burner, wick and glass globe and chimney, over a bowl to hold the oil; and hurricane lanterns for outdoor and barn use. In the early 1900 s a "Rayo" lamp was popular here; it had a round wick and a tall slender chimney. A big improvement in illumination was the "Aladdin" lamp; Henry Curtis Lawson , who lived where the Warren Marshalls are now, was the Aladdin agent here. These lamps burned kerosene and had a mantle similar to those used on coal gas lighting fixtures; they gave a very bright light. There was also an Aladdin model with a mantle which burned naphtha gas. In the 1930 s Inn had a Delco system, with a generator supplying electricity to storage batteries, which powered the lights and the pumping system at the Inn. The first electricity lines reached Stanhope from Charlottetown in 1937, running from Corner to Dalvay Hotel and the , and later to Stanhope Beach Inn at the Point. The church got electric light in 1946, and from then on spur lines branched out, bringing electricity to Stanhope homes. And what a difference this made to rural life; electric water pumps made indoor plumbing possible, and cut down on the labour of watering the farm animals; lights and fans in barns, and electric fences, made the farmer's job easier. The old-time methods of doing the indoor chores have been revolutionised by the advent of refrigerators, washers and dryers, deep freezers, heaters, stoves and vacuum cleaners ??? instant service at the touch of a switch. Consider the family wash: the pioneer women hauled water from spring, brook, open well, or outdoor hand pump, heated it on a stove or in a "copper" or boiler, and scrubbed the laundry on a washboard in a tub; hard labour indeed! Then there was the problem of keeping food from spoiling. The settlers kept their milk, cream, butter and meat in a container in the brook or spring. Then came the ice-house, a pit dug in the ground, with a roof over it and a door with steps leading down, containing blocks of ice cut from a nearby pond during the winter; the perishables were stacked on and around the ice. The indoor ice-box followed: a chest with a zinc-lined compartment on top to hold the block of ice, and shelves below to hold the food; extremely perishable items went in the top with the ice. There was a tray underneath to catch the water from the ice as it melted; the tray sometimes overflowed if it was not emptied regularly, so a smart husband might arrange a drain to the outside. How different from today's deep freeze and fridge! Water being of prime importance, the first settlers chose a site for their house or cabin near a brook or spring; water was fetched with a pail, and the brook took care of stock watering too. Older residents can recall... fetching water from the spring as children. Bea Marshall remembers: We used to keep the creamers with the milk in the spring down at the brook, and we also carried our water from the spring, 31