Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-11-10

Ways and Then Runs Dry-A City De-
stroyed by Fire Rises From its Ruins
Trade and the Tariff Puritan
Sabbath of the Nova Scofians -Anec.
dote of a Small Boys Golden Text.
We stopped off at Windsor to pay
our compliments to Judge Hoke of
Kingwood who is u. S. Consul for this
district. The consul has under his
control number of consular agencies.
On our arrival we went to hotel,
after which / went to the Consulate
to see Judge Hoke one of my old
friends at home. The Judge not only
extended the right hand of fellowship
but his good wife and daughter press
ed an invitation to us to leave the ho-
tel and come up and stay at the Con-
sulate with SO much kindness and
courtesy that rudeness only could have
declined. We are indebted to the
hospitality of the Judges family for
making a stay of two days in Wind
sor exceedingly pleasant. If you ever
go to Nova Scotia do not fail TO call
on Judge Hoke. He will unfurl the
American flag in honor of your ar
rival.
Windsor is town of some wealth
46 miles from Halifax with popula-
tion upwards OF 5000. 1t is third in
rank among the ship owning ports of
Canada. The great industry of the
place is mining and shipping of gyp-
sum from which plaster is made.
Windsors harbor is formed by the
tides of Fundy backing up the basins
of the Avon River to depth of 40 to
so feet. At high tide the Avon looks
like great inland lake. At low tide
it is about the size of a stream that
in this country is called run; Dents
Run for instance. The ships come in
at high tide and go out with the ebb
The scenery does not seem to have
favorably impressed Charles Dudley
Warner. He writes of the Avon as
| follows:
81 never knew before how much
water adds to river It's Shiny bot
tom was quite ghastiy spectacle, an
ugly rent in the land that nothing
could heal but the friendly returning
tide. [ should think it would be con-
fusing to dwell by a river that runs
first one way and then the other and
vanishes altogether"
There is quite bit OF aristocracy
about Windsor. 1t was settled by re-
firing British officers Kings College
founded in 1870, granted royal char
ter in 1902 is on the Oxford model
III a1 tho NOT Of tho lob
OPP of Canterbury. Edgehill is a
church school for girls. Windsor was
the home of Judge Halliburton better
known by his pseudonym Of "Sam
Slick" The inhabitants of Windsor
still point with pride to the "Sam
Slick House."
In 1897 during fierce gale, Wind
sor was practically destroyed by fire in
the beginning of winter, leaving 5000
people homeless. A bran new little
city has sprung up out of the ruins.
1t occupies the site of a populous
Acadian settlement. I went through
some of the largest retail shops in the
city. | talked with the owners.
There is little or no manufacturing
done in the province. Whence comes
the bulk of manufactured commodi-
ties9 From western Canada, from
the Province of Ontario, on the paral-
lels of latitude on whice are situated
Pittsburg, Cleveland and the lake
cities and from England A few
articles come from the States. Nova
Scotia is only fifteen hours from Bes-
ton. Why do not the States have
larger trade with this province? For
the simple reason that Canada now
initiates the tariff policy of the States
and levies tribute upon importations.
High tariff is now in vogue in Cana
da. The keen craftsmanship of
Blaine early discovered that a tariff
may prove two-edged sword, if un-
wisely imposed; and that the best re-
suits are obtained by mutual reciproc-
ity.
One characteristic that impressed
me about the Nova Scotians is their
deep piety. Sunday there reminds
one of the Puritan Sabbath one reads
about. The great tnorougnfare OF
the province, the Dominion Atlantic
Railway, runs no Sunday train.
These people have the forms of religion;
But have they any more of the SUD-
stance thereof than their neighbors in
the States who will not do without
their Sunday trains? Do they adhere
any more closely to the laws of right
living than the people OF the States,
who dispose of their Sunday school
lessons in the morning and read the
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