. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . , and it is aperpetual man-el how so manypupils can be gathered in suchtiny boxes of houses. Theteachers, generally youngwomen and Acadians, con-duct the recitations wholly inthe English language. Theschool at St. David we foundout was taught by CatherineAlbert and Annie L,ebrun —the name of the first teacher isAcadian, that of the second,Canadian French—but all theother schools that we visitedwere taught by Acadian teach-ers. In no New England ruraltract similar in extent andpopulatio
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . , and it is aperpetual man-el how so manypupils can be gathered in suchtiny boxes of houses. Theteachers, generally youngwomen and Acadians, con-duct the recitations wholly inthe English language. Theschool at St. David we foundout was taught by CatherineAlbert and Annie L,ebrun —the name of the first teacher isAcadian, that of the second,Canadian French—but all theother schools that we visitedwere taught by Acadian teach-ers. In no New England ruraltract similar in extent andpopulation are the connnon schools more numerous, the ratio ofattendance greater, or the pupils apter to learn, than in theMaine Acadia. We staved to visit several of the schools in our. .:K AM) IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. 61 progress through the Madawaska territory with the same expe-rience in all. At our entrance the scholars all would rise totheir feet and remain standing while the smiling, fair-facedteacher bade us welcome. Usually there was a bouquet besidethe school-globe on the table and often potted flowers in thewindows. Indeed the love of flowers seems general among theMadawaska French, for we saw beautiful varieties filling thewindows of manv of the farmhouses whatever, wav we took.
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