Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-29


tin, OF ST. John. officiating with much
skill at the Piano. The meeting, which
was quite informal at first. developed in.
to u reception party. where short
speeches, singing. recitaiions, Sc. filed
the hours Till midnight. The Hon. Peter
Mitchell. OF the Dominion Ministry. was
present, and made remarks. as also the
Hon Mr.. Willis. of the Press, Hon. Mr..
Dingley and others. Mrs. Fogg repeat
ell "BelSey and are out. and the sequel,
and other pieces to the qualification OF all.
/ Next morning, nj :, we took The line
steamer David Weston" TOR trip mp
| the ST. John river TO Fredericton. the
Celestial City, as it ia called, which we
reached at z. NJ, getting good dinner
on the boat, and enjoying beautiful sail.
The scenery OF this river is not surpassed
anywhere. There is no river in Maine
so grand. and the larms on its borders all
| look fertile and itch from alluvial de-
posts. Land is held at $500 an acre,
in some special eases We are met on
the wharf by Mayor Gregory, and the
ahree members of the Fredericton press,
Messrs. Fcnily, llogg and
Every attention was shown us here, Dr.
Dow being very kind, rendering the use
of his fine span of horses to take the
party TO the Government house. The
DIR. was 4 native of Vermont, we believe,
and is highly esteemed by the citizens oil
his adoption. The government house
and lands, occupied by 1t. Gov. Wilmot,
we'll known to Americans as one OF the
most eloquent OF speakers and genial OF
men. were worth visiting. The gardens
both flower and vegetable, were splendid.
The sSlary of the 1t. Governor is $1,000
3 year, and the use of the government
seat. The party was well entertained at
the Barker House" kept by Col. Rob
iuson, formerly of Augusta. Maine, and
at the Queen" and AT private residences.
1 Fredericton is sn attractive place .prettily
| laid out. and all the more inviting in
| contrast with S.. John. IL has about 800
inhabitants, nice stores, houses. &c. and
is connected with the European road by
branch. Here our party separated.
many being obliged to return home be-
fore Sunday, while others went back 10
ST. John by boat TO visit Halifax.
About thirty.tive Of Us re.embarked on
board the steamer. on the beautiful morn
ing OF Friday, at S O'Clock. and reached
ST. John at 8. II was n lovely sail, and
fun and merriment ruled supreme. At
| dinner table was devoted exclusively
to our party, and over two hours were
spent in sentiments. songs, speeches,
wi,ticisms. &c, till We reached St. John.
Saturday merning. through the polite
ness OF Mr.. Carville. Manager of The
Intercolonial railroad. the all through by.
rail route. we were furnished \ splendid
car by ourselves. and LEFT at 5 o'clock for
Halifax. which we did not reach till near
" in the evening.
The ride was by no means tedious, as
much of it was through fine country,
on an elevated grade, overlooking broad
meadows and beautiful valleys. Still il
is not considered so pleasant = route rs
the rival one through the Annapolis val.
ley, by which We returned. We would
advise one 10 90 this way to return the
other. ~ we did, by all means At
Truro we met Mr.. Alley. of the Truro
Sun. and before reaching Halifax, = dele-
CATION OF the Press met us. II commenced
raining in the evening The cars leave
Us about = mile and half from our
hotel, bu, We take horse cars at the de-
pot and ride to il. In passing through
the streets. the brilliantly lighted. hand
some dry goods stores, show TO adyan-
tage. We 60 to the HALIFAX, the best
house in town. where we are served with
tea, which We so much craved. We cot
= good dinner. by the way. at Amherst.
After partsking of steak. coffee or tea
and bread. we were invited into q draw
ing room where table was spread more
dainiily. with all kinds OF fowl, fruit, cake,
aud flanked with wines. liquors, &c. Our
entertainers seemed surprised to find that
We were all tee t0.talerS. and though they
were proluse in their attentions and
solicitations to indulge with them in the
social cup, they were unavailing. All
honor to our party. who were all true to
the total abstinence sentiment Of our
State. Mr. johnson, of tho Halifax Re-
porter. made an address of welcome,
which was responded to by our President.
and the party was allowed to seek the
coveted rest.
Sunday morning was little misty, but
the sun came out bright and warm by
meeting time, and our friends were on
hand to escort Us TO church. Most OF Us
attended Rev. Mr.. Grants. Presbyterian.
he being tho most popular preacher in
lowE. lie is the author OF Ocean TO
Ocean, and all we've well pleased with
his able discourse. In the afternoon 4
very interesting prayer meeting Was held
at the parlor OF the hotel. Rev. MeSsrs.
Grant and Weston OF Halifax, the Ameri-
can Consul, and several OF the citizens
came in and expressed their pleasure at