Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline" by Eliza B. (Eliza Brown) Chase
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One old tomb we were with this epitaph:--
"Tho' gready worm destroy my skin And gnaw my wasting flesh When God doth build my bones agen He'll cloath them all afresh." and another:-- "What says the silent dead He bids me bear my load With silent steps proceed And follow him to God." We notice that the English rule of the road maintains here, and our driver turns to the left when other vehicles are approaching. Captain C., who is from the States, tells us that he did not know of this custom, and in his first drive nearly collided with another vehicle, the driver of which thereupon used strong language. On being informed that he had almost overturned the conveyance of the Governor of Prince Edward's Island, the rash Yankee, undismayed, remarked, "Well, I don't care who he is, he don't know how to drive!" HALIFAX Of course, as we are in the neighborhood, we must see the locality to |
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