The Parish of Studholm - On one occasion the wolves killed all their sheep. An early frost prevented their potatoes from maturing; the largest did not exceed a hen's egg in sixe. But these brave men were soon encouraged by the arrival of other families. In 1800 Matthew FENWICK came from Yorkshire (England) and settled in Cumberland, N.S., but after remaining there a short time he became discouraged with the country and resolved to go to Iowa, but whilsty crossing the Bay of Fundy adversewinds and fog compelled him to enter St. John Harbor. Here he fell in with a gentleman from Millstream who persuaded Mr. fenwick to accompany him home. This he finally agreed to. The journey from St. John was made in a flat bottom vessel known as a Durham boat, which was used by the early settlers to carry their potatoes to market. The boat was capable of holding two hundred bushels of potatoes and enough provision to last the voyage both ways. On coming to Millstream Mr. Fenwick took up 800 acres of land. He died in 1827. From a reliable source the writer has learned that the old stock of McLEOD's who settled in this part of the parish originally came from Ireland, and upon their arrival in America, first settled in Newfoundland. After a few years spent among the cod fishers, they strayed over to the mainland and somewhere about the year 1800 came to Millstream. The Ryans were among the first settlers of Millstream. James RYAN came from Ireland and like many others first settled in Cumberland. In 1814 he came to Millstream. So as early as 1815 this part of the parish was quite well settled. A short distance further up the stream in the little village of Berwick, which received its name about 20 years ago; previous to that it was all Millstream. This place supports three mills - saw, grist and shingle - also a store, school, church etc. There is believed to be a valueable deposit of coal near here, good specimans have often been discovered along the margin of Ryan's brook. Passing on up the stream we soon come into another prosperous settlement called Upper Millstream. This part of the parish was not settled as early as the lower end; neverthe .. the inhabitants are a thrifty, go ahead people. The greatest enemies with which these early settlers had to contend were the wolf and bear. At times whole flocks of sheep would disappear. Swine, calves and other domestic animals would vanish in a like manner. Even the settlers themselves often had hairbreath escapes from those firece denizens of the forest. But as covilization advanced, these animals gradually became less numerous until we know believe they are almost extinct, especially the wolf. Collina, another comparatively young village, is situated about four miles west of Berwick and contains a carpenter and blacksmith shop, school, church and a well fitted store owned by Counc. A.I. KEIRSTEAD of the law firm of McKeown & Keirstead of St. John. The Keirsteads are of Dutch descent, but came to this country with the Loyalists. A.I. Keirstead's father was the first male child born on the Millstream. Here in the temperance hall Hon. Geo. E. FOSTER made his first speech some 25 years ago.