6 THE BRASS CANNON OF CAMPOBELLO.
medical aid. No one kept him long atatime, whether bec use otners wanted the price paid for his suj port, or because he was an unwel come inmate unknown. Prices depend on su ply; therefore happened that the next pauper Ww boarded for fifty dollars. \gain lower price for board brought
about a lower tax rate for the householders, and in course of time an
other pauper was set up at
j public auction and _ the
lowest bidder was intrusted
with his care and mainte
nance. By 1829 the exports
from the island justified the
creation of har
and port wardens,—more titles to A ferry was established from Campobello
Indian Island and Eastport. The ferryman
was "recognized in the sum of two pounds,
Or Masters be coveted.
2 and was conditioned to keep a good na 6 sufficient boat, with sails and oars, to carry all persons who required between the ay] pointed places, to ask, demand, and receive for each and every person so ferried one shilling and three pence and no more. If any other than the appointee should have the
hardihood to make a little money by trans
porting a weary traveller, such person was to be fined ten shillings, half of it to go to the informer and half to the ferryman, unless he had previously arranged with the licensee } ' }
that he would afford him due and righteous
satisfaction for each person so carried
\s the population grew, the swine began to abound, and soon it was decreed that " neither swine nor boar-pig's ld ¢ t large unk
heiently ringes nd yokes sucking g excepted, on pain of five shillings for ' beast Then the sheep began to jump fences four feet high, and their descendants've increased in agility. They ate the voung
s, and standing at ease defiantly
