St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-22
A Summer Vacation. No. 4.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND


PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Was originally divided into some six
ty or seventy lots, or townships. with
about twenty thousand acres i'll a lot
These were distributed a> prizes among
the favoritcs of the King of Great
Britain, and held by inhabitants of the
Island on rent. This plan causing II
good deal of trouble. however. some
Years ago the Government bought up
as many of the lots us possible. and
gave the people the opportunity OF
owning their farms. Since then Il
great many Improvements have been
made. The farmers feel that they are
working for themselves. and cun>e-
qucntly take more pains to surround
their homes with comforts and convon-
iencic>. We saw Il great many hrauti-
full farms. with fine buildings that would
do credit To our best Vermont farmers.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
The free school system is not 50 far
advanced is i'll Nova Scotia We SAW
about half-a-dozen little school houses.
however. very much in New England
style. Passing one, just before school
time one morning, the thirty-fve little
children around it all stopped in their
play and bowed to the stranger. with
true Provincial courtesy. Good man
ners are universal among them.
Churches, or meeting houses, are
more abundant than school houses aud
we everywhere found religious peO-
pie. Bibles were in every house. and
nearly all the books we saw among the
farmers were of n religious character.
The Methodist, Baptist and Presbyte-
rian are the prevailing denominations.
The Sabbath is kept with primitive ii
deity. We saw no one laboring on
that day, and even at "Baushaw Inn,
where we found ourselves late one
Saturday afternoon. and expected from
the appearance of the house that the
day would be one of drinking and ca
rousing, the bar was not opened, and
everything was as quiet as i'll Chris
tan home.
TROUT-FISHING.
Our inquiries for trout were invari-
ably answered by you'll find 'em at
Baushaw." So, early Monday morn
ing. our flies might have been seen
skimming along the river in search of a
hreaktast,-notf for themselves howev-
er. The Jolly, Scotch hostess, had
promised us II breakfast of trout. if We
would catch them, and in short time
we had enough for fine meal. Frog
trout as they call them, that live in
fresh water, are considered hardly
worth the catching: but during July
and August the saltwater trout come
up the streams and are much sought
for. Going on from Baushaw with fish
in view, we were directed to Dunk
River. Ify you ever go there, inquire
for old Mr.. Crossman, who knows ev-
cry fish in Dunk River" it is said, and
he will tell you where and how to find
them. 1t is not difficult matter how
ever to get enough, without assistance.
We spent a forenoon there and came
away richly laden.
SUMMERsIDE
was the last place we visited in the Is
land. 1t is a thriving little village,
and does quite business in ship build
ing. Seven vessels were in the process
of building upon the wharves,
of them of considerable size. The Is
land here is quite narrow, and from a
hill near the village we could see the
Gulf on one side and the Strait on the
other. On Bedeque Island, about a
mile out of the harbor, a fine hotel is
being built. to be kept on the "Ameri-
can plan. for summer tourists. 1t is
a delightful place and will no doubt at
tract many visitors.
1t was beautiful day when we re-
crossed Northumberland Strait, and the
sudden thunderstorm we experienced
on the water only made it the more
pleasant. AT Pit du Chene we landed
and commenced our survey of
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Our ride over the |. c. r. R., to St.
John. gave us the impression that New
Brunswick was wilderness. There is
not much large timber in that section.
but for miles and miles the country is
covered with small, dead, weather.
beaten trunks, with a thick growth of
underbrush,-a sort of hop pole scenery,