The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-09-02

ing thelr place OF residence, having their
worldly effects with them, and, for the
simple reason he was not quite quick
enough to get them together for inspec-
ton, while the cusLom-house officer was
examining baggage of travellers, that Off
cial, instead of waiting a moment, walk
off to his office with all the dignity of a
victorious game cock, entered, closed and
bolted the door, and no entreaty of hus-
band or wife could induce him to come
out and take look at their effects, all of
which would have consumed but q mo-
ments time, and the family could at once
have pursued their journey; whereas, the
refusal caused them to miss the train, and,
consequently, all connections with other
trains to their place of destination, thus
inhicting upon them much trouble and ex-
pense, besides adding to the manifold
transgression of the stubborn official the
responsibility of the many oaths and
curses of tho bystandcrs, whose sympa-
thies were called out copiously toward the
injured party.
Aboard again, we were wheeled rapidly
eastward, at first through section of
country but sparsely inhabited, and where
the forest trees seemed standing in all
their pristine glory undisturbed, and the
soil by no means as inviting as in the
finest farming districts of Old Ottawa.
This state of things continued with but
little interruption for some fifty miles or
more, with the exception o: now and then
few acres under cultivation. We found
our Canadian neighbors engaged in wheat
harvest. The yield, we should Judge
from appearances, will be there, as with
us, unusually light, many fields seeming
ly paying but little more than cost of cul-
tivation. One or two features in agricul-
tural operations strike the traveller as be-
ing peculiar to Canada. One is the alb
sence of cornfelds, and in lieu thereof,
those devoted to peas, now just harvested.
We saw but very few fields of corn on the
entire route. 1t would, no doubt, be for
the interest of our farmers, both as pc
cuniary and labor saving operation, to
cultivate peas moro largely and corn less
so. The former is a sure crop usually,
and the latter, owing to the prevalence oi
frosts, quite uncertain. Another feature
is the almost entire absence of fruit trees.
Even old farms are strangely devoid oi
orchards of every description of fruit.
Brantford, seventy-fve miles from Buf-
falo, on the Buffalo and Lake Huron
Road, which intersects the Grand Trunk
at Stafford, one hundred and forty-thret
miles from Detroit, is a beautiful city, and
the first place, save one, of attractive ap
pearance after leaving Sarnia for Buffalo
The grounds on which it is located were
formerly owned by Brant, the famous In
dian chief, and by him disposed of tc
white settlers, 10 his great pecuniary ad
vantage, and finer lands can nowhere b.
found in Canada, or elsewhere, than thost
that surround that city. Brant lived L
goodly old age, and, but q few years
since, was laid asleep with his fathers, tn,
famous sachems and chiefs of other DAYS
Paris, eight miles west of Brantford
is romantically located in the midst of I
farming region of extreme beauty and fer
tility, and is rapidly growing in wealtl
and population.
The next point of interest eastward 0
Brantford is the Feeder, so called, a
through it passes the water that in th
main supplies the Welland Canal witt
floating facilities.
Port Colborne is the point where tn
Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway ap
proaches the lake, and from thence loco
motive, cars and appurtenances, are take
on board ferry-boat and landed in tn
outskirts of Buffalo, and thence steame
to the depot in that city. The fare fror
Detroit to Buffalo, by this route, is on