The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-17

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slight degree the harbingsfs Of
Spring. By the papers 80 that In
O Kansas you have been living In the
m usual clouds Of March dust. In this
latitude We have bad In place Of
dust FampaBt-''slush" aceouehant.
= The umbrella and overshoes and
o vsterproof are I'm constant NE, tBd
r doubt very much whether the
"howiing dust storms" Of Kansas
are more dIsagreeable than the driv-
J. ing rains and vet SHOWS Of March In
Nsv Brunswick.
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= As the years hasten on, the pleas
> ure-sseking Americans are leaving
the Old-tims summer resorts OF the
. Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
eoast line, TO seek newer and fresher
, nelde for summer outings, which
they are finding along the Maine,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape
Breton and Prince Edward Island
coasts. Their controlling desire
seems to De to leave ressris which
are becoming too eommep," and
after the manner Of EBeas are san
J dsring about To establish new seats
For some years the stream OF pleas
ure seekers TO the coast Of Maine
has been ineressiBg-sndw well. For
its attractions are amending.
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The New Brunswick people are
just nov greatly exercised ever the |
budget Of the Finance Minister FOs-
ter, Increasing the duty on imported |
Chicago beef. In 70. John We
have the finest beef ever saw. IL
IL shipped In from Chicago, aud no
doubt comes originally from Texss
or Kansas. The New Brunswick
stock raiser has not been able to
compete with the Chicago shippers,
and New Brunswick besf has almost Il
disappeared from the market.
While IL would seem a. II the new
tariff would aid the farmer greatly,
the consumers claim they will have
nothing to do with the New Bruins
wick beef, aRd still 20 on consuming
the Chicago article, which they
claim IL 90 much superior, and they
are willing to pay the added per
cent.
From Mt. Desert eastward the
coast country has been well-namsd
the Norway Of America. IL IL GER
tranly . continuous succession 81
tiOrds. One enthusiastic sdmirer Of
the coast says Of it: skies that RI
Il WI INaiN eNTclcucs Oh 1uOTe lual
are nobleT than and - historic As
EnglAnd's: islands more picturesque
than the Azores; wales sWeeter and
| greener than lie between the Alps:
streams mere beautiful and win
some than Great Britian's bards
have sung: atmosphere - weird
and dreamful - those that veil
Venice, and snow-eapped mountains
that blend with the heaven" No
doubt this wOrd-paintsr has . little
| overdone his work, but be IL not
many leagues distant from the truth.
In the several trips I have made to
Boston by sea, I have found much
to interes: along this coast, although
In winter the landscape, when
patches Of snow and ice cover the
hills and lOwlands, cannot, Of course,
be 80 attractive as under . summer
sun. HoEeyer there II enough seen
from the bounding pillows la .
wintry sir TO suggest most extraoT-
binary beauty when summer has
come.
In Sussex, the county east Of 81.
John, the maple sugar works have
been busy for two or three weeks.
and that delightful saccharine pro-
duet In the shape Of candy, cakes
and syrup, begins to abound In the
market. But the New brunswick
manufacturer has learned the tricks
Of his Yankee neighbOr, and u is
sometimes difficult to tell where the
sdulteration process commences aud
ends. But often the dealers are
honest enough to confess to the Gus
temers that the product IL spurious,
and thus it IL possible TO get the
genuine article.
In the round Of my official duties
| often form the most agreeable &C.
quaintance with masters OF AmeTi-
can yessals, whose cosmopolitan
knowledge makes them most enter
tanning companions. There IL some
thing Of sadness mingled in this
acquaiutaneeship, especially when
the master has cleared his vessel,
and called at the ONCE to get his sea
papers and bid his adieus. Ia No
vsmber Capt. Nicholson, q fine spec
linen OF the sea faring man, in the
highest Of manly viKor-the com
mander Of the iron barque win.
slOw"-shOOk hands with me for the !
last time. His vessel left the har-
Dor with . heavy cargo Of lumber
Tor Belfast, with - persons on board,
including the captains wife and
child. The vessel has never been
heard from since, and u IL believed
that she went down In one Of those
unPrecedentedly furious gales which
have prevailed upon the Atlantic
during the winter, and destroyed so
much shipping. As see other
masters depart from the office and
wish them God spee'l." I invoIun-
tarily think Il Is perhaps the last
Good bye"
The various steamers which sail ,
On both fresh and salt waters, and
have been cleaned and FURNISHED up
during the winter, are being pre-
pared for the summers ira gel which ,
promises to be unprecedently large.
The boats OF the beautiful st. John
river will commence running about
the middle OF April. The NovA
Scotia aud Boston boats have all
been improved for the expected pat
ronage. The line OF New York {
steamers-to commence running 10
April-is Q new venture. The var.
ious railroads are preparing entIc-
Ing programmes for summer travel.
II 10 estimated that the tourists 10
the Maritime Provinces this summer
will far outnumber those OF last
year, which were far Ia excess Of ,
those Of the year previous.
The fishermen begin to think Of
their fishing tackle, preparatory TO
the grand onslaught on trout and
other fislI, which commences In ,
April, but 10 not 10 lie full yIgor uu- :
Gil about May -, the Queens birth
day, when all the people turn cut
for fishing holiday. Many Of the
lakes hereabouts are preserves, al
iotied to clubs and In some eases to
private parties at . rental; but there
are still plenty Of streams open to ::
the public where delightful fishing
can be had. Fishermen come 70
this Province from ell parts Of the
Union, but principally TO the Sal
mon streams In the north.
New Brunswick has done her ,
share TO prevent an Ice famine In
the states. While all MaIDe has
been gathering Ice on the Kenne- 4
beck aad other streams. thousands :
Of men aud teams have been busy
day and night upon the fresh water
streams OF this Province. And
such lee As transparent as mir
n