. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . GRAND — A ST. |(>HN RIVER SCENE 56 IN FAIR )FF FOR THF, HAY Two points there are ofpride and luxurj^ that areessential to the dignit}^ andhappiness of everj Acadianhouseholder of low or highdegree — that his children begayly dressed for christeningand confirmation, and that hehave a horse and bugg}^ — atop-buggy if his means can bemade to compass it — for theholiday afternoon drive withhis wife or sweetheart. TheSunday that I spent in VanBuren several weeks ago was
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . GRAND — A ST. |(>HN RIVER SCENE 56 IN FAIR )FF FOR THF, HAY Two points there are ofpride and luxurj^ that areessential to the dignit}^ andhappiness of everj Acadianhouseholder of low or highdegree — that his children begayly dressed for christeningand confirmation, and that hehave a horse and bugg}^ — atop-buggy if his means can bemade to compass it — for theholiday afternoon drive withhis wife or sweetheart. TheSunday that I spent in VanBuren several weeks ago was entertained by the long processionof pleasure drivers that, throughout the afternoon, passed with-out intermission along the main street. One would have saidthat all the Madawaska territory had turned out to drive throughthe town this day. The were of all shades and colors,farm horses mostly, with now and then a roadster; the carriages,many of them, might, from their appearance, have come toMadawaska with the Fredericton emigrants; but all who werein the parade, in tlie enjoyment of the ride and the blessed con-sciousness that the}^ were upholding thei
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