They regarded them as rebels to lawful 
 authority, and pursuing a cviurHe destructive to all right principle. They 
 came out from theni, m their most emphatic protest against their evil doings. 
 They went out, not knowing whither they were going, but determined to have 
 nothing to do with an independent republic. And now what do we see? We 
 see, indeed, a people composed nominally of two nationalities, living within 
 territorial boundaries and exercising territorial rights; but yet so closely 
 united together by the ties of church fellowship, of commerce, of friendship, 
 syrapathy, and wod will, as not only to have long since lost all scase of hos- 
 tility, but ready to seize every opportunity that pro«f>'its itself for manifesting 
 the feelings of mutual respect and honor which an t"i <. rtained towards each 
 other. Two events have marked this (change in a very striking manner. In 
 our hour of distress, in 1877, when this city of the Loyalists was wrapped in 
 flames and some 15,000 personn were rendered homeless, it was the generosity 
 of the neighboring republic that gave the largest and most bo.nitiful aid. 
 Again, in 1881, when the President of the United States fell a victim to the 
 wicked assassin, a sermon was [ireoched in the Church of the Loyalists as a 
 fitting tribute to his honored mcmury. Such changes of feeling and sentiment 
 show a revolution of ideas. And what are we to think of them? Are they 
 to be taken as a compromise of principle, or in any way condeiniiatory of the 
 conduct of the Loyalists ? In no wise. The change that has taken place may 
 be traced partly to the devel(/pment of ideas which are the result of a better 
 understanding of the whole situation ; partly to a clearer insight of the ques- 
 tions at issue than was possible in the heat of controversy ; and partly to the 
 necessities of life. The (piestion of independence, however it may at the time 
 liave seemed a question of hostility to England, was, after all, a question of 
 rights, which could l)e withheld no longer. We cast no slur nor taint of re- 
 proach on our forefathers; even we say that tlie world has outgrown many old 
 ideas. The changes that take place are surely the inevitable result of the 
 I)rogress of human life. Without inconsistency or compromise of principle 
 we can to-day lionor as highly ui possible the memory of the Loyalists, while 
 we arc thankful to live on terms of good-will and friendship with the people 
 of the republic beside us. 
 
 " II. This land was given to our fathers as the reward of patriotism. It is 
 not necessary, i^or would it be becoming, to enter now on any consideration of 
 the relative advantages of difierent forms of government. In th«^ determina- 
 tion of the Loyalists to leave the United States, they showed a love and 
 devotion for their country worthy of our close imitation. In their case it in- 
 volved much self-sacriHce. Large possessions were left behind, con\fortable 
 homes were abandoned, and nuiny dear associations severed. No doubt they 
 were regarded as obstinate fanatics for their conservative principles and keen 
 
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 sense of jealousy for British honor. In al! this they displayed a virtue too 
 rarely seen. Men care now too little for their country and too much for them- 
 selves. The means of roarainji over tlie wide world are at hand, and but few 
 seem to lack the desire and opportunity to do so. They go out in search of 
 property and wealth wherever they can obtain it, and self-interest is a widely 
 ruling motive. But patriotism is a Christian virtue. Surely the land which 
 God has given us should, of all other countries, be our first care. We should 
 use all our power and influence to promote its interest and development. 
 Patriotism is the call of God ; it requires much self-denial ; it is the offspring 
 of high Christian principle ; ii is the opposite of all that is base, sensual, and 
 avaricious. There are some who use the city simply to amass money, and 
 then go away and forget its temporal and spiritual interests, while others un- 
 ceasingly complain that its advantages are not greater. Many circumstances 
 are no doubt our guiding pillar uf. to the bounds of our habitation, but when 
 called to remove to distant cities and remote countries, we surely ought not to 
 forget the city of our birth or adoption. The Apostolic precept, 'Let no man 
 seek his own, but every man another's wealth,' should have its close applica- 
 tion to those of his own city and country. In obedience to Divine obligation, 
 and in honor of the memory of tlie founders of this city, let us endeavor to 
 make it a praise in the eartli. We have here a rich inheritance in this land 
 wliich was given to our fathers ; let us use it aright ; let it be our aim to adorn 
 it with instliutions of Christian and high character; let the wealth which has 
 been amassed by trade in this city, and now filling the banks to repletion, be 
 freely spent in advancing the Church of Christ as the most powerful means of 
 gaining the greatest blessing, and in forwarding all that promotes morality and 
 elevates society — so shall we worthily honor the memory of the past, and 
 inaugurate in a becoming manner the century that has just dawned. 
 
 " III. But of all the inheritance which has been handed down to us in this 
 land, no portion is so noble and so sacred as the House of Prayer which the 
 Loyalists erected for the worship of Almighty God. It should be ever held 
 in remembrance that thcii- first care was to L.iild a church, and that a site wjus 
 chosen for that purpose in the first laying out of the city. That site was not 
 far distant. It was, how ever, soon abandoned, owing to the circumstance that 
 a fire — the scourge of this continent — swept over that part. Another site 
 was chosen, Avhert :i tempornry building was erected, and services held by the 
 first rector of this city. Then the present admirable site was given, wliich is 
 at once a proof of their liberaiity and devotion of tlicir best to tlie Lord. On 
 Christmas Day, 171)1, the cliurch they built on this site was fii-st used for 
 Divine worshii), and so continued for SC. years. On the ever memorable .Tune 
 liOtli, 1877, it was swept awtiy in the great conflagration, and the place whereon 
 it stood was to know it no more. In the erection of a new churcii we did not 
 
Firemen'3 Procession. 
 
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 forget the past, but we had also to remember tlie present and the future. We 
 sought, tl: erefore, to honor tlie memory of the Loyalists, not by copying the 
 plan of the church that was destroyed, but by building one of costly and sub- 
 stantial character. If this building does not tell of their skill or their work, 
 it may yet be truly regarded as a monument of their devotion and self-sacrifice 
 for the cause of Christ. The fragrance of their memory ought ever to fill this 
 House of Prayer. Yes ; it is here we are brought into closest and most affect- 
 ing contact wild the past. Our fathers' God is our God. We « Fer up the 
 same service of worship ; we have joined to day in the prayers, and sung the 
 same psalms, which they did on May 18th a century ago. Here we know of 
 no change. Age succeeds age, but Jesus Christ remains unchangeable, * the 
 SP'^e yesterday, to-day, and f a-ever.' May our fathers' God be our God for 
 ever and ever I May he be our guide even unto death ! " 
 
 THE FIREMEN'S PROCESSION 
 
 (With Engiiics and other Apparatus), 
 
 at 10 o'clock a. m. 
 
 Fire Departments from "Various Cities in Kew Brunswick 
 . AND Nova Scotia Represented, 
 
 I John Kerr, Chief Enrjineer. 
 
 District Engineers: 
 George Blake. John Wilson. John Jackson. 
 
 W. H. Bowman, Captain Hook and Ladder Company. 
 
 Charles Jackson, Lwlenant Hook and Ladder Company. 
 
 J. T. Magee, Foreman No. 1 Company. 
 
 David Dearness, AssisL<nt Foreman No. 1 Company. 
 
 W. H. Melvin, Foraiiau No. 2 Company. 
 
 H. S. Spiller, Assistant Foreman No, 2 Compaay. 
 
 Fred. Blackadar, Foreman No. 3 Company. 
 
 Silas Hoyt, Assistant Foreman No. 3 Company. 
 
 The firemen commenced to form on King Street East at 9 o'clock, 
 and, after preparation, they made a circuit of the lower part of the 
 town, coming back to the head of King street, and halted. They 
 then formed a double column, through Avhich passed the different 
 official carriages, etc. It was at tins point that the Mayor, amid 
 
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 Loyalists' Cente^tnial Souvenir. 
 
 loud- cheers, delivered an address of welcome to the visiting firemen. 
 His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, who accepted a seat in the 
 Mayor's carriage, and who was very heartily cheered, also delivered 
 an address to the visitors. The procession was then re-formed, en 
 route to Portland, ma Charlotte, Union, and Mill streets. At the 
 city line the city police dropped out of the ranks, Capt. Rawlings 
 taking the head of the procession, his men following. The Mayor 
 and Common Council of Portland also, all of whom made a fine 
 appearance, moved to the front. The procession as re-formed was 
 as follows : 
 
 Chief of Police John K. Marshall, in carriage. 
 
 Grand Marshal, Aid. C. A. Eobertson, 
 
 Marshal Halifax U. E. C, John Walsh. 
 
 Police Guard of seven men. 
 
 Band63ii!H;i i ' V. RR. 
 
 High CoiioUbie on horseback. 
 
 Barouche with Mayor Jones, Lieut. Governor, Recorder Tuck, and Lieut. 
 
 Governor's Secretary. 
 
 Carriiige — The High Sheriff, American Consul, the Mayors 
 of Halifax and Pictou. 
 
 Carriage — Ald.T. N, Robertson and Reynolds, Couns. Skinner and Peters. 
 
 Carriage — Aid. Butt a.id Grant, Couns. LantJilum and Nowlin. 
 
 Carriage — Aid. Jordan, Couns. Coxetter and Pengilly ; \^'. F. Bunting. 
 
 Carriage — Hon. Provincial Secretary, D. McLellan, M. P. P., 
 Hon. Solicitor General Ritchie, and "William A. Quinton, M. P. P. 
 
 Carriage — The Mavor of Portland, Shadrach Holly, 
 
 Aids. O'Mahoney, Robertson, Cochran, and J. A. Chesley. 
 
 Carriage- Aid. Bowman, Sturdee, W. A. Cheslov. Price, and Ruddock. 
 
 Carriage — Aid. Morrow and Farmer, of Port .'.<>, K. Fisher, ex-Chair- 
 man of Portland Council, Chamberlain .vU/io, and Water 
 Commissioner Dui '. 
 
 Carriage — Portland Solicitor, E. R. Gregory, and Ciij lerk, John Godard. 
 
 Carriage — David Tapley, Esq, S. M. of Portland; 
 Aldermen Kelly, Lingley, and Howe, and ex-Ald. Rigby. 
 
 Carriage — Chairman Ead, and Firewardens T. E. Everitt, R, Sutcliffe, 
 George Bent, and George E. Boak, of Halifax. 
 
 Carriage — (Officers Halifax Union Engine Company; Captain, R. Shep- 
 herd ; Michael M. Sullivan, Financial Secretary ; James Allen. 
 
 Hose reel Alert, drawn by 25 men. Hose reel Resolute, drawn by 25 men. 
 
 Mechanics' Brass Band. 
 
 Queen Street Fife and Drum Corps. Members Halifax Axe Company. 
 
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Centennial Addresses and Oration. 
 
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 Charlottetown, P. E. I., hose reel and 25 men. * 
 
 Carleton Cornet Band. 
 
 Royal Fife and Drum Band. Company No. 7, Carleton. 
 
 Chief of Portland Fire Department, in carriage. 
 
 No. 1 hose cart, Portland, and men of company. 
 
 No. 1 Steam Fire Engine, Portland. 
 
 No. 2 Hose v,-art, Portland, men of company. 
 
 No. 2 Steam Fire Engine, Portland. 
 
 Fredericton Brigade (hose cart and 10 men). 
 
 No. 8 Company, Carleton (men of company). 
 
 No. 8 Hand Engine, Carleton. Yarmouth Firemen, with hose cart, 
 
 Pictou Firemen, with hose cart. Truro Firemen, with hose cart. 
 
 * Halifax U. P. C, with salvage wagon. St. John Salvage Corps. 
 
 St. John salvage wagon. No. 1. 
 
 St. John salvage wagon. No. 2, with log cabin. 
 
 (.'arriage with District Engineer Jacks^ a, Chief Engineer Haddocks, of 
 Bangor, and visiting Engineers. 
 
 62nd Brass Band. 
 
 Carleton Artillery Band. 
 
 Carriag'^ — Chief Engineer Kerr, District Engineers Blake and Wilson. 
 
 Hook and Ladder Cart. Hook and Ladder Company. 
 
 No. 1 Company Hose Cart. Men of No. 1 Company, 
 
 No. 1 Steam Fire Engine. No. 2 Compa*./ Hose Cart. 
 
 Men of No. 2 Company. No. 1 Steam Fire Engine. 
 
 No. 3 Company Hose Cart. Men of No. 3 Company. 
 
 No. 3 Steam Fire Engine (new). No. 3 Steam Fire Engine (old). 
 
 CENTENNIAL ADDRESSES AND ORATION. 
 
 The Institute was densel} packed at 3 p. m., to commemorate 
 the Loyalists. His Worship the Mayor presided, and the following 
 gentlemen occupied the platform : 
 
 *Thc nierabors of Union Protection Conipasiy from Halifax were entertained in the 
 Dnrterin Hotel, immediately after their arrival on Thursday night, at a dinner by the Ft. 
 John Salvage Corps. The spread was in friend Jones' b 'st style. Capt. Blois presided, 
 having Chas. Nkii.l, Captain of th« U. P. Co., on his left, and the Mayor of Halifax on his 
 right, and otherwise supported by guests. After the cloth had been removed toasts were 
 proposed and responded to in a jtyle befitting the occasion. The speakers were the chair- 
 man, Mayor Fhaskr oi Halifax, Captain Neill of the U. P, C, Aid. Grant, A. C. Smith, 
 chief of Water Commissionrrs, E. AVillis o{ the News, C. Vose, Aid. C. A. Robertson, 
 Aid, T. N. KoBERTisoN, P. Clinch, H. P. Kerr, and Mr. Bowes of the Telegraph. 
 
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 32 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 His Honor Lieutenant Governor Wilniot. 
 
 Henry Wilniot, Private Secretary. 
 Colonel Taylor, b. A. G. Kev. Dr. Maclise. 
 
 Major Drury, A. D. C. Rev. H. Pope. 
 
 Mayor Fraser, of Haliliix. Rev. Dr. Hopper. 
 
 Mayor Holly, of Portland. Hon. Wil'iam Elder. 
 
 Mavor McLeod, of Pictou. His Honor Chief Justice Allen. 
 
 Judge "NVedderbnrn. 
 W. A. Quinton, M. P. P. 
 E. McLeod, M. P. P. 
 Hon. A. G. Blair. 
 Hon. Judge King. 
 
 Hon. Judge Watters. 
 
 General Warner. 
 
 Canon Brigstocke. 
 
 J. W\ Lawrence. 
 
 Sherift' Harding. 
 The Members of Portland City Council. 
 The Members of St. John Common Council 
 
 Rev. Dr. Macrae. 
 Rev. D. D. Currie. 
 Rev, Mr. Payson. 
 B. Lester Peters. 
 Dr. Tuck. 
 
 John Sears. 
 L. H. Young. 
 Henry Meliok. 
 James Bustin. 
 W. x\. Moore. 
 Samuel Skinner. 
 Robert Marshall. 
 James McMillan. 
 
 A. A. Stockton. 
 Henry Vaughan. 
 W. P. Dole. 
 John Magee. 
 W. F. Bunting. 
 G. Prescott. 
 Rev. W. A. Holbrook. 
 G. F. Matthew. 
 
 His Worship the Mayor, after calling the meeting to order,'i^ said 
 
 Silas A 1 ward. 
 L. R. Harrison. 
 Rev. Henry Cross, 
 1). P. Chisiiolm. 
 Hon. R. J. Ritchie. 
 Dr. Inches. 
 J, H. Lunt. 
 
 * Ottawa, May 15, 1883. 
 Bear Sir, — I rc^gret that my Paiiiameutary duties have uuexpectedlj' detaineii me 
 here, and couseqiiently I shall bo unable to be present at the celebration of the landing of 
 the Loyalists, to take place on I'riday next, and I had looked forward with pleasure to 
 sharing therein, and, tliough iinal)le to be present in i)erson, I shall be witli you in spirit 
 and sympathy. As a descendant of a Loyalist, one of the early residents of the city, I feel 
 a pride and gratification in eoninmn with my fellow citizens in honoring the memory of 
 those noble men who, one hundred years ago, actuated by the highest sense of honor and 
 unswerving devotion to their sovereign, and undeterred 1)y -'ifl'erings and privations, aban- 
 doned the fair cultivated lands of New England and New York, the homes of their child- 
 hood, to hew out for themselves and their families a new liome amid the forests on the 
 rocky shore, where they could remain under the flag of their mother land, which they 
 loved so W'Ml, and in whose cause many of them had fought and shed their blood. 
 
 Yours, etc,, 
 
 S. Jones, Esq., Mayor. 
 
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 "I think Ave have to congratulate ourselves on having such a splendid day 
 on which to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of our 
 city and the landing of the Loyalists, and I feel sure that if the spirits of our 
 Loyalist fathers can look down upon us they will thoroughly appreciate the 
 entire proceedings by which the citizens of this city, and our friends from Nova 
 Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and other places, have tried to do honor to their 
 memory — those brave men and women who for principle, who for love of 
 king and country and the flag they had been born under — left everything to 
 come to this city, which then presented nothing like its present appearance, 
 but was nothing more than an almost barren rock with a few evergreens grow- 
 ing upon it. (Applause.) It is well now to honor those men who came here 
 to make homes for themselves, for I have no doubt it was the loyal spirit and 
 example they have left that has produced this vast Dominion of Canada, 
 which now reaches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and which will soon have 
 a railway that will carry us from ocean to ocean over our own territory. And 
 there is another reason whv we should celebrate this dav, a hundred vears 
 after our foiefathers landed; the Loyalists came here with bitter feelings, and 
 perhaps justly, rankling, in their hearts against their neighbors across the 
 borders, who were then formed into the United States, but since that time all 
 hard feelings have vanished. (Applause.) Who can forget the sympathy, 
 kindness and practical help our friends across the border gave us in the great 
 affliction that fell upon us only a few years since ? Since that time it seems 
 to me that all misunderstandings have passed away ; we are now practically as 
 one people, and the feelings enjoyed by one are the feelings enjoyed by the 
 other (applause). And if there were any hard feelings still left, they must have 
 vanished when the President of the United States was unfortunately assassin- 
 ated; and if further proof were required that we are now as one nation, we have 
 it in the presence of the representative of that great country, who is here on 
 this platform to assist us in doing honor to the memory of those brave enemies 
 of his sires, who came here and founded our city (cheers). And now, gentle- 
 men, without taking up more of your time, I will call upon one of the oldest 
 Loyalists present, a gentlemen well known to you all, and thoroughly identi- 
 fied with the interests of this city, the Lieut. Governor of this Province." 
 (Great cheering.) 
 
 His Honor Lieutenant Governor Wilmot, after expressing his 
 acknowledgment for his reception, said : 
 
 " I had the honor of representing this constituency for nearly twenty years, 
 and my feelings are deeply involved in everything connected with the city of 
 St. John. Not only did I represent this city, but my father before me, foj 
 nearly twenty years, so that it became almost a family compact, and we held this 
 constituency by a kind of divine right, althougli it depended on the free votes 
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 of the people. (Laughter and applause.) This is a great day in our history. 
 A hundred years have passed since our fathers landed on what was then a 
 rocky coast. I think there is a good deal that might be called rock about it 
 yet. (Laughter.) They went to work and shortly became disseminated 
 throughout the Province. I met one man who had been with my grandfather 
 in the year 1808 — the year before I was born— and he told me that the farm 
 I now own grew 800 bushels of grain when my grandfather first settled in this 
 country — which bears out my theory that our agricultural resources are such 
 thai we could, if need be, support ourselves independently of the rest of the 
 world, Brt I heard my father say there was one thing he got sick of in those 
 halcyon days, and that was moose meat (laughter), because, if you had nothing 
 else to eat, you could always kill a moose. (Laughter.) I have not much to 
 say, ladies and gentlemen, that others could not better say, but I must say 
 that I am glad to see alongside of me a representative of the neighboring 
 Republic, the United States, as referred to by His Worship the Mayor— which 
 position, I may say, I occupied some forty years ago, and my father twenty 
 years before that. (Laughter and applause.) I don't know just when, but my 
 friend Mr. Lawrence will know all about it. I feel myself one of the citi- 
 zens of St. John, and my feelings and interests have been connected with it, 
 and ray father's before me. 
 
 " With reference to the great nation alongside of us, I trust that, now that 
 we have established a Dominion reaching from the Atlantic to *.he Pacific, we 
 will have a friendly rivalry to see which shall be the greater country. (Ap- 
 plause.) I have an interest in that country, because one of my uncles went 
 there and made some money. Unfortunately he went to England and placed it 
 in a bank, and a week afterwards the bank collapsed and he lost it. (Laughter.) 
 I said last night at the great meeting in the Centenary that my grandmother 
 told rae (laughter) — pardon me, gentlemen, for raking up these antiquities, for 
 I really feel myself to be quite a historic object (applause) — that she had five 
 sons when she came here in 1783. They went up the River St. John and 
 went ashore in the night of the 10th of November, in a snow storm, and 
 camped under canvas. Of these five sons, four (pardon the egotism) filled 
 very prominent positions in this country. One represented the County of 
 Westmorland in the Local Legislature ; another the County of Sunbury. My 
 father represented the city of St. John in 1819 or 1820, and the other repre- 
 sented a county in Upper Canada. So I feel myself closely identified with 
 this Dominion and entitled to say that at all events my forefathers were people 
 who stood to the flag that has braved the battle and the breeze, and which 
 slavery could not exist under, and which has ahvays extended civil and re- 
 ligious liberty in every province of the British Empire. (Applause.) And 
 now let me refer briefly to Her glorious Majesty the Quec;i. It is no mere 
 
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 sentiment in regard to lier that prompts me to say she has been the perfection 
 of woman ; as a wife, as a mother, and as a true, ideal woman, she lias set an 
 example that the whole world should be proad of. (Cheers.) It is a matter 
 of no small satisfaction to me to-day that a daughter of her's is the wife of 
 His Excellency, the Governor General of this Dominion — a man entitled to 
 every sentiment of respect for his good sound sense, and the manner in which 
 he has managed the afltiirs of this Dominion since he lias held that position. 
 I am proud of him, of her, and of our British connection ; and I trust that in 
 the future all our rivalries with our connections on the other side of the line 
 will be to further civil and religious liberty and promote that glorious system 
 of government that was handed down to us inviolate from our Anglo-Saxon 
 forefathers. (Cheers.) 
 
 " Mr. Skinner, last night, referred to the fact that we had never suffered 
 from the miseries of war in this country ; but I recollect a little beyond him, 
 when in 1812, '13, '14, '15, this Province raised a regiment called the 104tli 
 Regiment, to march to Canada and oppose the invasion from the other side of 
 the lines. They fought the good fight, maintained their position nobly and 
 well, and when peace was proclaimed our lines were left established an they 
 were at the start. I might say, also, that no people in this Dominion proved 
 themselves more brave and loyal in the fight than our French Canadian people, 
 who form a very large portion of our population, and have even a prior claim 
 than the Loyalists. That invasion of Montreal proved a lamentable failure, 
 I am glad to say, though 1 i -an no offence to my friend. General Warner." 
 (Laughter, followed by great cheering as His Honor resumed his seat.) 
 
 His Worship then said he had great pleasure in introducing to 
 them a gentleman who had been so long in the City that he had 
 become almost one of themselves — General Warner, the United 
 States Consul, who said, on opening: 
 
 " It was almost needless for him to remark that he was glad to be present. 
 Never since I have been in the city of St. John," continued the General, 
 " Iiave I felt more glad and ready to accept a very polite invitation from His 
 Worship to attend the ceremonial to-day, celebrating the one hundredth anni- 
 vei-sary of the history of your city and your province. I am proud to be 
 here, and beg leave to say, in reply to the speeches we have heard, that all the 
 good wisheS; all the good will, and fellowship — everything that tends to 
 elevate the Anglo-Saxon race — is not all located on this side of the line. 
 (Cheers.) It has been said that but for the foolishness of parties in the olden 
 time. King George et al, that probably there never would have been that line. 
 I do not endorse that sentiment. I believe as tirmly as that I live that the 
 great rebellion of the North American provinces was ordered by God, and 
 
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 that it waH necessary for the Anglo-Saxon race and for progress, that the 
 English nation that wjis destined almost to rule the entire world shonld be 
 taught that people have certain rights, and that the giving of said riglits to 
 the people is simply the elevation of their own nationality. (Cheers.) There- 
 fore it was ordered by a higher power than any on earth that this rebellion 
 should take place, and I believe that none regret it; for it was just as necessary 
 and inevitable as the great rebellion of 1861 — that dreadful, fratricidal, 
 infernal war in our own land for the obliteration of slavery in the land, that 
 our nation might stand forth right, meriting the blessing of God, and a credit 
 to the great land on the other side that gave us birth. (Great cheers.) A 
 short time since, one of whom v/e are very proud — the American representa- 
 tive at the Court of St. James — said he felt more like representing an elder 
 daughter than a foreign land. You will pardon me if I carry that idea out a 
 little further, and say that if the United States can properly be called the elder 
 daughter of Great Britain, certainly we have a right to claim the Dominion 
 as our younger sister (applause) ; and if in this friendly rivalry, that is to be 
 fought out to the bitter end, the elder sister should make suggestions to the 
 younger sister, why I would not advise the younger sister to consider it a 
 matter of tyranny. Elder sisters never give what they consider bad advice to 
 younger sisters, and if it sometimes goes against the grai.i, why let the 
 younger sister remember that she has still a sister even if she appears inclined 
 to tyrannize a little. (Applause.) Maybe the younger sister is right ; but let 
 her be good natured and keep her temper, and ti-.e elder sister would apologize 
 in time." (Great laughter and cheers.) 
 
 His Worship the Mayor then introduced J. W. Lawrence, a 
 gentleman, he said, who from time immemorial had taken such an 
 interest in this Centennial that he was at a loss to know what he 
 would do Avhen it was over. 
 
 J. W. Laavrence. 
 
 Mr. Mayor: Of the many large gatherings I have witnessed in this hall 
 the present is the most representative. While there are some from all the old 
 Provinces in Canada, the 50,000,000 citizens of the United States are repre- 
 sented in the person of the American Consul, General Warner. In all my 
 sixty years' residence on King street I have never witnessed such an enthusi- 
 astic gathering as the one to-day. That broad street is another evidence of the 
 forethought of those brave men who landed here one hundred years ago to- 
 day. Had it been twenty feet narrower on the day of the great fire, in 1877, 
 it is doubtful if anything could have prevented the fire spreading over the 
 northern poxtion of the city." 
 
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 After reading some extracts from an old paper, dated September 
 9, 1784, showing the location of the first post office in Parr Town, 
 on the lot where Clarke, Kerr & Thome's store is at present, Mr, 
 Lawrence continued : 
 
 "Masonry was first brought into prominence by a meeting mentioned in 
 this paper, which had taken phice at the house of Brother Kirk, on Brittain 
 street, on August 7th. I would advise the owner of tJiis lot to hold on to it, 
 for now that its historic connections are known, he can secure almost any 
 amount of money for it. Four of the leading merchants in the early days of 
 St. John were Scotchmen — William Pagan and William Campbell, the 
 former of Falmouth (now Portland), Maine, and the latter of Worcester, Mass. 
 The other two, Hugh Johnston and John Black, came direct from North 
 Britain, their fatherland. From 1786 to 1816 Mr. Pagan was one of the 
 representatives from the County of St. John, and at his death at Fredericton, 
 in 1819, was a Legislative Councillor. For twenty years, from 1796, Mr. 
 Campbell wai^ Mayor of St. John, and also Postmaster, resigning both offices 
 in 1816 from aje, the city giving him a pension of £100 per annum till his 
 death, 1828. Governor Wilmot owes his name to Robert Duncan, a Scotch- 
 man, who died at Fredericton in 1808 ; he was a partner of John M. Wilmot, 
 fifty years ago Mayor of St. John. Commander Cheyne said if he should 
 ever get to the North Pole the first man to shake his hand would be a Scotch- 
 man. There were only six Mayors in St. John during the first fifty years. 
 There was no talk at that time about the second term, (Laughter.) When a 
 citizen died without heirs the Mayor and Council attended the funeral. They 
 stood by the grave of William Campbell sixty years ago, and they should 
 stand there now and look at the neglected grave and broken tombstone ; * 
 (turning to His Worship) a word to the wise is sufficient. (Laughter.) 
 The first and last Mayor of St. John who died in office (1828) was Hon. John 
 Robinson. The leading representative men of New Brunswick to-day are 
 descendants of Loyalists — Hon. R. D. Wilmot, Governor; Sir Leonard 
 TiLLEY, Minister of Finance ; Hon. John C. Allen, Chief Justice ; Charles 
 W. Weldon, M. p., leader at the Bar ; and Simeon Jones, Mayor of St. John. 
 The river counties to-day are to the front. York is the birthplace of Gover- 
 nor Wilmot, Chief Justice Allen, and Mayor Jones. In Sunbury Hon. 
 
 •The Campbell Tomb was restored to its original form, 1887, by St. John's Lodge, No. 2. 
 This Lodge was orgauizeii as No. 29 by William Campbell, Deputy Grand Master of the 
 Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, in the year 1802, assisted by Hon. George Leonard, Sheriff 
 Oliver, Andrew Kinnear, John Sinnot, Thomas Wetmore, Judge Upham, Huou 
 Johnston, Sen., and John Paul, with the following officers: George Smith, W.M.; Chap- 
 man JuDSON, S. W.; David Waterbury, J. W.; John Wolhaupter, Treasurer; and 
 William Fayrwether, Secretary. 
 
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 Isaac Burpee was born, wliile Queen's is the birthplace of Sir Leonard 
 
 TlLI.EY. 
 
 " The past, after to-day, must not engage too much of our thoughts ; it i» the 
 future that claims attention. In New Brunswick we have a noble heritage, 
 and a city iM-auliful for sitviation — the oldest Colonial city under the Crown." 
 
 Judge Wedderburn's Oration. 
 
 The Chuirmau next introduced Judge Wedderburn, the orator 
 of the day, who was greeted with great ai)plau8e. He said : 
 
 " 1 an» sure I feel myself very fortunate, and congratulate you, sir, that so 
 much has already l)een said on this subject ; and that it will be necessary for 
 me to occupy but a small portion of your time. Mr. Chairman, ladies and 
 gentlemen, the (picstion has been asked : What mean these unaccustomed 
 services, this unusual gathering? Wiuit is it that has brought so many people 
 together from one end of the province to the other, and from our sister 
 provinces, from the United States and elsewhere, to the strains of martial 
 music and the voices of a happy crowd, and with one object ? Why, sir, it is 
 not to commemorate the coronation of a king, it is not even that we should 
 receive here the son or daughter of the Koyal Mouse of England, but it is to 
 commemorate, in ii fitting way, those 1' of heroism of as brave a set of men 
 as ever sacrificed everything in the shment of a just principle. We 
 
 have been told that a century hiis passed away, and what a century it has been, 
 even within the memory of those who hear my voice this afternoon. What a 
 century it has been in this city ; here and everywhere are the marks of in- 
 dustry and enterprise. What railroads ply here, what electric wires carry on 
 the most difficult operations at the uttermost parts of the earth! But we do 
 not meet to commemorate these things, but because just one hundred years ago 
 there landed upon the then rflde shores of this country as brave a set of men 
 as ever laid down their lives, their fortunes, their lands, their health or 
 wealth, to maintain their true principles and the flag which had floated over 
 them. It will not be necessary, after all that has been said and written, both 
 in prose and verse, in reference to the Centennial, that I should stop for a 
 moment to speak to the causes that led to the separation of the American 
 colonies from England. It may have been the act of God ; it may have been 
 the act of the King's enemies ; it may have been the rivalries in the Parlia- 
 ment, which did not understand the wants of the colony ; it may have been 
 the weakness or wickedness of the King ; it may have been through port duties 
 or navigation laws ; but be it what it may have been, it is not for us to say 
 to-day. It may have been that notwithstanding all that such men as Burke, 
 Fox, Chatham, Pitt (greater than his father), conld effect, they were not 
 able to avert the catastrophe. Whatever it was, en this continent were let 
 
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 loose the dogs of war, and what had been a fair field of peace, enterprise, and 
 industry^ was ravaged by the disorder of war. But, Sir, we commemorato ti»e 
 one side of that event. The war had waxed ^"» long with varying fortunes, 
 the ministry had been defeated and new men taken office, and then came a 
 time when tlie Loyalists were called upon to confront what was the bitterest 
 hour to them. Why, sir, it is all very well when men are going on and 
 flouris)ung with hope and faith in the justice of their cause and with the de- 
 termination to do and daie and try, and leave it all in God's hands. It may 
 be all very well then for men to feel that they are prepared to sacrifice every- 
 thing for the cause in which they are engaged. But after the long drawn 
 years, with the storm of war raging around them, when they could see all 
 their friends about them falling to the right and left, then it is th?.* men begin 
 to shudder and to give up the struggle in which they are engaged. 
 
 " I have stated to you the bitter end of the struggle ; how the King, led by 
 his Parliament, in violation of his royal word, pledged to them in various 
 ways, had now determined to give up the contest, and there had gone irom one 
 end to the other of the thirteen colonies the cry that all has gone ; that victory 
 had been won by the enemy, and that defeat had befallen them. It is under 
 cit umstances like these that men begin to quail. But listen to the words of 
 your forefathers, which we reproduce. There is something talisnianic in them. 
 I give you not my estimate of what was done, b'.t I read you the humble 
 address of the Loyalists on hearing that the king was about to desert them." 
 
 Judge AVedderburn then read copious extracts from the ad- 
 dress, which fully set forth the spirit of fidelity and loyalty with 
 which the Loyalists were animated. While doing so, he was fre- 
 quently interrupted by enthusiastic cheering and hearty applause. 
 He then continued : 
 
 " Think, ladies and gentlemen, the revolting colonies take pride in their 
 Declaration of Independence. "Well may the Loyalists take pride in their 
 declaration of fidelity, a declaration which should be repeated at every public 
 festival and anniversary in their honor. I felt that the sentiments expressed 
 in that noble declaration would find to-day a responsive re-echo in the loyal 
 hearts of us, their descendants, who are thinking of those men who foi-sook 
 all for principle, for their king and country, and, as I believe, to do reverence 
 to God. Did it occur to you, as I read those words, that we, to-day, com- 
 memorate more than one landing ? We have commemorated the landing of 
 our forefathers upon this shore, but there were many landings before that. 
 They may not all have started from the harbor of Xew York for one destin- 
 ation. Some started from the floors of dark, dim dungeons, in which they 
 were confined as hostages. They started over the trackless waters to maintain 
 
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 their allegiance to tl-.cir sovereign. Some had been tried as enemies, not as 
 enemies of their king and country, but as enemies of those who had taken up 
 arms against them, I say it with all reverence — if there be personal reunion 
 and recognition in Heaven, and if the glorified spirits participate in the affairs 
 of earth — there must, to-day, be a reunion between the martyrs and exiles of 
 the revolution. The men who themselves rest from their labors while their 
 works foiled' them. (Cheers.) AVhat are to be the lessons of to-day? I 
 might occupy a gi-eat deal of time with the few notes I have made, but I know 
 it is not the intention to interrnpt the festivities of this time. In vain is all 
 your pomp and pageantry and these ceremonies if they teach us no lesson. I 
 echo the sentiment Jieard so frequently, that the bitterness of the past has 
 gone. We can now maintain that our forefathers acted from the purest feel- 
 ings of right, and our friends on the other side of the line will not think the 
 less of us because we maintain the spotless purity of the unsuccessful oppon- 
 ents of tiis Revolution; and if they should, in honor to the illustrious dead 
 we shall maintain that position. In the beautiful graveyard of this city and 
 in many a cemetery rest the ashes of our forefathers. ' After life's fitful fever, 
 they sleep well.' It is t' ae no monument records their virtues and heroism ; 
 no imposing edifice raisfs its head to heaven recording their life's work, but. in 
 the hearts of the people here their names are embalmed. From the darkest 
 storm-clouds the lightning flashes forth, and so from the dark shadow of the 
 valley of death comes their illustrious example to lead us to live a life of duty. 
 Yet I invoke not the spirit of 1783 ; courageous as it was, the century has out- 
 lived its feelings. 1 know no more striking picture than that of the Prince of 
 Wales, as heir of the British Crown, standing reverently in silent contempla- 
 tion by the grave of Washington ; while Queen Victoria sends a chaplet tribute 
 of her loving sympathy to be laid upon the tomb of martyred Garfield, the 
 last president. 
 
 " ' Now let the kettle to the trumpet speak ; the trumpet to the big drums, 
 and the drum to the cannoneer without, but let it be in tones of peace.' 
 
 " Let us hope when a century shall look down upon this, our young Do- 
 minion, it may see a people ready, willing, and anxious to praise God from 
 whom all blessings flow that our Dominion may then pass along, side by side, 
 in friendly vivalrv, with her elder sister over the border, at the same time 
 emulating her great mother's example. I invite you to no odes of hatred ; but 
 here in this building dedicated to peace, iii the silent, sweet sanctuary of your 
 own hapjiy homes, in this city of the Loyalists, by tlie trials and triumphs 
 they achieved, by the place they maintained, and by their graves, to call your 
 sons and instruct them what a duty they owe their ancestoi*s, and make them 
 s.vear to transmit down the sacred rights that they had maintained." (Loud 
 and prolonged applause.) 
 
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 His Worship tnen called upon Mr. \V. P. Dole to read his prize 
 Centennial Ode * Mr. Dole came forward, amid great applause, 
 and read as ioIIowh : 
 
 Ode for 18th May, A. D. 1883. 
 Out from the lovely land that gave them birth, 
 
 From pleasant homes that generous charms displayed, 
 From sacred ahars, and the hallowed earth 
 
 Where their forefathers slept, in honor laid, 
 Our grandsires passed — a brave, determined band. 
 Driven by hard Fate — 
 As men were driven of old. 
 Whose story hath been told 
 In lofty epic strain — 
 To plant, with toil and pain, 
 Upon a distant shore, and in a strange, wild land, 
 A new and glorious State. 
 
 Now, on this festal day, 
 Wake the proud spirit they 
 
 Gave to their sons ; 
 Still warm within our veins. 
 Pure still from falsehood's stains, 
 
 Their true blood runs. 
 
 Though on their way no cloudy column of fire 
 
 Shielded from harm, and lit the gloomy night. 
 Led by the light which noble thoughts inspire. 
 
 With calm resolve to firmly do the right, 
 They left the rest to Him whose will doth reign 
 In Earth and Heaven: — 
 In all whose works they saw 
 The Order, Truth, and Law 
 They sought to keep 
 
 ♦This Ode, to which a prize of Fifty Dollar? was awarded, wns published in the St. 
 John Globe of 17th of May, accompanied by the following announcement: 
 
 "In response to a call from the proprietors of the Globe for a Centennial Ode, thirty- 
 seven were sent in to them. These were submitted to the judges, whose award is as follows : 
 
 " To the Proprietors of the St. John Globe : 
 
 "Gentlemen, — We have examined the Centennial Odes sulniitted by you to us, and 
 we decide in favor of No. 31, signed ' Forsitan.' " H. Lestek Peters. 
 
 "(J. .T. CmiiB. 
 
 " St. John, N. B., 16th May, A. D. 1883." " D. Macrae. 
 
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 Fixed as foundations deep, 
 That should their Faith and State and Liberty sustjiin, 
 Where'er new homes were given. 
 
 Nor were their labors vain : 
 Here shall their faith remain 
 
 Spotless and free ; 
 Here wise and equal laws 
 Still shall uphold the cause 
 
 Of Truth and Liberty. 
 
 'Mid savage scenes, and in the forests wild, 
 Our fathers toiled with patient, manly hearts. 
 Till stubborn rocks and lonely wild-woods smiled 
 "With golden harvest fruits, and happy arts 
 Of Peace and Industry enriched the land 
 With bounteous store : 
 
 Brave wives and daughters cheered 
 
 All that was dark, nor feared 
 
 W^ith ready hands to bear 
 
 In each sore task a share. 
 
 Till large and bright and fair, — 
 A goodly heritage — they saw their country stand 
 Far along hill and dale and sounding shore. 
 
 Nor want, nor climate cold 
 Chilled the brejists strong and bold, 
 
 Loyal and true. 
 Which pain and weariness, — 
 All forms of dire distress, — 
 
 Failed to subdue. 
 
 Where once unbroken, pathless forests stood, 
 WHiere savage men and beasts alone held sway. 
 While shadowv streams flowed on their silent wav, 
 Now Commerce spreads her fertilizing flood. 
 And crowds with busy life each river, port, and bay : 
 Cities and towns and temples fair, 
 Thousands of happy homes stand where, 
 Driven by the stern decree of Fate, 
 And by the burning hate 
 Of brothers armed in an \mnatural war. 
 Our Loyalists, an hundred years ago, 
 
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 Led by the pale North Star, 
 Founded the free young State 
 We as our own New Brunswick know. 
 
 And now, forgetting all the fratricidal strife, 
 Forgiving all the wrongs their sires endured, 
 The Sons of Loyalists, enjoying the large life 
 By Toil and Hope and Faith and Love secured, 
 Welcome with open hand and heart, 
 
 Welcome with friendship leal and true. 
 Each man who bears his honest part. 
 And does what Duty bids him do. 
 No matter what his nation's name. 
 No matter whence or when he came — 
 Welcome give all, for their dear sake 
 Who fortunes, hopes, lives put at stake, 
 That all mankind might know 
 From what a mighty race they sprung, 
 Our Sires, who here to Duty clung 
 An hundred years ago. 
 
 Wide over hill and plain 
 Sound the triumphant strain 
 That hymns their praise: 
 High in the free, glad air. 
 The grand old banner bear, 
 
 They loved to raise. 
 Still as its ample folds, 
 / Where'er unfurled, 
 
 Float in the the sky, 
 There sacred Freedom holds. 
 In front of all the world. 
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 His Worship called for three cheers for the Queen, which were 
 heartily given, and with vigor, after which the meeting dispei'sed. 
 
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 The old chair Avhich Lieutenant Governor Wilmot occupied in 
 the Institute originally belonged to Governor Bradford, of Ply- 
 mouth Colony, and was brought here by the Gilbert family, who 
 have had it in their possession for 150 years. It is over 200 years 
 old. 
 
 FIREMEN'S GRAND TOURNAMENT, 
 
 Under the Auspices of St. John Fire Brigade. 
 
 The Barrack Square proved a powerful magnet in the afternoon. 
 Over two thousand people had gathered. The non-commissioned 
 officers and privates of the Sixty-Second Battalion performed excel- 
 lent duty in keeping the grounds free from intruders. A. C. Smith, 
 Esq., acted as judge, and Aid. C. A. Robertson as starter. The 
 first race was 100 yards, prize SIO, open to one member of each 
 visiting company. The entries were : 
 
 William A. Anderson, 
 No. 4, Fredericlon. 
 
 John Bond, 
 
 No. 1, Portland. 
 
 Frederick Bibben, 
 
 H. & L. Co., Charlottetown. 
 
 P. McG. Archibald, 
 Truro. 
 
 Nicholas Condon, 
 Halifax. 
 
 Peter Carroll, 
 Pictou. 
 
 Thomas Carleton, 
 
 No. 2, H. & L. Co., Carleton. 
 
 The race was won by Condon, Bibben being a good second. 
 
 The second race was 100 yards, prize $o, for members of the St. 
 John Fire Department. The competitors were : 
 
 Robert Jackson, No. 3. Albert Winchester, No. 2. 
 
 Edward E. Evans, No. 1. George Barker, H. & L. Co. 
 
 Jackson came in first, with Evans a few feet behind him. 
 
 The Drivei-s' Foot Race brought out 
 
 Robert Nixon, 
 Portland, No. 2. 
 
 Hiram Webb, 
 H. & L., St. John. 
 
 John Brown, 
 H. & L., Halifax. 
 
 William Reed, 
 
 Cliief Kerr's driver. 
 
 Walter Welsford, 
 S. F. E., No. 2. 
 
 James Belvea, 
 S. F. E., No. 3. 
 
 Edmnnd Risteen, 
 Fredericton. 
 
 Charles Logan, 
 Portland. 
 
 John Magnire, 
 No. 1, Halifax. 
 
 Maguire won, with Brown second. 
 
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 The fourth race was for Hook and Ladder men, and was com- 
 peted for by 
 
 Fred. Bibben, Charlottelown. John Polly, Halifax. 
 
 John BrowH; Halifax. Roland Evans, St. John. 
 
 The race resulted in a tie ; in the second heat Brown was de- 
 clared the winner. 
 
 The Salvage Corps Foot Kace brought out 
 
 "W. R. Scriven, 
 
 Halifax. 
 
 Scriven won. 
 
 M. Henderson, 
 
 St. John. 
 
 H. B. Masters, 
 
 St. John. 
 
 The next was the Hook and Ladder Race, which was open to 
 any five members of the Hook and Ladder Companies. The ladder 
 was to be carried fifty yards and raised to the drill shed, and one 
 member of the Company was to ascend to the top. The entries were : 
 
 Halifax. St. John, 
 
 John Polly. John Lawson. 
 
 Michael McGrath. Henry Carr. 
 
 Mart. Mulbery. Charles Jackson. 
 
 William Henderson. John Selfridge. 
 
 John Barker, ladderman. George Bowser, laddennan. 
 
 The St. John men won in 23 seconds, Halifax being three seconds 
 behind. 
 
 The closing competition was the Hose Cart Race, open to ten 
 members of each department represented, to stretch 200 feet of hose, 
 connect to hydrant, screw on branch pipe, and throw water ; prize, 
 $30. Yarmouth, Carleton, Halifax, and Portland furnished teams. 
 The Yarmouth men did their Avork in Im. 22^ sec. ; Carleton in Im. 
 35sec. ; and Portland (the winner) in Im. 13Jsec. The Halifax 
 men met with a hitch, and were considerably behind their oppon- 
 ents. On the 19th the remaining competitions in the tournament 
 were concluded. The first was a Half-Mile Hose Reel Race, the 
 competing company to make connections at a plug, stretch 200 feet 
 of hose, and turn on water. Only the Halifax and Yarmouth com- 
 panies entered. The Yarmouth men won the $75 prize in 3m 
 21sec., the Halifax men doing the work in 3m. 26 f sec. 
 
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 The Tug of War, which was competed for by ten men each from 
 the Yarmouth and St. John Companies, was an amusing contest, 
 the St. John boys running off with their competitors after a sharp 
 struggle. The names of the winning men were : 
 
 Oliver Thompson. 
 David Dearness. 
 Robert Magee. 
 Joseph Duffell. 
 
 This brought the tournament to a close. 
 
 J. Lawson. 
 Walter Welsford. 
 George Blake. 
 
 Charles Fisher. 
 W. McKelvie. 
 Charles Jackson. 
 
 Grand Torchlight Procession of Firemen in Uniform 
 
 IN THE Evening. 
 Shortly after nine o'clock the procession moved off, and it was 
 nearly midnight before the firemen had completed their march. 
 The order of procession was the same as in the morning, and the 
 decorations were about the same. The Halifax firemen, however, 
 had a representation cT the " Poor House on Fire." The idea was 
 Avell carried out. No. 3 Company, St. John, also had a house on 
 fire, but the " flames " frequently went out. As the procession wended 
 its way through the crowded streets, particularly King street, it 
 presented a fine appearance. The handsomely decorated engines, 
 hose reels, and wagons, lit up by the glare of hundreds of torches, 
 and the colored uniforms of the men, made a brilliant spectacle. 
 None looked better than our Salvage Corps, who executed some 
 manoeuvres on King street which v ere loudly cheered. When the 
 procession broke up some of the fi emen were entertained at dinner 
 
 in Berryman's Hall. 
 
 The Illuminations. 
 
 The Market Square looked particularly well, hundreds of Chinese 
 lanterns burning there, and fireworks being sent off'. On King, Dock, 
 and other streets, many buildings were splendidly illuminated. 
 Fireworks were also let off on King Square, at the Market Building, 
 and other points. 
 
 In Carleton. 
 
 Active Carleton citizens, the firemen, and others, united so 
 heartily in the demonstration in the city proper, that Carleton was 
 
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 comparatively quiet during the day and evening. The most striking 
 feature was the remarkably brilliant illumination of Mr. R. N. 
 Knight's dwelling and drug store, which, situated on a corner, 
 presented a grand object for the illuminator's Avork. It was a per- 
 feet blaze of light from street to cupola, over three hundred lights 
 being used to show it off. The St. John and Maine R. R. works 
 were brilliantly illuminated, and from the iron ship Calcutta, at 
 Rodney Wharf, were sent off a number of fireworks. 
 
 At Indiantown. 
 
 The principal event here was the unveiling of the fountain 
 generously erected by Mr. and Mrs. James T. Kennedy in memory 
 of their son, Wilmot. The ceremony took place when the firemen's 
 procession reached Indiantown. The monument having been un- 
 veiled by Mr. Kennedy, Lt. Gov. Wilmot delivered a brief speech, 
 after which Mr. Kennedy read an address to the Mayor and Council 
 of Portland, saying that in the first place it was the desire of him- 
 self and Mrs. Kennedy to perpetuate the memory of their son, and 
 in the second place to commemorate the landing of the Loyalists, 
 whose descendants they were. Mayor Holly read an appropriate 
 address in reply, and Mayor Jones also made a few remarks. 
 Cheers were heartily given for Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, the Queen, 
 Lt. Governor, Mayors, etc. 
 
 The Barbecue. 
 
 Passing over its history, we notice merely that through the liberality of 
 Messrs. Humphrey, of the Union Line, and Mr. M. D. Austin and other 
 citizens of Portland, a fine ox was purchased by Mr. E. Horxcastle, slaugh- 
 tered by Mr. Flewelling, and placed on the spit in Victoria Square shortly 
 after noon on Thursday, under the superintendence of Mr. D. D. Davis, 
 master of the roast, and thoroughly roasted. It formed an object of much 
 interest to all who reached Indiantown, and its good eating qualities were fully 
 attested before the day closed. 
 
 Souvenirs of the Centennial. 
 Mr. R. B. Humphrey, the popular agent of the Union Line of steamers, 
 distributed, on Friday, about two barrels of Mayflowers, done up in handsome 
 button hole bouquets. No doubt some of these touching souvenirs of the day 
 will be exhibited at the next centennial — " a hundred years hence." 
 
 
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 Antiquities 
 
 were displayed in profusion about the city on that day. Several of the original 
 deeds of land granted to the Loyalists were exhibited in the window of Messrs. 
 Manchester, Robertson & Allison. In the bookstore of T. H. Hall were 
 shown a porcelain cup and saucer and a silver pitcher that were brought to 
 Parrtov. i In 1783 and were then considerea very old. In Mr. James Man- 
 son's, a portrait of Willett Carpenter, Senior, one of the Loyalists, 
 together with an invitation extended to him by the Mayor and Commonalty of 
 the City of St. John, Saturday, the 18th of May, 183.3, to be jiresent at a dinner 
 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the la*' ling of the Loyalists. 
 
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 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
 
 " Books give 
 New views to life, and teach us how to live ; 
 They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they chastise, 
 Fools they admonish, and confirm the wise ; 
 Their aid they yield to all ; they never shun 
 The man of sorrow nor the wretch undone. 
 Unlike the hai-d, tlie selfish, and the proud. 
 They fly not sullen from the suppliant crowd ; 
 Xor tell to various people various things. 
 But shew to subjects what they shew to kings.'' 
 
 — Orahbe. 
 
 The inception of the St. John Free Public Library and Reading 
 Room belongs to James Domvilj.e, Esq., who, after the great fire 
 of 1877, solicited contributions from abroad as the ground work for 
 
Grand Conversazione. 
 
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 A Free Public Library. 
 It was reserved, however, for the ladies to give life and completeness 
 to the movement. Of their work, the Sun wrote : " The ladies 
 organized themselves into a Library Committee of forty membere. 
 Their task was a toilsome one, and one beset Avith many discourage- 
 ments, but in the end crowned with success." 
 
 Grand Conversazione. 
 
 Mrs. Simeon Jones. 
 Mrs. S. T. King. 
 Mrs. W. H. Tuck. 
 
 Mrs. Tuck. 
 Mrs. Travis. 
 Mrs. Geo. E. King. 
 Mrs. Joseph Allison. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMrrTEE. 
 
 Mrs. Bovle Travers. 
 Mrs. J. R. Ruel. 
 Mrs. J. M. C. Fiske. 
 
 REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE. 
 
 Mrs. R. C. Skinner. 
 Mrs. Geo. McLeod. 
 Mrs. Chas. Holden. 
 
 Miss Maning Skinner. 
 Miss Marvin. 
 
 Miss S. Eaton. 
 
 Miss Minnie Fielders. 
 
 Miss Ada Blair. 
 
 DECORATION COMMITTEE. 
 
 Miss Murray. 
 Miss Mary Lawrence. 
 Miss Belle Skinner. 
 Miss Jessie Reed. 
 
 Mr. R. C. Skinner. 
 Mr. Russell Jack. 
 Mr. Frank Jordan. 
 Mr. W. H. Hatheway. 
 
 Mrs. S. T. King. 
 Mrs. Temple. 
 Mrs. John White. 
 Mrp. J. R. Armstrong. 
 Mrs. N. Wade. 
 
 The Conversazione was held on the evening of the 24th October, 
 1882, in the Natural History Society Rooms, Market Building. 
 The Library was used as the drawing-room, and illuminated with 
 Chinese lanterns. The Natural History Society Rooms were beau- 
 tified with pictures. Choice ferns and exotics grouped here and 
 there, with evergreens and flags, added to the general effect. Taste- 
 fully arranged bouquet* of flowers were in this room, and the 
 refreshment tables, which were largely patronized. In the Sons of 
 Temperance Room the following programme was carried out, Mayor 
 Jones in the chair : 
 
 Overture, Mr. Peiler and Miss E. DeVine. 
 
 Quartette, Messrs. J. W. Harrington, Alex. Binning, J. Drake, E. Stewart. 
 
 Tbeasuber's Report Mr. J, R. Ruel. 
 
 Solo, Mr. Mayes. 
 
 Address, Rev. Dr. Macrae. 
 
 Solo, Miss Thomson. 
 
 Address, Dr. William Elder, M. P.P. 
 
 Solo, Rev. J. M. Davenport. 
 
 Overture Mr. Peiler and Miss E. DeVine. 
 
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 The feast of reason and the flow of soul, wliich in themselves 
 were sufficient to engage the attention of the visitors, were so satis- 
 fying as to cause one to forget the appetite, that demands only 
 " meat and drink." The receipts of the evening were over $75. 
 
 COXTRinUTORS OF $50 AND UPWARDS TO THE LIBRARY FuND. 
 
 Andre dishing, $50 
 
 Howard D. Troop,.. 50 
 
 G. F. Smith, 50 
 
 (rideon Prescott, ... 50 
 \V. F. Hatheway,.. 50 
 
 Simeon Jones, $(500 J. II. Parks, $100 
 
 Hon. Isaac Hurpee, 100 Manchester, Kobert- 
 
 J. Mnrrav Kav, 100 | son Jk Allison, 75 
 
 Jas.Walker, M.l)., 100 i Mrs. S. T. King, 50 
 
 Thomas Furlong,... 100 1 Mrs. G. Murdoch,... 50 
 
 Library and Reading Room.* 
 On the 18th May, 1883, the Reading Room was opened, and 
 the Library sliortly afterwards. In an editorial in the Telegraph 
 was the following : 
 
 "It must be gratifying to the ladies to see how quickly the public appreci- 
 ate the advantages of the Free Public Library and Reading Room. The city 
 corporation have recognized them as a power by placing four ladies on the 
 committee of management." 
 
 *In 1811 the St. John Society Library, the first in New Brunswick, was opened. The 
 following were the proprietors: 
 
 ]. (ien. Martin Hunter, 
 •i. Hon. (icorge Leonard. 
 :{. William Campbell. 
 
 4. Robert Parker, Sr. 
 
 5. John Robinson, 
 li. Charles " Peters. 
 
 7. William Pagan. 
 
 8. George Leonard, Jr. 
 '.I.William Ha/.(n,Jr. 
 
 10. Adino Paddock, M. D. 
 
 11. Henry Peters. 
 VI. Munson .farvis. 
 i:j. R. M. Jarvis. 
 
 14. J. C. F. Bremner. 
 
 15. Rev. Roger V lets. 
 1(). AVm. H.Snelling. 
 17. Thomas Hanford. 
 
 In 1821 the " Eclectic Library " was formed, with James Pattkkson, President; W. B. 
 KiNNEAR, Vice-President; JouN Boyd, M. D., Treasurer; James Robertson, Jr., Secre- 
 tary ; W. C. Skars, Librarian. In 1830 the " Eclectic " was amalgamated with the " St. John 
 Society Library." In 1868, after a mission of fifty-seven years, its 6,348 volumes were 
 scattered by W. D. W. Huhuard, the patriarch of St. John auctioneers, the first work on 
 the catalogue being "Paley's Evidences of Christianity," and the last," Running the Gaunt- 
 let." The officers at this time were: Isaac Woodward, President ; Kurd Petkrs, Vice- 
 President; James R. Ruel, Secretary-Treasurer. 
 
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 Thomas Ilorsfleld. 
 
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 John Black. 
 
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 William Black. 
 
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 John Ward, Jr. 
 
 20. 
 
 William Scovil. 
 
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 Thomas AVetmore. 
 
 21. 
 
 Lauchlan Donaldson. 
 
 38. 
 
 Lt.-Col. Chas. McCarthy 
 
 22. 
 
 William Jarvis. 
 
 39. 
 
 Gen. John Coffin. 
 
 23. 
 
 James White, Jr. 
 
 40. 
 
 Isaac L. Bedell. 
 
 24. 
 
 Edward J, Jarvis. 
 
 41. 
 
 John Chaloner. 
 
 25. 
 
 Andrew S. Ritchie. 
 
 42. 
 
 Stephen Wiggins. 
 
 21!. 
 
 William Donaldson. 
 
 43. 
 
 Charles Simonds. 
 
 27. 
 
 Zalmon Wheeler. 
 
 44. 
 
 John Waterbury. 
 
 28. 
 
 Thomas Mlllidge. 
 
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 Capt. Guy C. Cuttin. 
 
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 James Hay. 
 
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 Thomas Meuzies. 
 
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 Henry Gilbert. 
 
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 Jrcob S. Mott. 
 
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 Richard Sands. 
 
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 Ward Chipman, Jr. 
 
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 Bradford (iilbert. 
 
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 Ward Chipman, Sr. 
 
 33. 
 
 Francis Gilbert. 
 
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 Major Drumnioud. 
 
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 James T. Hanford. 
 
 
 
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 There is an annual city assessment of $1,000 for the Lihrary 
 and Reading Room, to which, from the Ist of November, 1887, will 
 be added for all time the income from over $8,000 of the " Maria 
 Annino Trust Fund." 
 
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 THE LOYALISTS. 
 
 At a mcf'ting of the Nev Brunswick Hi.storical Society, May 28, 
 1883, it was resolved : 
 
 " Whereas, Tlie fall fleet, with Loyalists from Xew York, arrived in the early 
 part of October, 1783, at the uiouth of the St. John River, the centennial of 
 which will be during the Dominion Exhibition, it would be fitting, on that as 
 well as on other grounds, to make the Exhibition week partake of an historic 
 character ; 
 
 '' Therefore Resolved, That the Society prepare a programme for a series of 
 entertainments, literary, musical, and otherwise ; and, 
 
 '^Further Resolved, That the Patron of the Society, Hon. R. D. Wjlmot, 
 Lieut. Governor, be asked to take such action as may be necessai, to have the 
 British Fleet * on the North American Station at St. John during the Ex- 
 liibition, to return a salute to the American flag for the honor done the 
 British flag at Yorktown Centennial ; and, 
 
 "Further Resolved, That t!'.e Historical Society do co-operate with the 
 Exhibition Executive in securing an exhibit of historic relics." 
 
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 * The following communication was received by the Lieut. Governor from the Admiral 
 commanding the N. A. licet : 
 
 "'Northampton,' at Quebec, 17 September, 1883. 
 "Sir, — I regret that it is impossible for the Canada to be present at the Exhibition at 
 St. Johp from the 1st to the 12th of October. The Canada cannot leave the St. Lawrence in 
 time to reach St. John. 
 
 "I trust, however, that circumstances will enable me to send another ship, as I am 
 iuixious to shew every courtesy on an occasion which marks the action of so many Loyal- 
 ists to the British Crown. 
 
 " Prince George of Wales, as a midshipman of the Canada, cannot possibly be away from 
 bis studies, which are necessary for his professional career. 
 
 " I am, Sir, yours, 
 
 " J. E. COMMERELL, Admiral." 
 
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 1783. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 1883. 
 
 CIRCULAR 
 
 
 The New Biuinswick Historical Society propose to make a collection 
 of articles which were used formerly in the houses and the daily husiness of 
 our Loyalist Fathers, and to display such articles at the Centennial Exhibition 
 which is to be held in the City of Saint John in October next. 
 
 They also desire to bring together from diflerent parts all the old portraits, 
 paintings, and other works of art which can be obtained, for the purpose of 
 further illustrating the lives and manners of that venerable race of men. A 
 Committee has been appointed by the Society to whom will be specially dele- 
 gated the work of collecting all these valuable and interesting relics, and who 
 will take every possible precaution to ensure the safe handling, the security, 
 and the prompt return of everything entrusted to them for the Exhibition. 
 They will be happy to have your co-operation in the discharge of their duties. 
 
 All communications on the subject, — stating the character and location of 
 any such memorials of the past, with the name and address of the possessor, — 
 will be thankfully received by the Secretary. No. 101, King Street, Saint John. 
 
 Secretary. 
 Saint John, N. B., 2nd July, A. D. 1883. 
 
 Chabinan of Committee. 
 
 THE EXHIBITION. 
 
 Formal Opening of the Gra^nlt Display. 
 
 At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of October Ist the Dominion and 
 Centennial Exhibition was formally opened. His Honor Lieutenant 
 Governor Wilmot was accompanied by his aides-de-camp and by 
 Sir Leonard Tilley. Members of the Government, of the Legis- 
 
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 lature, of the Exhibition Commission ; civic officials ; United States 
 Consul; officers of H. M. S. GarneV^^ and U. S. Ship Alliance, and 
 others were present. The Lieutenant Governor was received with a 
 sahite fired by Battery No. 10, N. B. B. G. Artillery, Captain Arm- 
 strong. His Honor, having entered the building, was presented 
 Avith the following address : 
 
 " To His Honor the Honorable Robkht Duncan W i s' v 
 of the Province of New Brunsivick, li'c. : 
 
 " May it Please Your Honor : 
 
 Lieutenant Governor 
 
 " The Commission to whom has been intrusted tb" organizing and holding 
 in the city of St. John of a Dominion and Centennial Exhibition, embracing 
 agricnltural, manufacturing, industrial, and other exhibits from all parts of 
 the Dominion, have much pleasure in announcing to Your Honor that their 
 efforts have been generously responded to by the people of Canada. 
 
 " We are pleased to state that all the Provinces of the Dominion are repre- 
 sented in this Exhibition in friendly rivalry for pre-eminence in their respec- 
 tive departments of industrial pursuits. 
 
 "It is peculiarly appropriate that this Exhibition sliould this year be held 
 in this city. One hundred years ago a company of men, devoted to their king 
 and country, landed upon the present site of the city of St. John. It was 
 then a bleak and rocky shore. It is to-day the home of a progressive and 
 energetic people. AVe may learn of our progress during the century by the 
 evidences around us in these buildings. Our advancement, we believe, has 
 been steady, permanent, and healthy. The possibilities of our Dominion are 
 indeed great. AVe are rich in the products of the field, the forest, the mine, 
 and the fisheries. In addition to these great natui-al resources, we have an 
 intelligent and industrious people, rapidly increasing. 
 
 " The blessings of peace, without which there can be no real progress, have 
 been ours, and the fruits thereof are seen in our midst to-day. It is our earnest 
 prayer that an all-'yise beneficent Providence may, in still larger measure, 
 continue these blessing;; to our common country, and preserve unbroken the 
 bond of love and iovaltv which binds us to the British throne. 
 
 *At the close of tho Coiitcuniiil of the siirrondcr of Coriiwallis at Yorktowii tho 
 Aiiioricaii otlicor in oomiiiaiul lioiiti'il tho British flag and saliitoil it with one hundred 
 puns. It was oonsociuo"* '):; this tliat tho darnet arrived liero on tiio morning of tlie Ist of 
 October to take the place of tho flagship Can .da. The Garnet was ii vessel of 2,500 tons, 
 with engines of 2,000 liorse power, carrying 12 guns and 230 men. The United States 
 ship Alliance, Commander Iteed, dropped anchor in the harbor immediately after tlie Garnet, 
 
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 " We are especially gratified in having your Honor with us to open this 
 Exhibition. We look upon you as one of ourselves. A native of New Bruns- 
 wick, and for many years a resident of this city, you have ever taken an active 
 interest in public afliiirs, and have watclied, we believe with pleasure, the ma- 
 terial and social i)rogress of this Province and the Dominion at large. We 
 thank you for your cordial readiness to be present on this occasion and take 
 part in the opening proceedings, and we now respectfully ask your Honor to 
 
 declare this E)xhibition oi^en to the public. 
 
 "D. McLELLAN, Pmirfen<. 
 "St. John, N. B., 1st Oct., 188.3." 
 
 To this His Honor luade a fitting reply, after which he started 
 the engine in Machinery Hall. The guns of No. 10 Battery, Gar- 
 rison Artillery, fired a salute, and a few minutes afterwards H. M. S. 
 Garnet ran up the American flag, and fired a royal salute of twenty- 
 one guns, in return for the salute to the British flag at the York- 
 town Centennial. The U. S. warship Alliance gave a salute in 
 response to the one from the Garnet. These international courtesies 
 in the harbour where the Loyalists landed one hundred years ago, 
 were highly gratifying to our citizens, and worthy of two nations 
 holding the first place in the ranks of civilization. 
 
 TRADES PROCESSION. 
 
 As soon as the Entertainment Committee arrived, they took 
 their places in the procession, the command "forward" was given 
 by the Chief Marshal, Mr. J. H. Pullen, and the vast cavalcade 
 began to move. Heading the procession were the Chief of Police 
 and Detective Ring in a carriage. Then followed a squad of police, 
 composed of Sergt. Weatiieiihead, officers Hastings, Jenkins, 
 and AVm. Weatheehead, each man having on white gloves and 
 his baton decorated with white ribbon. Following tlie police were 
 the teamsters on hoi-seback, about fifty strong, led by Mr. W. F. 
 Patghell, who wore a gold band around his Kossuth liat and a red 
 bc't around his waist to distinguish him from his fellows. The 
 horses were four deep, the greys being first, and the bays and blacks 
 
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 bringing up the rear. The ridei-s wore black pants, blue shirts 
 with white breasts, blac^i belts, and black Kossuth hats. 
 Then came the 
 
 City Cornet Band, 
 
 under ihe leadership of Mr. C. H. Williams. The band turned 
 oiit eighteen strong, marched with steady step, looked well, and 
 played splendidly. They wore their blue and gold uniforms. 
 
 The Chief Marshal, Mr. J. H. Pullen, and Mr. J. H. Parks 
 W'Cre next in order. They bestrode each a magnificent coal black 
 charger. Mr. Pullen wore a handsome gold»edged sash, which, 
 with his painter's badge, made his dress very attractive. 
 
 Two Barouches, 
 containing Messrs. J. V. Ellis, J. L. Inches, M. "W. Maher, and 
 D. P. Chisholm, of the Entertainment Committee, Mr. L. P. 
 Crear, Secretary of the Executive Committee, Aid. Keynolds, of 
 the Executive Committee, and Hon. David McLellan, President 
 of the Commission, took next j)lace ; after whom came 
 
 The Lieutenant Governoi', 
 
 The Mayors ai id Common Councils of St^ John and Portland. 
 
 Entertainment Committee. 
 
 Tailors. Bakers. Safemakers. 
 
 Artillery Fife and Drum Band. 
 
 Tinsmiths. 
 
 Sixty-Second Fusiliers Band. 
 
 Painters. Blockmakers. Masons. 
 
 Sixty-Second Relief Band. 
 
 Cabinetmakers. Printers. 
 
 Carleton Serenade Band. 
 
 Ship Laborers. 
 
 Harding Street Fife and Drum Band. 
 
 Cotton Spinners. 
 
 Plumbers. IVIooney & Son. McAvity's Wagons. Brass Finishers. 
 
 Koyal Fife and Drum Band. 
 Shoemakers. Carpenters, 
 
 Madigan's Brass Band. 
 
 Lester's Wagon. Waterous Wagon. 
 
 Express Company's Wagon. Other Wagons. 
 
 Colored Fife and Drum Band, 
 
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 About ci^'lit o'clock in the evoninj,' the U. S. war ship Alliance 
 WRH beautifully illuminated with colored lights from deck to mast 
 head. The sijrht was a verv rare one in this harbor, and attracted 
 the attention of a very large number of spectators. 
 
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 The New Brunswick Historical Society made a fine dis- 
 play of Loyalist relics. It was such as would charm the heart of 
 any anti(iuarian whose delight is in family portraits and those 
 domestic relics in which the growth of our country, its industrial 
 progress, etc., can be traced by a -imple comparison of many of the 
 articles exhibited with those we now use in our every-day life, or 
 with the productions and inethods of production of the present 
 century, with which all are more or less familiar. It was singularly 
 an appropriate dis|)lay for such an occasion as a Centennial Exhibi- 
 tion — as a reminder of the condition, manners, and mode of living 
 of our ancestors and the founders of our country. To those, there- 
 fore, of Loyalist descent it had a peculiar and heightened interest as 
 reflecting family traditions and ancestral association ; but the feeling 
 of the g(>neral j)ublic for it as a rei)reseiitation of those " old times" 
 like which th<;re are no other in every generation, was made mani- 
 fest by the large attendance in the gallery where it was shown, day in 
 and day out. Indicative of this was the old clock of the ripe age of 
 200 years. This ancient time piece formerly belonged to Edward 
 Jones, a Loyalist, who came fro"' Virginia, XT. S. A., and settled at 
 Greenwich, K. C. He built the first grist mill in that county. His 
 wife was Eleanor Davis, of the same State, a near relative of 
 Jefferson Davis. The table in the collection was brought from 
 the United States, and the fii-st tea drank in America by English 
 residents was taken off this table, on which occasion there were 
 present members of the Page, Ring, Hildretii, Jones, Perley, 
 and Pfabody families. It was brought by John E. Jones, who 
 
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 was born at Amesbury, served his apprenticeship with Mr. Titcombe 
 at Newburyport at shipbuilding, and built his first ship at Market 
 Square, St. John. The old pitcher shown was presented to John E. 
 Jones by George III. for liberating British subjects. The two 
 goblets were brought by his wife, Mercy Hildreth, born at Ames- 
 bury, Mass., 1757. In this one instance we see how interwoven with 
 such a display are the traditions and ancestral associations of many 
 families in our country in connection with numerous others of the 
 articles displayed. In connection with this family there was shown a 
 counterpane, representing the first woollen manufactures in this 
 Province ; a spoon 97 yeai*s old ; silver sleeve buttons, 86 years old ; 
 old pocket book, 138 years old; old penny of 1776; picture form- 
 erly belonging to Daniel Jones, of St. John, and dated March 
 20th, 1783 ; glass pipe, 86 years old. These exhibits Avere shown by 
 Mr. L. H. Young. 
 
 Among the numerous articles shown there Avas an industrial com- 
 parison to be seen in the spinning wheels, with flax, distaff, and 
 hetchel. The brass warming pan, and andirons and fire-irons shown, 
 although they may be within the experience of some — are relics of 
 by-gone comfort that afford a contrast, in the days of steam-heating 
 and register grates, by which modern industrial progress and luxuri- 
 ousness may be traced. The outside door, with quaint knocker, of 
 the first frame house built in St. John, Avas in \'ie\v, and there AA^ere 
 fire-arms, documents, and manuscripts yelloAV Avith age. A very 
 respectable antiquity is claimed and proven for all of the articles, 
 as may be seen by the folloAving list : 
 
 G. C. Carmax, ^lusquash — Worked underskirt, owned by Mrs, Olive; 
 brocade dress, made and worn in England about 1720, bv Mrs. Isabel Olive, 
 great-great-great aunt of G. C. C. ; silver tankard, engraved with Olive coat of 
 arms; silver cream jug, with Pintard coat of arms, belonging to Mrs. Pintard, 
 great-great-grcat-grandmother of G. C. C. and sister to Mrs. Olive ; gold watch 
 and chain, belonging to John Mount, grandfather of G.C. C, brought 1783 ; two 
 flax hetchels, drawing-room chair, walnut trunk, owned by John Mount, and 
 brought 1788; wine bottle, owned by John Mount, and brought 1788; brass 
 andii-ons, powder-horn, set fu'e-irons, owned by John Mount, and brought 1783; 
 arm-chair and parlor-chair. 
 
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 Mrs. BooNE^ Hampton — Two old Bibles ; portrait of Colonel Wilson, taken 
 140 years ago; portrait of lady, about same date; old painting on glass; a 
 
 sampler worked by Lamb at 11 yeai-s of age, 1745. All brought here in 
 
 1783, 
 
 N. Marks, St. Stephen — Commission Lieutenant and Captain, of his 
 grandfather. 
 
 R. CuN.ABD, Indiantown — Commission, of his grandfather. 
 
 Alex. E. Brown, Indiantown — Lieutenant Zachariah B.Brown's scarf, 
 worn in Eevolutionary war, 1783.' 
 
 DuxcAN Johnson, St. John — Officer's sword, 1783. 
 
 A. T. Thompson, Carleton — Cradle brought in 1783. 
 
 John Hendricks, Norton — Oil painting, James Plendricks; oil paint- 
 ing, Mrs. James Hendricks ; oil painting, Mrs. Lee ; Bible, 120 years old. 
 
 TirOiMAS Tread WELL, Portland — One jenny spinner, one pair hetchels, 
 1783. 
 
 Mrs. Harlev, St. John — Portrait, Wihett Carpenter; printed invitation 
 to Loyalist dinner given in 1833. 
 
 Jii.iA Ann Waters, Indiantown — German Bible, brought by David 
 Hamm in 1783. 
 
 W. O. Stewart, Hampton — Batten door, brought from New York in 1783. 
 
 John Babbitt, Burton — Blacksmith tools, 1783. 
 
 J. C. Humphries, Carleton — Box and table, 1783. 
 
 Levi Young, St. John — Clock, 200 years old ; bed quilt, first woven in New 
 Brunswick ; pair sleeve buttons, pocket book, and silver spoon, 120 years old ; 
 jjitcher and glasses, presented by George III. to John E. Jones ; glass pipe, 
 brought by J. E. J. 
 
 Mrs. W. A. Colpitis, Elgin, A. C. — Bed-spread, needle work, made by 
 Miss Sarah Woodward, 1750. 
 
 J. W. Hatheway, Annapolis — Chair made from wood of old Blockhouse, 
 Annapolis Royal, which was built 1710. 
 
 J. WooDROw, St. John — Portrait of Rev. Mr. Galloway, first Congrega- 
 tional minister in St. John. 
 
 Mrs. L. Fowler, Prince William, York Co. — Needlework pheasant, 100 
 years old. 
 
 E. Braman — Praver book, 1783. 
 
 Miss Blakslee, St. John — Tea table, 1783. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Hunter, Fredericton — One linen counterpane, 100 years 
 old ; one woollen counterpane, 90 years old ; made here. 
 
 Mrs. a. B. Sheraton, St. John — One table, 140 years old ; one chair, 140 
 years old ; silver sugar bowl, pitcher, and sugar tongs ; china bowl, cup and 
 saucer ; Bible, 1754, brought by Loyalists. 
 
Old Historic Relics. 
 
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 J. O. Bent, St. John — Letter, written by John Wesley. 
 
 Mi8S BuRTis, St. John — One oval looking glass, 1783. 
 
 John H. Hunter, Mapaquet Lake, Q. Co. — Tea-spread, 100 years old, 
 came from Glasgow in 1785. 
 
 Fanny Chandler, Dorchester — Lady's work-bag ; one cherry-wood toddy 
 ladle, made by Brook Watson ; tea-caddy, bowls, tortoise shell spoon, needle 
 book, one silver brooch, one bead bag. 
 
 Thomas H. Gilbert, Dorchester — One silver stop watch, one silver spoon, 
 one pair sugar-tongs, military accoutrements of Lieut. Robert Keech, Loyalist 
 officer, viz. : Musket and bayonet, pair saddle-bags, two cartridge-boxes, one 
 sword ; spyglass, one snow-shoe, one mortar and pestle, one old Bible, 1769. 
 
 G. H. Belyea, Carleton — One mortar used to pound corn before grist 
 mills were built. 
 
 Mrs. Dr. Harding, St. John — One pistol, owned by Major Andre; one 
 knife and fork, Benedict Arnold ; spinning wheel, lady's dress ornament, cop- 
 per warming-pan, ornamental dish — all articles used by Loyalists and brought 
 in 1783. 
 
 Dingey, Indiantown — Sword belonging to Solomon Dingey, Loyalist offi- 
 cer, 1783, 
 
 Campbell, St. John — Powder-horn, with inscription, "Baden, N. J., 
 Volunteers, Bay of Fundy, 4th May, 1783." 
 
 W. A. Brown, Indiantown — Collection of coins. 
 
 Mrs. Yandell. Carleton — Gold shoe-buckle, 1783. 
 
 Vanwart, Indiantown — Bullet-mould; copper coftee-pot. 
 
 PiCKMAN, St. John — Continental regulation hat, Avorn by Col. Pickman, 
 1765. 
 
 Miss Finch, St. John — Three buckles (two silver and one gold), and six 
 silver spoons, brought here in 1783. 
 
 J. K. Clarke, Fredericton — China ornament, 145 years old. 
 
 Mrs. Lee, St. John — Painting on glass. 
 
 H. F. Ritchie, St. John — Newsboys' Address, Colonial Presbyterian, 1846, 
 
 C. M. Brown, Fredericton — Commission and portrait of Lieut. Brown, 
 Loyalist officer. 
 
 Charles Ward, St. John — Silver tankard, 1620 ; ivory snuff" box, 1783, 
 
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 COLLECTION OF OLD COINS- 
 
 The lovers of old and rare coins had a great treat in the collec- 
 tion s'.iown by Mr. John S. MacLaren, in tlie little room oft' the 
 gallery of the old building, used previously as an art gallery. j\Ir. 
 
 
 
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 MacLaren is an enthusiast in the matter of numismatics, and his 
 enthusiasm, supported by knowledge and judgment, has led him to 
 secure a splendid collection of coins. The total number exhibited 
 in his five cases was 1 ,850. Not alone old and rare coins were shown, 
 but complete sets of the coins of many countries were gathered to- 
 gether. For instance, all the English gold coins from the five guinea 
 piece to the third of a guinea were shown. There were £2 pieces, two 
 guinea pieces, spades, crown guineas, and half spades. There were 
 specimens of the silver coins from the time of William the Con- 
 queror to Elizabeth. From Elizabeth to Victoria the set was nearly 
 complete. Oliver Cromwell's set was nearly complete — so with the 
 coins of the reigns of Charles II., James II., William and Mary. 
 The Oliver Cromwell coins are very rare. The third of a farthing 
 is the smallest, in value, in the collection, and it was probably small 
 enough for all practical purposes. The two-penny is the largest in 
 copper. Two Gothic crowns of Victoria are very handsome. Then 
 there was an uncirculated coin 5^". 6d. of the Bank of England, one 
 dollar of the Bank of P]ngland, and ()s. of the Bank of Ireland. 
 Of coui-se Mr. MacLaren is very proud of his Scottish collection. 
 This embraces coins issued from the time of William the Lion to 
 Queen Elizabeth. There are coins of Robert Bruce, David Bruce, 
 etc., the Crookston dollar, crowns of James VI., and clipped coin. 
 Is. 8d., of Rothesay. There is a magnificent testoon struck in honor 
 of the marriage of Mary and Francis, Dauphin of France, in 1558. 
 In Irish coins the collection is not rich, but there are two, of silver, 
 issued many hundred years ago. As to the United States, the col- 
 lection is superb. There is a specimen of the first issue of the $10 
 gold piece, specimens of the old $5 gold pieces; a $2^ piece of 
 1798 ; a Brigham Young $5 piece of 1849 ; very rare half dollars 
 of 1796 and 1797, and rare ones of 1815 and 1852 ; a full set of 
 American half dollars — that is, a specimen of one half dollar issued 
 each year ; also sets of cents and half cents. The coins issued by 
 the colonies before the revolution are real curiosities; there is quite 
 an assortment of them. There are French coins from Louis XIIL, 
 down to the present day ; including a forty franc gold piece of the 
 
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 Collection of Old Coins and Medals. 
 
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 first Napoleon. Spain, Portugal, Austria, (including a Maria 
 Therese), Belgium, Holland, and Netherlands, are well represented. 
 Germany has contributed some fine old coins. There are crowns, 
 single, double, and triple, including the Truth dollar of 1568. A 
 double crown of Leopold the Hogmouth is a valuable coin. There 
 is a siege piece of the city of Landau, the square crown of the 
 Archbishop of Salsburg (very old), and many other old and rare 
 coins. Going back to the old days of Greece and Rome, Mr. Mac- 
 Laren can point with pride to a silver coin of the city uEgina, 
 2,700 years old. There is a beautiful coin of Epiphany, of Antioch. 
 The medal of the Messiah is a rarity. Many of the Papal pieces 
 are also very scarce. There are South American coins and coins 
 from British Burmah, East Indies, Sierra Leone, etc. A Hamburg 
 schilling has quite a history. It was picked up on a deep sea lead 
 from the barque Silver Cloud, and Avas presented by the owner of 
 the vessel, Mr. O. Emery, to Mr. MacLaren. The collection also 
 embraces medallions of Julius Csesar and others ; a " Republic of 
 Ireland" $10 bond, Canadian tokens, paper money of the old 
 colonies, and a great mixture of coins generally. The entire collec- 
 tion is well worth studying. 
 
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 COLLECTION 
 
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 MILITARY AND NAYAL WAR MEDALS, 
 ORDERS AND DECORATIONS, 
 
 THE PROPKKTY OP 
 
 JOHN S. MacLAREN. 
 
 To the British Army, for the PENiNSUiiAB Campaign, with Bars for the fol- 
 lowing engagements : ViUoria, Salamanca, Badajoz, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes 
 lyOnor, Buaaco, Corunna, Toulouse, Nive, Nivelle, Egypt 
 
 Waterloo Medal. 
 
 Medals for the Army of India from 1799 to 1826, with Bars for Ava, Nepaul, 
 and Bhurtpoor. 
 
 For the Chinese War in 1842, 1857, and 1860, with Bars for Saku Forts and 
 Canton. 
 
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 Afohax and Scindk Wars, 1 842-1843, for enga/enient«nt Candahnr, Ghuzreey 
 
 and Chbnl, and Brox/.e Star for Mahnrajpoor; also Medal for Ghuzree 
 
 (Shall Poojah'sj, and E, I. Company's MedaJw for Jellalabad, Aiml 7th, 
 
 1842. 
 For PuNJAUi) and Sitlkj Wars, 1845-1840-1847, with Bars for Chilliunvallahy 
 
 Mooltan and Goojerat, Sobraor, A/iwal, Ferozeshur. 
 Abyssinian War. 
 
 South African Wars, 1850-1853, 1877-1878-1879. 
 Asiiantkp: War, with Bar for Coomassie. 
 CitiMKAN War, one Aledal with four Bars for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, 
 
 Sebastopol, and Turkish Mkdal. 
 Indian Gkneral SERVitE, 1852 to 1878, with Bars for Persia, Pegri, Joivah'f 
 
 Bhootan, Perak, Umbeyla, North West Frontier. 
 New Zealand Medal, 1863 to J8(i0. 
 Last Afghan War, with Bars for Kandahar, Kabul, Cfurasia, Ahmed, Khelf 
 
 Ali JIusjid, 
 Indian Mutiny', 1857-1858. One Medal with four Bars — Delhi, Belief of 
 
 Lucknov, Jjii'^now, and Central India. 
 Naval Medal ith Bars for Syria, 4tli November, 1805 ; Algiers, Navarino. 
 Baltic Medai. — Crimea, Aznff, Sebastopol. 
 Victoria Cross. 
 Khedive Star. 
 Gteneral Roberts' Star. 
 Medals for Long Service and Good Conduct. 
 One for Distinguislied Conduct in tlie Field. 
 Late Egyptian War,* with Bare for Alexandria, Tel-El-Kebir, Fl-Teb, 
 
 Tamasi, and Svakim, 1884. 
 Medals for our Northwest Ekbellion. 
 
 
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 AN AERONAUT'S EXPERIENCE IN THE AIR. 
 
 Prof. Allen, who went up in his halloon on Monday, 8th of 
 October, alighted on Mr. John Jordan's farm, about five miles 
 from the city, a few minutes before dark on ]V[onday evening, after 
 a pleasant sail of two hours through the air. Mr. Allen, who, like 
 his father, is an experienced aeronaut, described the view from the 
 
 * The two last issued since 1883, and consequently not at Exhibition. 
 
The Balloon Ascension. 
 
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 balloon while in luid-air as magnificent. He could <ee the coast 
 of Nova Scotia for miles down the bay and also the New Brunswick 
 shore of the bay. On the laud side the panorama utifoUled to him 
 was equally as fine as the sea view. Indeed many would have pro- 
 nounced it superior, because of the greater diversity of land and 
 water scenery, which was sti etched out for a radius of thirty or forty 
 miles in every direction. Owing to the gas in the balloon not being 
 sufficiently buoyant, the descent was not made without some diffi- 
 culty. It was impossible to land in the open country, and therefore 
 Mr. Allen came down in the forest, leaving the balloon fast in the 
 trees and descending to the L^round by means of the drag rope. As 
 he was unable to get the balloon down during the evening he was 
 obliged to let it hang there until after daylight the next morning, 
 Avhen, with the assistance of several residents, he went to the i)lace 
 where the balloon was anchored and after some difficulty got it 
 clear and brought it to St. John, arriving here during the evening. 
 Mr. Allen did not attempt another ascension in St. John, partly 
 because of the danger of landing in the sea and partly because tlic 
 gas was not sufficiently buoyant to sustain him and the l)alloon 
 properly ballasted in mid-air for any length of time. 
 
 
 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial .Souvenir. 
 
 CENTENNIxVL HAHYEST FESTIVAL. 
 
 1T83. 
 
 1883. 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 J. W. Lawrence, President. 
 
 Literary and Musical Centennial Harvest Festival, 
 
 Centenary Church, Oct. 3rd, 1883, 
 IN AID OF TREE PLANTING. 
 
 Cornet Solo. 
 
 Lieutenant Governor in the Chair. 
 United States C^onsul. Hon. S. L. Tilley, C. B. Rev. Wm. Dobson. 
 
 HARVEST HYMN. 
 
 Sing to the Lord of harvest ! 
 
 Sing songs of love and praise ! 
 "With joyful hearts and voices 
 
 Your hallelujahs raise ; 
 By him the rolling seasons 
 
 In fruitful order move ; 
 Sing to the Lord of harvest 
 
 A song of happy love. 
 
 By him the clouds drop fatness, 
 
 The deserts bloom and spring, 
 The hills leap up in gladness, 
 
 The valleys laugh and sing ; 
 He filleth with his fulness 
 
 All things with large increase, 
 He crowns the year with goodness 
 
 With plenty and with peace. 
 
Centenniat- Harvest Festival. 
 
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 Heap on hiw Hucred altar 
 
 The pifts his goodness gave, 
 The golden sheaves of liarvest, 
 
 The souls he died to save; 
 Your liearts lay down before him 
 
 When at his feet ye fall, 
 And with your lives adore him 
 
 Who gave his life for all. 
 
 To (mkI, the graeious Father, 
 
 Who made us *' very good " ; 
 To ("hrist, who, when we wandered, 
 
 IJestored us with his l)lood ; 
 And to the Holy Spirit, 
 
 Who doth ui>on us )»our 
 His blessed dews and sunshine, 
 
 lie praise for evermore I 
 
 CoiJ.KCT l-'OU (ifKICX. 
 
 Loud's Tuavkk. Rkadixi; Psalms. 
 
 AnniiKss. Lieutenant (iovernor Hon. K. I). Wilmot. 
 
 Chorus, Festival Hymn. Jiuck. 
 
 Addukss. 
 
 Dr. A. A. Stockton, M. 1*. P. 37ie Newspaper of the Firnt One Hundred Years, 
 
 Music. Solo and Chorus. 2Vte Marvelous Work. 
 
 Kkading. G. Herbert Lee, A. M. 
 
 Music. Hass Solo. Pilrjrhn Chorus. 
 
 Addris-^s. Chief Justice Hon. John C. Alie.i, LL. I). Jlencfit of Clergy. 
 
 Mu.sic. ILdlelujah Chorus. From Mount of Olives. Beethoven. 
 
 Address. Itev. D. D. Currie, Customs of New J]r'unr,wick in early years. 
 
 Address. President of the New Brunswick Historical Society. 
 
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 HYMN. 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung. 
 Through every land, by every 
 tongue. 
 
 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord ; 
 
 Eternal truth attends thy word : 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to 
 shore 
 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring; 
 
 In songs of praise divinely sing; 
 The great salvation loud proclaim, 
 
 And shout for joy the Saviour's 
 name. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings 
 flow ; 
 
 Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host ; 
 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 
 
 Benediction. Rev. G. M. Armstrong. 
 Nation Aii Anthem. 
 
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66 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 ARBOR DAY. 
 Tree Planting, Queen St^j are, Oct. 4th, 11 a. m., 1883. 
 
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 bentfuth 
 III) old elm 
 li'ci', the wiml 
 wiMit whistliii); by, 
 it bout its boughs 
 nud sofil.v breathed the 
 follon iiiK 'vith ii sigh : I 
 liiivu lived here for iiiany a year 
 and seen the suniiuer ciiiiie and 
 no. The springtime, with its tlowcrs 
 and rain; the uutuinii, with its fruit 
 and grain ; the winter, with its chilling 
 blast, when with snow and ice the skic^ 
 are overcast. In suiuiner time, beneath my 
 shade, have children often played ; and oh, 
 how oft, beneath my bouuhs have lovers re- 
 newed their i)liKhted vows : and many a time 
 the old and feeble liave sought my shade t« 
 suiitke their ;»ipes or ply their tieedle. Atid 
 thus it's been, with smiles and tears, / 
 have watched tuem eonie and go for 
 tliree senre year-s, and many a talc I 
 could tell'of what in that time 
 befcil; but age is creeping 
 o'er my head, and I pMir 
 my roots are getting 
 d<'ad, and 
 soon 
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 i I h er 
 a n d 
 tleeav 
 I i ke 
 I hose 
 who sought 
 my shade each day. 
 
 The following Circular had been sent out : 
 
 "Tree pliinting iukUt tlie ansiiitvs of the New lirunswiek Historical 
 Society, will take place 4th of October on (^ueen Stjiiare, the 100th anniver- 
 sary of the arrival of the first of the Fall Fleet. Your Jisslstaiice invited, also 
 the company of your Indy friends. 
 
 "The arran,u;enients will be such as to have the work completed by 12 
 o'clock, noon. 
 
 "The receiition committee will meet you on Queen Scpiare at 10.30 a.m. 
 The band will play, and :it II o'clock a salute will be tited, when the simulta- 
 neous planting of sixty-four trees will begin, followed by the planting of 
 nearly two hundred more. KHicient aids will assist. 
 
 fc?t. John, N. H., Sept., 1«8;{. 
 
 (/JUlM^'l^C^^^xJL. 
 
 Pres. N. R. Historical Society. 
 
Arbor Day, 
 
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 1. The eiglit centre trcos, the (Vntennial ones, to be phinted hy eiglit old 
 deseendiinls of Loyalists. 
 
 2. The eight trees in centre of inner triangles, to members of the Koyal 
 Family. 
 
 3. Tiie eight in centre of onter triangles, to tlie eight original counties of 
 the Province, by natives of the Ccvuio. 
 
 4. The two trees at the four v;5iter centre entrances, to Connnerce, Agri- 
 culture, Manufaccures, and the Fisheries. 
 
 5. The two trees at the inner centre entrances, to First Governor, F^irst. 
 Tiench, First Legislatc.re of the Province, and the F^irst Mayor of Saint John. 
 
 (). The two trees ;it each of the Corners of the S(|uare to the F^arly 
 Printers of New Brunswick, to be i)lanted by re})resentatives from tlie l^le- 
 graph, Sun, Ncwii, and Globe. 
 
 7. The four trees at intersection smaller triangles, to the Four Original 
 Wards on the east side as at first located. King's, (Queen's, Duke's, and Sydney, 
 and planted by their representatives. 
 
 8. Other representative trees will be located. 
 
 i). Kach of the Triangles will be in charge of a member of the Historical 
 Society. 
 
 Never in its liistory did St. John witiios?!? (•ucli ii scene as thatou 
 the Queen Siiuare during the forenoon of October 4th. At tlie 
 bidding of the Jiistorieal Society and under the management of 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souveniu. 
 
 1/83. Lojalisl Harvest 1883. 
 
 CENTENNIAL. 
 4th October, 
 
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 , |i Ijifitorical ^ocidg. 
 
 J. Vs\ Lawrence, Esq., its 
 PreBideiit, ])l'»)})]o turned out 
 eii masse. There were ])res- 
 ent Bi.sliops, Jud<.5es, Minis- 
 ters, Politicians; members of 
 tlie Dominion Parliament, of 
 the Local Government, of the 
 Local Legislature, of the Com- 
 mon Council; barri.^tei's, mer- 
 chants, mechanics, and j)rivatG 
 citizens of both Loxes — all 
 eager to lend a helping hand, 
 and to join both in the senti- 
 mental and in the practical 
 work of the occasion. ]\[r. 
 Lawrence had tlie holes 
 ready, the trees on the ground, 
 and the shovels, mallets, and 
 stakes ; besides the juvenile 
 army of shovel -carriers on 
 hand, all of whom behaved 
 well. The sweet strains of 
 the ^rixtv-Second Band filled 
 in the waiting moments, and 
 the Artillery of Capt. Arm- 
 STRON<}'8 Battery, with loud- 
 mouthed guns, were ready to 
 give the signal. The houses 
 in the vicinity of the Square 
 were thronged with interested 
 spectators. The principal 
 centre of interest was oppo- 
 site Senator Boyd's residence, 
 where the Loyalists had gath- 
 ered to do their tree planting. 
 
Arbor Day, 
 
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 But the interest was everywhere, and the throny; was so g-reat that 
 it was very difficult just to take it all in. The different sections of 
 the Square were divided off under control of the different members 
 of the Society, and some of them had taken the trouble to have 
 good rich earth, so that the trees should live. Xeat badges were 
 distributed to all the tree planters. 
 
 The Centennial Circle was in c. arge of Dr. A. A. Stockton, 
 M. P. P., a descendant of Andrew Stockton, the fii-st Loyalist 
 married at Parr Town, and was planted by eight descendants of 
 Loyalists: 
 
 John Secord, Cole's Island, ai^ed 0'.). Henry Molick, St. John, aged 88. 
 
 William Kstabrooks, I'pper (iagetown, aged K-"). 
 Caleb Wetniore, St. John, aged S."). Thomas Cnnard, Portland, aged 83. 
 
 David Cnrrier, Frederic-ton, aged S3. James Bustin, St. John, aged 82. 
 George A. (Jarrison, St. John, aged 81. 
 
 There were other octogenarians who planted trees : 
 
 Caleb Spragg, Was ademoak. C. I). Everitt, St. John. 
 
 William B. Pidgeon, Portland. Sanniel Skinner, St. John. 
 
 Lieutenant Governor Wilmot planted the tree in honor of the 
 
 Queen. 
 
 I'nited States Viee-Constd (lale, to Prince Consort. 
 
 Kight liev. John Sweeney, D. D., to Prince of Wales. 
 
 Right Kev. IT. Tally Kingdon, I). D., to Princess of Wales. 
 
 Hon. John C. Allen, Chief Justice, to Prince Victor. 
 
 lion. Sir Leonard Tilley, C. B., to Prince (Jeorge. 
 
 Hon. John Poyd, Senator, to Princess Louise. 
 
 Shadrach Holly, Mayor of Portland, to Manjuis of Lome. 
 
 Two trees were planted to Governor Carleton — one by Lady 
 Tilley, page of honor, GEORfiE W. Jones; the other by Mrs. 
 Simeon Jones, i)age of honor, Fred. Daniel. These were Pad- 
 dock Elms, gifts of the New England Historical and Genealogical 
 Societv. Trees were dedicated to 
 
 England, by Thomas K. Millidge. 
 Ireland, by Thomas McAvity. 
 17(i2, by John (^ninton. 
 Acadia, by Kev. F. X. Micliaud. 
 
 Scotland, by John Wishart. 
 United States, by S. P.Osgood. 
 1783, by S. K. Foster. 
 Africa, bv I. T. Richardson. 
 
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 TiiK Oricjixal CovNTiKs OK New Brunswick. 
 
 York, hv Simeon Jones; aids — Mayor Fisher, Fredericton, and Mr. Esta- 
 
 brooks, of Prince William. 
 
 Simbury, bv (jliarles IJurpee, M. P. King's, by Conrad J. Hendricks. 
 
 Qneen's, by G. G. King, M. P. Westmorland, by Josiah Wood, M. P. 
 
 Charlotte, by James \'ernon. Northnmberland, by E. Hutchison. 
 
 St. John, by John Sears. 
 
 Four Old Wards — East Side. 
 
 King's, })y .\ld. Rutt ; aids — A.C.Robertson, Councillors i.,antalmn and C. 
 
 Skinner. 
 
 Queen's, by Aid. T. Xisbet Robertson and Conn. Nowlin. 
 
 ] Hike's, by Aid. Grant and (.'oun. Pengilly. 
 
 Svdnev, bv Aid. Jordan and Coun. Coxetter. 
 
 Gabriel G. Ludlow, first ^iayor oi' St, John, by Attorney < ieneral Blair and 
 
 I'rovincial Secietary McLellan. 
 
 First Parliament of New lirunswick, by Speaker Lynott. 
 
 First Bendi, by Judge Palmer. First Bar, by Dr. A. A. Stockton, M. P.P. 
 
 Agriculture, by James Clarke and C. E. Grosvenor. 
 
 Commerce, by Jam ' ncliester and George McLeod. 
 
 Mamifacture.s, In u.uhcs ILirris and liCvi Young. 
 
 Old FlSHKRMEN. 
 Joseph Wilson, by William Kec. Obadiah Purdy, by J as. S. Trueman. 
 
 William Dunham, by John Wilson. (.'harles King, by John Murray. 
 ITeury Nice, by Samuel Brittain. Robert Spears, by W. II. Ty.soii. 
 
 Samuel Strange, by John Christopher, John Kinney, by Henry Maxwell. 
 John Dunn, Ity John Baird. Thomas Theal, by William Buchanan. 
 
 Four Oi-d Rkch'ors ok St. John. 
 
 Rev. (Jeorge Bissett, by Canon DeVeber. 
 Rev. Mather Hylcis D. D., by Rev. Canon Brigstocke. 
 
 Rev. B. (K Gray, D. I)., by Rev. (J. (). Troop. 
 Rev. 1. W. I), (iray, D. T)., by Rev. G. M. Armstrong. 
 
 Three Eaiu.v W!;.sj,i;yax Mjni.«ters ai St. John. 
 
 Rev. Abraham Bishoj), by Uev. I). ]>. (urrie. 
 
 Rev. William Black, by Rev. Dr. Pope. 
 
 Rev, John Marsden, by Uev. John Read. 
 
 Rev. John Annsi-ong, Rector of St. Jnde',-i, died I8()o, by (J. L. Robin.son and 
 
 J. R. Armstrong. 
 Rev. Sanmel Kt)!)inson, iv 1 Ui s. 'i, ^lall. 
 
 
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 Deacon Thomas Pettingel, by Rev. Mr. C^ross. 
 Rev. J']. McLeod, by Rev. J. T. Parsons. John Wesley, by David Collins. 
 
 Egerton Kyerson, by Rev. J. Narraway. 
 
 Rev. Charles Wesley, by Gilbert Bent. Wm. Pagan, by Alex. Wright. 
 
 Rev. Geo. Burns, D. D., by Rev. Dr. Smith, 
 
 W. F. Smith, by Charles Patton. Henry Melick, by S. P. Osgood. 
 
 Laudilan Donaldson, by Ci eo. Stewart. Robert Keltic, by (iilbert Murdocrh. 
 
 Hugh Johnston, by grandson. Dr. Johnston. 
 
 Ward Chipman, by W. C. Drury. Telegraph, by Hugh Finlay. 
 
 News and John Ryan, by Hon. Edward Willis. 
 
 Globe and Christopher Sower, by John V. Ellis. 
 
 Sun and Jacob S. Mott, by J. L. Stewart. 
 
 Typographical Union, by Hugh Finlay. 
 
 Late Mr. George Young, by Mrs. Wilson. 
 
 Acadian Smtion. 
 
 Acadia and P. L&ndry, by Rev. F. X. Micluiud. 
 Rev. J. A. liabineau, by \\\\\. Ferguson. 
 Rev. F. X. Michaud, by Mr. Barreau. Hon. A. D. l^i.bai'*!, b,v l'\ .\. Miehaud. 
 O. T. LeBlanc, by A. Belliveau. Kev. F. X. Mi.liiuid, In D. I). T.andry. 
 Rev. F. Belliveau, bv F. Hache. M. Nadeau, by ( ', ( vr. 
 
 U. Johnston and G. A. Girouard, by Hon. A. D. Uichard. 
 
 Africa. 
 Mr. Israel T. Richardson put down a tree in honor of that 
 great contioent. Robert J. Patterson planted one in honor of 
 John Brown ; John Hamilton honored Dr. Living.stone with a 
 tree ; Chas. E. Brackett dedicated one to Charles Sumner ; 
 another was put down in honor of the Marquis of Lorne. Wm. 
 Lloyd Garrison was remembered by T. C. Washington ; Henry 
 HiLAND Garnet by Wm. Leach ; Clarkson, the great abolitionist 
 orator, by Philip Bushfan, and Wm. Wilberforce by A. B. 
 Walker, LL. B. 
 
 Wm. Anderson, first Deputy Sheriff' of Sunbury Co., N. S., 1764, by great 
 
 grandson, James Anderson. 
 
 (ieneral Williams, by Capt. H. W. Chisholm and his .son Tom. 
 
 Dr. Dollard, first Bishop of St. John, by Solicitor (ieneral Ritchie. 
 
 Bishop Rogers' tree, by Hon. P. G. Ryan. 
 
 Bishop Sweeney, by Solicitor (ircneral. 
 
 Alex. Kee, died 18SM, by his father, Wm. Kee. 
 
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 Loyalisth' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 Thomas Mcrritt, by Mrs. John Magco. 
 
 Laiifjclownt', by J. P. Vrooni and F. K. Campbell. 
 
 Sliadracli Holly, Mayor of Portland, by \Vm. P. Dole. 
 
 tJideon Palmer, SheriHOf Westmorland, who died at St. John, in 1824, by liis 
 
 f^n'andson, Jndge Palmer. 
 ,I(ilm Hobinsoii, Mayor, by (r. Lndlow Kobinson. 
 Charles Ward, by Clarence Ward. 
 Kichard Colideii, hy Andre Cut hing. (Jeorge Peabody, by E. L. Jewett. 
 (ieorge Washington, by 8. T. King. Charles Sumner, by E. II. Gale. 
 
 Mritish troops, by W. Hawker, late Hospital Sergeant, 15th Kegiment. 
 British army officers, by J. W. Sears, South Staflordsbire Kegiment. 
 Pev. Wm. Donald, I). I)., by K. I). Mc.'uthur. 
 P. (ilasier, by Elder Garrity. 
 Robert W. Crooksiiaidv, by his son, K. W. Crookshank. 
 Ilev. Jolm Heardslev, by Rev. W. (). Raymond. 
 (ial)riel Fowler, by his grandson, W. P. Dole. 
 .leremiuli hrakt', fiy his grandson, Jeremiah Drake. 
 (icneral Wolsehy, by Lt. Janus Sear.. .\diniral Seymoiu', by Wm. Hawker. 
 Earl DiiHerin, liy Senator iHver. Stephen Wiggins, by J. V. Thomas. 
 Richard Pxinsill, by Sidney Kaye. 
 Edwd. Sears, >r., Iiy J. W. Pawreixr. Janus Jordan, sr., by ('has. D. Jordan. 
 Wm. Harding, by W. S. Haidlii.:. M. 1). Pev. Flavins Fletcher, by J. Steward, 
 .bilin Clark, Carletoii, by Dan. (lark, 
 (iodsdc, ITtil', by Will, (idilsoe. PerUiy, I7<>2, by (leo. A Porley. 
 
 Zebnlon Estey, 17(12, iiy ,)as. \. I']>ley. Prince, 17(12, by .James Prince. 
 
 W. H. K()urke,"sr., by T. S. Sin.e. 
 i>;irgess Tree, to lirst male <'hild born in Cornwallis, X. S., after the close ut 
 the Ivv'voliition, liy Kev. C. T. Bnrgess. 
 Solomon NI( hols, by Henry Disbrow. John M. AVilmot, by Sidney Kaye. 
 Hendricks Tree, by Conrad J. Hendricks. 
 Prof. Fred. Hart, by his sister, Miss Charlotte Hart. 
 Jarvis W. Hart, by his danghter, Miss Prndic Hart. 
 Elizabeth Ansley tree, by grand-danghter, Miss A. S. Benyman. 
 Jlechanies' Institnte, by President D. P, Chisholm. 
 Rev. .Tames (^uinn, by p. (ileeson. (ieorge Young Cooper, by J. Watson. 
 Thomas family, by J. F. Thomas, (has. Hendricks, by C. H. Hendricks, 
 .lolin .lohnston, by Mrs, Johnston and Dr. Johnston. 
 Dr. .N. Hiiinphrey, by Charles lluiiiiihrey and Sons, R. P>. and W. Humphrey. 
 Joseph Dutlt'll, by Wellington Hose Company, No. 1. 
 William Elder, by Alj)ine (Jrant, Halifa.v. 
 Chief Justi.v Parker, bv Cha.s. W. Wekhm. 
 
Arbor Day. 
 
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 (leo. II. Lawroiue^ by Jost'ph \V. Liiwreiue. 
 
 Major John Ward, by grand-daughter, Maria 1). Ward. 
 
 Merritt tree, by T. Gray Merritt. Henry Chubb, by (Jeo. J. Chubb. 
 
 Hugh Quinton, 17()2, by Jolin Quinton and W. A. (^uinton, ]\I. P. P. 
 Solicitor CJeneral Ritehie, by Hon. T. V. CJillespie and Tiionias Kelly. 
 Otis Small, by K. B. Iluniidirey. Stephen Humbert, by T. C. Humbert. 
 
 Kobinson family, by Barclay Robinson and son. 
 L. n. DeVeber, by R. S. DeVeber. Andrew Stockton, by R. (). Stockton. 
 President of the N. H. Historical Society, by John Sears and Sidney Kaye. 
 John McGeorge, M. P. P., St. John, 178(i, by George Hare, a grandson. 
 
 Thomas Millidge, by Thomas K. Millidge. 
 Paid Bedell, surveyor, who laid out Parr Town, by A. Rankin Bedell. 
 Trafton family, by G. IT. Scribn r. Bart Coxetter, by admirers. 
 
 Jordan tree, by Francis Jordan, sr., and T. W, Daniel. 
 Dr. Nathan Smith, by grandson, (leo. F. Sniitli. 
 Thatcher Sears, by grandsons David and Lieut. James Sears. 
 Munson Jarvis, by grandson Wm. M. Jarvis. 
 Wm. Hubbard, by W. D. W. Ilubbard. Lester tree, by E. H. Lester. 
 David Waterbury, by great grandson D. H. Waterbury, :issisted by two great- 
 great grandsons. 
 
 John Watson, sr., by John Watson. Rev Dr. Cook, by Rev. Mr. Bruce. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Chalmers. D. D., by Rev. Dr. Bennett. 
 
 Simeon Jones, Mayor of the oldest colonial city of (Jreat Britain and Ireland, 
 
 by President of N. B. ll". Society. 
 
 Lieutenant Governor Wilmot, by Andre Cusliing. 
 
 I Ion. Isaac Bin-pee, by J. W. Lawrence. 
 
 /'hief Justice Allen, by Caleb (,'. Sprague, Springliclil, aged s;> years. 
 
 ii .. // Allen Wilmot, b John Boyd. Senator Boyd, by Sidney Kaye. 
 
 Alex. (Ji})son, by President X. B. H. Society ; aids, E. F. Harrison, 
 
 G. C. Lawrence. 
 Hon. Sir SairjiK'J Leonard Tilley, by President N. B. Historical Society — the 
 
 last tree planted. 
 
 The trees planted by M. Paddock to Dr. Adino Paddock, bis 
 grandfatlier, am] by J. Vekner Thukgar to the late Col. Tiiurciar, 
 who married a dan t(1it,er of Dr. Adino Paddock, were presented by 
 the New Engbu/d Hintoric Genealogical Society, Boston. The two 
 trees planted by Lady Tilley and Mrs. Simeon Jones to Governor 
 Cauleton, and by the Ivieutenant Governor to the Queen, and by 
 the United States Consul to the late Prince Consort, are also scions 
 of the Paddock elms. 
 
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 Now that we have had our first Arl)or Djiv, it is hoped we will 
 have one every year, ho that in due time the public scjuares and 
 highways may be made beautiful by tree planting. * 
 
 '' The ('ill 111 shade 
 Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze, 
 That makes tlie green leaves danee, shall waft a balm 
 To thy sick lieart." 
 
 The music of the Band and the Artillerv salute were attractive 
 features of the Centennial tree planting. 
 
 At the close of New Brunswick's first Arbor Day, Col. Foster 
 foinied his men in a circle, when Sir Leonard Ttlley, at the 
 Colonel's request, made a brirf address, followed by cheere for the 
 New Brunswick Historical Society, Province of New Brunswick, 
 and the Queen. 
 
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 HAYMARKET SQUARE DRINKING FOUNTAIN.f 
 
 The Haymarket Square, on the night of the 4th of October, 
 
 was aglow with lights, the occasion being the presentation to the city 
 
 by the Polymorphian Club of an elegant drinking fountain. On the 
 
 arrival of Mayor Jones, Charles Nevins, President of the Clui), 
 
 read the following : ^ 
 
 "St. John, Nrw Brunswick, Oct. 4, 1883. 
 *^May it please Your Worship : 
 
 "The occasion of our assembling serves the two-fold purpose of doing honor 
 to the memory of our Loyal ancestoi-s, and the conferring of what we trust may 
 j)rove a practical benefit to the citizens of the present time and those who will 
 .succeed them. The Haymarket Square Polymorphian Club, as Your Worship 
 
 *In the Cull oC 18s:!, .1. .1. Cukisty and I';i)waui> Skaks, Jr., had a row of ehns phinti-d 
 from the Marsh Uridyl' to C'oldhrook Itolling Mills. In their appeals for aid in the patriotic 
 work thoy met a ch"erful re.sponse from St. .John and Portland. 
 
 t The "Women's Christian Temperance Union," in the Centennial year, i)laced at the 
 main entrance to King Sfjuare a Drinking Fountain dediciated to "TiiK Loyalist Womkn 
 OF 178:i." One of the inscriptions on it is : " Wliosoever drinketh of this water shall t'' "st 
 again; )iut whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, lue 
 the water that I shall give him shall ho in him a well of water springing up into eteri- '1 
 Ml'e." —John ill., \,'>-\4. The ladies of tin- Women's Christiati Temperance Union hope t* 
 honor the .Tuhilec of the (Jueen's Coronation, JSth .Tune, 1S88, hy improvements whicli 
 will make the Drinking Fountain "A thing of hcauty and a joy forever." 
 
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 is doubtless aware, came into existence for tlie purpose of assisting in the 
 celebration of the (x'ntennial of the landing of the Loyalists. Having per- 
 formed that pleasing duty tt> the best of their abilit}', the Club found them- 
 selves with an unexpended sum of $M0. Tliis the Club res(dvi'<l to mak • the 
 nucleus of a fund for the erection of a memorial in honor of tlii)>e wlio, trust- 
 ing to God and honoring the King, took their departure from homes of comfort 
 to foTuid, amidst toil and privation, a new lionie under the old flag, whose 
 honor they esteemed so highly, and \uider whose l)enign protection it is our 
 privilege to live to-<lay. 
 
 "How well we have succeedi'd in our obj. ct, the Memorial Foimtain whi(;h 
 to-night will, sir, through you, l><' presented to tbo citizens of St. John, nuist 
 testify. It is a source of gratification to the Club to be able to place on record 
 their thanks for the generous response mad*- on every hand t the apju'iils for 
 contributions towards the erection of tlii> memorial. Having carried to a 
 successful conclusion tlie objects for whidi iheir organization was t lected, the 
 Club propose to disband. Before doing so they have deemed it proper to make 
 this public presentation, selecting for the time the historic date on which the 
 original band of refugees received from their compatriots the first atccssion to 
 their numbers. We now beg, sir, to present to the citizens of St. John this 
 Loyalist Memorial Fountain, for their use and benefit, 'while grass grows and 
 water runs.' The days of our Club are ended ; we would, in parting, f»«'g 
 respectfully to call the attention of Your Worship to the appearance of the 
 locality from which our ' liib derived its name, and to suggest the advisability 
 of transforming into a pieasant i)ark what is now an vuisightly waste. l?e it 
 yours to make the grass grow. We lia\e made the water run 
 
 "Signed on behalf of the Haymarket Square Polymorphian Club." 
 
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 Augustus W. PETcir, Secreturi/. 
 
 Mayor Jones replied in a lia})|)y vein, accepting the gift on 
 behalf of the city, and eongmtulating tlic nuMubers on their success. 
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 NowLiN, and Coxetter. William F. Miles, who cotitributed 
 the plans, and J. F. Fraser also spoke. The Mayor proposed 
 three che(!r8 for President Nevins and the Club, the Sixty-Second 
 Band playing " They are Jolly Good Fellows." The 104th Regi- 
 ment Band played a lively air. The proceedings closed by the Club 
 and 104ch Regiment escorting the Mayor and members of the 
 Council. 
 
 NEW BRUNSWIC : HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
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 1783. 
 
 1883. 
 
 NINTH ANNIVERSARY MUSICAL FESTIVAL, 
 
 Mechanics' Institute, 
 
 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2()th, 1883, AT 8 P. M. 
 
 For Ckntennial Arbor Day Fund. 
 
 " Biulf*, whic'li thf hreiitli of suiiuucr days 
 Shall l(!ngth(Mi into Itvly sprays; 
 H.)Uk1is, whore the thrush, with crimson brnast, 
 Shall haiiut and sing and hide her nost." 
 
 PKOdRAMME. 
 
 Mrs. A. "\V. Mas("-,s, Jr., and Prof. Uristowo 
 
 Mayes 
 
 1. Piano Dl'kt, 
 
 2. Bono— "Wocdnuin Spare that Trw" — Runsell, 
 i. CoRNKT Solo — "Weber's Last WdW/." — Jfartman, 
 
 4. Song — "My Queen —Bbtinenlhal, 
 
 r>. Song — " The Old Arm Chair " — Rm.ieU, 
 
 (i. Song — "Watehing," 
 
 7. QuiNTKTTE — "There's Peace on the Deep,' 
 
 8. Piano Solo, 
 
 9. Solo, 
 
 to. DIIF.V — " Flo,v (Jently, Deva "—Parry,.. 
 
 11. Song — "My Dearest Heart" — ,S'««f'o(in, 
 
 12. Song— "Dream Faces," 
 
 i:>. Song- "The Ivy (Jreeu," 
 
 14. Violin Solo — "Sixth Air; Var. *l." --C. DeBeriot, 
 
 Chorus — "(ion Savk tiik Quken." 
 
 Mr, G. S. 
 ... Prof. Williams. 
 
 Prof. Bristowe. 
 
 Miss Duncan. 
 
 Miss Annie (Junn. 
 
 Stockbridge. 
 
 Miss Ella Sulis, 
 
 Miss Alice Kising. 
 
 Miss Annie Gunn, Mr. G. S. Mp.yes. 
 
 Mrs. A. W. Masters. 
 
 Miss Annie Gunn. 
 
 Mr. (i. S. Mayes. 
 
 Prof. Andersen 
 
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 The Institute was filled with a fashionahle audience. On the platform, 
 beside the members of the Historical Society, were Mayor Jones and mem- 
 bers of the City Council, the members of the Portland Council, Rev. Dr. Popk, 
 Kev. Canon Brigstocke, Rev. Mr. I>a>;iel, Judge Palmer, Judge KiN(;, 
 ♦Senator Dever, Solicitor General Ritchie, John Sears, T. W. Daniel, C. 
 W. Weldon, E. W. Gale, T. M. DeIIlois, Dr. Christy, Dudne Breeze, G. 
 E. Snidsr, J. T. Kennedy, and the following octogenarians : Henry Melick, 
 Caleb Wetmore, Thomas Cunard, James Bistin, George A, Garrison, 
 and Robert Cunard. 
 
 The Fusiliers' Band, under the leadership of Prof. Andersen, opened with 
 *' My Polly Dance," after which ^Irs, A. W. Masters and Prof. Bristowe 
 gave a duet. Mr. G. S. Mayes' solo, " Woodman, Spare that Tree," was en- 
 cored. The cornet solo, " Weber's Last Wa'tz,'' by Prof. Williams, was ex- 
 cellent, and Prof. Bristoave's solo, " Mv (^ueen," was admirably sung. Miss 
 Duncan and Miss An.vie Gunn, in their respective solos, 'The Old Arm 
 Chair" and "Dream Faces," were a great success, each receiving an encore. 
 The quartette, "There's I'eace on the Deep,"' in which Mrs. A. W^. M,»sters, 
 Gunn, Miss Rising, Mr. Mayel;, and Mr. T. li. II.vll took part, was excel- 
 lently given. The piano solo, "Old }ilack Joe," by Miss Ella Sulis, with 
 chorus, was well executed. Miss Alkje Rising's solo, "Tell me, ye Winged 
 Winds," with invisible chorus, was ably rendered. The duet, "Flow Gently, 
 Deva," by Mr. ^Iayes and Miss Gunn, wa.s given a well merited encore. Mrs. 
 A. \7. Masters, in her solo, "My Dearest Heart," received a vociferous en- 
 core. Miss Annie Gunn sang "Watching," and Mr. Mayes, "The Ivy 
 Green," both well executed. The violin solo, by Prof. Andersen, received a 
 double encore. He then imitated on the violin a flute, and afterwards a con- 
 certina, to the delight of all. Mrs. A. W. Masters i)layed the accompani- 
 ments in her usual artistic style. The arrangements were by Mr. T. H. Hall. 
 This, the last of the patriotic gatherings, connected with 1883, the Centennial 
 year, was brought to a close with all joining in the National Anthem. 
 
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 THE OLD PTJBLIC BURIAL-GROUND, 
 
 Saint John. 
 
 •' History numbers here 
 Some names and scenes io long remembrance dear, 
 And summer verdure elothes the lowly breast 
 < )f the small hillock where our fathers rest. 
 Theirs Avas the dauntless heart, the hand, tlie voice, «• 
 That made the desert blossom and rejoice. " 
 
 Here it lies, a})propriately, in the heart of our city, as the 
 memory of its silent occupants should rest in the hearts of our 
 citizens. For liere were laid the mortal remains of the founders of 
 St. John — the framers of its laws ; its honored servants and 
 respected citizens; its noble women — our grand-sires and grand- 
 dames of a century 8g<). 
 
 What can be recorded of this old " God's Acre " that is 
 authentic ? The task is difficult. There are few data. Very many 
 of the old gravestones and head-boards have been destroyed, and 
 day after day, old citizens, from whose memories muc" could be 
 drawn relating to it, are dropping out of life's race, and are them- 
 selves laid away in some silent city. 
 
 The case of this old grave-yard is not singular. The history of 
 many other institutions and monuments of our city, if required, 
 would present the same difficulties. How apparent is the necessity 
 for our Historical Society, and how zealously should its work be 
 prosecuted, so that they who come after may not have to regret the 
 loss of information, and blame the indifference of their predecessors. 
 
 The efforts of J. W. Lawrence, Esq., our city historian, will be 
 increasingly valuable and appreciated as time rolls on, and when 
 other minds attempt the work he will finally lay by. 
 
 While recording here what has been gathered from old records 
 and newspapers, we have also made use of information, considered 
 reliable, given by some of our oldest citizens. The writer regrets 
 the loss of a personal friend, an intelligent old lady, lately deceased 
 at the advanced age of ninety years, whose mind was still sounds 
 
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 and stored with information and memories of the early days of 
 onr city. 
 
 Her retrospective view presented the site and vicinity of the 
 old burial-ground as a wilderness, covered with cedar, spruce, etc., 
 with rocky places and boulders, with swamps, and purling brooks. 
 There were the songs of wild birds, the hoot of the owl, squirrels 
 innumerable ; yes, and creatures not so pleasant to meet — bears, and 
 wild-cat»?, and foxes ; for the brush and wilderness was continuous to 
 the Kennebecasis at that time, though some spots cleared for 
 pasturage had begun to make their appearance, and the tinkle of the 
 cow-bell was heard in contrast with the wild notes and noises then 
 so common. The place was then, comparatively, as far out of town 
 as the Rural Cemetarv is now considered to be. Pic-nic parties, 
 berry-pickers and strollers thought it quite in the country. The 
 hill, later known as the Block-House Hill, loomed up above it then 
 with its steep sides, which are now levelled and covered with fair 
 residences. In fact, the Burial-Ground is on the slope of this hill, 
 on whose crown, as most of our adult citizens will remember, was 
 an old block-house, built during the war of 1812. 
 
 When Paul Bedell laid out the city in 1783, the lots com- 
 prising the Burial-Ground (bounded by King, Sidney, and Car- 
 marthen streets, and by the rear of the Union street lots), were 
 reserved for the purpose ; and shortly afterwards the place was 
 fairly cleared and prepared for it. 
 
 The first fence surrounding ii was undoubtedly the brush or 
 snake fence commonly seen in the country. The place was a little 
 larger then than now, as it encroached on King and Carmarthen 
 streets. The running of the lines of those streets took a few feet 
 from it. The first walk made was one running easterly from Sydney 
 street and ending near the centre of the ground. This was the only 
 one required for some time. In fact the appearance of the Burial- 
 Ground quite up to the time of its closinj';, resembled a large field 
 dotted with tombstones. The only ornamentation was the native 
 trees and shrubs, cedar and spruce, some mountain ash, berry 
 bushes, wild fiowers and ferns. 
 
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 Further mention of Mr. Bedell Avill not be out of place. He 
 died in 1796, and is undoubtedly buried here, tliougli no stone ha.s 
 been found that marks the spot. * 
 
 No engineer to-day could more creditably set out the city — a 
 work of great difH.'ulty ; and to him are due our thanks for our 
 generously broad and straight streets and fine squares. Mr. Bedell, 
 in the distribution of city lots, drew lot No. 1, Dock street, which 
 took in all the North Side of Market Square to Prince William 
 street. It may be that by agreement he was to liave this lot. In 
 1784, the building of an English church was commenced on the S. 
 W. corner of the Burial-Oround, opposite where the Court House 
 (built in 1828) now stands. The frame was prepared and ready for 
 raising. Some persons near the place where the Centenary Church 
 now stands were burning brush from a clearing ; the fire spread, 
 gathering strength as it went, passed over the grave-yard, destroyed 
 the church frame, and went on for miles over hill and swamp, only 
 ending its career when the banks of the Kennebecasis barred its 
 further progress. Little trace was left of the existence of a burial- 
 ground. In all ])r()bability what graves were marked at this time 
 had only head-boards, which would be destroyed. 
 
 The oldest stone is that of Coonkadt Hendricks, 1784; and 
 his, if not the first, is the first known interment. It beare this 
 inscription : 
 
 In meiunry of 
 
 COONRADT HENDRICKS, 
 
 Son of 
 
 Mil. John Hendricks, 
 
 Near Middlelon Point, New Jersey, 
 
 Who departed this life the 13tli day of July, 1784, 
 
 Aged 4(5 years . 
 Memento homo (/uia pulvis es in pulverem reverlurus. 
 
 It will be found not far from the western gate, on the south side 
 of the middle pathway. 
 
 At first the stones placed here would be obtained from 
 England. It is not likely that any would be brought from the 
 
 * His widow, Mary Cranston, died in 1842, aged 8;i years. Her tomb is in the Church of 
 EucUuid Burial-Ground. Isaac Lawton Bedell was their sou. 
 
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 United States, the "late unpleasantness" being too fresh in the 
 memories of our early citizens. One of the early stone-cutters in 
 St. John was John Milligan — the same who built Burns' Monu- 
 ment at Ayr, Scotland. Mr. Milligan is buried here, where his 
 monument may be seen. The first grave-digger was a colored man 
 named Edward Burr, who for fifty years served in that capacity. 
 Burr was a character in his way, and well known. His sombre 
 occupation of the day was relieved at night by his playing the fiddle 
 for dancing parties. 
 
 The intention to build a church on the Burial-Ground was 
 abandoned after the frame was burnt. The lots between Charlotte 
 and Germain streets were afterward presented for the purpose, where 
 Trinity Church was built. 
 
 There were undoubtedly some interments in Trinity Church 
 ground, but tlie soil was too shallow for this purpose, and the New 
 Brunswick Legislature, in 1789, passed an act forbidding further 
 burials there. The section reads ; 
 
 " VIII. And be it further enacted, Tliat henceforth no corpse shall be in- 
 terred within or under said church in the City of St. John, or within one 
 hundred yards from the walls of said cliurch, or within or under the walls 
 of any church already erected or hereafter to be erected in this Province." 
 
 Bodies were afterwards taken up and re-interred in the Public 
 Burying-Ground. Re-internierts also took place from a grave-yard 
 in the rear of a building on Germain street, between Duke and 
 Queen streets, used as a church and city hall. The last one buried 
 in that place was Thomas Hoesfield (1819), after whom Horsfield 
 street was named. Bodies were removed from a small burying-place 
 (probably private) on Princess, near Germain, street, and from other 
 places, and re-interred here. 
 
 In 1822, the building of a second Church of England was contem- 
 plated, and the Corporation gave the same site (S, W. corner Burial- 
 Ground) which had previously been given and abandoned. The 
 advertisement for proposals to build this church may be seen in the 
 City Gazette of January 30th, 1823. The committee of the vestry 
 of Trinity Church appointed for the purpose was : Wm. Scovil, Z. 
 
 
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 The church 
 
 There Avere, however, objections made to building here. The 
 terms on which the Corporation had granted the lot required that 
 the fence around the Burial-Ground should be kept in repair by the 
 Church. This, some asserted, was too great a task ; others objected 
 to the location. Finally Judge Chipman offered a lot of land at 
 the head of Wellington Row, and there St. John's Church was built 
 (1824), which has long been popularly known as the Stone Church. 
 
 The brush or snake fence at first surrounding the Burial-Ground 
 was displaced by a close board one, in all probability not " a thing 
 of beauty." 
 
 Of the notable funerals that wended their melancholy way to this 
 final resting place, mentijn may be Liade of that of Wm. Wanton, 
 Esq., Collector of Customs of this city for over thirty years. He died 
 in 1816, aged 82 years. Wm. Campbell, Esq., second mayor of 
 the city, and postmaster for twenty-one years ; he died February 10, 
 1823. He had resigned his position as Mayor in 1816, on account 
 of advanced age, and was given a pension by the city of £100 per 
 annum. There was no city debt then ; which fact, besides the long 
 and faithful services of Mr. Campbell, may account for the pension. 
 The reader, if inclined to diverge, may contrast the past with the 
 present financial condition of the city. AVilliam Campbell was a 
 prominent Free Mason, and his funeral procession, like that of Mr. 
 Wanton, was undoubtedly an imposing one. Another interment 
 of note was that of Hugh Johnston, Sen.* His body was the last 
 removed from the old ground to the cemetery. In this now historic 
 ground are laid to rest judges, rectoi"s, mayors, and chamberlains of 
 
 *0n his tomb, removed I'lom tlie old ground, is the following: "In memory of Iliiiii 
 Johnston, Sen., Esiiuire, a initive of Morayshire, North Britain. He was one of the early 
 settlers in this Province ; for many years a representative of the County of St. John in the 
 General Assembly of the Province, and for nearly forty years a highly respected merchant 
 of this city. He died November 29th, 1829, JE. 74J sincerely regretted by his affectionate 
 family and a large circle of friends." Hon. Hugh Johnston was a son by his first mar- 
 riage; by his second, John Johnston, Stipendiary Magistrate, and Charles Johnston, 
 High Sheriff. The two latter died in 1858. Dr. Charles Johnston is a grandson. 
 
The Old Public Burial-Ground. 
 
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 our city, British officers and private soldiers. The latter, it appears, 
 were buried in the H. W. corner, which, it is likely, was reserved for 
 them. 
 
 It is to be greatly regretted that so many of the grave-stones 
 have been destroyed, many wantonly. Many of them, instead of 
 being repaired and re-set, were buried in a trench at the lower part 
 of the ground. The epitaphs published herewith are only those 
 now to be found in the graveyard.* The greatest age recorded on 
 any of these grave-stones is in the following inscription : 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 RICHARD PAKTKLOW, 
 
 V.'ho departed this life March 12th, 18(M), 
 
 In the !l8th year of his afje. 
 
 Mr. Pahtelow was the great-grandfather of the Honorable 
 John R. Partelow. 
 
 Consequent upon the opening of the Church of England Bury- 
 ing-Ground at the head of Courtenay Bay, the interments in the 
 Public Burial-Ground became less frequent. The city was growing 
 rapidly around it, and the space remaining for interments was 
 becoming small, although for twenty years longer it was to share 
 with the C. of E. Ground the honor of providing places for the 
 repose of the mortal remains of our citizens. Then the lots and 
 graves were kept in good condition : the place was a sacred resort. 
 New-made graves were gazed on by weeping eyes. Sad hearts 
 strewed flowei"s over grassy mounds. Then the rustling of its grass 
 and the whispering of its trees had a sad and solemn sound, and 
 none cared to linger within its gates at night. Now its asphalt 
 wfdks are pressed by the hurrying feet of men careless of those who 
 rest beneath ; the schoolboy romps upon its sward ; the night brings 
 not a fear or dread to lad or maiden passing through. 
 
 In 1848 an act was passed by the Legislature closing the ground 
 for burial purposes. For some time the opinion had been held that 
 
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 * A few years ago could be seen, near the Sydney sti'eet gate, a head-board marking the 
 resting place of Pktkr Paul. An Indian and his squaw had been buried here. The writer 
 has no information concerning them, but without doubt they were settled in the city, and 
 respected. 
 
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 further burials tliore would be. detrimental to the health of the city. 
 The section of tlu^ Act rea<Is : 
 
 '* 2. If any perHoii sliall, after the first day of May next, inter, hury, or 
 place, or hIuiII assist in intei-ring, buryinjf, or placing any corpse witliin said 
 Biirial-(T round, he, she, or they so ofiending shall forfeit and pay the sum of 
 one hundred pounds." 
 
 While this penalty would appear to be sufficient to p»'event any- 
 one from placing a corpse in the place, it is however asserted that 
 after the Act, two or three bodies were surreptitiously buried there at 
 night. It it said that the body of Redfern, who was hanged in 1840, 
 was snmggled in there and buried, the body having been covered 
 with lime. This was prior to the closing. 
 
 The following records the death of the last woman buried here : 
 
 " Died, 2l8t April, 1848, Miss Mary Anderson, aged 7o years, one of tlie 
 first settlers of this Province, and for many years a resident of this City, 
 where she was known by the name of Polly Dyer." 
 
 Miss Anderson was born blind. She was very popular, and 
 moved in good society. The name Dyer given her was probably her 
 stepfather's. 
 
 The last interment was that of Wm. Henderson, shoemaker, who 
 died 80th April, and was buried on the evening of the same day — 
 the last day on which the place was to remain open for burials. Mr. 
 Henderson, whose wife and family had been buried there, prayed 
 fervently on his death-bed that he might die before the closing of 
 the Burial-Ground, so as to be laid beside those most dear to him. 
 
 One verse from the Newsboy's Address to the patrons of The 
 New Brunswick Courier of 1851 gives this interesting information: 
 
 " We've rail'd the grave yard round, and spread 
 A grass-green quilt above the dead. 
 
 Beside the trees we've planted ; 
 And closed it up to save affright. 
 For if folks entered there at night 
 'Twould certainly be haunted. " 
 
 As the address records transactions of the year then just past, it 
 shows that the present fence was put up 37 years ago ; and surely 
 
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 the time has come tliat the city should rcphice it with somiahing 
 better. This fence displaced the old close hoard one.* 
 
 After the closing of the ground, a caretaker was appointed by 
 the city, who, besides a small yearly payment, had the privilege of 
 cultivating flowei-s for sale. Mr. Henry Ward was the first who 
 had charge, and in his time the grounds were laid out, walks made, 
 and beds and flower-mounds built. A walk was made along each 
 side of the grave-yard, near the fence ; the centre one was extended ; 
 another run to the N. E. gate to reach Union street ; and other 
 walks were made, both with an eye to symmetry and to accommo- 
 date the people passing through to the streets adjacent. There have 
 been several ciianges in the office of caretaker, with a greater or 
 less degree of improvement in the appearance of the place. Flower 
 mounds and beds have increased — walks have been made or 
 altered, and the thoroughfares covered with asphalt. The present 
 conservatory is the neatest that has been placed in the grounds. A 
 fiag-staff was erected in 1860, on the occasion of the visit of the 
 Prince of Wales, from which on historic days floats out the flag so 
 loved in life by those who repose beneath it. A beautiful fountain 
 and jet, about the centre of the grounds, placed there in 1883, the 
 
 
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 •Under the Act closing the "Old Burial-droiind," the city coritoration continued con- 
 servators. 
 
 "The ground to remain forever open, and unocei.nled or unappropriated to any xise or 
 uses, public or private, provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the maintain- 
 ing and keeping by the said mayor, aldermen, and commonalty, of a good and sufficient 
 enclosure around the said grouiiti, with proper gates and conveniences to admit the passage 
 into the said ground oi" all persons, under such regulations as to the said mayor, aldermen, 
 and commonalty niay seem meet, or prevent the ornamentiug, planting, or otherwise im- 
 proving the saht grounds." 
 
 On the closing of the Burial-CJround, 1848, the trees were planted, Avhich was largely the 
 
 work of the late Wilmam O. Smith, then alderman for Queen's W'ard. 
 
 At a late meeting of the Society the following was adopted: — 
 
 "Wherea.i, The'iOthof .lune next will be the semi-centennial of the anniversary of Queen 
 Victoria's accession to the throne; 
 
 " Therefore Jienolved, That in the Judgment of the Society, no more patriotic way, none 
 more in acconl with the feelings of the (iueen, and none that wcmld more meet an urgent 
 want, tlian [)lacing an iron railing, with fitting entrances, around the old historic ground, 
 where many of our city's early dead are buried; the corner stone to be laid, with fitting 
 ceremonials, the 20th of June, the jubilee of the Queen." 
 
 The estinnited cost of an iron fence, with granite gate and corner posts of the design 
 submitted, was f(),(">0; the interest at five per cent, would be S-'JOO per annum. 
 
 An examination of the ground, especially on the eastern side, will satisfy all that the 
 time h.as come to place around the old graveyard au enclosure of iron and stone worthy 
 of the oldest colonial city under the crown. 
 
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 Centennial year, is the gift of a public spirited citizen, Geo, F. 
 Smith, Escj.* The old spot in certainly a beautiful place, and 
 readily repays the little care and attention bestowed upon it. Yet 
 at least two attempts have been made to take this — one of the few 
 breathing places in our doscl} built city — from the people. 
 
 Some years ago a number of j)ei-sons, })rincipally interested in 
 property on Elliott Row and vicinity, jHished the Common Council 
 hard to order the extension of the street on the north side of King 
 S(juar(! directly through the grave-yard to Elliott Row. Happily this 
 did not succeed, the Council voting "Nay." In 1850, the temperance 
 societies applied to the Council for permission to build there a Tem- 
 perance hall ; and what so nicely suited their ideas was a part of 
 the old Burial-Ground, near the centre gate, fronting on Sydney 
 street. The Council actually voted it to them with but one dissent- 
 ing voice, that of Tiros. 3/IcAvity, Esq., ex-Mayor, who was then a 
 member of the Council. At the time it was thougnt by some a 
 terrible thing for him to object to the project. But that he had a 
 better ap])feciation of the wishes and sentiments of the citizens 
 generally was quickly })roven when a petition for rescinding the 
 order was presented to the Council, so largely and influentially 
 signed that there could be no mistaking the dissatisfaction created 
 by the grant, and the order was rescinded. The petition was 
 presented to the Council by the late Walker Tisdale, Esq. It is 
 to be hoped that no other proposal to treat this ground as other 
 than an historical and sacred spot will ever be entertained by our 
 City Council ; but that it will be further beau+itied for the comfort 
 and pleasure of our citizens. A pressing necessity is a new fence or 
 wall to take the place of the present old dilapidated one, j)arts of 
 which are iii a disgraceful condition. 
 
 Four years ago the New Brunswick Historical Society had a 
 tree-planting, and a nundier of the monuments and grave-stones re- 
 
 *Tlio fountain was dedicated to J)r. Nathan Smith, tlie grandfather of the donor. In 
 the Revolutionary war he was surgeon of one of the loyal Auiorican regiments. He died 
 nt Lower Cove, 1818, in his 82nd year. Ilis widow married Sheritt' Bates, and died in the 
 old homestead, 18(54, aged Ho years. 
 
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 set and repaired, and the head-boards painted and re-lettered. They 
 now herewith publish for preservation all the epitaphs that remain 
 in this historical plot. On the 18th May, 1883 (the centennial 
 anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists), a military salute was 
 fired over this old God's Acre in honor of its patriotic dead ; and in 
 the Fall of that year, over one hundred and fifty trees were planted 
 by the New Brunswick Historical Society. * 
 
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 THE OLD GRAYE-YARD 
 
 Saint John, New Bru: .wick. 
 
 .... iEqua tellus 
 Pauperi recluditur 
 Ueguinqve pueris." 
 
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 Peaceful f nd calm amid the throbbing life 
 That fills the city's busy, restless ways, 
 Silent 'mid varying sounds of mirth or strife, 
 Voices of joy or v/oe, of prayer or praise, 
 Lies the Old Grave-yard here, — a hallowed ground, 
 Quiet and still, 
 While seasons fill, 
 Year after meeting year, their certain measured round. 
 
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 * A number of trees, scions from the original Perley wiUows ;,lante(l at Maugerville, 
 1761, * ere planted in the Old Burial-Ground 23rd N' vember, 1883. Tlie first was dedicated 
 to the late Canon Harrison of Portland by the N. B. Historical Society; the secot'd by 
 Mrs. Hatheway and daughters to the late F. W. Hatheway; the third by Mrs. Peulev 
 to the late Wm. Colkbrooke Perley ; the fourth by Henry Pkrley to his father, MosHS 
 II. Perley; the fifth to Moses Perley, father of Mosks H. Perley; the last was to 
 Israel Perley, great-grandfataer of Wm. Colebrooke Perley. The death of Israel 
 Perley took place at Maugerville, 18i;{, at the age of ":t years. The donor of these trees, 
 late (lEORUG A Perlky of Frederieton, was a grandson of Israel Perley. 
 
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 Here, tranquilly, 
 Beneath the sod. 
 Brave fathers of our eity find repose : 
 While high o'erhead 
 Branches of hardy birch or springy elm tree spread, 
 Or lissome willow, pale and mournful, grows 
 Around their bed. 
 And gracefully 
 " Meek wild-flowers nod, 
 
 And clings vich unprized we^d that wintry storms survives, - 
 In slumber deep, 
 Our strong sires constant keep 
 The patriotic faith that glorified their lives. 
 
 III. 
 
 No classic column adorns their modest tombs, 
 Xo orient obelisk, graven with boastful words : 
 A tablet small or headstone plain records. 
 
 In unpretending phrase. 
 Their honest birth and deeds, their term of days : 
 Then cites from pious hymn a homely verse, 
 Or golden Scripture text doth happily rehearse. 
 And Mother Earth sweet sympathy affords, — 
 In fitting robes she folds them to her breast ; 
 For here the simple flow'ret freely bloom.s, 
 
 And green grass softly waves 
 
 Upon the honoured graves 
 Where sturdy Loyalists lie in long unbroken rest. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Successive generations here lay down : 
 Rich, poor, and old, and young have equal room ; 
 lie who to children left wealth or renown, 
 And he who hapless died remote from home — 
 For whon^ nor wife nor child e'er came to weep : 
 But flowers bloom fair 
 In summer air 
 Over the unmarked graves where frien'lless strangers sleep. 
 
The Old Public Burial-Ground. 
 
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 Here happy Childhood phiys, 
 
 In morning honrs, 
 I i^nconscious of a past ; 
 Nor heeds that sunny days 
 And fairest flowers 
 Sink in night's gloom at last. 
 Hither the care-worn and the weary stray, 
 In the cool evening bright, 
 To rest awhile ; 
 To muse how all things earthly pass away, 
 
 And, with a sigh, 
 To think, perhaps, as wanes and fades the light, 
 * How blest are they 
 
 Who lowly lie, 
 Fearing not Fortune's frown, courting not Fortune's smile. 
 
 VI. 
 
 And mournfully. 
 Each changing year, 
 Bright-hued, or ashy-grey, the autumn leaves 
 Fall, as men fall, 
 Back to the generous earth that bears and nurtures all : 
 Over the dead kind Nature gently grieves, 
 Then spreads a pall, 
 All silently. 
 So white and clear. 
 So emblematic of the sinless, that it seems 
 A raiment sent 
 From that pure iirmament 
 John in lone Patmos saw, and Milton viewed in dreams. 
 
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 But Spring returns, w'th quickening warmth and power, 
 Waking the slumbering land to life anew ; 
 And all these trees and humblest plants that grev/ 
 
 In vigorous grace before. 
 Swell with fresh impulse, putting on once more 
 The garb of beauty, and again display, 
 la new-born leaf and flower, 
 (ilory that seemed forl'ver fled and passed away. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 A spring will come, brighter than time e'er knew ; 
 A morn will dawn than other days more ftur ; 
 When forms celestial, bui-sting on man's view, 
 On luminous clouds shall tower: 
 
 Then through the glowing heavens the trump shall sound, 
 And earth and circling sea give up their dead. 
 O'er death triumphant in that glorious hour 
 Shall radiant bodies, quitting earthy bed 
 Where mortal bodies buried lay so long, 
 Soaring to meet their Lord in upper air, 
 And join the angelic throng, 
 
 Rise to the life immortal fi'onj this sacred ground. 
 
 INSCRIPTIONS 
 
 FKOM 
 
 THE OLD BURIAL-GROUND, 
 
 Saikt John, N. B. 
 
 In memory of John Adams, who departed this life March 12, 
 1820, agea 49 yeaiv. 
 
 Here lyes the Body of Amos Adams, who departed this life 
 Nov. 18, 1827, aged 6i) yeai-s. 
 
 This stone is erected as a tribute of filial res})ect to the memory 
 of an affectionate husband and tender parent. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth, relict of the late John Adams, died 
 February 3^ 18S6, aged 62 years. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of Thomas Adams, who died Ajiril 13, 
 1837, in the 45th year of his age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth MofTatt, wife of James 
 Adams, who departed this life 22 July, 1838, aged 43 years; also 
 of Elizabeth Moffatt, daughter of John H. and Elizabeth Buchanan, 
 who died Oct. 23, 1839, aged 1 year and 17 days; and Jrmes 
 Buchanan, son of the above John & Elizabeth, who died on the 
 12"' of April, 1840, aged 23 days; gi-andchildren of the above 
 Elizabeth Moifatl Adams; also in memory of James Adams, Jun"^ , 
 who deceased on the 6'" of Feby., 1840, aged 24 years. 
 
 This stone was erected by the survivoi-s of the family, Jsinios 
 Adams and John H. and Elizabeth Buchanan. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Sarah Adams, relict of the late Capt. 
 Daniel Adams, of Halifax, N. S., who died January 2'), 1828, aged 
 74 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Susannah, wife of John J. Akerley, 
 
 who departed this life on the February in the year of her 
 
 age ; also of her two infants, John Leonard and Jacob Libby. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Obadiah Akerley, who died February 
 27*^ 1842, in the 87"* year of his age; also of Catherine, his wife, 
 who departed this life February 18, 1820, aged 72 yeai-s. 
 
 In memory of Archibald M. Andei*son, who departed this life 
 on the 23'"'* March, 1828, aged 50 years ; also, of Sarah, his Avife, 
 who died on the 13"* January, 1834, aged 50 years. Eliza Andei*son, 
 daughter of the above, departed this life on the 18"* May, 1834, 
 aged 13 years. William Andei-son, 14"* March, 1824, aged 7 yeai-s. 
 Eliza Anderson, 15"' April, 1817, aged one year. 
 
 Ye living ukmi the tomb survej' 
 
 Where you must shortly dwell, 
 Hurkl how the awful sujuinons sou luls 
 
 In every funeral knell. 
 
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 Tlntljonn. 
 
 In memory of John 8. Anthony, a Pilot of this Port many 
 years. Born Nov. 30, 1798, and died on the last day of February, 
 1840, in the 42 ysar of his age. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John S. Anthony, who 
 departed this life June 10, 1825, aged 30 years and 4 months. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ann, daughter of Henry and Ann 
 Anthony, who departed this life the 3"* of May, 1826, aged 18 years; 
 also of her three infant Brothers and one Sister. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Hannah, wife of John S. Anthony, 
 who departed this life July 26, 1834, aged 31 years. 
 
 The flower that blooms in summer morn 
 
 Beneath ths azure sky, 
 Is oft, alas, ere dawn cut down 
 
 To wither, fade, and die. 
 
 In memory of Charity, wife of Ozias Ansley, Esq""", who 
 departed this life May 6, 1801, in the 53"* year of her age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Frances Ansley, wife of Daniel 
 Ansley, who departed this life the 26'" of March, 1827, aged 40 
 years ; also. Her two infant sons : Ozias, aged 9 months, and William 
 Henry, aged 2 months. 
 
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 This stone is erected by David Armstrong in memory of his 
 wife, Jane, who departed this life March 17'", 1823, aged 35 years; 
 also his son, Jame^, who departed this life March 9, 1828, aged 10 
 yeai*s ; also his Daughter, Mary Ann, who departed this life January 
 27, 1824, aged 2 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Green Austin, who died Sep 4 
 1822. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
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 8r.cred to the memory of Benjamin Aycrigg, Esq""-, Late of tlie 
 City of New York, who was drowned on his passage to Fredericton 
 on the 22** of April, 1818. He was horn .-^ep'- 27, 177', aged 44 
 years, 7 months. 
 
 Afffctioii reared tliis monumental stone 
 To mark the spot, where is the stranger's grave 
 
 Who, distant far from children, wife, and home, 
 Was hurried sudden in the fatal wave. 
 
 Yet there's a world heyond this transient scene ; 
 
 Dear relatives and friends again shall meet 
 Where death and sorrow shall not intervene. 
 
 But endless happ'ness shall reign complete. 
 
 Ball. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Sanmel, son of George and Peggy 
 Ball, who departed this life aged 2G years. 
 
 Bailer). 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Barzillai Bailey, who departed this 
 life the 13"' of December, 1826, aged 46 years. > 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Bailey, wife of Oliver 
 Bailey, who departed this life on the 30 October, 1829, in the 73-* 
 year of her age. 
 
 Barclan. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Barclay, a native of Montrose, 
 Scotland; Late Master Mariner of this place. Died August 14"*, 
 1833. 
 
 The death of Capt. Barclay, of ship William Ewing, was caused hy falling down a 
 hatch during a fight which took place in the loft of a store on Nelson street. TJie stone 
 was placed over his grave by John Wishart, Esq. 
 
 Badotu. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Joseph Barlow, who departed this life 
 May 8, 1809, aged 48 yeai-s. 
 
 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 
 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of Isabel, wife of John Baird, who 
 departed this life Dec' 19'^ 1819, aged 20 years. 
 
 Barker. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Miss Anne Barker, daughter of the 
 late W"" Barker, of this city, who departed this life on the 11*'' Oct 
 
 1822, aged 23 years. 
 
 This Htone was erected by a most particular friend. 
 
 Tho' no proud luonumcnt nor Hplendid Urn 
 
 Records thy merit, or thy dust contains, 
 In my lV>nd lieart thy loving virtues burn, 
 
 And dear the memory of thy name remains. 
 
 Oh may we meet in yonder radiant slvies. 
 
 In memory of Elijah Barker, son of the late John Barker, who 
 departed this life 8th January, 1829, in the 24'" year of his age. 
 
 Kejoice, O young man, in thy Youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the duys of t>y 
 youth, am' ivallc in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eye; but know thou 
 that for all tliese things Ood will bring thee into judgment. 
 
 My conlidence is in God. 
 
 Bean. 
 
 In memory of Thomas Bean,* who died the 17"* of November, 
 
 1823, aged 79 years. 
 
 In memory of Mrs. Ann Bean, widow of the late Adjutant W""" 
 Bean, who died 26 Sep', 1820, aged 63 years. 
 
 *Dled, the 27th of July, 1820, at his house in (Jernuiin street, after a tedious illness 
 which he bore with exemplary fortitude and pi<ms resignation, Lawrence DowHng, 
 Ksquire, for many years an Alderman of this city, in the 81st year of his age. Mr. D. was 
 a native of Ireland, and came to this co-.intry at its first settlement, or about the year 1784, 
 and has justly been esteemed one of the ablest mechanics and architects that ever landed 
 here, even to this day. In conjunction with the superior talents of his inseparable 
 companion and father-in-law, Mr. Bean, living j,t Read Head, Trinity Church was finished 
 in 1791, at the cost of about £2,000. His moral character was irreproachable, and in his 
 dealings was an honest, upright man. He has come to the grave full of years, and has left 
 a wife and numerous progeny to lament his irreparable loss. — Weekly Star. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
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 Detts. 
 
 In memory of Gloriany, wife of Doctor Azor Betts, who 
 departed this life March 16, 1815, aged 68 years. 
 
 Beck. 
 
 In memory of Joseph Beck, who departed this life July 6, 1803, 
 in the 55 year of his age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of CathtMine, wife of Joseph Beck, who 
 departed this life August 10, 1820, in the 65'*' year of her age. 
 
 Afflictions sore short time I boar 
 
 Phlcitians adt- was vain 
 Til death did seas, and f lod 
 
 l>id pleas to cas hir pain. 
 
 Blair. 
 
 In memory of David Blair, who was born in Kincardin, Shire 
 of Inverness, North Britain, who departed this life the 2* day of 
 Oct', 1798, aged 65 years. 
 
 Billop. 
 
 In memory of Jane, wife of Christophe"" Billop, Es(f •, who died 
 the 21 January 1802, aged 48 years & 5 days. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Honorable Christopher Billop, a 
 Member of His Majesty's Council in this Province, whose 
 uncompromising loyalty and distinguished exertions as a Lieut.- 
 Colonel in the Royal cause during the American Rebellion obliged 
 him, at the termination of that contest, to abandon without 
 compensation his hereditary property on Staten Island, and retire 
 with liis family to this Colony, wherein he has since resided, 
 universally respected. He died on the 28 of March, 1827, in the 
 90*'' year of his age. 
 
 Black. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Jane Black, wife of the Hon. W""" 
 Black, who departed this life on the 6* day of June, 1836, in the 
 
 
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 5H year of lier age. Also of their infant children, Henry and 
 Christoi)her ; the former died the 6"' of July, 1818, aged 21 days; 
 and the latter the 18"' June of 1820, in the 2 year of his age. 
 
 Mrs. lllufk was u diiUKhter of Hon. Chrlstoplior Hillop. 
 
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 Mary Bliss, wite of Jonathan Bliss, Esq., daughter of Hon. 
 J(^hn Worthington, Esq., of Sj)ringfield, Massachusetts. Born 
 March 7'", 17G(), died 17 April, 1799. 
 
 In memory of John Worthington Bliss, eldest son of Jonathan 
 Bliss and Mary Bliss. Born 21 August, 1791, died 5 January, 1810. 
 
 Jonathan Bliss resided on the King street lot, now oceupied as the Vassie lUiildinK- 
 He died at Fredcricton, Chief Justice, in l.S2'J, a>?ed 80 years, leaving three sons, Lewis, 
 William B1ow<ts, and Henry. Lewis, tlie last of the family, was the donor cf the " Bliss 
 Memorial Window" in Trinity Church. He died at London in 1S82, aged 8U years. 
 
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 Here lies the remains of George Bonsall, who departed this life 
 September 27, 1831, aged 45 years; also Margaret Blair, his wife, 
 who died March 20, 1825. 
 
 Be yo also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. 
 
 February 22, 1814, Richard Bonsall, father of George, died, aged 72 years, and was 
 interred in the old ground. He was a brother of Sir Thomas Bonsall, of Wales. Of the 
 many tonili-stones that have disappeared, his is one. 
 
 ©OOtI). 
 
 In memory of Jane, wife of John Booth, who departed this life 
 Oct. 12, 1812, in the 38 year of her age. • 
 
 Sacred to the memory of D'- John Boyd, late of the Medical 
 Staff in this Province. Died 27 December, 1818, aged 64 years, 41 
 of which he served His Majesty in various parts of the world. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 97 
 
 Also, sacred to tlie intMiiory of Jane lioyd. Died 1 February, 
 1842, aged 74 years. 
 
 Exeni|<liiry iiiid afti-ftionatt! in all thi' rflatloiis of private life, K<'iit'rous ami di.t- 
 intcrested in tlioir frlendsliip, strict and ilillijjont in tlic lullillnifiit of every social ilitly, 
 they lived res[)eeted, esteemed, and sincerely lieloved, and died deeply lamented. 
 
 Tliisj monument is erected by tlieir children to commemorate the virtuous of departed 
 worth. 
 
 I3aii)l)an. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Hay, son of George & Mary 
 Bowhay, who departed this life Nov. 10, 182)?, aged 5 yeai*s and 10 
 months. A native of Enghmd. 
 
 Urciiim. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mr'- Elizabeth A. Brown, who died 
 April 21, 1820, aged 81 years. Sincerely regretted by all who 
 knew her. 
 
 This stone is erected by her surviving partner, who feels and 
 deplores his irreparable loss. 
 
 OBITUARY. 
 
 A thousand way:* our troubles liere increase, 
 While care succeeding care destroys our peace; 
 Why fly we then what can such comfort give, 
 We cease to sutfer when v/e cease to live. 
 
 Here lies interred the body of M"- Allicia Brown, wife of D""- 
 David Brown, M. D., a native of the Isle of Mull, in Scotland ; who 
 departed this life on the 14"' May, 1809, aged 45, after enduring a 
 year's painful sickness, which she bore with fortitude. She was 
 pleasant and cheerful to all acquaintances to the last. 
 
 In memory of David Brown, who departed this life 23 Dc"", 1842, 
 in the 75"' year of his age. Elizabeth, died 4 April, 1836, aged 1 
 year 9 months; David, who died 23 January, 1842, aged 5 months; 
 Children of Andrew and Mary Brown. 
 
 Brooks. ^ 
 
 In memory of Thomas Brooks, who departed this life December, 
 1836, aged 35 years; 
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 LoYALisTa' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 Dricc. 
 
 In memory of Ann, wife of Solomon Briee, who departed this 
 life September 22, 1M2(), aged 2() years ; also John Briee, son of 
 Solomon and Ann Briee, who de[)arted this life February 27, 1820, 
 aged fi yeai-s. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Solomon Briee, a native of London- 
 derry, Ireland, who departed this life February !•"), 1834, aged 38 
 years. 
 
 Sacred to the mcm:)ry of Benjamin Briee, who departed this 
 life May 12, 1839, aged 47 years; also Mary Ann, who died 11 
 Sept', 1828 ; Solomon, who died 19 Sept^ 1834 ; Margaret, who died 
 2 Nov., 1835 ; Ann, who died 4 Ma' , 183(>, aged 7 years ; Mary, who 
 died 19 Ap""', 1840, aged 9 years, children of the above. 
 
 Dustin. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Bustin, who departed this life 
 Oct' 17, 1816, aged 26 years ; also Elizabeth Mary, his daughter, 
 who died May 29'", 1815, aged 8 months. 
 
 A time of death tliere is you know full well, 
 But wiieii, or wlu-rt', no niortiil man can tell. 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of Frances Ann, daughter of George M. 
 & Paulina Burns, who departed this life August the 2'*, 1836, aged 
 1 year and 9 months. 
 
 In memory of Eliza, wife of James Burns, and second daugh- 
 ter of David and Mary Merritt, who departed thi« life January 31, 
 1827, in the 29th year of her age. 
 
 Buivtfs. 
 
 Here lyes the body of Mary Buirtes, widow of Wil"" Buirtes, 
 who died March 20, 1787, aged o8 years. 
 
Inscriptions from tiii: Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 99 
 
 Durtis. 
 
 Saercd to the memory of Williiim Hnrtis, wht) departed thi.s 
 life on the sixth day of September, Anno Domini 18.'}'), in the 75"' 
 year of his age. 
 
 €abcilri. 
 
 In Menmry of Mary Calverly, wife of Craven Calverly, who 
 departed this life on the 17th September, 18^58, in the 83rd year oi 
 her age. 
 
 Craven Calvorly, f<»r over (V) years a resident of Lower Cove, ilieil July 4(li, is.'.i, m 
 his nephew's, Craven Lan^st roth's, llaninioml Itiver, in his SOth year. 
 
 Calkin. 
 
 In memory of Lucretia Green, fourth daughter of CJharles and 
 Harriet Calkin, who departed this life the 8'" of August, 1834, aged 
 2 years and 4 months. ^rho sweetest tir.wers 
 
 Soon fade and die. 
 
 (Eanipbcll. 
 
 In memory of Ann Sophia, daughter of Colin* and Abigail 
 Campbell, born r2th February, 1788, and departed this life 22nd 
 September, aged 7 months and 10 days. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Campbell, Blacksmith, a native of 
 Scotland, who departed this life December 17"", 1834, aged 50 years. 
 
 •Colin Campbell, Esij., Attorney-at-law, eldest son (»C Uev. (;oUn Campbell, late Rector 
 of Bnrlington, N. J., was married in New York on the "iCth r)f Deeember, 178!, to Abigail 
 M. Seabury, second danghter of Rev. Dr. Samuel Seabury (afterwards Bisliop of Con- 
 necticut). They were married by her father. Among those present was Dr. Inglis, of 
 Trinity Church. Colin Campbell came with the Loyalists, and was the first Qlerk of the 
 Crown in New Brunswick. The following is from a letter of his mother: 
 
 " TuENTON, New Jersey, Wh August, 179G. 
 
 "I received a letter from .Jonathan Odell, Fredericton, New Brunswick, giving me the 
 melancholy intelligence of the death of my dear son Colin, which event happened on the 
 10th day of .Inly last. He had been ill for three months, with an hectic complaint. He 
 was far from well last summer when ho visited us. By the advice of his physicians, he 
 was prevailed to try the change of air up the river St. John, at a place cal'ed Maugerville, 
 about ten miles from Fredericton. His wife and oldest daughter were with him. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Odell went twice to see him during his illness, and also attended his remains lO the 
 grave. My heart feels most sensibly for his dear widow. There are two girls living; a 
 son and daughter are dead." 
 
 Mrs. Campbell returned to New York, and died in 1804. % 
 
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100 
 
 " Loyalists' Ckntennial Souvenir. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William Campbell, Es(f , of Argyle- 
 sliire, Scotland ; twenty years Mayor of the City of St. John, who 
 died Feb. 10, 1823, aged 81 years, universally regretted ; also 
 Elizabeth, his relict, who died Feby. 11, 1824, aged 84 yeai-s. 
 
 St, .ToIui'h Lodge, No. 2, F. A. M., in token of B»'otlierly Love fot one of its Fouiulers, 
 erected this stone to replaee tlie original, Novt aiber ;5i)tli, 1887. 
 
 FUNERAL. 
 
 ORDER OF PROCESSION. 
 
 St. John's Lodge, No. 2. 
 
 Carleton Royal Arcli Cliapter, 
 
 Tlie l^ndertaker. 
 
 Thomas Paddock, Sursfcon. 
 
 Kev. Dr. Burns and Rev. Robert Willis. 
 
 Lauehlan Donaldson. 
 
 Henry Wriglit. 
 
 Robert I'arker, Sr. 
 
 pa 
 
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 Ralph M. Jarvirt. 
 Ilngli Johnston, Sr. 
 Hon. William Black. 
 
 Mourners. 
 
 The Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty. 
 
 Siieriff" and Coroner. 
 
 The Miigistrates of the County. 
 
 A Representation of the Kh'k Session. 
 
 Citizens. 
 
 In memory of Agnes, daughter of William Campbell, Esquire, 
 formerly Mayor of this city, and Elizabeth, his wife, who died 5th 
 Nov", 1840, aged 78 years. 
 
 €aubn. 
 
 In memory of Joseph Canby, who departed this life Ocf 8, 1814, 
 ret. 56 year*?, 5 months & 24 days. 
 
 Cameron. 
 
 In memory of Cap' J. Cameron, a native of Shelburne, Nova 
 Scotia, died Feb. 11, 1887, aged 51 years. Also, Mary Ann, his 
 wifo, died May 19"', 1837, aged 36 years. 
 
 This stone^is erected by Ewen and Donald A. Cameron. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 101 
 
 In memory of Mary Cameron, a native of Shelburne, Nova 
 Scotia, died July 11, 1846, aged 31 yeai-s. Also Sarah Cameron, 
 daughter of Ewen and Emma Cameron, died Oct. 8, 1888, aged 4 
 years and 6 months. 
 
 mi)alouer. 
 
 Beneath this stone lie interred the Ixxlies of Walter Chaloner, 
 Esquire, formerly High Sheriff of Newport, in the then British Colony 
 of Rhode Island, and afterwards one of His Majesty's Justices of 
 the Peace for King's County, in the Province of New Brunswick, 
 who departed this life on the 16'" day of November 1796. Also of 
 Ann Chaloner, his wile, who died on the 16"' day of April, 1808 ; 
 and of Elizabeth Chaloner, her daughter, who died on the 7"" day of 
 October, 1814. Also John Chaloner, Esquire, late Registrar of 
 Deeds for the City and County of Saint John, by whom this 
 monument was erected, and who departed this life on the 11th day 
 of April, 1827. 
 
 (!ll)iHi0. 
 
 In memory of Christian Chillis, wife of Robert Chillas, Esq., 
 who died August 14"", 1824, in the 78"' year of her age. 
 
 €l)artrcs. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ralph Chartres, Master Mariner, a 
 native of North Shields, England, who departed this life Oct. 17, 
 1824, aged — years, universally respected and deeply regretted. 
 
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 Full forty yoiiivs I'vi' pldw'd tlie sea, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Many's the voyage I've bore, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 «iod pkuwed t</ wave lue from the deep 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 And bring nie to tlic shore. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 While iMiehored here below I lay. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 My voyage is o'er, yoti see ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Urotlicr Mariners, all wlio look on this, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I'repare to foliow nie. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (filark. 
 
 
 
 
 
 In 
 
 memory 
 
 of Elizabeth, relict of Latham Clark, 
 
 of 
 
 Newport, 
 
 Rhode Island, who departed this life on tlie 14'" 
 
 Oct., 1801 
 
 ,aged 
 
 81 
 
 years 
 
 and 11 davs. 
 
 
 
 
 
102 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial SouvENiit. 
 
 Tn memory of Sarah Lavinia, wife of Thomas Clark, who died 
 Nov., 1842, aged twenty-six years ; also Sarah Lavinia, their daugh- 
 ter, aged eight years. Also Mercy Hildreth, concort of William 
 Vanbuskirk, who died Nov. 5, 1 846, aged twenty years. 
 
 TO THE MEMORY 
 OF 
 
 LIEITENANT WILLIAM R. CLEEVE, 
 
 . OF 
 
 The Royal ArtHlery, 
 
 Wlio died in this city 
 
 On Sunday, the 18th cf August, 1833, 
 
 In the 23rd year of his age. 
 
 His death was occasioned 
 
 I by his havinjj been violently thrown from his horse 
 
 on the Fridav preceding. 
 
 This sudden summons to the tomb 
 
 of a young man universally rest)ected and beloved 
 
 excited in all classes of the community 
 
 A deep feeling of sympathy and distress. 
 
 HIS FRIEKDS 
 
 among the inhabitants of the city, 
 
 to whom he wits more intimately known, 
 
 erected this tribute to his worth.* 
 
 Saw ye the pbalunx move solemn ami 
 slow, 
 
 With '.he sleeper that ne'er shall awaken ; 
 Heard ye the loud lamentation and woe 
 
 That the sons of the mighty were nutkinp:'.' 
 
 How sadly sublime is the bugle's wild 
 breath? 
 And how mournful the funeral train? 
 To prove that the soldier is honond at 
 death, 
 Tho' he fell not to sleep with the slain. 
 
 The helmet is vacant — the sable-clad horse 
 
 Is wofully drooping its head, 
 As if he were grieved for his rider's pale 
 corse, 
 
 And wei»t o'er the bier of the dead. 
 
 *THE SOLDIER'S FUNERAL. 
 
 And the sword that erst glepnied in the 
 
 glory of strife, 
 When the hosts were in terror arrayed, 
 Is still, as a thing that is robbed of its life, 
 On the arm which it never betrayed. 
 
 But 'tis o'er : he who stood amidst thousands 
 that fell. 
 
 Is a victim at la.-it to the grave; 
 The arlillery's thunder is tolling his knell 
 
 To hallc , the tomb of the brave. 
 
 The shout of the battle no more shall awake 
 him, 
 Nor the echo of Liberty's breath. 
 For the camp and the lield are forever for- 
 saken. 
 He has «ink in the slumbers of death. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 103 
 
 Clarke. 
 
 "Sacred to the memory of M"^- Thomas Clarke, Assistant Staff- 
 Surgeou. who departed this life Nov. 28, 1815, aged 29 years. 
 
 This Stone was erected by his wife Frances. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Joseph Clarke, Esquire, son of the 
 late Doc. Joseph Clarke, of Maugerville, who departed this life on 
 the 10"' June, 1828, aged 65 years. 
 
 In memory of James Clarke, who departed this life Oct. 23"*, 
 1807, in the 40"' year of his age. 
 
 Clifforli. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth Clifford, who departed this life Ocf 14, 
 1846, aged 28 years. Also her son W., aged 16 months. 
 
 My glass soon run, 
 
 My grave you see, 
 Proijure in time 
 
 To foUo'v nie. 
 
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 In memory of Caroline M., Daug : of William & Susannah Cody, 
 who died March 24, 1807, aged 2 years and 14 days. 
 
 la memory of Oliver Cody, who departed this life January 23, 
 1810, in the 66 year of his age. 
 
 Bear in mind, old and young, this sacred and recorded truth: that ye know not the 
 hour that ye are called. 
 
 In memory of Jane, relict of Oliver Cody, Avho departed this 
 life May 13, 1811, in the 68 year of her age. 
 
 Header, pause, behold your fate. 
 Death will arrest you soon or late; 
 Your dearest interest is to have 
 Your bliss secured beyond the Grave. 
 
 William ii. Cody, long proprietor of CoHee House, Market Square, died at Lo' h 
 Lomond, where for many years he resided, August 'io, 1840, in his 70th year, and was In- 
 terred in the Old Burial-CJ round. 
 
104 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 In memory of Charles E., son of William and Susannah Cody, 
 who departed this life Oct. 27, 1816, aged 2 years and 7 months. 
 
 Happy infant, early bless'd, 
 Rest, a peaceful nluinberer, rest, 
 Early rescued from the cares 
 Whieli increase with growing years. 
 
 (Eock. 
 
 In memory of M'' John Cock, bom in Chiswick, in the County 
 of Middlesex, England, who departed this life November B""- 1792, 
 aged 44 years. 
 
 €ox. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ann, wife of W"' Cox, and daughter 
 of Francis Dominic, who departed this life Dec' 26, 1802, aged 42 
 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of departed worth : James Codner, who 
 died 24 April, 1821, in the 60"" year of his age. 
 
 Was a merchant, and for many years Chamberlain of the city. His wife was a daugh- 
 ter of Hon. George Leonard, of Sussex, Kings County. 
 
 €oi*tt. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Charles Cory, who departed this life 
 February 17, 1835, in the 37'" year of his, age. 
 
 By faith on Jesus' conquests, 
 He relied on Jesus' merits. 
 Ventured all, and died. 
 
 €rcoksl)ank. 
 
 In memory of Alex. Crookshank, late Serg'-Major W Artillery 
 at Halifax, N. S., who died on the passage from Windsor to S*' John 
 N. B., 26"* June, 1822, Aged 39 years, Lamented by all his Comrades, 
 respected by all who knew him, and a Worthy member of Society. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 105 
 
 In memory of Andrew Crookshank, Esq'-, For many years a 
 respectable merchant in this city, who died July 13, 1815, in the 
 49th year of. his age. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Crookshank, Sen'-^ 
 Esff •, who died April 18, 1847, aged 87 years. 
 
 Harriet Augusta, born Jan* 2, 1831 , died Jan^ 24, 1837 ; Emma, 
 born Sep-- 4, 1833, died Jan^ 24, 1837 ; Children of Rob' and Emma 
 Crookshank. 
 
 There wero three children. As the tomb-stone was broken, only names of two are 
 shown The three were placed in their graves side by side the same day. The residence 
 of their parents at the time was on the lot now occupied by the Young Men's Christian As- 
 sociation Building. 
 
 CrarufoiCi. 
 
 In Memory of Margaret McClure, wife of Crawford, who 
 
 departed this life the 24"' March, 1827, aged 46 years. Also, her 
 son, who died the 4*'' March, 1827, aged 9 years. 
 
 Cronk*. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ann, Consort of Cap'- David Cronk, 
 who departed this life December the 9'", 1835, in the 65"* year of 
 her age. She was an examplary wife, a tender and fiifectionate 
 Mother. Also, Eleanor, daughter of David and Ann Cronk, who 
 departed this life June 7'", 1820, in the 22* year of her age. Also, 
 Mary, Consort of William Patton, and daughter of David & Ann 
 Cronk, who departed this life the 26"* of October, 1831, aged 26 
 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ursula Cripps, who departed this life 
 January 2, 1825, aged 55 years. 
 
 This stone is erected by Her Daughter- in-Law, Ann Cripps, as a 
 Testimony of respect for her memory and grief for Her Loss. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas J. Lripps, who departed this 
 life May 5'" 1825, aged 52 years. 
 
 This stone is erected by his wife, Ann Cripps, as a memorial of 
 his virtues and of Her affection. 
 
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 106 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 (Erispin. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth Louisa Crispin, the 
 daughter of James and Elizabeth Lowsley Crispin, who departed 
 this Life the 23** of September, 1820, aged 16 months and 10 days. 
 A native of England. 
 
 (Hun mm. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of John, Son of W"" and Elizabeth 
 Cummins, who departed this life May 26"', 1823, aged 1 year and 
 10 months. 
 
 In memory of Thomas Cummins, who departed this life the 17th 
 March, 1837, aged 19 years. 
 
 Remember the Creator in tlie days of thy yoiuli. 
 
 Quicker is time than words can tell, 
 
 Though swift those accents flow, 
 Consider then, O man, full well 
 
 How thou should'st live below. 
 
 Dalies. 
 
 In memory of M"""* Margaret Davies, wife of Thomas Davies, of 
 Monmouthshire, England, who died Oct. 4, 1812, in the 70 year of 
 her age. 
 
 Cirandmother of late Rev. William Scovil. 
 
 In memory of John Moore Davidson, who departed this life 
 Aug*- 27, 1847, aged 4 years & 7 months. 
 
 Sacred to the IMemory of Elizabeth Dingwell, who departed this 
 life on the 25'" day of March, 1820, aged 78 years. 
 
 IDcan. 
 
 In memory of Stephen Dean, who departed ,this life 20 May, 
 1818, aged 45 years. 
 
 Princes, this clay must be your bed 
 
 In spite of all your towers ; 
 The tall, the wise, the reverend head 
 
 Must lie as low as ours. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 107 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Dean, Esquire, who departed this 
 Life on the 21'" July, 1835, Leaving a wife and four children to 
 lament the loss of a kind husband and tender parent. 
 
 Heed thou, Oh plead my cause, 
 Each self-excusing plea 
 My trembling soul withdraws, 
 And flies to thee. 
 
 Where Justice rears her throne, 
 
 Ah ! who save thee alone , 
 
 May stand ? Oh spotless one I 
 
 Plead thou my cause. 
 
 lUisbrou). 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Isabella, wife of Noah Disbrow, Esq., 
 who departed this life February 6, 1825, aged It? years, Deeply and 
 deservedly lamented by her affectionate family and friends. 
 
 In Memory of Phoebe Ann Disbrow, who departed this life on 
 the 27'" day of July, 1833, aged 35 years. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of William Donald, Esquire, a native of 
 Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and many years a respectable Merchant in 
 this City, who departed this life on the 22'' of June, 1828, in the 
 74th JQ^^J. Qf iijg jjgg^ Deeply regretted by his family and a numerous 
 circle of friends. Also, Isabella, His Wife, who departed this life 
 May 16"'" 1824, aged 54 years. Deeply and deservedly lamented by 
 her affectionate family and friends. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of William Donald, who departed this 
 life October the 3''' 1834, In the 36"" year of his age, Leaving a 
 Wife and one child to mourn the Bereavement of a Beloved partner. 
 
 Come and hear, all ye that fear (tikI, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 
 
 Donincn. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Alexander Downey, a native of Shel- 
 burne, N. S., who was drowned in tlie Falls of the River S' John, 
 September 15, 1829, Aged 24 yean;. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
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 Clr'mcr. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Junies Driver, a Native of Scotland, 
 who departed this life Se}."^ 'io'"- 1836, In the 48'" year of his age. 
 
 Also in Memory of Jane, His wife, who departed this life Sep'" 
 17, 1840, in the 52*^ year of her age. 
 
 CUttffus. 
 
 In Memory of Charles Duffus, who departed this life the 10th 
 of March, 1818, in the 70"* year of his age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Peter Duffus, Esquire, who departed 
 this life the 27th day of July, 1831, aged 51 years and two months. 
 
 To the Memory of Mary, wife of Charles Duffy, and only 
 daughter of John Adams, late of Coleraine, North of Ireland, who 
 departed this life 13th March, 1848, in the 33 year of her age. Also, 
 William, aged 1 1 months ; Charles, aged 8 weeks ; Mary, aged 7 
 weeks ; Her Children. 
 
 Cluraut. 
 
 In Memory of William Durant, Esquire, who departed this life 
 on the 28 d. y of January, 1832, aged 52 years. Also Margaret, 
 his daughter, who departed this life on the 1"' day of Oct., 1827, 
 aged 6 years. 
 
 Was a printer, and father of Lewis, William, and (ieorRe Duraui. 
 
 ?Hut)crnct. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Robert Parker DuVernet, who died in 
 the full hope of a Resurrection to eternal life, January 11, 1837, 
 Aged 19 years. 
 
 Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. 
 
 In 1816, his father married the daughter of Robert Parker., sen, lie died in 1832, on 
 the voyage from Ceylon, E. I., to England, Asst. Quarter-Master-Gcneral. 
 
Inhcriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 109 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Richard, only son of William 
 
 and Mary Dun, who departed this life Septemher 1 , aged 1 
 
 year and G months and 14 days. 
 
 Jesus said: "SiittVr littk-chikhen to coniu initu iiu', iiiul forbid them not, for of such is 
 the Kingdniii of dod." 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of M*"- Jonathan Dunham, who departed 
 this life March 12, in the year of Our Lord 1827, aged 56 years. 
 Also, 1 lizabeth, his wife, who departed this life April 22'"' in the year 
 of Our Lord 1836, aged 64 years. May they rest in peace. 
 
 Here lie the remains of Elizabeth, wife of M""" Jonah Dyer, who 
 died March 3, 1827, aged 42 years. Also, her daughter Mary, 
 aged 11, and Catherine, aged 4 months. 
 
 Coniiding in the Mercy of God as revealed, she made Christ's precepts her rule of life, 
 and in the belief that all will be raised to a happy immortality. .She was resigned to Go<l 
 and exemi)ted from fear in the hour of death. 
 
 (Jranust. 
 
 In Memory of Margaret Coventry, daughter of George Earnest, 
 Died March 10"', 18—, aged — years. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Thomas, only son of George & Jane 
 Edgar, who died 4 Fby., 1845, aged 4 years & 9 months. 
 
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 Here lies the bodies of M"- Freelove and her only child, Charles, 
 who were the wife and son of Cap' Thomas Elms, and w^ere unfor- 
 tunately drowned together on the 8^'' day of September, 1787, the 
 Mother in the 40*" and the son in the 9'" year of their ages. . 
 
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 Loyalists' Cente^.nial Souvenir. 
 
 iciinwcatlicr. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Lewis Albert, son of I^wis and 
 Cliarlotte Mariah Fairweather, who departed this life the twenty- 
 third day of December, 1M3H, aged two years, five months, and 
 nineteen days. 
 
 Tlii^ Lord Kiivc and the Lord hath taken away, liloitsed li«' the nanio of tlio Lord. 
 
 iFaulkc; 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Hannah, wife of William D. Faulke, 
 and niece of John Ferguson, Esquire, who departed this life May 
 25, 1827, aged 80 years. 
 
 There she lies wliose deeds deserved love 
 
 Jisljcr. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of David Fisher, who departed this life 
 on the 16th day of January, 1825, aged 49 years. 
 
 In Memory of Ezekiel Fitzgerald, who departed this life on the 
 8'" day of April, 1841, aged 37 years. 
 
 Tlie boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, 
 And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, 
 
 Await alike the inevitable hour: 
 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. , 
 
 Jlaglor. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Anna, Consort of Gilbert Flaglor, 
 who departed this life on the 28"" of August, 1828, in the 83^ year 
 of her age. 
 
 (.iilbert Flaglor was owner of property on Germain street, long known as Flaglor'?^ 
 Alley. In 1856 he left for California, where he died in 1881, at the age of 100 years. Two 
 years before his death he married his third wife. 
 
 fougljt. 
 
 In Memory of M"- Ann, wife of George Fought, Who departed 
 this life Dec' 5, 1806, in the 61 year of her age. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. Ill 
 
 5lal)frti). 
 
 Sacred to The memory of Harriet ^Maria, wife of William 
 Flaherty, who departed thin life June 2H, 1881, aged 23 years. 
 Also H. M., Their infant Daughter, who died July 1"', 1831, aged 6 
 days. 
 
 farrcstcr. 
 
 The Grave of Martha Forrester, who departed this life August 
 16, 1827, aged 58 years. 
 
 From nil Morrow she has Ki^in*'*' « relonso, 
 
 All tears art' wiped from her eyes, 
 Her hody beneath lies in peaee, 
 
 Her spirit has fle<l to the Skies. 
 
 l>ear mother, farewell, till the hour 
 When the last solemn trumpet shall sound, 
 
 And awake by Omnipotent power 
 The Nations that sleep under ground. 
 
 5rccman. 
 
 In Memory of Alexander, son of John and Clara Freeman, who 
 departed this life May 25, 1813, aged 2 years, 5 months, and 5 days, 
 
 jjullcrton. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Caldwell Fullerton, \vho dei)arted this 
 life March 13, 1839, aged 33 years. Also Samuel, his son, who died 
 July 23**, 1834, aged 1 year. 
 
 (6allaoil)cr. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John, son of James Gallagher, Esq""', 
 Town Major, and Mary, his wife, who departed this life on the 14 
 day of May, 1825, aged 5 years and four months. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Alfred Edwin, Son of Tow^n Major 
 Gallagher, who departed this life the 21st May, 1826, aged 11 
 months and 5 days. 
 
 Departed this life on the 21st February, 1833, Mary Amelia, 
 wile of Town Major Gallagher, Leaving a husband and five children 
 To deplore the loss of an affectionate wife and mother. 
 
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 8acred to The memory of Daniel Thomas, seventh son of Town 
 Major Gallagher, wiio departed this life on the 22nd July, IH.SO, 
 aged one year and five days. 
 
 A tciKlcr inriiiit, Iroiii itH iiKitlicr's lirenitt, 
 Culled by hU < tod to i-tcrniil rest. 
 
 (!3artincr. 
 
 Sacro<l to the memory of Amelia, wife of Henry Gardner, who 
 departed this life Dee' 10, IHll. 
 
 In Memory of George Gardner, who departed this life Jan^- 25, 
 1815, aged 26 years. 
 
 In Memory of John, Son of Henry it Elizabeth Gardner, who * 
 departed this life Dee' 15, 1819, in the 17"' year of his age. * 
 
 if^aVi'OtX). 
 Here lyetli the body of William Garrow, who de])arted this life 
 the 29'" day of Oct., 178(), aged 88 years. 
 
 Attlietioiis ^^orl' lon^ time he Imre, 
 I'liysiciuiis nil in vain. 
 
 (J^annor. 
 
 Peter Gaynor. 
 
 Martha, widow of Peter (Jaynor, died in 1817, aged U8 years. 
 
 In Remembrance of Ann, wife of James Gaynor, who died ou 
 the 28'" Aug', 1820, aged 55 years. 
 
 A life of niueh attraetion was closed to our l)eloved by a peaceful death, and an en- 
 trance into the rest that reutaineth for the ;< opie of (led. 
 
 At eventid* ii shall be light. 
 
 In Remembrance of James Gaynor, Who departed this life on 
 the 19'" January, 1823, aged 71 years. 
 
 He died with trembling hope in Iliiu who eame to seek and to save that which was lost. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of William J. Gaynor, Avho departed this 
 life March 18'", 1824, aged 81 years. Also William Joseph, son of 
 AVilliam and Mary Ann Gaynor, who died Oct. 27, 1824, aged 1 
 year and 8 months. 
 
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 Nasser. 
 
 In Memory of John rhilip (ras/^er, s-on of John and Mary Cath- 
 erine Gasser, who departed thw lite July the 7, 17!>1, aged 22 years, 
 
 •> niO , and 1 Uay. Ktnu'inlM'r, niun, UK you piifis l>y, 
 
 ^ As ymi arc now, so once was I, 
 
 As I uiii now, so nuiHt you )«', 
 I'roiiare tor death, ami t'ollnw niu. 
 
 Sacred to the meni(jry of David Gahel, He'^', who was horn in 
 Frankfort-on-thc-Main, and died April 10, 1816, in the 88 year of 
 
 his age. 
 
 lie's left {liis world of >;rli'f and pain 
 With a full ho|»' of >{lory to attain. 
 
 (ptttrrison. 
 
 In Memory of Nathan Garrison, who departed this life suddenly, 
 February 18'", 1817, In the 39'" year of his age. Also of Henry 
 I^dwin, who died 2()*" June, 1831, aged 7 months; William Henry, 
 who died 18"' August, 1835, aged 3 yeai-s; Charlotte Louisa, who 
 died 27 October, 1835, aged 18 months; t^ E\ha Ann, who died 1" 
 October, 1838, aged 18 months. Children of George A. & Char- 
 lotte L. Garrison. 
 
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 Sacred to the Memory of Robert Gibb, a native of Aberdeen- 
 shire, Scotland, who died March 20'", 1822, aged 39 years. Also, 
 Elizabeth, his daughter, who died Aug' 11, 1819, aged 9 months, 
 and David, his son, who died July 30'", 1822, aged 9 months. 
 
 On the llth of March Mr. Gibb left his residence, Duke street, for liis farm at Dlack 
 River. Not reaching there, his friends made a search, and on the following Monday he was 
 foi;nd a sliort distance from the road in i sitting posture against a tree. His dog, which 
 followed him, had placed itself between his legs, subsisting on the bark of trees, which the 
 faithfiil animal was seen gnawing at the time of the discovery of his master. Mr. Gibb 
 left several sons, one of whom, Robert, was drowned, with Benjamin Dudnee, by the 
 capsizing of a boat at Boar's Head, October 24th, 1824, coming from a launch ou the Ken- 
 nebeccasis. 
 
 ([Mllics. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Sarah, wife of Samuel Gillies, who died 
 Dec"" 17, 1834, aged 47 years, Leaving a Husband and seven 
 children to mourn their loss. 
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 (Gilbert. 
 Sacred to the Memory of Francis Gilbert, Naval Officer, of this 
 Province ; also, Sophia Wallace, his wife, and Susan, their daughter. 
 
 When they died the poor lost friends. 
 Father-in-law of Caleb Ward and Lauchlan Donaldson. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of William Gilbert, who departed this 
 life 28 September, 1828, aged 3() yeai-s. Also Margaret Ann, 
 daughter of Charles & Margaret Brown, who departed this life 
 October 5, 1886, aged fi weeks. 
 
 (!?tol^Bmitl). * 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Henry Goldsmith, Esq , an A|^is'' 
 Comm^-Gen', who was born in Athlone, Ireland, and died June 6, 
 A. D. 18il, aged 56 years.* 
 
 He discharged the several duties of Husband, Patriot, Friend, with alfection, Tender- 
 ness, and sineerity, and was firmly attached to his Kiiig and Country, which he served 
 many yeajs with Zeai and fidelity. He lived resijcoted and died lamented. May his 
 Creator receive liis spirit into the mansions of Bliss. 
 
 (!3obsoiM. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Godsow, who departed this life 
 Aug' 16, 1824, aged 30 years. 
 
 My glass is run, my days an; spent, 
 My life is gone, it was but lent ; 
 And as I am, so must you be, 
 Therefore prepare to follow me. 
 
 Thi,< stone was erected by Ann, his wife. 
 
 * At the " EaM gate," under the shadow of St. John's Presbyterian Church — " The church 
 that tops the neighboring liill!" — a tree was plant»'d by li. B. Humnhrey to Oliver Gold- 
 smith. Henry Goldsmith, w';o. • s stated on his tonil>stone, was a native of Athlone, 
 Ireland, was Assistant Commissary-General in this city for many years, and died and 
 was buried here. A son of this Henry Goldsmith, Oliver by name (called after bis great 
 relative), resided for many years in St. John, and Mas also connected with tlie Com- 
 missary Department. He took a very warm interest in Freemasonry, and for ^■everal 
 years was W. M. of Albion l^odge, and to this day is remembered as a very " Hiram .\bif " 
 anning the worknun. After removing from hen; to Hong Kong, W. B:o. Gliv;r Gol<l- 
 smith sent Albion Lodge a set of solid silver Lodge jewels. Upon recvipt i>f intelligenct' 
 of W. Bro. (toldsniith's death, which occurred some twenty years ago. Past <irand 
 Master P L. Petors, then W. M. of Allii m Lodge, held a "Lodge of Sorrow," wlilch 
 will be remembered by some of the old craftsmen, it being a ceremony that has seldom 
 been performed here. 
 
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 Sacred to the Memory of William Godsoe, who departed this 
 life the lO'" February, 1880, aged 86 years. Also, Huldah, wife of 
 William Godsoe, who departed this life the 9"' January, 1828, aged 
 H6 years. 
 
 VVillium (iodsoc, for many years Hi(<li Constable. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Jessie Amelia Godsoe, died March 1(1, 
 1886, aged 11 years & 8 months. Also, Nathan Herbert, died 
 April 26, 1886, aged 4 years & 6 rnonths ; Daughter & Son of 
 Nathan & Mary Godsoe. 
 
 Neither yontli nor innofcneo could save 
 These children from the inAilable ^rave; 
 But cease your tears, no longer weep, 
 Those Heaven-born eliildren do but sleep. 
 Anon they will awake ajjain 
 And in their Savicuir's arms renuiin. 
 
 In Memory of William, son of Thomas Goggin, Avho departed 
 this life Nov. 6, 1819, aged 3 yeare. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Williaii; P. Grossard, Ma^^ter Mariner, 
 a native <.f Biddeford, England, who departed this life the 28'"'* 
 October, 1825, aged 68 years. 
 
 (i?» raves. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Graves, who departed this 
 life on the IT"" March, 1831, at the mature age of 98 years ; and of 
 Sarah Ann Walker, her daughter. Relict of Michael Walker, 
 Master Mariner, who was lost at sea. She died 7"* March, 1835, 
 aged 18 yeai's. Also, Ann Walker, who died on the 21st January, 
 1837, in the 30'" year of her age ; and John M. L. Walker, Master 
 Mariner, who died by rhlpwreck in S'- Mary's Bay about 24th 
 January, 1840, in the 27"' year of his ag(^ 
 
 Her sons and daughters unite in erecting this frail testinumy of 
 affection to remembrance. 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of James Grundy * a native of Lancashire, 
 England, who departed this life October 8, 1832, aged 35 years. 
 
 ([3ral)am. 
 
 In memory of John Graham, who died July 13, 1834, aged 22 
 years; also, James Graham, who died April 23, 1844, aged 22 
 yeai-s ; also, Alex"" Graham, who died Jau-^- 17, 1845, aged 20 years. 
 
 Cjcimlin. 
 
 Sacred to 'the memory of Elizabeth, Relict of Miles Hamlin, of 
 Passage, Cork, Ireland, who departed this life 5"" of January, 1802, 
 aged 66 years. Also of her daughter Mary Green, who depiTter' 
 this life 5'" February, 1840, aged 77 years. 
 
 €)art. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of James Hart, a native of Scotland, who 
 died May 10, 1813, aged 60 years. 
 
 Qartt. 
 
 In memory of Harris, son of H. A. and D. Hartt, who died on 
 the 22** of August, 1820, aged 14 months. 
 
 ir)arblc. 
 
 In memory of Cornelius Harble, Jun' , son of Cornelius &, 
 Diadema Harble, who Departed this life Aug' 18, 1811, aged 15 
 years. 
 
 *TnE (IRINDY CHARITY. 
 I'lidcr the will, 18H7, of Elizabeth GruDu/, widow of JamoH Griuidy, properties in the 
 t'ity were left ) the Overseers of the Poor, to be distributed to poor persons (not being 
 paupers)''! sums not exceodini^ Five pounds in anyone year, on the recommendation of 
 the pastoi: of any regular church in St. John. The trust is now in the Commissioners of 
 the Alms House. As the properties, since the lire of 1877, inostly vacant, the income in 
 small. Mrs. Cirundy was the daughter of Charles Diitfus, and in 1816 married James 
 Grundy. Tlieir residence was on the north side of Duke, between Germain and I'rince 
 William streets. 
 
 "Write this for a memorial in a hook"—Exodu.i, xvii, 14. 
 "She huth done wliat she eould."— Jfarfc, xiv, 8. 
 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
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 Erected in memory of Elizabeth Hand, who departed this life 
 4*" day of Aug'-, 18 — , aged 68 years. Native of County Mona- 
 ghan, Ireland. 
 
 Cjanforb. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas Hanford Hay, son of Jamas 
 Hay, of New York, who departed this life Nov. 27, 1825, in the 
 tenth ye.ir of his age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas Hanford, Esq""-, who departed 
 this life the IB"" January, 1826, aged 75 years. 
 
 At the time of the great lire, 1877, his residence on Prince William street was known as 
 Stubbs' Hotel ; Thomas Raymond, now of the Koyal, proprietor. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas T. Hanford, who departed this 
 life February 3, 1833, aged 32 yeai-s and 5 months. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of M"- Ann Hrnford, relict of the late 
 Thomas Hanford, who departed this life on the 17"" Nov"", 1837, 
 aged 77 years and 6 monthp. 
 
 ijar^cnbrook. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Catherine Hall, the beloved wife of 
 Abel A. Hardenbrook, who departed this life the 5"" of December, 
 1799, aged 37 years. 
 
 A constant friend, a tender, loving wife, 
 Prudent in all the needful cares of life, 
 Arrested by the cruel hand of dcth, 
 In faith and hope resigned her mortal breath ; 
 Her soul, we trust, doth dwell with God above, 
 And there drinks in the copious springs of love ; 
 Her n»ourning partner and her children dear 
 Krect this stone — her sleeping dust lies here. 
 
 In memory of Abel Hardenbrook, who departed this life Jan^ 
 29, 1814, in the 58t}i year of his age. 
 
 Socred To the memory of Robert Hardenbrook, who departed 
 this life Nov"" 30, 1819, in the 52nd year of his t ge ; also, Margaret, 
 his wife, who departed this life Oct' 29, 1835, aged 50 years. 
 
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 Erected to the menioiy of Mary Ann, wife of John Harden- 
 brook, and daughter of Elijah & Mary Ann Baxter, who departed 
 this life 19th May, 1837, in the 35th year of her age, deeply and 
 sincerely regretted ; also, of their children : John Alfred, aged 17 
 months ; Elijah Baxter, aged — months ; William Gray, aged 4 
 months ; also, Mary Ann Hardenbrook, aged 15 months & 18 days. 
 
 In memory of John Hardiiig, who de^yarted this life Aug' 17"", 
 1810, in the 24th year of his age. 
 
 In memory of William Harding, who Departed this life March 
 24, 1818, in the 78rd year of his age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mary, The wife of Cap* John 
 Hargraves, who died on the lO*** March, 1830, aged 40 years, a 
 native of Lancaster, England. 
 
 Ciatticlb. 
 
 In memory of Nancy, wife of LTriah Hatfield — 
 
 (All the rest illegible.) 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William AV., Son of David and Ann 
 Hatfield, who departed this life on the 6*" of March, 1817, aged 21 
 years, 1 month, 27 days. 
 
 Erected in memory of David Hatfield, Esq"" , Died Dec' 1, 1843, 
 aged 80 years. Ann, his wife, died Sep' 12, 1845, aged 77 years. 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. 
 For half a century Mr. Hatfield was a leading inerchan' )f St. .Tohn. One of his daugh- 
 ters married the late Judge Fislier. Charles R. Hay, late Mayor of St. John, is a grandson 
 of I.r. Hatfield. 
 
 C)atl)cruar}. 
 
 In memory of Ann, wife of Tho' G. Hatheway, and daughter of 
 Joseph Canby, who departed this life the 5'" day of April, 1827, 
 aged 32 years. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Gkound. 
 
 119 
 
 Erected to The memory of John Hay, who departed this life 
 24th December, 1813, aged 45 years ; also his son Henry, aged 8 
 months; and Stephen, his son, who departed this life on the 4*'* May, 
 1836, aged 30 years. 
 
 This stone was erected by Thomas Hay. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas Hay, who died Mar. 16, 1845, 
 aged 47 years. Also, Thomas Pettengell, who died September 10, 
 1828, aged 4 years, 2 months; George Chadwick, who -'ied July 7, 
 1841, aged 8 years, 2 months ; sons of Thomas and Ann Hay. 
 
 Erected by Charles H. Hay. 
 
 Cjawter. 
 
 In memory of William Hayter, who departed this life Feby. 9"', 
 1817, aged 88 years; p,lso, Jane, his wife, who departed this life 
 Jan' 6, 1820, aged 74 years. 
 
 In memory of Conradt Hendricks, ion of Mr. John Hendricks, 
 born near Middletown Point, New Jersey, who departed this life on 
 the 13'" day of July, 1784, aged 46 years. 
 
 Memeiiti homo qui apulverus et in pulverem revertiirus. 
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 In memory of John Hendricks, soii of M'" Conradt Hendricks, 
 who departed this life August 14, 1793, aged 13 years. 
 
 In memory of Sarah Hendricks, daughter of M""- Conradt 
 Hendricks, who departed this life Anno Domini 1795, July the 29"*, 
 in the 20th year of her age. 
 
 C)eU)itt. 
 
 In memory of Barbara, wife of M""- William Hewitt, who died 
 the 14"* of January, 1830, aged 43 years. 
 
 My liope is in God. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 Cjcrrington. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mary, wife of Benjamin Herrington, 
 and daughter of Samuel and Phcebe Green, of New Port, Nova 
 Scotia, who departed this life on the 30'" April, 1832, in the 31" 
 year of her age, leaving a disconsolate husband and 5 small children 
 to mourn the loss of an affectionate wife and indulgent mother ; 
 also, of her daughter, Mary Ann, died 15"' February, 1831. aged 3 
 years, 18 months; also, her daughter, Mary Ann, died 9th March^ 
 183—. 
 
 (Foot of this stone illegible.) 
 
 Cjcracn. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Hersey, who departed thi& 
 life May 1"^, 1831, aged 79 years. 
 
 ficigan. 
 
 In memory of James Hogan, who departed this life July 13, 
 183^, In the 62* year of his age ; also, of his wife, Sidney Bolton, 
 who departed this life Sep""' 26, 1833, in the 60th year of her age ; 
 also, of their daughter, Sidney Hogan, who departed this life 
 January 19, 1819, aged three years. 
 
 This stone was erected as a tribute of parental affection and 
 brotherly love by John Hogan. 
 
 ijohnan. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Holman, Sen'-, who departed this 
 life Sept' 27, 1834, aged 57 years. 
 
 Cjolmcs. 
 
 Sacred to the memor)'^ of John Tho. Holmes, infant son of John 
 and Susan Holmes, Royal Artillery, who was drowned on the 30 
 July, 1835, aged 2 years, 2 months. 
 
 Early he crossed Death's narrow stream 
 
 To join the Angels' heavenly choir, 
 Where Hallelujahs is the theme 
 
 Which heavenly joys inspire. 
 
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Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 121 
 
 Cjumbcrt. 
 
 Died, Martha, wife of Stephen Humbert, April 22^ 1818, in 
 the 50"' year of her age. 
 
 " She looked well to the ways of her household, and ate not the bread of idleness. Her 
 children arise uj) and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her."— Prw. 
 31 Chap., 27 & 28 vs. 
 
 f^utcl)inson. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Eliza, daughter of William & Sarah 
 Hutchinson, who departed this life (in the 30'" day of August, 1831^ 
 aged 19 years; also, James L. Hutchinson, their son, who departed 
 this life on the 14 day of January, 1834, aged 23 years. 
 
 ©ugl)san. 
 
 Erected to the memory of Sarah, wife of Joshua Hughson, who 
 deported this life on the 29"* May, 1829, in the 53"* year of her age; 
 and Ann, wife of Arthur Richards, and daughter of Joshua and 
 Sarah Hughson, who departed this life on the 21"' January, 1827, in 
 the 28th year of her age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Hennetta, wife of William Hughson, 
 who departed this life on the 30'" November, 1829, in the 34th year 
 of her age ; and James Hughson, Master Mariner, and son of 
 Joshua and Sarah Hughson, who departed this life on the 25th 
 April, 1829, in the 28'" year of his age. 
 
 5^utigl)uc. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Edward Fitzherbert, infant son of 
 Samuel and Isabel Huyghue, who departed this life on the 19 
 October, 1842, aged 18 months. 
 
 Jesus said; "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such 
 is the Kingdom of Heaven. " 
 
 Sunt. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of Alfred, Fourth son of Thomas & Lois 
 Hunt, of Hopewell, who departed this life October 27, 1840, aged 
 
 ^4 yeai'S. in Hfe and death deplored. 
 
 The moulding body lies, 
 Till the new Heaven and Earth restored 
 Shall raise him to the Skies. 
 
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 James. 
 
 In memory of Robert James, who died April 29'^ 1842, in the 
 
 73* year of his age. My flesh also shall rest In hope. 
 
 Jacobus. 
 
 In memory of Rachel Jacobus, who departed this life on the 
 •28* of Oct'-, 1807, aged 69 years. 
 
 Hear what the Voice from Heaven declares 
 
 To those in Christ who die, 
 Relieved from all their earlhly cares 
 
 To reign with him on high. 
 
 Jol)nson. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Jane, wife of Sydney P. Johnson, who 
 .departed this life on the 13"' March, 1831, in the 30"" year of her age. 
 
 Blessed are me dead who die in the Lord. 
 
 Joljnstcin. 
 
 In memory of Margaret Johnston, who died Aug' 3, 1847, JR. 
 62; a native of Sligo, Ireland. Also, her daughter, Eliza, who died 
 April 28'\ 1847, JE. 22 years. 
 
 Erected by Thomas Henderson. 
 
 ilubson. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Abel, son of Chapman and Mary 
 Judson, who was drowned Nov. 5, 1812, aged 23 yeare & 6 months. 
 
 Tho' Boreas' blasts and Neptune's waves 
 
 Have tost me to and fro, 
 Now I'm escaped from all their rage, 
 
 And anchored here below, 
 ^iilely I ride in triumph here 
 
 With many of our fleet, 
 Till hi;^nals call to weigh. 
 
 Our Admiral, Christ, to meet. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Chapman Judson, who departed this 
 life Jan^ 28th, 1817, in the 60'*' year of his age. 
 
 Master Carpenter of the Ordnance Department, and one of the officers of St. John's 
 Lodge, No. 2, at its organization, 1802. He was interred with Masonic honors. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 123 
 
 lorbon. 
 
 Sally, daughter of John and Margaret Jordan, died 29th July, 
 1816, aged 2 years. 
 
 Katie. 
 
 In memory of John Kaye, who departed this life August 28, 
 1815, aged 30 yeai-s and 10 months. 
 
 His widow married, January 1st, 1816, Robert Ray, whose first wife died August 27tli, 
 1815. No stone marks lier grave. 
 
 Kan. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Rebecca, wife of Charles Kay, who 
 depi\rted this life April 27, 1839, aged 35 years; also, their two 
 infant Children, Maria Jane, aged 1 year 9 months; and Rebecca 
 Jane, aged 9 months. 
 
 Kennebg. 
 
 In memory of Neil Kennedy, who departed this life on the fii-st 
 day of April, 1820, aged 54 years. 
 
 Kent. 
 
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 In memory of Stephen Kent, who departed this life on the 12 
 September, 1828, in the 80"" year of his age. 
 
 Grandfather of Stephen Kent Foster. 
 
 Kelln. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of James Culluiu Kelly, lute of His 
 Majesty's Customs, who died January 29'*', 1831 ; also, in memory 
 of Noblett Johnson Kelly, the fourth daughter of J. C. Kelly, who 
 died March 28, 1834; also, in memory of Isabella Gordon Kelly, 
 the fifth daughter of J. C. Kelly, who died June 18•^ 1844, 
 
 Their end was peace. 
 
 Kinnear. 
 
 Sacred to The Memory of Eliza Kinnear, 4'" daughter of 
 Andrew Kinnear, Esquire. Born 5th October, 1806, Died 29th 
 August, 1823. 
 
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 In memory of Letitia, relict of the late Andrew Kinnear, 
 Esquire. Bom at Litterkenny, County of Donegal, Ireland. 
 
 Andrew Kinnear, of the CuniniisHariut Pe|iurtnient, died in ■Westmorland, 1818, apted 67 
 years. William B., Francis, J()Iin,an(l Harrison Kinnear were sons. One (tf liis daughters 
 married F. C. Frith, of Ordiianee I)eiiartnient. 
 
 King. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Agnen, wife of George King, who 
 departed this life December 23'', 1831, in the 24th year of her age. 
 Aiso, of Ann King, his sister, who departed this life, March the 14*'' 
 1832, in the 32nd year of her age. 
 
 "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, 
 that they may rest from their lat)our8; and their worlcs do follow them." 
 
 linig!)t. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Charlotte A. N., wife of Solomon S. 
 Knight, and youngest daughter of Jasper Stymest, Esq""', who 
 departed this life the 20'" of January, 1828, in the 28'" year of her 
 age. Also, her children, Frances Ann, who died the 18 of April, 
 1826, aged 3 years and 4 months ; Catherine Hutchison, 20'" Oct., 
 1823, aged 11 months 9 days; and David Stan wood on the 20 Ocf, 
 1825, aged 13 months & 2 days. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mary, wife of Benjamin T. Knight, and 
 eldest daughtc of Thomas and Charlotte Miles, who departed this 
 life 11 January, 1841, In the 21" year of her age, much and 
 deservedly regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends. Also 
 of Thomas D. Knight, who died aged 1 month and 6 days. 
 
 Thomas Miles died 31st July, 1821, in his 72nd year. His wife, Charlotte, died at the 
 age of 93 years. Grandparents of J, C. F. Miles. 
 
 Kuutton. 
 
 In memory of John Knutton, Esq"^*, who was born Barmsley, 
 Yorkshire, England, and was for many years a merchant in this 
 city ; who departed this life 28 July, 1827, aged 85 years. 
 
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 In niemory of Mar},mret Knutton, a native of Paisley, Scotland, 
 and widow of the late John Knutton, Es(i' , who departed this life 
 the 23 AugS 1829, aged 72. 
 
 Can stcirit'd urn, or )uiiiuat*>(l ))\i.st, 
 
 Hack to its mansion call tlu- fifetiiiK lireath? 
 Can honour's voi(!c i)rovoki' the silent dust, 
 
 Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? 
 
 Mrs. Kniittun, at her niarriani', 1«02, was the widow of David Blair, who died 1708, 
 Her grave is between her two husbands, 
 
 Caturcncc. 
 
 In niemory of Bathsheha, wife of Richard Lawrence, who died 
 July 24, 1808, in the 38 year of her age. Also, her two twin 
 Daughters, Jane & Caroline, who were inter'd in the same Grave ; 
 y\\\o died in their infancy. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mary, wife of Alexander Lawrence, 
 who departed this life 29 March, 1832, aged 42 years ; and of their 
 daughter Mary E., who died Dec"" 3, 1830, aged 9 years. Also their 
 son, William Duncan, Born April 29'", 1829, Died March lo'", 1834. 
 
 Caniton. 
 
 Sacred to The memory of M" Sarah Lawtcn, wife of M"" James 
 Lawton, who departed this life December 28, 1836, Aged 25 years. 
 Also, their infant son Charles Lawton, who died 21 August, 1833, 
 Aged 11 months 15 days. 
 
 Sarah Lee. 
 
 £eoigctt. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of M'- David Dennison Leggett, who 
 departed this life in full assurance of a happy immortality, <> 
 October, 1831, aged 32 yeai-s. 
 
 Pause, Stranger, droj) one tributary tear, * 
 
 For know that worth and genius slumber here. 
 
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 CotJctt. 
 
 In memory of Sally, wife of Daniel Lovett, who departed this 
 life Dec. H, 1801. . 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Cap' Daniel Lovetl, who departed this 
 life on the Ifi'" February, 1833, in the 80'" year of his age. Also, 
 Cap' Daniel Lovett, eldest son of Daniel & Sally Lovett, who died 
 in the Island of Antigua, on the 1')'" May, 1820, in Hie 30'" year of 
 his age. 
 
 Corain. 
 
 Here lies the body, William Lorain, born nigh Lockerby, in 
 Scotland, and died the 3 day of January, 1804, in the 33 year of 
 his age. 
 
 Ht'sided in Porthiiul. Had a liim- kiln uvar St. Luke's Cliurfh. 
 
 Ue illaistrc. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Le Maistre, son of Philip ^, 
 Kachel Le Maistre, who departed this life October 21"', 1830, f 
 10 years. 8 months, and 1 day. 
 
 But J«'MUH fiiiil: "Stittif'r little chil<lrtMi to fonic unto nu>, nn<1 forbid tlieni not, for of 
 8'U'h is the Kingdom of Heaven." 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Frances, daughter of Thomas Duncan, 
 Esquire, and relict of the Hon'' George D. Ludlow, late Chief Justice 
 of this Province ; who died in this city on the 16 Ocf , 1825, in the 
 87 year of her age. „ 
 
 At her death, was living with her son*in-lu\v, Hon. John Hobinson, Mayor of St. John. 
 
 Cniubuni. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of William Lymburn, of Paisley 
 Scotland, who departed this life March 10'", 1827, aged 27 years. 
 
 illailain. 
 
 In memory of Harriet Amy, Daught' of Daniel and Jerushah 
 Mailain, Avho departed this life 29'" of April, 1816, aged 3 years, 8 
 mo" , and 3 days. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Buptal-Ground. 127 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mary Mackie, who departed thiw life 
 22** September, 1843, aged ()4 yearn. Also, to the memory of 
 Pamelia Hanford, who departed this life April 25"', 1844, aged 00 
 years. 
 
 lUallar^. 
 
 In Memory of Thomas Mallard, son of Richard Mallard, Born 
 in the City of Leicester, old England, who departed this Life March 
 2"), anno Domini MDCCXCIII, aged 40 years and six njonths. 
 
 In Memory of Mary Mallard, aged 41, died the 18 March, 1820. 
 
 lllaiioiibauks. 
 
 In Memory of Mary Edward, Spouse of Thonms Marjoribanks,. 
 who departed this life the 2i)"' Anj.'-ust, 1788, aged 50 years. 
 
 In memory of Tlumias Maijoribanks, who departed this life on 
 the 13'" day of June, 1793, ageil 60 years. 
 
 IFcre lies t\\v loving liUHhaiurH dear r»'inaiii.s, 
 The tondor father, and tlie generous friend, 
 The pitying heart tliut felt for human woes. 
 The dauntless* heart that feared no liunian pride, 
 The friend of man, to vice alone a foe. 
 
 iUajor. 
 
 In memory of Isabella Major, who departed this life on the 11"* 
 day of October, 18 — , aged 28 years. Also, Isabella, infant daugh- 
 ter of William and Isabella Major, who departed this life on the 
 20*" day of Ocf, 1833, aged 15 days. Also, Emma Isabella, eldest 
 daughter of William and Isabella Major, who departed this life on 
 the 4"' January, 1834, aged 5 years, 11 months. Also, John Major,, 
 only son of William and Isabella Major, who departed this life on 
 the 2^ May, 1834, aged 5 years, 5 months. 
 
 illarlai). 
 
 Lieutenant T. G. Marlay, of the Royal Artillery, died the 21''*- 
 May, 1837, aged 27 years. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 lUarsl)all. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mary Jane Marshall, wlio depurted this 
 life July 11, 1839, aged 1 year and 2 months. Also, Robert Mar- 
 shall, who departed this life May 12, 1842, aged 1 year and o 
 months. Children of Josiah and Maria Marshall, Natives of the 
 Countv Tyrone, Ireland. 
 
 illattl)ca). 
 
 Memoriiil of George Matthew, Harbour Master of this Port, 
 and a native of Dundee, Scotland, who died on the 27'" of April, 
 1832, aged 83 years. Also his wife, Jane, daughter of Miles and 
 Elizabeth Hamlin, of Passage, Ireland, who departed in peaca, 
 much and deservedly lamented, on the 21" October, 1841, aged 80 
 years. 
 
 In memory of David Matthew, who died at Carthageua, in 
 Republic of Columbia, Central America, on the 10'" September, 
 1825, aged 47 yeai-s. Also of David, son of David and Elizabeth 
 Matthew, who was lost by the stranding of the Brig Volante, in a 
 gale of wind, on the coast of Nova Scotia, the 22"* of December, 
 
 1831, aged 22 years. Their bodies rc»t far hence. 
 
 fUcrritt. 
 
 Here Rest the mortal remains of Caleb Merritt, who was born 
 in the State of New York, and emigrated to this Province 1783. 
 Obit. 5 August, 1821, in the 58 year of his age. 
 
 Resided on King street, second lot helow Cross street. Step-l'nther of Moses II. Perley. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Israel JMerritt, a native of New York. 
 He was one of the early settlers in this Province. He died on the 
 4'" day April, A. D. 1826, aged 57 years. Also, Robert, Merritt, 
 his son, who died on the 11"' day of September, A. D. 1822, aged 
 6 years. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 129 
 
 In memory of Thomas Merritt, born April 12, 172!), died March 
 23, 1821, aged 91 yeai-s, 11 months, and 11 days. 
 
 A Parental Tribute to the memory of Thomas Gray Merritt, 
 who died Dec'"- 19^ 1832, aged 18 months; and of Sarah Maria 
 Merritt, who died March 3, 1833, aged 2 months, Infant children of 
 Thomas M'^rritt. 
 
 But Josus called thoiu unto liini und said: "Sud'cr litfk' childien to conii' unto niu, 
 and forbid tlicnn not, for of suoli is tho Kingdom of (i;)d." 
 
 Sacred to The memory of Fanny C/ornwall, Consort of David 
 Merritt, and daughter of William H. Smith, Surgeon, who departed 
 this life June 9, 1838. aged 30 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of David Merritt, late of this City, and 
 for many years a Respectable Merchant, born November 28, 17()4, 
 died June 14'", 1828, aged 63 yeai-s, 6 months, and 17 days. 
 
 In the Memory of Mary, Relict of tlie late David Merritt, de- 
 ceased, who died on the 20'" April, 1842, In the 72** year of her age. 
 
 The moniory of the Just is blessed. — Prov. \. chap., 7 verse. 
 
 lUclick. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William Melick,.who died on the 27'" 
 day of April, 1808, aged oo years. Also, his wife, Zeruiah, who 
 died May C", 1847, aged 79 years; And their son, David, died 
 August 19'", 1797, aged 7 months ; and their daughter, Mrs. Sarah 
 Reed, Died December 7, 1845, aged 50 yeai-s; also, their son, 
 William G. Melick, died August 6'", 1834, aged 35 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William B. Melick, who departed this 
 life June 21, 1832, aged 38 yeai-s. 
 
 Wl»ereas ye know not what shall 1)0 on tlie morrow, for what is your life, it is now 
 
 that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 
 
 In Memory of George, son of John & Mary Melick, who de- 
 parted this life Oct. 14, 1819, aged 6 years, one month, and 11 days. 
 
 Happy child, thy days are ended. 
 
 For six years artliction bore; , 
 
 Now to (iod thou hast ascended 
 
 To be with Christ for evermore. 
 
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 130 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 Sacred to the memor of Deborah, wife of James G. Melick, 
 and daughter of Daniel & M^ry Smith, who departed this life on 
 the 2 October, 1827, in the 22 year of her age. Also, her infant 
 son, Daniel James, aged 2 days. 
 
 To the memory of Mary, wife of W""' B. Melick, who dej)arted 
 this life on the IT'*" August, 1827, in the 28*'' year of her age. Also, 
 George, her infant son, who departed this life Sepf- 6, 1827, aged 4 
 weeks. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Bowes Mein, 7"" son of J. A. & E. M. 
 Mein, who departed this life 2 August, 1821, aged 10 weeks. 
 
 lUciccr. 
 
 In memory of William Mercer, son of John and Ann Mercer, 
 who died on the 12 April, 1827, aged 19 years. Also, George P. R., 
 who died the 25 April, 1827, aged 14 months ; also, Robert, who 
 died August 14*'', 1821, aged 1 month. 
 
 iUilcs. 
 
 In memory of Abigail, wife of Samuel Miles, who departed this 
 life Aug' 20, 1795, aged 35 years, 1 month & 25 days. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Samuel Miles, Jun*"-, who departed this 
 life 23 July, 1821, aged 33 years. Sincerely regretted by friends 
 and relatives. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Samuel Miles, late merchant of this 
 city, who died 18 Nov""', 1821, aged 81 years. 
 
 Stranger, pause awhile, and view the last earthly tenement of an honest man. 
 
 iHillcr. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of James Miller, a native of County 
 Down, Ireland ; Died Nov. 10, 1838, aged 45 years. Also, his son, 
 Hugh Miller, who died June 11, 1836, aged 2 years. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
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 In memory of M"- Sarah Miller, wife of James Miller, who de- 
 parted this Life July the 27"', 1791, aged 22 years. « 
 
 Sucred To the memory of James Miller, who departed this Life 
 Nov. 17, 1810, in the 45'" year of his age. 
 
 lllillioian. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Milligan, Architect and Civil 
 Engineer, a native of Dumfries-shire, Scotland, Avho departed this 
 life May 1"', 1821, aged 47 years. Universally esteemed by all who 
 knew him, as an affectionate Husband and Tender Parent, and a 
 sincere friend. 
 
 As a token of Filial respect this monument was erected by his 
 son John. 
 
 The tomb was repaired, 1883, by (jilbcrt Murdodi, a brother Scotchman. 
 
 lUocin. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Moon, who departed this life 
 January 17, in the year of Our Lord 1825. 
 
 illooif. 
 
 In memory of Ann Maria, an infant, who died Aug' 16, 1829; 
 also, Mary Ann, who died July 16'", 1835, aged 6 years and 11 
 months ; also AVilliam, who died on the same day, aged 3 years & 
 11 months; also William Andrew, August 17, 1840, aged 13 mo'-; 
 all children William and Elizabeth Moore. 
 
 Oh who can tell the blessedness 
 
 Of chihlren who in Jesus sleep; 
 They in God's presence sing iiis praise, 
 
 Tho' their fond parents liere may weep. 
 
 Erected in memory of Mary Moore, Avho departed this life July 
 8, 1841, aged 38. 
 
 lUoiTOlU. 
 
 In memory of James Morrow, a native of (bounty Cavan, 
 Ireland, who died July 1, '34, aged 28 years. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
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 To the memory of Charles Morrow, a native of the County 
 Cavan, Ireland, who departed this life on the 14"' day of June, 1842, 
 in the 32** year of his age. Also, James, eldest son of Charles & 
 Elizabeth Morrow, who departed this life on the 15"' day of Nov., 
 1835, aged 2 mo" and 2 day' ; also their youngest son, John, who 
 departed this life on the 15 day of August, 1842, aged 2 months. 
 
 illulliuB. 
 
 In memory of Thomas Mullins, Sen'-, who departed this life 
 March 27, 1799, aged 51 years; and likewise his wife, Prudence 
 Mullins, who departed this life Ocf 5, 1791, aged 34 years. 
 
 O take those tears, mortality's! relief, 
 I'ntil we share your joys forgive our grief; 
 These little rites — a verse, a stone — receive, 
 'Tis all a sou, 'tis all a friend can give. 
 
 illiuuci. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Margaret B. Munro, wife of Alexander 
 Munro, who departed this life October 2, 1826, aged 63 years. 
 
 01 the tender ties 
 Close twisted with the fibres of the heart, 
 Which broken, break them ; and 
 Drain oft' the soul of human joy. 
 And make it pain to live. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Alexander Munro, who departed this 
 life the 27"' of March, 1828, aged 74 years. 
 
 illunaw. 
 
 In memory of Catherine, wife of Rev. William Murray, 
 Wesleyan Missionary, who died Aug 31, 1837, in her 41" year. 
 Also, William Watson, infant son of AV'- & C. Murray, Died Jan^ 
 25'^ 1836, aged 11 months & 16 days. 
 
 So, then, they are gone. 
 But atieetion most true 
 Shall remember the spot 
 Where they are laid. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 133 
 
 illuuu. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ann Tait, wife of the late Dontfld 
 Munn, a native of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, who died Nov"" 
 3, 1834, leaving five children to mourn the loss of an affectionate 
 and kind mother. 
 
 fllc^luleii. 
 
 To the memory of Murdoch McAuley, who departed this life 
 Nov. 17, 1817, aged 28 years and 6 months. 
 
 Beloved and respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He left a wife, 
 by whom this monument is erected, and one beloved child to lament his irreparable loss. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Henry McAddam, who departed this 
 life on the 12'*" of January, 1828, in the 4P' year of his age. Also, 
 seven of his infant children. 
 
 Let sickness blast, let death devour. 
 
 If Heaven must recompense our pains ; 
 Perish the grass and fade the flower 
 
 If tirm the word of God remains. 
 
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 fllc€all. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George McCall, native of Dumfries-shire, 
 North Britain, who departed this life March 23, 1812, In the 78*'' 
 year of his age. Also, Lydia, His wife, who departed this life on 
 the 21" day of November, 1829, aged 90 years. 
 
 Mr. McCall was a Loyalist and a leading merchant of St. John. 
 
 lilc^Dou^ttl. 
 
 Sacred to the memory oi Jane, wife of John McDougal, who 
 died 28 Nov., 1831, aged 22 years. 
 
 iUilDonalb. 
 
 Alexander McDonald, late of Wigtown, North Britain, Mariner, 
 who departed this life on the 24'" December, 1812, aged 35 years. 
 
134 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 
 illciaiiauc. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Margaret, wife of George McFarlane, 
 who died March 24"S 1836, aged 33 years. 
 
 fllcSntnrc. 
 
 Erected to the meniory of John, son of Peter and Martha Mc- 
 Intyre, who died the 11 Jan'', 1832, aged 1 year and 8 months. 
 
 Here lies the Body of Mary McLeod, who was born in the city 
 of Glasgow, North Britain, who departed this life May 19, 1801, in 
 the 67"' year of her age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ann McLeod, Daughter of Alex*"' and 
 EIP McLeod, who depj^-ted this life on the 17'" Dec""-, 1812, Aged 
 15 years, 4 months, and — days. Also of Roderick McLeod, an 
 infant, who died on the 29'" March, 1810, Aged 5 months and 5 days. 
 
 Let sickness blast, let death devour, 
 
 If Heaven but reconii)ense our pains; 
 Perish the grass and fade the flower 
 
 If firm the word of God remains. 
 
 UlcKan. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Rebecca McKay, who came to this 
 Province From Pennsylvania, in the United States of America, 
 A. D. 1783, and died 6'" January, 1839, aged 91 years. 
 
 This stone is placed here by Desire of her son to mark the p^ ce 
 that contains The remains of a kind and affectionate parent. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Duncan McKay, a native of Wick, 
 Scotland, who departed this life Oct. 29, 1834, In the 26 year of his 
 age. 
 
 Erected by a few of his brother shipwrights as a mark of respect 
 for his good character. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Rob* McKenzie, who departed this life 
 July 8'", 1815, aged 55 years. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground.' 
 
 135 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of Robert, son of Angus McKenzie, who 
 died March 9'^ 1831, aged 5 years and two months. Also, Angus, 
 who died December 25'^ 1828, aged 29 days ; and of Robert Angus, 
 aged 4 yeai-s and 7 months. 
 
 Christ is the Resurrection and lift-, 
 
 Believer, therefore, do not fear, 
 Infinite Wisdom directs all events. 
 
 And, at last, it shall so appear. 
 
 illc£can. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Jemima, wife of Geo. McLean, and 
 daughter of Joshua and Sarah Hughson, who departed this life Oct. 
 3, 1821, aged 21 years & 18 days. 
 
 To the memory of James McNinch, who departed this life Oct. 
 14'^ 1838, aged 38 years. 
 
 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the 
 earth; and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall see God, 
 whom I shall see for myself and mine eye shall behold. 
 
 lllc^augl)ton. 
 
 Erected by Capt. Alex. McNaughton as a tribute of affection to 
 his much loved and amiable wife, Elizabeth, who departed this life 
 Dec'- 31, 1843, M. 33 yeai-s. 
 
 illrfllullin. 
 
 In memory of Marjory McMullin, wife of Hugh McMullin, who 
 departed this life 13 Oct., 1812, aged 40 years. 
 
 Here lies the Body of M"- Margaret Newble, wife of M""- James 
 Newble, who departed this Life April the 5'", 1791, aged 45 years. 
 
 Here Margaret Rests, escaped this mortal strife. 
 Above the joys, beyond the woes of life. 
 Blest be the '>ark that wafts us to the shore 
 Where death divided friends shall part no more. 
 To join thee there, here with thy dust repose. 
 Is all the hope thy hapless husband knows. 
 
 Her husband died at St. John, 1821, aged 94 years. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 In memory of Catherine Eliza, daughter of Samuel and 
 Catherine Nichols, who departed this life 9^^ May, 1811, aged 2 yrs. 
 
 8 mo. and 5 days. So fades a dearly blooming flower, 
 
 The Hniiling solace of an hour; 
 So swift our transient comforts fly, 
 And pleasure only bio )ms to die. 
 
 Sacred To The memory of Sophia V. D., The wife of Solomon 
 Nichols, who died June 14'", 1825, aged 23 years. 
 
 Married at New York, 4th March, 1824. 
 
 Sacred To The memory of Solomon Nichols, Esq'*, who departed 
 this life June 20, 1838, in the 46"" year of his age. 
 
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 putting. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Joseph Nutting, who was born in 
 Westminster, London, 28 April, 1758, and died in this city 25 April, 
 1826, in the 68 year of his age. 
 
 At his death, Collector of Taxes, 
 f treets, was erected by him. 
 
 The Brick House, S. E. corner of Germain and Union 
 
 Be ye also ready. Dedicated to the memory of M"- Catherine 
 Oliver, who died the 15'" day of May, 1805, JE. 41, by her disconso- 
 late Husband, William Sanford Oliver. 
 
 Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of William S. Oliver, Esq' •, who departed 
 this life 22'' day of February, 1813, aged 62 years. Greatly beloved 
 and lamented. He lived and died in the practice of doing justice, 
 Loving mercy, and walking humbly before his God. 
 
 Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Amen. 
 
 Married. — Thursday evening, '27th September, 1787, by Rev. George Bisset, Rector St. 
 John, William S. Oliver, Esq., High Slieriff for the City and County of St. John, to the 
 much respected and accomplished widow of Captain Mcuzies, deceased. 
 
 Sheriff Oliver married, for his third wife, Miss Boyd, aunt of Hon. W. Boyd Kinnear. 
 This lady died in 18.50, leaving two daughters. His father was Lieutenant Govern; .»' of 
 Massachusetts. 
 
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 (Dlbrebc. 
 
 This stone is erected as a tribute of parental affection to the 
 memory of a beloved child, William Ridler Oldreive, Son of 
 William and Hannah Oldreive, who departed this life on the 22 day 
 of July, 1839, aged 11 years and 1 month. 
 
 to. «. (D. 
 
 1839. 
 
 (This stone h broken and prostrate.) 
 
 (Dsborn. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of Samuel Osborn, who departed this 
 life June 19, 1835, aged 42; also to Commemorate the Death of hi& 
 wife and Son, Samuel, who was Drowned by the upsetting of a Boat 
 in the Falls near S'- John, August 2, 1838,* 
 
 (Dttn. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Departed worth. This monument is 
 erected by a few of his most intimate Sorrowing friends as their last 
 tribute of respect and of sincere affection to M""- dames Otty, who, 
 after a long and painful illness, died on the 25 day of October, 1839, 
 In the 80''' year of his age. 
 
 He conquered through Christ. 
 Reader, prepare to meet him in a better world. 
 
 *0n Thursday morning, August '2ni\ 18:{8, a party of twenty-five, mostly women and 
 children, principally of the Town of Portland, started in a boat to go up the River to 
 pick berries. When rowing through the Falls, between five and Ax o'clock, the boat struck 
 on Hunt's Rock, then under water. The tide running rapidly up at the time, she imme- 
 diately swung round and capsized, throwing all on board into the water. Of the twenty- 
 five on board only six were able to reach the shore — Sampson Manaton, Richard Heans- 
 and son, William Young, James Murray, and John Trennaman (three youths). Those lost 
 were Mrs. Heans and <ive children, Mrs. Manaton and four children, Mrs. Trennaman and 
 daughter, Mrs. Osborn and son. Miss Hale, Miss Adams, Miss King, and Thomas Stevenson. 
 Of all the casualties in the Falls from St. John's Day, 24th June, 1604, when DeMonts passed 
 through, there is no record of any so sad as the one mentioned abf)ve. Of it, John Tren- 
 naman, Sampson Manaton, and Richard Heans could .say: " Is it nothing to you, all ye 
 that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done 
 unto me, wherewith the Lord hath affiicted me." — LamenhUions, »., V2, 
 
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 Loyalists' Centknnial Souvenir. 
 
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 Parker. 
 
 In memory of Robert Parker, Esquire, who, from the first settle- 
 ment of this Province, Held the office of store-keeper of His 
 Majesty's Ordnance and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs at 
 this place, The Duties of which he Firndy and honourably dis- 
 charged. He Died July, 1823, aged 73 years. 
 
 At the tree |)lautiiiK, 18,s:i, in the Ohl Rurial-dround, Dr. Parker, of St. Andrews, dedi- 
 cated one to his grandfather. It was a scion from the old willows on the Carman estate, 
 Musquash, brought from Nfw York in 1783 by Richard Carman.* 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Helen Rebecca Parker, born February 
 16'", 1830, died December 20'", 1 836 ; and of Stanley Davenport 
 Parker, Born March 13"', 1834, died November 28'", 1838; 
 children of the Honourable Neville Parker. 
 
 |)artclcitti. 
 
 In memory of Margaret, wife of Jehiel Partelow, who departed 
 this life 13'" March, 1819, in the 65'" year of her age. 
 
 This stone is erected by her children in respect to a tender and 
 affectionate Parent. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Anne, wife of Henry T. Partelow, who 
 departed this life at Annapolis, N. S., on Sunday the 19'" day of 
 July, 1835, in the 30'" year of her age. Also, Annie, daughter of 
 Henry T. Partelow, who departed this life on Friday, the 30'" 
 October, aged 5 months and 5 days. 
 
 In memory of Richard Partelow, who departed this life March 
 12, 1800, In the 98 year of his age. 
 
 In memory of Mathew, son of Mathew and Althea Partelow, 
 who died April 11, 1793, aged 10 yeai-s, 8 mo., 20 days. 
 
 In memory of Althea, wife of Mathew Partelow, who departed 
 this life Nov. 30, 1795, aged 43 yeai-s, 7 months. 
 
 * A tree was planted to Richard Carman, who died at Musquash, 1817, aged 60 years, by 
 Miss Fanny, Miss Florence, and Master Henry Carman, 
 
Inscript'.ons from the Old Burial-Grouxd. 
 
 139 
 
 In memory of James, son of Mathew and Althea Partelow, wlio 
 died August 30, 1798, aged 1 year, 3 months, and nineteen days. 
 
 J^atulla. 
 
 Here lies the Body of Susannah Patullo, wife of Cap' Robert 
 Putullo, who departed this life the 2' of February, 1801, aged ii'-i 
 years ; who died much lamented, and Through all the days of her 
 life was a good friend to the poor And a loving and virtious wife. 
 
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 Paul. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Paul, a native of Lanark, Scot- 
 land, who departed this life on the 29"* day of April, lS:}:i, in the 
 ■83^ year of his age. 
 
 Mr. Paul was for many years connected with the Ordnance Department. 
 
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 Pcxmic. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of S()])hia, Avife of Rob' Payne, who 
 departed this life January 9'", 1821, aged 25 yeai-s. 
 
 Married. — At Frcdericton, October 24th, 1818, Robert Payne, to Sophia, eldest daugh- 
 ter of Samuel Grosvenor. 
 
 In memory of Ann Peel, wife of Humphrey Peel, wiio departed 
 this life Jan^- 10, 1815, in the 37 year of her age. 
 
 Now I am dead and in my grave, 
 
 And all my bones be rotten, 
 Those lines you may see, remember me 
 
 When I am (juitr forgotten. 
 
 Pcttiiuicll. 
 
 In Memory of Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Pettingell, who departed 
 this life May the 10*", 1815, aged 39 yeai-s. 
 
 In peaceful slumber here I lye, 
 Remote from noise and vanity, 
 'Til the blest mornint; of the just 
 Reanimates my sleeping dust. 
 
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 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 Pcrrn. 
 
 In memory of Captain the Honourable J. H. P(^rry, .SO"' Regi- 
 ment, wlio (lied the M Oct., 1842, a^^ed 1^8 yeai-s. 
 
 This tomb was repaired by the New BniUHwick HiMtorical Society. 
 
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 Under this Stone are j)laced the earthly remains of the Rev*"" 
 George Pidgeon, formerly of Trinity College, Dublin, late Rector 
 in this Parish, and Ecclesiastical Comniissarv in this Province 23 
 years. He died May 0, 1818, aged 57 years. 
 
 Mr. Pidgeon, in I'arly life, wiis iiii oflircr in one of the British UeKinientH. His wife 
 ■was a daugliter of Bishop Inglin, of Novji Scotia. As a condition of marriage, lilco his 
 tirotlicr-in-law, Mr. JIalil>urton, who l)ceanie a distinguished member of the Nova Scotia 
 Bench, lie liad to retire from tlie army. For twenty years Mr. Pidgeon was Rector of 
 Fredericton, and at his deutli liad 1)een f'.nr years Hector of St. John. His wife died at 
 Halifax in 1827. The late George Pidgeon, <>f Stanley, York County, was his nephew. 
 
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 l^irl<tl)ttll. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Robert Allnutt, son of Robert & Sarah 
 Pickthall, who departed this life on the — May, 1835, aged 18 years. 
 
 f^lumincr. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth G., wi^ of Thomas Plummer, and 
 daughter of J. M. Noyes, of New York, who departed this life Jan'' 
 17, 1828, aged 82 years. 
 
 Sweet is the scene where virtue dies, 
 
 When sinks a pious soul to rest, 
 How nuldly beams the closing eyes, 
 
 How gently heaves the expiring breast. 
 
 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, 
 
 Fan'd liy some angel's purple wing; 
 () (Jrave, where is thy victory noM'? 
 
 Invidious Death, where is thy ..ting? 
 
 iJratt. 
 
 In memory of M"- Maria Pratt, who died the 5'" day of July, 
 1816, aged -6 years. 
 
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 JJrice. 
 
 To the memory of And* Jones Trice, son of Thomas and Sundi 
 Price, died Ai)ril 14'", IMIM, aged 11 months. 
 
 prince. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Augusta T., eldest daughter <,f Ann and 
 George Prince, who departed tliis life Jan' 27, 1835, in the tenth 
 year of her age. 
 
 I shall not (He, but livt-. (Itiitel .losus calliMl me Ikiiiio, and .sweetly took nie I'roni a 
 world of trouble. 
 
 Putnam. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of tlie Honourahlc James Putnanj, 
 Esquire, who was appointed a mend)er of His Majesty's Council 
 and a Justice of the Supreme Court in the organization of the 
 Government of this Province, at its original formation, A. D., 
 1784. He had been for manv vears, before the war which termi- 
 nated in the independence of the United States of America, an 
 eminent Barrister-at-Law, and was the last Attorney General 
 under His Majestv in the late Province of Massachusets Bav. 
 He died on the 23** day of October, A. D., 1789, aged 64 years. 
 In this vault* are also deposited the remains of his wife, Elizabeth 
 Putnam, who died on the 2"* day of May, A. D., 1798, aged 60 
 years ; and of his daughter, Elizabeth Knox, who died on the 14"' 
 day of August, A. D., 1787, aged 18 years; and of his grand- 
 daughter, Elizabeth Knox Putnam, who died on the 10'" day of 
 November, A. D., 1784, aged 3 months; and of his son Ebenezer 
 Putnam, Esquire, a merchant m this city, who died on the 3** day 
 of April, A. D., 1798, aged 36 years ; and of his great grand-son, 
 James Putnam, who died on the 13'" day of January, A. D., 1825, 
 
 aged 11 months. vivat post funera virtus. 
 
 *In the Putnam vault the Uev. (Jeorge Bis.set, lirst Rector of St. John, who died in 
 1788, and .Tonathun Sewell, wlio died in 1796, were placed. Mr. Sewell was Attorney General 
 of Massachusetts Kay before James Putnam. He resigned to take the Judgeship of the 
 Court of A' ice-Admiralty. John Millidge Putnam, grandson of Ebene/er, and great-grand- 
 son of Judge Putnam, for over forty years has resided in England. His father, Charles 
 Putnam, Clerk of the Crown, died at Fredericton in 1837. 
 
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 Huslaub. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Purves, son of George and 
 Agnes Ruslancl, who died September the 20'*', 1833, aged 8 months 
 and 10 (hiys. 
 
 Uacorli. 
 
 IN MEMORY OP 
 
 pip:rre darant racord, 
 
 Planter, of the Island of 
 
 St. Lucia, 
 who Departed this life 
 
 18 August, 
 
 in. the year of our Lord 
 
 1821, 
 
 Aged 84 years. 
 
 V\a\). 
 
 In memory of Sarah Rachel, daughter of Martha and Robert 
 Ray, died Feb^' 1, 1822, aged 5 yearn and 6 months. 
 
 In memory of Martha, wife of Robert Ray, who died March 3, 
 1822, in the 30'" year of her age. Also, Henrietta, daughter of 
 Martha and Robert Ray, aged 2 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Abigail, wife of Robert Ray, who 
 departed this life oiv the 16 day of June, 1831, in the 35 year of her 
 age. 
 
 Mrs. Ray was the widow of Capt. Isaac (a^rrisoii, daughter of David Ilatfiekl, and 
 mother of Charles II. Kay, ox-Mayor of St, John. 
 
 Uarimonb. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Charles Raymond, »\'ho departed this 
 life on the 23** of August, 1834, aged 42 years. Deeply regretted 
 by all his reiatives and friends. 
 
 Ucc^. 
 
 James Reed, 
 Uranville. 
 
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 In memory of Margaret, wife of James Keed, who departed this 
 lite 15 September, 1814, aged 50 years. 
 
 I niDuni, 
 Hut lot this inoniiineut recoril 
 My thy fame. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of James Reed, Esquire, who departed 
 this life the 6"' Dec"--, 1820, aged 63 years. 
 
 The benevolenee of his disposition, the warmth of his frieiulship, and the integrity of 
 hib conduct commanded universal respect, and he was followed to the grave with the deep 
 regrets of a large assemhlage of acquaintances and friends. 
 
 At his death he was King's Pilot. lie was father of James, Thonuis, and John Reed. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William Grant, son of Thomas Reed, 
 who died August 26, 1828, aged 9 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William Grant, third son of Thomas 
 Reed, who departed this life on the 25 Oct., 1836, aged — years. 
 Also, Elizabeth — Reed, died 25 Feby., 1839, aged — . 
 
 Uuuv 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Catiierine Eliza, wife of William Jarvis 
 Ring, who, with her infant son, died Nov. 10, 1833, in the 19"' year 
 
 01 her age. uo home, dear friends, and slied no tears, 
 
 1 must lie here till Christ ajjpears; 
 He hath now come, I hope to have 
 A joyful rising from the grave. 
 Sleep on, my hahe, and take diy rest, 
 (lod called fhee h<ime--He thought it best. 
 
 UobiTtsan. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Grace Robertson, spouse of Robert 
 Robertson, Est^'-, a native of the Parish of Little Dunkeld, Perth- 
 shire, Scotland, who departed this life on the 10'" July, 1825, aged 
 47 years. Also, Ann, James, and Grace, he'- children, who died 
 young. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Sarah Upton, wife of James Robertson, 
 Jun*"-, Merchant, of this City, and daughter of Alexander McLeod, 
 Esq.'-, who died 27 October, 1825, aged 27 years. 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the S,,;ri(, that 
 they luay rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. — Rev., xiv. lH. 
 
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 oacred to the nienioiy of James Robertson, Jun''-, a native of 
 Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scothmd, and for many years a respectable 
 Mereliant of this City, Avho died March IT", 1830, In the 37'" year 
 of his age. 
 
 This Monument was erected by a few of his particular friends as 
 a small token of their sincere regard and esteem. 
 
 Uobinson. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory 
 
 Ol'" THIJ 
 
 HON. JOHN ROBINSON, 
 
 lute Mayor of this City, 
 
 and a Member of His Majesty's Council in this Province, 
 
 who died on tlie 8 Oct., 182S. 
 
 During the Revolutionary War in America 
 
 he served as Lieutenant in the Loyal American 
 
 Regiment, raised by his father, Col. Reverly Robinson, 
 
 son of the Hon. John Robinson, 
 
 President of the Province of N'irginia, 
 
 and on the peace of 1788 came to this Province, 
 
 where he married, in 1787, 
 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Chief Justice Ludlow. 
 
 In varimis situations of imhlic life lie was unil'dvniiv distingiiislied l)y uniloviating 
 rcctiiiuU' of lu'int'iplc, onliuliti'iicd intcIlincniT, and lila'rality of conduct; ever tlie lirst to 
 jn'oniotc ai'.y ohjcct of a i)atrii)tic or eliaritable nature, and always evincing the greate.st 
 solicitude for the interests of this(Mty and the Province; while in private life Ite was alike 
 coiisi)icuous for the kindness aii(i benevolence of his disposition, and the superiority of a 
 vigorous and highly cultivated mind. 
 
 In Memory of Edward Simonds, Son of John and Eliza Robin- 
 son, who departed this life on the 27 Marcli, 1831, in the second 
 year of his age. 
 
 Brotlier of >[orris and T. ISarchiy Robinson, grandsons of Antliony Alair.e, of L. A. 
 Keginunit, who married in 171M a daughter of .lames Simonds, of Portland. In 1818 Jolm 
 Roliinson, <d' the Idth liegiment, married J-^iiza, daugliter of (.'apt. Alaire. 
 
 Husscll. 
 
 Erected by Joshua Russell in iiiemory of John Russell, his son, 
 •who died June 23, 1840, aged 19 years. Also, Martin E. Stone, 
 died Sep'- 28, 1840, aged 9 montlis ; Joshua Russell, died also March, 
 5, 1841, aged 4 years • Tereasa, his daughter, April 4, 1842, aged 2 
 yeai-s and one month. 
 
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 Tombs of Hon. John Robinson and Frances Ludlow, Wife of 
 
 Chief Justice Ludlow. 
 
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Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 145 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas Sandall, Esquire, who was 
 born on the 10 Nov., 1785, and died on the 22"* Feby., 1835. 
 
 This stone is erected as a token of love and esteem for a much 
 lamented husband and parent. 
 
 Margaret, daughter of Thomas <fe Catherine Sapdall, who died 
 31 July, 1827, aged 16 years; also, Mary Ann, who died 10"* July, 
 1821, aged 2 yrs. and 4 mo". 
 
 Sancton. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Thomas Sancton, Esquire, a native of 
 Cockermouth, England, For many years Chamberlain of the City 
 and Treasurer of the County of S'' John. Lived respected and died 
 lamented on the 23^ day of February, 1830, aged 72 years. Also, 
 Jane, wife of the above, who died on the 25 day of August, 1821, 
 aged 45 years. Also, John, their eldest son, who died by casualty 
 on the 13"' day of June, 1821, aged 14 years. Also, Margaret Jane, 
 infant daughter of Thomas A. and Margaret A. Sancton, who died 
 on the 9"* day of April, 1833. 
 
 This stone was erected by their children as a testimonial of filial 
 respect. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Margaret Ann, wife of Thomas A. 
 Sancton, who died on the 6 Dec"" , 1838, aged 28 years. Her end 
 was peace. Also, her infant child. 
 
 Happy Soul, thy days are omled, 
 
 All thy raouruiug days below; 
 Go, by Angel guards attended, 
 
 To the sight of Jesus, go I 
 
 Sraninicll. 
 
 In memory of Matilda, Infant daughter of George Scammell, 
 who departed this life Feby. 14, 1834, aged 16 months. 
 
 Scott. 
 
 In Memory of Edward Baliol Scott, son of Captain Scott, Koyal 
 Navy, and Susan, his wife, aged 8 months, A. D. 1825. 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth, daughter of William and 
 Elizabeth Scott, who departed this life 23 September, 1822, aged 
 one year. Also, their son, John, who died the 26 Nov., 1823, aged 
 3 months. Also, their son, William Pitt, who died 1 April, 1829, 
 aged 4 yeai^s and 6 months. 
 
 Erected to the memory of Daniel Scott, Merchant Taylor, of this 
 City, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, who departed this life, aged 
 48 years, May 21st, 1839. 
 
 In his life he adoriieil his prcfession, luirt in the honr of death joyfully testified his 
 Belief in the unconditional and universal (irace of Ciod, 
 
 If grace shall more than sin abound, 
 AVherc, then, shall misery be found? 
 
 5foullar. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Helen, wife of James Scoullar, who 
 died March 4'", 1800, aged 27 years. 
 
 James Scoullar resided on his proi)erty, King street, first below the Royal Hotel. In 
 1825, he erected the brick building known as the Vernon Corner, for his future occupation. 
 The same year he went to New York for his health, and died. His second wife died in 1831, 
 and was interred in the Old Burial Ground. 
 
 On the morning of the 29th of August, 1827, between thirty and forty young persons 
 went in the sloop Shelburne, a party of pleasure, down the harbour. About 4 p. m. a sudden 
 gust of wind struck the sloop, by which, being without ballast, she was nearly upset. 
 About 10 o'clock in the evening, not being able to get in, she came to anchor near the 
 Beacon. Mr. Andrew Scoullak, a young man about 19 years of age, was walking on the 
 quarter deck, his foot tripp'd against a cable, he fell backwards overboard, and though the 
 most prompt assistance was rendered, he sunk to rise no more. Two weeks later, the Brig 
 Xorml, in weighing anchor near the Beacon, brought up the body, which was interred in 
 the Scoullar plot in the Old Burlal-Ground. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 147 
 
 Scouil. 
 
 In memory of Eliza Scovil, wife of William Scovil, daughter of 
 the Rev'' Mather Byles, D. D. Born 9 May, 17H7. Died 13 
 Nov., 1808. >f , . , -11 •*■ • rvr 
 
 ' Modest ana imlu, with innocence of life, 
 
 fSileiit she slionc, the ilaiighter, sister, wife; 
 .lesiis she loved, to liim resigned her l>reath, 
 She saw heaven open, and she smiled In death. 
 
 Mr. Scovil, in 1814, married Annie Davies, a lady from Monmouthshire, Kni?. She. died 
 in 1857, aged 82 years. lie died in 1851, in his 85th year. 
 
 Ocaman. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Seaman, Est^'' , late of Staten 
 Island, Province of New York, deceased. 
 
 In memory of Rebekah, the wife of Thatcher Seal's, who died 
 the 13 of July, 1803, aged 45 yeai*s. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Henry T. Sears, born the 20"' of 
 August, 1793, departed this life February 5, 1818, aged 25 years. 
 Also of James Sears, born the lO"' of June, 1799, departed this life 
 July 14'^ 1825, aged 20 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of M' Thatcher Sears, who departed this 
 life July 9, a. d. 1819. ^Et. 67. 
 
 This monument is erected by his family in esteem for the 
 Christian virtues, and regret for the loss, of a good and beloved 
 
 Parent. " Mors admonuit omnes. " 
 
 Thatcher Sears was a Connecticut Loyalist. He drew a lot in King Street, and on it 
 erected the house in which he resided till his death. The lot is in tlie family to this day. 
 In the great fire of 1877, the brick building on it stopped the progress of the fire in King 
 Street. Mr. Sears was the father of the first child born at Parr Town. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Sears, who died 21'* January, 
 1844, aged 48 years. As a Christian, He did justly, loved mercy, 
 and walked humbly with his God ; as a member of Society, He did 
 unto others as he would they should do unto him. 
 
 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright ; for the end of that man is peace. Those 
 who sleep in Ji sus will God bring with him. 
 
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 Sctuell. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of George Sewell, a native of the City of 
 London, G. B. Born, A. D., 1792, Died 24 April, 1828. 
 
 £il)en•ar^. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Ann L., wife of John Sherrard, who 
 departed this life August 26, 1822, aged 30 years. Also her infant, 
 Margaret, aged 28 days. 
 
 SI)Cirt. 
 
 Sacred to The memory of Elizabeth, The wife of Staff-Surgeon 
 Short, who died Nov' 28, 1824, aged 40 years. 
 
 £il)it)f5. 
 
 In memory of Robert Shives, a native of Peterhead, North 
 Britain, who died 30 December, 1825, aged 36 years. 
 
 Sinclair. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Margaret Boas, wife of John Sinclair, 
 who departed this life February 24, 1821, aged 28 years. Also of 
 John Sinclair, who died September 9'^ 1844, In the 58 year of his 
 age, Perthshire. 
 
 In memory of Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and 
 Elleanor Sinclair, who departed this life December 30, 1833, aged 
 2 years and 6 months. 
 
 Smitl). 
 
 In memory of Mary Ann Smith, daughter of David & Mary 
 Smith, who departed this life 26"* May, 1810, aged 2 years & 6 
 months. 
 
 There is rest in Heaven. 
 
 In memory of Jane, wife of Benjamin Smith, and daughter of 
 Joseph and Ruth Canby, who died July ll'^ 1826, Et. 27. Also 
 two sons: Carrit, died Oct. 2^ Et. — ; Sterling, July 26, 182—. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 149 
 
 Prepare to meet thy God. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth Regan, wife of Benjamin Smith, & 
 youngest daughter of James M. and Elizabeth Fairchild, who die 
 Nov'- 5, 1830, in the 26 year of her age. 
 
 Smooth was her bed of death, 
 
 And fairest gleam of opening bliss 
 
 Shone on her parting spirit. 
 
 Thus fades our hopes of comforts here, 
 
 Our best of friends they disappear. 
 
 Thus fades the joys of earth 
 
 And wither e'er they scarce have birth. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth Brown, wife of William O. Smith, died 
 February 28, 1835, aged 28 years, deeply and sincerely regretted. 
 Also, of their children : Elijah Miles, died September 8"", 1830, aged 
 10 months; William Odber, died May 15, 1831, aged 3 days; 
 William Brunswick, died January 11, 1835, aged 2 years and 3 
 months ; Celia Eliza, died December 30*", 1834, aged 13 months. 
 
 John Wiggins Smith, Master Mariner, who died November 3, 
 1841, aged 70 years. 
 
 Father of late George Washington Smith. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William Howe Smith, Esquire, For 
 many years a Surgeon in this city, who departed this life Oct""' 9, 
 1822, in the 46 year of his age. Also of his son, Elijah Miles 
 Smith, who departed this life September 7"*, 1823, in the 23*^ year of 
 his age ; also of his son, Charles Frederick Smith, who died January 
 24, 1821, aged 8 months ; George Rufus Smith, died July 3, 1837, 
 aged 21 years; Edward Allison Smith, M. D., died March 15^ 1846, 
 
 aged 33 years. Vivat Post Funera Virtus. 
 
 Dr. Wm. Howe Smith was father of William O. Smith, and son of Dr. Nathan Smith. 
 
 Smllcr. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Harriet Eliner, third daughter of 
 Samuel and Cynthia Srailer, who departed this life the 22** day of 
 Feb*-, 1814, aged 18 years, 8 months, and 20 days. 
 
 Life, like a meteor, quickly flies away, 
 ' And morning roses bloom but to decay. 
 
 The )>arents' hope in i>leasing years to come. 
 By death arrested, * * * * 
 
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 In memory of Catherine, wife of Thomas Spence, who departed 
 this life ■Dec'- 11, 1828, in the 20'" year of her age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Nicholas Si)ence, son of Cap'" 
 John Spence, who departed thin life the 14"* day of O^t., 1834, at 
 the age of 1() months. Also, "William, who was unfortunately 
 drowned on the ;>"' day of June, 1840, at the age of 10 years and 9 
 months. 
 
 Stiiinest. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Jasper Stymest, a native of Long 
 Island, State of New York, and for many years a resident in this 
 city; he was born on the 10 Sepf, 1751, and died on the 2* 
 March, 1826 ; also of his wife, Milcah, a native of Peekskill, North 
 River, New York, who was born on the 28** of Septemb'', 17fi2, and 
 died in tliis citv on the 17"' Januarv, 1838; also of their Son, Jessie 
 Stymest, who Avas born in this cit; on the 25 Oct"^, 1803, and 
 unfortunately drowned on his passage to England, Dec' 12, 1828. 
 
 Slirinkiiifi from the cold liniuls of death, 
 
 I too shall KiithiT up my ft't't, 
 Shall soon resign this flouting breath, 
 
 And diu, my father's God to meet. 
 
 Stcnniug. 
 
 In memory of William Stenning, a native of Sussex, England, 
 who departed this life June 20, 1818, aged 36 years. He lived a 
 pattern of Industry, and died Triumj)hing in the llighteousness of 
 him who is Death's Plague and Grave's Victor. 
 
 Mr. Stenninn was one of the founders of the Germain Street Hai)tist Church, and at his 
 death resided on the Market Siiuate. After the tire of 1h:{!I, Ins widow sold the land, with 
 the lot on Colville Hill, for Four Thousand Pounds, to Holdsworth & Daniel. Mrs. Sten- 
 ning, over forty years ago, lost her life ou the Kennebeeasis Iliver, near Millidgeville, from 
 the horses and stage getting in the ice, not being able to get out, from age and portliness. 
 She was a daughter of William Harding. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Henry Stenning, native of Sussex, 
 England, who departed this life 22'* November, 1821. 
 
 This Stone is erected by his Brother-in-Law, Henry E. Davey, 
 as a token of esteem. 
 
 
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 Inscriptions fh' m the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 151 
 
 Stanton. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Bonjamiii Stanton, born June 13, 1755, 
 died March 19, 1823, In tlio 68'" year of his age. Likewise William 
 K., the son of Benjamin <fe Mary Stanton, born July 14, 1702, died 
 November 7. 1822, In the 31^*' N.ar of his a v. 
 
 The fatlii r of Benjuinin Stanton, who was the first inan' tuilil born at Parr Town. He 
 died July I'ith, 184,'., aged 61 years. 
 
 StolUT. 
 
 In memory of Kobort Stober, of the Royal Artillery, who de- 
 parted this life on the 11"' day of August, 1791, aged 32 yeai-s. 
 
 StCUHllt. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of James Stewart, a native of the Countv 
 Antrim, Ireland, who died on the 7 Aug' , 1839, In the 44"' year of 
 his age. Also, his daughter, Roseaiin, who died on the 27 Nov., 
 1837, aged 27 days. 
 
 In memory of Mr. John Stewart, who departed this life July y" 
 9'", 1791, in the 38 year of his age. 
 
 Icitcibci. 
 
 In memory of Allthea, wife of John Stobo, who de})arted this 
 Life Nov. 5, 1786, aged 15 years, 2 months, and 27 days. 
 
 Grand-tlaughtcr of Richard Partelow. Toiub-stonc in Partelow jUot, near Uag-stail'. 
 Her husband died in 17'.)9, aged 35 years. 
 
 Stevens. 
 
 Polly, wife of Samuel Stevens, died Oct" 26'", 1803, MX. 52 ; 
 Lemuel, died Aug'- 3, 1803, aged 4 years, 7 mo.; Eliza Stevens, 
 died Aug'- 22^ 1802, aged 11 mo.; Charles S. Stevens, died Oct. 
 16'", 1803, aged 1 mo. 
 
 Beneath this stone interred dotli lie 
 The subjects of deatli's tyranny. 
 The mother, in this silent tomb, 
 Sleeps with the oH'spring of her womb. 
 Death, with all his malice, shall j.rove vain 
 Wlien motlier and fruit sliall rise again. 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of IVIary Taylor, wife of George Taylor, 
 Juir-, who departed this life Oct. the 25"", in the year of Our Lord 
 1810, in the l})'" year of Her age. 
 
 Daughter of Liiureiu* Foster. 
 
 In memory of Sarah Amelia, daughter (^f Thomas L. and Sarah 
 Ann Taylor, born 19 September, 1837, died 20 September, 1838, 
 aged a year and a day. 
 
 This Stone, erected by John Taylor, marks the Spot where 
 Repose the ashes of His Mother, Ann Taylor, widow of Lieutenant 
 and Adjutant William Taylor, 27"" Regiment foot; Died November 
 7'^ 1832, aged 59 years. 
 
 iil)omas. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of Capt"' Charles Thomas, Avho departed 
 this life 2 December, 1818, aged 73 years. Also Huldah, His Wife, 
 who died 9'" April, 1830, aged 63 yeai"s; also, Joseph Smith, His 
 Son, who died 24 July, 1831, aged 31 years; also, William, His 
 Son, who died 31 May, 1817, aged 13 years. 
 
 C'apt. Thomas, from his conspicuous loyalty, was employed by the British Government 
 in the Marine Service. His boast was, " He never w^avered in his attachment to the crown." 
 
 iLl)oinson. 
 
 In memory of John Thomson, Esquire, a native of S'' Ninians, 
 North Britain, And for many years A merchant in this City, who 
 departed this life July 23, 1825, aged 70 years. 
 
 For seventeen years Chamberlain of St. John. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of William Thomson, Merchant, who died 
 on the 11 March, 1802, in the 57 year of his age. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Isabella Thomson, Relict of William 
 Thomson, Merchant, who died on the 28'^ Oct., 1824, in the 76"* 
 year of her age. Few have died so much prepared, or died more 
 justly mourned. Also, of Isabella Kennedy, her niece, Avho died on 
 the 1 July, 1848, aged 70 years. 
 
 Parents of Annabella Thomson, who died 29th February, 1880, aged 93 years. In 1792, 
 Mr. Thompson presented a bell to Trinity Church. 
 
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 In memory of John Thompson, son of John and Margaret 
 Thompson, who departed this life 27 July, 1831, aged ] year and 8 
 months. 
 
 (tvafton. 
 
 In memory of three beloved and regretted Children of Thomas 
 and Betsy Trafton. Amelia, died Oct. — ,182 — , aged one year 
 and live months; also, Isabella, wife of Thomas F. Langan, died 
 February 18'^ 1838 ; and of George William, who died Aug'- — 
 18 — , aged — years. 
 
 Here lyes the Body of Elizabeth Toole, Daughter of John and 
 Margaret Toole, who departed this life the 16'" August, 1786, aged 
 2 years and 7 months. 
 
 . Babes and sucklings all doth meet 
 
 And lays theniselvos at Christ's feet. 
 
 SACREn 
 
 TO THE "I" MEMORY 
 
 in|ri 
 
 Of Esther Stewart, daughter of John and Margaret Toole, who 
 departed this Life on the 6"* day of June, 1816, in the 26"* year of 
 her age. 
 
 John Toole was one of the Wardens of St. Malachi's Chapel at its opening, 1816. 
 
 Denning. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of John Venning, who departed this life 
 the 2'* of Nov., 1810, aged 40 years. 
 
 No wasting sickness or long lingering pains 
 
 These bodies want to purify their stains; 
 
 Hoping forbearance from impending fate 
 
 And great patience in a Deiith-bed state. 
 
 Heaven found him fit at any time to die, 
 
 And sudden snatched him kindly to his joy. * 
 
 Mr. Venning, while working on the Tower of Trinity Church, fell to the ground, and 
 was instantly killed. His widow died at Woodstock, 1838, aged 70 years. 
 
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 Darlcn. 
 
 oacrecl to the memory of Mark Varley, a native of Kingston- 
 upoii-Hull, Yorkshire, England, wlio departed this life on the 23'^'* 
 May, 1827, aged 72 year . Also, in memory of Jane, wife of Mark 
 Varley, who departed this life on the 3** of March, 1839, aged 77 
 years. 
 
 Parents of Mark Varley, win. died in 1849. 
 
 tiaubusliirk. 
 
 In memory of Mary Hildreth, consort of William Vanbuskirk, 
 who died Nov. S***, 1846, aged 20 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Peter Wade, who departed this life 
 Aug'- 6, 181(), aged oo years. 
 
 (Uan(ifutlier of Dr. Jolm Berrynian, M.I'. 1'., :nul Dr. Daniel Rerryman.* 
 
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 In Memory of Sarah Ann Walsh, who died 15"' January, 1829, 
 
 aged 10 years. 
 
 Ala.sl h:i\v chunked that lovely flow'r 
 Wideh blooin'd and elieer'd my heart. 
 
 Fair fleeting eunifort of an hour, 
 Ilow sor.u we're ealled to part. 
 
 lllalker. 
 
 In memory of Thomas E. Walker, of S' Leonard's, London, 
 who died IH Marcli, 1800, aged 91 yeai-s. Also, His daughter. Eve, 
 wife of Sanuiel Parker, who died 30 June, 1828, aged 03 yeai*>=. 
 
 iDallap. 
 
 In memory of Barton Vrilliam Powlett Wallop, Esquire, Late 
 Naval Ortieer of the Port of Saint John, Born at Southampton, 
 England, Died in January, A. I). 1824, In the 43** year of his age. 
 
 His son, Barton, grandson of John Ward, died in Kngland, 188(), in his 7!)th year. 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-G round. 
 
 lllallace. 
 
 155 
 
 Sacred to the memory of :M" Charlotte Wallace, widow of tlie 
 late Cap'- Alexander Wallace, of this place, who dei)arted this life 
 on the 14 day of July, 1830, aged 49 yeai-s. 
 
 But (lod will re<leeiu niy s )ul from tin- power of the grave, for lu- s liall rcccivp mo. 
 
 IDanton. 
 
 To the Memory of William Wanton, Esq'', late Collector of His 
 Majesty's Customs at the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, which 
 office He filled with Honour and Integrity upwards of Thirty years. 
 He died 80"' ]May, 1 816, aged <S2 years. Much lamented and respected 
 by his friends and a numerous })ul)lic. 
 
 This Tomb was repaired, 1.SH7, by J. 8. MacLaren, Inspector of 
 Customs Ports, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. 
 
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 tDatcrburii. 
 DAVID WATERBURY, SR.; 
 
 Born in Stamford, Conn., 1758, 
 
 Died 
 
 November 18th, 1833. 
 
 
 He was one of the Loyalists of 178o I'rtm Stamford, Conn., was a prominent man in the 
 early days of this oity,— a jmhlic spirit. 'd, gc lial, and respected citizen. AVas Captain of 
 Artillery, retiring with rank of r.iajor, 182;t Was one of the early aldermen, and a vestry- 
 man of Trinity Cluireh. Was Chief Kngincer of the Volunteer Fire Company for many 
 years, and tilled other piihlif positions. Was a prominent Freemason, the second Worship- 
 ful Master of St. .John's Lodge, and first W. Master oi Portland Union Lodge. His 
 ancestors came from lOncluml to America early in KiUO. His son, Juhn C, who is buried in 
 the same lot, was County Treasurer, one of the foiiuders of Grace Church, Portland, and 
 Captain of Artillery Company on the retirement of his father. He diid in 1837, aged 47 
 years. There are other memhcrs of th's fami y Imried here, including the wives of the 
 above. 
 
 lUcbli. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of (Christian Webb, who departed this 
 life April 20, 1817, aged 66 years. 
 
 Farewell, vain world, I know of thee; 
 I'm careless now what e'er thou says't of me. 
 Thy smiles I c(>\int not, neither thy frowns I fear, 
 My cares is gone, my head lies (|uiet here. 
 What fault you knc.v in me, take ciive to shun, 
 And look at home; enough there's to be done. 
 
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Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 157 
 
 tUatcv 
 
 3. 
 
 ffis 
 
 This Stone was erected by Thomas & William AVatei-s, In 
 memory of their beloved wives, Ellen & Mary Watei-s ; Mary, the 
 wife of William, who departed this life October 23, 1821, aged 62 
 years; Ellen, the wife of Thomas, who departed this life April 12, 
 1822, aged 36 years; and their four infant children. 
 
 Eequiescat in pace. Auumi. 
 Daughters of Joliu and Margaret Toole. 
 
 I13flsl). 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth, wife of Robert Welsh, and 
 daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Gardner, who departed this life 
 April 11, 1821, aged 25 years. 
 
 iDllclphj. 
 
 Sacred To the memory of Darling Whelj)ly, Sen' , who departed 
 this life April 21, 1813, in the 75 year of his age. 
 
 llll)itiiuv 
 
 Sacred To the memory of Mary S., wife of David M. Whiting, 
 who died Sepf 25. 1835, aged 43 years; and of their Children, 
 Edwin L., Died 8 June, 1835, aged 11 months; W. C Johnston, 
 who was drowned Dec"^ 11, 1845, ai^ed 21 years. 
 
 llll)itnn). 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Henry, Sally, and Charlotte, the 
 children of Sam. and Ann Whitney. Henry died May 17, 1806, 
 aged 20 yeai-s, 11 mo. & 9 days; Sally, died Sepf 16, 1805, aged 10 
 yeai-s, 5 months & 14 days; Charlotte, died April 25, 1798, aged 11 
 months & 10 days. 
 
 IJeader, pause 1 lu'liold your fate, 
 Death will await you soou or lute; 
 Your (h'urest interest is to luive 
 Your bliss secured beyond the grave. 
 
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 In iiienioiy of G. W. H. Whitney, died 29 May, 1822, aged 
 26 years. Also Elizabetli, died 18 January, 1822, aged ] 8 days, 
 and William, died 0'" July, 1829 ; Children of W"- and Elizabeth 
 Whitney. 
 
 I»l]itl0£lt. 
 
 Js;ne A., daughter of William and Jane Whitlock, wlio de- 
 parted this life April 17, 1807, aged 1 year and 11 months. 
 
 Wm. Whitlock dicil at Sussex, 1821, aged 55 years. At the tree dedication, 1883, Miss 
 Jessie C. Whitlock, of St. Stephen, dedicated one to her great-grandfather, Thomas Whit- 
 lock, who died at St. Jolin, 1~!»2. 
 
 IDiciciins. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Wiggins, who was born on 
 the 6"" day of February, 1781, and departed tiiis life on the 5"" day 
 of January, 1815. 
 
 This Stone is Erected by an afiectionate husband in memory of 
 Sophia Augusta, wife of the Rev. G. L. Wiggins, Rector of West- 
 field, K. C, and daughter of the Hon. Charle.- ' ■ ^rls, of Halifex, 
 who departed this life 12 April, 1827, in the 23 year of her age. 
 
 (Tod shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death nor 
 sorrow, nor crying; neither shall there ho any ntDVO pain, for the former things are passed 
 
 away. 
 
 My l''ather, when that hour shall ciuue 
 
 Thul calls till' CliristiaM lionie, 
 
 Then may I, too, depart in peace. 
 
 Then may 1 have a foretaste given 
 
 Of that eternal rest in Heaven, 
 
 Where sorrow, and sin, and death shall cease. 
 
 How sweet in yon liriglit worlds above 
 
 Will it be to join the friends we love, 
 
 X(i more the parting j>ang to dread, 
 
 But sweeter the Saviour tlniri* to meet 
 
 And east with transport at his feet 
 
 The crown he places on our head. 
 
 Repaired by her nepheAv, Hon. R. D. Wilniot, 1874. 
 
 toilliaius, 
 
 Sacretl to the memory of Anna Maria Williams, witlow of 
 Thomas V/iUiams, Esquire, ate Commissary, Annapolis Royal, N. S. 
 She died June 15, 1823, aged 55 ytai's. 
 
 Thanks be to God which giveth us the Victory, through our Lord Jesus t'hrist. , 
 
 A 
 
Inscriptions from the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 159 
 
 day 
 
 Also, of three grand-children, Thomas Williams, Sophia Wels- 
 ford, William Fenwick, children of Tho'- & Anna Maria Smith. 
 
 ifrs. Williams was the mother of General Williams, the hero of Kars, and grrnd- 
 mother of Capt. H. W^ Chisholm. 
 
 tDiUittinson. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Archibald Williamson, a native of 
 Cambeltown, Argyle-Shire, Scotland, who departed this life Sept' 4. 
 1827, aged 45 yeai-s. 
 
 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he sliall stand in the latter day upon 
 the Earth; and though after lay skin worms destroy this body, yet in my tlesh shall I 
 see God. 
 
 His flesh shall shimber in the groui.ul 
 
 Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, 
 
 Then Imrst the (chains with sweet surprise 
 
 And in his Saviour's image rise. 
 
 His widow, Nellie Williamson, died at New York, after passing her lOOth year. 
 
 minis. 
 
 In the Memory of Ann Martha Willis, wife of the Keverend 
 Robert Willis,* Rector of this Parish, and Ecclesiastical Commis- 
 sary of the Province, and eldest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth 
 Heaviside, who departed this life November 20"', 1821, aged 21 
 years. Deservedly beloved in Life, and lamented in Death. Also, 
 To the memory of Her Father, Thoni :\s Heaviside, who died on the 
 i)'*" Day of July, 1838, In the sixty-fourth year of his age. 
 
 1 would utterly have fainted but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord ii» 
 the land of the living. 
 
 toilson. 
 
 Sacred to the memory oi' Barbara Wilson, who departed this 
 life January 27, 1823, aged 22 years. Also, her nephew, James S., 
 son of Alex"^' and Mary Lawrence, who died Sep""' 15, 1827, aged 3 
 years, 7 months, and 3 days. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Robert, son of Robert Nicholas Wilson, 
 who departed this life the 15 March, 1833, aged 3 weeks. 
 
 *I{ev. B. (}. eiray was appointed to the Rectorship of St. John, succeeding Dr. Willis, 
 The following was his first .service: 
 
 M.xUHiKi).— At Trinity Church, .Tuly 12tli, ISi'l, by the Rev. B. G. Gray, Rector, the 
 Rev. Robert Willis, T>. D., Rector of Halifay, to Mary, daughter of Col. Billop. 
 
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 tOilbciur. 
 To the memory oi' W™' Wilbour, Esq""-, who departed this life 28 
 May, 1838, in the 88'*' year of his age. Also, Abigail, his Avife, died 
 9 May, 1832, aged 67 years. Also, William, their 2* son, died 
 Sep""' 27, 1833, aged 46 yeai-s. Also, Sarah, their eldest daughter, 
 died Nov. 3, 1807, aged 16 years. 
 
 In memory of Isabella, wife of John Wood, who departed this 
 life Oct. 1, 1810, aged 84 years. 
 
 Her husband died 18th Oct., 1817, aged 81 years. 
 
 In Memory of Robert Wood, Sen"" , who departed this life April 
 26, 1827, in the 66'^' year of his age. 
 
 In Memory of Caroline, third daughter of James Wood, who 
 departed this life August 21, ''S22, age<" 18 months and 26 days. 
 
 lt)ncil)t. 
 
 In memory of Joseph Wright, son of Joseph and Ann Wright, 
 who died February 11, 1831, aged 3 years & 8 months. 
 
 Jesus said: "SuH'er the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of 
 such is the Kingdom of God." « 
 
 ijeamaiis. 
 
 In Memory of Micah Yeamans, who departed this life on the 3 
 of Oct., 1816, aged 37 years, 11 months, and 26 days. 
 
 Let deatli the strongest lesson then impart, 
 And write "I'repiire to die" on every lieart. 
 
 This Monument is erected by his Brother John in remembrance 
 of him as the best of Brothel's. 
 
 
 " Lone field of graves, farewell ! old grave-yard hoar I 
 I go, but niiiHt and will return again ! 
 I come, but may not go as heretofore ; 
 
 'Till Time and Death shall die, will; thee remain." 
 

 Old Tombs. 
 
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 SOME HISTORIC TOMBS, 
 Originally in the Old Burial-Ground. 
 
 The stranger in the Old Burial-Ground, where the feet of the 
 early fathers of our city oft sorrowfully trod, and where at last many 
 were borne to their tombs, would note that the memorials to the dead 
 are few. This is owhig to many of the graves of the early days 
 having no marks, while not a few were of wood, and of these scarce 
 any remain. I^ early all the bodies removed were those with me- 
 morijds of stone. Of these, none are more historic than those in 
 the Hazen and Botsford plots in the Rural Cemetery. 
 
 Hon. William Hazen left Xewbury, Mti?;!*., 1775, for Porthind Toint, to 
 join liis partners in business, James Simosds and James White. Tlw'Dugii 
 the Itevokitionary contest none were more loyal to the Cro«Ti. Consequent on 
 attacks by the enemy, Mr. II v/.en crossed the Bay in a canoe, with twoliullnus, 
 to meet the Ciovernment at Halifax. ^.Viug to his represientations, a f>arrison 
 was established on Fort Howe. At the ortfanization of New Brimswiciv, 1784, 
 Mr. Hazen was appointed to a seat in the Legislative Council. He died at 
 Portland I'oint, 1814, aged 75 years. Mrs. Hazen died in 1823, in l\or 76th 
 year. Their son, Robert, Major in the Sixtietli Kcgiment, died at the old 
 homestead, 1813, in his 3'Jth year. His wife was a daughter of MixsoN 
 Jarvis. Kobeut F. Hazen, who died 1874, was a son. William Hazen, 
 when his parents came to Portland Point, was seven years old. In his early 
 manhood he lived at Fredericton, till the death, in 1814, of William S. 
 Oliver, whom he succeeded as Sheriff" of St. Jolni and Treasurer of the 
 Province. His wife was a daughter of Col. John Ml'RRAV. Hon. Hubert 
 L. Hazen and Charles Hazen were sons. lie died in 181(5, at the age of 
 48 years. 
 
 The eldest daughter of Hon. William Hazen, Elizabeth, was married 
 in 1780 to Ward Ciiipman, Recorder of St. John and Solicitor General, by 
 the Rev. George Bissett, Rector. The next marriage at Portland Point was 
 on New Year's Day, 1797, of Thomas Murray, of the Fredericton Bar, to 
 Sarah IIazen, by Rev. Mather Byles, D. D., Rector. 
 
 In the Old Burial-Ground, for long years, was a quaint-looking monument 
 of stone, with an inlaid tablet of slate, on which was inscribed : 
 
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 To THE Memory of Thomas Murray, Esquire, 
 
 Who, encircled by friends, 
 
 to whom he was greatly and justly 
 
 endeared, and universally beloved and lamented, 
 
 Died the 3rd day of May, 1797, in the 
 
 23 year of his age. 
 
 Among the fellow students of Thomas Murray in the office of Ward 
 Chipman was William Botsforp, who, in the early years of his practice, 
 resided at St. John. Mr. Botsford was the second husband of Mrs. Murr ;y. 
 
 There was a double marriage at Portland Point, December 27th, 1804, by 
 the Rev. Mather Byles, D. D., Rector of St. John — Major Fitzgerald to 
 Charlotte, and Lieutenant Drury to Frances Amelia Hazen. 
 
 The troops of the line were quartered at Fort Howe, overlooking the 
 Hazen grounds, extending to the water. In the Hazen section of the Rural 
 Cemetery are five generations, covering the reign of five sovereigns. 
 
 iUnrrag. 
 
 In the Botsford plot in the Cemetery, in wLich is the monument of 
 Thomas Murray, is a memorial of marble to his father, and also a monu- 
 ment of stone to his son.* ^ 
 
 The Dead, how sacred is the dust, 
 And sacred may this marble long remain, 
 
 TO THE memory OF 
 
 JOHN MURRAY, ESQUIRE, 
 
 who was born in 
 
 Ireland, 
 
 The 22nd day of November, 1720, 
 
 ' and died in this city, 
 
 August 30th, 1794. 
 
 Heaven gives us friends 
 To blpss the present scene! 
 Removes them to prepare us for the next. 
 
 All evils natural, 
 
 Are moral goods; 
 
 All discipline. 
 Indulgence, on the whole ! 
 
 Believe, and look 
 With Triumph on the Tomb! 
 
 • „ OHN Thomas Murray, Clerk of the Circuits, and Clerk of the Crown on the Circuits, 
 died at Fredericton, September 6th, 1834, aged 36 years. 
 
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 In the Hazen house is a full-sized portrait of Colonel John Murray, by 
 Copley. Colonel Murray was grandfather of John Thomas Murray and 
 Hon. Robert L. Hazen, and great-grandfather of Hon. L. A. Wilmot and 
 Charles W. Weldon, A. M., D. C. L., Q. C, M.P. 
 
 €\)anbkx. 
 
 In the same plot in the Cemetery, removed from the Old Burial-G round, 
 is the tablet of Joshua Chandler, son, and two daughters. Mr. Chandler, 
 when crossing the Bay of Fundy, March, 1787, to meet the Commissioner on 
 Loyalist claims at St. John, the vessel, in a snow storm, missing the entrance 
 to the harbor, was wrecked on Musquash Point. Mr. Chandler (then in his 
 60th year), by falling from the rocks, lost his life. William Chandler, his 
 son, a captain in the war, was crushed to death between the vessel and the 
 rocks. Two daughters — one the widow of Major Gra:.t, who wa.s killed in 
 the war — perished from cold and exhaustion. 
 
 Botsfotb. 
 
 In the same plot* is the massive monument of Amos Botsford, one of the 
 representatives of Westmorland in the first Parliament of New Brunswick, 
 and Speaker until the time of his death, which occurred at St. John in 1812, 
 where he came for medical treatment. His wife was Sarah Chandler, 
 daujghter of Joshua Chandler. His interment took place in the Old 
 tiUtisilMroxind, in his 70th year. His widow died at Sackville, 1820, in her 
 69th year. 
 
 Of these old servants of the Crown in the Revolutionary struggle, now long 
 years sidle '>' ~''1*^ may it be said: "Go thou thy way till the end be; for 
 thou shalt K 4anS in thy lot at the end of the days." — Dan., xii., 13. 
 
 * lu the same plot , -asau, i he wife of Hon. Willi.vm Botsford, was buried, at 
 
 the age of 74 years. Jinig. . p'^p^ '•'('d at Sackville in 1860, at the age of 91 years, and 
 was re-interred in the Botsfohj^ '^ with his wife and father. 
 
 
 
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 In Trinity Church, at the time of the fire (20th June, ]'S77), 
 was a mural tablet, on which was the following inscrij)tion : 
 
 Sacred 
 
 TO THE MKMOllY OF THE 
 
 REV. MATHER BYLES, D.D., 
 
 Rt'ctor (if this Parish, . ■ ' 
 
 AND 
 
 Chaplain of the (iarrison 
 
 Twenty-Five Years. 
 
 Died on the 12th of March, 1814, 
 
 lnhis80th yiar. \ 
 
 " Father, iiuo Thy haiuls I romincnd my si)irit." — 5/. Luie, xxili., 40. 
 
 This monuinrnt was erected 
 By his aflectionate wife. 
 
 S. Byle-s. 
 
 In the early years of our city,* in the Old Grave- Yard, where, 
 too, the old Rector at last was borne to his tomb, he often read from 
 the Burial Service of the Church of England, by the open grave : 
 
 " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mei'cy to take 
 nnto Himself the soul of our dear brother, here departed, we therefore commit 
 his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure 
 and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal lil'e, through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, who shall change our vile body that it may be like unto His glorious 
 body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all thintrs 
 to Himself. 
 
 "I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me: 'Write, from henceforth, 
 blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; even so, saith the Spirit, for they 
 rest from their labours.' 
 
 "Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence 
 in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered 
 from the burden of the Hesh, are in joy and felicity, we give Thee hearty 
 thanks for that it hath pleased Thee to deliver this, our brother, out of the 
 miseries of this sinful world ; hteseeching Thee that it may please Thee, of Thy 
 gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of Thine elect and to 
 liasten Thy khigdom ; that 'we, withv all those that are departed in the true 
 faith of Thy Holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both 
 in body and soul, in Thy eternal and everlasting glory ; through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen." 
 
 *Iu the year 1790, Dr. ByLEs baptized fifty-five, iwarried forty, and buried twenty. 
 
Honorable John Robinson. 
 
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 IIoxoRAULi; John Koiuxsox, jrrandson of Ilonorahle .Toiix RoniNsoN,' 
 President o\ tlie Colony and Donuniun of N'irginui, and son of Colonel I'.KV- 
 ERLKY liomxsox, of the Province of Xew York, a contemporary and for many 
 years personal friend of Washington, whose friendship was indeed only severed 
 by the harsh ind uncompromising decrees of war, was born at the Highlands, 
 New York, oitposite West Point, July I'tli, 17(i2, in the house vliich was 
 afterwards Washington's head-quarters. At the time of the outhieak of the 
 Revolutionary war, he was living on a splendid estate, uiprising an area of 
 eighty square miles, owned by liis father, whicli they were soon comiielled to 
 leave and destined never to return to, the estates having been coniscated; for 
 his fatlier, a loyal subject of King George HI., though greatly iii.ensed at the 
 treatment of the colonists, espoused the Koyal cause, and raised and command- 
 ed a regiment called "The King's Loyal American Kegiment." principally 
 amongst his own tenantry, of which, at the age of tifteen, the subject of this- 
 memoir was one of the lieutenants, in which ca])a('ity he was actively engaged 
 till the evacuation of New York at the treaty of 1783, when he came with 
 disbanded troops to New Brunswick, where he married Elizabeth Ludlow, 
 daughter of the first Chief Justice of New Brunswick, by whom he liad six 
 children, namely: William Hknuy, who early entered the English Army 
 and became Connni^-iary-Cieneral ; Bi'.viouley. " lio for many years held the 
 office of Provincial Treasiu'er of New Brun^\\lek; (jrEOKCiE Dunian, mer- 
 chant, and acti\e member of the militia, being major of the -^loi, city light 
 infantry, under the comnutnd of Col. Peteus, and member of the House of 
 Assembly in 1835; Daniel Li'Di.ow', P)arrister, admitted attorney in 1819, 
 and for many years Kegistrar of the Court of Chancery, major in the 1st Bat- 
 talion Y'^ork Comity Militia, and member of the House of Assembly in the 
 year 1837 ; Joiix Morris, Barrister, and for many years Judge of the Vice- 
 Admiralty Court; and Frances, avIio in 1818 married Joshua Wilson, 
 captain, afterwards major, O^^th Regiment. Very soon after ^Ir. Robinson's 
 arrival in New Briniswick he was appointed first f>herift" of Queen's County, 
 Avhere he remained only a short time, when he removed to St. John and for 
 many years engaged successfully in mercantile pursuits. At the general 
 election of 1809 lie was chosen one of the representatives to the House of 
 Assembly for the City of St. John, and in 1812 was elected Speaker, the duties 
 )f which ho ably discharged till 181(), when he was elevated to a seat in His 
 Majesty's Council. He was appointed Deputy Paymaster-General of his 
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 mayor. His residence was on Prince William street, where, in 1815, Sir 
 George Provost, while on his way to England from Quebec, was his guest. In 
 the jear 1821, he was chosen first President of the Bank of New Brunswick, 
 which position, with that of Province Treasurer, and Mayor, he held till his 
 death, Oct. 8th, 1828. The Weekly Observer, in speaking of Iiis death, said : 
 " lu the death of Mr. Robinson society has to lament the loss of one of the 
 few remaining class of gentlemei. who came to this country at the earliest 
 period of its settlement, and to whose talent and exertions in various public 
 situations it is indebted for so large a portion of its prosperity. In all the 
 various situations of public life which Mr. Eobinson has successively filled, 
 he has been uniformly distinguished by the same undeviating rectitude of 
 principle, enlightened intelligence, and liberality of conduct ; while in private 
 life he was alike conspicuous for the kindness and benevolence of his disposi- 
 tion, the dignified urbanity of his manners, and the superiority of a vigorous 
 and highly cultivated mind. Ever first to promote any object of a patriotic 
 or charitable nature, all classes of the community, and especially the poor, 
 will deeply feel the loss of a benefactor whose hand was always open to relieve 
 their wants. His value in domestic life can only be fully appreciated by his 
 numerous and respected relatives, but while we forbear to lift the veil of 
 private sorrow, we feel it but justice to say that as there has never occurred 
 here a calamity of this nature that more justly called for the tribute of public 
 sympathy, so there never yet has been an occasion on which it has been more 
 generally and more sincerely extended." 
 
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The Storv of a Tomb-Stone. 
 
 167 
 
 THE STOBY OF A TOMB-STONE. 
 
 Almost every stone in the Old Burial-Ground has a history ; the inscrip- 
 tion merely records where such a one was born, and the date of his death. In 
 a few individual cases it is stated what public office was held ; and on stones of 
 early date, that he served his King in one of the Loyal American Kegiments 
 before he arrived (a voluntary exile) on these shores. 
 
 But all the stones are not of this description; some of them contain touch- 
 ing evidence of the grief of parents at the loss of a little child, and others the 
 sorrowful story of a young wife taken by death in the early bloom of her 
 womanhood. The inscription is the bare outline of the chapter; patient 
 research has gathered the material for the story, which, being put together, 
 ofter tells a tale of mournful interest. Near the main walk is a plain upright 
 slab : growing dose to the head is a flourishing willow tree, as if nourished by 
 the body below : 
 
 IN MEMORY OF 
 
 PIERRE DARANT RACORD, 
 
 Planter, of the Island of 
 
 St. Lucia, 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 18th August, 
 
 1821, 
 
 Aged 34 years. 
 
 Not much in this; but who was Pierre Darant Racord? Sixty or 
 seventy yeaif ago the trade between St. John and the West India Islands 
 was very exte..sive. It was a usual thing for the younger partners in our 
 mercantile houses to make voyages there, and in many instances take up a 
 
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 lengthened residence. In this way an intimate acquaintance and friendship 
 sprung up with the merchants and planters. In the year 1821 a young planter 
 came to St. John from St. Lucia. He was fivr advanced in a decline, and 
 thought the bracing climate of New Brunswick, which he had often heard of, 
 would benefit his health, shattered by the enervating effect of a tropical 
 residence, and he brought with him a negro attendant. He was received here 
 by kind friends, and every attention given that would restore his health ; but 
 the destroyer had hold of him, and, after lingering awhile, carefully tended,- 
 he died. They buried him in the Old Burial-Ground. His poor black ser- 
 vant was inconsolable with grief; every effort to divert his mind was un- 
 availing, and at last it was determined to send him home. He was embarked 
 in a vessel belonging to one of the old firms here, which happened to be 
 bound to the island he belonged to — St. Lucia. 
 
 The Captain, on his return, reported that, although every kindness and 
 indulgence 'as shown him, yet nothing would turn him from his grief. About 
 a week before the vessel made her destination, he was found one morning sit- 
 ting quietly on the deck, and when they went up to him he was dead. The 
 story of Pierre Darant Racord does not end here. Some thirty years ago 
 tyro French gentlemen arrived in St. John, and, in conversation, related that 
 they were on a strange journey — that they had travelled through the States 
 looking for a tomb-stone. A large estate was in dispute in France, and to 
 settle it it was necessary to procure the date of the death of one of the original 
 possessors. He had been a planter in the Is'^nd of St. Lucia, and they were 
 informed that many years ago he had gone to some place in North America 
 for his health, and died there, but could learn nothing about the locality. 
 Consequently they had searched nearly all the old grave-yards, from the 
 CarolJnas to Massachusetts, and had given it up, and were going home by way 
 of Halifax. During their stay here, one evening they strolled through our 
 Old Burial-Ground, and there, near the centre walk, they read on a tomb- 
 stone, "Pierre Darant Racord, Planter, of the Island of St. Lucia." 
 Their search was ended. 
 
 C^^u/icey ^Cy^/'rUy 
 
In Memoriam. 
 
 169 
 
 In lIBptnoriam 
 
 OP 
 
 Members op New Brunswick Historical Society. 
 
 John Ward, Jr., born in Parr Town (St. John) ISth December, 1783. 
 His father, Major John Ward, arrived from Xew York in November, 1783, 
 with the rear-guard of his regiment, and tlie women and children. John 
 Ward was born in a canvas tent on the Barrack Sciuare tlie following Decem- 
 ber. He was a partner with John Ward & Sons, one of the earliest and 
 oldest firms in the city. He also took an active interest in public affairs ; was 
 twice elected to the Provincial Parliament, in 1828 and in 1830; and was for 
 many years Chairman of Commissioners of Provincial Penitentiary, Liglit 
 Houses, and Lunatic Asylum; and of the "Kent" Marine Hospital until his 
 death. He died 2nd January, 1875, aged 92 years. 
 
 Uobhisnn. 
 
 Beverley Robinson, son of Hon. John Robinson, for twelve yeai-s mayor, 
 was born in the City of St. Jo!m 11th January, 17U7. In early life he was 
 connected with the Commissariat Department. From 1823 to 183G he was 
 Deputy Treasurer at the port of St. Andrews, and on the death of Richard 
 SiMONDS at St. John, in 183(5, he was appointed Treasurer of the Province, 
 holding that office until his appointment as Collector of Customs at this port, 
 which he retained until 1870, when he retired on a pension from the Domin- 
 ion Government. For many years Mr. Robinson was superintendent of 
 Trinity Church Sunday School, and a warden of the Church. In 1824, he 
 married Isabeli-a, third daughter of the late Thomas Millidoe, Esq. Mrs. 
 Robinson died December 16th, 1875 ; her husband died 30th November pre- 
 ceding, aged 78 years. 
 
 DcDcbiT. 
 
 Leveret H. DeVeber, son of Gabriel DeVeber, high sheriff' of Sun- 
 bury County, and one of the grantees of Parr Town, was born in Sunbury in 
 1790, and early in life came to St. John and entered the store of James 
 CoDNER. He was afterwards with Richard Sands, and eventually a partner. 
 Mr. DeVeber was married at Burton, May 14, 1818, to a daughter of Wil- 
 liam Hubbard, Esq. When his sons grew up he established the firm of 
 L. H. DeVeber & Sons. He died the 12th February, 1876, aged 86 years. 
 
i 
 
 170 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 JJlakalce. 
 
 Asa Blakslee, son of Asa Blakslee, who died 1843, aged 87 years, like 
 his father, was a soap and candle manufacturer. His brother Henby was a 
 merchant on the North Wharf, and died in the year 1867, at the age of 77 
 years. Asa, the last survivor of the second generation, died March 28th, 
 1878, aged 89 years. 
 
 toilmot. • 
 
 Hon. Lemuel Allan Wilmot, son of William Wilmot, was bom in 
 Sunbury County, January 31, 1809. He early entered the political arena, and 
 occupied a prominent position on the public questions of the day. He was 
 Attorney General in 1848, and Judge of the Supreme CJourt in 1851. In July, 
 1868, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor — the first native New Bruns- 
 wicker, who held that office. He was a staunch adherent of the Methodist 
 Church. He died 20th May, 1878, aged 69 years, 
 
 tDoobtoarli. 
 
 Isaac Woodward, son of Jesse Woodward, was born in St. John, 1795. 
 His father afterwards removed to Halifax, and died in Africa, whither he had 
 gone as master of a ship, in April, 1832. Isaac Woodward returned to St. 
 John, and went into business with his brother, John G. Woodward, in the 
 West India trade. He was a member of the Local Legislature from 1833 to 
 1850, and Mayor of the City from 1863 to 1866. He was also for many years 
 Superintendent of Light Houses for the Bay of Fund/. He died the 25th of 
 August, 1879, aged 84 years. 
 
 Charles Hazen, son of William Hazen, Provincial Treasurer and 
 Sheriff until his death, February 14, 1816. At the age of 48 years, he mar- 
 ried a daughter of Col. Anderson, of Musquash, where he died, February 
 23rd, 1880, aged 79 years, the last of the descendants of the third generation 
 of the Hon, William Hazen, who came to Portland Point, mouth of the 
 Kiver St. John, June, 1775. 
 
 tDarb. 
 
 Charles Ward, son of Major John Ward, was born at St. John, 11th 
 April, 1791. He entered business with his brother Caleb, and on his death, 
 in 1821, he joined the firm of John Ward & Son. He took great interest in 
 Militia affairs under Sir Howard Douglas, and was many years Colonel of 
 the St. John City Light Infantry. With his father and his brother, John, 
 he was instrumental in getting a proper Hospital for side seamen established, 
 sick and disabled sailors having formerly been kept in the Poor House, and 
 for forty-seven years was Secretary and Treasurer to the Commisp'on. In 
 
liii 
 
 ^^:.,.-:; 
 
 
 I 
 
 
Drinking Fountain, Market Square. 
 
In Memoriam. 
 
 171 
 
 1814, while on a voyage to Quebec, he was captured by the Privateer Diotnede, 
 Capt. Crowninshield, off Cape North, Cape Breton, and carried into Georges 
 River, Thomastown, Maine. His vessel was condemned, but he was treated 
 with great kindness, and allowed to return to St. John. He was senior Magis- 
 trate of the Justices of the Peace at his death, the 30th January, 1882, in 
 the 92nd year of hb age. 
 
 Smrs. 
 
 William Macara Sears, sob of Johx, and grandson of Thatcher 
 Sears, learned the Drug business with John M. Walker, and succeeded 
 him on his retirement. Other engagements requiring his time, Mr. Sears 
 early relinquished it. For a number of years, he was Alderman for King's 
 Ward. On the 18th May, 1882, he became a Life Membei of the New 
 Brunswick Historical Society. At the 99th celebration of the landing 
 of the Loyalists, in the Mechanics' Institute, under the auspices of the 
 Society, he was present. The last public act of his life was the presentation 
 to the City of the Drinking Fountain on the Market Square, where the first 
 landing of the Loyalists was made. It was on this spot, in a tent, the first 
 child was born after their landing. The father was Thatcher Sears. The 
 Cartmen of the City, as a mark of appreciation, had an Address and Testi- 
 monial to present to him on the afternoon of the 23rd of September, 1882, 
 but owing to illness, Mr. Sears was unable to receive it. He died on the 
 following day at the early age of 32 years. 
 
 At a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 
 William F. Butt, Vice-President, in the chair, it was 
 
 " Resolved, That the members of the Board of the S. P. C. A. desire to place on record 
 the expression of their sincere repret at the recent sudden death of Mr. Wm. Macara 
 Seabs, an active member of the Executive, and of their appreciation of the deep interest 
 taken by him in the work of the Society, manifested in many ways, especially by the 
 erection of a Drinking Fountain on the Market Square for public use." 
 
 * * * "Sermons in stones. 
 Books in the running brooks. " 
 
 Burtis. 
 
 William K. M. Burtis, son of William Burtis, was born at St. John. 
 After leaving the City Grammar School, he entered the law office of W. B. 
 & F. A. KiNNEAR. While a student, in 1835, with others, he formed the 
 "Young Men's Debating Society," with the motto, "Our Most Important are 
 our Earlier Years." When the Sons of Temperance were organized at St. 
 John, in 1847, he was elected Worthy Patriarch, and for many years edited 
 the Temperance newspaper. Mr. Burtis was a frequent contributor to the 
 periodicals of the day. His taste was more in the line of the Press, than of the 
 Bar. For years he was Common Clerk of St. John. Mr. Burtis was one of 
 the founders of The New Brunswick Historical Society. He died in 
 December, 1882, aged 64 years ; and was interred in the Bural Cemetery. 
 
172 
 
 Loyalists' Centennial Souvenir. 
 
 John B. Gaynor was a descendant of Peter Gaynor, the Loyalist.. 
 Mr. Gaynor followed the bushiess of Blookmaker for many years. Two of 
 the lots on which the Centenary Church stands were his gift. He was a 
 great admirer of Dr. Johnson, and having a good memory, he found great 
 pleasure in quotations from his favourite author. He looked on liassdaa as 
 one of Johnson's master-pieces. Mr. Gaynor was a man most upright in 
 character, and held in the highest respect by all who knew him. He out- 
 lived the old merchants whose vessels he had fitted out from his establish- 
 ment. He died October 20, 1883, the Centennial year, aged 80 years. 
 
 Uurpcc. 
 
 Hon. Isaac Burpee was a descendant of John Burpee, who, in 17G3, 
 left Rowley, Mass., for the River St. John. He was the eldest son of the late 
 Isaac Burpee, of Sheffield. In 1848 he came to S^. John, and entered the 
 Sheffield House as clerk. Shortly after, he commenced the hardware business 
 with his brother, F. T. C. Burpee, and subsequently with his brother J. P. C. 
 Burpee. At the incorjioration of tb.e Tow?i of Portland he was chosea 
 Chairman. In 1872 Mr. Burpee began political life, and was returned by the 
 County of St. John to the House of Commons with A. L. Palmer. In 1873, 
 on his appointment to the office of Minister of Customs, he was re-elected by 
 acclamation, and was elected at all subsequent elections at the head of the 
 poll. His latter years were largely devoted to the New Brunswick Railway, of 
 which he was Vice-President, and his brother, E. R. Bukpee, General Mana- 
 ger. In 1882 Mr. Burpee presented to the Town of Portland a Free Public 
 Library. Consequent on failing health, he went with Mrs. Burpee, in the 
 fall of 1884, to New York, and died March 2nd, 1885, aged 60 years. The in- 
 terment took place in the St. John Rural Cemetery. 
 
 PORTRAIT 
 
 OF 
 
 Honorable Isaac Burpee. 
 
 Shortly after the death of Mr. Burpee, his portrait (in oil) was 
 presented to the Free Public Library of Portland, when the follow- 
 ing tribute to his memory, from ttie Trustees, was read by Rev. L. G. 
 Stevens, Rector of St. Luke's Church, Portland : 
 
Portrait of Honorable Isaac Burpee. 
 
 173 
 
 The duty assigned me this evening is a most agreeable one. Three short 
 years ago I had the pleasure of standing on this platform with the Hon. 
 Isaac Burpee, on the occasion of the formal presentation to the town of his 
 munificent gift — The Portland Free Public Library. 
 
 You all know much of the man, — his multitudinous business activities; 
 his unwearied devotion to the exacting duties of public office; his large- 
 hearted charities, dispensed often secretly and unpretentiously ; his loyal 
 remembrance of and work for this, his adopted city. 
 
 The actions of such a man, distinguished in society and in political life, 
 are immediate and striking in their results, and may be traced in their various 
 influences and ramifications to a great extent. But this fact must not be al- 
 lowed to depreciate or overcloud the less public life of the individual. By 
 acts of relief to the necessitous; by the simple and unaffected expression of 
 sympathy with the afflicted ; by husbandly devotion and fatherly generosity 
 and interest ; by the countless amenities of daily social life ; by his patience 
 and fortitude under a fatal disease, which doomed him to days of deadly 
 languor, and weeks and months of weary torture — by all these, he, in loving 
 memory of whom we meet to-night, is worthy of all we can give back to him. 
 
 It is my happy privilege and duty, on behalf of the Trustees of our 
 Library, to welcome to its walls this faithful portrait of him who was a friend 
 to us in our time of need. My poor word of praise need hardly be spoken. 
 There he speaks for himself; and will speak, I trust, through coming genera- 
 tions. And if, as a great and wise man has said, " Books give to all who faith- 
 fully use them the society of the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of 
 our race," then surely the liberal donor of a library like ours must needs 
 forever receive the tribute of a reverent memory and the gratitude of a towns- 
 people's heart. 
 
 May such worthy examples be multiplied— of weahhy men, who, living 
 amid the changes and chances of a mortal life, anticipate the ravages of time, 
 the frequent blight and ruin to brilliant plans, and build to themselves, 
 modestly — unconsciously, it may be — enduring monuments in the hearts and 
 lives of their fellows. 
 
 Again, Sir, in the name of the Trustees of the Portland Free Public 
 Library, and voicing the sentiment of our city, I thank you for this welcome 
 and cherished gift. 
 
 Speak, history ! Who are life's victors ? Unroll Ihy long annals, and say — 
 Are they those whom the world called the victors, who won the success of the day f 
 The martyrs, or Nero? The Spartans who fell at Thermopylce's tryst, 
 Or the Persians, and Xerxes f His judges, or Socrates? Pilate, or Christ? 
 
 Ill 
 

INDEX. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 ADDRESS — By Lieutenant Governor, Hon. R. D. Wiluiot, 
 
 By General D. B. Warner, U. S. Consul, 
 
 By J. W. Lawrence, 
 
 To Lieutenant Governor at C 'ntennial Exhibition, 
 
 ADDRESSES AND ORATION at Mechanics' Institute, 
 
 ALLEN, HON. JOHN C. (Chief Justice), Likeness, 
 
 Address at Meeting in Centenary Church, 
 
 Address at Har est Festival, 
 
 ALLEN, (Aeronaut)— Balloon Ascension, 
 
 A LADY LOYALIST — Her Letter, 
 
 ANTIQUITIES — Where Displayed on 18th May, 1883 
 
 ARBOR DAY — Planting Trees on Queen Square, 4th Oct., A. D, 1883, eg. 
 
 Badge worn on, by Plar*'>rs of Trees (outline lac-simile), 
 
 ARMSTRONG, REV. G.M. — Benediction at Harvest Festival, . 
 
 AUSTIN, M.D. — Barbecue at Indiantown, 
 
 BADGE — For Arbor Day, 
 
 BARTON, MR. - Sings Solo at Centenary Services, 
 
 BEDELL, PAUL— Laid out City of St. John, 
 
 BLAKSLEE, ASA — In Memori&iu, Member N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 BOYS — Names of, who won Burpee prizes, 
 
 BOTSFORD, AMOS — His Monument and Sketch of Life 
 
 BRIG8T0CKE, F. H. J., Rev., Rector of St. John — Sermon by 
 
 BURIAL-GROUND, OLD — Essay on, 
 
 BURPEE, HON. ISAAC — Prizes given at Victoria School 
 
 Note on his Death, 
 
 His Gift of Public Library to Portland, 
 
 In Menioriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 Presentation of his Portrait, 
 
 Tribute to his Memory, by Trustees of " Portland Free Public Library, 
 
 BURR, EDWARD— First Grave-Digger in St. John, 
 
 BURTIS, W. R. M. — In Memoriam, Members N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 BUSTIN, JAMES — Octogenarian, Plants Tree, 
 
 BYLES, REV. MATHER, D. D. - Inscription on Tablet 'n ' < Id Trinity " Church 161 
 
 CAMPBELL, WILLIAM — Former Mayor of St. John; his Grave, 37 
 
 And see iVo/e also 37 
 
 Offices and Pension, ^2 
 
 CARLETON FIREMEN -(^ee Tournament). 
 
 (177) 
 
 Pagf 33 
 
 ... 35, 36 
 
 17, 36, 37, 65 
 
 53 
 
 ... 31, 43 
 (0 face p. 14 
 
 14 
 
 65 
 
 62 
 
 6 
 
 48 
 
 74 
 
 .... 68 
 
 .... 65 
 .... 47 
 .... 68 
 .... ](! 
 . 79, 80 
 .... 170 
 . 8, !» 
 .... 163 
 .... 25 
 .... 78 
 .... 7 
 7 
 7 
 .... 172 
 .... 172 
 ... 173 
 .... 81 
 .... 171 
 .... 69 
 
178 
 
 Index. 
 
 CARLETON ILLUMINATIONS, 
 
 CARMAN, G.C. — Historic Rclica 
 
 CARPENTER, WILLETT, SR. — A Loyalist ; Portrait of, exhibited, ... 
 
 CENTENNIAL SERVICE— In Trinity Cliurcb, 
 
 CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 
 
 Addresses and Oration,... 
 
 Harvest Festival, 
 
 Circle of Trees on Queen Square, 
 
 CHANDLER, JOSHUA -Sketch of Life 
 
 CHURCH, TRINITY— View of, 
 
 Centennial Service in, , 
 
 CHURCH, CENTENARY -View of, 
 
 Watch-Night Services in , 
 
 CLAWSON, MISS— Sings Solo at Centenary Chureh, 
 
 COLLECTION — Historic Relics, 
 
 Old Coins 
 
 t^!' Medals, etc., 
 
 CONVERSAZIONE, GRAND — For Public Library Fund 
 
 CLERGY — Present at Service in Trinity Church, 
 
 i3URRIE, REV. D. D. — Address at Centenary Church, 
 
 At Harvest Festival, 
 
 CURRIER, DAVID — Octogenarian, Plants Tree 
 
 CUNARD, THOMAS — Octogenarian, Plants Tree, 
 
 DANIEL, REV. HENRY — Pronounces Benediction at Centenary, 
 
 Passenger from London, 1830 — Ab/e, 
 
 DAVIS, D. D. — Barbecue at Indiantown, 
 
 Page 
 
 46 
 
 .... HI 
 
 .... 48 
 
 .... 25 
 
 .... 5'i 
 
 31-43 
 
 .... 64 
 
 .... m 
 
 .... 163 
 
 .... 24 
 .... 25 
 
 .... 12 
 .... 11 
 
 17 
 
 56-59 
 59-61 
 61-62 
 
 .... 49 
 
 2.1 
 
 M 
 
 65 
 
 69 
 
 69 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 47 
 
 DeVEBER, LEVERET H. — In Memoriam, Members of N, B. HLstorical Society, 169 
 
 41-43 
 87-90 
 
 48 
 
 2 
 
 73 
 
 73 
 
 19 
 
 69 
 
 69 
 
 DOLE, W. P.— Prize Ode for Centennial 
 
 Ode on Old Grave- Yard, 
 
 DOMVILLE JAMES — Promotes St. John Free Public Library, 
 
 ELDER, HON. WM. — Hi? interest in Centennial Cdlebration, 
 
 ELMS (PADDOCK) — Presented by N. E. i: & G. Society, of Boston 
 
 Planted on Queen Square, 
 
 KNNIS, MISS— Presides at Organ in Centenary Church, 
 
 i:STABROOKS, WILLIAM— Octogenarian, Plants Tree 
 
 EVERITT, CHARLES D.-Octogenariau, Plants Tree, 
 
 EXHIBITION, CENTENNIAL — Opened by Lieut. Governor Wilmot, 1st Oct., 1083, 52 
 
 Address to Lieutenant Governor presented by Hon, D. McLellan. President Exhi- 
 bition Commission, 58 
 
 Salutes flred by H. M. S. Garae/ and U.S. Ship ..IWtrtnce, 54 
 
 EXHIBITION BUILDINGS— View of, tofacep. 52 
 
 FALI nEMONSTRATIONS — In honor of Loyalists 51 
 
 esolutions and Circular of N, B. Historical Society in reference thereto, ... 51, 62 
 etter of Admiral J. E. Commercll to Lieut. Governor regarding, — (Note), 51 
 
 FESTIVAL, CENTENNIAL HARVEST, 64, 65 
 
3 4(5 
 
 . 57 
 
 . 48 
 
 . 25 
 
 . 52 
 1-43 
 . 64 
 
 . m 
 
 . ie3 
 
 24 
 , 25 
 
 , 12 
 11 
 
 ...17 
 1-59 
 1-61 
 1-62 
 
 49 
 
 25 
 
 1.1 
 65 
 
 69 
 69 
 18 
 18 
 
 47 
 
 169 
 
 -43 
 -90 
 
 48 
 2 
 
 73 
 73 
 
 19 
 
 69 
 
 69^ 
 
 52 
 
 Index. 
 
 firemen's procession, 
 
 Grand Touruament, 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENTS — Eepresenfed in Procession, 
 
 FLEWELLING, MR. -Barbecue 
 
 FOUNTAIN, DRINKING — On Ilayniarkut Square, Presentation of 
 
 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 
 
 Conversazione for, 
 
 Contributors to Fund, ... 
 
 Assessment for 
 
 Income from "Maria Aaning Trust Fund," 
 
 GARRISON, GEORGE A. — Octogenarian, Plants Tree, 
 
 GAYNOR, JOHN B. — In Menioriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 GIRLS — Names of, who won Burpee Prizes, 
 
 GBAVE-Y'ARD, OLD— Odeon, 
 
 HALIFAX FIREMEN -,S'ee Tounmmenl. 
 
 HALL, T. H. — Leads Clioir at Centenary, 
 
 HARE, LIEUT. CHARLES -His uniform, Ac., (A'o/e), 
 
 HARVEST FESTIVAL, 
 
 IIAYMARKET SQUARE DRINKING FOUNTAIN, 
 
 179 
 
 Page 2a - ;!1 
 
 44 
 
 30 -HI 
 47 
 
 74 
 
 4K 
 
 4!) 
 
 50 
 
 51 
 
 51 
 
 6!» 
 
 172 
 
 1», 10, 11 
 «7 
 
 ... 16, 19 
 
 Zi 
 
 ... 64, 65 
 74 
 
 UAZEN, HON. WILLIA1.I — Sicetch of uis Life. (Includes mention of several des- 
 cendants — Hon. R. L.; Robert F.; Charles; Hon. William ; Elizabeth ; Strah ; 
 Charlotte; Frances A.) 
 
 HAZEN, CHARLES — In Menioriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 HENDRICKS, COONKADT-Old Headstone of, and Inscription thereon 
 
 HISTORIC TOMBS, 
 
 HISTORIC RELICS — Collection of, at Exhibition, 
 
 H0L3R00K, REV. MR.— Reads Prayer for Queen, at Centenary, 
 
 Address, 
 
 HOLLY, SUADRACH (Mayor of Portland)- Address at Indiantown, 
 
 HOPPER, REV. DR. — Address at Centenary, 
 
 HORNCASTLE, E. — Barbecue 
 
 HUMPHREY, R. B. — Barbecue 
 
 Distribution of Mayflowers, 
 
 ILLUMINATIONS 
 
 IN MEMORIAM, Members of N.B. Historical .Sociely, 
 
 INTRODUCTORY-By Clarence Ward, 
 
 161 
 
 170 
 
 KO 
 
 161 
 
 36 - 59 
 
 14 
 
 17 
 
 .... 47 
 
 .... 18 
 
 4/ 
 
 47 
 
 47 
 
 46 
 
 .... 169 
 1 
 
 INSCRIPTIONS— Copied from Gravestones in Old Burial-Grouud (Arranffecl in A/pho- 
 betical order, and do not require an Inde^., 
 
 INDIANTOWN— Unveiling Fountain, 
 
 Barbecue, 
 
 Souvenirs of Centennial, 
 
 JOHNSTON, HUGH, SR.- Inscription on his Tomb {iVute),. 
 Several of his Descendants, 
 
 JONES, SIMEON (Mayor of St. John) — Likeness of. 
 
 Notice of Public Holiday, 
 
 .to face p. 
 
 90 
 
 47 
 47 
 
 47 
 
 82 
 82 
 
 32 
 
 5 
 
180 
 
 Index. 
 
 JONES, SIMEON — Presides nt Meeting at Institute, 
 
 Address at Irdiantown, 
 
 Address at Presentation of Haymarlcet Square Fountain 
 
 KENNEDY, JAMES T.- Gift of Public Fountalu, 
 
 LANDING OF LOYALISTS- Celebration of, 18lh May, 1883, 
 
 LAWRENCE, J. W. — Originator of New Brunswick Historical Society, 
 
 First President of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 His Zeal in Historic Research, 
 
 Report on Centennial Exhibition, 
 
 Address at Centenary Church, 
 
 Services Acknowledged by N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 Address at Mechanics' Institute, 
 
 Circular on Tree-Planting, 
 
 Address at Harvest Festival 
 
 LEE, G. HERBERT — Reading at Harvest FesUval, 
 
 LIBRARY — 5fee Free Public Library. 
 
 St. John Society, Original Proprietors of — See. Note, 
 
 Eclectic, 
 
 LOYALISTS — Their Landing, 18th May, 1783, 
 
 Demonstrations in Honor of, 
 
 MACRAE, REV. D., D.D. — Reads Scriptures at Centenary Church, 
 
 MAYOR, OF ST. JOHN — Slee Jbne.?; see Campbell; see Robimim. 
 OF PORTLAND — -See Holly. 
 
 MacLAREN, JOHN S. — Collection of Coins, Medals, etc., 
 
 McINNIS, MISS — Sings Solos at Centenary Services, 
 
 Page 
 
 31 
 47 
 75 
 
 47 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 1,2 
 1,2 
 
 3 
 17 
 
 4 
 3G 
 C« 
 69 
 
 65 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 5, (■) 
 
 11, 25, 29, 31, 44, 51, 64 
 
 16 
 
 59 
 
 -62 
 16 
 69 
 A 
 
 1,2 
 31 
 19 
 23 
 
 MELICK, HENRY -Octogenarian; Plants Tree 
 
 MEMORIAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION — Report and Resolution on, 
 
 MEMBERS— Original, of New Brunswick Historical Society, 
 
 MECHANICS' INSTITUTE -Centennial Meeting at 
 
 MIDNIGHT SALUTE- On 17th May, 1883, 
 
 MILES, J. C — Uniform worn by, (JVbfe), 
 
 MILLIGAN, JC^N — Builder of Burns' Monument at Ayr; his Grave in Old Grave 
 
 Yard, 
 
 His Tomb Repaired by Gilbert Murdoch, (A'b/e), 
 
 MURRAY, THOMAS — Inscription on his Monument <. 
 
 MURRAY, JOHN, COL, — Inscription on his Monument, '.. 
 
 Names of several Descendants, 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK. HISTORICAL SOCIETY — Loyalists' Centennial Memorial Cele- 
 bration by Members of, etc., 11 
 
 Formation of, 1 
 
 First. Oifice-Bearers and Members of, ., 1,2 
 
 NEVINS, CHARLES — President Polymorphlan Club; Address presented to Mayor 
 Jones by, 
 
 OCTOGENARIANS who Planted Trees on Queen Square — 
 
 John Secord, Henry Melick, William Estabrooks, Caleb Wetmore, David Cuiner, 
 Thomas Cunard, James Buslln, George A. Garrison, Caleb Spragg, C. D. 
 Everitt, William B. Pidgeon, Samuel Skinner 
 
 81 
 131 
 
 162 
 
 162 
 163 
 
 75 
 
 69 
 
Index. 
 
 181 
 
 7H 
 
 73 
 
 83, 138 
 7 
 
 ODE — "Midnight Salute," by W.I, Whiting, Page VJ 
 
 "Centennial,"by W. P. Dole, 41 
 
 "01dGrave-Yard,"by W. P. Dole H7 
 
 OLD BURIAIv-GROUND— Resolutions reganling, passed by N. B. Hist. Society, 3 
 
 Work Done in Regard to, 3 
 
 Essay on, by D. H. Waterbury, 73-87 
 
 Inscriptions in, 90-160 
 
 Design for Iron Railiug, to face p. sr. 
 
 OLD GRAVE-YARD — Ode on, 87-90 
 
 OLD HISTORIC RELICS, ,% 
 
 ORATION, CENTENNIAL— By Judge Wedderburn, , 38-40 
 
 PADDOCK ELMS — Scions of, presented by New England Historic and Oeneplogical 
 
 Society, of Boston, 
 
 Planted on Queen Square, 
 
 PARTELOW, RICHARD -His Great Age; Tombstone, 
 
 PAINE, DR. — Alderman, 1785, (A'o/e), 
 
 PERLEY, ISRAEL— Of Maugerville, died 1813, (iVote), 
 
 Perlpy Willows, scions planted in Old Burlal-Ground, 
 
 PIDGEON, WILLIAM B.— Octogenarian, Plants Tree 
 
 POPE, REV. HENRY, D. D.- Prayer at Centenary Church, 
 
 PROCESSIONS— Polymorphian 
 
 Firemen's 
 
 Torchlight, 
 
 Trades, 
 
 POLYMORPHIAN CLUB - Address to Mnyc of St. John, 
 
 Procfssion, 
 
 PORTLAND, FIREMEN — See Tournament. 
 PRIZES — See Burpee, Hon. Isaac. 
 
 QUEEN SQUARE — Planting of Trees on 
 
 Planting of Trees on Arbor Day, 
 
 RACORD, PIERRE DARANT — Inscription on his Tomb-Stone, 
 
 "Story of a Tomb-Stone," 
 
 REED, REV. JOHN — Reads Scriptures at Centenary Church, 
 
 RELICS, HISTORIC — Collected by N. B. H. Society for Centennial Exhibition, 
 ROBINSON, HON. JOHN — Inscription on his Tomb (Illustralion), 
 
 Slcetch of his Life, 
 
 .... 87 
 ... 87 
 
 .... (10 
 
 12 
 
 23 
 
 .... 29 
 
 .... 4(i 
 
 5 1 - 3.5 
 
 . 74, 75 
 . .. 23 
 
 .... 3 
 
 .... (iO 
 
 .... 142 
 .... 107 
 .... IC, 
 ..5i>-o9 
 
 .... 144 
 .... 1(55 
 
 ROBINSON, BEVERLEY — In Memorlum, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 1G9 
 
 ROBINSON, G.L. — "The Mayor who Died in Office," lf.5 
 
 SAINT JOHN, CITY OF -Laid out by Paul Bedell, 79,80 
 
 SALUTE, THE MIDNIGHT, 19 
 
 SALUTES — Fired by H. M. S. GacHe< and U.S. Ship .4 //I'ance, 54 
 
 SCOULLAR — Tomb(///«s^ra«<»t), 14(! 
 
 SEARS, AVILLI AM MACARA — In Memoriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, ... 171 
 Public Drinking Fountain, Erected by him on Market Square, St. John, N. B. 
 {Illmtration), To/acep. 171 
 
182 
 
 Index. 
 
 SECORD, JOHN— Oetogenarian, Plants Tree, Page Bff 
 
 SKINNER, HON. C. N. — Address nt Centenary Church 1« 
 
 .SKINNER, SAMUEL — Octogenarian, Plants Tree, w> 
 
 SMITH, GEORGE F. — Prizes given by, H 
 
 SMITH WILLIAM O.— Alderman of Queens Ward; I'lanted Trees In Old Burial- 
 
 Gronnd — {Note), 85 
 
 SMITH, NATHAN— (iVb/e), «(► 
 
 SOCIETY, NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL- Formation, 1 
 
 Part Taken in Centennial Celebration, 11 
 
 See Jlistorical Society. 
 
 8PRAGG, CALEB— Octogenarian, Planis Tree, f)<> 
 
 STEVENS, REV. L. G.— His Address in Memory of Hon. Isaac Burpee, 17» 
 
 STOCKTON, A, A., M. P. P. -Address at Harvest Festival, 65 
 
 STOCKTON, ANDREW - First Loyalist Married at Parr Town (St. John), (M* 
 
 STORY OF A TOMB-STONE, „ I(i7 
 
 TEACHERS — Names of, whose Pupils won Burpee Prizes, 8,9,10 
 
 THE 18TH OF MAY, 1883 - Proceedings on, 22 
 
 TILLEY, SIR S.L. — Likeness of, Tofacep. 
 
 Letter to President N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 TRINITY CHURCH -View of, 
 
 Centennial Service at, 
 
 Sermon by Canon Brigstocke in, 
 
 "Old Trinity," Date of Opening of, 
 
 TOMBS, HISTORIC, 
 
 TORCH-LIGHT PROCESSION, 
 
 TOURNAMENT, FIREMEN'S 
 
 TRADES PROCESSION, 
 
 TREE-PLANTING — Festival in aid of, 
 
 On Queeu Square, 
 
 "Perley Willows," in Old Burial-Ground — (A'WB), 
 
 UNION PROTECTION COMPANY (of Halifax) — Dinner to, by St. John Salvage 
 Corps — (A'o<e), 
 
 WANTON, AVILLI AM - Collector of Customs, St. John, N. B., his Funeral 
 
 His Tomb (///«*^rrt<ton), 
 
 WARD, JOHN, JR. — In Memoriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 WARD, CHARLES — In Memoriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 WARD, CLARENCE — "Introductory," 
 
 WARNER, GENERAL D. B„ (U. S. Consul),— His Address at Mechanics' Institute,... 35, .36 
 
 WATCH-NIGHT CELEBRATION— 17th May, 1883, at Centenary Church, 
 
 Funds Contributed at. Application of, 
 
 WATERBURY, DAVID- Likeness of, (wood-cut) 
 
 Notice of Life — (A'c/e), 
 
 V/ATERBURY, DAVID H, — Essay on "The Old Public Burial-Ground," 
 
 WEDDERBURN, JUDGE— Oration, 
 
 70 
 ... 17 
 
 ... 24 
 ... 25 
 25-20 
 .... 28 
 
 ... 161 
 
 ... 40 
 
 ... 44 
 
 .... 54 
 64, 65 
 66-74 
 
 ,... 87 
 
 31 
 
 82 
 155 
 
 169 
 
 170 
 
 1 
 
 .... 11 
 .... 3 
 
 .... 166 
 .... 156 
 
 78-87 
 
 38-40 
 
 I 
 
Index. 
 
 183 
 
 WELDON, CHARLES W., M. P.- Letter to Mayor - {Note) 
 
 W'ETMORE, CALEB — Oalogetiarian,rijints Tree, 
 
 WHITING, W.L — Ode on Midnight Salute, 
 
 WILMOT, HON. R. D. (Lieutenant Governor) — Likeness, 
 
 Address at Centenary Church, 
 
 Address at Mechanic.' Institute, 
 
 Addrets at Harvest Festival, 
 
 Speech at Indiautown, ... 
 
 WILMOT, HON. L. A. — In Memoriara, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 WOODWARD, ISAAC— In Memoriam, Members of N. B. Historical Society, 
 
 YARMOUTH FUtEMEN— See "/Yreme»j'« arand Tournament:' 
 
 YOVSG, liEXl II. — See "Hi:it(uic Relics," 
 
 P^ge :J2 
 
 69 
 
 19 
 
 FrontUpUce. 
 
 W 
 
 63 
 
 47 
 
 170 
 
 170 
 
 57 
 
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