The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-29
WHERE TOURISTS GO.
Notes From Land and Sea
in Beautiful Nova Scotia
and Vicinity.

The steamers of the Yarmouth line,
on account of their regular sailings
and freedom from all kinds of mis-
haps, have been dubbed "The little
Cunarders" Capt StanwooG of the
Boston and Capt Smith of the Ya1
mouth are names to conjura with. For
more than ten/years these boats have
crossed the bay of Fundy-winter and
summer-without accident and with
out missing a trip. This is a hard rec
ord to beat
officers of the Yarmouth Yacht Grub:
Commodore, Aug. Cam; vice commo-
dore, c. T. Grantham; rear commo-
dore, Rodolph Cam; secretary, Fl. II.
Munro; treasurer, e. j. Vickery.
Club cruise as last year, win be to
Shelburne, where races for "Shelburue
cup" between Royal Nova Scotia
Yacht squadron and Yarmouth Yacht
club will take place beginning on Aug.
It'll.
HOLSTERS and maclerel are now the
principal articles for shipment. On
the nth, 440 crates Holsters and 290
barrels iced mackerel went over the
bay on the Yarmouth.
An immense trout was caught at the
Tusket Forks by Mr.. Arthur Subtle. 1t
weighed four pounds. A eour-pound
striped bass was taken at the same
place: the first for number of years.
Messrs. Lovett of Yarmouth have
purchased the German four-mas ted
steel bark Sachem, $50 tons register.
She is now on her way out from Cork
E x h To lna1 FOR South AO1AT1-
ca. Her name win probably be changed
to Seaside.
The purchase of the City Of Month
cello, and placing her on the shorc
route between Yarmouth ard Halifax,
has been manifestly of so much ad-
vantage to the public that her praises
are repeated by all classes of the pop
ulation along the shore of Nova Scotia.
Beautiful Nova Scotia" can be had
free at any agency of the company IN
Worcester, or win be maile1 from me
companys office, Lewis wharf Boston
on receipt of five cents postage, by the
agent of the Yarmouth me- H. r.
Hammond
The sale of tickets for the maiden
trip of the new Plant line ship La
Grande Duchesse, on June 10Th, mas
begun. She will run only to Halifax
on the three trips in June, while the
steamship Halifax will run through
to Prince Edward Island every Iues-
day. Passengers who want TO go pc
yond Halifax on the first trips Of the
Duchesse will be ticketed through Dy
Tail.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
The interest in the Stewart Brook
mining areas is rapidly spreading.
Last week a party of those interested
~ oF the
located They brought back some
quartz specimens, a portion of which
evidently contains the precious metal.
Last summer some gold was found.
This year important developments will
follow, as the location is in the same
formation as that of Cross Creek.
A few salmon are being taken in st.
John harbor every day by the gaspe-
reaux and shad fishermen. 2. G.
Woodwork of Carleton captured 26-
pound one in his shad net last week.
GENERAL DOMINION NOTES.
Kings Canadian Hussars, 6sth. 69th,
18th and 93d battalion, go to camp for
- days training. commencing June 2.
The new fast service of the Canadian
Pacific railway will be inaugurated
about the middle Of June, probably
the 18th or 18th. The flyer across the
continent will be called THE imperial
limited" and viii reduce the time be-
tween Montreal and Vancouver to
about 100 hours Owing to the vastly
increasing volume OF travel, trains will
leave on Sundays as well as on week
DAYS. The hour of departure from
Montreal will be $50 a. m, and To-
ronto about four hours later, and
Winnipeg and many parts Of Manitoba
will be brought within As hours of
Montreal Vancouver and Victoria
will be reached in the fourth day out
from Montreal.