The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-27
CANADA LETTER.

CANADA LETTER.
, rLITTINo DOWN THE ST. LAwRENcE-THE
SPARTAN sTEAMKR-THoUsAND ISLANDS
-BRoCKvILLE----PREs RE-
oIs--LoNa sAULT RAPIDs---CoTEAN
pU LAC AND LA CHINE RAPIDS
OLD BAPTIsTE MONTREAL.
ST. LAWRENCE HALL,
MONTREAL, CANADA, July 20, 1872.
DOWN THE ST. LAWRENCE.
Our last letter left us at the North
British hotel in Kingston. A little after
4 o'clock the next morning, q rap at our
door informed US that the boat was in, and
half an hour later found us on the deck of
the steamer Spartan, Of the Royal Mail
Line. And right here will say for the
benefit of your readers who may take
trip down the st. Lawrence, that if they
buy an excursion ticket as we did, from
st. Louis to Boston and return, they will
also sell you at the same time ticket
from Kingston to Montreal by steamer,
for four dollars extra. Persons intending
to go down the st. Lawrence should be
sure and get their tickets before starting
from home, otherwise you will have to pay
five dollars in gold or about six dollars in
currency. There were formerly two lines
on the river and the fare was lower.
This season, however, the Royal Mail
line has purchased the American line and
raised the price.
THE SPARTAN
was we'll filled with crowd of gay and
happy tourists. Among Others, we were
glad to meet Geo. Todd, Esq, and family,
Of st. Louis, who like ourselves had left
the city Of hot bricks and burning streets
for the life-giving, bracing breezes of the
st. Lawrence. Mr.. Todd, after spending
q few days among the Green mountains of
Vermont, intends going with his family
across the "pond" to stay couple of
years in France and Switzerland. After
breakfast We all FASTENED on deck, as we
were just entering the
| THOUSAND ISLANDS,
SO it is called, though it is SAID there are
over eighteen hundred in reality. Some
of them are Of immense size and contain
large and we'll cultivated farms others SO
small that they could not hold good-sized
hens nest. Pullman, of palace car fame
has purchased one of these islands, built q
summer house on the same, and is now en-
tertaining his guests in royal style. TIE
sail down among the islands was delight
full. In the vicinity of Alexandria bay
which is great resort for sportsmen,
large party were encamped on one of tn,
islands. At our approach they saluted VI
with their cannon, which was replied TO b,
cheers from on board and by our whistle
A great many small boats were out filled
with disciples of old lack Walton, lookin,
: for 'muscaloangue," which here grow I,
I immense size and in great abundance.
few miles below we came to the charret
and blackened
HULK or THE STEAMER KINGSTON,
,, of the same line AS our own steamer, whicl
y was burned few weeks since while on he
/. way down the river. But one passenge
was lost-a lady, who in her hurry to &c
life preserver on let it slip down too low
50 that when she touched the water sh
j drowned Immediately. In this vicinity
d 10 said one hundred islands en- be seen i
@ one view, and We do not doubt 1t. Tn
scene was almost fairy one. After pass
. ing this remarkable group
WE CAME TO ROCKVILLE
which is situated at the foot of the Thous
le and islands and named in honor of Ger
e. Brock, who fell on Queenston heights il
d the war of 1912. This town, like ali 9th
ers on the Canada side of the river,
mostly built Of black looking grant,
and looks as though it was commence
,e and finished in the year one. A few mile
below our steamer landed again; thi
time
" AT PRESCOTT,
'. on the Canada side, opposite Ogdensbure
G. in New York state. Prescott contain
er about 5000 inhabitants, and is place O
considerable Importance. for Canada
On the quays at least 200 pieces Of bag
" gage were piled up, and full MS many OWL
ne ers for the same awaiting our arriva
is The Spartan was comfortably full befor,
il and with this large accession, was VI
comfortably crowded. About five mile
- below is Chimney Island, on which tn
es remains of an old French fortificatio
may be seen. The first rapid on the S
Of Lawrence commences here, and did nc
amount to much a few miles below how
ever, we came to the
LONG sAULT RAPIDS,
which are nine miles in extent, and of tn
o most exciting character. In the distanc
i they look like the Ocean in a storm, tn
j. pillows roll, and foam and roar and las
!. themselves in fury, and the rapids rus
along at the rate of twenty miles AL hour
u When the steamer got fairly into then
/. and under their influence steam was shu