The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-23
INLAND OF EyANGELINE.
Days Of Delight in Acadia, Home
OF the Happy.

ed, still, the little village of Grand
Pre- Lay in the fruitful valley.
Less than days sail from our own
domain lies charming country-a
land crowded with historical associa-
tions and teeming with the riches of
orchard and field, writes J. B. Matti-
son, M. D., In 1.-The Examiner" It is.
too, region lovely in itself, diyersi-
fled by mountain and meadow. river
and valley, and hillside and hilltop
robed in early June in the beauty of
blossOmfng orchards, and at this later
season with the promise of bounteous
fruitage in the autumn. And over all
is the charm Of romantic tradition, en-
shrined in the time-honored legends of
"Acadie, home of the happy"
Year after year Nova Scotia is a
Mecca toward which the thought and
desire of thousands turn as a bliss
full retreat from the heat and burden
of the city, "far from the madding
crowd" and there is it to found, amid
scenes of rural beauty and restful
quiet.
Interest in this land of romance and
beauty is steadily increasing. More
and more it invites to it's TRANQUIL
shores those who need quiet for brain
and nerve. And this interest in "the
Land of Evangeline" is not likely to
wane, immortalized as it has been by
our gentle New England poet in the
sad story whose pathos inspired him
to sing:
We who believe in affection. that hopes,
w an. and endure, endures and is patient.
strength q
List to the mournful tradition still
sung by the pines of the forest.
List-to Tale OF Love in Acadie, home
Although Longfellow never saw the
scenes Of which he sang in this his
most famous poem his poetic genius
painted picture marvellOusly true to
life, and one that has been the wonder
and admiration of those who have
visited the beautiful land which forms
the setting of the story.
Nova Scotia is famous for it's cher
ry and pear. II beautiful in harvest
time, imagine what the scene must be
in early June, when acres of billowy
blossoms greet the eye and their ex-
quisite odor fills the air.
Nova Scotia is famous for its fruits.
and especially for its apples, And
around Wolfville is the centre of the
apple land. Within the radius of a
mile of this Charming college town
there are more than seventy-five
thousand apple trees, in the autumn
now, as of old.
Under the open sky, in the odorous air
of the orchard,
Bending with golden fruit
to say nothing of the splendid profu-
sion of pluDeand peach, garden and
field. To this the sights from the car
windows for scores of miles will we'll
attest, while at and around WOlfville
one beholds the acme of scenic charm.
From the hilltop behind the town one
gets view of many miles athwart the
valley, while across its broad dixie
land in front. where
bikes, that the hands of the farmers
had raised with labor incessant,
Shut out the turbulent tides
you see looming that giant sentinel
of Acadia, Cape Blomidon-
Grand, old Cape Blomidon. stern. yet
rising six hundred feet above sea level.
with the tide daily climbing it's rugged
side nearly sixty feet.
But still a grander outlook is OBJ
tanned when, crossing the rich mead
ows of Canning, little village at the
base Of North Mountain, you drive four
miles through fruitful orchards to
, lofty "Look-Off," from which, as one
enthusiastic visitor declares, is view
vast. varied, glorious, transcendant.
incomparably grand. Though you live
to be twice the age of Methuselah you
will never forget that view" Words
indeed cannot paint the picture. See
ft-memOry's camera will do the rest.
Wolfville, lovely town. is the CEN
tire of Baptist educational life in East
ern Canada. Here are Acadia univer-
sity, Acadia seminary for women, and
collegiate institute and a manual
training school. The writer was ia
vored in being present at the recent
commencement, and was glad to learn
of the prosperity which has come to
the Institution through the indefatig-
able president, DR.. Thomas Trotter,
who now retires from his arduous tolls
for needed rest. The exercises of the
week were brought to close with an
unprecedented musical climax through
the presence in Wolfville of the ia
nous Canadian songstress, Nine. AL
hani, who, with notable concert COM
pany, is making farewell tour of her
native land.
Other parts of this delightsome land
are equally worthy of the attention Of
the summer traveller The shores of
the Bay of Fundy, with it's great tide.
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shore; Digby, pretty town lying at
the western end of the beautiful An
napolis Basin; Annapolis Royal. stu
ate at the western extremity of the
far famed valley of>the same name;
Parrsboro, across the eastern reach
Of the Bay Of Fundy; Halifax, the pic
turesque garrison town and many
other places of historic or romantic
interest, including Cape Breton and
: Prince Edwards islands. are within
easy reach by rail and boat.
Yarmouth, the western port. itself
a town of considerable interest, is
reached by swift stanch steamers from
New York and Boston. And here, as
an appreciative rhymster has sung:
At Yarmouth. Nova Scotia's western
Long might the pleasure loving tourist
A busy thriving port, yet all around
The restful scenes OF rural life are
found.
But the flying bluenose" is ready
to convey the traveller to other scenes
soon after the arrival of the steamship.
and he is swiftly whisked in we'll APP
pointed. up to date coaches whittier
he desires to go.
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