The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-28

w III thO POopiO ooy We oAO
We are the M. p. A.
Go to Halifax"
With this as our rallying cry, sleepers
carried the party over the Intercolonial
for the objective point of the trip-Hali-
fax-where we landed Sunday morning
and were hurried away to the Queens
hotel to take Sunday morning bath,
get breakfast and ready for church at
1000 at the Garrison chapep-this
chapel will seat 1000 people and large
part of the main floor is reserved every
Sunday for the Red Coats, whom we
saw march to church in companies
headed by two bands. Here a rather
high form of church of England (Epis-
copaD service was conducted, the music
being especially fine on account of the
singing of the soldiers.
After dinner drive around the city
showed the reason for the title of the
Garrison City" 1t is now the chief
naval and military station Of Great
Britain in North America and there are
large barracks for both the regulars
and the Dominion of Canada militia
| immense Notifications on all sides of
| the city itself and on the islands which
lie directly in the channel from the bay
to the ocean-the bay being one of the
finest harbors in the world, the water
very deep so that the largest vessels can
come within a few feet of the shore at
any point Right in the center of the
city is hill on which is famous old
citadel which has been captured and
re-captured and from which view for
scores of miles in each direction makes
it necessity from a military stand
point. The old dungeons where so
many French prisoners were kept, the
rings to which they were tied, and
other evidences of the terribleness of
war under the old conditions are shown
here-but it is short drive to beauty
spot-Point Pleasant park-nearly one
hundred and fifty acres of forest with
such scenery as is found in few if any
places on the continent, the government
keeping the driveways and paths in
condition for visitors and the three
forts in excellent condition. A Martel-
10 tower is also found here.
In Halifax are the principal colleges
of the eastern provinces as well as the
converts and charitable institutions.
Halifax is British city to a greater
degree than any other on the continent
naturally so, as the soldiers come and
go, as do officers, and the commercial
relations with the mother country
are extensive. The people have the real
English accent and to many of our
party were as hard to understand as
the French in Quebec. Old fashioned
English hospitality prevails and per-
son can not leave without kindly recol
lections of the city.
The Provincial building and library
were of interest legislative bodies
being much like those of our own state
except that the councillors (senators)
are appointed for life. Large and
beautiful paintings adorn the walls, in
GLIDING picture of George III, whom
the guide reminded us was the 'cause
of all the trouble" In the library are
newspapers dating back to 1865 and
original letters of Benedict Arnold,
John Hancock and Franklin.
Sunday evening the only Service" by
the crowd itself was held-ex president
Newell rounding up the party at 7;30 in
the parlors Of the hotel and for two
hours singing and recitatlons were en-
joyed-solos by various ones, both in
strumental and vocal, and interspersed
by religious and patriotic songs led by
H. r. Pattengill
Monday in Halifax was a go as you
please day except that in the afternoon
the city authorities and Board OF Trade
took the opportunity of showing the
harbor and its defenses by boat trip
at the same time displaying the same
English hospitality in the way of eat
ables and thirst quenching as we en-
countered at st. John. Monday even
ings plans were the first ones spoiled by
the weather-a band concert, in the
gardens being impossible on account of
rain. Instead of the concert a Mich
igan mans horse show furnished the
evenings entertainment. w. J. Crock
err, who formerly lived at Hillsdale,
having just retured from the old
country, invited the party to see his en-
tertainment and it was time well spent
for certainly no man ever had more
perfect control of horses, mules and
ponies-doing everything imaginable
except talking.
That ittIa . ain in Ynur Back