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THE; IAICKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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MARITIMES TRIP
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more • fish 'jneals and the chance,
to watoh ;lobsters being caught'
and .fields of wild purple lupines
to. admire before cdntinuing over
"Old Smoky". the .; biggest hill of
all; and -thence dawn to Sidney
and' another' fish and, strawberry
meal arid our waiting train.
• 1862, The visit was concluded by
a bus trip around. the Island past'
some of the .famous beaches and
including a visit to the home of
"Anne of Green Gables", and the!
town of Summerside, where to
the delight of many, .the horror
of a few, there sat big red lob-;
iters on the •dinner plates. that
night.
Ironic as it may seem; our trainAnd so back 'to the train again
was drawn '+from 'that coal min=
ing town by two deisel engines and a night journey to Moncton!
replacing the big steam .engine
which had been leading .us, but
there were many miles to cover
Tour
tine and .the ferry "Abegweit , to
Prince Edward Island.
It was. a week=d' enagain and
the usual week -end fare of rainy
Weather as the. , ferry set us
ashore at Borden,: P'.E I'.,' where
four busses were waiting to.
whisk. Ontario farmers to the
biggest potato field of all.. There.
before us stretched 150 acres of
red . land ,with rows 'of healthy
Sebago potatoes. .The '.Island
a 'peaceful 'contented slow mov-,
Mg- little 'spot 'which closes up
Shop ; for 'the week -end .on Sat-
urday. at noon. There are 100,000
farmers ' on. 10,000 farms -pota
toes are the chief crop -only .10
percent'- of. the farrns have elect-
ricitv Which. is produced :b
steam generating' 'plants,. -- t
-railroad runs, only in winter and,
there : are •many fine horses, still
Working and S. grazing iri. the
fields.:.TIlere are' :100,000 ' cattle
but only .2: percent are on 're-
cord of production test and most
.ere crossbreeds. Land, is- cheap
by our standards.' There was a
150 'acre farm sold • just' that.
week•'for' '$9000 .with,' fair build-'
Ings included:. But Islanders are,
sappy,. • friendW, seemirmgly ,•con
tented and .proud of their old
`,.radii 6n.. '.Incidentally'. the, .Ort-
;..arid <armers visited -the Parlia-
.-amienc Buildings. :and saw . ' 'the
e and chairs . Used, by the'
-.rat :ers of `Confederation/ at the
Charlottetown .Conference .0 f
where Ontario farmers and i-
'icing Fire Chiefs were greeted
by the mayor and despatched on
- in. order-- :t -o r-eael Cape men- their several ways. The farmers
to ' visit a . Co=op, `-the famous
Magnetic. Hill. and a fabulous 950
acre 'farm where there . was • a
Milking herd of 175' Holsteins
netting :'the owner $200 a day.
Mr. Colpitts, the. owner, had
made his start at fox farming,
the cages; ,�giles of them, , till
,were standing, now forsaken.
He m'anaged.. to• ..get •out. of '':the
fur . •business and into the :dairy
business before the. crash in the
fur market. He's a' millionaire
but his,. farm is torsale • at.
$150,000 including the 360 foot
long steel barn which ' is only
one of several' on the property.•
Through the. ¢arm ' runs one 'of
the , longest . covered bridges still
in 'use, built in' 1923. The , day
was concluded !by a . visit 'to -a.
3' biter ranch and' a swim in. the
e sea at Shediac ,plus another 10
ster. . meal Which. was just' too
;ouch for the non:lobster fans
and sent .theta;; 'baek to. "plain
fried chicken.
That right ,as the C train pull,-
.ed -.out. -of: Mon:cton. 'bound: tor.
.Quebec City' .'we. realized that
our visit to the Mar-itinies . was
over. --a regretful. situation, for
•Marititners, .. 'are •very• friendly
people. and they had indeed made
our Stay. a, pleasant one. .Ontario
farmers • were ° a Little surpried;
at : what <they saw and•, 'learned`
from these folk. The 'Maritimes
e deficient ins livestock .,pro-
c u ction : and there is a continu-
ing trend' for the large fanner •
to, gobble • up' she smaller fellow
sending him scurrying' to.' the
:city or 'Ontario for work, They. •
looked upon -Ontario folk as
"monsters" and it. 'gave us great
pleasure to assure • them ' that
our. province .did 'not consider
them "poor 'relations".
• There was.' ,a. short .pause „in.
Quebec. City, for a . tour of that
ancient. • place and a_ dinnert
. aboard'. the -flagship - Of the
:Italian line, the ,"Homeric" that
will :not soon , be forgotten: The
ry
'ship itself was :,magnificent: and
to folk who: were •perhaps more
# accustomed . to : church suppers
and threshing crew spreads, the
the, dinnef. was perhaps a little.
.overpowering. There were eight
courses o;'of it -the menu was in
Italian—so it was. 'fortunate that
we were to have everything on
it—complete with two kinds of
wine and champagne, . ' dinner
music and waiters . in .tail=coats.
Definitely something to rem•em
ber :tor quite awhile/
From Quebec City to . Montreal
• was an overnight .boat trip .err
Lawrence':
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a !pleas-
ant change from old faithful
C.N.R.: The F'amily. Herald and
Weekly Star took .the' party on
: a tour of the City by bus and
# i the day was 'completed by a visit
to a night club and a filet
• mignon dinner Incidentally, in
"� charge of affairs for the Family
Herald was .Mr, .Don. MacDonald'
I ' ,.whose :father. was a., brother of
Fred MacDoald who' lived on
the farm now occupied by Philip
MacMillalr, •
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