The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-26
PLEASURE GATE OPEN.
All Eyes Turned Toward
Trips to the Maritime
Provinces.

Provinces.
The door opening into the province
is wide open and many are going in
thereat. Ten trips to Yarmouth direct
weekly, from Bosom. Four by the
steamers of tAe Yarmouth line and six
by the dominion Atlantic Railway SER
V'Ge-twO new boats. To Halifax and
( Prince Edward Island by the steamers
of the Plant line, and the usual service
to st. John, n. B., by the boats of the
International Steamship Company and
the Prince Edward of the Dominion
Atlantic Railway Company line. The
railway connections are also up to date
in every partieular-the Imperial Pur-
pie of the Dominion Atlantic, and the
tirst-class cars of the Intercolonial-be-
ing as good as can be made.
If you feel like kicking your dog,
throttling your mother-in-law or snap
ping at your wife, it is time to pack
your grip You need an ocean voyage
to take the wrinkles out of your brain
and stomach. Take a bottle of ocean
comfort" tablets along.
A party of four ladies and three gen
tlemen were fishing. at Indian Gardens,
La Have, last week. In three days
they landed 700 trout-few weighing
less than a pound each.
a party of 70 Free Masons of Cam
bridge. Mass, celebrated the 18th of
June by steamboat trip to Yarmouth.
They had a rOusing reception and re-
turned pleased with the days pleasure.
HOLSTERS were SIC per crate in Boston
last week. In most account sales
there was a large over-run. Some lots
cleared $22 per crate.
Nova Scotia and British Columbia
are the only provinces that showed any
increase III fisheries for 1897. The
former gained $2,O19,451 the latter ST.,
954 $685.
The Churchill trap at Sanford, Var
mouth, has taken HOO barrels of mack
erel this season.
Bluff Head trap (Pubnico) had 800
mackerel on Monday, last week.
Over 100 clergymen attended the
Methodist conference in Yarmouth last
week.
The Yarmouth Steamship Company's
boats will commence their four trips
per week on Monday, July g. at which
date the steamer Boston, now repaint-
ing at Yarmouth, will go into commits
sion for the summer business.
Capt. ]. w. McCully sailed on the Tth
inst. from Queenstown, as master of the
big German bark Sacken, for Var
mouth, n. S. This fine bark has been
purchased by William L,ovett of Var
mouth.
There is a brisk demand in Boston
for clans at present and lots are going
from Yarmouth by every boat. The
price is about S1.50 per barrel. The
yield is most abundant at Chebogue
and Little River; one man has been
known to dig two barrels full at a tide.
And clambakes at Yarmouth are as
rare as hens teeth.
A monument erected in memory of
the late P. S. Hamilton has been dedi-
Gated in Camp Hill cemetery, Halifax
Hamilton was a well-known writer in
Canada. His son, p. S. Hamilton, is
editor of the Daily News, Yarmouth.
About three weeks more will COM
plete the dredging opera tiOns in Var
mouth harbOr. The government dredge
Canada is shovelling out a half cir
Gle, sixteen feet deep, to give the D. A.
r. steamers sufficient room to swing
around at their berths.
Anthony was found at Lily lake,
two miles from Middleton, recently.
Avon Saxon, the noted baritone of
London, and his wife, Mile. Virginie
Cheron, will give concerts in Canada
this summer. They have been singing
in London all winter with great sue
cess, and are in fine voice.
There are rich gold deposits at Beav-
er Dam, near Sheet Harbor Pruspec-
tors made returns at the mines office
showing 500 worth of gold mortored
from slate and quartz.
At the Tunnel mine, Waverley, a big
strike was made on Saturday in a new
lead just cut. A shot brought several
thousand dollars worth of gold in
sight, including a nugget worth $500.
The announcement caused a lot of eX-
element in Waverley.
The belt is so feet wide and 400 feet
long and shows enough quartz to keep
100 stamp mill going for five years.
In addition to the actual leads, 1t has
been found that the loose slate between
carries gold. 1t was from this that the
gold was mOrtored.
Tests Of the ore have been made
from different parts of the belt and the
results give four dollars per ton. At
the same time it is estimated that ore
can be milled for less than one dollar
per ton. Considering that 100 stamps
will handle from $50 to 300 tons per day
the profits a So per ton viii be enor-
nous. One piece Of slate taken from
the dumps contained $685. in gold.
A frOst-pToof warehouse is being con-
structed at Wolfville for the Wolfville
Fruit company. w. H. Chase of that
town has contracted for the erection
of two frOst-prOOf apple warehouses.
100 by IS feet, with 10 feet ceiling and
3 feet cellars, at Berwick and Sheffield
mills.
The barkentine Stadacona, just clear
ed for South America was the first lum-
Der cargo of the season. She was load
ed by Blackadar Bros. Another cargo
Is now loading by Parker, Eakins &,
Co. These two represent Var
mouths lumber interests, which are on
the increase and now total an annual
export of over 100000 feet.
The crop prospects in the valley are
quite promising. The grass is grow
ing rapidly and will be much better
than was expected. A good deal Of old
hay is still left on hand
Potatoes are growing nicely and lit
tie of the ravages of the potato beetle
is reported. The acreage is large this
year, farmers being very hopeful for
good prices to rule in the fall
Apples are setting very well.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Commencing July I. the Dominion At
lantic Railway Company will operate a
bi-Wee-<ly direct service to st. John. n.
b., by the steamship Prince Edward
She will leave Long wharf Wednesday
at II a. m. and Saturday at p. m. Re
turning leaves st. John for Boston di-
rect, Monday and Thursday at $50 D.
m. The announcement Of this service
will create great interest in transporta-
ton circles running to the maratime
provinces. This company will also oper-
ate with steamers Prince Arthur and
Prince George a daily service, except
Saturday, between Boston and Var
mouth, beginning July 2.
Miss Mabel Hunter Of Fredericton and
Harris G. Fenety of the St. John Re
cord were married on the 2lst The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Canon
Roberts, after which the happy couple