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In the winter season reall'y'ﬁne "Concerts and entertainments are given by local amateurs, while during the summer-many ﬁrst class musical and dramatic companies visit the City, where there is now, almost completed, a well-equipped and modern opera house, erected in connection with the Masonic Temple. Band concerts are given on, certain evenings of the week in Queen Square Gardens, where the youth and beauty of Charlotte— town may be seen promenading or resting on the rustic benches that surround the cooling fountain. ' i . 'Of the many attractions that strike the stranger visiting Charlottetown, not the least among them is its public, market. “ Market Day” is one of Charlottetown’s institutions. Every Tuesday and Friday the roads leading into the city are thronged with farmers, market gardeners, butchers, dairy women and ﬁshermen, with their loads of produce, making their way to the market house and square, a place reserved by the “city fathers” for

the Sale of their commodities. The show, of meats, vegetables, poultry,

butter, eggs, berries, fresh ﬁsh, etc., displayed in the stalls of the building and on the square, has been pronounced by visitors as something unique,

- and the best to be seen anywhere. It is well worth an hour or so of the » tourist’s time to “do” theCharlottetown market.

_The tourist should not. bid. farewell to the city before taking a trip over. Charlottetown Harbor, one 'of the .ﬁnest in America. A sail up the Hillsborough, the-West, or North Rivers, or out into the bay, is one of the most delightful trips that can be experien'Ced by those who wish a few hours’ recreation combined with an invigorating breeze of ptire sea air. The scenery along the shores is beatitiful. On either hand are seen the fertile farms dressed in the richeSt green and bordered by the crimson soil of the banks. and cliffs. Every opportunity is offered those who desire this form of pleasuring. Government ferry boats" and inland steamers are continually making trips to and from adjoining settlements, while parties or individuals can be furnished with steam launches-or sail and row boats at a small cost. A visit to CharIOt’tetown' would not be'complete without taking in one of these delightful excursions. i '

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