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of houses, where some very poor people try to
make a precarious living. Then this will be left
behind suddenly, and green hillsides will burst
into view, neat, trim homesteads, and healthy
cattle grazing in rich meadows. In some of
these little coast villages they made a great deal
of money during the war, supplying codfish to
the troops; and now the) find it hard to adjust
themselves to after-war prices and smaller earn-
ings. Yet virtually every farmer has his own
motor; and many of them have become such
excellent mechanics that they have opened gar-
ages, and do a prosperous business.
  Bridgewater, on Lahave River, is a thriving
little town, a railroad center and a shipping vil-
lage. Some years ago Mahone Bay might have
had the roundhouses; but certain inhabitants
would not hear of it, and so it is Bridgewater
that has forged ahead, in most robust fashion,
leaving MIahone Bay to dream away quietly.
Yet, as in the case of Bear River, I can shed no
tears over the lack of civic progress of a village
like Mahone Bay. It seems to me so much more
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