The Republican journal., 1896-11-26
The Land of EvangeIine.

The following is from a personal letter
| from Rev. Geo. E. Tufts, who is visiting in
Nova Scotia: Wolfville is known far and
wide as the Land of Evangeline. The nat
ural beauties of the place are almost unsur-
passed. The immense dykes which "the
| hands of the farmers raised with labor in
| cessant to shut out the turbulent tides :" the
thousands of acres of the Grand Pre-, stretch
ing miles to the eastward; the hills and the
| Gaspereaux river at the south Mount Blom-
idon, rising abruptly out of the sea, twenty
miles distant, just across the Basin of Minas
| at the north, these are some of the objects
that render the scenery exceedingly pictur-
esque. Attracted by Longfellows famous
poem, American tourists few years ago
began to visit the place during the months
of July and August. The glowing accounts
they gave OF the country in the newspapers
| at home were the means of inducing others
to come, and now there are thousands of
visitors every year. Each one that comes
brings more. The travelling facilities are
good, elegant parlor and dining cars being
on all passenger trains.
Much attention is given to education, and
to date. About thirty years ago an excel
lent school system was inaugurated, since
| which time all teachers are examined by a
central board on a uniform syllabus. Be-
fore this the trustees in each district ex-
amlned the teachers, and thus person who
| received second class license, might, on
removing to another place, receive first
class 'ThuS there w NJ III
great professional value attached to the
diploma But the new plan has greatly
raised The standard of qualification. Teach
ing is now looked upon as profession and
inferior teachers cannot long hold their
positions. The government inspectors are
exacting. In the shire town of each county
is County Academy, so-called, support
ed largely by the government. The acade-
mics are of higher grade than the high
schools. AS regards denominational insti-
tutions, the Baptists, Methodists, Episcopal
lians and Presbyterians each have college
with good staff of professors. Acadia Col
lege, under the control of the Baptists, is To-
Gated at Wolfville also the Horton Acad-
emy, lifting school, and Acadia female semi
nary. The Principal of the Ladies Seminary
is Miss Adelaide True of Waterville, Me.
There are nine other teachers under her
After graduating at Colby University she
studied in Europe. She has been here two
years and fills the position to adornment,
and is very inspiring instructor. Profess
sor Elder of Colby and President Schurman
of Cornell University were students and
then professors in Acadia Co1lara hnfnr
taking their present positions. Professor
Macvane of Harvard and Prof Read of Col
gate Univ, N. Y, graduated here. EXPIRES.
Whitman of Colby did not study here though
some newspapers have said he did. He was
born near by, however. When l was a stu
dent none of the higher institutions were
open to young women, and men sent their
daughters to Mount Holyoke Seminary and
Bradford Academy, Mass, for further study.
Now some OF the colleges are open to the
/ girls as well as to the boys and the young
ladies who are yearly taking college course
are numbered by scores.
Nova Scotia is well adapted to the raising
of fruit The other day / in plum or
chard that produced the present season
twelve hundred bushels. A million barrels
of apples have been picked this fall, six
hundred thousand OF which go to England.
Four orchards near this place produced
from thousand to fifteen hundred barrels
each, Large areas have of late been set
with trees, which are just beginning to bear;
as it is estimated that within few years the
yield will be two million barrels annually
Being of such superior quality the English
market quickly takes all that can be raised
They are taken by steamers from Halifax
Quite early on Wednesday, morning, Nov
4, the wires reported that Mckinley had
been elected by large majority, and when
the nine o'clock train from Halifax passed,
bringing the morning papers, a crowd was
at the station and at the post office to get the
full reports. Whole columns We're devoted
to the election returns. Large head lines
said: "a perfect landslide for sound money
and common sense ga crushing defeat
| for anarchy and reputation" etc. etc, |
was glad that the victory was so pronounced
and that the States noted for their intelli-
gence and influence spoke they did for
the right. AS prosperity will now come it
Is hopeu IhdI lhe silver scneme IS buried for
good
l find that the late Consul General Frye is
not forgotten in Halifax. In his official re-
lations with men he won the very highest
respect, and was greatly esteemed by men
in all the callings and professions of life If
good name is to be priced, such was his to
attain.
The Belfast Schools.