. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . ^ now to speak of what this enterprise haswrought for Maine in the enlargement of her resources and theturning of the tide of emigration, which so long had taken the ^^^n^ ^ ! ..■—2fW5^ ^ ■■ . ^ i^ mSBK^KK^^^^^^^^B^^^^ii^^^^^^a^iimiM M STANDINt; KNEE-DEEl IN FRACiKANT MEADOW? westward way, to territory within her own borders. The inter-est of the scenes through which we are passing admit of no(li\-i(lc(l attention, for Aroostook liegins at the very border toreveal her buxom charms in a
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . ^ now to speak of what this enterprise haswrought for Maine in the enlargement of her resources and theturning of the tide of emigration, which so long had taken the ^^^n^ ^ ! ..■—2fW5^ ^ ■■ . ^ i^ mSBK^KK^^^^^^^^B^^^^ii^^^^^^a^iimiM M STANDINt; KNEE-DEEl IN FRACiKANT MEADOW? westward way, to territory within her own borders. The inter-est of the scenes through which we are passing admit of no(li\-i(lc(l attention, for Aroostook liegins at the very border toreveal her buxom charms in a series of cumulative the train rolls on the trackside clearings expand into fields. IN FAIR \ROOSTOOK. 15 The stumps show fewer, and the level openings rise away intoknolls and ridges checquered by wide stretches of turf andtillage, with backgrounds of hardwood forest. The landscape. SNUt; IN THE LEE OF THE SHELTERING BAKN. contours are smooth and rounded ; the sky line becomes a toss-ing emerald sea as the tree tops stir in the breath of June. Fora while the woodland along the line of road continues to assertsupremacy in the landscape ; but even where long, levelstretches of cedar swamp sullenly shut in the track, there riseinto view on the east high uplands smiling in groves and fenced pastures sheep and cattle, sure sign of wise husbandryof the soil, give a pastoral charm to the scene. Everywhere are the signs of a great material prosperity. Thefields look well kept and fertile; with the farm houses, smalland neat, are immense barns with sheds and granaries. Thestreams filled with running logs, the mills b} their banks, signifywealth of production. Not once have the cars ceased to be well 16 I N }■ A IK A K 0( )ST( )0 K iilled with passengers during the journey. As sportsmen andlumber operators, by twos and threes and dozens, have left thetrain at ev
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