The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-28

Vanceboro, and drawn through to st
John and used on the return trip. The
staunch, fast, steel, side-wheel steamer,
Prince Rupert. makes the run of AZ
miles across the Bay of Fundy in q hours
connecting with the "Flying Bluenose''
of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The
appointments of this train are first
class, and good time is made with few
stops. We have no hesitation in recon-
mending this method of reaching Hall
fax as expeditions and luxurious. One
can leave Portland, at II 05 a. m arrive
in 1T John that evening at 10. 30 p. m,
take good nights rest there, take the
boat for Digby, at 7.15 the next morn
ing, and reach Halifax at 335 p. m. Re-
turning leave Halifax at s. 45 a. M, arrive
at st. John at 4 30 p. m, take the train
for Portland at $50 p. M, arrive at
Bangor at 1890, aud at Portland at sos,
the next morning.
Halifax is % hours from Boston by
steamer from Boston to Yarmouth,
and the Dominion Atlantic Railway
from Yarmouth to Halifax, via Digby,
Annapolis, Kentville etc., the same
route taken by our party from Digby to
Halifax. The rail travel is PIT miles
and the ocean route occupies 10 hours.
This appears to be favOrite route for
tourists this time of the year.
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. are
very interesting places for Maine people
to visit The "Y ankee" and the "Blue-
nose" faternize readily and are on better
terms now than ever before. The
people of the Maritime Provinces are
intensely loyal to the Mother Country, as
they should be, and the cordial relations
now existing between the two English
speaking nations has a decided tendency
to cause a warm feeling between people
of Maine and those of Queen Victoria S
colonies in geographical proximity We
hope and trust this may always be the
fact. We can imagine no more disagree
able condition of things for Maine than
the existence of strained relations be
tween the United States and Great
! Britain.
The excursion committee, c. w. Rob
bins, M n. Rich and C. A. Prince did
their work in a very satisfactory manner.
Affairs were managed, they did not
drift. On the surface it appeared that
Chairman Robbins was able and willing
to do all the work and the other mem.
bers of the committee were quite willing
that he should. In this they exhibited
their wisdom. The one-man power is
the best for many purposes it you only
get the right man. For the management
of an excursion by public conveyance in
any direction, East, West, North or
South, Mr.. Robbins is the right man.
There is no doubt about it in the minds of
the Halifax excursionists, whose names
follow: Henry X. Baker, Hallowell;
Mrs. E. c. Dudley, w. G. Boothby and
wife, Horace E. Bowditch, Fred'k ).
Lyman and wife, Miss Lyman, Augusta;
Liston P. Evans and wife, Dover; Grin
Hunter and wife, Miss Mabel Hunter
Pennington; Mrs. NJ. S. Mcfarland, NJ
n. Rich and wife, Miss Edith Rich, A
w. Tolman, Chas. E. Williams, Port
land; Ernest w. Morrell, and wife, Miss
Heald, Gardiner; Chas. A. Pilsbury and
wife Miss Marjorie D. Pilsbury, Belfast !;
C. w. Robbins and wife, Miss Carrie Fitz-
gerald, Old Town; Joseph o. Smith and
wife, Skowhegan.
The excursionists were under oblga-
ton to the Maine Central, Canadian
Pacific, Dominion Atlantic railroad
companies for favors and courtesies ex-
tended. By no means the smallest favor
was the placing of a special car at the
disposal of the party from Portland to
St, John and return 'by the Maine
Central Company. The use of the
private car of j. H. Barbour and w. A.
Smonds, officials of the c. +. r., and
polite attention by these gentlemen on
the way from st. John to McAdam, are
remembered as pleasing incidents of the
trip.