Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-19
A Trip to Acadia,
For the Alexandria Gazeite.

l0uS enough, anu tnS uu". scIcalu VI WV ia
patient engine had boen given often enough to
bring on board the last passcnger-cVco that
torlorn female who is always !ate-When Capt.
Blake gave orders to cast OFT.
The day. was perfect; merry parry had
gathered to have few hours sal! on the love
ly Potomac, but We were not OF those. Inc
seductive strains of the violin, nor the PERSIA
sye cadences of the harps could Dot allurc US;
we were saviog all our energies for few days
stay in Acadia. While still 10 sight Of the
| dome" We were Landed 10 the heart Ct haE-
py land.
Some thirty years ago s wealthy northcrner,
| sef k,op home where Water did not reign
supreme eight months 10 the year, found what
| he then considered, AID hiss since known to be,
a ye,itable Canaan. Lie bought two Thousand
acres and began the cultivation OF fruits, to
which the soil and climate seemed especially
ADAPTED. FrGm time to tlmc, as desirable,
parties came along seeking homes, be has
divided and sub divided his land among them.
| Thus DC formed Gucleus arou3d which has
.sthered some forty families ius3 one settle
nIent, tic like of which does not vxi.t outside
of irs lims. Good people are ituId every
where; the Acadians canoot clalh exclusive
possession 10 that line. Lui they could claim, II
they woad. that there is Lot one thtittcs;. lgno
rant, Incorporate, uuuclghboriy neighbour
amoug them.
Monthly meetings have beoo held for years
at the several farms comprising the settlement,
10 such order as 10 bring mcctlpg ct each
farm once 10 about two years and hall. At
these mcetiegs I'LL questions affecting the inter.
est Of the farmer in general, or the settlement
10 particular arc discussed. a critical commit
tee, appointed at previous meeting, reports
upou tho condition Of the farm then visited,
and suggestions arc made for its Improvement.
A discussion follows. IN which all join. Inc
most usual criticism is that the 1armer has TOO
much lsnd-mcre than he eau Thoroughly cult
vate, and he is advised to get rid OF his surplus
/. is easier to point GU! az error than to correct
il: all would agree that be had better keep his
land than bring into the settlement one whose
mode of life vas disreputablc.
While this meeting Is being held on The lawn
or IA the barn, the ladies at the house arc haV-
iug their housckcepcrs meeting. They com-
pare notes On household matters, new recipes
are offered and discussed, patterns and pro
cesses exchanged. labor saving methods arc
proposed aud advocated, in fact ell thlogs that
Tend to render the farmers homo comlOrtatl,
add attractive arc 10 order. The yCu1g folks
are expected to furnish music, rtciatlGps, read
ings, e..
That constantly recurring question among
farmers, How shall VIC keep Cur sons upon
tic farm is 10 fair way 10 Z practical solution
in this community. The mua!hy meetings
and the exchange OF ideas keen the yo1ug neo
dcV:s:ng some new thing to offer at the next
meeting, from the best method OF hanging a
wagon seat to plans FOX az improved barn.
The meeting winds up with ao old fashioned
farmers supper, which consists OF all the SUB
s,antias, but With no city hnmmery, and amooo-
lit ride homo
Last year the Acadia5s held their first fair at
Alexandra, and made suca showing that the
town suddenly aWoke to the fact that there Was
plenty Of life left in the old burg yet. Moth
ing succeeds like success Vigorous efforts
: were at once made to secure sub5crlp tlons to
stock for permanent buildings AID securing
grounds ST., that ike exhibitions might be
held annually About So coo was subscribed
and very judicousiy expended 10 erecting
bulldogs thoroughly adapted to the purpose
All the world was invited tt participate and
compete; GU the last day it looked as though he
=. had come with WIFE children aad friends. A
more complete sucoe S. than this last fair, held
in the onely days of esllv fall, it would be i'm
possible to imagine The display 10 all depart
meuts would have been credltablc anywhere,
and the attendance far exceeded the NEST san-
guine estimates, but the best bread and the
best butter as we'll rs some OF the finest fruits
we're sent from Acadia.
This happy land is witto au hours sail Of
Alexandra; the s1it is fruitful aud the climate
a happy meau between the extremes ct heat
and cold. lt5 people arc educated and rehoed
ADD conboo northern thrift with southern
hospitality. Their general intelligence, which
always imprcsscs stranger, Is accounted Tor
by the fact that they come OF good stock, have
a constant Interchange Of ideas and they take
the papsr7. May they Increase end multiply, and
nay their S9ns be worthy Il them and long
live to possess the lovely laEd OF ACADIA,
MAN IS OF AIR.-Sccncc has demonstrated
that man, the great being who performs great
Wo1ders is formed OF condensed ali, OF s3Iidl'
G-d aud liqueiad gase!; that he lives 90
condensed, as we'll as uucondensnj, air, and by
> meaDs Of the same agcnt moves the heaviest
weiybts with tho velocity OF the wind. But
the s.rsugest part Of the matter 10 that thou
sands of thts, tabernacle5 formed OF condensed
air are going on two legs occasionally, and or &C
count of the production ard supply OF those
folms Ct coGdeueed air which they require Tor
food and clothing, or On account OF their hooor
| a0Q power, destroy caCu OtHCI III pleSueo oal'
Ties by means Of condensed all; and further, that
maDY peculiar pawers of the bodlles5, conscious.
thiokiDg and sensitive beiog housed in bis
tabernacle, to be the result simply OF It's Ia
terna structure, aud the arrangement OF its
PARTICLES or atoms; while chemistry supplies the
cIesrest proof that, SO far as concerns this. the
ultimate and most minute composition and
structure which is beyond the reach CT our
senses, man is, to all appearance, identical with
The OK, or with the animal lowest 10 the scale OF
creation.
Atan DAD Fellows hall, the other day, relates
Lordon contemporary, young m1dical stu
dert came suddenly face TO fac, With dear,
kind old iathcry looking gentleman With white
hair and Of highly respectable appearance. They
both stood trars6xed. The same idea flashed
across both Of them. Your face is familiar to
me, very familiar; but can t remember where
We have met so often. However, the kindly