The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-21
PROVINCIAL JOURNEY
Observations of a
Worcester Tourist
in Nova Scotia.
MANY Big FRUIT RAISERS.
Havana and the English
Market Secure the
Heavy Crops.
MANY Big FRUIT RAISERS.

Centerville, N. s., Aug. Is, 1S99.-Sat-
urday morning it rained, and it rained
all day at intervals. Sunday it rained
between times. Jack and 1 went down
on the beach. The little ripples hardly
made splash, and even the gulls had
a Sunday go-to-meeting look of solem-
nifty, and appeared in their best feath-
ers. Some white wings out on the red
mud flats whistled in melancholy key
and the peeps ''peeped' in the feeblest
tones.
Dark clouds We're scurrying overhead
without any apparent reason. There
was no wind on our stratum of earth
The Split" was a bit blurred and the
whistle on "Dorey" D'or) could be
heard without listening. Isle Achant
was dropped down into the water al
most out of sight, when it began to
sprinkle. We took cover in the mill
by the shore. The wrack had been at
tracing the attention most There were
pieces of wood in all stages of polish,
and rockwell and ladyfnger sponges
Pretty bits of agate were mixed with
commoner clay all along the recently
washed shore.
But then, we had to stay in the mill
until the sprinkle ceased and we had
an opportunity to make tracks for the
house of Mrs. Jess. All gone to
camp meeting, so we put our trust in
the woodshed, and it sheltered US bet
ter than an umbrella could have done
The sun came out bright and warm and
we went to the post office, where there
was a garden With White roses pop
pies, honeysuckle and tiger lilies, and
bees and beans. We got back before
dinner time and heard something about
cutting off cranes. 1t showered again
In the afternoon and was a bit foggy
in the evening.
Monday we-Jasper, Mrs. Jasper,
John, Mrs. John-embarked for Can
ming. The drive over the mountain was
cool and exhilarating. Cape Split, Dor
(Dorey), Spencer's Island and the great
bay were in sight all the way to the
top, where we found ourselves on the
Lookom. There are two small buildings
called hotels that are said to be great
Improvement on last years output
There is a lot of driving over this road
as 1t is the principal route to the anne
thyst region ami Blomidon.
The most successful hunters of crys-
tails are North of Woodside, NeWcomb
of Canning Porter of Blomidon, Steele
of Scots Bay and the Brewsters. There
are others, but they are amateurs. The
industry is a paying one, but danger
Gus. The luckiest seekers of these
treasures is North. He has found $50
worth in a single trip. The stocks ac-
cumulated during the fall and spring
are disposed of to summer visitors.
But to resume our journey. We
looked long and lovingly at the pic
ture below us. The grass, the trees,
the hedges, the hillocks, the hollows,
the grain fields, the stubble, the potato
patches, the buckwheat, the zig-zag
fences, the roads, the newly plowed
land. The shades of green and brown,
constantly changing under the passing
clouds, as we went lower and lower
down the curves of the mountainside
into the very fields; This valley hath
pleasant cline; the air nimbly and
sweetly recommended itself unto our
gentler senses, and the guests of sum
mer did approve by their fraternal vi
sits that the heavens breath settled
wooingly there"
We drove to the new hotel-the old
Waverly, completely modernized and
enlarged-and in charge of Capt. E.
Baxter, the son of his father, the pro-
prietor of the old house. The landlord
is ably assisted by his wife, who has
been at sea with him on many a voy-
ae.
A party of Worcester folk had gone
away the day before. They took a
side room and had a great laugh among
themselves in the morning when they
found that the only noise in front of
the house was the possible chirping of
cricket. Hotel trade is not good this
season in Canning. Now that the hotel
accommodations are so perfect it will
be passing strange if this part of the
country is neglected by the traveller.
Canning has greatly improved in ap-
pearance since last year. One of the
largest barns in the province is just
about finished in this vicinity. 1t be-
longs to the Kinsman Company. DR..
Borden, the minister of militia, is a
partner in the concern. He deyoteS
more time to his fences than to the de-
fences of the country, though he is not
counted slack in that line. / can't say
how many tons of hay the great circu-
lar rooted structure will hold, but a
hundred head of horned cattle will oc-
cupy the basement. The great potato
patch owned by this company CAS- acres)
is only patch compared with the to-
tai average of the county. They have
sheep and horses, too, and wood and
timber by the acre, and saw-mills to
cut it UP into lumber and slaves.
The hay crop from the dykes is prob
ably the most profitable crop. But not
all have dykes. Good lands of this sort
yield four tons to the acre, year after
year, without cultivator or fertilizer.
Then there is the after-feed. About
5000 acres Of dyked land is credited to
Kings county. Hay Is worth SO to SIS
ton. Potatoes are the largest crop
and easily handled. Hundreds of
thousands of barrels are annually ex-
ported. If the farmer gets fifty cents
a bushel he considers himself well
paid. Havana has been the best mar
ket, and will probably continue so. The
crop will be large this year and good.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the
United States war department recently
stated that there is no Immediate pros
pect of a revision of the Cuban tariff.
Shippers from here will know exactly
what to depend on in that market.
Apple Valley. Sacred history attrib-
utes the fall of man to the apple. The
rise of Kings county is attributable to
that same luscious fruit. Overstocked
markets can't keep it down. Army
worms, tent-caterpillars or moths,
can't cat it up San Jose scale can pre-
vent the importation of TIE tree from
the neighboring republic, but the scale
of prices rules the fruits export.
Hostile United States tariff killed the
export Of soft fruit to their metropolis.
Hardy fruit scions grated into old stock
produced apples that captured the Brit