In the year 1767, balloting took place for the various 1 - for Lot 18 (Baltic) was higher than that of Lot 20 or 21, 1 n .’ ' relative value and the natural advantages possessed by a specific area.

The only method of transportation between Lots 21 and 18 was by water until Lot 20 had been settled. At this time a foot pathwas created through the forest. This path ran along the shore at a distance of 50 to 150 feet from the edge of the cape. When settlement began this path was widened to admit a cart, and finally it became the main road. Not a trace of this road remains today, except a solitary spot on Graham’s Cape, and a line in the direction of the road where the coastline has been worn away to the extent of ap- proximately 200 feet.

THE FIRST SETTLERS*

The first settlers arrived about the year 1775 or 1780. In 1798 the twelve families that were settled in Baltic were those of Wm. Marks, John Barefoot, John Crowley, James Dunn, Daniel Delaney, Ben and George Warren, John Cousins, Robert Heathfield, James Brander, John Poor and Mrs. Lily Rieley. These first settlers formed a total population of 67.

They built the first houses out of logs, the roof being covered with boards placed lengthwise and shingled with sods. The boards being used had been cut with a whipsaw. All farming implements were made chiefly with’wood; the means of draft being oxen. When the foot paths were widened into roads, the first vehicle consisted of a box with a pole (or a set

of shafts) and mounted on an axle with a pair of wheels. The wheels were '

made of plank nailed crosswise and were made fast to the wooden axle which turned the wheels. It was kept in place by wooden pins driven through the sills of the box on either side of the axles. This form of locomotion was known as a go-devil. It remained for Joseph Duggan to make the first cart that had iron standards and crossbars. He also processed the hubs of a pair of wheels that were made in Scotland in 1775. They cost 10 pounds during that time, and are still in active service.

Sleighs were first made with plank runners and crossbars of the same material. Moses Graham made an improvement on this which brought Visitors from Malpeque and New London. This renovation was simply a sleigh with runners fashioned from the trunk of a tree, thus giving it a ‘ ‘natural turn”.

Ploughs, harrows, rakes made of wood, spades, and other tools were the means by which crops were put in. The scythe and reaping- hook cut the crops, the flail did the threashing. These were replaced later by the “round- about mill.” The grain was first ground 1n querns, and subsequently 1n a

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