The Worcester spy., 1899-06-19
LAND OF EvANGELINE.
Summer Tourists Begin to
Populate Many Places
& Of Interest.

+ "They say" that the road to a mans
heart is through his stomach. "They"
might have added womans, too. Any
way, the managers of the Grand at
/ Yarmouth keep the idea in mind when
catering to their patrons. And there
are no flies there!" exclaimed a delight
; ed lady from the south.
1t is but 240 miles to Yarmouth from
! Boston-15 hours-leave after dinner
! and breakfast in Yarmouth.
The Plant steamer La Grande Ouch
ess arrived from Boston, making the
trip in the record time of q hours At
minutes from light to light.
The hotels in CornwaJlis seem to be
rail- undergoing repairs The Queen
Hotel in Canning is about to have an
observatory ADDED to its summit. The
Central House at Kingsport has been
thoroughly relnodelled and enlarged.
The hotel on the Look-off is also
making, Improvements for the season.
Snip Euphemta, built at Salmon
River, N. s.. IN 1882, and recently owned
by w. F. Hagar & Co. of Philadelphia,
has been sold to Nova Scotia parties for
$4,000 net.
Ship Tusker built at the same place
the same year, has been sold to Nova
Scotia owners for G4100
are
now giving some attention to the can
ming Of halibut, as has been their Gus
tom at this season. The supply of fish
is not steady. The goods are excellent
and find ready local market.
The Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia,
Free Masons, opened June IA in the fine
new Masonic temple of Annapolis Royal
Lodge, M. w, Grand Master T. B.
Flint, NJ. P, presiding. There was a
Tull attendance of all the other officers
of the lodge.
The superb new twin screw steamer
of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, the
Prince Arthur, built by the famous
firm, the Earle Shipbuilding Co, sailed
from Portland, Eng, June 18th for
Yarmouth, MS This steamer is as near
ly as possible identical with her sister,
the Prince George. On her extended
scientific trials, which included a re-
cent long-distance trip, she slightly ex-
ceeded the maximum speed of the
Prince George, attaining a mean speed
of p knots per hour 1t may be use
1ul to remind the travelling public that
the Prince Arthur and Prince George
are the only steamers afoat heated by
electricity. Everything that the latest
shipbuildlng genius and science can
suggest are incorporated in these two
steamers.
The Prince Arthur is commanded by
Beginning July the Dominion At
lantic Company will operate, with
three steamers, a daily service, except
Saturday, from Boston to Yarmouth,
connecting there with daily, except
Sunday, Flying Bluenose train service,
which begins July 3.
Percy Borden, formerly editor of the
Western Chronicle, Kentville, but " no
has been a student at Mount Allison
during the past year, has gone to Cape
Breton to assist in surveying the new
railroad there.
The dyke at Canning, which has been
under construction for the past two
years, has now been pronounced com
plete.
]. Bert Baxter of Dame, stod-
dard & Kendall, Boston, with a party
Of sportsmen, arrived by the Var
mouth, Wednesday, en- route for Mil
ton, Queens Co, on a fishing trip.
June brides continue to bloom in the
Bluenose land. The crop seems mex
haustible.
A real Nova Scotia moose is now
stalled at Bay View park, Yarmouth
Probably the most interested man IN
the province in the Venezuela arbitra-
tion is Capt. John Wesley Baxter,
who was at Bolivar during the late un-
pleasantness, and whose vessel was
seized and held on a trumped-up
charge by the authorities at that port
Lord Salisbury has Capt Baxter's case
in charge and Venezuela viii have tC
foot the bill for detention and loss suf-
fered by the captain.
]. Burgnel, manager of the Central
railway. has published a very pretty
booklet descriptive Of the region
through which his road runs. Bridge
water on the La Have" is headquar-
ters, and the road begins at Lunen-
burg, runs through Malone, Bridge
water, New Germany, Nictaux, and
Middleton, where it connects witt
the Dominion Atlantic Railway
system. There is beautiful Ches-
ter, that so many Worcester
people are In love with, and many
other popular resorts along the line.
The free trip competition offered by
the Dominion Atlantic railway line
closed on 10th inst. Nineteen persons
submitted list Of names, the Lowest
containing 19 names and the highes7
5SSS, the latter being sent by Mrs
George A. Ives, Is Devon street, ROX-
bury, who thus secures the prize. Very
large lists were sent, as follows: Evan