The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-04
Notes From Nova Scotia.
The Journey From Belfast to Wolfville in
the Land of Evangline.

l left Belfast for Wolfville Tuesday
morning. Dec. 10Th. On arriving in
Bangor-where l had to wait several
hours for the st. John train-I went
up town to get dinner. A man. having
a large load of hay drawn by two horses,
stopped me, and said: Cant l sell
you load of hay, Mister" After
some persuasion, convinced him that
his goods would be of no service to me
at present.
At SO l stepped into parlor car,
and at 1890 was in my room at a
st. John hotel The thermometer in
Bangor was IA below zero; in ST. John,
below. Wednesday morning l took
the elegant steamer Prince Rupert for
Digby. The wind was blowing fresh,
and l noticed many of the passengers,
especially the ladies, were sick. But
the sickness was short, as we were not
out of sight of land. About $50 we
were approaching the Digby Straits.
bio 10 et P1Sels ~ w OuO w ~ etu-
mires the sublime or beautiful in ma
ture. At this point, old Poseidon, god
of the sea and brother of Jupiter, with
his trident split the great North Noun
tain range apart, and let the roaring
waters OF the Bay of Fundy through;
at the same time sinking a basin 20
miles long from Digby to Annapolis,
where a part of the British navy could
anchor, if there. What a CONFUSION of
Nature it must have been, The strait
IS about one third of mile wide, and
the tides rush through this narrow pas
sage with a tremendous force, making
whirlpools and eddies. The north end
of the mountain, or the left side of the
Strait as you enter, is very precipitous
and covered with small forest growth.
Along the shore are small houses of
fishermen. The opposite, or south
side OF the split mountain, is not so
steep. and is covered with a heavy
growth of timber, mostly maple and
birch. In recent years some parts of
this have been bought by wealthy
men from New York, who have built
summer cottages among the trees some
what after the style of those at Dark
II aIbor Islesboro. Many terraces had
to he made.
The pretty village of Digby is sit
uatpd about mile inside of the straits.
There are good hotels, fine churches,
and elegant school buildings AT this
place | took The train bound from Var
mouth to Halifax, the two places
being 217 miles apart. Twenty miles
from Digby we come to Annapolis,
which was first settled by the French
in 1905 The old French forts and stone
barracks cover several acres and are
very fine to look at. They are just out
side of the town near the Wharves and
railroad station. This place was called
Port Royal by the French; but when
y Ova Scotia come into possession of
chang ed to Annapolis Royal, in honor
OF Queen Ann, the reigning sovereign
IF G reat Britain. Polls is the Greek
word for city. Annapolis continued to
be the capitol of the province till 1749,
when the seat of government was re-
moved to Halifax, 1870 miles farther
east. From Annapolis to Wolfville, a
distance Of GO miles, you pass through
a very fertile valley from five to fifteen
miles wide, between two ranges of
mountains, known as the North and
the South Mountains. In 1891 two
counties In this valley-kings and An
napoIis-shipped to England 400, o00
barrels of apples. But since that date
when hundreds of acres Of young Or
cEards We're Just coming into bearing
the yearly shipments Lave been III
creasing very rapidly. AS regards quail
ity, Nova Scotia claims to lead the
world. There are two lines of fruit
steamers running between Halifax and
and British ports.
The Fumess line runs weekly and
carries about 20 thousand barrels a
week. The Canadian Pacific Rail
way line runs fortnightly, carrying
about the same number. They began
to carry this number nearly three
months ago and will keep on till spring
This season the apples have Melted
the owners of orchards over s.. 90 a bar
rel on the average. The orchards of
Mr.. C. r. II. Starr produced about
1000 barrels, the orchard of Charles
Eaton between 5000 and 1000 barrels.
A MI Dickie who lives Is miles from
Wolfville, has a fine orchard which
produces nearly 5000 barrels One tree
in an orchard near here produced 80
barrels Another tree yielded 90 bar
rels of very high grade, which were
sold for Il barrel. By cablegram
receiv ed yesterday the cargo that went
by steamer two weeks ago, Melted the
owner from 81 to $3.50 per barrel.
They were golden pippins, used at this
season as dessert on English tables.
Whatever variety is in fashion for
desse rt-and this continually changes
brings the price. Advantage is taken
81 tbic apd tho hind Wantpd ic Shinnpd