. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . sh war vessels could not followthem. This migration occurred principally in 178-t-5. In theirnew homes the Acadians were left at peace and, being a prolificpeople, they have multiplied so exceedingly that their settle-ments now extend for a hundred mil-es along the upper St. Johnvalley on both sides of the river, and for long distances up thetributary streams. There is a great sameness and at the same time a constantpicturesqueness in the general appearance of an Acadian com-munit3\ On
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . sh war vessels could not followthem. This migration occurred principally in 178-t-5. In theirnew homes the Acadians were left at peace and, being a prolificpeople, they have multiplied so exceedingly that their settle-ments now extend for a hundred mil-es along the upper St. Johnvalley on both sides of the river, and for long distances up thetributary streams. There is a great sameness and at the same time a constantpicturesqueness in the general appearance of an Acadian com-munit3\ One may ride for twenty miles along a road on whichthe line of houses and farms is continuous and of which all theplaces seem to have been laid out and built on the same there are repeated in unending succession the samefashion of little gable roofed houses, destitute of all ornamenta-tion, except the gay red and green barring, like lattice work,upon some of the doors; everywhere there are the same narrowfarms stretching from the road or river far back over the hills 54 IN FAIR LEARNINti KOK THE V()IN(; MADAWASKAN with the pea and buckwheat fields, the onion patches and flocksof pasturing sheep. About the houses or met with in the road-way, are the characteristic troops of handsome, polite childrenwho are so nearly of a size and who look so much alike. Some of the grown-up girls whopeep from the doorways orsmile and courtesy from theroadside as the traveler pass-es, are prettier than others —that is the only difference inappearance among them. Gointo one of the houses — anj^one. You will find very cleanfloors and little of the houses have buta single room; others havetwo rooms — perhaps a thirdone. In the partition betweenthe two principal ones a largeopening has been left, extending from the floor half way up tothe ceiling, so that the great stove in the middle of the houseshall warm both rooms. There is alwa^^s a spinning wheel
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