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The superlatives are omitted because the indescribi'ljle is only disligured by useless embel- lishments. As the shortest - way there," in this fast age, is chosen as the best way, Brevity is made the order of this Souvenir. After the cai»ture of Louisburg from the French, the Rev. Samuel Moody greatly distinguished himself. He was the most long-winded and clamorous divine in the Province at craving a blessing. The victory was celebrated with a great feast. All held their breath when he be^jan, and thus the Kev. SOUVENIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PR6. Samuel : — " Good Lord, we have so many tilings to tliank Thee for tl^at time will be iiitinitely too short to do it, we must there- fore leave it for the work of eternity. Amen." And so with these jottings. FREDERIC S. COZZENS the distinguished autlior of the Sparrowgrass Paper.-^, has the honor of discovering Xova Scotia as the " Paradise of summer tourists " Nearly forty years ago he sailed from Boston for Permuda by the way of Halifax to recruit his health among palms and orange groves. On reaching Halifax he at once became enamored of the Province, abandoned his island trip, explored the Acadian Land, and enthusiastic in the admiration of his new discovered country, wrote a charming book, — Acadia ; or a Month icith the Blue Noses. He says, " That the idea of visiting Nova Scotia ever struck any living person as something peculiarly pleasiant and cheerful, is not within the bounds of probability. Very rude people are wont to speak of Halifax in connection with the name of a place never alluded to in polite society — except by clergymen. As for the rest of the province, there are certain vague rumors of extensive and constant fogs, but nothing more. The land is a sort of terra incognita." Near the close of his book of more than three hundred pages, he says, — " Much as we admire the various bays and lakes, the inlets, promontories, and straits, the mountains and woodlands of this rarely visited corner of creation — and compared with it, we can boast of no coast scenery so beautiful — the valley of Grand Pre transcends all the rest in the Province." The last line of his book is " There, out lamp ! and good night ! tomorrow * Home, sweet Home ! ' But I love this Province." WOLFVILLE is historic and classical ground. With its old dikes and waters, fertile hills and dales and French willows, the never failing weeping relics of Acadian settlements, it is closely associated SOUVENIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRi. 3 with all the trjiclitions, romance and .story of the Evangeline oi Grand Pre. On the breezy hill-side overlooking scenery of indescribable beauty are the graceful buildings of Acadia University and its affiliatcil institutions The Baptist church of Wolf ville 's the oldest (>rganization of that communion in the Dominion, and is noted for having had only three pastors in one hundred years. A word of caution here. The stranger must not "orient" himself by the vane on the church steeple for v\ s'^me wild, windy freak it has lost its orthodoxy, and over the Bible it proclaims a perpetual falsehood. •^'L It AS ANT WALKS are al\va>3 open through the Culege grounds, and up University Avenue, through ih3 o.c'aard of 8,000 young apple, pear, plum and per.ch tre^i- to the " Ki.dge " in the ; vai' where the revelation of this mr.^a''n....nt view tiiny be seen and felt, but never told. GA;3PRREAU is a quaint and unique little farming village nestling in the bosom of the mountains. It is best seen from the " Eidge." Take V diland Avenue, and a mile or a little more, will brine you to the Pilgrim's Gate, w.iile the road turns away to the left. Pass through, the obliging proprietor will make no com- plaint ; a short distance on the path through the tield, and the panorama of your life is spread out before you. EARNSCLIFFE GARDENS a few rods west of the University grounds, are always open to visitors. In ante-dike days the tides of the Basin flowed up to these. By permission, I may with this Souvenir introduce the tourist to W. C. Archibald, Esq., the genial and enterprising proprietor, who, when at home, is always pleased to meet visitors and expatiate on the beauties and profits of scientific fruit culture. SOUVENIR OF WOLFA'ILLE AND GRAND PRt. GRAND PRE is three miles east of "Wctlf ville. A summer visit to Acadia ■would be incomplete without a tramp through t\m land of song and legend — the home of Evangeline — made famous by the sweetest idyl in the English language. "Fair was she to behold, tliut maiden of seventeen summers, Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by ths wayside ; Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses." It is entered by four different routes. 1st. By rail ; — 2nd. By foot; the pedestrian will take Main St., east through old time farms and orchards and return by the old road over the hill ; — Srd. By carriage ; up Highland Avenue and down the northern side of the Gaspereau River ; — and 4th. cross over the river and down oji the other side. PLEA JANT DRIVES. Gaspereau Mountain, 4 miles ; Black River Falls, 5 miles ; White Rock ]\Iills, 5 miles ; Starr's Point, 4 miles ; Canard, 5 miles; Look Off, 13 miles; Blomidon, 21 miles; Grand Pre, 3 miles ; Kingsport, 12 miles. LONGFELLOV/'S brother, Samuel, several years since, visited this Land of Evangeline, and when asked by the lady who had the honor of being his escort, made answer : — " After writing as he had, he was afraid the visit would be a disappointing one to himself." EVANGELINE'S HOME. " Busily plied the freighted boats ; and in the confusion Wives were torn from their husbands, and mothers too late, saw their children Left on the land, extending their tvrms, with wildest entrsaties." Longfellow's statement, that " Xaught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand Pre," is wanting a little in the wimf ip^Wiil^ptf s • SOUVENIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRt. 5 "essential element." Northward from the railway station in the field are the OLD WILLOWS; exotics from Normandy, that have wrestled with the storms for two hundred years. Their wide branching to[)S have been repeatedly cut otl'and are now dwarfed in comparison with their giant trunks. A near inspection shows the inside of their trunks are much decayed, and nave cavities where children might play hide-and-go-seek. These willows are almost indes- tructible ; cut them down and a thousand will spring with new life from tlie stumps. The tourist may take a branch from an Acadian willow and use it for a cane while he makes the tour of the province, and on his return home, if planted in very wet ground it will take root and grow. EVANGELINE'S WELL So-called, is a little in front of the willows. The plow-share had been over it for ages, and there the grain had grown. It was discovered a few years ago by treasure seekers digging for hidden gold. When cleaned out, many valuable French Acadian relics were found at the bottom, supposed to have been put there at the time of the expulsion. West from the well is the site of the CHAPEL from which the exiles embarked to the transports, discovered by its undergrouml foundation. I visited this place a few days since, when the ground had been newdy plowed, and now have at my house relics, personally gathered, of old hand-forged nails, fragments of melted glass, charred fragments of wood and remains of bricks and slate from the chimney, which were once a part of this old sanctuary where Colonel Winslow once encamped his company, and where the Acadians were held prisoners, and was afterwards burnt with all the other buildings of the surrounding country, except one barn. vm tmmimn "ill SOUVENIR OF WOLFVILLL AXD GRAND PRH. THE FRIAR'S HOUSE. A few steps west of the Chapel, are the remains of a celhr, wliich without doubt belonged to tiie house of the friar. Tliure was a road between this and tlie chape), the line of which is seen by the willows southward across the railway up the hili. It was here that Colonel Winslow was encamped wlicn Prebblo wrote him from Fort Cumberland, 24th Aug., 1755, congratu- latiiig him, — *• we rejoice to hear of your safe arrival at Minas, and am well pleased that you are provided with so good quarter? for yourself and soldiers, and as you have taken possession of the friar's hor.se, hope you will execute the office of priest." THE OLD ACADIAN GRAVEYARD, is a little east of tlie well In the summer of 1896 the late proprietor of the American House disinterred a coffin from this old groui,d. Thougii not less than 150 ye>irs old it is in a fair state of preservation. It is very large and quaint m construc- tion and fastened with nails that miglit have been fnrgeil in the smithy of Basil the blacksmith. But little of its ancient tenant remained in it. It may be seen at the Aniericau House. Near this is a large flat stone from beneath which another coffin was exh.umed several years before, and left in the R. L. Station at Grand Pre, till it was all taken away, and it is facetiously reported, a thousand feet of old lumber besides, as souvenirs from the home of Evangeline. THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. There were several of these in Grand Pro and one in "Wolfville in the Earnscliire Gardens. The one now pointed out as the smithy of Basil the blacksmith was, perhaps, a furnace where iron was made from the ore. It is on the west side of the road leading from the station south. Some years since three or four barrels of iron ore and slag were gathered from this place. On passing by this ground, June 23rd, and 8(" VEXIR OF WOLFMl.LE AND GRAND PRE. observing it had been newly plowed, I ventured to trespass througli tlie barbed-v/ire fence, and was rewarded by finding several pounds of iron ore, a piece of bituminous coal and a large rusty forged nail. It is possible the coal may have been dropped there in later years. COLONEL NOBLE and his riompany were killed on the hill southerly from the station, seen from the railroad, by the French, Jan. 1747, eight years before the expulsion of the Acadians ; comprising his brother Ensign XoljJe, and Lieutenants Lechen.t. Jones, and Pickerin>' with about seventy privates and non-comtijissicned officers. Tne ollicers were buried on the hill between two aiiple trees, and tlie privates a few rods west from i jie by the road side, and partly in the road, near the post office. The mound was removed some years since to make place for the road. These are marked by crosses. Judge AVeatherbe ha? fixed a tablet by the Gasporeau Kiver, on a tree in iiis private grounds marking the place where the French crossed the river on snow- shoes who massacred Colonel Noble and company. THE OLD CHURCH, GRAND PRE, on the hill is a typical relic of provincial meeting houses a century ago. It was built about ninety three years since, and is fast going to decay. The key Is kept for Ihe benefit of tourists, by the amiable lady across the street. Its interior is very quaint. At the time of taking these " nor,es," June 24th, 1897, a part of the puipit bible was in place, from Deut. VII. to the XI of Luke. The rest had been appropriated by devout visitors. In front of the pulpit was this Notice. — "Please do not destroy the pulpit hangings ; someone has a'.ready taken part of the fringe. The Covenanters still hold service in this church. Evangeline near worshipped in this bui.ding." A small contribution box near the door with padlock appeals to the generosity of the visitor. On it h inscribed " Contributions 8 SOUVENIR OF WOLPVILLE AND GR \ND PRE. solicited in aid of the debt on our new meeting house." In the rear of the church is an old GRAVE STONE IN LATIN, the spelling is imperfect, the Latin defective and the lettering peculiar and quaint. The final letters of the word next to the last of the fourth line I could not decipher. I give the words without their pecularities, which cannot be rei)resented with type. The first words of the first and second lines are broken off the stone and are here restored. Hie in Deposito Jaset Corpus Georgii Gilniore Qui vigesiuo die .Septembris ano sue .-Etats ocoges Octpu mortuua est Anno Domini 1811 Ille manibus Presbyterii Ordinetns ac Runnoccc erit Perque multoes annos P^vangelium Pediciauit. Queji nonde tramite pecto. Impiasacrilegae flexit contagio turbae Peruarios casus pertot disn-imina rerum Fide ique plenus tenteno acque propositi. Multis ille Ijonis — evilisque ocidit. Memento Moris. TRANSLATION. The following is a translation of what the Latin evidently intended to record. It is difficult to understand some of the abreviated characters. The engraver made i-everal mistakes, corrected by inteilining. Here lies in safe-keeping the body of George Gilmoie, who died on the 20th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1811, in the S8th year of his age. He was ordained and set apart by the hands of tiie Presbytery and for many years preached the Gospel. *♦ Through varied misfortunes and many vicissitudes of life," no unholy influence oi the Kdcrilegious world ever caused him to swerve from the right path. He died rich in the deserved confidence of others, highly honored, and esteemed by many worthy men. Be mindful of death. The classical scholar will recognize the quotation as the 204th line of the first book of Virgil. '"'f 'a^.'?»^sa!Kir.^,--.:^.:iiai^; ;iftifi>* SOUVENIR OP WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRE e THE METHODIST CHAPEL, GRAND PRE, has appiireiitly pas^cil tliroiioh a more disastrou.? wliirlwiiul tli;m the iiii.s-pliccd v.iiie of WolfviUc. It reiiiiiulf. the visitor ot the iicfuliiir hoiso, cxhihitcd liy an (!nteri)risiii^r New Kug- JaiiiKn' ; a horse in the barn with his head where his tail ow^ht to lie. A f(!\v steps iicforo the front door in the l)ack end of the ehureli is a siii.dl leanin^,' hisad stone in a <.;ood state of preservation. A fa((! is rudely engraved on the tOD of it, so quaint and prinntive. that it might have been the work of a Micniac, und umler that is this inscription, — Hear lieth the T>ody of Jiannah Drooks who DePartcd this LiFe on The 3o of May 17G7 Aged 3 Months. Tliis is th(> eailii ,^t record of the dead I have found after tlie (ixpnlsion. In tlie grave yard on the opposite side of the street an^ tlneo lu.is.sivo stone tablets. On one of them is this inscription ; " In memory of Jonathan Craiu^, E.sip, wlio was born ill Lebanon, ('onneeticut, New Kngland. and di(Ml 29 August 1820, Aged 70 years. There Ii(.'s the remains of Joscpji and ,Ionathan Crane sons of tlu; al) )ve. Tlu' former .lied 8Lh net 1790. The latter died 21 Dee 179.3. In Ine loth y<'ar of their ,i,l,i'." Mr. Crane was one of the oiu; hundred who came fiom Xew L(»ndon, (It. about 17(51. Another of these tabh^ts is in memory of Wm. Allison wlni departed this life May 2:ird LSI 2 in the 03 ycai of his age and of his wife who died 1 792 and thiee of their children one of whom was named Humility. ..-■»i-^ 10 SOUVENIR OF WOLPVILLE AND ORANll PRE. OUR ANCESTORS. About six years after tho removal of the AcaJians there be^'an a steady flow of emigration into the province of families who heoamo industrious citizens on the shores of ^Hnas r.asin and borders of the Bay of Fundy. Two hundred sfatlers came from lioston, one liundred from Rhode Inland, one liundred from Now London, one hundred and eighty from Plymouth, and two hundred from the North of Ireland. These represent largely the ancestors of Wolf vi lie and surrounding districts. THE INITIATED can point out the relics of old Acadian roads and settlements in every section of old Minas or Horton. About one mile and a half east of the P. ()., a private way leads in by C. C. Harris's to one of the most pictures(|u;; nooks imaginable. There are old willows in grotes(pic shaiies and attitudes with hollow trunks, ])ending over the clilfs and bowing and drinking the rippling brooklet at tlu:ir feet, and old ppple trees and remains of old cellars, and a remarkable load leading down to the dyke, built at the creation, wher' the Aeadians passed up and down a century and a half ago. liours might be spent in this weird nook dreaming over the once happy people who dwelt, ' where the richest were poor and tlu! jworcst lived in abundance." Even in the rear of Acadia University there are remains of Acadian cellars. Two or three years since, on the hill, beyond the brook, an oM hoe was found under the roots of a large stumji. And in the University museum there are several relics found near the college brooklet. A valuable caltinet of these relics was lost when the college was burnt. From the location of old cellars it .'ippears that the Acadians had a passion for building near flowing water and seldf)m dug wells. The circumstance, tha' they were so suddenly and une.K- t I SOUVENIR OP WOLPVILLE AND OUAND PKE. t l)i'('tedly suminoiu'd from their fields to the Chajjel of Grand Pr«i, and from there, at the point of the bayonet, to tlie trans- ports, may explain why so many relics of agriculture liave been turned up by the plow-share, and those found near old collars may have been buried with tlie hope of their recovery in the future. PRIMA VISTA, is the name i^ivon to Xova Scotia 400 years ago by (Jabot, the first name given to any place on the continent of America. Under De INIonts as Governor General it was called Nova Francia. ACADIA, is now used as the poetical name for Nova Scotia (New Scotland), It occurs first in the commission of De Monts " et territories de la Cadie." It is of Indian origin and means "abounding in." This name was originally given to the ■whole of N. S., N. B. and a i)art of ]Maine, and at diilerent periods was called Cadie, Arcadia, Accadia, and L'Acadie, and is now widely known as the " Land of Evangeline." Two or three years since an Anx'rican journalist and tourist gave it the name " Evangeland," a name too good and appropriate not to be perpetuated. CAPE BLOMIDON-BLOW-ME-DOWN. Much of the time a stiff wind blows over tlie Cape and down on the watv^^rs of the Lasin. and if fishermen were not on their guard their boats would be blown over, and themselves turned over. And so the Cape was called Blow-mc-down and from that was contracted into Blomidon. As late as 1847 Dr. Gerner iu his History of New Brunswick spells it Blowmedon. 12 SOL'VKNIK OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRE. GRAND PRE. The Fiencli Oritiul I're wa.s derivoil fntm tlit? '^roat meadows or iii;ir.ilu.;8, and imw (Mubniccis the trvritory iiuule f.'iiiious by Lf)ii^'follo\v. The ohi French ilLigc of (iraiid I're was between the railroad and pres'ent village. WOLFVILLE received its present name about seventy years ago. l"*ri'vious to that time it wa.-' known Ity a signilicant, hut not. very poi'tical plirase derived from the nuiil and water nisar the junction of .Main St., and Cuis[)arean Avenue. The l)(AVolf.s were the K'ading families of this place, then aspiring to the dignity of a village. Uy mutual consent the Do was dropped and the place naiiu'd Wolfville. llaliburton in his History of Nov;i Scotia, 1 82'J, spells it Wolfeville. I BASIN OF MINAS OR MINAS BASIN. Minas is si pposed to ])e derived from the French " Les Mines" — Th(^ Mines. The name was originally given to tln^ whole Fr(Mich or Acailian secti<)n south of the Basin of Minas (llorton) so calleil from the fact thai minerals wri'e fonml in the vicinity. The nanu," wa.s transferred from the land to tim water — Basin of Mina.s. IJorton is the name of a place in England. I I GASPEREAU, T/egind .says is a compound of Gasper and ean. (la.sper was a gentleman who died on his way t) Acadia and was buried near the mouth of the river. Eau is the French for water, hence the water near his grave M'as called Oasper-eau, i. e., Gasper SOUVENIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRt. 13 AvabT, — Gappereau. Otliers say it takes its name from a river in Franco. ' is sometimes sjielt with an x, eaux, the plural for water. BLUE NOSE, is a name given to Nova Scoti^ns, as Yankee is to New Englanders, and is only rightly applied to the decendants of tlie early colonists from New England. It prohably had its origin from the blue noses seen here in the frosty days of Jannary. It is certainly a niuch more hoi jrable name than Red-noses so often met in other countries, and sometimes seen dodging from the back doors of peculiar places in N. S. I I HONORABLE NAMES. For ii history so brief and a population so limited, Nova Scotia records a long list of brilliant i.ames. They are found in science and literature, religion and education, in commerce anil diplomacy, in the university chair, and on the episcopal throne, at the bar and on the bench, on the battle field and in the councils of peace. There is only room hcie for a jiassing notice of a few : — Captain Sir Edward Belcher, author, mathematician and Arctic navigator. Sir William WiNNipyiT, who left his native Annajtolis a sailor boy and died as Governor General of the Cape Coast in Africa, where the marble records his brilliant career. Rear Admiral Provo Wallis, who achieved the most brilliant victory in the American war of 1812 by bringing the Chesa[>eak into the harbor of his native town.'^ Sir George *An English journal says the Chesapcak " was taken to England in 1814, and in 1820 her timber vvns sold to Mr John I'rior. miller, of Wickham, Hants. Mr. Prior jniUod down his own mill at Wickham and erected a new one from the C'hesapeak's timbers, which he found admirably adapted for the purpose. The deck beams were 32 feet long, and served without altera- tion for Joints. Many of the.se timbers yet bear up the marks of the Shannon's graijcshot. and in many plaecs the shot arc still to be seen deeply imbedded in the pitch pine." iiii 14 SOUVENIR OF WOLPVILLE AND GRAND PRE. Westphal, wtnuuled iti the battle of Trafalgar, and had liis hand sliot olF at Havre de Grace while liolding the Hag of truce. Vice-Admiral Gbouge E. Watts, the poor orphan boy of IlaU- fax, kindly cnred for by the Duke of Kent, and died wearing royal medals and full of naval honors. Donald McKay, of kShelburne, later of New York and IJoston, the self-made man, and prince of ship builders, who built the " Great Rei)ublic," the "James Baines," and the "Lightning." The last two, the swiftest ships, u[) to that time, that ever crossed the ocean. .HiDGE C. Halibukton, 8a.n Slick the clock maker, whose quaint house still stands in Windsor between the College grounds and the River Avon. Abraham Gesneii, Geologist, M. D., F. G. S., A. N". S., author of many scientific publications, the discoverer of kerosene oil and the; mode of extracting oils from coals and other bituminous substances. Kev. Theodore S. IIardkvg, of this town, one of the founders of Acadia University, (juick and quaint, and Nova Scotia's most celebrated i)ul[)it orator. Hon. Samukl Cunahd, of Halifax, the first to establish a line of steamers between the old and new world. A massive piece of plate was presented to him as a mark of kindly feeling and apjireciatiou of his enter- prise, with the following inscri[)tio\i : — " Presented by the citizens of Boston, ]\rass., to the Honorable Samuel Cunard, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose enterprise established the line of British steam packets between Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston, United States of America, 1840." At that time his boats did not always come up to time, which gave rise to the phrase " a cunard," used as a synonym of a falsehood. The name of Marshall, the learned judge and [)hilanthrophist, is embalmed in sweet memories in this land of his birth and other lands as another Howard. Captain Parker, who fell gallantly fighting in the (Crimea, and Major Welsford, who fell in the memorable battle before Russia's frontier, have their names and deeds recorded on a monument in Halifa.x. General Williams, SOUVENIR OP WOLPVILLE \ND GRAND PR* 15 the hero of K.irs, made Knight Compjinion of the Bath by Victoria, and afterwards a IJaronet. General Inqlis, the heroic defender of Lucknow, shut up tliore for eighty-seven days, surrounded by fifty thousand maddened rebels like fiends thirsting for his blood, short of provisions, tlie sick dying all around liim, with faith in God stood firm at his post till the ni.trtial music of llavelock's camp reached his ears, and Lucknow was relieved. And 8iR John Thompson, the lat(! Premier of the Dominion of Canada, whose brilliant career is too recent to need recording. And Josepli llowe, the printer youth, the journalist, the statesman, the governor of Nova Scotia, and peerless orator of America. TIoN. James "W. Johnston, lawyer. Queen's counsel. Attor- ney General, Judge in Equity, politician, statesman, Premier of Nova Scotia, Lieute lant-Govern or, and the eloquent chieftain who triumphantly vanquished his political foes and secured educational rights to tin; Baptists of Nova Scotia. Rev. S. T. Rand, D.D., Ll. D., Micmac missionary, learned in many languages, author of Micmac Dictionary, translator of the Scriptures into Micmac, and many other publications. These are only the beginning, but space fails for further notice of the dead, and it is not jirudent to say much of the living. Nova Scotia's representative men, distinguished for heroism, .-statesmanship, learning and enterprise, are in all quar- ters of tiie world. And yet there are two familiar faces often scMiU in the streets of Wolfville, full of years and laden with honors ; one was born in a neighboring town, and by adoption a citizen of the United States, to whom with pleasure and pride I give a passing notice, antl introduce him to the American tourists as their own American Consul. Dit. Edward Young was born in 1814, was one of the first students in Ilorton Academy, 1829 ; for several years was chief of the Bureau of Statistics in Washington, author and publisher of voluminous 16 SOUVENIR OP WOLPVILLK AND GRAND PRR. state (lucuinents, some of which have Ijeen translated into sevend lanf;mr,'es of Europe. Ke has several autograph letters from lords of Great Britain, Presidents of tlie United iStates, Governors and ro[)resentativ<'s of learned societies. He honor- ably distinguisheil himself, and gave no ofl'cnce l)y declining to drink wine at dinner in the palaces of the Kuijieror of Russia and Grand Duke and other nieinberfi of the Imperial family, anear Sir, — I received your favor, and am extremely pleased that things are so clever at Grand Pre, and that the poor devils are so resigned." * » * I long much to see the poor wretches embarked and our aliairs a little settled, and then I will do myself the pleasure of meet- ing you ami drinking their good voyage, il'c, &c," These two men, Murray and Winslow, were those who set the trap to catch the Acadians in their own chapel. At this time there were about 18,000 French in the Province, 1,923 were made prisoners at Grand Pre and ad their buildings burnt except one barn. George, the great-great-grandson of an English clergyman who was dispossessed of his living by Oliver Cromwell, 1643, on the ground that he was "a public tippler, oft drunk and loud against the Parliament" ; — he, George Washington, was j)rotect. ing Virginia from the incursions of the French and Indians while Colonel Winslow Avas burinng the homes of Grand Pre. This is simple history and no reflection. Tourists must not believe all the wonderful things told them about the Land of Evangeline. Only a day or two ago a gentleman driving a tourist in Grand Pre, and indulyin" in a little pleasantry, reigned up his horse, as he met a couple of tourists in the street, and a very Avhite heifer stamling near, and very gravely asked, "Is that Evadgeline's heifer?" The strangers very soberly made answer — " We cannot tell you sir," evidently regretting their inability. 80UVEXIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PR£. 19 THE HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA IN MINIATURE. This province was the first Kind discovered on the continent of America, just 400 years ago. Tiie first settlenicnt was made under the name Caih'e by the enterprising protestant French- man, DeMonts, in 1G04 at Port Royal. Tiiis colony was broken up about nine years later by an English captain, v.-ho based his claim on jirior English discovery. He took die peojile c iptive and destroyed the settlement. About eight years after, thi.=i province, with much atljacent territory under the title Nova Scotia, was granted to a Scotch nobleman, Sir Wm. Alexander, \vho sent out a colony to take possession and subdue the vildevness. His ownership was brief. In 1632 Charles 1, by treatv, restored it to Franco. In 16.54, Oliver Cromwell sent an ex[)editiou against Nova Scotia and retook it and raised the British standard. Tliirtecn years later it was again under its old name Cadie ceded by treaty to France. For twenty years the colony had repose with a po[)ulation of about nine hundred Frenclimen. In 1688 it was again taken from the French by an armed force from Massachusetts, and awarded to the govern- ment of that colony. Nine years later it was for the third time given by treaty to the French. A few years after the country ■was again (.aptured by the English and ceded by the treaty of Utrecht, 1713, to Great Britain At that time Cape Brr+on was not a part of Xova Scotia and was in the hands of the French, it was ceded to the English after the capture of Louisburg in the treaty of Paris, 1763. The Acadians were exiled from Grand Pre and their buildings burnt in 1755. Thus for more than 260 years the ]irovince was the scene of unceasing change and hostilities whicli crippled all efforts to progress and enterprise. And if now we are a little in the rear of our neighbors across the line, in material progre&s and enter- prise it is only because the tender plants of colonization have been so often uprooted. With our inexhaustible mineral wealth, rich agricultural grounds, gonial climate, communicaiion 20 SOUVENIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRfe. by water evcn-ywliere within thirty miles, universal education anil an intelligent people now waking to a full sense of their rich inheritance, a bright ami prosperous future is before tliis Peninsular Gem of the ocean. HOW TO DRIVE. " The rule of the road Is a paradox nuite; To the rig!it you are wronar. To the left yo': are right." Amekica.v tourists will observe that our Laws of the Eoad are not like their own. Wlieu meetintr, their carriages both turn to the right ours always turn t;) the left, and in this way both drivers can have their eyes on the wheels and avoid collision.— What Americans call "depots " on railroads are here designated ''stations." RIP VAN winkle:- of acadie. In this land of wealth and pleasure, In this land of peace and plenty, In this land of song and story, In religion's light resi)lendent, And by learning's lore exalted, When the plowmen turn the furrows, Plowing deeper than were want to ; By the plowshare's deep intrusion, From their hidden beds of slumber, Wakened from the sleep of agf\s, Rise the relics, worn and wasted, Relics of an ancient people,— Rip Van Winkles of Acadie ;— Had chey voices they Wf)uld tell you. Ere forsaken and forgotton, Ere entombing sands of ages. Kindly, gently drifted o'er them, Basil with his clever hanuner Forged them in the village smithy ; In the smithy bv the willows, Where the wasteless cindn-s show you, 80T7VEMR OF WOLFVILLE AND GUAXn PRt. 21 Once it stood thei'f (|ii;iinl iuul din^y. With thf broken carts about it ; In their resiu recti on qufiintness. They would tell in mournful story Of sweet Freedom in Acadie, Peace aiui plenty in her dwedings, Olive plants of cliildhood twining Round parental hearts in gladness, And the Virgin's benediction ; Tell the stoiy of devotion To an alien king and country ; Of resistance and subjection On the wasting fields of battle, Bonds of love and kindred broken, And of wandering exiles weeping, Lonely, friendless and neglected, With '^heir harps upon the willows, In the ]and they left behind t!\eni, " Home, sweet home,'" no longer singing. To our homes of joy and gladness Memories sad come oft intruding. Memories of Acadian sorrows. Right or wrong a« we may view them. With no foes our peace disturbing, And ]U) ci'own «iur claims disputing. For Acadians dead and livhig, While we reap the fields they planted, Promenade o'er graves forgotten. Sing their woes in verso immortal, Sit beneath the weeping willows, Gaze upon the scenes of rapture Once their joy and inspiration, Tune the liarps unstrung they left us To the charms of life and beauty, Circled by this wide horizon, Where the mountains and the waters With the infinite are blending ; We will drop the tear of pity, And will pray, God bless their children. .,„e.»w.>M-».-.», StiUVIiNIR OF WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRE. HOTELS, BOARDING HOUSES AND LIVERY STABLES. Acadia Seminary Hotel, the Finest Suminer Resort in Xova Scotia. Centmlly sitiuited tind connnamling a view of the whole Evangeline Country. Groiuuls ami surroundings unefiualled. Accommodations for one hundred guests. Terms, $1.50 toS2.50 per day ; Special Rates for parties and by the week. F. P. Rockwell, proprietor, formerly of Rose Cottage. Hotel American, T. 1>. ^Messenger, Proprietor. An ideal location for Summer Tourists. Si)ecial attention given to Commercial Travelers. Good sample rooms, telephone, electric lights, hot and cold baths. First class Livery in connection, carriages meet all trains. Tourists will find Lev/ Duncanson, the liveryman, the jtrincc of drivers and the Oracle of Grand Pre and regions around. Hotel Central, .]. W. Selfridge, Proprietor. Situated in the most c>-ntral part of Wolfville. Furnished with all modern improvements, hot and cold water baths. Terms, $L50 per day. Livery Stables in connection with Hotel Central. The finest stable in the Valley, with latest equipments. Competent drivers acquainted with all places of interest. Weddings promptly attended to. Terms moderate. \V. J. Balcom, Proprietor. Edward Chas!^, the Pioneer Driver and Guide. Livery Stable, reliable drivers. Fiiot-ciiiss teams at short notice, night or day. Highland Lodge, Higliland Avenue, (four doors south of Acadia St.). Light antl airy rooms. Terms, $1.00 per day ; $5.00 each a week for small companies of Tourists. what eiiclmniitij< views lire here ! What niouiitains. iiill.-i and vales ! How beautiful i~ all around ! O see the distant sails ! Tliose cxclainations oft :ire made, When suiMdin,i.>: by my door, By those who take the lantlseape in, And view liie iliHUun, shore. D. (). I'arker, Proprietor. a»H».-.>a»i..-,-iii „ t...,.rj^ SOUVENIR OP WOLFVILLE AND GRAND PRE. 2a Kent Lodge. First-class accommodations for Tourists. Pleasantly situated in the Land of Evangeline, within a few minutes walk of the Station. Carriages at depot. So-called because Qutien Victoria's father was once lodged there. Great pre{iaration was made for his bed-chamher. As a soldier he refused to sleep in the bed and took it rough and tumble. EoYAL Hotel, J. ^V. Beckwith, Proprietor. Xewly built and furnished with all mod' rn improvements. Special attention yiven to Commercial Travellers. Good sample rooms free. Free Livery in connection. Accommodation for 75. HOTELS IN GRAND PRi^. Clear View House. On a breezy hill over-looking the great Dyke, Blomidon, and Basin of ^linas. No prettier view in the country. Good accommodations for tourists. Terms, $1.00 per day. $4.00 to $5.00 per week. Teams at the station. Henry Michel, Proprietor. Grand Pr£ House, W. C. Trenholm, Proprietor. Pleasant accommodations for Tourists. Terms, $1.00 per day, for the week given on application. " Delamere."— A commodious and beautifully situated house in one of the finest locations for Tourists, easy of access, commands a line view of Blomidon, I\£inas Basin, and Grand Pre. Terms, $1.25 per day. Special rates for parties and by the week. ]Mrs. H. S. Roscoe. F. P. PocKWEi/ exhibits at his bookstore, a line variety of Old French and Micmac curios and souvenirs. ,J. T. Hei!13IN, Jeweller, has a tine display of Souvenirs of the Land of Evangeline, Hardy's Celebrated Photos of all Historic and Scenic Places, Souvenir China, Blomidon zVmethyst in specimen or cut and set in pins, rings, etc. French wood from Grand Pro in beautiful designs. A collection of French 24 SOUVENIR OF WOLFYILLE AND OHAXD T'Uk. and Micmac relics on exliibition, souvenir spoons an.l jewelry. This Souvenir Booklet is also for sale at his shop a foA- steps east of the Post Office. THE ACADIAN, ETC. established in 1870 is i)ublisiiGd every Friday by Davison Bros., who are i)leased to receive communications at all times from tourists and other visitors. Visitors will find in it the hours of worship in the several churches, and also the times of the meetings of the Masons, Sons of Temperance, iJaiid of Hope, and Foresters. The School of Horticulture is located here ] it is a provincial institution with a two years course and free tuition. The Acadian Orchardisf, published here represents the agricultural and fruit growing interests of the country. Jidi/ 6th, 1S97. Address :— Rev. D. 0. Parker, WolfviUe, X. S. 'iSf'' m^^ I S. 9 -—i^l^iLI'L^OLKVILLE. T T T T T C W G T T T T RAILROAD. RS DIAGRAM OF' GRAND PRE, 17So. 1{ « is tlie Railroad Station, 20 rods from roa(' to Long Island. (i in the burying ground vvhero ooffln^ ;ive beon exhutned. 26 rods north of Railroad Station. W. . 1 well in whid. many ,netali« relics were fo.ind when cleaned out, 20 rods from K-aves. (', Chapel whore the Frendi were assembled and made prisoners, September 5th, 1755, SJ rods from the well. F, the friar's house occupied by CVMonel "vVinslovv,5 rods from the ehapei, wiM, the road between it •■ii.d the chapel. The chapel probably fronted on this road as I found traces of the ..himney on the rear end from this. TTT, the old French willows, n ro.ls in the rear of the '•I'apel; .about 5 feet from the ground n,y tape line .iround one gave tlic meas.irement 22 foot 5 inches. H S. tin* blacksmith's shop, ,-,2 rods south of railroad. A little s.)uth of this on the -ising ground, seen from the r.iilroad station, Colonel Noble and eonip:uiy wer.. massacred and l)"ric.l. These measurements are only upproximati, measured t)y pitciim-. BS ! I N. 8. Printing Co., Halifax. t.>