Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-24
DAILY SENTINEL
THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST "a.
rae nsute frsm Niagara 10 men
sseai-Ths 80. La CHARACTERIZATION
Isiss-Passinx the In chine rapids.

Kinrstou. The fare by either line 10 fl3
Great composition erists between these two lines,
and their runners will annoy yoa mcrelessly n
thsy hpd you undecided. There 10 but little dit
ference between them, believe, and hence took
the American line by Charlotte. Oswsgs. Kings
sson. Ogdensburg aud the Rapids. For some res-
ssn which could not clearly ascertain. the OH
GERS Of the America line must be British sub
ices. though the boats are owned by Americas
They we're all Canadian French, and the constant
jsbber Of their pafois sounded Strangely 20 my
Western ears. On this journey /. for the fret
time. felt like foreigner. English and French
subjects were abundant. men. women and chill
drsn-whole families. with thsr foreign customs
and costumes. their queer pronuncstons, their
odd questions and remarks. This feeling that
you are CUB Of Jour own country-entirely from
beneath the old hsg-subject for the timsto laws,
customs, and regulations which you have no part
in making Is for the frs, time at least. decidedly
unpleasant A new kind Of Loneliness steals over
you. aud you realize, what you may never have
thoSght Of before. that you actually bad per
sonal, private interest IN Jour own Govern ment
that il nearer to you. dsarer to you, than you
ever supposed before
From the minute you leave Niagars for Lew
iaton until you reach Montreal, you are in sight
of most magnificent scenery-objecu OF wonder
in nature and art. the equal OF which probably
cannot be seen at the same distance on the con
neUCe
Niagara and Brooks Monument You end with
the Victoria Bridge, the La Chine Rapids, and
Montreal. Lake Ontario and its lovely shore
scenery, the royal ST. Lawrence snd the Thou
sand Isles with an hundred other objects OF In
tsrest. are between. Your readers aware
that almost every foot travelled over this trip is
historic ground-made so by incidents which hap
psned in the early discovery and settlement of
this country BY the French, by their long wars
-tf nj ani h.
ton. the war OF 1879, or the Canada rebellion
The tourist who would look upon the scene of
some OF the most stirring events in the history
OF this country must 90 down Ontario and ST.
Lawrence. They will point out 10 you yet the
spots where, tive hundred years ago and more
the Jesuit missionaries called the wild Indians
together and preached 10 them OF the unknown
God-where they died. many OF them butchered
ny the savages whom they sought To save. From
the deck Of the passing steamers you will see
here and there high mound surmounted by
cross, and on IL the name Of some poor humble
French priest who lived and died two centuries
ago.
The Thousand Isles" are scattered from
Ontario TO Ogdensburg. In fact the river is full
of isleis as far down Montreal. There are
really more thaa thousand OF these beautiful
little gems dotting this portion Of the river IL
is said they number more than eighteen hundred.
You are often 10 sight Of twenty az time They
are OF course small many of them not twenty
feet in diameter vet they are generally covered
with green trees and bushes | never appreciated
the meaning of the word picturesque, until
looked upon this scenery, from the deck OF
steamer. by the light of the rising sun Psssen.
gers reused at the early hour Of I've in the
morning in order that they NAV see IT, Every
body turns out, however uncomfortable it may
be, for no one not heather would miss the
sight No one ever regretted the exerton or
discomfort. Those who have looked upon Lakes
Constance and Como and are familiar with
Italian scenery, the boosted beauties OF the tro-
pics and the Grecisn Archipelago, go into rsptures
ever tho Thousand Isles" One by one they
seem 10 march in procession before you, as you
sail down the river, each trying 10 outvie tho
preceding ones in loveliness developing
some new view, some new and higherto un-
thought OF style Of islet A painter might, il
seemed TO me. sketch here for life time aud
die of grief at las; Here is one grove GOV
cred aud sombre, not an acre in extent, per
fecty round rabbit could scarcely run
across il. so dense and thick is the underground
hermit night hide there forever secure from
all eyes but the ALL Seeing There is another
half mile long. yet not fifty feet wide. The
trees upon 10 look as though planted in avenues
There is no underground. and you see clearly the
river beyond Yonder il one scarcely large
enough for man 10 stand upon. vet IL rises high
out of the river, as ii determined to assert It's
consequence among the sisteIhood. n0twith
standing It's littleness Another appears large
enough for farm. covered densely with tangled
vines and low green bushes MANY present the
bare rocky surface TO the sun. with out two or
three bushy topped trees - set II their efsc.
So you 90 for seventy miles or more, the eye
constantly delighted with swift shifting scenes
and the senses enraptured with pictures such as
may not be Transferred TO canvass At this sea.
he colo nf 2 h. STAT na ,n@pa
the effect. Certainly for scenery OF It's charsc
tsr-water, island. trees-there il nothing like
The Thousand Isles" In the memory of An
one who has ever seen them they must ever re
main like some beathc vision. born of dream
and happiness.
|, this afternoon. passed down, OF as the river
men say, the far famed Rapids of the ST
Lawrencs. This river. as everybody knows, Is
the outlet OF the entire chain Of Northern lakes
most majestic stream il is. Right Loyalty and
proudly il seems to bear the Offering Of the great
Northwest 10 old ocean Think OF the yastnes.
OF its burden, collected from the Rocky NOM
tsins almost 10 Hudsou's Bay As il rolls grand Y
on. IL occasionally widons into lakes. as at Lake
81 Francis aud Lake ST Louis, through which
passed 10 day-placd aud beautiful sheets of
water. bordered by handsome farms aud bright,
smiling villages, rivaling Geneva in all the con
eomitants Of lakeet scenery. When rocky hills
attempt to conhne il in and bind IL down, il
raves and plunges-t roars and thunders-rigsi
royalty Most majestic and imperial is its king
ly vrath-s very Lear among the rivers, il
frighten. and sppsls you with its imperial passion
The Gallop Rapids are the FIRST, and occur six
miles belos Ogdeusburg The last the Ia Chine
are within sight OF the towers of Montreal The
excitement commences with the first and ia nur-
tured and kept upat intervals by others, the Long
SAult. the CoteaG. Cedar, Split Rock. Cascades.
with occasionally pleasant pauses and intervals
of calm lake and smooth flowing river. until il
fnally Winds up. like grand drama. with the
climax and denOuement, splendldly done, at the
last. in the La Chine Rapids. Through such
scenes and scenery you enter the quaint cid city
OF Montreal. You are hardly free from the wild
whir of Ia Chine Rapids when you are landed
at the stone docks of the city where history now
seems TO run back into the middle ages, and be
hind and over which stands, sentry like, the
gloomy mountain, upon which our patriot fathers
looked in wonder aud awe before the Declaration
was thought possible. Steady and tried men are
employed as pilots over the Rspids. The slight
est csrelessnsss mistake would result AN fhe
Immediate crushing Of tae vessel, which seems
10 bound along over the turbulent aud angry
hell OF waters like ehld's toy boat Before
the Rapids are reached, stea m s turned Of the
boat hoats Tor second quietly and still then, az
II giant bad risen beneath her she Is seized You
feel the new m0toR--lhe swaying, undslatinr
rising. sinking which has succeeded the tremu.
lous thump. thump. produced by the engine
HOu know that n zhutfing Of sta m, 80, a..