198 HISTORY or PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Mr. ll'helan was a» Roman catholic. The writer of a sketch of his life, which appeared in the Examiner, says that “his words and thoughts, in the hour of death, were 7

The author of this work had the pleasure, in the autumn of1867, of having. an inter-

those of a Christian gentleman.’

View of several hours’ duration with the deceased gentleman, during which topics connected with general literature were freely discussed, and he parted with him retaining a high opinion of his literary ability, as well as of the extent of his , knowledge.

AT Port Ilill, on the twenty-fifth of August, 1868, died the Honorable James Yeo, in the eightieth year of his age. The deceased gentleman was a native of Devonshire, Eng- land, and was born in the year 1788. He emigrated to Prince Edward Island about fifty years previous to his death. He, consequently, was then about thirty years of age. On his arrival, he obtained a. situation in connection with the firm of Chanter & Company, who were doing business in shipbuilding at Port Hill. Being a young man of good habits and business talent, he secured the confidence of his employers. He had charge of the company’s books, and astonished everybody by his remarkable powers in mental arithmetic. The Messrs. Chanter having resolved to remove to England, assigned their outstanding debts to Mr. Yeo, as remuneration for what they owed him. ll'ith the small capital thus placed at his command, as the fruit of honest industry, he commenced trading and shipbuilding, which he prosecuted with reinarluible success. Firmness, punctuality, and honesty were the characteristics of his business life.

Mr. Yeo entered public, life in the year 1839, and from that period till his death lost but one election. He was no orator, but stated his Views on the questions before the house of assembly in a few terse Saxon terms,—~always strictly to