The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-09
NOVA SCOTIA
Description ofthe Blue Nose"
Country.
The Land of the Old and New
Evangeline.

The counties of Hants. Kings aud An
napolls are the fruit districts of Nova
Scotia. though orchards are found 10 other
counties, and apples do well where proper
care is taken of the trees and of the ground
underneath them. The distance from
Windsor, Hants County. through Kings,
to the town of Annapolis, is about 100
miles and through bat section are raised
the largest quantities of apples-GraVen-
stems 1.-THE best autumn applesl, Ribstou
Pippins, Baldwius. Yellow Belheur,
Northern Spies, Blenhein Pippins, Rhode
Island Greetings. Nonpareil. etc. A
least 100, 900 barrels of apples were raised
in Annapolis County last year. still more
in Kings, and still less IN HAMS In
good bearing year from 60, 900 to 100000
barrels go from this province to the Lon
don market Andrew IL johnson, of
WolfviIle, one of the leadiog horticulturists
in Kings County. packs his apples very
carefully for the London market. barreing
together those OF uniform size, and often
nets 50 barrel. It costs him Is cents to
get apples to Halifax, by rail, and about
| 10 cents from there to London. Nova
Scotia apples in the foreign market COM
mand top figures. Peaches aud pears are
beginning to be cultivated here, and it is
said they do well. Grapes and the small
fruit are abundant in their season.
| WclfvIlle, little east of keHtviie, in
the same county, is an intellectual, fruit
growing village, it being the location OF
| ACADIA COLLEGE,
founded in 1888. and the head center" of
the Baptist educational interests in Nova
Scotia, Horton Academy, out of which the
college grew, is located at Wolfgille. and is
a rich feeder of the younger and higher
institution. A few rods from the new aud
stately college building (erected since the
great fire of December, 1917 stands the
new seminary for young ladies. also Bap-
fist institution, The collage, under the
Presidency of the Rev. 4. n. Sawyer. ID
ID. is doing WELL and the work of all the
schools here seems to be IN good hands
All the institution buildings stand on rise
of ground overlooking wide stretch o.
country. including the Basin OF Minas
which communicates with the Bay oil
Fundy, and one may tramp long way
without having his eye flled with liveliel
rural prospect.
Only three miles east of Wolfville, a
the next station on the Halifax and An
napois Railway. is
GRAND PRE-.
where Basil had his blacksmith shop il
Septe N per- 3D. Acquiring 10 WI Ilob Z
fellows directory as published in Evan
r geiiue." Your correspondent took break
last there with the blacksmith. thre
mornings since. but his name is Arm
strong At the depot boy kindly point
ed out the spot where the blacksmith shol
and church stood l25 years age; but til
e fact ia that The best LEGAL geographers dis
agree about the site of the church; and a
the poet never saw Grand Pre- he dre'
. lupon his imagination for bis smlthy
house and sounding anvli-the cheaDes
I way to build shop of almost any kind
!. One of the nIementoes Of French rule her
~ is plowshare dug up when the railroa'
!, track was laid and having great deal o
G work on it aud being OF style which tn
English have never used 10 this part OF tn
> world. A commo dikiDg spade was ais
Is uneartbed-age unknown.
And near Grand Pre- was laid cut III
TOWN OF HORTON
a. lin 1850. with its three parade grounds
y James Leard, Esq. Magistrate of Gran
ie Pre-, has plat of the old town. with th
names of all the grantees OF the TOWNSHIP
between 200 and 800 in all-wrltten ]
: each ones lot. Many OF the parties sol
out aud went back to New England, or
some other part Of the world, but the d.
IseendaDts OF quite a number OF thes
lrantees are found in the province. an
are prominent among the agricuiturlst
= manufacturers. professional men. and lei
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