Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-08-30
LAND OF GOLD.
TRIP TO NOVA SCOTIA AND DE-
ScRIPTION OF GOLD FIELDS.

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the Mines. .-New Discoveries of the
Precious Metal.--Prospective De-
veIopment. = Vermont Visitor S
Pleased With the Outlook.
On the last day of last month
there set sail from Boston a party Of
II VermoEters, bound for a foreign
shore, TO wit, Nova Scotia. The OBJ
ject Of the expedition, or Of major
ity Of its members, was to view the
gold mines in the Exempt district, +"
so called, in one of which, the Inter-
national, also known as the "Allen
claim, most of the party were stock
holders. Three or four others were
taken along as ballast, included in
which number was the writer. who,
having his camera along, was elected
''official daguerrean" OF the expedi-
ton. The following is list of the
party:-G E. Moody, DR.. w. F. Mi
nard, ID. L. Harvey, T. c. O'Neill,
w. Il. Elliot and II. NJ. Dufur of
Waterbury; G. L. Mcmahon, +. O.
Burt and T. C. Smith Of Stowe; Prof.
G. II. Perkins, state geologist, Bur-
lington; B. B. Scribner of Corinth;
Messrs. Boswell and Seguin of Mont
pelier; Chas. h. Darling OF Boston
and the writer.
1t was expected that ;he trip would
be dignitied by the presence Of Hon.
II. NJ. Harvey and G. f. Smith Of |
West Topsham, but neither showed |
up. Numerous guesses were made as
to the reason for their absence. and |
the opinion was finally settled on that
Mr.. Harvey was busy trying TO figure
out how the Grout resolution got 4
through the Orange County Republic
can convention, and Mr.. Smith en-
crossed in the task Of determining
just how much binding force said res
olution had with an honest man-both
propositions.
All Of the party except the two at
the foot Of the class took passage on
the Yarmouth line boat, leaving Bos.
ton at p. m. The writer and his
companion were detained, and went
on the Dominion line boat, "Prince
George leaving two hours later.
The boats get 10 Yarmouth about the
same time, or ) the next morning.
Of course the writer cannot state a. |
70 the merits OF the other line, but (
AN say that the service on the "Prince 1
george was first-ciass. We were a
favored with an introduction 20 Capt. c
and the purser, who did I i
NJ in their power to make the trip a
pleasant and comfortable for US. :
Travel over both lines is heavy at h
his time OF the year and both boats v
we're crowded. The fare on each Is
nut $3.50 or 80 for the round "trip. a
7hich is wonderfully cheap consider v
ng the distance and the first-class :
haracter OF the service. j
The water was trIfe rough on the n
ZIP out. The undersigned had put d
ut TO sea once or twice before, and d
u the frs. symptoms OF queer feel
~ inside, discreetly turned In. Many n
Their passengers undertook 10 keep a
leir courage up and their refresh Al
ents down, by congregating on the n
eek and singing divers songs in Ii
sarty tone OF voice, sandwiching rag. Il
me tunes in between such classics as Il
Almost Persuaded" and "Where is r
y wandering boy tonight ?"-al- CT
ough at heart they felt like singing II
Pull for the Shore As might have Il
zen expected, such hypocrisy could d,
II go unpublished, and before mid Il
ght nearly all the vocalists were A
reed to admit that they didn't feel 81
actly right. and in most cases ac- cr
)ns spoke louder than words. On al
e other boat, it was reported that 81
me of the party were so sick that hs
ey actually prayed, and that the m
Irden of their duplication was that al
ath might come to end their agon- m
!. But glance at the list of names Ia
III show that, with the possible ex- pa
ption OF Mr.. Moody and one or two d,
hers, the report as to the PRAYING an
mot be true. on
On getting to Yarmouth, the first OF
ing to be done was to set our watch liz
just an nour ahead TO correspond co
tn local time. Then came the or of
al OF submitting our luggage to the mi
pection of a grizzIy-looking Gus frc
ms officer, which made us all think, co
the time being, that government
thout the consent Of the governed" col
certainly inconvenient, IL not I'M eri
istitutional. ne
At Yarmouth we received valu- ella
e addition to our party in the per- q
OF Capt. X. NJ. Allen of that CITY. be,
owner Of the mining claim in SO
ich the international company is ed
crested. Capt. Allen gets his title fol
m having followed the sea, and on
for many years captain OF ship stil
jagged in transporting emigrants col
m England to Australia. He is to
rough gentleman and most enter cry
ling talker and Just the sort of an,
n to run up with in strange land. thi
The mining properties are situated has
'ut a mile from the village of pee
which is % miles from doI
The trip from Yarmouth as
made in a carryall, with four pill