274

68.

69. 70.

71. 72. 73.

74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83.

84. 86.

87. 88. 89.

90.

91.

92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102.

THE ISLAND ACADIANS

Sister Saint Hildebert, c.n.d., LAme Acadienne, (manuscript), c. 1941, p. 164. Manuscript deposited at the Société Saint-Thomas d'Aquin. A copy is available on microfilm at the Centre d’études acadiennes.

Centre d’études acadiennes, Georges Arsenault Collection, ms. No. 10.

The New Year's paternal blessing was known in Acadia; several testamonies indicate that the tradition was practiced in some Island families until the beginning of the twentieth century. Among others, see the Georges Arsenault Collection, tape 751.

L'Impartial, 15 February 1894, p. 2

L'Impartial, 22 June 1893, p. 1.

Ibid., 10 November 1908, p. 2. J.-Henri Blanchard, “Histoire de L’Impartial”, published in L'Evangéline, 10 April 1947, p. 4. According to Blanchard, the switch in political allegiance was made to save the newspaper which was in serious financial difficulty.

L'Impartial, 24 November 1904, p. 4.

Ibid., 10 November 1904, p. 4.

Ibid., 3 August 1893, p. 3.

Quoted in L'Impartial, 28 February 1895, p. 2.

Ibid.

Blanchard. Histoire des Acadiens de I'fle-du-Prince-Edouard, op. cit., p. 58. Ibid., p. 57.

PE.I. Department of Agriculture Annual Report, 1906, p. 31.

J.C. Ready, “Agriculture”, Past and Present of Prince Edward Island, op. cit., p. 159. Lorne C. Callbeck, “Economic and Social Developments Since Confederation”, Canada’s Smallest Province. A History of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown: The PE. Island 1973 Centennial Commission, 1973, p. 348.

Ibid.

L'Impartial, 6 April 1905, p. 4.

The Agricultural Historians. History and Development of the Dairy Industry in Prince Edward Island, s. 1. [1978], p. 26.

L'Impartial, 23 April 1896, p. 5.

Ibid., 16 June 1898, p. 4.

The Agricultural Historians, op, cit., p. 23; and PE.I. Department of Agriculture. Annual Report 1914, p. 3.

Muriel K. Roy, “Peuplement et croissance démographique en Acadie”, Les Acadiens des Maritimes, op. cit., p. 197.

Georges Arsenault. Histoire de l’émigration chez les Acadiens de 'fle-du-Prince- Edouard. Summerside: Société Saint-Thomas d’Aquin, 1980, pp. 27-29. L'Impartial, 5 September 1895, p. 3.

Ibid., 6 February 1896, p. 6.

Ibid., 21 and 28 October 1897, p. 5.

Ibid., 16 September 1897, p. 2.

L’Evangéline, 1 August 1932, p. 2.

Ibid., 26 July 1932, p. 3.

Ibid., 25 July 1932, p. 2.

L'Impartial, 17 October 1907, p. 3.

Ibid., 10 March 1898, p. 5.

Ibid., 17 August 1899, p. 5; 16 February 1899, p. 5; 28 March 1901, p. 4. Ibid., 17 August 1899, p. 5.