The extremely sharp-pointed shoe which came to light with these papers, and from the same hiding-place -- is the very same which has been fashionable in recent years, although from its small size and coarse make, it seems to have^belonged to a female servant of those ancient days. But the inquiry arises; if this was the pattern of shoe worn by the servants ; did not those of the masters and mistresses of -- say 1750-60 "come to the point "still more sharply? The oil found with the shoe may have been intended for " its lubrication," but fate willed it otherwise.

The Huntington Homestead was perhaps the most venerable monument of Huguenot architecture in the town, and there were few, if any, older houses in the county. It is believed to have been built about the year 1(590, by Alexander Allaire, one of the fir.st settlers, who, as has been stated, landed at Bonnefoy's Point. It was therefore well on towards the completion of its second century. It was constructed of unhewn stone. Its situation "was highly picturesque commanding a view of the varied scenery of marsh, and creek, and wooded point ; and away to the eastward over the islets in the vicinity of Bonnefoy's Point. For a number of years past the woodwork of the interior had been decayed, and the house itself untenantable, until at length it was removed and replaced by a more modern structure. There can be little doubt that some houses built of wood, will