Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-20
FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK.
On the Way to Detroit and Into and
Through Canada-The Grand
Trunk Railroad.
John Bull in Canada Keeps Up his Ma
tiOnal Habits and Customs.
Fast Time-Niagara Suspension Bridge
The Falls-ArriVal in New York.


NEW YORK, June II, 1873. From
Chicago to New York there are few of
the many routes pleasanter to the trav-
eler than that by way of the Michigan
Central railroad. Skirting the shores of
the lake whence the State and the road
derive their names, the distance this
side of the line dividing the United
States from Canada is cheered by
glimpses of the water, which occasion
ally spreads itself out like an ocean,
dotted with white-sailed craft and
putting steamers; while the summer
air waited to the wayfarer is
cooled and purified in its pass
age across the lake. Unfortunately,
night came down upon us ere we enjoyed
much of this, it being late in the after
noon when we left Chicago on Friday
last. At four o'clock Bext morning we
were awOke by the peculiarly tremulous
or vibratOry motion of the train, and
upon arising to ascertain the cause,
found that the cars were on a transfer
boat, and that we were moving up the
blue and rapid waters of Detroit river,
and nearing British territory. The scene
here was novel and interesting. Away
to our left and lining the western shore
of Detroit river stretched the city OF
that name, while on our right the city
of Windsor 9irded the other shore, both
still hushed in the gray and smokeless
quiet of early morning. A brave
little tug-bOat Immediately in our
wake was towing four large schooners
against the current as we ran up, an IL
lustration of what patient energy and
scientific skill can accomplish. One or
two early fishermen, in skiffs mOored
near the shore, were invoking the spirit
of Isaac Walton, bnt it would seem with
Indifferent success-a proof that though
the early bird may catch the worm, the
early worm will not always catch the
fish In another moment we had crossed
the magic line dividing the domiDiOns
of Uncle Sam from those of her most
gracious majesty, Queen Victoria, and
jumping from the train for a moment,
stood upon the soil of that crOtchety old
gentleman, John Bull. 1t seems like
Celtic bull to speak Of the dOminions of
'QueenN Vic as the soil of "John" Bull;
nevertheless so it was. a mysterious
blue card pasted by spirit-hands on our
valise, and bearing the cabalistic 80.
K.p marks of the custOnfhouse, was
the only documentary evidence
we could produce, that we had success
| fully run the gauntlet of crossing the
line, and were now on a foreign Shore"
AS if gaining a new impetus from this
fact, or probably to show the Canadians
what a Chicago locomotive could do,
our engineer piled on the agony, and
away we went at a rate worthy the
GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD,
upon whose broad-gauge and splendidly-
tied and ballasted steel-railed track we
entered Just after leaving Detroit river.
Away, away we flew through the keen
morning air, as if the fate of empires
depended on the evolutions of our truck
wheel, or as if bearing the tidings of
another Fenian invasion of the startled
but liege subjects of her Britanic majes-
ty, dwelling peacefully in their pleasant
Canadian homes. On outright is a vast
prairie like q bog, covered with coarse
grass, and dotted here and there with
still, sluggish pools, upon whose dark
surface Water-lilies bloom, lifting their
white and yellow heads from out their
green and bOat-shaped leaves; while on
our left, far to the west and north, Lake
st. Clair spread its historic waters,
cold and gray, and rippled by the
"chOppingn wind. Soon the scene
changes. We have left the low grounds
and are now, Saturday, June 14th, eight
o'clock in the morning, approaching the
city of London, where we are to break
fast. London, of Canada, will never be
mistaken for it's namesake by the
Thames, in old England, nor Wili its
breakfast bill-of-fare, at its "eating-
house." on the great western railroad,
If, like that of this morning, family re-
mind one of a breakfast at Delmonico's,
or in the renlotest degree recall a dessi-
7ner q LQ fOTchette as served in the
charming rooms of the Metropolitan, or
in the coy saloon of your own CASTOR.
But what the table lacked in viands was
made up ia patriotism; for there before
you in gOOdly frame hung up on the
wall was the portrait of George Wash
ington, fianked on one side by the red,
white and blue and the q PtITiba8I
Ullaln, and on the other by the stately
lion and unicorn rampant, topped with
crown, and Wreathed with the time
honored legend hO1li soa Ql1 NAL q
pense. What better breakfast could
the truly patriotic citizen or subject,
though up since four o'clock in the morn
ing, inhaling the appetizing air of the
lakes, desire than these symbols of two
great nations, one of them his own?
Your fricasseed flag serves more uses
than "rallylng the boys" around it to
fight s'mit Siegel." It serves to remind
a man in foreign land of the sanctity
of a scallaWag, and the holiness of a
Radical, while it eempensates for a
light breakfast, and comforts the eco
nOmical conscience of the landlord. We
were frequently created during breakfast
to sallies Of wit on the part ofour Ca
madam host, in the forEl Of admonitions
"not to be in a hurry; that we had
plenty of timep' What polite and agree
able people these Canadlans are, to be
sure! They reside TOO near Che land of
wooden nutmegs not TO have caught
some of the charming simplicity of that
delightful people.
From London to Dundas the road
passes through fine upland country,
made inviting by Well-cultivated farms
and comfortable cottage homes Dun
das lies in deep vale, surrounded an
amphitheatre of hills, round the W. arn
segment of which our railroad vi s,
giving us a fine view of the town
It's enVirOns spread out below before 1.
The scene is romantic, and the ear-win-
dgWs bristle with dusty heads eager to
ENJOY it, But there is little enjoyment
4 N-r.ras L.