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ttwo hundred and twenty-five acres, im- pproved with a large and convenient resi- (dence and commodious and well arranged lbarns and other necessary outbuildings. The Lplace is well stocked with high grade Short- l‘hom cattle and Berkshire hogs and one of its {pleasing features is the herd of fourteen high ggrade milch cows, from the product of which are manufactured large quantities of excel- ldent butter. Improved separators and butter- rmakers are used and nothing is omitted that \will in any way raise the quality and quan- ttity of the farm's products. Mr.‘ Poirier has made many substantial and permanent im- [provements on the place since obtaining pos- ssession, and it now ranks high among the best farms of the province. In 1897, Mr. IPoirier went to the Klondike, having during tthe two previous years engaged in mining in British Columbia. On January 21, 1897, he \was one of a party of forty men who left the llast named province and when they reached tthe Klondike on November 4th, following, tthere were about four men left to tell the sstory of their long, weary journey across the ocountry. Mr. Poirier worked a profitable cclaim on Dominion creek and in 1901 re- tturned to Prince Edward Island. ‘In the fol- llowing year he revisited the Yukon gold ffields, but remained there only about a year. xAmong the many valuable souvenirs which lhe brought home from the Yukon gold re- gion is a handsome gold watch chain and (rross, made of nuggets which he dug from I‘Mother Earth. He is a man of splendid Ipersonal qualifications and is deserving of tthe general respect and esteem of his fellow- men which is accorded to him in this com- munity, and which he has abundantly en-

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DAVID ROGERS, a successful miller and farmer in Lot 26, Prince county, is a native of Carmarthen, South Wales, where he was born on December 28, 1831. He is a son of Jonah Rogers, also a native of Wales, where he followed the trade of whitesmith, which was also the vocation of his father and grandfather. In 1839 Mr. Rogers emi- grated to Nova Scotia, but after a brief resi- dence there, came to Prince Edward Island, locating at Bedeque, where he purchased and operated a farm. He worked for a short time at his trade of whitesmith, but there being little to do in this line, he took up the trade of a blacksmith, which he fol- lowed throughout the remainder of his life in connection with farming. He was an Independent in politics and a member of the Episcopal church. His death occurred on October 20, 1851, his widow surviving until October, 1886. The latter bore the maiden name of Anna Thomas, and was also a na- tive of Wales. To them were born nine children: Mary, the wife of John Howat, of Bedeque; David, subject of this sketch; Joseph, of Bedeque; Keturah. the wife of Henry Farquharson, of Southport; Benja- min, a hardware merchant of Charlottetown; Thomas, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal church, belonging to the Troy Confer- ence, New York; Daniel, who died in Cali- fornia; William, who died in Moncton, New Brunswick; and Sarah, the wife of Thomas Frizzell, of Summerside.

David Rogers came to Prince Edward Is- land at the age of eight years and received his education in the public schools of Be- deque. He then learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed for about twelve years and then took up farming,