Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-27
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and the inappropriats and al-ftting one Of
Nova Scotia. or New Ssotlmd, substitatea.
The rich farms stolen from the Acadians were
parceled out to the soldiers and to the tories
who came here from Boston at the breaking
out OF the revolutionary war. Some of the
descendants OF the tories are among the very
1t would seem as if the great powers Of the
world had Wed with each other in efforts to see
which should excel in deeds Of cruelty and
wickedness
Fifty years after the burning of the Acadian
homes and the Punishment Of the colony by
England France sent 100 ine-of-battle ships to
crush out the infant government founded by
Toussaint l. Ouveture over San Domingo. Tous-
saint did not wait for the torch to be applied
by his enemies, but applied it himself. reduc-
ing San Domingo to ashes and leaving the in
vaders nothing but fever to feed upon, while
he and his army took to the mountains Find
ing that the heroic blacks could not be subdued,
treachery In place OF brute force was resorted
to by inviting Toussaint, under a flag of truce,
to dine on the admirals ship. While being en-
tertained as guest the flag Of truce was vio-
lated, Toussaint was placed in irons and carried
to France, where. by order Of Napoleon, he was
starved to death in an icy dungeon in the Alps
And now Russia. if to Guido both England
and France in fiendish cruelty, is torturing to
insanity and death its best brains mid the
SHOWS of Siberia. But how can we with our
slavery record cast stones ct these govern
ments?
SUPERIOR CLASS OF MEN AND WOMEN.
The location and climate Of the Annapolis
valley seem to be calculated to produce a SUI
perior class Of men and women. Fine. stall
wart, brainey men and beautiful women, with
graceful, symmetrical forms, fair complexion,
rosy cheeks and bright eyes, are the rule and
not the exception, while wide. smooth roads,
lined with shade trees, thrifty orchards, fine
houses and good barns, may be seen in every di-
rection.
By the genius Of Longfellow the history of
the old Acadian colony has been rescued from
the oblivion in which England had buried it
and given Immortality. 1t is no longer I'M
popular to be called an Acadian. Evangeline
hotels, Evangeline palace cars and Evangeline
steamboats, are quite common. The great In
tercolonIal railroad, owned and run by the Ca
madam government, named its best sleeping
car 'Evangeline," while the Windsor and An
nia;apoils Railroad Company christens its road
The Land of Evangeline Route" and places q
picture of Evangeline on its time table,
The present inhabitants of this charmed
valley all have a kind word for the old Acadians,
as well they may, for they are enjoying the
of patient toll bestowed upon this valley and
Its SPLENDID dikes by the exiled colony. They
speak OF the Acadians and their shameful per-
secutlon with sort OF awe, as if treading on
holy ground.
There is tradition that the old Indians. now
the departed Acadians return to their old
homes every anniversary of the day thew were
kidnapped and hold a festival on the green in
front OF where the old church stood and that
these anniversaries are always blest with warm
Indian summer days.
EvANoELISE's FATHERS GRAVE
The tides for las years have rolled over the
grave of Farmer Benedict Bellforentine, the
father Of Evangeline, who fell dead and was
no h,
The daughter, after half century of wander
ing, found peace at last by the side of her lover
in Catholic church yard in Philadelphia where
they have slept in unknown graves for a CEN
fury. The rest OF the little colony repose in
graves long since forgotten, while the murmur-
Ing ocean and the winds thai mourn through
the dark forests that surmount Blomidon and
the North mountains chant their requiem. and
the splendid bikes constructed by their unre-
Quilted toll stand as their monument.
'St stands tue forest primeval. but far away from
Side by side in their nameless groves the lovers are
Under the humble walls of the little Catholic church
In the heart of the city they lie unknown and unno-
Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside
Thousands of throbbns hearts theirs are at rest
OF aching brains where theirs no longer are
Thousands of toiing hands, where theirs have closed
III IRON their labors;
their journey!
Still stands the forest prmeva under the shade Of
its branches
Dwes another race, with other customs and LANGUAGE
only along the shore of the mourn;nl aad misty At
lantic "
linger a few Acadian peasants. whose fathers from
exile ~
Wandered back their native land to die in its BOSOM
In the tshernans cot the wheel and the loon are still
busy.
Madens still wear their Norman caps and their krtes
. OF homespun,
And by the evening fire repeat Evangelne's story
While IRON its rocky caverns the deep
ing
speaks and in accents disconsoate the wall of
tie forest" HC