. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . eplace outside thehouse, built of loose stones, witha piece of sheet iron across them,which served as griddle. Thebatter of buckwheat meal andwater was in a little wooden tub,and she spread it upon the grid-dle with a wooden paddle, turn-ing the cakes with the sameimplement. They were of thesize of an ordinary dinner plate,and as fast as they were cookedwere laid, layer upon layer, ona wooden plate. Her movements were watched with eager interest, by a flock of hungry hens which were un
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . eplace outside thehouse, built of loose stones, witha piece of sheet iron across them,which served as griddle. Thebatter of buckwheat meal andwater was in a little wooden tub,and she spread it upon the grid-dle with a wooden paddle, turn-ing the cakes with the sameimplement. They were of thesize of an ordinary dinner plate,and as fast as they were cookedwere laid, layer upon layer, ona wooden plate. Her movements were watched with eager interest, by a flock of hungry hens which were unceasing in their endeavors to capture the ])logues, and which were quite as vigilantly watched and shooed away by a bevy of the cooks equally hungry young brothers and sistens. A long stretch of road between flax-fields, flowering purple, l)rought us to St. Agatha with its handsome church and priests house and wide blue reaches of Long lake extend-ing .southward from the town. Here Father Henri Gory, the parish priest, gave us a cordial welcome, in which he was THERE AKE CiOOD TIMES AMCING THE ACAUIA>. INTELLIGENT GIRLS OF OUU NORTHLAND 64 IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. joined by his visitor, the Rev. L,eFlem, assistant priestof St. Bruno church. Van Buren. One might linger long indescription of this pleasing abode, the excellent dinner servedin which such mutton was served as rarel}- can be matched inany of the great city markets, with the rare cheese from the Okatrappist monastery near Quebec for the dessert, and companywhich was better than the viands ; and of the after dinner cigarssmoked on the veranda watching the fishhawks as they circledin pairs or singly above the lake. But we had the long trip yetto make to Van Buren and unwillingly we left St. Agatha, itschurch and flax-fields and its benign and hospitable priests.
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