Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-09-04
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and particularly TO this metropolis OF the Canadas One IN
ducement to select this route the extraordinary cheap
of the fare In former years the fare from Troy TO
Whitehall has been about $500, from Whitehall to ST.
Johns through the Lake. $780, and from ST. Johns to this
place 81 co. making the fare from Troy 10 Montreal $500
This season. the traveller may traverse the whole distance
for 81 80 l.2 Opposition boats started on the Cham
plain Canal and the Lake last spring. and carried pas
sengers from Troy TO Whitehall for 80 cents and from
Whitehall to 81. Johns for 81 co. The old line mmedi-
ately started boats at the hours with the opPo
son and put the fare from Troy to ST. Johns, 200
miles, 81 l2 cents This cheap fare has set the whole
New York and New England world to travelling to Canada
Yankeedom to be pouring itself out upon these great
northern plains and into the cities of the NORTH in armies
vaser than those that owed the lead of Montgomery and
Arnold All the boats full TO Overlooking, and the
public houses ST. Johns Montreal and Quebec
sufficiently capacous hold the hodes that rush to them
en Troy at IL A. NJ, and arrived at Whitehall the
morning o'clock. The pleasures of joufneyug on
Canal Boat have been too often aud too wildly described
for 10 venture description At Whitehall took the
saus (opposton) for St Johns. She is n fine boat well
manned and Captain Tsdale is very aable and gentle
manly fellow, aud very popular the Lake The trip
through the Lake very delightful much than
had anticipated had heard so much Of the beauties of
Lake George and i scenery and little Of Lake Cham
plain, that no; prepared for the re Wild beautiful
and varied scenery that every where met my eye. The
Lake is just of sufficient width that every object OF
deroga, rich in historic interest," into those pai
otto eesaces that becoming such OCCASIONS that
are duly prescribed in the guide book and duly followed
by all fashionable tourists The remains the old Fort are
still and the path where the intrepid Allen nded
the height is pointed out The old fort stands ON bold
headand projecting into the Lake but the village of Tcon
deroga is two miles from the Lake, and TO be from
it, At Crown Point the passer by pointed to the extern
sve ruins Of the old English fort, but scarcely vesge Of
the French Notifications le to tell Of their former pow
this region. There many points and places Of
interest along the Lake that name Before
reaching Burlington pointed the beautiful and
extensive farm of of your ngushed citizens Hon
Ezra Mech It stretches along the shoros of the Lake for
great distance and comprises in body nearly 5000
Of land The gituaion of Burlington proverbaly
beautiful especially from the Lake It built upon
hillside that rises gradually from the edge until
at the distance of mile from the Shore $50 feet above
the water it crowned with the College buildings which,
however, devoid of the least pretenson to architectural
beauty, still in the distance show very we'll Burlington
The largest piuGge If is sec with which am acquainted
Its buildings are scattered immense area and many
of its residences surrounded by spacious yards and gar
dens, which give it rural aspect Port Kent upon the
opposite side Of the Lake, thriving looking village
pleasantly situated, and is principally supported by the ex.
ensve iron works in its Indeed several points,
you striking evidences of the immense mineral wealth
with which the western shore OF the Lake abounds Pats.
burgh old and undressing the the ro-
ous victory OF McDOnough Sir George Provost in the
late
Aier crossing into Queen vcorias dominions our bag.
gage was overhauled by British Custom House officer
stationed at Isle Aux Nox. lie very civil and open.
ed trunks unless they their excited his suspi
cons Before reached the Canada line the country be-
came very level The mountain heights which had bound.
ed our view on either side and formed a beautiful back.
ground for the lovely scenery their sides and below
them, had gradually disappeared, the country was
dead level, the view bounded only by the horizon
We arrived at St. Johns about O'Clock P NJ and an
hour too late for the last train of Montreal St Johns
Is low, Frencbuit, and undressing village Of about
To0S lnhs6isn!S lii general poverty Of appearance
post and there few companies soldiers the bar.
racks, mostly Irish The next morning, at o'clock we
len in the for Lapairie, 10 miles distant on the St
Lawrence, where we took boat Tor Montreal nine
miles urher The country between St Johns and aprai-
RE IS one Of the most undressing ever saw II is al
most perfectly level with poor soil The principal crops
are oats and barley, which still green The farms are
all IN The possession of the French and miserable
farmers they Their buildings a dilapdacd and
uinous condition, and utterly devoid those comforts that
you see around New England m-houses and their cattle
are half starved and dwarsh looking beasts We reached
Montreal early breakfast time The view from the river
of the city and the mountain in the rear is very fine The
great Roman Cathedral the largest building of the kind
in America, lifts its tin covered roof and LOFTY stone towers
!
ject from great distance. found the City Hotels as
found the boats and cars, filed with Yankees so much so
that was difficult TO get Many of the public hou.
are kept almost exclusively for their accommodation
and have their meals at Yankee hours Dinner a, and
O'clock while others will give you lunch IT, and din
ner 8.
The traveller from the States struck with The contrast
between Montreal and the cities of the Union both in the
appearance Of the Streets the style Of building the manner
Of doing business and the almost entire absence of Church
spires This last peculiarly from the fact that none
but Catholic and Episcopal Churches are allowed 10 have
spires towers. The city, that the business and mod
portion Of IT, hnilt almost eniirey of stone Tho
fronts OF the buildings generally Of hewn and hammered
sone and the style Of architecture better than in our cities
Many Of the public buildings Of imposing char.
aeter Among these the great Cathedral of which have
already spoken, is the most prominent II is huge pile of
stone, but cannot tell you its dimensions is not vet
entirely completed and has S75O0OO Its two towers
about $50 feet high In the interior there are eight dis
nc affairs where service is performed and frequently it
being performed at several the time Under one of
the affairs, we were told by attendant with apparent sin.
CERTIFY deposited Of the bones OF sanity MARTYR
who died for the faith li0O years ago His name
cannot reeolleet There are thirty priests constantly
ached to this church Service performed there dai
y IRON to 10 A. NJ, and at all hours you will find some
of the French Catholics bowling before the aars and the
image Of the Virgin. There 10 or 90 confession
al boxes scattered about the building and you scarcely
go there at any hour without discovering Of them &C.
cuPied by priests and their pentens mostly women, who
the world over, the willing subjects TO prestv in
huenee The building is heated by eight huge porcelain
stoves, brought from Russia. should have dreamed
their object They perhaps three feet long two wide
and nearly 10 feet high forming apparently solid column
OF polished porceain and very ornamental There is
but little else about the Cathedral except its vasness and
its paintings that attracts attention Another Catholic
Churehthe Bishop s-attached his residence and his
private property, is more worthy of a visit 1t is not near.
y as large as the Cathedral but is much gorgeous.