The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-06

So az saloons drunkenness is almost
tnhAown.
certain popular official of the munich
pahty OF Darlington, it is charged t2kes
more than is coed for him sometim s.
This particular man was formerly a SOL
der and lost his legs IL battle but he
manages to get about with ease in spite
of his wooden extremities. Once, to tht
scandal of the town, he VAS So mucn the
worse for liquor that he could not ma
nipulate his false legs and had to De EAR
r1ed home. Since that episode his wife
always informs the town committee VIXEN
"a spells a-comin', and one or more
OF the village fathers are delegated to
visit his house, remove his legs and keep
possession of the same until he Las re-
gained his usual frame of mind, thus
combining him to his house for the gen
eral good name of the municipality.
Two of the great charms Of this section
OF Nova Scotia are its antiquity and its
fertility IN historic associations. Cham
plain planted a colony on Cape Sable ISL
and, but as the settlers were Fren "a CON
Ficts, history has not given Tie settle
ment much consideration. 1t is to Port
La Tour that the historian looks with
pride, and it is to the remnants OF Fort St
Louis that the natives of the village de-
light TO refer. Every yilIager of Port La
Tour knows the story of the De La Tours
father and son. Charles ST. EtIenne de Ia
Tour was notable character in early
American history. He established Port La
Tour. just back of the present Bacaro
light, eight miles from Darlington, in 1925.
The stronghold was named Fort St Louis
Sieur de la Tour returned to France to
obtain more concessions from his King,
leaving his son as commandant of the fort
and the colony
While returning to the colony De La
Tour was captured by the British. He was
tax 70 don, >
at court Then he swore allegiance to the
British crown, was created~a baronet OF
Nova Scotia by England's King and re-
ceiyed immense grants Of land including
Port La four. He sailed for Nova Scotia.
He found his son and the colony we'll but
strong for France. The father could not
win over the son. Sieur de la Tour had
secured, under the crown. two baronies of
ST. Etienne and of La Tour. but the son
would have nothing from the hands of The
British, and denounced his father TO his
face Sieur de la Tour retired TO his ships
in the harbor and began a hombardment of
Fort st. Louis. For two days father and
son fought, when the senior La Tour re
tired and took up his abode across the Bay
of Fundy. The outlines OF the for; are
plainly to be seen today, overlooking the
superb harhor. The ruins have never been
eXc2yated but numerous relics in the form
Of musket and four-pound cannon balls
have been found from time to time.
The LoSuI Men of SheIburne.
The town of Snelburne was of much later
birth In 1888 several thousand British
loyalists from the American colonies set
tied there. AT that time Shelburne had
population OF $4,000 souls and rivaled Hall
fax in Importance as a seaport. But sue
cess was not long lived Today Shelburne
has q nnDuIatinn of obo,tt Q nnO
Yarmouth boasts of a Morse rock, but il
has a slender hold in history. 1t has en-
joyed an uneventful prosperity as a FISH
ing port. Pubnico, known TO the early
French as Poubomcoup bounds the terri
tory on the west and Shelburne on the east
When the French at Grand Pre- were pros
porous so were the French at Poubomcoup
under the leadership of Able Sigogne, the
story OF whose romantic career is told in
pure French TO each rising generation OF
Pubnico. The settlers at Poubomcoup were
allowed TO remain by the British when
their feiloW-countrymen al Grand Pre- were
shipped TO the southern British colonies
The French of Pubnico took the oath of
allegiance to the English sovereign, but
they never gave up their mother tongue.
SO one hears pure French and little Eng
hsh among the fishermen and farmers of
village long since deserted are to be seen
near harrington Head. Family pride is
very strong among the French of Pubnico
Such line old French names as D'Entre-
mont, Lesperance, Beaupre and Boisseau
which We're names OF the early settlers
are still to be found there.
The men of the Shelburne and Barring
ton country are intensely loyal The Con-
servatives or Tories and the Liberals,
called 'Grits,' are about evenly matched
One of the officials OF the municipality of
harrington was asked for his opinion on
annexation. He answ cred:
i don't think you will find one man in
a thousand in Nova Scotia who stands for
annexation to the States. Under your free
trade policy We flourished and Darlington
was then a town TO be proud of Why, in
those days l saw as much as $50, 900 come
over from the States to Cape Sable Island
in one month. Then we had control of
the fish trade with the West Indies, hut
when your Congress went to work and nut
tariff on our fish going into Porto Rico
our trade was practically killed there
Before the Spanish-American war the port
of Nuremberg, on the south coast. con-
trolled the fish trade with Porlo Rico bot
since the war and your new tariff reguIa-
lions with Porto Rico this trade las fallen
off about IS per cent. Several fish export
ing houses have failed-up, and Luneuberg
will go into bankruptcy, you can tak, my
head for it,
The natives are sportsmen as well as
fishermen Each town has its EXPERT
moose caller and his services are IN de-
mand whcr the moose season opens in
October From now on through ths fall
and early winter wild ducks throlr the
swamp lakes. Saltwater fishing for cod,
haddock, and halibut one day may be va
ried by fresh-water fishing for brook trout
and salmon the next The fisherman IS
never disappointed. The alien visitor may
comply with the game laws in fishing for
trout in two ways. He may obtain a IL
cenSe for So, or he may secure the SER
vices of a native guide and native boats.
The latter is the simpler and cheaper
method. A guide may be secured for fifty
cents an afternoon. and boats are IN
necessary. In three weeks the writer
caught 194 brook trout, The largest of
which was two pounds and an ounce in
weight-New York Commercial Adyer-
tlSer.