Down North and Up Along 
munity, he is rich, — in a mild way, — and he 
is sure of a comfortable living from his well- 
tilled acres. He feeds the rest of the world, 
and in return is allowed enough to eat himself. 
In the towns, we are told, it is different. 
The struggle there is severe, and the people 
do not look with disfavour upon annexation. 
They have a sort of undefined feeling that an- 
nexation would somehow turn the stream of 
the farmer's prosperity into the coffers of the 
townspeople. It is very likely it would. 
Kingsport is a convenient place from which 
to visit Parrsboro, on the other shore of Minas, 
as a boat runs between the two places. 
It is a pity to cut the Acadian country in 
two by interpolating Parrsboro between the 
region about Canning and the Grand Pre 
portion, but it is very much the easier way. 
As the narrator, however, is not, like the trav- 
eller, influenced by considerations of time or of 
cost, Parrsboro shall wait its turn, and Grand 
Pre stand where it belongs geographically and 
historically. 
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