PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

efforts to promote the public good and en—

joys the confidence and respect of all who know him.

NEIL MCDONALD, who conducts a fine farm near Murray Harbour North and also is successfully engaged in a general mer- chandise business at that place, was born on September 22, 1859, in Belfast, Prince Edward Island, a son of Finlay and Mary (Morrison) McDonald, who were both natives also of Belfast, where the father fol- lowed farming until his death, which occurred in 1901. The paternal grandpar- ents, William and Barbara (McKay) McDonald, were natives of Scotland, while

the maternal grandparents, Neil and Cath-,

erine (Gillis) Morrison, were natives of Prince Edward Island.

Neil McDonald attended the district schools and the Belfast Grammar School and in 1878 took a- course in the normal school at Charlottetown, graduating in June of the same year and at that time receiving a license to teach, which vocation he followed during the following seventeen years, eleven years of this time being at the Mur- ray Harbourschool. Mr. McDonald exhibited a natural aptitude for pedagogy and during his second term was given unstinted praise by Inspector Curran, who stated that he was conducting one of the best schools on the Island. In 1895 Mr. McDonald engaged in the merchandise business which he has successfully followed, and also owns and operates a well improved and productive ‘farm near by. Politically he lends an ardent support to the Conservative party, while fratemally he is a member of 'the Independ- ent Order of Good Templars. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian

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church. On November 27, 1895, Mr. McDonald married Miss Lucy Belle Gra- ham, a daughter of George B. and Char- lotte (Clow) Graham, both natives of Mur- ray Harbour North, and to this union were born four children: Lyman H., Lowell 5., George G. and William R. Mr. McDonald is a man of public spirit and progressive ideas and enjoys the good will and confi- dence of all who know him.

ARCHIBALD CURRIE, a prominent and successful merchant at Souris, was born at West River, Queens county, Prince Edward Island, and is a son of Duncan Currie, who came from Colonsa, Argyleshire, Scotland, with his parents about 1825, the last named

“being Archibald and Anne (Graham) Cur-

rie. They located at South Shore, Lot 65, where the grandfather died in early life. The father died in 1899, at the age of eighty- four years. The subject’s mother, who bore the maiden name of Margaret McMillan, was a native of Invernesshire, Scotland, and a daughter of John and Christina (McPhee) McMillan, who lived at Murray Harbour Road, Prince Edward Island.

The subject of this sketch received his elementary education in the schools of Queens county and during the following seven years was engaged in teaching school and also acted as drill instructor with the militia of Queens county in 1867'. At the age of twenty-eight years he entered the employ of a mercantile house, and in 1875 entered into business on his own account, at Charlottetown. In 1879 he located at Souris and during the fol- lowing seven years was employed with the firm of Matthew & McLean, general merchants. In 1886 he again entered into