Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-20
their front on the plains of Abraham.

I their ifohe Oh the plalnS Oh ADranam.
saw the spot where he fell; it is
marked by monument to both command
ors. saw the well from which his last
draught was taken, and the house which
covers the ground where he expired
Thence we hurried into the great citadel
near by, but inside the walls. What
masses of granite piled and cemented and
rivetcd upon each other! Winding in
and in-every approach is protected by
portfolios for cannon and musketry.
Everything is either of granite or lime
stone, even to the officers houses. No
infammable material is to be seen; and
as you walk around with polite soldier
for your guide, examine the great guns,
stand upon the parapets, and look out and
down the road, the feelings comes over
you that it, is impregnable 1t never can be
taken. There's one place it can be ap-
, preached, " said our sharp Hberian driver
: And that was in the direction which Wolfe
took. sE,
Midnight found US at Montreal, booked
at the Donnegana HOTEL Notre Dame
street. This model house for those who
, wish excellent accommodations with quiet.
The next morning we rode around the
two mountains back of the city, aud look
, ed away off upon one of the most fertile
plains have ever seen. The growth is lux
uriant. Indeed there was quiet as much
evidence of teemiug plenty as in the val
leys of Pennsylvania and Virginia, The
, short, hot summer seems to act like majic
on the rich limestone soil. ........
f A GLIMPSE OF THE HERO OF KARs.
By three . clock, we were on Logan Farm
where it was announced General Williams,
the hero of Kars, would review the 47th
, regiment Of infantry, and battery Of ar
tillery, recently arrived. We passed the
hero and his staff He is noble, COM
manding looking man. His inspection Of
the artillery was very minute-riding be-
tween the pieces, and narrowly scrutini-
zing each, with all the trappings horses,
etc. He was himself originally an artil-
lery officer. The drilling of the infantry,
was not better than that of some of our
first-rate volunteer companies. There
were, however no complicated evolutions.
| was struck with the excellence and
neatpess of the mems clothing, with the
youthfulness of the officers, and the supe-
riority Of the horses, combining both
strength and feetness. The whole force
sent over recently is this regiment, the
/. 30th at Toronto, 60th,and 9TH at Quebec.
"Ah !" said a Scotch D. D. to me, lit is
not Canada's usual quota and besides if
your neiehbor's house is on fire, you
think you must take the necessary steps
to take care of your own. And this is
all England's doing" And We cannot
blame her. She cannot tell what may be
the upshot Of our troubles The great
preponderance of Canadian, as of the
I home British feeling, is with our Govern
mcnt; yet it cannot be disguised that at
least half of the public journals of Mon
treal and Quebec manifest bitterness to-
wards us, a readiness to find fault, which
would be both tantalizing and suspicious,
did We not suppose it was an effort to ape
the 1inaes---to mutter back its thunders.
A glimse next day at the great st.
, James Wesleyan Chapel, at one of the
Nunneries, and the Victoria Bridge
prodigy of mechanic art, scarcely inferior
to the Great Eastern-and we hasted
from Canada, highly delighted with the
{ country and the people, and mad with
the papers, some of them We tarrled
two days at Island Pond-trying to hook
a trout on Saturday, and to preach a
sermon on Sunday, and to get health for
soul and body both days. | could tell
you story of Mr.. Waterhouse, the pro-
prietor of the hotel here, which will re-
main one of the scraps Of individual his
tory connected with one of the great en-
, terprises Of, this continent. Boston and
Portland were bidding for the railroad
from Montreal to the Atlantic. The ques.
tIon was, which could get the English
mails through soonest? The route from
Boston was through New Hampshire and
, Vermont---mostly a broken road-that
from Portland largely through q compara-
tive wilderness. Such was the interest,
that horses were kept harncssed day and
night. Mr.. W. was Maine stage-driyer,
aud undertook the task for Portland.
The first contest, he drove the first sec
ton of 100 miles in six hours but was
beaten, because the driver on the last
. towards Montreal was bribed. The next
time he took the upper section. They
had prepared him superb pair Of blood
ed horses, and beautiful red sleigh.
The journey had been made to this sec
tion, the mail bags were throw into his
sleigh, and he started. He reached Mont
real in broad daylight, and as he turned
, into one Of the main streets, hallooing
with his stentoring voice for every body
to clear the track, he ran his horses TO
their utmost speed, directly to the post
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