Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-08

5 Correspondence OF the Wing and Tribune.T
{ MONTREAL, CANADA, July "a, ~.
n EDITORS WING AND TRIBUNE:
, We came into this city on the evening
l 22nd, after a most charming twelve hour
on the "Quebee," from Kingston. Tn
, passage through the Thousand Islands
down the Rapids and under the world r.
nowned Victoria Bridge, was well wort
the whole of our ticket. We were littI
alarmed at Toronto when we heard a gen
tleman say the lake Of Thousand Island
was annually getting more dangerous; OLE
islands washing away and forming smaller
ones, thereby making the passage more I'M
certain. Our tickets being good by either
the Grand Trunk Railway or the Royal
Mail line OF Steamers, we concluded tO
take the latter, and we will surely never
regret it. The first view We had Of Mont
real was about sunset; the mountain in
the background, the many, many magnifi.
cent stone churches with their high spires,
the harbor lined with vessels and steamers
from all quarters of the globe was a sight l
shall never forget. We came under the
middle pier OF the Tubular Bridge (as that
I are
/ twenty-tour, it being 4 mile and quarter
| long, and landed at Richelieu Pier, where
there was an Omnibus 10 take Us to st.
Lawrence Hall, the principal Hotel of the
place. We had no trouble with our slug
gage" Gas they call it up here) for they
have the same system Of transfer companies
in Canada as they have in American cities.
I.nV IalI h q a
hotel for Canada. but not by any means
equal TO the first class hotels in the States.
Montreal reminds me of what l have
read Of English cities; very narrow streets,
high stone walls around the private resi-
dences, queer looking little cabs for which
you can pay .seventy-tiYe cents per hour
and go to any part of the city, up to the
Mountain, or TO Mount Royal Cemetery,
both Of which are well worth visiting
From the top of the mountain we could see
thirteen villages, and up and down the st.
Lawrence for many miles. Notre Dame
street Is the principal retail street; it has
some very elegant and massive buildings,
but withal il has such an ancient air. A
gentleman told me yesterday Montreal need |
ed some Americans to come here and I
'fwake her uP;" he then showed me n piece
Of ground on Notre Dame street near the /
Cathedral, OF about 25 feet front and 40 1
back that was offered for sale for IS, 800 / /
don't think Americans would take the
trouble to arouse Montreal if that's the
tune As to things being cheaper here
than in the States, have not found it SO.
think the Montreal merchants think
Americans VIII buy of them any how so
hey raise their figures for the summer
-rade. All along the St Lawrence, from
Kingston dO"n, Americans coneregate
very summer. This hotel is OVERLOOKING
With them now.
We went 10 the "Theater RoyaTr about
uch theater as the "New Memphis !
asst night, and every lady we saw was from .
he states. You may wonder how we ,
ould tell; I'll tell you. There is native
lyle about all American women that will
distinguish them all over the world; and
or 'tasteless,s 'istyleless,' ..uglyo women,
lst commend me TO native OF Canada. ;
hey all seem 10 be right Stfectionate to the q
ords OF creation. was very sure we came /
own from Kingston with a bride till we 9
{
list as she parted from Gas thought her
Teetheart. Tie gentleman v no came with
; from Kingston proposed. a long rs we L
-ere in Rome we'd do as Romans: but it
epends on who your Roman" associates a
re, 1 told him. "
This morning we went, AT half past four. 9,
the principal market, BOusecours, which !
as indeed an object of interest. It'll said {
! Tuesdays and Fridays market DAYS :
ere are fifteen thousand habitants from a
e country come here with the produce OF n
eir farms. They begin coming at mid G
ght, with their little one horse carts load n
down with vegetables; and such i'm. o,
ense specimens I've never seen. The first !
arket is considered one of the finest in the =
orld. Indeed, we have had the purest u
ID best Gsh ever since we left Chicago. 1t W
ould be hard to cook it poorly Cor it is so tC
liciOus. We have also haa straw berries, Ct
ntwerp raspberries, cherries, and a native In
rry called blue-bcrry, which i large and -
~ sweet. -
A most charming part OF our ''tour" was '"
IN Toronto to Niagara Falls We pur- sa
ased tickets st the ''Queen's Hotel" in bl
'rontO, (Which is a perfect model OF a
tel, not very large, but so cOmplete) to do
1T Niagara, and there we took the Cana. Oh
Southern Railroad. We went aboard Q
: steamer "City of Toronto" Just rs the -
n was rising, arriving at Fort Niagara, III
rather the town Of Niagara, in three m
urs. In crossing the Lake so many en- es
ard were sea-sick. but neither Of Us were ba
the least affected. You know the Lake o.
about fifty miles wide where we crossed. d,
the steamer gets entirely out Of sight
land, il was very calm though. At Nj 81
ira Falls we boarded at the Clifton &c
use, on the Canada side. We had We
able reason for staying there, one was, it tai
ng on the Canada side we need not have
r baggage examined; the other was. the O..
fton House fronts both Of the Falls. The
" was perfect from our window. We
Id sec both Suspension Bridges. Goat IN
and, Prospect Park (which i really the tn
y place near the Falls that is improved tel
The least; the other romantic places are sis
: a. they were when q cd made them,) 49,
even We could see the Rapids as far as
eye could reach. Table Rock and
Tower have both been blown lui
IN; the former has been crumbling OF he
year or two, and the proprietors ''E
ught it quite dangerous. The latter W
) becoming unsteady, and visitors some. he
IS felt it shake; SO that was also blown =.
IN. AO'
think l saw more "swelis'' at Niagara tH'
a l could enumerate-they swelled par lie
llarly over their dinner, wine. and eve the
2 drives. of all places. ones MONEY
) faster At Niagara. ~
SANS SOUCI. VIII
correspondent writes as follows TN
celebrated place in Colorado can ha1
!, called Echo Park: when a gun Mr.
lSchargnd tntal siIanra fnlIn--- a.