The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-02
Travelers' Guide
Gkeqntelliy(etrrr
.OaI. Canada CORRESPONDENCE:

VuI VulI0uu- VvIIuS 1UIuUlVo'-
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a West HnginiG Boy on Hi Travels
Vat to MontreGl-A Mdtter-0t- Fac
Yieo Of tho Paes-Inttrestfng and En-
citing Experience in the 81. Ld0ret1eI
Rapids-1ae Great Victoria Bridge
GTesnbdekS in Canada.
MONTREAL, June 30, 1874.
Editors OF the IntSEligencer. S
The sudden change, q couple Of week.
since, from bleak and dresry to hot, sui
try weather, was a fortunate event fol
northern places OF summer resort The
countless mountain hotels and sequestered
springs, with fascinating but deceptive
names have had lie and activity infused
into them 50 suddenly that one car
hardly believe they arc the sombre
desolate places Of q fortnight ago. When
tho mercury in The, thermometer begins
to creep into the ninehes, 1t 10 time itc
look out for the annual exodus from ou1
busy cldss.l Then the face Of the gentle
man who stands at the helm Of summer
house Of refuge fairly glistens with hsppi,
ness, and the obsequious clerk-that most
popular man, with himself, in existence,
excepting perhaps the side.show orator
gets beneath his mountain Of dignity an
surrounds the whole with an atmosphere
Of Importance that is wholly impene-
trable.
Nh ANRxPLANAT1oN.rngs sar
It must not bs inferred from the date
line Of this letter that your occasional cor.
respondent Is fugitive from justice. He
ia not aware Of having In any way trans
gressed the laws Of his country; neither
has he come to this city for the purpose
Of returning home at q suspicious hour oil
the night lust for the sake Of getting o
good Joke onthe Custom House officers.
For the past few days Montreal has been
having an overflow OF travellers from all
parts Of New England and Canada, and
am simply helping TO count one among
the number. twill perhaps DO well tC
state that q special occasion has brought
the multitude here at this time. The
French societies OF st. Jean Baptiste are
having q reunion and kind Of annual
fury during the present week, and besides
tho hundreds Of representatives from
lodges far and near, goodly legion o.
curious outsiders have come In search OIL
something new. gclI - -ri- "a.
.e IRREGULARITIES OF TIE PLACE. "A
-Fromthe number Of strangers from the
States who annually visit this city one
would not take 1t 10 be an extraordinarily
ordinary place. OF course It possesses
some attractions, and what place does
notP The Dismal Swamp Is not entirely
destitute oil interest, and the iungles Of
Africa have charms Tor some Of the ad-
venturouS and intrepid vanity Of travellers
Montreal Ia beautiful for location, but the
city has been badly spoiled in the making
It IL today sporting some French ART
that are $50 years Of age, or more. l have
no doubt In my own mind but Jacques
Cartier lett some OF them here In 1885
when he found the Indian town OF Hoch'
elago.iH , E's'I'N gT'
HOW IT CANE BY TIE NAME.
From the summit Of slight elevation
that stands In the rear Of the city, Cartier
beheld the glories Of the 81. Lawrence
the beauties Of the distant mountains and
surrounding islands, and in the fullness o.
his a3thetic French nature, named this
island Mont Royal, sin honor Of the emf
nence on which he Stood" as a historian
tells US. One cannot blame the old dis
coverer for having been entranced with
the varied scenery which was spread be-
fore him, as he looked from his perch; but
It does seem aS though he must have
either been out Of his head or joking when
he called the mound that looms up before
me Q mountain-a royal mountalnl Tt
tell the whole truth, Il would be sarcastic
to call that heap o! sand a hill, In Wesl
Virginia. But then 1t served Carriers
purpose. Most any man with good eyei
could stand on barrel in this level coun
try, and look right into Green Mountains
ninety miles from here. rr|
4 FRENoH CITY oDoR.
II has been intimated that Montrea
has an ancient and French,like odor. Or
one or the principal streets can be seer
the old.fashioned one.Story French house
with "are-cut-off walls on each end
The streets Of the city are all narrow
and lanything but inviting and attractive
A guide-book IN my possession conveys
the information that these foot.psths wert
formerly very narrow, but were widenet
. few years ago and are now beautiIu
thoroughfares, This Is another French
Joke. Considering the size Of Montreal
II has q vast number Of churches, some o
which arc models Of architecture RnC
beauty.
"a "a MIXED POPULATION.
The population Of the city Is badl,
mixed, aud there 10 an almost endles.
number Of religious denominations. I'M
Catholics, Of course, have the most cost,
and most elegant churches. Their clos.
ten, convent hospital and asylum for boo
children, the Hotel Dleu, Is the larges
building in the Dominion, and at presen
contains four hundred and fifty inmates
The Church Of the Gesu, outwardly, ha
more ota repelling than attractive force
but the Interior Is eorgeously and elabo
rately trescoed, and contains some Of tn
hnest ehorts In ERtatuary and painting Q
the old masters. Within the limits OF
newspaper letter II would be hard to de
acrtbe these works Of art. Many Of then
can be'seen In most any weIl.rerulatet
Cathedral, for these religious pictures ar
q good deal like ug.handles tor satne
ness. The French Parish Church Of No
ire Dame an elegant and suhstantia
sedeHee, built entirely OF stone, ia tower
are two hundred and twenty feet high