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[Gas uru. ' . Fishinr; is. the leading industry. The! town is famous for the small smoked herring` popularly called Dighy Chickens." This! is also the home. of the finnan haddie and large quantit.ie.s' of .it are exported. Dr. Duvernet. the mayor. -belongs to the; well-known Tpronto family of that name. He and his council and the Board of Trade made the visitors very welcome. lnnnhnnn mu. unrurul nn Ium-A `L- `A-- ,, ___._._... -..._wva.a vu&U - o c c CDC CICII Galvanized Brace _Wire,.Fence Staples_and Fastening Clips. DRIVE GATES. .,._ ................ .. $3.00 and $9.00 each WALK GA'I`ES,`8Ls ft. by 48 in._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.00 each The Sarjeant C'o.,' Limited 1;-__ |:_ ~__,_| n OII va- Inger, ` I - , , As The Empress pulled into_ the wharf! our party greeted Digby with "0 Canada" '- and most of the population of this enter-I prising _summer town were there` to meet! the visitors. A- long. string of cars on the 1 dock` awaited the party~an_d soon we were] upinningover the excellent roads on streets; lined with neat, well painted residences embowered in fruit trees. reaching finallyi the hill above the. town which affords a glow] iuus view acroas the Basin to the Gap.. This summer resort. which attracts huuvf dreda from Ontiario and Quebec as well as` the Eastern States. was yet without its holiday seekers which do not usually come ` until, a couple of weeks later. No more. delightful spot for a vacatibn could he wished. ` " 'sAu3 0! WIRE FENCE 20 wires, 60' in.` high, stajys. -6 _in. apart ; . . . . . . . . .- . 70 Vrod COILED SPRING WIRE-, No. 9 galvanized . . . . . . . . . . 5c GALVANIZED BARB WIRE, twb lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. $5.00 pd} 80gmI `ipool and $5.00 per cwt. `per lb. L BURLINGTON JAPANNEDSTEEL FENCE POSTS 55: each t'!..I........'-...1' 13-- -_ 1": V V --- -rvw rvn IVUI '14 wires, 49 in. high, stairs 13 in; apart, a splendid` general purpose fence Wand great value at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '. 60 per_ rod 10 wires; 48 in. high, all No. 9 wire, stays 16% in. apart, 70 rod POULTRY FENCE-1'8 wires, 48 in. high, ,sta'ys' 6 in. apart", 60 rod Oll ...3...... an. 3.. ` `L.'._L l- ---,.-- ,.-, ww- 8 wires, 47 in. high, `all No. wire . . . . . . . . . . . '7 wires, 40 and 48 in. high, all No. 9 wire . . 47%` 14 stays in. splencfid ro&1=J.a%u.d Builders" Sugp; `Ya:-d Foot of Many sh -an * -' '- 9 w_ires, 48 and 50 in. high, stays 161/. in. and 22 in. apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53c,.57%c, 60c and 65:: per rod No. 9 .~ . . . . 54 per rod 47% `and 50: per rod 1,4 ...:...... 111:- L:__I. _. ` but? IJUIVIIXUS VI|_llEIJ UH Ill UUUIIUTU -Hufi its expanse of forty miles. As we. passed` through the famous Digby Gu: and emerged ' inzo theblue water's 6f the Annapblia Basin, 1 the fog lifted and` the sun shone out 3 gm; ing, emblematic of the cordiality that 3 welcomed us everywhere we went in Nova, Bcotiu. ' . A 3 R!_L._ We have been advised that all wire fence prices will be_ advanved in the immediate future, and in view of this fact this sale oughtto be `of great interest to `all farmers` and property-owne_rs who will `require any of these materials duringvthe next twelve months. .. uvwuv-v unv_ --I, vi J Ind ` I Our visit in St. John,.v'1'The _I:oyaliat- City," finished, we bade -.temporary.good- bye `to New Brunswick; and-;tWurne_i out; {was towards, Nova Boot-ia. Fog A overcast, the Bay of Fundy but fortunately`-tor thoue subject to "me! de met" this frequently turbulent water, was smooth as, could__be` wished for while the fine C.'P.R. steamer The Empress" carried us in comfort across` iln nvnnnm: A` `nutty lvuunn V`n Inn nnnngnll 1-aunsww, JULY u. -ms; win. the c.n.a..n j w..:.:,u.w....... an Mrou-tIw_ Bay. of FunI'ly4- ..a. :. c. I-|__ -uIi|__ . V v _ ' Farmer at Digby, N.S., `gathering seaweed for fertilization. sauna rusunnutmss wova ma Digby . . ,.__II,,I l-imited vvuumsw cu UH.` uuumgwoua nuuemn Wm) tn: mainly responsnblc for_one of the finest municipal his o"r~l collections in Ontario-~ the Huron Institute .- Amid the Apple Blossom: V It was felt by the good people of tlw Annapolis Valley that an adequate impn~-:- sion of that famous fruit district could not _uc_ uuuuull. uu_V.~s. IIIIH [H18 088 HIKGTI 0V(`l'| as a National Park and there isa handsome memorial to Dell/lonts. its discoverer in 1604. A very excellent historical sketch wasidelivered to the press people by L: El.` Fortier, who is in charge of the museum. Mr. Forticr's address had an additional in-3 "crest for the Barrie representatives in the fact that he is u` cousin of Mrs. Spry (mother of Mrs. Creswickel whose maidu-1 name was Forfier. Owing to the size of the party all could not inspect the museum. _sign the register. The collection is one of wonderful interest and it. was greatly re- gnet-ted that time did not permit longer in-l spection. A member of the party who found Wzvicial delight in the mu.=eum was. David Williams of the Collingwood Bulletin who in nrninlu rnunnnuilnln Inn Ann .4` cl... t`:......4 M so the directors wexeasked to do so and! I ----v--'-- --`-a' ~ , A hal-f-houigstop permitted but. a .very..' very brief visit. to `the '-town's greatest! ` clmrm. [found in that shrine of history. the; gr'a.+'s-grosvn ramparts of the old fort. .'l'he;' iifficers barrucks,arc full of 4interes.`ingv,; relics; the old povvrler magazine, with the; `Fleur-de-Lis of King Louis 'st.2imped on; [tho dnor hinge. is in excellent repair; the!` dreadful dungenn still stands at one-`corner: and the sully port is little changed from I *_he_ ancient d8_V.'~l. This has been taken ova`, : an n Nunnol Duh`! nu.-I 41.....- :..'.. L...._I._-__.- 3! It was, also, forsmany long years the} li theatre of the terrible struggle "between lv England and France for `the possession of , this Nor`h~ Americani ' continent. Every - ivtme : and by-wfay of thiebtowera is halunted: 5' yt e. names 0 men cee rat yin;t e-an- l:IlBlO of history. Poutrincourt-, the brave "founder. Champlain, the fearless explorer. iLcacarbot. lawyer, _and,hiz-itorian. La- ` f } Tour, _ tire skilful `diplomat, - D`Aulnay_ de ~'I_Cha.rnusny, his great and gloomy rival. Su-1 ,`berca.~*e, the defender of French rights. ;g Nicholson, the champion of English. Mas-I ,i carene. the famous Huguenot, and many ? another warrior who answered to the Ibugle'a call, or met a soldier's death within the "precinem of the old fort. Possibly no stronghold in Americahas had such a sad! and unsettled history. Th 12 times itwas ` unsuccessfully attacked and five times taken fbythe English. Twice stormed in vain by ,the French and Indians. and four times `abandoned or restored to France; -Twice" Jsacked. once by pirates in 1690. and once ' by United States Revolutionary forces in` 1781. In the your 1710 Port Royal wa.-" finally captured by the English, and given its present .nnm_e in honor of their `sover- i eign. Queen Anne. Many years passed. how- ' lever.` before peace reigned in the little eettlemcnt. The pres:-.nt inlurbitants are the descendants of New Englnnders, who came `in 1760. and of those families who after 7 tan rev`olui`liulnary war sought a home under t e Britia fag. ' , L_.,L___,y , .1. .. . I 0 uuuxu out lust nous OI poetic A or of the `founder of the French dominions `in the Newworld. Fox-.mon"than 3 Han- dred years this little old town was the i `cont:-e of civilization and program in Amor- 1138. song. in non- 5 Ionvoraiou of the old chief vllembortuo was the first conquest of the Chrbtim religion in.Norzh Anierica. On these" than were .heerd"vhe x-at notas of poetic song in hon- - of of the 'fnunrla-,r nf tho Pmm-In Am-..:..:......l ` Phone 88 I an mumug sruuuu iuuruug more unuormiy so. Fine homesteads with comfortable housesand good barns, both wellpainted. In.a drive of twenty miles, not a pair 9 looking` place was noticed. The Apple Industry Mr. Pineo, Assistant` Manager of the United Apple Growers Co-operative 00.. in whose car the writer had the pleasure of riding, gave a lot of information concern- ing the apple industry in replyito numerous] queries. From the territory between An-n napolis and Windsor, the Valley shipped 1.- 900.000 barrels of apples last year. As soon as the apples are- picked they are put in big packinghouses. There are-,,.l04 of these in the Valleylof which Mr. Pineo s company owns _52. The market is almost entirely in Great Britain and this district has a big advantage over.Ontario in being able to put its apples on board` ship for 35 cents a barrel. -Last year the grower got $3.75. net for his Spies, and run of the orchard yieldedabout` 32.00 a barrel, which is near ` an" average. The yield per acre is about 100 barrels and the orchards vary in size from 2 to 100 acres. Land is worth from $30 to 8500 an acre according to the or- chard. Negroes constitute -the greater part of the hired labor. -Mr. Pineo stated that the Valley had had,'three `fine crops in succession and there was every indication of a bumper crop this year. With a short- age of apples in Ontario we will know where to go for this fruit. Incidentally it may be stated that the fUnited Apple Growers of Annapolis is a splendid example of how growers can improve marketing conditions by co-operative effort. . Wolfville fhe route of "drive pased through Wolf-I ville, a_ town of beautiful homes. It is situated . on they ferti_le ridge between the - Gaspereau V and Cornwallis Valleys and is i l 1 surrounded by a wonderfully rich farming `and"frtiit'district.' Itjs; the seat of the Aca- dia College and Seminary, large Baptist institutions of learning, this denomination being very strong in that district. A Grand Pre y _ , . Three milesefrom Wolfville, mounting the crest of a long hill we looked down upon the. little village of Grand Pre. `.`A'. rate enchantment' upon .the place Where.Gabriel wooed and won Evangeline, rger all the (Ilinasinarsh1and`em`erald-green, t ice the" "soft spellyof a romantic race." `._All persens ewiing accounts to the estate _bf the late Samuel Maneer, Craigvale, are requested` to pay the `same to `the Standard nk,1Stroud, which is authorized to give ` ipte tor Chine . ` V ; ~ JAMEW. , _ '. -30c _ 1 . Ankninistrator. 9 I. 195:. onvol y w uni U Kentville is a thriving town of about! 300-0. is the centre of the big apple ship~ ping, is a railroad centre. has several other industries. -many fine residences and all the appearance of a most desirable place to live. - A Drive to Remember p A few minutes af.er arrival, the scribeg. starred on a drive which will linger long it": the memory as one of the iuosti' delightful experiences of the trip. First a visit to the experimental farm beumifully located one :1 hill `at the edge of the town and then out into the apple country. For twenty I miles we ' drove through; an undulating country yer excellent roads while on all `sides were the blossoms of those orcliarcls which have brought fame and wealth to the i Annapolis Valley. A week past their prime, `it was said,- yet a wonderfully gladsonie sight, even to the Ontario folk used to orchards and trees. As for the men and wo- n1cn,from the Middle West they could not` find words to express themselves. Om? `did not need .' to be told that the Valley , was prosperous. The writer has never seen ' 8 farming section looking more uniformly I Fine hrmu-stearl: with llnrnfnrulmln 1 : - 5 { be secured from train w-indows, so when the i 3 special arrived at Kentville the station y::rrl_ I \\':is f.lIed with apton1obilos manned by, members of the Kentville and Wolfvillc; Boards of Trade, ready to eonvey the tram` ellers to Grand Pre. A brass band sounded] ,.a welcome and Mr. Harris. editor of.the Advertiser, with his wife and daughters, ,wus soon busy greeting many old friends , . I in the party. TI.....4...:ll.. ( 1) The Historic Fort at Annapolis Royal; '(2') The Recently Completed Chateau Frontenac, atvlunch ; (3), Evangeline Memorial Chapel at Grand Pre, N.S.; (4) A Convention C.W.N~._A. G sow-: IMPORTANT PLACES vxsrnan at WEEKLY NEWSPAPERMEN ON mam mane; Kentville 1113- manna nxgunu-zli r l l lR:obt. Little of Killyleagh. She taught . muuauusu uu uugir uiuunuul voyage. The modern Grand Pre is a community of well-tilled farms and wide-spreading or- chards. The visitor must see and feel for himself the perpetual haunting charm of the Minas landscape. ,That charm, as Dr. Eaton has beautifully said, is inex- pressively subtle and powerful in` its influ- ence on the mind-. Since the first tillers of the upland and builders of the dikes were removed, the enclosed marshes have grown far greater in extent and the farms and or- chards much more luxuriant and beautiful that casts the chief spell over the mind, and no visitor with artistic sensibility but will keep forever in memory the lovely lights. always changing, on the Basin of Mines, and the soft. white mists that encircle stern Blomidon, and the exquisite play of sun- light and shadow on the wide expanse of the verdant Grand Pre. ' I Simcoe County Folk There At Grand Pre we very unexpectedly ran Miss Libbie Little, daughter of the late I across a former resident of Simcoe County ,: in the person of Mrs. Oscar-Chase. formerly ,~ -_._....-.. ..u ._..y I\In `nut-xull-Dal .lll\.llll\Il.l'DlI3I I I Fourteen `acres of land are being conven- } ed into a public park. This will be :1 most interesting memorial of other years. No? U far from the village is the mouth of the Gas- pereaux, where the unhappy people were embarked on their mournful voyage. P rnnrim-n y-and pro {a u nl\1v|Iv-1:11:91! E-u.....,,` yvcao uuu auutu uncle wen: ut.-Iuas 01 113.31.` and orchards and cornfield; . ; I Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the -forests old, and aloft on the mountains. Sea-fogs _ pitched 1-heir'.tents, and miszs from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from I ` their station decsended. 7 There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian village. I F. G. J. Comeau. General Passenger and Freight Agent of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, who accompanied the visitors from` Digby to Halifax, gave a brief talk at the village on the Land of Evangeline. giving the :1-avellers the benefit of his wide know: ledge of `this subject. . M 4 Today very littileremains of the French village. but the old well. the willows, and the cross which marks the ancient`bury'- ing ground, all serve to remind one of the! _.days of long ago. The Dominion Atlantic! Railway has transferred to the Acadian people the `site of the old Roman Catholic _ church. upon which a chapel has been: erected--design'ed as nearly as could be re-l called after the original chapel.. It was] consecrated last year, and will be used a treasure house -for Acadian memorials. I T.V,.,., I All [MC IIULIAIHLII lilllllf. UH IJIC BIIUTCB UI LIKE Basin of Mimis ` Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre ` V Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meaglows stretched to ..the eastward. Giving the villag'e its name. and pasture to flocks without number. ` , Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had] raised with labor incessant. L Shu` out the turbulent tides; . . . . I West and south there were fields of flax.) nu.) ....;.L.....!.. .....l ...____'...LI_ I Wherever the English tongue is spoken! ; and English literature is read, Ixongfellowivj E tel; of Evangeline has made forever f2`H'.|()ll-\' ; are little village of Grand Pre. | In Lbe Acadian land. on the shores of the 1 ..._I.. -1 .II2__:__ : Th'Ae"I__iarb<%>r at Digby, or:1e.of.jthe,beautiful Nova} Scotia towns visited by the C.W.N.A. lug unuuy inuuus. : Windsor is noted for several other things. ` - It is the home of Sam Slick" under which` nom de plume Judge Haliburton gained his first fame as a humorist. His Sam Slicl-1,} the Clockmaker hias a fund of rare humor_ that well reiiays the reading. Windsor is` about half the size of Barrie, is an important shipping port and manufacturing centre, l furniture being one of the chief productm! Nova Scotia. we learned, has several places nu; uvvu vvuuIr:u--uuu 21 \'Cl`_y CILCCIISIIE papcri lit is. Mrs. Fielding, the editor of the Tri-: bune. and `Miss Forbes, business manage:-,I joined the party there and _were greet:-'1. by many friends. 3 I w:...:.,... :- ..,......: : ....... _-1 -.L-.e u. Windsor to the Western newspapex-men; was known chiefly as the town hav-' ing the only C.W;N.A. paper run altogetherf by two women--.and a very excellent paper; it i. Fipldinlr fhn nrufnr nf Han T: n , ,, fcchool at Holly for some time. It was a| pleasure` to answer her many enquiries con- cerning old friendsein this part of the coun- try. Accompanying M115. Chase was ho. daughter. Miss Susan Chase, who wa_=. zlie first woman to take the degree of B. S3. from Toronto University and now hasafifty- acre fruit. farm of her own. In Halifax. wt` met another (laughter, Dr. Margaret Ch:\s.. | who is in the pathological idcpartimemv of Dalliousie University. Mr. and Chase` have a fine '80-acre fruit farm and a beau-1 tiful home. Their-address is R.R. No. 1,` iG1_'eenwich. N. S. g I . \Il!_ J. u-uuuwvl I ll Extfa time taken at Annapolis Royal andl `Grand Pre made it impossible to stay arl Windsor as planned. This was a di.'=nnpmnt.- menu to both the travellers and to the gem! townspeople who had prepared a reception. On the Main Street of Historic Annapolis Royal, N. S. St. I Windsor tc, Quebec City,\ Group taken on : mi been indefatigable in their efforts for the - comfort and enjoyment of the Press people. r: These included W. B. Howard, Assistant ri General Passenger Agent at Montreal; J. ~t Harry Smith, Canadian Press Representa- ,| tive of the Company. Montreal; and T. L. l_ Kellie of Toronto; ialso G. Bruce-Burpeei, District Passenger Agent, St. John, who ac- .` companied the party acros Nova Scotia 1` to Halifax. As the train passed over the 9` various divisions the `Divisional Superin- ,3 tendents joined it and saw it safely over r thevline, In every respect the C.-P. gave 3` 21 service which was all that could be de- t sired. _, _ In the next instalment something will be . told of Halifax where the annual convention ;j of the C.W.N.t-A. was held. J.A.M. , where the trevellers were entertained 1 steps of Technical School, Halifax. 1150 Miios Thus Far At ten o clock the travellers reached Hali- fax after 3 journey of approximately 1.150 lmils brbken up into the following stages: `Toronto to Montreal. 340 mile;-:; Montreal to `Fredericton. 559 miles; Freder- icton to St. John. 66 miles; St. John to |Digb_v by Canadian Pacific steamer Em- ? press" across the Bay of Fumly and from lDi2`hv tn I-Iulifav nrnr 41... n.\...:..:.._ 4. - pic. acruss we may 01 1' umly and from |Digby to Haliftzx over the Dominion At- I lantic Railway, 151 miles. AI'l';\?:n|r 90 hn RYI\Ivn Q.....L2... -....1A-| -' V ISIIIUIU 1uluL\'\'lIy, 101 1111168- Arriving at the Nova Scotizx capital, the M party with much regget said good-bye to the genial C.P.R. officials who had accom- panied them `from Toronto and who had I each of which claims to be the educational centre of -the province." Windsor is one of these. Its King s College, founded in I 1789, is the oldest colonial university in the - I I British Empire. 1IIl\ an" n`. -- C0. Page ' i a un.-nu: Luu \'l.' very WCICOIIIQ. K Luncheon was served on board the `spe- l I rial. two diners having been added to the` train of coaches placedat our disposal by the Dominion Atlantic Railway (owned and ' operated by the C.P.R.) for the trip across to Halifax. |Mr. Gf`3i).lll..GEl10l`1il Man-` ager. had `his private car attached and per-i r-mnully saw to it that the party lacked for nothing in the way of service. ' As the train` _na.-'-.=ed through that delightful land. so richi in natural beauty and history. a number of us had the pleasure of hearing from Mr. Graham many facts concerning the Acadia of this and former days.3 4 - _ Annapolis Royal o Though a call at Annapolis Royal was 2 not on the original programme, the new- paper folk felt that they could not pass through without a visit to this spot "which for historic at-'.v'.4ocia.tions is surpasaeed by few places in America. In "1604 the party of Deblonts sailed into this basin. and`Poutrin-V court. delighted with its beauty, obtained grant of the land. which he called Port Royal. This is. therefore. the oldest town in America north of -Florida. One year be foreythe founding of Jamestown, in Virginia. and two years before any building other than Indian wigw`ams stood on the site of Quebec, the soil here had been cultivated. ' and buildings erected to store the roducts. France, the most polished nation 0 Europe, gave of her noblest and best, chivalry to bring Christianity and civilization to this land. Her labors were rewarded. for the