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It would puzzle a ‘Philadelphia Lawyer’ to nam any geometric figure that would be recognised a like the outline of Prince Edward Island; in on place it has the waist of a wasp, and In another th body of a beetle. It is neither one thing nor anothe but something of everything that is remarkable f0 irregularity. It is rather ragged than rugged, cov- ered over with great water arteries, which are sup‘ plied from many rivulvts and streams, as if the two great Saints, John and Lawrence, had entered into partnership to establish a huge filtrating machine for the supply of delicious fresh water for all time, out of the briny gulf, and so contrived the outflow that every settler could be near a head of water power, and be enabled to labor and bring its fruits to the World’s market, cut up or ground, as the Island ma- teriel required. Prince Edward Island, then, can hardly be said to have a centre: taking the shores as the means of decision, any one would say not, and yet there is a centre, but the puzzle is how to find it. We might consult our medical dictionary, for want of a better agent, and endeavor, by analogy, to solve the problem. We will at any rate examine its re- gion ofthe heart through the great aorta, the Hills- borough, and there we find the centre. It is in lati- tude 46012" north and longitude 630 west, there we find the centre of Geographical P. E. I.-—the centre ofCommercial P. E. I —-the centre ofSocial P.E. I. —the centre of Legislative P. E. I.—and the centre of Charitable and Religious P. E. 1., and we might add, the centre of some other less attractive attri- butes. one of which might be indicated in the follow- ing advice to “Mind your own concerns,” which re- cently appeared in an Island paper :

“ Come miml your own concerns, my friend, For they are yours alone;

Don’t talk about youi neIglIbor’ e faults, But strive to mend \Olll own;

What ifhe does not always lead A tIuIy peIfect lile;

Supposmg that he sometimes lI‘els,

0r quarrels with his wife, Don’t meddle—let him know, my friend,