St. Margarets Pioneer Cemetery Restoration

Assorted stories

Assorted

The Mandarins Secret

The following is story that was published in the FAMILY HERALD of Montreal, Quebec, and which has since ceased publication.

The story has its beginning in China. Three men from St. Margaret's, P.E.I., who were part of a crew on a merchant ship were in court. The surname of one of the men was MACPHEE. The surname of the other two men was MACDONALD.

They had went ashore the previous night, got drunk, got in trouble. Arrested by Chinese police, placed in jail. The penalties in China were very severe, one, two or three fingers cut off depending on the offence.

Roddy McPhee - Chinese Mandarin

From the book of short stories, "More Recollections of an Ole Salt", by Lorne Johnson, 1983.

From the misty corridors of two centuries comes this strange and fascinating story which may not have an equal anywhere, especially on P.E.I.

In the late 1700's, Danny Dhu McPhee, a tall good looking Scotchman in his early twenties, left the Isle of Barra on the west coast of Scotland with his young bride.

Bear Story (1833)

THE BEST BEAR STORY

Royal Gazette, August 13, 1833

On Saturday night the 3^rdinst. Mr. Roderick MacDonald, of Norrie’s Pond, was severely injured by a bear.Having information that he was in pursuit of some sheep, MacDonald went outaccompanied by a person of the mane of MacAulay, with his gun loaded with swanshot; when within a few paces of the prowler, he fired and lodged the contentsof his musket in his body, form the effects of which he fell. He thought heshould now have no trouble to dispatch him, ran up and struck him with an axe, butbefore he gave a second blow, he wrested that weapon from his hand and threw itto some distance. He was now in the power of bruin singlehanded, who madeseveral attempts to seize him by the throat, and it was only by getting hold ofhis ears, he extricated himself from his desparate embrace.

Original Deed for Church (1805)

ORIGINAL DEED (and certification of deed) for St. Margaret’s Church

This indenture made the twenty third day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five between John Cambridge Esquire of Greenwich (Lot 40) in Prince Edward Island, North America of the one part and Angus MacEachern of St. Andrews (Lot 38) of said island of the other part.

Witnessed that the said John Cambridge for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds, ten shillings sterling to him in hand being paid by the said Angus MacEachern.