The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-22
MARITIME PROVINCES.
Cuttings Of Interest From
Land of Evangeline
and Hospitality.

The trout season opened with good
catches all round. At Yarmouth, Geo.
L. Cook and two friends landed $50 in
two days. At Coldstream a party of
four took in one day 1888, including a
three-pounder.
A new edition of Beautiful Nova
Scotia" is in the windows. This out
put of the Yarmouth Steamship Com
pany contains many pleasing sketches
of Acadia's most pleasing resorts, be-
sides over 70 very fetching illustrations
of points along the coast from Var
mouth to Halifax, and along the line
of the Dominion Atlantic railway
through the Land of Evangeline to the
capital.
Roy Williams is training the scholars
at the Centre town school, Yarmouth,
for the exercises which will be given
on Empire day, May 23d. A chorus OF
nearly five hundred voices will render
patriotic songs and national airs.
st. Adams cemetery at Lequille, An
napolis, is being beautified. Walks ana
roads are being laid out, and new
fence, with several sets of iron gates
is being put around the GROUNDS.
DR.. A. F. Townsend, O. A. Benolt'
Chas. L. Allen and Mr.. Kendall of Wor-
cester. Mass, arrived at Yarmouth on
the 18th. en- route for Port Midway
River. Queens county. The party VIII
spend between two and three weeks II
this well-known salmon ana trout
stream. Mr.. Benoit is on his annual
trip, and spoke of the LaHave as the
fshermen's paradise. There is com
Portable little hotel just on the ecge
of the river, and you can traVel ny
steam all the way there
Rev. Peter Mode, pastor-elect OF zion
church Yarmouth, and Miss WolVof-
TON daughter of the editor OF the
Agricultural newspaper, We're married
in Toronto last week. lions services
win be conducted a la mode hereafter
Mrs Howard Thomas, Shelburne'
found a copper coin made in lt9t On
one side was the picture OF man
bearing a staff in his hand the Woiu
"Rritannia'' was stamped on the eus .
also king George. -. ~
John McLarren has sold OUT nis 80 -
tensive business at Lower Argyle, Ear
mouth county. He may move 70 lhe
efstes as he has a married daughter at
Worcester. Mass.-Mrs. Milton Wheel-
An officer of the Royal Engineers
bo,,obt an antiuuated looking desk at
on auction room in Halifax some years
ago. and after getting 1t nome the us
coverv was made that 1t had Deen
nreeen+ation from the citizens or Hail
fax to the Duke of Kent, when A1 rts'o :
bava been more than 90 years ago. me
officer sent it to England forthwith,
and nv the last mail received $lOOO Tor
Three moose strayed into Highland
village Colchester county, on Marcn
81 Crossing the main road they trot-
ted over the marsh and down 10 the
tides where they turned about ana pc
took themselves to their native lot
est.
The Acadian house has opened its
doors to the public. Magnificent seem
ery abounds on all sides Within It's
surroundings can be plainly seen the
beautiful Argyle bay, studded by It's
hundred islands.
The Grand hotel, Yarmouth, is all
ready for a big seasons work. 1t is
one of the best hotels ia Canada
Parlor cars are now attached to the
D. A. r. expresses.
The Burns Point and County Line
trans had, together, is barrels of mack
erei Saturday. The Iron Mine trap at
Sanford was pursed Friday afternoon
and 300 rnackereI were taken. The var
mouth county traps had on Monday
about 100 bills, and on Tuesday 81
bbls. were reported. A lot Of fine sal
mon were taken at the same time. All
were shipped to Boston.
The dispatches report the incorpora-
ton Of a company at New Haven,
Conn, to be called the Colonial line, to
ply between Yarmouth, st. John, New
London, Havana and San Juan. New
London will be the headquarters.
One of the quickest round voyages re-
corded was completed by British barke
Stadacona. She made the round trip
from Yarmouth to Buenos Ayres, dis
charged nearly a million feet of lum-
Der, then to Barbados and back to Var
mouth in the remarkably quick time of
months and II days.
Some good catches of trout have been
made during the past week by different
parties in Annapolis. -
The Plant line steamer Halifax be-
gins direct sailings to Charlottetown
tomorrow. The Halifax will call at
Halifax and Port Hawkesbury.
Vice President M. F. Plant contra
diets the report that a conference was
held in New York relative to the con-
solidation of the Plant line and other
lines to the provinces. He says that
the steamship La Grand Duchesse will
fulfill iler schedule between Boston and
Halifax. She will make her first sail
ing on June 10.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
At lockwood park, st. John, Head
Gardener Knott has staked out the
paths, walks and flower beds according
to the plan made by Downing Vaux
Of New York, the great landscape gar
den artist. This work has been done
under direction of Architect G. Ernest
Fairweather. 1t is expected the lay
ing out of the gardens will be COM
pleted by next year.
The cut on the upper st. John will
be: Kilourn, for Murray, 1900 900: w.
]. Noble for Cushing, 100000; r. A.
Noble, for Gushing, 1900, 900, Morrison.
5000, 600; Dechene, for Gushing, 1,5OO. 600;
Chiouinard, for Murray, 100000; Cum
life, for Murray, 1000 000 Neil Mclean,
for Miller g. Woodman. 3.000,000; Thos.
Glare, for Barnhilh 100000; Sweeney.
for Miller g. Woodman. 2,500, 900; Page
and Mallet, on Fish river, 5000, 900: La
Liberte, on Fish river, 1900 900; Donald
Fraser e. Sons, Green river, 100000.
On the Aroostook there are Robert
Aiken with 100000, Grafton with l.
500. 900. and Bruse with 1,00O,0 600.
The d. A. r. steamer Prince Edward
now holds the record in the ST. john
Digby service, having made the run
from light to light in 1 hour and sol
minutes.
The Kennebeccasis chalet in connec-
ton with the Young Mems Christian
Association Of st John which is siftf-