since he was 13 years old, and during the months he could not go to school he had books to study, and his father, who for many years worked in the offices of the King's Printer and Postmaster-General of the Lower Provinces, to talk to. Howe overcame the difficulties he faced with the Novascotian, due to his willingness to travel, network and expand his own knowledge: Howe read British, foreign, and colonial newspapers daily. Howe reported on the debates in the House of Assembly and important trials in the courts with his own hand. Howe was in a position to mingle with nearly all the public men of the day. Howe travelled all over inland districts and to seaport towns, taking in the surroundings and making many acquaintances. Howe read political literature of all countries which expressed their opinions in English. It was with this gained knowledge that Howe moved to shape his newspaper. Howe had a vision for the Novascotian; it was his mission to, "furnish the readers all that properly came under the heading of news, whether British, Colonial, American, or European." Howe wanted to get all of the news to the people. He did not want the Novascotian to have an affiliation with any one political party or government because it was for the people. Howe's critics would have appeared to have been correct during the first year of Howe's Novascotian, because he had started it with almost no politics or editorial commentary. There were, however, some interesting submissions which had shown some promise. On July 24, 1828 Howe introduced "Western Rambles", a series which gave the Novascotian'''s readers an insight into the Western part of their own country. The series ran until October 9, 1828.Beck (1964), 206. From December 1829 until August, 1831, Howe "Eastern Rambles", a series that presented a perspective from the Eastern part of British North America. Political influence, 1832-1835 The Novascotian started to become more politically involved in the following couple of years, gaining significant influence as it went. The title page of the Novascotian always read the same motto, "The Constitution, the whole Constitution, and nothing but the Constitution." This showed that Howe wanted his newspaper to be nonpartisan in all matters, which was unique compared to the other newspapers printed at the time. The Novascotian would support the Government in their actions if they were right for doing so, and