The Apostles Hotel
An Old Postcard Showing A Street in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia Located in Bridgetown the Apostles Hotel was a favoured spot for meals and overnight stays while passing through the little town. As a feature of the hotel the owners, a local couple, decided to make up 12 circular rugs for the lobby each one featuring one of the 12 Apostles. They dyed the wool but when finished they found they had an over abundance of red wool. The husband was insisting on one of the Apostles heads on each rug and the wife insisted on not wasting any of the wool. Then end result was eight of the rugs displaying Apostles with flowing red beards and red hair. One of the most sought after meals served at the Apostles Hotel was a supper dish called “Saupon”. This was made by boiling Indian cornmeal in milk all afternoon at an even heat. At suppertime it would be thickened and served with sugar. It was very crucial to maintain an even heat all afternoon for the Saupon to turn out right, which was not the easiest back in the time of wood stoves. So the owners would hire maids to tend to the stove all afternoon, for which they would receive 8 shillings a month. This was a long boring job so to keep the maids busy they would be asked to knit socks. It did not take long and there was a rather large supply of knitted socks so they started on long stockings, scarves, caps and even underwear. But again it did not take the maids long to build up a large supply of these. So the owners made a deal that the maids could knit for themselves as long as they paid for the yarn themselves. Many a young maid in the Bridgetown area had a five year supply of knitted wear stored up by the time they were married. These were all due to their work at the Apostles Hotel.
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