Bottle Back from the Depths

Plainfield, NJ. January 26, 1905. While cleaning a large bloater smelt that came in a consignment of fish from New York this morning, Fred Ivamy found in the fish’s stomach a bottle about the size of a man’s thumb. It was securely corked and contained the following message writ- ten on a small piece of paper: “Whoever gets this note will confer a favor by replying to the undersigned, Harry Durant, Margate, Prince Edward Island, Canada”. The bottle holding it, although almost as large as the smelt’s mouth, could have been swallowed by it.

New Ford Cars

1919 — R. T. Holman, Ltd. Summerside, report the following recent sales of Ford Cars:

Mr. Hugh J. MacKay, New London. Mr. William L. Johnson, Margate. Mr. Louis MacLeod, Victoria.

Margate — The farmers of this vicinity are busily engaged in hauling mus- sel mud. What might have been a very serious accident happened to Mr. Gordon Woodside. While hoisting mud the other day the fork broke and Mr. Woodside fell into the channel and only for the kind assistance of the men that were working at the digger, he would have been drowned.

February 16th., 1888

A vehicle just completed by Mr. William Pound of Margate is at tracting considerable attention.

Ladies, gentlemen, young and old, flock to his ware—rooms to inspect it. The huge sleigh was designed and built by Mr. Pound for Mr. Strong

of Cape Traverse and intended for conveying passengers and mail to and from the ice-boats.

Nothing like it has been seen in these parts. It will carry about 22 persons besides baggage. No name is placed on it, but it is commonly called around Margate, “The Subway”.

Margate’s Oldest Doll

Mrs. Stanley Sharpe is the owner of a doll which was bought in Scotland, on the day of Queen Victoria’s Coronation in 1837, making the doll 135 years old. It was brought to Canada from Scotland by Mrs. Sharpe’s grandmother.

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