Morris tribune., 1889-10-16

We have heard so much OF the "unpfece-
drnted growth" of the United States that
it startes a Yankee to find that the
ratio Of Canuda's gain i'll population since Ihs
American Revolution has been much greater
than that of the United States. The OO,OVD
French whom Great Britain took as citizens
bv the treaty of 1863 have i'll Canada alone
/ 500 900 descendants, and it Is claimed that
there arc GOO.0O9 more i'll the United States.
In short, say the Canadian authorities, the
original Frcnch of the country, with no
French immigration to speak OF, nave IN 10
wears increased forty fold. Since the days
OF Israel in Egypt there has been no such
fecuEd:tv
And Ill these, with the three millions ana
more OF Ep,iish. Irish Scotch and other
l!1Ad, n"ve t'>,n in twenty years nodded
in:aa n9t;}A which enjoys IS much freedom
., any nts.:. ana is resolved tC take high
rank ailivn,, TIE nations Of the world. Surely
such Il people are worthy OF one summers
st,.ly resolved 10 give six weeks to 1t,
aHVE0T
he proper Starting point is Halifax, and
,,,ra is no line OF steamers thither FROM New
York. By sailing vessel one may make it
in few DAYS, or some weeks, according to
accident or incident. The proper route is by
the FaI! River line to Boston, where one has
two hours to eat breakfast and reach the
wharf of the Brunswick line. Steaming out
Of the harbor at $50 a. IN. we enter the An
naD0lis basin Oh the northwestern shore OF
Nova Scotia early the next morning, taking
the afternoon train at Annapolis, and are III
Halifax soon after dark Time from New
York, fifty to iifty-two hours; total expense,
including beds and meals, $50. Ocean Toy-
age IS short Is it could be made and every
part of it delightful on the well appointed
steamers of that line. No saasickness if you
yick the right day to sail. But If there Is
'.spankiug breeze" and your diaphragm is
not wei, anchored, then you will know how
il is Yourself Allow me to recommend lem
on, and brandy, with complete secluslon
from socictv-in Your statero0m and hat on
your back, without a pillow. You Will get
over it quicker that way, because the moYs-
able viscera will not flop up against the
stomach as If you were upright. We had a
smooth sea and clear sky and there was
not q qualm My day of misery was to come
later in Northumberland straits
Be it remembered that the steamers from
Boston land on the north side of the PENN
sula and thence we proceed by railroad
through the Annapolis valley--NoVa ocotlas
nricje-then take a wild wnIrI through the
Lilrs and run down t. the basin of Minas and
,.iIloro 1T Grand Pre- Of course all senti-
mental rpa 4ers recognize these nanles-made
noe+ioolly historic, or more properly hlstorl-
ALLY poetic, by the author OF ''EYangellne."
Lonrfellow never saw it, but he has de-
scribed it well, and by rare triumph OF
genius he has made things which were not
seem as if they were On Il calm August day
the basin seems the natural site for TO
mance-there is such rare combination OF
wild and of pastoral beauty. The rugged
hills, which have followed the general line of
the Nova Scotia coast, suddenly bend inland
and sweep around grand selnlclrcle OF per-
haps forty miles, up tins center OF this in
closed tract runs the deep harbor, from which
little but navigable arms extend in ali direc-
TONS while between them are the water
meadows, and rising slowly inland the YER
dant pastures and fertile farms. Back OF
these the rocky hills rise abruptly in sullen
grandeur, thick set to their SUBMITS with
spruce, fir and pine. Above is the soft blue
sky of August; from the salt water comes a
gentle breeze; the bay and creeks are dotted
BY many fishing craft; hundreds Of fat
cattle Craze on the slopes, and over all the
basin seems to breed e. peace that passeth tthe
Americana understanding.
The summer climate is as near perfection
as is allowed in q sinful world; nor are tke
winters severe, though there is much snow
and sleet. But as to the springs, all who are
questioned shrug their shoulders. That sea-
son is longer than the calendar calls for, a4,a
is admitted to be very disagreeable Eighty
eight above zero and six below are the ex-
tremes of the THERMOMETERS. but if it marks
above seventy-fve the people oaH it hot.
Everybody in Nova Scotia quotes Longfs1-
low with pride as to the description of the
country, and everybody laughs at his his
tory. Occasionally, I regret to add, one
swears In the village they Still Ebo" the
blacksmith shop and other houses celebrated
in ''Evangelipe," though, as q matter of fact,
believe all the original houses were burnt.
Similarly tho French Of tie Isle de France
still show the graves of Paul ar.c! Eirginia,
but shall we Americans criticise them? Have
we not had Cardiff Giant" and divers sea
serpents and ga Bourbon Among Us"