She kept the eagle in a pen and fed it from January until March. It weighed 35 pounds and had a wing span of 8 feet 10 inches.

The bird was taken to a taxidermist and mounted, and now occupies a prominent place in the Paynter home in Freetown.

WHO TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS?

On a Sunday morning in the late 19605, Robert and Blanche Jardine were awakened by a rukus outside their home. Their German Shepherd dog was barking at something at their gate. After trying to turn on a light, Blanche discovered the power was off. An inspection of the source of the rukus revealed that a raccoon was up the hydro pole at the end oftheir gateway. Raccoon fur on the hydro lines suggested that the raccoon had indeed turned off the lights. Maritime Electric dispatched a crew to repair the problem allowing Robert and Blanche to get ready in time for church.

REMINISCING WITH MARGARET (McCARVILLE) MURPHY Mrs. Murphy, a daughter of John and Susana (Murphy) McCarville of Dorchester, Mass., spent several days in Freetown with her nephew, Charles McCarville, in April 1985. While here she attended the wedding of her great nephew, Michael McCarville and Anne Mellish, in Kensington.

Mrs. Murphy said that she has been away from Freetown for fifty—seven years.

She related that she used to babysit Hazel, Mrs. Cecil Paynter, and Ina, Mrs. Issac Walker, daughters of Albert and Mattie Campbell, when they attended evening services in Freetown Presbyterian Church in the 19205.

Even though the ground was very muddy she was able to identify the location of the log cabin where Francis McCarville and his wife lived when they first settled in Freetown in 1839. We were not aware that anyone in Freetown had lived in a log cabin.

She also informed us that there used to be a building about midway between the railway and White’s Corner on the east side of the Dunk River road where an Indian by the name of Dan Mitchel used to stay each summer for several years. He would bring a large supply of baskets down from Lennox Island each spring to sell. He stored them in Freetown C.N. Station and kept a supply to sell in his summer home. His wife and two children would accompany him. They returned to the Reservation each fall.

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