Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
Ihe Irarrlln,
For ihc Mhiidora Transeriyi.
NIAGARA, &c. &c.

The Champs De Mars next arrest your
attention, being the head quarters of the
British Military; n long row Of ornamcn-
tai granite buildings sets at the back Of n
square, the front being the parade grounds (;
in the cYening the citizens resort here TO
hear the maguliiccn, music of the Grcna-
dicr band As il the Catholics had moi,
enough Of grand churches, there are
about twenty in the city, the English ones
are building one Of the size aud plan of
St. Peters at Rome; one story is already
up, bu, they calculate upon taking ten or
twenty years to finish it. The reason /, i.
said. why the Catholics are SO much in
tho asceudcucy here il, ,ha, the Island Of
Montreal, on which the city is built was
ceied by the English Kings to the French
Catholic Bishops and they in truth own
nearly the whole Of the Island to this day
just back of Montreal. is very high
mountain. called originally Mount Red
or Red Mountain. from which the city
took its name. Calling u cab which By
the way are curiosilics in carriage archi-
tccturc they are n kind Of - barouchc, a."
very light aud graceful, covered all over
with silver mountings, the glass windows
Of which are illagrced off with flowers
and birds, done in gold leaf. The prices
are very reasonable, being IS cents for
the FIRST hour, and 40 cents for each ad
ditional hour, so for Two dollars you can
| ride till you .et tired The first place
Cabby takes you is Mount Royal. to get
to which you enjoy long ride Of nine
miles, past the most beautiful parks and
country seats of the rich citizens the like
Of which have never seen in our own
country; arriving at an eminence on the
mountain. your eye is delighted with the
most charming view imaginable. Be-
meath you is the great city, with almos,
every stree, and public building in near
view while of at distance lays the grand
river, the great Victoria Bridge stretch
ing over il like an immense daddy long
legs. the shipping aud large London
steamers 10, ing as il just under your
feet most lovely island quarter Of 4
mile from the city sits in the river, whose
lawns and parks were clearly visible. II
is called the News Island, and belongs to
u religious society Of Professed Nuns.
Coming down from the mount with re
luc,ancc, VIC made another circuit to th,
city, passing as before a continued success
sion Of the most charming residences. sur
rounded by splendid parks aud lawns W,
then proceeded to have look ut III,
French quarter Of the town, which wa
said to be rather peculiar; certainly it i
hard to keep from laughing at tho strang
streets and houses which are dcspcratcl
and uncomfortably French, made up up
parcntly Of q great many little after
thoughts. tackled on to very small origi
nal plan The fact is the Frenchma
groms bis house on his back as snai
does its shell. It fits him exactly. an
he would probably be unable to cxis
without II, but II wouldn't contain any
body else. A in looking at smsll sna
shell. you wonder what all those horn
projections on the outside are for. whc
they do not apparently have anything I
do with the small spiral chamber within
, SO enc wonders at the odd shapes French
. mans house assumes, when il seem
neither to add to his comfort or discou
fort. But the masked effect is pictur
esquc after Il ceases to DO funny.
those odd little windows. almost invariabl
are the flowers which seem to flourish bel
In such out Of tho way places. The hin
that one gets Of life within are Of nea
; ness aud checrfulncss. II smacks rathe
Of playing house-kccp and in such snul
! ging corners, that when II comes true tb'
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