The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-24
ST. LAWRENCE HALL.

MONTREAL, CANADA, July Is, 1872.
A few days after the Fourth, u party
consisting Of Myron Ticknor, Esq, wife
and daughter, A. N. Lyon, Esq, and your
correspondent, left the sweltering city of
st. Louis for cooler breeze and more
comfortable resting place. 1t had been a
very hot day in the city. After taking
the luxurious "Pullrlan" at East st. Louis,
we were soon gliding along over the prai-
! ries, and the soft evening air seemed de-
licious. Our route was via. /. G. r. X. to
Chicago, which city we reached on time,
early in the morning.
POOR CHICAGO.
Although princely buildings are going
up by the hundreds and the sound of the
axe, saw and hammer are heard on every
side, yet it will be many long year be-
fore she RECEIVERS her former greatness.
Just at this time the city is anything but a
desirable place to visit. The streets are a
continuous cloud; the sidewalks so encum-
bered with building material as to render
it almost impossible, SO that the middle of
the street is the principal thoroughfare
The air is filled with dust, the sun hangs
over you like ball of FIRE, SO that after a
few minutes walk you are glad to beat a
speedy retreat beside the ruined walls of
the old depot. At a. m. we were once
more all aboard and of on the Michigan
Central, and comfortably seated in a
MAGNIFICENT PARLoR CAR,
from which the dust was thoroughly ex-
cluded; but it was hot, q most terrible
day. When the cars were in motion it
was bearable, but when at rest it was tor
ture. Just before shutdown we reached
the Grund Trunk Junction, u little way
this side Of Detroit, where we changed
cars, and a ride Of sixty miles brought US
to Port Huron about 9 p. m where we
left the train and crossed the river on the
ferry, and stepped ashore in Sarnia, ON
the sacred soil of Canada. A train of
Pullman sleepers were awaiting us and
we were soon again en- route. After
passing very uncomfortable night, the
heat being quite oppressive, we
ARRIVED AT TORONTO
early in the morning. Here u large por-
ton Of our tourists left us for a trip by
steamer to Niagara Falls and back, u very
pleasant jaunt, and which can be made
for three dollars from Toronto t. the falls
and island. We passed another very I'M
acceptable day, notwiths:a nding We were
going throughthe northern part of Canada,
the heat being fully AS powerful as in St.
Louis. At Up. IN. We
REACHED KINGSTON,
where We left the cars to make the remain
der of our trip via. St. Lawrence river to
Montreal. The depot Of the Grand Trunk
was two miles from the town, but you find
plenty Of conveyances ready to convey you
to the hotel for twenty-five cents EACH
, Canada money. And here let me give
; your readers who intend making like
trip little good advice, and that is to
! provide themselves with Canada money.
Not only bills, but postal currency, which
] can be bought at less price in the banks
q and brokers' offices in the states than in
Canada. We provided ourselves before
leaving st. Louis with some American
silver for which we paid ten per cent.
premium. At Kingston we found it was
worth no more than greenbacks which
were fifteen per cent. discount. On our
last run through this section of the coun-
try, about five years since, our silver
passed as their own. Since then they have
changed their currency from sx-pences
shillings, &c, to twenty-five, ten and We
cents, and although their pieces are lighter
than ours yet they will not take an Amer
lean quarter for our twenty-five cents.
Why this is thus we cannot say, but we
know from experience that it 10 so. Can
ada money can be bought in the states for
about twelve per cent. premium, and is
the only kind tourist ought to travel
with in this
"BLARsTED COUNTRY
unless he prefer to be Aayed alive; in
which case he can be accommodated by
producing his greenbacks. Kingston, at
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Of the Oldest towns in Canada. 1t was
commenced by the French under
DE CoURCELLEs IN 1872,
two hundred years ago, and we should
judge was finished the same year. The
houses are nearly all built of stone and
present very ancient appearance. The
T indian name OF the town was "Cataracqui"
}, Inc hrst fort was built in 1873 by the
# french, and was alternately in possession
, OIL the French and Indians until it was de.
; stroyed by the expedition under Col
= bradstreet, in 1868. In l7G2 tina ,,ooo
d fell into the hands of the English, from
whom it received its present name
Kingston is one of the most impor,on,
o military posts in Canada, large garrison
i being posted hero at all seasons in the
Il year.
y TWO ROUND MoRTELLo TOWERS.
: one Of them being entirely surrounded by
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