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Show LOVES THE PRAIRIES. Miss Anna Gray is Delighted With Her Western Canada Home. Anna C. Gray is a young lady formerly form-erly of Michigan. She is now a resident resi-dent of Western Canada, and the following, fol-lowing, published in the Brown City (Mich.) Banner are extracts from a friendship letter written about March 15 to one of her lady friends in that vicinity. In this letter is given some idea of the climate, s'ocial, educational educa-tional and religious conditions of Alberta, Al-berta, the beautiful land of sunshine and happy homes. Over one hundred thousand Americans have made Western West-ern Canada their home within the past five years, and in this year upwards- of 50,000 will take up homes there. Miss Gray took her leave for Dlds-bury, Dlds-bury, Alberta, the home of her sister and other relatives and friends on Jan. 10 last, and after a two months' sojourn so-journ in her western prairie home, she writes of it as follows: "I know I shall grow to love the prairies. We have a beautiful view of the mountains moun-tains and it sterns wonderful to me to see home after home for miles, and it is becoming thickly settled all around us. With the exception of the last few days which have been cold and stormy, we have had beautiful spring weather ever since I came. The days are beautiful. I call this the "land of the sun," as it seems to be always shining; the nights are cold and frosty. On arriving here, I was so greatly surprised in every way. Dids-bury Dids-bury is quite a business little town. All the people I meet are so pleasant and hospitable. They hava four churches in Didsbury the Baptist, Presbyterian, Evangelical and Men-nonite. Men-nonite. The Evangelicals have just completed a handsome church, very large and finely furnished, costing $2,500. They have a nice literary society here, meets every two weeks. They have fine musical talent here. Your friend. Anna C. Gray. |