Download or read book A Guide to New Brunswick, British North America, &C (Classic Reprint) written by Christopher W. Atkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Guide to New Brunswick, British North America, &C Almost all the moral and industrious emi grants to this Province, whatever have been their occupations, have succeeded in securing to themselves a competency, and many have oh tained wealth. The lower class of labourers, when they have devoted themselves to steady habits and industry, have been successful; (of this I have been an eye-witness, when I visited the several settlements which was under my ministerial charge - the district over which I had to ride every month being upwards of 160 miles, ) and where there are instances to the contrary, they may generally be attributed to idleness and intemperance. The inquiry made by persons in the Mother Country, who are desirous to settle in New Brunswick, is, what employment will they find there? And when they are informed that the principal occupation of the inhabitants is lumbering in the dense forests, amidst the deep snows of winter, they have no desire to venture upon a pursuit with which they are altogether unacquainted. Thou sands of emigrants, after they have landed in the Provinces, embark for the United States, where a greater variety of employment in min ing, manufacturing, and other awakens at \'a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.