*~ THE GARDEN OF THE GULF. In the winter season really 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 Gardens, where the youth and beauty of Charlotte- town may be seen promenading or resting on the rustic benches that surround the cooling fountain. 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 reads 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" the Charlottetown market. The tourist should not bid farewell to the city before taking a trip over , one of the finest in America. A sail up the Hillsborough , the West, or , or out into the bay, is one of the most delightful trips that can be experienced by those who wish a few hours' recreation combined with an invigorating breeze of pure sea air. The scenery along the shores is beautiful. 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 Charlottetown would not be complete without taking in one of these delightful excursions. 13