Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-07-11

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Montreal isa solidly Quilt city, many of tn
streets being lined almost wholly with build
ings of stone. For a city of its size, there i
less display than any l have ever visited
Architectural skill is confined almost Who'll
ly to Government buildings and Cathedrals
ROmanism seems to prevail and nuns ant
priests are to be seen in all directions. Tn
devOtees of this faith present Gn exampl
other sects would do we'll to emulate. In tn
great Cathedral of Notre Dame a swarm
of worshippers are continually bOwingbeforC
paintings of the saints, the Virgin anC
Child, and the Crucifction. Others ar,
crossing themselves, counting the beads o
their rosaries while repeating Aves and Pate
Nosters, sprinkling themselves with sup
posed holy water and practising variou
mummerles required by their superstltiOns
From the towers of this church the bes
view of the city is obtained, and one Is wei
repaid for the tediousness of the ascent. A
bell weighing over ten tons is here seen
said to be the heaviest on the Western CONT
nent. Some Saints day was being observed
in the city by procession of school children
The girls were dressed in white muslin, with
frIlled lace caps and long white wells on the
head; the boys in black with badges on the
arm. Distance lent enchantment to the
view, for a near inspection revealed con-
slant succession of the most swarthy and
freckled countenences ever beheld. There
were none beautiful and very few even pass
able, which, judge, arises from wretched
diet and poor cooking. The French Cana
dians are as unchanged in their habits as so
many Arabs, and the sour bread and Ealt
cooked flesh as used by their ancestors still
prevail. The English, Irish, Scotch and
French elements forming the Canadian pop
ulation are hostile in religion and national
antipathles and will probably never be
homOgeneou still fused by the pervasive ener-
gies arising from a Republican government
alone. This fact they do not believe, and
their abject dependence on England IS to
them a matter of pride.
Leaving Montreal, one day was spent on
the Ottawa River on a trip to Ottawa, the pro-
vincial Capitol. 1t is very deep, wide riv-
er, with frequent rapids which are passed by
means of Locks and Railroads. Timber is
the great production of Canada, immense
RATS of which are seen constantly on all
their rivers, on which many families have
temporary habitations.
had the felicity TO hear a nomadic war
rior sing his dulcet strains. With head bent
! forward, and eyes and veins swollen with
the huge effort, he chirped the expressive
strain of ''yawm, yawm, yaw." Itimpress-
ed me profoundly, and even in my dreams
seemed to hear again the inspiring notes of
''yawm, yawm, yaw."
At Ottawa, being pilgrim and stranger,
! tarried but night, which was all sufficient
to behold its beauties. 1t has very fine
situation and no locality could have better
natural advantages for Capitol, both in
picturesque beauty or natural defence. The
f,l1 oFF F,n Tbor,lSora r,1a0ciurr ae
also the cataract of the Rldean Falls. The
Parliament consists of three large stone
structures of great extent and expense. The
| Legislative Halls are of great beauty, though
not equal to those of our own Congress
Several American residents are members of
Parliament, whose influence, it is to be
hoped, will give the benighted ''Kannucks"
justeridea of repubhcanism.
Prescott and Ogdensburg on the opposite
banks of the St. Lawrence, are fortified
points in easy cannon range. From their bas-
tions, mounted guns seem to breathe cOntinu-
al defiance. From the latter place, which is
one of great business importance, l took
steamer for Oswego, passing through the
thousand Islands of the st. Lawrence. A
more beautiful river is hardly TO be found,
and trip comprising Niagara, the st. Law
renee to Quebec, Lakes Champlain, ST.
George and the Hudson to New York, will
in my opinion, embrace more beautiful scene
~ than can elsewhere be found east of the
Rocky Mountains, and is especially worthy
the notice of those contemplating a change
of condition. The Thousand Islands are n
great summer resort. AT Alexander Bay, L
was told five hundred tourists annually as
sembled'
At Oswego we stopped over Sunday
I tho ohanan 70 atfapA Hiuh
Mass. At the portico a rabid Mlleslan Fin
negan, with auburn locks and roseate lips,
startled me by the positive assertion that the
| United States would be badly drubbed by
| the war-like Fenians fit mOlested them far
ther in their pastime of regenerating Ireland
BY the conquest of Canada. 1t took all the
soporiic mummeries of the priest in the inner
/ temple, to quiet my nerves and disgust.
7 Oswego is a place of great beauty, being
on both sides of the river, and is noted for
its numerous mills. There are many fine
residences. The city Is greatly stirred over
the Ship Canal project by which it expects
to be made the depot of the grain trade of
the West. If its hopes are realized, it can
not fail to be the second city Of New York.
A stay of two hours in Rochester, enabled
me to see its best points. The Genesee Falls,
at the edge of the city are very fine. Here
! the noted Sam Patch is said to have taken
! his last leap but his fate has been in vain IN
warning other fools from like distraction.
( Of Niagara 1t is needless to speak, and in
/ deed impossible at the close of so long let
! ter, yet the terrible extortions there prac-
ticeed, demand notice. All tourists have
here been swindled, and why they have not
exposed the cheating that Is so universal, l
can attribute only to personal vanity. Vii
! lainy is systematized, and Hackmen, Carriage
Drivers, Hotel Keepers, vendors of Trinkets,
&c, are a brotherhood of thieves in practi-
cling impositions upon the public. There is
no escape-a ride for which five cents is the
nominal price, will cost its partaker seldom
less than from one to three dollars; free
view of the Falls, at the Clifton House, will
cost two dollars; looking at a Museum,
where YOU are enticed to buy gewgaws, will
give ground for fifty cent claim; ascending
J a Tower, is another half dollar; riding
through a Toll Gate, extorts a quarter from
the unlucky passenger, though three pence
is the published price, and so at every turn.
If one refuses the unceasing opportunities of
the swarm of hGckmen to take a ride for five
cents, heis made the object of ridicule by his
fellow thieves, and as to the other charges
no notice is given till your money is de-
manded, which Is done by some good looking
lady, her sex being the protection of the
schemers of those frauds whose sneak thief
courage prevents the exposure of their
brazen countenances to the Indignation their
extortion awakens. One half day was the
limit of my stay on the Canadian shore, in
which time l had wranglIng disputations
with two women and one hackman, and
was twice threatened with arrest and trial
before some bum-bailiff, the fears of which
wise Dogberry over Fenian invasion would
have insured me the full penalty of ''Hinglish
aw."
l have no hesitation in chasing the cheats
Of Niagara as the lineal pOsterity of that
Large increasing swarm whose blood,
Has flowed through veins Of seOundrels since
the fool
Yours in griel and wrath, BERNUM.
The Alexandria, Va, Journal says
1--WE are now fully satisfied that there il
deeply laid plan in Virginia, extending
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