New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-13
NOTES OF A NOR THKRN TRIP. No. l.

and sbjure it Is, getting up a: hafpast four in the
morning The unfortunates who iodulge 10 this
yicious habit show the same jnfatuation, in other
forms az the devotees Of opium, or alcohol Taey
foresee the misery which the Indulgence will occa
sion them but no persuasion Induce them to ab
stain from il. The who gets up at hafpast four,
in order to leave by the early train, is always tor
mened by hor ible fear that be will not be called
ia time 1t needs the solemn assurances Of the hotel
clerk and Of each of the attending servants to give
him little composure but bis tiepdation is still so
great, that, after be is snugly slowed away in bed
and has fallen into unquiet doze, he starts up half
dozen times, thinking that the fatefcl hour is at
band By aud bye he drops of into deep sleep, from
which he awakens with a sudden shock, after having
slept as be supposes. for the space OF twenty-oar
hours He gropes for bis watch with trembling hand,
and looks at the dial There il just light enough to
bewlder bis vision but he dimy sees hand pointing
to VI! A cold sweat breaks out over hin. but he
finally secures a match igntes it, and finds the hour
to be hopdst tweive Again he falls asleep, bu, this
time be is aroused by sound like the storming Of
Sevastopol lit ia the waiter knocking at his door.
He gets up dresses with haste which does not allow
him to wash the gossamers of sleep fairly out OF his
eyes and then wsnders down endless stairs and pas
cages Of the dark, unfrendly edifce, with 9 vague
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morrow. Breakfast is not ready until the Lost mo-
ment and nothing but the kno Wedge that he shall
get nothing else until p. NJ. induces him 70 swat
low the leathery beefsteak, and the brown, earthly
beverage supposed to be coffee. Mastication is i'm.
possib,e and as for digestion, it mutt take Of
itself Then the porter seizes bin, and, after many
Worries he finally steps aboard the cars, Just as the
conductor cries Go ahead and secures the half Of
a small seat behind the door.
Such was your correspondents experience on the
morning Of Oct. 81, 1884 and his pleasure was fur
Their enhanced by the raw, thick fog, through which
the pasiamps Of Chambers 81, glimmered with weak
yellow glare. For an hour and half we ran through
the same know nothing atmosphere, until the peaks Of
the HghlaI ds and scattered the vapors battling
against their onsets Gro nest and Butter Hill stood
! out clear and unoonquered and when we passed the
pines Of Idlewild on the breezy terrace across the
river, there was an opening Of blue sky beyond Snake
| Hill. never saw more gorgeous autumna tnts than
those of the sumaes sassafras and beech along the
banks of the Hudson. But we whired northward.
the day became raw and gloomy, and the colors OF
the forests more dull and monotonous Ia Vermont
the trees were robed in dull brown, and we drew
near Lake Champlan, this last sad garment was
stripped Off aud the landscapes were naked and bleak
az winter
Beyond Rutland the road was new TO me, and my
maenations clothing the country with summer, re-
stored its lost beauty. The view OF Chsnplain, at
yergennes with the misty lines Of the Adirondac in
the background, reminded me OF Lake Thrasymene,
which saw on jast such an afternoon of Italian
December. At Darlington we were obliged to wait
two or three hours for the Whitehall boat II raned
dsmally and we northern travellers were hudded to-
gether on the cold, windy pier, comforted by the as
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until we arrived. When finally reached the latter
place, about hafpast nine, we were coouy informed
that the train nerer RATED for tho evening boat and
had left nearly two hours before. There is hotel in
the station house Tor station house in the hotel for
hardly know which predominates,) aud secured
long cell. with window higher than my head. By
getting on a chair saw q bridge in the moonlight,
which took to be the famous bridge Of Rouses Point
The next morning, while waiting for the cars, was
Familiarity addressed by gentleman, as Mr. Joseph
"Whipples" Until meet the real Whipples, can
not tell which OF US is complmented by the re'em-
bIance. There was polite Canadian Customer In
attendance, who took my simple word a. evidence
that was no smuggler and marked double cross on
all my baggage, which admitted ii, unopened into
! Canada. The words " Trarerse De ctemin de fer"
Look out for the locomotive when the bell rings
AT the crossings frs. told me that had crossed the
frontier The country fat as pancake, we. and
dreary log hus painted red, stood here and there,
alternating with stunted woods and fields full OF
charred pine stunps At the stoppng-plsces saw
men with round fur caps, and broad, hardy faces,
who spoke French with savage accent which made
II sound ike another language In some places they
were blowing in the fields with real Canadian ponies
Wa followed the course of the ST. Johns River, which
cleaned brightly on our right, aud in something over
an hour came TO the fourishing town OF St. Johns,
near which there ia a very picturesque, isolated hill
Here the rosd swerved to the northwest, and made
direct for St. Lambert, opposite Montreal.
When we got out Of The cars, on the long pier, and
saw the stately city rising behind its massive qua!s
could have believed myself-but for the breadth and
.wiftpess of the St. Lawrence-on the banks OF the
Seine The sun suddenly shone out, gliding the
lofty towers of the cathedral, the tall spires OF
churches the domes and timed roofs, which streshed
along the river for more than mile and half, 10
which the bold, wooded mountain in the rear formed
a majestic sckground. l was at once reminded OF
Auxerre, Montreui and other old provincial cities OF
France. A mile of the clear, cold, green St. Law
renee. running at the rate Of eight ten miles an
hour Law between me and the cy-s type of the vigor
and impetuosity Of the New World, encirchng the
rspose and sOidity Of scene which seemed to nave
been borrowed from the Old.
In spi,e of its massive and solid aspect few towns
have suffered more from fires than Montreal The
northern and eastern portions still abound with Tue
melancholy ruins left by recent conhagrahons. In
mite Of this however, and In spite OF narrow and
drtv streets the city has faiShed air, which dis
II from al towns OF equal size in the States