The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-25

in the afternoon took us to the citadel,
where some of the troops are now
quartered.
The citadel is on hill sloping back
from the harbor and the city, and
affords a magnificent view of the har-
Dor and the shipping there. Then we
were driven back past the public
gardens and out TO Point Pleasant
park, the scene of many a battle IN
the struggle of the English and the
French for supremacy. This harbor
is especially we'll fortified and usually
there are many warships at anchor
there, but just then all were away.
One of the pleasantest evenings of
the trip was spent that Sunday even
ing in the parlor of the Queens hotel.
1t rained trifle outside so the party
listened to an extemporaneous pro-
gram in charge of Mr.. Newell of Cold
water. No one realized how much
talent the Press Association really
had and we learned not only to
admire individual members, but all
grew nearer and home dearer as we
joined in singing hymns like Nearer
My God TO Thee" and all thrilled
with patriotic pride as we joined in
singing America" and Michigan,
My Michigan" at the close.
Monday morning everyone saw Hall
faxas he liked. The town seemed much
more modern than we had anticipated.
Perhaps we expected something more
like Quebec; but we found the old
churches very interesting and the
public gardens and homes and many
parts of the city very charming. An
afternoon ride given..on the 'Che-
buctu" Of the =. q d line by the citi
zens of the city gave a splendid idea
of the summer beauties of the harbor,
of the advantages of this town III
time of war and of the immense
amount of shipping and Atishing
carried on here. Monday. evening we
were to have been the guests of the
city again at the concert in the pub
lie gardens, but a rain made this in-
possible, so many went to an exhibit
ton of trained horses by Crocker.
Next morning Manager Fairbanks
of the Queens hotel got Us to the
station in time for thexDominion
& Atlantic railway train fort.Digby.
Enroute we were taken through the
beautiful land of Evangeline. The
country which Longfellow has so
pleasingly described is aslfruitful as
when the gentle maiden and the
Achadian farmers lived there. There
are acres and acres of apple orchards
and in every way this spot deserves
the name which has been given, 1.-The
garden of Nova Scotia" Thousands
of barrels of fruit are annually sent
across the water from here and the
dairy products are equally important.
At Digby we opened the fine sum-
mer hotel known as THE pines.
Manager Churchill gave a rousing
welcome and did everything in his
power 70 make our twentY-four hours
under his roof memorable ones. Some
went fishing here. some drove about
the town and some drove about the
country and down the beach 70 see the
surf on the Bay of Fundy. Digby is
noted for its fishing. We were initia-
ted into the mysteries of smoking
herring, drying cod, digging clans,
catching Holsters, and making cod
liver oil. We saw the tide raise at the
wards fall as rapidly. We saw the
vessels go out with the tide and others
getting ready for a sailing cruise, and
later had a sailor tell us that he knew
all about Michigan for he had
brother who lived in Michigan for
years. For said the man, "My
brother has been in Duluth, Mime
apolis and all through Michigan most
of his life. -
Next day the Dominion & Atlantic
railway company took the party to
Yarmouth. Here we had only an
hour and a half TO wait, but the COM
pany held the boat for a short time
and citizens who had met us at the
train took us for drive about the
city. Considering the size Yarmouth
is the finest town we saw. 1t has
beautiful homes with large, spacious
lawns and the most beautiful haw-
thorn hedges are everywhere about
the town. Although the blossoms
were gone it was, nevertheless, a
great pleasure TO see them.
The Dominion & Atlantic Railway
Steamship company carried the party
to Boston in the steamer Boston.
1t was late that night when most of
the passengers could be induced to
leave the pleasure of the night far
out at sea as enjoyed on the decks for
the stuffy interior of a state room,
and most were out early the next
morning in order to miss nothing of