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51.THE FIRST CHRISTMAS IN NORTH AMERICA

Yarmouth Vanguard, December 19, 1989 When, where and by whom was celebrated the first Christmas in North America? If we could answer...

52. DUCKING AND KEEL-HAULING

Yarmouth Vanguard, December 26, 1989 Some of the punishments which were inflicted in days of ore are repulsive to us of the 20th century....

53. THE VOW OF THE MARINERS

Yarmouth Vanguard, January 2, 1990 When I was very young, I heard my mother tell the story of the vow that mariners had made while they...

54. THE ESCAPE OF FRANCOIS L. BOURNEUF

Yarmouth Vanguard, January 9, 1990 François Lambert Bourneuf was born in Normandy, France, in 1787. In 1809 he enlisted in an armed...

55. PUBNICO IS SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT

Yarmouth Vanguard, January 16, 1990 Being born in Pubnico and having come back to roost, I would not dare show off with such a title and...

56. THE SEIZURE OF “THE PEMBROOK” BY THE ACADIANS

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, January 23, 1990 There have been several seizures or attempts of seizures by the Acadians of vessels taking...

57. MARIE BABIN OF SURETTE’S ISLAND WAS NOT THE LAST OF THE DEPORTED

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, January 30, 1990 It is only after much hesitation that I have decided to make known the results of my...

58. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (1) THOSE OF PORT ROYAL

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 6, 1990 This month and next month, I intend to tell you the story of the Acadian bells prior to the...

59. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (2) THOSE OF THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 13, 1990 If Port Royal can boast of having had the first bell in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton can boast...

60. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (3) THE OTHERS OF CAPE BRETON

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 20, 1990 Apart from the three bells of the Fortress, there were other bells in Louisbourg at the...

61. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (4) THOSE OF MINAS BASIN AND THE ISTHMUS OF CHIGNECTO

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 27, 1990 Minas Basin, which comprised Grand Pré and Cobequid (Truro), is the region in all Acadia...

62. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (5) THOSE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 6, 1990 The Yarmouth Herald, in its edition of Sept. 28, 1960, published a news item from Ottawa under...

63. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: THOSE ON THE ST. JOHN RIVER, N.B.

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 13, 1990 You must have noticed from the previous sketches that to tell the story of the Acadian bells...

64. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (7) MAINE, ST.-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, AND CALIFORNIA

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 20, 1990 In the State of Maine: Acadia, for a time, extended into the State of Maine. There were then...

65. THE STORY OF THE ACADIAN BELLS: (8) IN PUBNICO

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 23, 1990 With regard to the monastary that I told you about in sketch No. 60, built alongside of Fort...

66. THE SINKING OF THE DUKE WILLIAM AND OF THE VIOLET TAKING THE ACADIANS INTO EXILE

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, April 3, 1990 We know that there have been three transports, taking The Acadians into exile in France, which...

67. HOLY WEEK A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS AGO

Yarmouth Vanguard, April 10, 1990 One of the traits by which our 20th century will be characterized in history will surely be that of...

68. THE CONFLAGRATION OF 1820 IN CLARE

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, April 17, 1990 For many years, the people in Saint Mary’s Bay have been talking of the great fire that took...

69. VENGEANCE OF THE MICMACS MOCKED IN THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, April 24, 1990 Edward How, born probably in New England around 1702, came to Nova Scotia as a merchant and...

70. CAME TO ACADIA TO FIND ITS LONGITUDE WENT TO SOUTH AMERICA AND DISCOVERED THAT THE WORLD IS FLAT

Yarmouth Vanguard, May 1, 1990 This was Jean Richer, a French astronomer, born in 1630. He was to get his training in astronomy at the...