. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . e in theBangor & Aroostook railroad the effective means of guardingour large northeastern frontier in these days of modern warfare,in which rapidity in massing men and supplies to the point ofattack or defense is the key of victory. Built by a railroadcompany from its own resources for the development of peacefulcommerce, this line fulfils every military strategic requirement,with its alignment as straight almost as the flight of an arrowfrom its stem at Brownville to Houlton. its cour
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . e in theBangor & Aroostook railroad the effective means of guardingour large northeastern frontier in these days of modern warfare,in which rapidity in massing men and supplies to the point ofattack or defense is the key of victory. Built by a railroadcompany from its own resources for the development of peacefulcommerce, this line fulfils every military strategic requirement,with its alignment as straight almost as the flight of an arrowfrom its stem at Brownville to Houlton. its course of a hundredmiles along the frontier to Van Buren, with the spurs thatbring it to the border at Fort Fairfield and Limestone and thebranch now building to Fort Kent on our northern road built in America could have asked and received aNational Government subsidy, on grounds of aiding the nationaldefense, with greater and justice than this masterful roadwhich, of its inherent vitality, has grown and ramified through-out x\roostook and brought that fruitful and once remote reofion. FORT KENT NDKMAL SCHOOL 48 IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. into close coinuiunity with tlie rest of the State and tlie countryat large. Of an interest and purport more modern and far more essen-tial to existing conditions than the old fortifications is anotherinstitution of Fort Kent, the Madawaska Training School. Itwas established twenty-one years ago under an act of the Legis-lature, which was modified some years later, authorizing thetrustees of the State normal schools to locate permanently andto maintain for not less than eight months annually, the Mada-waska Training School for the purpose of training persons toteach in the common schools of the Madawaska territory. Thepeople living along the valley of the St. John, from Grand Fallsto Fort Kent, were at that time, as in a less degree, they arenow, almost wholly a French speaking community. The purpose of this school, as announced in its
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