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COIT CORRESPONDENCE

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T II E COIT F A jNI 1 L Y

\Y O U C E S T K H :

P l{ I N T E 1) K Y C H A S . II A MI L T O N ,

PALL A 1) I I M O F 1- 1 C E .

1872.

Essm

THE COMMITTEE

WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME

CAPTAIN S. H. PIKE,

THE NOBLE COMMANDER OF THE STEAMER

" Pew ^tuttieiwick/*

SaSSS

PREFACE.

To our '* Coit Exntrsinvists,'' and their Friends

EAR Friends, we aj^iiin come before you In this, our
fourth volume, contjiiiiing the account of our annual trip
lor 1871. Having traveled over most of the route one
year before, and having published a volume containing
an account of the trip, of course we cannot enter into all the
details of this our second trip on this route, without infringing
somewhat upon that. There is, however, much of interest that
might be told even in this our last visit to the "Queen's
Dominions."

Before giving our readers any description of our last excur-
sion, allow us to state to you something of the interest that was
so plainly manifest months previous to our starting. The three
excursions previously had by the Coit Tarty, had made a very
favorable impression on the public mind far and near ; and when
the papers announced the fourth excursion, the letters, from all
parts of the country, came pouring in, to make enquiry as to all
the particulars connected with the same. Of course it was
right that each new member who was to join the party, should
understand all the particulars; therefore, it was the pleasant
duty of the President of the Party to answer about one hundred
letters, giving all the necessary information asked for. The
decided success of the three former excursions was the cause

PREFACE.

of this ciKiuiry and intcrost. The papers fur iind ncnr liad
spoken in the hi^liest ternus of our party. The good luanage-
ment, the hearty receptions we were luiving wiierever we wont,
the good order of tiie party, tiie luippy tinu; llicy were liaving,
and the harmony and good feilowsldp tliat was always manifest
among its members — would naturally create in the minds of
many outsiders, a desire to get inside of tlie " ring."

We could not charter a steaujcr large enough to accommodate
all who had made up their minds that they would lik(! to join
such a party. 'I'he tickets were lindted to three hundred; and
ten days before the time of starting rrfir// ticket was sold, and
the cash in the hands of the treasurer. The announcement was
made at that time, by the daily papers, that all the tickets luid
been disposed of, and no more could possibly be acconunodated.
Btill the letters came pouring in, filled with the greenbacks,
urging the importance of having the tickets returned by next
mail. IJut the money, instead of tickets, had to be returned.
More than one hundred and fifty persons had to umlergo a
severe disappointment for the want of more enlarged acco.nmo-
dations. The managers, of course, were extremely sorry that
such should be their fate; but a promise to them of another
excursion, soon to take place, under the management of e(|ually
as good men, who had chartered the same steamer, and were to
liavv! the same gentlemanly Captain Pike and his subordinates,
•had a tendency to make the disappointment of shorter duration.

Siitflce it to say, that the excursion, under the management of
^co. E. Teckham, Es(|., former President of the "Colts," left
Boston a few days after our return, and traveled over nearly the
same ground. The company w is composed of very inlluential
ladies and gentlemen from ditterent parts of the States. This
trip was a decided success, and gave the greatest satisfaction

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to the whole ecmpany ; so much so that a lull vote wa« taken to

have another, one y^av fr,„„ that time.
And now, tleur reader, having taken up .so nmeh of your time

In these lew preliminary Items, I will proeeed to give you a very

brief aceount of our very i.lea.sant J<.urney of twelve days.
It is not neeessary that I enter into all the particulars; neither

shall I touch u,,on „,any points of interest to U8. The letters
published in the " IVorrmer Daily aamt^r at the time of this
excursion, contained mu.h of interest, and were written by one
Of our nun.ber, A. II. Davis, Ks(,., Head-Master of our m.^h
Sehool. They are ,,ul,lished in this volun.o , by reading them you
Will he pleased and instructed ; and It will render it unnecessary
forme to attempt a description that has been so well done by
the above gentjcman.

We are under great obligations to thai excellent lady and
distinguished writer. Mrs. C. M. Sawyer, of College Hill, for the
two exceilent and appropriate poems, which we publish in this
volume.

THK START.
It was a very pleasant sight at the Boston & Worcester depot
on the morning of July L>oth, 1871, >^hen about two hundred
and tlfly persons met to proceed to IJoston, to take the steamer
mo liniHsv'irA; for a twelve days' excursion. Such a grand
hand-shaking, such hai^py faces, all beaming with joy, that they
were about to start on another excursion shnilar to those before
enjoyed l>y then,. Many of the party were with us on our last
excnrsi<,ns, and wherever Coit nu-t ("oit there was a nmtual
good will and hearty recognition. Leaving Worcester at
6 A. M., we a. rived In Boston at 8. We were soon on our way
to the steamer, where we found our genial and warm-heaited

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PREFACE.

Capt. IMke, ready to give us a hearty greeting. We also met
about lll'ty others, who were waiting to^^join our number.
Previous to starting "our own speeial artist" invited all who
wished to have themselves photographed, with the boat, to
make themselves conspicuous on deck. The artist executed
his part well, and on the whole, his picture makes quite a desira-
ble reminder of days when we went sailing.

Our most excellent band, the "Worcester Brass Band," T. C.
Richardson, leader, gave us and the people assembled some rich,
stirring music. The steam was up and away we glided down
the harbor. The scenery was beautiful, and every heart was as
full .)f enjoyment as it could be ; but alas ! it was of sjiort dura-
tion, for the " white heads " were soon visible, and the rocking
and pitching of the steamer was not calculated to make those of
us who were unused to a sea-voyage admire its beauty, or desire
its long continuance. The upper decks were not as crowded as
when we left Boston harbor. Eyes had become tired and heads
dizzy by the wonderful sights; and so rest was sought in a
more obscure retreat. 'J\> make the story short, it was dreadful
rough sailing, with now and then a little fog. There were
people who really enjoyed this tnp to Portland, and called it
delightful ! And so it may have been, for there must be some-
thing wonderful and niajestic in the heaving and rolliiig of the
waters of old Nejjtune. For my part, I did n't see it just at that
particular time. I think, however, that distance would have
lent enchantment.

During the voyage to Portland the usual arrangements had to
be made for seats at the tables. As usual, the Company were
divided into two sections, or llrst and seconil tables. Then the
drawing for berths was an exciting occasion. Best of all, tlie
selling of state-rooms aflbrded the most amusement. Mr.

;.ra--->»-i»B-..

PKEFACE.

Glazier, the auctioneer, and our head steward, was just the mail
for the occasion, and did his duty well. The price of the lowest
state room sold was $15.00; that of the highest $.-»fi.OO. Total
amount realized for state rooms over $J,400. Making our whole
receipts a little over .•^0,000.

Arriving in Portland at C oY-loek v. >k, we all felt better.
Every countenance began again to l)eam with joy- I said every
one, but there was one exception : a lady who did not like follow-
ing the sea, was determined tluU if she lived until morning, she
would take the land route and r..iuru to her home in Worcester
as quick as possible; not even a nighfs lodging would she
endure on board that steamer. Here is what one of the papers
said about Uie matter: "One lady who started with the Coits
has already returned home, finding herself not quite enough of a
sailor to continue the voyage in comfort. The trip from Boston
to Portland was unusually rough, and a gentleman on another
steamer saw the Colt vessel, as he describes it, resting with the
bow and stern on the tops of the waves and both paddle wheels
out of water, si)inning around like a pin wheel on the Fourth of
July." Some of the above may be true, but the upright position
of the boat aud the pin wheel operation, I am inclined to thiuk
is a little stretched for the occasion.

The reception of the Colts in I'ortland was all that co-dd bo
desired by them. As we were steaming up the harbor guns
were tired, steam whistles shrieked, and bells were rung. Mayor
Kingsbury, with other distinguishe<l citizens, met us at the
wharf, with the Portland Brass Band, and invited us up to their
splendid City Hall, where we were heartily welcomed to the city
by the distinguished mayor. Speeches were made by the Presi-
dent of the Coits, Gen. A, B. K. Sprague, Capt, Coyle of the
International Line of Steamers, (our steamer, the Neu,

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PREFACE.

Brunsiokk, being one of them), by Rev. Asa Bullard, Rev. Mr.
Beal and others. After the spcech-niakinji?, the hall was put in
order for the merry dance. The Portland people, with the Coit
Party, spent the hours in the dance, and making each other's
ac(iuaintance. Our short stay in Portland was made very pleas-
ant by the kind manner in which we were received by its
citizens. We shall long remember our very hearty reception by
them.

At 11 o'clock we started for the next port of destination,
Eastport, Me. Here, as the year before, we were met by the
people of the town and their greeting was cordial. The great
event must be a dance in their Memorial Hall. The reunion
was very pleasant, and speeches of congratulation were
made by both parties, after which our band set the people to
whirling. Eastport is a tine little town, "away down east,"
next to the British dominions. The people are sober, industri-
ous, cordial and ]iapi)y.

We left Eastport Thursday noon, 27th inst., for Annapolis,
N. S. — distance sixty-nine miles from Eastport. Arrived at
Annapolis at 7 p. M. The sea was rather rough but not so hard
for us as the day b'ifore. We weathered the storm well, and
heartily enjoyed the bcautiftil scenery as we neared the old city of
Annapolis. This is one of the oldest places in Nova Scotia —
early settled by the French, then by the English, again by the
French, and lastly by the English. We were shown around the
city, and given a very brief history of the same by Judge
Cowley. A very interesting social gathering was held in our
cabin, where the band, our choir and several speeches made the
time i)ass very pleasantly away until it was time we were all abed,
as we were to make a very early start for Halifax, by rail, in the
morning. Arrangements had been made %vith the managers

PliEFACE. jjj

Of the railroad for an extra train, at half price ($4.00 each) for
the round trip of 2r>0 miles.

The trip and scenery is so well described by our Correspon-
dent '-A. ,1. „."thatwe Will not a. .pt to .o what is so .",
done. Sunic-e it to say that this was the most deli^duful part of
our whole trip. Such scenery as spread itself out before us as
we journeyed from Annapolis to Windsor, cannot be described
It will lin,iror while life and reason are given us

From Windsor to Halifax was not to be compared wiU. what
we had Just feasted our eyes on; the change was very gro-,, _a
dense forest was about all we could see until we reached liali
fax. The harl>or is one of the finest ; the older part of the city
IS a dark, dismal looking place. The citadel or fort, is beautiful
for situation, and is really worth a visit to any one who has not
had the pleasure. For a description, I refer you to the letters
published in this volume. The people are not so cordial .,s iu
St. John ; they looked and stared at us, and crossed over on the
other side ; they seemed afraid we had come to take away their
political rights, or were on a mission of annexation. Our recep
tion was rather of the cold shoulder kind. The great thin.,
sought for first of all by our party was a dinner; for it was noon
when we arrived; and a ride of J25 miles with scarcely a
mouthful of breakfast, made us feel as though that was what we
needed most. Two hundred and fifty half-starved men ,„,!
women seeking a place or places for food, was an interesting
sight for the people of Halifax; we were not all fortunate
enough to get all we wanted in that line; for a famine com
menced in that city when we commenced on our half-rations at
double price. The people of Halifax were notified several
weeks before, that we should make our appearance among them
about this time, and should have made a little more preparation

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PREFACE.

We spent ino.st of our tiiiu! in sight-seeing until 8 o'cloclv p. M.,
wlien we started for our steamer at Annapolis. A jolly time wc
had until we arrived at headquarters, at 1 o'clock next morning.
Tliis morning, July 2I)tli, at (! o'clock our steamer started for
St. John, N. 15., a distan(;e of fifty miles, and but for ii heavy fog
we should have arrived before 11 a. .m. On our arrival we were
greeted l)y the people of St. John, and their stores were tlung
wide <)i)en, ready to sell their goods at a much less price than we
were accustomed to pay. Magee's, the heaviest dry goods house,
was thf favorite resort for our peoi)le; of course not being
permitted to take goods home with us without paying duty,
Ave only looke(l a( llie go(jds and eiKjuired the price. There was
one article tliat wo did Ael at liberty to l)uy freely; that was
gloves, nearly all having at least one pair and some several; our
purchases were not very lieavy. In the evening we had one of
the best social gatherings it was ever our good fortune to attend.
Our cal)in was literally packed with people; and many were un-
able to gain admittance. The people of St. John were very cor-
dial and gave us a good reception. The speeches that were made
were earnest, grand and fraternal. It is seldom any assend)ly
is called upon to listen to any better. In absc'uce of mayor
Keed, O. D. Wetmore, Es(]., made the welcome-speech. It was
one of his best and cunie from a warm heart. Speeches followed
by Uevs. Messrs. McKey, Carey and Dodd of St. John, Trof.
Dellissier and Messrs. \V. K. Keyuolds, Barclay and Irvine.
These were responded to by our I'resident and Uev. Messrs.
Boardnum and Beal, our chaplains. In this place we spent the
Sabi)ath; the day was warm, foggy and umggy. In the morn-
ing, services were held on board our steamer. Kev. S. L. Beal
preached a good sermon from JcjIui 8 : 12. " I am the light of
the world." Kev. Mr. Beal was assisted in the service by Kev.

PKEFACE.

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made to that beautift,, city; w.. hope at uo .listaat „ay to „,eet
them ai^ain.

We left St. John for Kastport at 12 o'clock this Monday ni^hr •
We were now homeward bonnd. Arrived in Eastport at (; ,. .v,.'

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Tuesday inoniinj;. Wt" hoard of no sea-sickness during this
short tri[). Stayed nearly all day at this place and enjoyed it
very much.

Left at 7 i". M. for IJangor, Ale., a distance of 130 miles.
Arrived in liangor at 3.30 p. M. of Wednesday, August 2nd; we
were detained several hours in a dense fog when near Bass
Harbor.

We weri- cordially received by the citizens of Bangor, headed
by that noble man, now deceased, mayor Dale. A train of f'ars
had been for hours in waiting to convey our party to " Old-
town," where we might get large ideas as to wlnit the people
know about lumbering. Our arrival being too late to rim the
train -o as not to interfere with other trains, wc were obliged to
abamlon that part of (lie progrannne that had been gratuitously
otfered by the mayor of the city of Bangor.

There were quite a number of our party who were provided
with a small steamer, by the same generous-hearted Mayor; and
were thus enabled to reach (Jldtown.

Thursday, August 3d, at 3.30 v. m , f(Mmd us in the beautiful
and quiet city of Gardiner, Me. Mere tlie whole people came
out to greet us. Johnson's Hall, one of the hirgest in the city,
was freely opened for us. The mayor, 1). C. Palmer, invited us
to the hall. With our band, we were soon in line, headed by
the mayor of (Jardiner, and other distinguished citizens. We
were soon gatherevl in the hall. A speech of welcome 'vas
nnide by the mayor, and responded to by the President of the
Colts. Other speeches were made, after which the floor was
p,ut in order for the merry dance. The crowd was so great tliat
it wiis a (lidicult task. Our String Band furnished the music, and
a general good time was had. Soon we were invited to tables
well loaded with good things for the physical growth of

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man. We felt sorry that we should be (hus kimlly treated, for
it is no small matter to provide for three hnndred people on so
short a notice, and do so well as the people of Gardiner did.
We shall always feel a debt of gratitude to these people for
their hospitality.

Friday, August 4th, at 12 noon, we left the people of Gardiner
for Portland, where we arrived at v. m. Another greeting
awaited us here. The mayor, with other distinguished citi-
zens, met us on our arrival, and desired to give us another re-
ception. We respectfully declined the honor-first, because it
was asking or taking too much after the grand reception given
us by this people on the flrst night of our excursion; secondly,
we were near home after living upon the top wave of excite'
nient for ten or eleven days, and were about tired out. We
left Portland for Boston at 4 ,■. m., and arrived in Boston
Saturday, August 5th, at 8 a. Ar. Here we were put through a
thorough searching process by the Custom House ofticers of
Boston. Our baggage was all placed upon the dock; we were
marshaled into line by the police; each in turn had to till out a
blank of the number of bags, trunks, valises, bundles, &c., that
he had. All must be registered by an oflicer, who was in
no great hurry about the matter. The paper was then put into
the hands of another Custom House otiicial, who proceeded to
examine the several parcels to see that " Uncle Samuel" should
not be cheated by having goods smuggled into Boston harbor.
We were kept in line about four long hours, going through this
sweating process, in a drizzling rain. You may well believe we
were not greatly in favor of that way of doing business. It
might have been done with much less trouble to both our party
and the United States officials. The whole amount confiscated
for all this trouble was one velvet vest pattern-cost, perhaps.

XVI

rHF-FACK.

$5.00! Tills wjis tlic only liiiuk'nmco ami iiiiposilioii wo had
Ibiiiid (luriii;^ our I'litire trip.'

W(i wtTc soon on otir wiiKlin;^ way to the city of Worcester,
thankl'ul that so nmcji oi" pleasure hail been enjoyed by our
hirge party.

FAMILY MEICTING.

The Coit family had lonj( desired a reunion in order tlmt they
niiijht hear the report of the several coiunnttees, to see what
our llnancial standini^r was. Accordingly, a ineetlnff was called
for the 18th of last December. Although a stormy ni^xht, there
were assembled in Sons of Temperance Hall, more than one
hundred and tlfty of the Coit Family. A good social time was
had, after which the rresident, W. Mecorney, called the meet-
ing to ordei and maile a short address of welcome. Barnard &
Hichardson's String Hand Avas present and gave some of their
good music. Several speeches were made, all tending to an-
other excursi(jn for 1.S72. OlHcers were cliosen and committees
appointed having that iu view.

The following are the olllcers for 1S72: President, Wm.
Mecorney, of Worcester; Vice Tresidcnt, O. T. Maynard, of West
Brooklield; Secretary, George E. Stearns, of Worcester; Treas-
urer, Gen. A. B. R. Sprague, of Worcester; Stewards, Henry
Glazier, T. W. Davis and Henry Streeter. of Worcester; Sur-
geons, Drs. K. Scholielil, of Worcester, and George F. Forbes of
West Brooktleld; Chaplains, Hevs. M. Ji. Hoardman, of Brim-
field, and S. L. Beal, of Westnunster; Auditors, Dr. Curtis, of
Westborough, E. W. Carter and M. M. Gartleld. of Worcester.

Resolutions were passed on the death of (ieo. W. Allen, of
West Brooklield, oue of the party of 1871 ; also, upon the death

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xvii

or M,.,or „.,„ of ,.„„,o,., Mc, >v„o .,o l.c-anily buUo „3 „c,c„™o
to tho bfiiuliAil city of iiiuigor.

Letters were road fro,,, sover.l of ,!,„ „„sont onos. Two
poem, were „,.„ reu., fro,„ M... c, M. «„«,.„,, „f c„„„,e „„,

vo;:,::r ""■ °' °"'' ''""^■- ■''"- ""^■■"^ "^■^ "■■""»""" >" ""»

our trcsurer, Gen. A. „. „. Sp,,,,.,„, ,„„„„ ,„^ ,

wu. left ,„ t, e h„„„.s „f „„ i,,„,„„,„_ ,„, ,^ ,.,_,,^,
other exc„,-MoM will, the coining .,u„„„c,. '

One e„eo,„.„gi„g a,at„,, „, „„ „„,. „,„„.,,„„

wa.» have f„,.a» ,..ft, „,,e„ ,. „, „„„„, , ...^J^^;^^

be,„«o„,«c„ to a.so,, our ,„e..„,H,rs to ,„a,e ,„. cLicie„o L,

bucee,,» has aiway., atte„.,oc, these exe„rsio„s. K t a„ a";

has ever h„p„e„oU to ,„ar ou.- ..„j„,,,,,, ^„ ,„,„;';'

ave „„sse hetwee,, a„. ,.,e,„„e,.s of the par,,. a„.i „„t ,

cared to. us. May we love IIi„, ,„o,.c. .,„u serve Ili„, better.

W. M.

'#i(#"«i!?»U8wf»*)^yjj^

•mr^'if^ *s'.».+i«sj

*fr,4*A^,^

pFFiCERs OF Steamer.

CAPTAIN :

SIMON II. PIKE, LuijKc, Me.

pilot:
LEONARD S. GRANT. Rockland, Me.

CHIEF engineer:
THOMAS MERRILL, Ciiklsea, Mass.

SECOND engineer:
JAMES H. MERRITT, Poutland, Me.

CHIEF mate:
JOHN THOMPSON, Portland, Me.

SECOND mate:
JAMES THOMPSON, Eastport, Me.

steward:
WILLIAM E. LEONARD, Braintree, Mass.

-,*J>*r|*(l,«tt ii^'<(m«im^'^iJlt<„^'

Members of the Band.

Ill

LK.VOKIl:

T. C. inciIAIlDSON.

JOHN ItlEDL,

WM. II. IIEVWOOD,

T. F. (iOODWIN,

O. II. SMITH,

A. A. BICKNKLL,

C. A. r.\HKi:H,

M. IJIKDL,

r. L. I5AKNAHD,

H. W. BATCH KLLEIl,

OTIS A. (iATES,

T. W. SXOW,

ED WD. II.VHTWELL,

II. A. LIIJBY.

Officers of the Party.

I'ltrsiDKNT:
\VM. MKCOKNKY.

VlCi: i'lM'slDKNT:

O. I». MAYNAUD.

SRCKKTAIIV.

GE(J11GE E. STEARNS.

TIJKASUni'.IJ :

Gen. a. B. R. SPJIAGUE.

STKWAUDH :

IIENIJY GI.AZIEIJ,
HENKY STIJEETEIl,
THOMAS W. DAVIS.

sriJOKOxs :
Dr. EDWIX S( IIOFIETJ),
Dk. GEORGE F. FORBES.

CIIAl'LAIXS :

Ri-v. M. B. JJOARDMAN,
Rev. S. L. BEAL.

AUniTOUS :

Dii. MM. CURTIS,
E. \V. GARTER,

M. :\[. (;arfield.

NAMES OF TIIK PARTY.

E. E. AliBOTT Worcester.

HORACE AHMSBV Millbury.

LEWIS ARMSIJV

WILLIAM P. ALLEN

M.HS A. ALBEE Marlborough.

Mi.sHKs ARNOLD

GEORGE II. ANDREWS Boston.

Mm. C. S. ALDRICII *. vVebster

SAMUEL ALDRICII . . .^

DANIEL ALLEN West Brookfldd.

Mks. DANIIilL ALLEN .♦

GEOR(JE ALLEN «.

Mus. GEO. ALLEN ........ u

Rkv. SAMUEL J. AUSTIN Warren

.UJLES M. BURNS /. " ^^^^^^^^^

Rkv. M. B. BOARDMAN Brirnrteld.

^- ''™''' Worcester.

Mks. SARAH BEMIK

.lOSEl'II BOY DEN

J. E. BENCH LEY

ISAAC A. BANCliOFT

Rkv. S. L. BE A I Westminster.

WILLIAM P. BRIGHAM Marlborough.

Mua. WILLIAM PITT BRIGHAM

r««*#>4|3#J*i;«a«^;«^'<;i,«--»,^y

24 COIT COIJHKSrONDENCE.

P. G. BOYNTON Worcester,

L. B. BRA LEY Westborough.

Mus. J. V. BROWN

W. G. BUTTERWOR ri[ Warren.

IIAinUETTE N. BAKER Boston.

W. 11. BARNES

Mrs. W. II. BARNES "

C. BARNES .

Mus. E. F. 15ARNES Marlborough.

JAMES BROADBENT Worcester.

Mks. JAMES BROADBEN r "

Mi!S. ELLA M. BAKER Wcstiiiiuster.

Masthii J. ARTIE BAKER

ADIN G. BAKER "

Mrs. D. A. BUSH • Springlield.

L. W. BROWNING Ilubbardston.

G. A. I5A1LEY Brookfield.

JOSEPH BOYD Marlborough.

Mus. JOSEPH BOYD

G. W. BABBITT Brooktleld.

ETTA M. BRKiHAM Marlborough.

GEORGE A. BRIGHAM

EDWARD BARNES, M. D "

Mus. EDWARD BARNES "

Miis E. A. BRIDGES "

Miss HARRIET BAKER "

N. A. BOYNTON . New York.

Miss F. A. BATGHELDER Whitinsville.

Mrs. M. A. BATGHELDER "

E. W. CARTER Worcester.

Mrs. E. W. carter

COIT CORRESPONDENCE.

Miis. A. F. COOK Worcester.

W. F. CHaSE Boston.

Mrs. H. C. COOK . ..

AGNETHE C. CLAUSEN Charle.stown.

E. CllAFFlN Worcester.

Mhs. E. CHAFFIN

I). B. CUMMIXOS

H. F. COLE u

LEWIS CUTTING Qakdale.

WILLIAM CUKTLS Westborough.

Mhs. C. M. CURTIS

S. B. COHBL\ Worcester.

S. G. CONGDEN

Mi!s. S. G. CONGDEN a

JOEL CHENEY Soutlibiklge.

T. E. CHAPIN North Brookfleld.

Miis. T. E. CIIAPIN

N. B. CHASE Wilkinsonville.

A. A. COPELAXl) Worcester.

C. W. CARSVVELL Woburu.

Mas. C. W. CARSWELL

D. F. CRITCIIERSON Boston.

AUSTIN CUTLER Sprit.-field.

JOEL CHENEY Southbri(l<:re.

JOHN H. CUNNINGHAM Charlestown.

CALVIN CLISBEE . Marlborough.

Mrs. CALVIN CLISBEE

B. F. COLBURN South Dedhaiu.

PERRY DEAN Norwich, Conn.

Miss SUSIE W. DANFORTU Worcester.

CHARLES DENNIS

■I

(»

26 COIT CORRESPOxVDEXCE.

Mks. SUSIE DEARBORN Worcester.

i^ A. II, DAVIS

A. M. DAVENPORT Westboroiigh.

^- ^>'^Y Webster.

DICKINSON Eitehburg.

THOMAS W. DAVIS Boston.

Mus. THOMAS W. DAVIS

GEOJiGE W. DAVIS

Miss LI LA DAVIS Belchertown.

GEORGIE II. DAVIS Springfldd.

WILLIAM E. EAGER Marlborough.

L. R. EDGERTON Njitick

Mrs. L. R. EDGERTON u

W- «• ^I'^'T^'^^ ". ' * ' Worcester.

ABRAHAM FAV Northborough.

Miss GRACE A. S. FAY Worcester.

WILLIAM FOSTER ... i^ ^ ^

Oxford.

A. J. EISHEU .,

Orange.

Mhs. a. J. FISHER ,<

AHLIAH FRENCH

Mus. ABU AH FRENCH .«

''■ ''■ '""'^''''^ v. New'ton Centre.

JOSEPH H. FAIRBANKS Westborough.

G. I). FAIRBANKS . . „ ^

Boston.

Miss S. S. FEXDERSON ^

L. L. FITTS. . . u • « ,j
Springfield.

Miss BESSIE D. FREEMAN Provlncetown.

C. L. FAY ^,.„.,,

Marlborough.

Mus. C. L. FAY „

GEORGE E. R. FARNUM. . .'.'.'.'.*. . .Boston.
0. D. FORBES ,,

COIT CORRESPONDENCE.

O. G. POWLE. . .

MARK FAY . .

y. ,,. Marlborou-rh.

Mits. MAHK FAY ,,

JOHN A. FRYE

Mks. JOHN A. FKYE

Miss FREEMAN

Miss JULIA GREENWOOD ". '. '. '. *. '. . Worcester
JULIUS GODDARD Worcester.

CHARLES GLEASON ....'.'.'*'*
HENRY GLAZIER. .....' *

WILLIAM S. GOULDING ' ' * r/

'^^^'^ Oswecro N" v

NELLIE S. GOULDING .

CARLOS M. GAGE

LIZZIE A. GILMORE*. V. ' ' '' *7^°-

Miss NELLIE H. GREEN. ^P->^«eld.

JOHN HILLARD Sln-owsbury.

Mns. JOHN HILLARD '.'.'.[[["" "^'T'''''

C. H. HAK'DWICK.

MI^s. C. H. HARD^VICK' '.'.'.'.[[]['' ^""'T^'

Miss LIZZIE HA RDWICK

S. A. HOWL AND ... * '

Miss E. A. HO^VLAND. '.'.'.['.[[[' '^''y-

THOMAS HARROP

A. HINDS . .

Mks. a. hinds ''.'.'.[['.['' '!7^''""-

HENRY F. HARRIS

L. M. HARRIS •...*.'.'.*.*.'.''■■■ ^"'^t'^'-
Miss MARY F. HARRIS ......*'

C. M. HARRIS

AfKS. C. M. HARRIS

Miss EMMA HARRIS

28 COIT COKRESPONDENCE.

CHARLES A. IIUSSEY Muiiboroiigh.

G. M. HOWE Oxford.

Mrs. PIIEUE A. HALL Soullibridge.

Mrs. ALBA HOUGHTON, Jk Worcester.

FRANK E. HIGGINS "

JOHN HOMAN Wcstborough.

CHARLES S. HENRY "

L. F. HOVEY Boston.

P. HARBACH Worcester.

LYMAN W. HOWE Marlborough.

Mus. LYMAN W. HOWE "

GEORGE H. HOWARD , . West Brooklield.

W. E. HOBBS

H. C. HARRINGTON Worcester.

I). M. HEMENWAY Westborough.

F. E. IIIGGINS "

SARA IlOrCxHTON Worcester.

Mrs. C. C. HOUGHTON "

L. N. HOLTON .' '*

Mus. L. N. HOLTON "

Mus. A. HOUGHTON "

HENRY TLVMAN AVebster.

ELBRIlXiE HOWE Marlborough.

Mus. S. HOWE

Mus. E. HOWE "

Miss MARY HOLMAN "

Mu'i. A. HANSON West Brookfleld.

Miss ELLA M. JESSUP Westtield.

WILLARI) JONES Worcester.

Mrs. W. .JONES "

IRA W. JONES

COIT CORIiESPONDENCE.
C. C. JOHNSOX.
Mas. C. C. JOHNSON.* .' .* .* .' .' .' ^T''

FKANK JILLSON . '

X, ,, , Webster.

Mrs8 II. KNIGHT .

WTrTTAur ., Worcester.

WILLIAM KNOWLES

Mrs. WILLIAM KNOWLES . . . ,

JOSEPH P. KNOWLTON ' ' ' gk

XT „r .. Shrewsburv.

h. w. knight. "^

mj{8. h. w. knight . . ''^"°^'

IIKKBERT J. KNOWLTON '. '. '. '. '. '. '. V.^eelr

JOHN F. KNOWLTON vvorcester.

F. A. KNOWLTON

J. KNOWLTON

H. B. LEWIS . .

LEWIS A. LELANI) ''^"'"'^'•

DAVID LAKCOME .".'.'.'.'..; """?"•

PHEBE A. LEONAKD . . '.' [[.„

C. B. LEONARD .;;."" l!'^' T

L. A. LELAND . . * *

„„rrT vVestboroueh.

WILLIAM LUCAS . . „, ^

„ ,, ^ ^, Worcester.

F. M. LOVEKING

Mus. GEORGE LOUD . . at. u "

K. N. MERRIAM . MaHborough.

,, „ ^^ vvorcester.

Mus. R. N. MERRIAM

Miss E. J. MERRIAM

Miss ADDIE B. MOORE ....!...
Mrs. E. MORGAN

M. MUNROE .

((

WILLIAM MECORNEY
Mrs. WILLIAM MECORNEY

* 3* ' '

30 COIT CORRESPONDENCE.

Miss J. MILES Westmiuster.

D. C. MILES "

C. R. MITCHELL Quincy.

Miss LIZZIE MITCHELL "

Mks. C. R. MITCHELL "

O. P. MAYNAKD West Bnx^ktleld.

Mrs. O. p. MAYNARD " "

RICHARD MONTAGUE ...... . Wcstborough.

Mrs. C. p. MIRICK . . . .- "

LEWIS L. MORIUS New York City.

LEANDP:R MAYNARD Shrewsbury.

OTIS L. MANSON Worcester.

HARRIET E. MANSON

J. J. MURPHY "

G. MILLER *•

JOSEPH MANNING Marlborough.

Mus. JOSEPH MANNING

All TEMAS MERRIAM Westminster.

Mus. S. H. MERRIAM "

Miss IDA MERRIAM "

Miss MARY MURPHY Worcester.

E. W. NORWOOD Briinfleld.

NATHAN OLDS Hartford, Conn.

ALBERT OLDS

WILLIAM ONTHANK Marlborough.

Miss H. E. OBER Beverly Farms.

F. F. PHELPS Worcester.

HORATIO PHELPS

Mus. HORATIO PHELPS "

LENORA E. PERRY "

W. H. PIERCE "

COIT CORHESPONDENCE.

LEVI I'KIHCE Worcester.

Mks. LEVI PEIUCE ..

WILLIAM I). I'UOUTY

ANN S. PHOUTY' u

MisH MAKY E. PROUTY ..

Miss ALICE M. PKOUTY . ' ««

A. S. POTTER '. . Boston.

L. RUSSELL Worcester.

Mus. JOHN RICE Northborou^'h.

FRED. S. RICE Murlbon,uj;h.

ANSON RICE Northboroujrl,.

ANGIE W. RICKER Quincy.

WILLIAM A. RICE Boston.

JOHN RICHARDS Worcester.

R. R. ROBINSON

J. A. RILEY Leicester.

Dn. J. H. RORIXSON Southborough.

Mrs. C. K. RORINSON a

Master FRANK H. ROBINSON ... ««

Mastkr dick S. ROBINSON ««

JONAS RICE Westborough.

GEORGE E. STEARNS Worcester.

Mrs. GEORGE E STEARNS

Mrs. LUCY SAWIN

Miss SPAULDING . Webster.

GEORGE A. SMITH Norwich, Conn.

W. E. SAUNDERS " Cambridge.

EDWIN B. SMITH Westfleld.

ALLIE K. SAWYER College Hill.

EDWIN SCHOFIELD Worcester.

A. B. R. SPRAGUE .«

32 COIT COHUESPONDENCE.

D. W. SIIErAllD Warron.

Mhs. SAKAIl C. SCIIOFIKIJ) . . . . New York City.

M188 J.IZZIE A. SMITH Woburn.

W. J. STEARNS Clinton.

CIIAHLES C. SIBLEY Westboron,i;h.

Mus. C. M. SAWYEH Colle<;e Hill.

IIEIMiEliT E. STRATTON (Janlncr.

THOMAS STOTT Worcester.

Mns. THOMAS STOTT . ««

JENNIE STO TT ««

HENRY A. STREETER "

WALTER E. STRATTON "

S. R. SMITH Si)rin!/llcUl.

JAMES J. SMITH Chelsea.

M18S JULIA SIRLEY Southhrldge.

Z. SMITH." Spriiii,'/lel(l.

Mus. Z. SMITH

Mrs. A. E. SMITH Leicester.

D. W. SHERARD Warren.

J. J. SMITH Boston.

Mks. J. J. SMITH

W. J. SWIFT ■ . . . Marlborough.

CHARLES A. SAWIN Hartford, Conn.

EDWARD A. TALBOT Boston.

ELISHA TOLMAN, Ji{ Worcester.

MONSIEUR TEDDY Sharon, Vt.

JOHN TOGUS •

N. S. TAFT Worcester.

J. B. TYLER, M. D Northampton.

ISAIAH WHITE Quincy.

Mrs. ISAIAH WHITE

COIT CO K I{ KM'ON hENCK .

M»s. PnrDKNCK I'TLKV Uicoster.

.T. WIIITK boHton.

Mi:s. .1. WHITE »«

Miss WIUTE ««

JAMES J. WAHKEN Brimflcld.

MAUV E. WAliREX

ELEEN E. WAHKEN «»

MAJiV W. WAHKEN «•

FAWIE E. WAinJEX •«

JOHN M. WAKUEX ««

Mus. EMOKV L. WOOD Westborou^Mi.

W. II. WILLAUD Worcester.

HA Kill E A. W I LEA in) "

II. II. WILLIAMS ««

Mus. lU'TlI WILLAKl) '«

KICIIAUI) A. WILLIAMSON Rochdale.

Miss LIZZIE AVKIGllT Marlborough.

Miss WOOD "

Miss MARY E. WHITING Oakdale.

CHARLES F. WIIEELOCK .... South D.dliam.

Miss ELLA WILLIAMS Si)riii.<r»ield.

J. D. WILLIAMS Uubbarilstou.

D. WILLIAMS

[JAMS " "

WILLIAMS

HUE WILLIAMS ««

SIR M. WILLIAMS

IDA WILLIS ........ College Ilill.

i^iiHER suleiu.

Mits.
Miss
Miss
Miss
C. II.

COIT CORIiKSI'OXDKxcj,;

18 7 1.

OrlKina.ly pwhllslu-.J |„ ,„„ ^y„rcvBU^T EvenlnK fl«z..

tte.

SaU«.„l iml, «,.,.„ ,,,„„„ K„,„,„_„,„„ „„,,„„„„„„,
rorll,ii,d-(;r,.ut Kx|„Mt.i(l<>iis.

At Ska, oik m,-. I)|.;s,:i.,, j„|y oc. ]S7i.

JIIK -reat (J.,ir Family has t,,.v<.l.,I un.l.r a .-lo,.!
tl«'is far. At this .iionieiil, 10 v. ,,., ,i,^. j^,,^
^'^"'' '^ ^^"<"'<'^^' l'i>^ ^'"ll<'^vs in s,.if<. of Kh.-r
^Koh.s, ,H..l Jnpih.r I>h,vi„s. .n,M.ann,.rIv lent is
I'ounni.. n.l.luat.rnpon us ui,h th. .vhh.nt intVntiun c.f
<l'-oH'nn„. MS out. NVplnne. <Mlho,. .h-a-l or in,hm.,vn,
nowh.n. shows his phu-M phi. ahov. th. smfa.v onh.^
water, tho„o.h MHiliit.ul.s of (Nv)reldH.(l hoinc^s have he.-n

unceasing i„ their sacrifices to I

hmnotHs~\w won't hu<l<re, he 1

iini niglit and d;

Stat

las no boweh. Meanuhilt

we go up-up-up; and then, with a gcnth', swan-Iikt

and a die-away sensation tot) beautif

111 to he described.

COIT CORUKSPOXDENCE.

Coits of tlie ])lu('kier sort are Imddlt'd and pcrt-lifd
togetlior ill every available ])laee of shelter, lookiiij; out
fi'oni beiieatli slouclied and dri|^]>in^■ hats with (hil)ious, not
to say niorcyse expressions upon tiieir faces. Within, "the
liunian form divine" apjtears in a variety of lini]) attitudes
and its face is lu<;ubrious. In the hulv's cabin there is "a
sea ot trouble," but no disjtosition to "take u]) arms."
But as Nero fiddled when Konie was burninLj, and gay
youni; nun and maidens caroused while the pestilence
wasted Florence, so in the saloon of the steamer JVetc
Jiransvm'k to-d.iv, the sounds of wind and slriuixed insti'u-
ments blend with the oroans of the sea-sick and the tur-
moil of the elements.

An excellent table was s])read, and the trumi)et was
sounded ; but there was no rush. Soup, roast beef and
Ixiiled halibut have attractions, no doubt ; but there are
higher objects of tliouii,ht, and the j^reat Coit family was
thirdciui; of somethinii; else. This stale of things is not
to l»e reL?Mrded as a calamity, like the ap])earance of the
C'olora<lo beetle : for if it continues it must iiu'vitably
lighten the expenses and swell the divitlend. For the
j)resent there is, I fancy, a ])rej)on<lerance of misery on
board; but we ex])ect to get rid of it all at Eastjiort, and
to pursue our way under more favoiable au8})ice8.

This great family is so tlioroughly disciplined, and its
affairs are so etticiently handled, that, excepting the
weatlier, nothing has gone awry. Quitting Boston at 10

COIT CORRESPONDENCE.

we steamed directly for Portland, and just at the designated
hour, 6 p. M., were i)a88ing the islands and forts which
stud the beautiful harbor of the P^jrest City. At the
wharves, Mayor Kingsbury and citizens, accompanied by
Chandler's Band, were in waiting. Ills Honor at cnce
invited the excursionists to the City Hall, where a large
number of ladies and gentlemen were assembled to gre^^t
the Massac^husetts visitors. After a pleasant address from
the Mayor, to which President Mecorney ap},i-opriately
resj.onded, and a i'aw remarks from Gen. Sprague, Capt.
Coit and others, a hop was extemporized which njust needs
come to an untimely end by a sunnnons to the boat.
Promptly again, on the stroke of 11, the JVeia llrunsicick
stole off, and before morning, had well nigh groped her
way to where my letter began.

On the whole, there is good reason to predict a successful

excursion. The state-rooms sold briskly at an average

of forty dollars per room — the whole amount realized by

their sale being $1,38.5, nearly |^ 00 more than last year.

Then, too, the Coit Family is, or is bound to be, a select

party— in a sort of Darwinian sense at least. The gi-eat

principle of "natural selection" or the "survival of the

strongest" is here peifectly exemi)lified. How many will

survive in the present "struggle for life," if this weather

holds, it would puzzle the best developed ape in existence,

be he Darwin or somebody else, to tell. At all events,

this company admires itself, and if the spirit of the

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original monkey from whom we have all doscen<le<l (or
ascended?) hovers over iis in the drizzly air, I know he

must be wagging his tail with satisfaction.

A. II. D.

Arrival at Eastport— A Fog^y Crow— A ^luiiieipal Welconie-

Coits and Cod Lines.

Eastpout, Mmnk, July 27, 1871.

^|HE Coit party reached Eastport last evening at 6
o'clock ; and in spite of the drizzle, found the

^ wharf and adjoining woodpiles covered with a
dense throng, who nearly lifted the fog wnth their
shouts of welcome. Discontented occu}>ants of beds in
the infernal regions tlocked to the Passama<pioddy House,
and begged for one night's blissful re))Ose ; but the pre-
siding demon was inexorable, and sent them back wailing
to their own place of torment. This large and handsome
hotel was first opened for guests last season. Tt is most
excellently kept by the proprietor, Mr. Elisha Taft, and
during the sunnner months has seldom an empty room.

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Among the i)onn;inent boarders tl.o register records names
from Boston, Salem, New York, and one, at least, from
Worcester _]\Ir. William Sunmer - who is here with a
yaclit, and wlio bri.igs the same intense enthusiasm to salt
water sports that distinguishes him iu the mtisical woi-ld.

The citizens of Eastport liad made extensive prepara-
tions to entertain the Colts. The whole party were in-
vited to Memorial Hall, which was fonnd spacious enough
for a large conii.anj of dancers and a larger one of sj.ecL
tors. The Chairman of the Selectmen, in behalf of his
townspeople, bade us welcome in a neat speech. Messrs.
Mecorney and xMaynard responded. The gas "shone on
fair women and brave men." - The light fantastic toe "(s)
were aching to trip. "Music arose whli its voluptuous
swell," and straightway the whirls, genuflections, and l)e-
wildering entanglements of the dance began, and only
ravelled out in the "wee sma' hours."

" No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with Hying feet."

This morning the clouds have scattered and brought
back the sun. How the waters sparkle ! There is general
rejoicing, and some heathen shouts— '• three cheers for the
Sun ! " A score of boats have shot out into tiie bay, la.len
with Coits and cod lines. Several sailing parties are coast-
ing about the harbor and along the shores of Campobello.
In a word, our recovery is complete. No sick mortal

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among us wishes to be set ashoi-e, or to be sent liome, or
to go down into the briny deej).

The annual i)ea bee has just come off. Last year twelve
bushels escaped fi'orn their shells in thirty minutes. This
morning the ladies have liberated the same number in
twenty minutes.

liichardson's full band is giving a grand out-door con-
cert on Water street. I nmst be there to see.

At precisely 12 m. we start for Annapolis, N. S.— a five
hours' run.

A, II. 1).

Learing Eastport- Arrival at Annapolis.

Annapolis, N. S., July 28, 1871.

ROMPTLY at 12 m. avc steamed away from East-
port, breathing balmy air, and bathed in glorious
sunshine. We quickly glide by Campobello, other-
wise called Feniana, then Grand Menan, leave a
pack of Avolves on our left, and steer dii-ectly across the
mouth of the Bay of Fundy. We are soon enveloped in

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fog rolled in from the great fog .nanuiUetory bdo^v l>y a
stiff southerly breeze, but the tide is in our favor and the
Iiorrors of sea niokness are averted. At length we reach
Digl>y Gut, 60 miles from Eastport, a narrow strait with
bold headlands, eonstitutnig the entrance to Anna,,„Iis
I>asm and river. From here to Annapolis, U n.iles, the
most cliarming rural scenery meets our eyes on either bank
Pretty cottages line the. shores and green fields stretch
away to mountain ranges in the back grounds. Peaceful
and pictures<iue-it is the very Acadia of our imagination
Soaring Annapolis about 7 r. m. our band startles the
'"Habitants and brings them all to the wharf They num
ber about GOl) souls, an<l are mainly farmers. Their ton n
IS the oldest settleine.it in the provhice and the oldest in
An.enca after St. Augustine. It was foumled bv the
French in 1G05, and named Port K'oyal. Dnring thJ 17th
century it was now under French, and now under Fn.dish
nile, tossed back and forth like a foot ball, accor.iin.- to the
varying fortunes of war. In 1710 it came finally into
British possession and was named Annapolis Roval in
honor of Queen Anne.

The one inte

resting feature of the nl

the old French fort. Its ramj.arts no 1

cannon, and it is n

place is the ruins of
ongei bristle with

English soldier 1

lany a day since eitjier F

rench

lere i)aced his tediou

•^ rounds. Onlv tl

dilapidate.1 oflicers' barracks, the little blockl
magazine remain. The latter is a genuine curiosity, built

louse and

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of sqimre blocks of bojiutiful wliite atone, brought all the
way from old France. The fortitication was surrounded
by a moat into which the water of the river mi^ht with no
great effort be turned to-day. The jincient drawbridge is
still represented by a few decaying timbers.

We wei'e specially indebted to Judge Cowley, of An-
napolis, who conducted us to points of interest and showed
us many courtesies. At the jail, we were shown into the
poor debtor's room and into the dungeon, the latter being
a small granite-walled cell with no ventilation. It was
pleasant to be told that it is seldom used.

To-morrow morning, at 5 o'clock, some 250 of us take
the Windsor and Annapolis Railway, for Halifax. The
distance is 124 miles. The fai'e for the round trip is $4.00
in geenbacks.

A. H. D

A Trip to Halifax— Appearance of the Country— Acadia.

Halifax, N. S., July 29, 1871.

W/IVE o'clock in the morning," is all very pretty as
Madame Parepa sings it, and the j)rosiest mortal
would own it a charming sight to see "the mower
whet his scythe" at that hour, on the Grand Pre;

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but when one has been a IJritons guest until midnight, and
has then written a letter to the Worcester Evening Gazette
before going to be<l, not all the nine muses can wake
up his poetic sense at five o'clock in the morning. Yet
that was the hour set for starting upon our ride tln-ough
the Annapolis Valley. I had hardly got fnrly asleep,
when I began to hear a most insufferable drum-beat, de-
moniac yells, and a roar as of battle. A vague notion
possessed me that I had been drafted on Satan's side in a
war with Heaven. Paitially waking, an incolierent din of
voi<.e.s suggested Pandemonium. One anxious look from
the state i-ooni window dispelled the horrible illusion,
and revealed the hulicrous reality. There upon the wharf
were the cars already going through with those interesting
preliminary forward and backward movements in which
ears are wont to in<lulge. By means of a few dextrous
thrusts and plunges, I was enabled to give almost innnedi-
ate pursuit, accompanied by some of my clothes. The cars
start e<l in ten minutes.

We bowl along at a somewhat rajjid rate towaixls Kent-
ville, our first stopj.ing place, 54 miles away. On our right
and left, about equidistant, are parallel ranges of mountains
running an easterly course nearly the whole length of the
Province. Their green sides <lis{,lay fre(pient "cultivated
clearings and pasture lands. Tl.eir sunnnits, nowhere ris-
ing into peaks, are as even to the eye as an artificial wall
Between is the valley, from 10 to 30 miles wide; and by

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i i

our Hide for a cons'ulerable way flows Annapolis river.
Tlic whole area is luuler high cultivation, and to our en-
clianted eyes looks like a niaLcnificent garden. The neat
and often vine-clad cottages, with their trim fences and line
fruit-orcliards, tell of a thrifty rural pojtulation. Dikes
cross the meadows, dug by the Acadian peasants long, long
ago. The landsca})e wears tlie look of June. The cherries
are just ripening. The vast jiotato fields are almost gay
with white and pink blossoms — omiiu>us, they say, of a
])roliflc yield. Fields of wheat and oats display a rank
growth, but have no heads yet to show. The liMymakers
are afield, busily cutting the grass, or tossing it to sun and
spreading its fragrance, while all around thousands of hay-
cocks dot the broad expanse.

Man, however, lives partly by bread, for which beauty
is no substitute, and we are at Kentville, inntatient for
breakfast. We are informed that there are seats at table
for only ninety at a time ; so Mr. (Tlazier proceeds to l>isect
us, allowing one half of each individual to eat at tlie first
table, and the other half at the second. This came near
causing some ill feeling, and doubtless accounts for the fact
that the pro})rietor, JNlr. Sangster, charged us about double
the usual rate. There had been a circus the day before,
and tlie "baked meats did coldly furnish forth" our table.

Seven miles further on we pass Wolfville, the seat of
Acadia College and of a young ladies' seminary, while an-

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other tl.rco bring us to the very sj.ot where once stood
the little village of Grand Pre.-

"Still stands the forest primeval; but under the shade of its branches
Dwells another race, with other customs and language.
Only along the shores of tne mournful and misty Atlantic
Lingers u few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile
Wandered back to their native land, to die in its bosom."

As we look out upon the beautiful Grand Pre, thousands
of level acres unn.arred by fence, we indignantly think
on the terrible struggle which there took place one bitter
winter morning a century ago, between English sohliers
and the poor French peasants, when all the wo.nided were
left to freeze to death. We build again in intagination
the httle church they loved, in which, treacherously de-
coyed to hear the king's proclamation, they were till tttade
prisoners, and required to choose between exile and allec^i-
at.ce to the second George. We like not to be reminded
that the British cotntnander. Gen. Winslow, was a Massa-
chusetts man, of distinguished I>uritan stock ; but we
should expect to fitid him, later in ]if,, a desj.icable loyal-
ist; and we do not grieve to know that when he was him-
self an exile, he fled to the land he had desolated, to die,
that his memory rots, and that his family name is extinct.'
Scarce a vestige of the little hamlet is now visible
though some two years ago, in making the road over
which we pass, the workmen unearthed several hundred

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loiiii(lati()iis of tlu'ir cottages, evoii (llscoveriiig the blaek-
sinilli's sli<»|> liy its lu'fipH of cimU'rs niid bits of iron.

On llic southwest coast, Ity the misty Atlaiitic, is the
townshi|) of Clari', to wliich such of the Frencli as svouhl
take tlie oatii of alle<iiance were assiiiiied. AVe re<>ret
that our route does not take us tiiere, where the

"Maidens still wear their Norman caps and tlu-ir kirtlcs of homespun,
And by the evening tire repeat Evangclims's story."

AVe must pass on ; but lienceforth we see a h>velier pic-
ture than before in tliese four lines of LongfeHow : —

"Fu the Acadian land on the shores of the Basin of Minus;
Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Graiul Pre
Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward.
Giving the village its name, and pasture to Hocks without number.

Moving on at a 8])eed that lias been gradually slacken-
ing since we left Annapolis, we reach Windsor, a pretty
little village, whose inhabitants showed their good will by
treating us to cherries. Here is Kings College, the oldest
university in Nova Scotia, and here are the famous Plaster
Quarries. We stoj) long enough to take adiink "right
off the plaster," and to attach the government locomotive
to our train. We are now seventy-nine miles from
Annapolis, forty-five from Halifax. Ijcaving the red clay
of the meadows behind, we cross the carboniferous belt.
Huge blocks of gypsum lie piled by the roadsi<le. The
neighboring hills are solid with it. You have only to tap

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tlieturi: It i, w,„T(, l,..,-e, ,,.,„ly ,l,i,,,„.,l, «,.oo a ,„„ .
«■'"■■' gro„„,l i„ 11,0 States it ,.ll, f,„. g,,,,,,,. tI„. .l-nk is
"-I0,, I„,„l,„ti>,.„la,i„. ,„.„„,,, .,y at.,a,.,i„, n,,,!,,,,,, ,

callc, calc,„od plasto,, ,.ed extensively for «„e Master-
ing, .i».l in fornung a stnmfr an,l H,v.,,r«„f cement

Away we go a.^ain, „ve,- ,lee,, .avines, ,l„.„„gl, „„iin..,
". iLe t,-a,, an,l granite, an,l ...vsently l,elv,l,I a verv ,,a,;.
diseof roeks. Tl,is is the gol,| ,,.;,„, A Hock o"f ,'eese
solemnly gating between tl.e stones over wl.iel, 1 hey
wake,, we took .0 .,e n,eta,no,-pi,ose,:i gol.UInn,,,.,. ; ,,os-
- ly they are holders of fancy stocks. J once was inter-

estca n, a Canada co,,,,er-al,en,- who has not been?
iint I have bnrnocl niy certiHcates.

This sheet of wa.er n,,on which we abruptly eo„,e, is
Bedford bas,n, eight „,i,cs fro„, Halifax, co,n,ect,n..
by the narrows will, Halifax |,arbor. We sweep

around its left rmr.nn ;.. i • . ^

Ktt rnaicrii, m u long circuit high above

the water level. The view is oT,nrl (\. ,^
. , , ^^ ^'^ gi.iiuJ. Costly mansions

s and „,.on the shore, or look down fr„„, the blnfis „b„ve
Higl. "P on onr right are the rtuns of tlie Prince's Lod.re'
once the residence of Qneen Victorias father, tl,e I)„ko°of
Kent. In front, near the water, still stands tl.e l!„„nd
Honse, where his band was statione,]. For five tniles now
we approach the city between thick elnsters of wiM roses
whtch border the ro,a.l. Finally, abont 1 o'clock, three
hours behrnd time, we land in Rich.nond Depot. Sou.

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load <lo\\ M liucks, oIIki'm bivjik down horse cars and tlii-n
trudge a mile and a halt' on toot tliroiit^li the heat and
diiHt. All, however, keep <^ood natined ; and all, scruhhed
and dnsted, in due time, Lfet goo<l dinners at the Ilaiifax,
the International, the Waverly an<l elsewhere.

Having got the Coits into a comt'ortable eondition, i ai
very glad to clip my thread.

A. 11. i>.

At Halifax— Scenes niid Ineideiits— Fort Geoi'ge and '
Interesting Objects— Off for St. Jolm.

St. John, N. B., July 30, 1871.

' HIS letter will give you some gleanings from Hali-
fax — the most ]£)tglish of the provincial cities. It
I}" was founded in 1749, by the Lords of the Board
of Trade, and named after the I'resident, Gen.
Montague, Earl of Halifax. It has ever since been the
capital of Nova Scotia, — robbing that honor from An-
napolis. Thirteen transports brouglit from England 2576
emigrants, the nucleus of the present populaiion, which

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countH about 40,000 souls. The «Ioo,> of ^vnv S)>funx U\
tl.o way, l.o;,nn.i. Coloud tlu- Ilo„oral.I<. K<hvanl Coni-
H'.-.Il.s as Captaiu (icun-al au.l (Jovc-ruor ,>f Nova Scotm.
Ho altcru-Mnls pre muted a swonl to (i.-n. Wasl.iuirtoM at
YorktoH-,,, a cirounistaum. wl.ich will never l,,. f-.tCoKeu.
iris nan., is uunv pLasanfly liuknl u-ifh Cornwallis
Coimly, the iranlcii ,,t' llic province.

Inuuedi.-itely uimm. lau.iin.<r, the town was laia ont in
squares, with streets sixty feet wide. A fenc.e of upright
pickets or palisa.les enclose.! the town, r.n.nin.^r „,, tVmn
two points in the harbor, with block honses at fre<,,UM.t
iutervals. The town of Dartmouth, <,n the opposite side
of the harbor, be-an its cireer a year later, in I 7.>0, and in
the year following some German settlers ad(le<l tlx^nselves
to the colony occui.yin.or the North End, now called l)ut(,h
Town, throuirh which we ame from the depot. So late
as 1780 the streets were in- -assable for carriajres by rea.
son of rocks and stumi.s. They have not yet attaine.l the
dignity and cleanliness which paving stones impart.

Having dined, a delegation proceed to the government
oifice, accompanied by Mr. Lunt, of the steamer Jiothesay,
of St. John, whose acquaintance our party made last year.'
Through his influence we were enabled to obtain from
Captain Nagle, the town major, a i)ass to the citadel,
signed with due formalities, for the whole Colt Family.'
Fort George, i)oi)ularly called the Citadel, is a huge
fortress, built upon a hill, towering high up behind the

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city — in form like tlio frustmn of a cone. Our ])roces-
sion moved u[) a gentle slope tliat may be likened to
George street, Worcester, directly througli the town, until
it i)assGS the limit of houses ; tiien by a fine road we climb
the stee])er ])ortion circuitously to the snmnut. Our pass
being resi)ected, we enter, and a surgeon is detailed to
show us round. The interior is roomy enough to aiford
standing room at least for the whole resident population,
and was originally designed to be a place of refuge for the
citizens in time of danger. The barracks for men and
officers occu|)y the central space and the sides of the inner
work, which is se})arated from the outer one by a ditch
fifty feet wide.

We hasten to tlie toj>, whose zigzag circuit of a half-
mile bristles with great guns, 100, 200, 800 j)0unders —
"devilish enginery." It is sim{)ly impossible to describe
the view. It is magnificent, wonderful, stretching in vast
extent to the far-off mountains which form almost a cir-
cular wall, whose foundations, as Caesar says of the river
Dubis, seem to have been traced by a pair of compasses.
Their encircling arms ti]»t with headlands, like clenched
fists, leave only a narn^w entrance to the harbor south of
the citadel. This McNabb's island partially fills, guarding
it with guns weighing twelve tons and carrying 300 pound
projectiles. Some " Infants " are soon expected from the
Queen, whose play-ground may be the little solitai'y island

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c«lle,l Gec-gcX »-itl,i„ ,1,. l.aH.or. As llic-v tos, l,.,Ils
weighing BOO ll.s. i|,,i,- o,u„bo|, „.„, ^^. ^,„„^;-,,

We linger long i,. ,|,e cool, l„...e.j. ,. ,,,,;,., „f „„^

loi.y station. No,,h i, Bedfcd Ba„i„, ,„,,.,.)„,, ten s,,,,.,™
miles and able lo hold ,],, „.|,„|„ j,,-,!,,, x.,,^, j,,,,^.^,,, ^
doubt not that iu the Norlh E,,., ,.r,i, „-hieh U nine miles
1"..U- an.l i„elnde» ,he liasin, the navies of ,he world
..light assemble in grand eonvention and be secure as
slioei, in a fold. West, across ,he harbor, one mile, ,he
town of Darlmon.h is tiked u,, so as ,0 display all her
charms, most eons,,icnous and central among which is the
Lunatic Asylum, an im,,o..ing s(rue,nre of freestone
East and South below is llalifi,.. city, fringing the western
side ot the promontory on whicl, it lies, for about four
miles. Near the western e.^trenie. we look down inio ,he
ancient dockyard, ahmg whose granite wall a dozen feet
high, our i,e,leslrians paced a good half-mile on very empty
stoniachs. It, contains niiliia.T stores, workshop.s, ware
houses, offi,.er«' rcshlences, Ac., .tc. The (ignre-head of
the "ChesaiK-ake," tt.ken hy ,h„ Kngli,,, ,,„i,,, ..,s|,,„„„„ .,
IS e..h,b,ted here ah.ng with ,uhe,- war trophies. Wheeling
about, and looking west, a lofty ediHce of stiiki,,..- .„.,ln
tectnre arrests attcntiou. It is ,|,, p,,,,,. Asvlnm just
h.nshed tit a cost of $2(10,000. Nearer, on the left 'are
11.0 Public and IIorticnllur,al (iardens, containing an'arti
hcil lake (with swtms of „,urse) and (.eautiful fountains
Of less extent th.-m the Public harden in Ii„sto„ the

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flowers were tliought by our ladies to be choicer aiul of
greater variety. Here were young ladies with bows and
arrows and sus})ended <|uivers, beautiful as Diana and as
gracefully habited, shooting at a target. Young ladies
have ever been sharp-shooters ; but their most dangerous
shafts are invisible, and I trembled for our iimocent young
men. The Government ]5and, liowever, distracted atten-
tion, somewhat, jdaying royally to music loyal ears. To
the right lie s])read out tlie '*Connnons," beautiful green
meadows, too little graced and shaded with trees as yet.
Here, in the spring, the ball-players and cricketers pursue
their sjjorts ; and here is the race course.

But it is time to descend. 80 we take one last circnm-
s])ective lo<»k and return to the city, well paid for coming
to Halifax, even iC we see nothing else, liut in addition
to the objects I have mentioned we visit the Court House,
the Jail, with its inevitable poor debtors' cell, look at some
ancient and some tine churches, and iinallv visit the new
Parliament Building and Province House. The former is
the finest biiilding in the city, and is really very splendid
to look at. In the latter we visited, under the conduct of
a polite usher, iirst the library, then the Legislative council
chamber. Jt has seats for twenty-one members, who are
chosen by the Crown. Here was the President's cliair to
sit in, and on the walls were some paintings to look at.
The latter were very tine, including full length portraits of
George H. and George HI. with tlieir Queens, and of sever-

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al generals and ju.lges. There was au esi,ecially rioli pic-
ture of Willia,n IV., standing with the royal ennine about
him. He once served here us a midshipman, and when he
became King not only sent this picture over, but released
fi-cni service all his old co.nrades and provided hand-
somely for then.. Lastly we step for a moment into the
House of Assen^bly- thirty-eight scats. In another
moment we are on our way to the cars. We are otf at 8
P. M. ; we reach our steamer again at 2 a. m. It was a
regular night frolic that we had, and needs a whole letter
to describe it. Imagine us at two o'clock in the morning
gi-oi»mg and jerking our Avay through the streets of
Annapolis. Capt. Pike had taken our boat to another
wharf, and another boat had come i,i. Some of our party
therefore, found themselves on the wrong boat, disturbin..
the peace most etfectually. Presently, howevc.-, .^nwt
reigned. Two hours later the boat moved off toward St.
John, at which ].lace we arrived about eight o'clock
poking through the fog just a« we did on a.iother morning
one year ago.

A. II. I).

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At St. John— The Victoria Hotel— Arrival at Eastport.

rASSAMA(iI()I)I>Y IIorSK, "»

Eastpout, jMk., August 1, 1«71. )

HE Coit family took itts last d(.'])artiire at inidniglit
from St. John, «nd slept (luietly at the Interna
tional wharf, Ea8t])ort, for two hours, before the
general resurrection and mustering for breiikfast.
We move again at 7 to-night. The weather is projatious
for a(]uatic sports. A dance on board the boat is an-
nounced for 3 V. M., in which the fair Down-Easters join.
In fact it has already begun, and I, wishing to tell you
something of St. John, have betnken myself hei"e to
esc;ii)e the fascination.

Our arrival at St. John was exj)ected at a later hour,
but the strains of "God Save the (^ueen" drew to the
wharf a larye crowed that gave u lustv cheers of welcome.
Many friends of last year greeted us, and renewed their
courtesies. Every Coit was granted free access to the
News Room during our stay, through a personal introduc-
tion of the Coit oHicers by Ilis Worship the Mayor.
I\obert Ueed, P]sq., merchant, sent a j)olite invitation to
visit his gardens and grounds on .Mt. Pleasant, very prop-
erly excepting Sunday which in St. John is Puritanically
kejtt. The huhes, too, did a graceful thing in sending 300
tickets of admission to the JNIasonic Fair, Carleton, and
thereby swelled the ranks of their admirers.

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i)i)

|)ino.
Ilu'ir

the
idue-

vor.

1 to

|r(>p-

•ally

300

:iiid

But go and (Hue with iir' ;il tlu; new Vk'toria Hotel,
corner of (Termain and Duke streets, the most consi»ii'Uous
edifice in the city, vknved from the harbor. Its granite
basement risinsi' !*i-^ feet from the street, is surmounted by a
superstructure of five stories. Its architecture is Italian ;
its walls are of brick relieved l>y rustics, and covered with
mastic. Tlie othce fronts an imposing main entrance, and
connnands a view of all the }>ublic rooms on the fii'st floor,
Avhicli, includintji: the dininuf hall are covered with a mosaic
pavement of white marble and re<l slate tiles. The dining
hall, sixty feet long by forty wide, is finisiied with Corni-
thiaii columns, between the sets of w'hich twenty-two
recesses are filled with ]>late glass miirors e1ev<'n feet high.
The niches between the columns are to be adorned with
paintings.

While enjoying our salmon and strawberry pie, Smitli,
of the Daily Tehujrapli^ ol)l.igingly imparts information
and answers inquiries. At an adj(»ining tal)le sit the mem-
bers of the Tyne crew, recently arrived from England,

and

SOO

n to contend with the "]*aris crew '" of St. .Joim,

so called from theii' victory gained on the Seine, at the
Great Exj
by the T.

:j)osition. They were beaten, however, last yc
! men at Lachine. We especially obsei
Kenforth and Kelley, the former the best sinuU

:n\

oarsman

in the world, tiie latter a champion oarsman, with a most
l)rilli:int record in English aquatic history — botli publi-
cans. Let us stejj now upon the steam elevator and go to

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tlie roof. It lakes one luiimte. The roof is oravelk'd
uiid slopes slightly to the open central area. It is one
lumdi'ed feet above the street and supports two Hagstafts
seventy feet high, one floating the Union Jack, the olher
the Stars and Stri})es.

We mount still higher into tlie observatory an<l coin-
nuuid a view of the entire eity, with the harbor and
environs, JJunning north is the famous Marsh Itoad, the
great (Kitlet of the city, built by govermnent, and broad
enough for live teams to drive abreast. From lack of re-
pairing, it is become the worst road in the country, its
foundations giving wav, and its cavities made more un-
sightly with poles erected as beacons to warn pedestrians
and drivers from bi'eaking their own or horses' necks.
Parallel with this and along the banks of the Kennebec-
casis river runs the Eastern extension of the European and
Noi'th American Railway; to the opening of whose west-
ern extension in October l*resident Grant has been invited,
and which will make through connection via l^angor
between St. John and Boston. On the Keimebeccasis
the great race is to come off on the 23d of Autiust between
the "llenforth" and "Paris" crews.

In nearly the same direction is JVIt. Pleasant or Heed's
Castle, the favorite resort for picnics and bazaars, about a
mile and a half from the city. East is Courtenay bay, the
Penitentiary and the Orphan Asylum, brown stone ediiices;
west is the harbor, with the granite Custom House near

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the water, and o].f.osito are the j.arislies of Poitlai.d and
Cai-leton, aecesible by steam ferry boat. In tliis direction
the month of the St. John is ],].Minly visible, spanned by the
snspension bridge, nearly an eij^dith of a mile lon.o-, from
tJie falls beneath vvhieli the body of „o <lrowned person
has ever been recovered.

The Carleton people are locally known as the Aloerines.
Nevertheless, IMr. E. I). Jewett, a wealthy American
himberman, has built a ivsidence among them near the
bridge, known as the finest wood house in New JJrnnswick.
About one Imndred yards from the Victori;., on the oppo-
site side of GerniMin street, the Academy of .■\rusi(; is build-
ing which when done will consj.nv with the new hotel to
make St. John the most nnractive city in the provinces.
Tlie auditorhnn is to be 200xo2 feet; its stage oO feet
square; its height, three stories; its linish, modern.

Looking South we see Partridge island and Manawaga
nish in the distance, and at our feet the ol.I fort and bar-
racks. There ai'e no red coats there, and ivsv '^petti-
coats;' as we hear the kilted warriors styled. England is
gra.hially taking all her soldiers away an.l leavh.g the
provinces to rely on their oun militia, the expen'se of
maintaining which makes the JJominion ],eople groan.

Having traversed St. John pretty faithful Iv a^'m- ago,
we are content with this bird's-eye view for the n.ost p.-ut.'
We go down by tlie stairway, (,n a tour of inspection
tln-ough tlie house. Fine Brussels carpets cover all the

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rooms and corridors. The iiiii.sli and upliolsterinu^ arc
elei>:iiit tlirous^liout. In the (4raiid Saloon the splenchjr
cuhninates. It extends aloni^ tlie whole I'ronl, and can be
cut by folding doors into live })arlors. Five crystal chan-
deliers depend from the ceilini;-. The I'urnishing is in
five beautiful styles. It contains a full grand jiiano, cost-
ing S$ 1000. The Victoria cost $200,000. The architects
were the Messrs. Washburne & Son, JJoston. It is owned
by a j(jint stock com[)any in St. John, but its management
is wholly American, from the lessee, Mr. ]». T. Cregan,
down through the whole corps of officers. JNIr. S. W. Bal-
com, formerly of Worcester, is the chief boolv-kee])er, and
was cs|)ecially attentive to the Coits. The statf of servants
numbers about eighty. The per diem charge i'or transient
patrons is $2.50. The new hotel is likely t<^ give a new
impetus to the pros})erity of St. John. The citizens are
j»roU(l of it. It gives character to their city, and will enable
it to mono])olize }»r()vincial visitors, of whom there are
now 1000 arrivbii"- in St. John weeklv, by the International
Steamship ]-,ine alone.

A. II. i>.

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S-Hlay l„ St. John-Plontrhi,,,. a Down E«,

at fian^'or.

59
East Foff- Arrival

B.VNr.oK, AiifTust 3, 1871.
HjN .S,,t,„.,ln,v ,.v,.„i„,,, ,,t St. Join,, ,„any „f the Cits

''■•pve„t t„ ,,.,„. M,.Q,„.|,, i„ ..,.;,, Van Winkl,./' and
"'"H,.H„ bin, ..,,,,, t„ Jc.rtl.,-s„„. Th<. inainriiy

'"™-''™--''««nI..ltlK.s,„.ia]n„.<..i„,,„„,,.,a;.,|,|,;
«tean,..,., at winch w,.,,. , „,,«„„, i,,.,;,,,., ,„, ,^,,,^ ^^j. _,^^_

l-.-es.,, n,any lacli.s a„,l ,..en,l..nH.„ of St. J.,l,n. A„.<,n.
U,e s,,eakc.,-.s wo,-o scvc-al olc-anu-n „r „„ ei,v, ,) „"

Wetn.ore Es,,, a sa,.an„n. poliMdan an,l eH,,-nt i..n,;
l;onan,.o advocate, a ,S,.„t,.hn,an l.y „,, „an,e of Ba.vlay,
^o,u G,,.,o«, M,.. I,.vinj,, ,.e,„,,.e„,in. ti.e Yonn, mJI
C«,a„ Avocation, and W. K. Keynold, the ..ojeetor
and bn de,- „f the Saspension UM^e. The s,, echos

bnnnncd with n-atevna, .,,,i,ncn,, and t,a.hcd Juh «r
By «o,ne nnstako ,00 few o,-ato,. we,, b.-ought with „s,
but suilablc i-esiionses were niade.

On Sunday n.onnn. a nun,l,e,- of yonn. ,„en ca.ne on
board^ ,,ohteIy otfen,,, to escort any of „„,■ j.a.-ty to
church, whercve,. they nnght wish to go. At eight 1. m.,
a .'ehgious service was held in the .saloon, and another at

Mes... Beal and ].,ard„,an, officiating. In the latter
service the great congregation united to make the harbor

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resouml willi " II;milmrL(" .'ukI '-Old IfuiidnMl," nnd tlio
cflTocl w ;is fine.

IMonday dtiwnod .'inH)ii(;ious, but the steeds of tlie sun
wore recklessly driven, now djisliiuijj us with niin, find now
floodiuL? us with a sunburst, ^'allkee inijeimity was tested
to shoot in between the showers, the i)re-arran<,a'd pro-
granuiie for the day. The 8})eeial attra<-lion for the eve-
niiiu;, olf the boat, was a eoncei't at the Kink by the !»rig-
noli troupe. Hriu;noli was in his best voice and humor,
Honconi was irresistibly eoniie, and Miss McCulloeh sang
Flowtow's " Last Hose of Summer" divinely. It was cer-
tainly worth the silver (piarter's a(bnission to see tlie inte-
rior of the Kink. It is a circular, wooden building, 100
feet in diameter, ca|)able of seating 10,000 ])ei'sons.
Decked with fiags and brilliantly lighted from j»endent
chandeliers and side jets, with a gaily dressed nudtitude
promenading upon the Hoor, it is a fine siglit to see.

On board the boat meanwliile, a farewell social meeting
of great interest occurred, marred only by tlie bad taste of
one of tlie speakers, a Mr. Willis, M. P., of who!n his
friends were sufficiently ashamed.

As we say our good byes, we feel ourselves attached to
St. John, and mentally resolve to see it again.

*' Out into the West as the sun went down"

on Tuesday evening, with fiags flying and Quoddy bay
resounding with the music of our band, the JYew Bruns-

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the

wich MH.vcl from hor moorin-s at Eastpoit. The wliarves
and woodpiles bloon, and rtutter .air.-.i,, with white handkor-
chiefs which we watch and respond to until they fade from
sight. In ten minutes we are wrapped in a cold and dis-
mal fo^ir. W(, scatter from the hnr.icune decks and retreat
with,,,. The e,..-i„ocr slackens the speed, and the watch-
man takes his place at the bows. Then we grope along
through the nio-ht, which is made hideous by the momently
recurring shriek of the whistle warning vessels from our
path. It does not add to <,ur comfo.t to know that our
pilot IS nmning solely by the compass. In Captain Pike,
however, we have perfect confidence, and feel that, under
Providence, we are safe in his hands. In the mornin..,
darkness still covering the sea, and the region beir,g peril
ous by reason of rocks, the Captain wisely orders the
anchors to be cast out ; two hours later, the sun has tri-
umphed and all the mist has disappeared ; then we go on
again merrily. But the fog likes us, and we once'more
huge,- awhile in its embrace, yet struggling all the while
to get away. At last we are in the waters of the beautiful
Penobscot Bay. The fog pmvsues us no further. The
river sceneiy charms all, and so does the sight of Bangor,
wliich comes into view about ten o'clock. Here I quit
the Coit excursion, led away, but not astray, by stronger
attractions.

A. II. i>.

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lluUrux and SI. John -Dry (Joods and Wet <iIoods— Annexa-
tion— CharactcristicH or the Dominion.

roiMl.AM), Mk., August 14, 1871.

T is (liflicult to elect wisely the threads wliieli shall
I I go into an epistolary web; and the perplexity grows,
wlu'ii iMiiterials ahonnd. The late C-oit Excursion
was prolific in incidents, as well as in objects of
present and historic interest. From the sin-j)lns ni;iteiial,
I venture to [)ick out the woof of another letter.

Of all the places visited, the most nuMnorable, when
taken in connection with the overland ri<le tluough Nova
Scotiii, which led to it, is Halifax. The city is richer,
shabbier, more anti([nated than St. John. It is more
grandly })ictures(pie. If we had forgotten tliat Halifax is
the chief naval station for British America, as we have
forgotten so nnich the school mistress told us in (he long
ago, we can only plead that she was not a disciple of Pes-
talozzi, that she did not lake ns up into the exceeding high
mountain behind the city and show us the magniticent
harbor; for one look from the citadel would have im
pressed the fact past all foi'getting. The inhabit.'int>*. like
the Bostonians, have their "South End," wher i

houses and genteel surroundings give Ir -iv

culture; and their "North End", too, sug sting .>ader
ones of a common bond in beastliness. The gr« it export

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♦ 13

is Hsh—coal an.l IuiuIkt H.Mllnir th.-ir vx\\ uvauiU .-.l IMcloti
and AimapoliM. Paru.l..xically spcakin-, it may he said
tliat llu.. iKM.i.k- of ll.-,li(a\ live cln.fly .m. pirklril hcirin-H
slii|.|M.d t.) tlu. Stales. JJ„t OIK' aiti.-l*. is cxportnl "o
the iiL.tluT (Muuitry, a...l tl.at is-d.-als. A ,'<pruce aiVinv,
twelve feet loii«r, nine ii.clu.H wide and tlnve iiK-lics tl.i.'k—
that in the "standard deal." With this (..v,.,.,,ti„„ t|,o
trade of the Nova Scotians is will, the United States and
West Indies. After the opeiiinir ,>f Hk- Ei-r<.|.eaii an<l
North American Kaihvay, in Oc^tol.er, Halifax may h.oin
into some importance as tlie j.oint of "new departure" (,f
American travel for Euroi)e— cutlin^i^r oH; as it will, two or
three days from the sea voya-e. At all events, it is a line
old city, of which more miohf he ma<le.

St. John is less wealthy, Imt more enterprisinir. She is
the eonnnercial capital of tiie Province. Jlere, t(,o, fisji is
king; and -'by this sign " she hopes to coiMpier. Indeed,
the corner stone of ].rovincial gi-eatness is lai.l upon
"banks and shoals" of lishes.

The decision of the late Joint High Commission imperils
this i)iscatorial foundation, the I»rovince pr<.ple ihhik.
They are sore about the resnlt, and heartily repent that
they brought forward their little matter to pester the
august tribunal. They do not care, they say. to lish in our
impoverished waters; that the right to lish in theirs,
which are inexhaustible, gives Americans the long end of
the lever. Fleets Irom Cape Cod and (JloucesteM-, fitted

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out by ]>oston capital and offering hard comi)etition, no
doubt torment their imaginations. It is no wonder.
These liave ahvady robbed East[)ort of lier fishy flavors,
leaving her only an idle place of summer resort. As an
offset to our use of their liner tishing grounds, the Cana-
dians claim that tlieir lumber and coal should be admitted
to our j)orts free of duty. Uut this might disap[)oint
" great expectations " in Pennsylvania.

St. John offei's special attractions as it seems to me, for
a smnmer sojourn. It is a good head(|uarters for branch
excursions — to say nothing of charms in and about itself.
Then board must be cheap where the finest cuts of beef
are but sixteen cents a pound, and chii-kens sell for twenty-
five cents ;i pair at Christmas. But if [)articularly intent
on re<luciiig expenses, you have only to seek a tailor and
let him lit you with clothes enough to last you until you

come auam.

If determined that your trip shall cost you nothing, it
will be necessary to buy a few dresses and laces for your
wife, at about half the home ct)sl. No lady can visit St.
John without bringing away pleasmit menwries, at least,
of its dry goods houses. The largest of these in the retail
line, and the most fashonable is Magee Brothers, Nos. 1 and
2 Imperial Buildings, corner of King and Piiiu-e William
streets, llei'e, made and unmade, is to be found every-
thing a lady can wear, — boots and jewelry exce])ted; and
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cuts and fits, but keeps an eye on sixty or seventy dress-
makers. Here are produced the bridal tronsseauo! v. hich
grace tlie grand weddings of the Dominion, for the xan.e „f
Magees' has gone through the Provinces. A thousand
dozen kid gloves are always kept in reserve; and (ho
maker of the Josephine (seamless) kid has a sta.,.lin.- order
to send to this tirn. -,11 he can spare. The goods are <lis-
playcd and sold entirely by young ^na,, thirtv or fortv in
mimber. The lirni is 85 years ol.l, and the senior partm.-
m the prosecution of its business, has crossed the Atlar.tic
more than 80 times. I have gone thus into details, because
I tlnnk the dry goods houses of St. John <-onstitute a
noticeable feature, -the only one perh.-.p.s in which .he
eclipses her sister cities of like size in New England.

The question coming oftenest to the smface of every-
day speech in the Provinces, which the stranger hears dis
cussed everywhere, is annexation. It is not easy howevcM-
to discover what the people then.selves want. One will
tell you the majority are for, another that it is overwhehn-
mgly«^a/,,,nhe project. The truth seems to be that poli.i
cal thought in the Dominion is in a transtition state, wait-
mg for "something to turn up." If Eni^la...! would .lis
close her intentions respecting the Pnnin.-es, the
proposition would be simplified. At present, I am tohi
opposition to atmexation is not based on anv conviction
regardmg material thrift, but is a .natter of pure sentiment
Mr. Wetmore (himself an annexationist, I believe) finely

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expressed the feeling whidi, no doubt, pervades many
provineial breasts, when he said in the saloon of the
steamer New Brunswick : " It is not necessary i'or the
sake of [»altry rhetoric to throw away one bit of our patriot-
ism. We love our country, and we greet you no less cor-
dially because we extend to you Jiritish hands." This is
all natural and right. Our forefathers were aglow with
the same sort (»f sentiment before it was spanked out and
stami)ed out with the maternal slii)per. It does not seem
hkely that we shall importune the Provinces to become
states of the Uejtublic ; but if in the progress of events
thei/ shall desire to link their destinies with ouis, I trust
we shall give them a hearty wehrome.

'^riu' Dominion of Canada is about four years old. Al-
ready the C'onlldeiation is wit In ml harmony and unpopular.
It is particularly distasteful to Nova Scotia. Indeed, no-
where in the Provinces we visited does there ai)])ear to be
any loya ty to the Dominion as such, corresponding to
that devotion to the Union among us, which is its safe-
guard and strength. The parts aie indiflerent to the whole.
They are held togetlur by cltuu^y carpentry, not by living
processes of organic gi'owtii. Consequently there is no
enthusiasm — nothing akin to a national spirit, among the
people. The notion that they oelong to the Dominion of
Canada seems vague and unfamiliar, and the name has no
magic in it.

In the Provinces iarther north and west, there is a furor

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for indepeiulenc., fi,„ling sonu' sy.nputhy throi,<.}M,ut the
Dou.inion. 31... are daz/led with visions ofu .,,u.d em-
pire bounded hy three oceans, and wait impatiently the
8nai,i,ing of the leading strings which have become "atten-
uated to cobwebs." It is likely that the child will soon <ro
alone; and not unlikely, I think, that in some crisis of
croup or teething it may be turned over to the United
States as to a sort of Children's Home.

A. 11. D.

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11
it'

Yon '11 wonder,

Perhaps, why 1 write you to-day,
Bnt there's soniethhi^' I want, to tell yon.

So do excuse me, 1 pray ;
I hear there's to be a reunion

lu the old town of Worcester to-night,
And that hosts of the CoUh are expected.

To 1)1' there early and l)ri<>:ht,
At ]ea>t, that they've all invitations —

Thoui^ii you ilid n't send any to me,*
I am sure, though, 'twas because you forgot it,

Because I 'm a Coit you see !
So I sha 'n't treasure u|> any malice.

But send you right oil' l)y the mail,
A good, iiearty, old-lashionetl liand-shake.

And I hope " Uncle Sam " will not fail
To have it get there before evening;

For I want all the family by;
And I want you to read them this message

1 send them — 1 hoi)e you'll all ti'y,
All the fathers and mothers and children.

The sweethearts and husbands and wives —
To have just the pleasantest evening

Thai ever you had in your lives,
And don't l)e too saving of money,

You won't miss it a month or two hence;
But have plenty of apples and doughnuts,

And candy — don't mind the expense!

•COT.LKGK Hill, Dec. 28.
I must beg ten thousand pardons —

Your polit( ivitution just came.
Since I wrote ino above; you'll excuse me,

if I U t it renuun, uil tlie same.

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And if there should be any others
Who 're absent tl)is evenin<r, like me,

Don't tbr-et to drbik otir healths - will you?
In a cup of old-fashioneil Jiuhea.

Tlioui;!, not there, I shall hear you all talking

About our exeursion last Fall;
And the beautiful places we went to—

Ban^ror, Portland, Eastport, and all
Those old iJritish towns where tliey made us

So welcome, and hoped we 'd all come
And pay them a visit next sununer,

And all luake ourselves (pate at home;
I think with what fond recollection —

Of all the bright faces we met :—
Their thousand kind words and attentions

Li\e warm in our memory yet.
But I mourn that my purse was so empty;

Their laces and silks were such loves—
And I long shall regret that I did n't

Buy a dozen more pair of their gloves J
Let it pass though !

I want to hear something

About the Colt family — come !
Do tell me just how you 've been lately,

And how all your folks are at homeV
Who of you are going to be married?

Our fanuly circle 's so wide
There'll be surely some weddings among you,

So pray don't be bashful, aud hide
The dear little secret, but tell me

All about it,— quick, Just whisper it low;
1 '11 keep it, all snug, to myself.

And nobody else shall know!

1 hear some among you have nitted
And gone from the old parent-nest.

HMfflHBI

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And Hull otluTs arc gatlioriiiir tlicir treasures

And will soon be away to tiie West.
But what or llic rest?— Who among you,

Like nie, sit at home by yourselves?
Who are danciiii? away the cold winter?

Wlio are laiil on Society's .shelves?
There's one, a small maiden of tiventy,

Perhaps you '11 remember her name,
From a classic retreat overlooking

The " Hub" of the Nation she came.
She is sunning that mantle of velvet,

She ])()ught of the Briton Magce,
In the land of the dark-eyed Italians,

And is far away over the sea.
But I '11 send her your kind invitation :

She will irive it a sigh of regret,
And remember the days of hist summer,

Which uoue of us, Colts, can forget.

I tliink, now, I've finished uiy message,

And nothing is left me to do,
But to send you a thousand good wishes.

And one and all, bid you, " Adieu ! "

C. M Sawykr.

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Jhe j:oits.

BY MRS. C. M. SAWYKR.

Mkriuly sailpd tlio iiR'n-y Coits

Aloni? the coast of Maine;
The waves roUed l," ,, th,, ib^r i^y low

Anddrearily fell the mill;
But spite of the waves, and spite of the fog
And spite of tl rainy weather,
You never met
A merrier set
As they sailed alon^' together.

Merrily san,i>- the merry Coits
Upon the dark sea waters ;
There were sons of many a gallant state,

With Massachusetts' daughters.
Contralto, tenor, sounding bass,
And sweet and clear soprano;'
Their strains above the ocean rang

Like songs ah^ng the Arno;
And spite of the waves, and spite of the fog
And spite of the winj and weather,
You never met
A merrier set
As tliey sailed along together.

Merrily danced the merry Coits

In seaport, town and Jitv;
And many the welcomes the'y received

In speeches grave or witty;

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Fair Portland, IJjuiijcjj- — wheresoe'r

Our eajfle .sproiuls his pinions,
Or waves aloft the English fla«

In Britain's proud dominions —
The words were kind, the clasp was warra,

The smile was bri<::ht an({ beamin«;,—
O, well they knew how nnich was true —

Mow little of it seeming!
So spite of the waves, and spite of the fog,

And spile of the wind and weather,
You never met
A merrier set

As the Coits sailed on together.

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