Connecticut western news., 1878-06-27
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route: As you cannot leave 10 eonto until afternoon by boat, take another look at the substantial public buildings of tas city. promenade the fine boulevard that leads to the Queens Park, and at o'clock embark foI Montreal. If the afternoon be pleasant one you will witness two or three landings along the north bank of Lake Ontario. where small sail and row boats filled with apparently happy people. will give animation to the scene. If, at one of these. you should be ss fortunate as the writer was. in receiving despatch inform ing him thata valued friend would join him on the following day to make the descent of the St. Lawrence, your pleasure would be greatly enhanced. ,, a.,,
 On the following morning, adopting the practice of all successful editors, you would be astir by o'clock. which, in, this case, would enable you to enjoy the ap- proach to the old city of Kingston while the sun was gliding it's spires and lighting up It's pleasant and attractive harbor. As you approach the latter, three round. tow era of stone, one standing in the water, an- other on an island, and a third on the main, backed by somewhat formidable wall, all of which were designed as defenses of the' city, and once effective no doubt, but in modern warfare would stand only as, play houses. will attract your attention. New. ertheless Kingston Is rather 8 pleasant old city. and . day spent m and around it would interest a gentlemen of your taste.
 e., The hustle of debarking and embarking freight and passengers being over, a we'll risen sun will give brilliancY to the spark ling waters of the lake, and within half a dozen miles of the harbor you will enter among the celebrated Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence river. These islands, varying in size from few feet square to many miles in length and breadth. most of them clothed with native forest trees, and often 90 clustered together that one ques- tions the possibility of egress then again. opening vistas through which you can sec either shore miles away here and there a rock or an islet sustaining lighthouse, and now and then 6 cultivated one with dwelling and out-Eouses, give charm to the scene. which will Sequire more faclle pen than mine to describe. If these islands were all swept away the river would be seen for several miles spread out into 8 broad, shallow lake. Pleasant villages are to be seen on either shore, some of them fa- nous resorts for fishermen and hunters! Alexandria Bay IS especially SO. The vil- lage of this name is situated on an elevated pile Of rocks, and from one point near it, It Is said that one hundred islands may be seen at one view. Many points on either shore arc places of historic interest as con nectsd with scenes of Indian wars, the told French. that of, 1872, and the patriot men of c later date. : f34.,5 i .l.t i, f,,.f-y'
 The first Rapid of the St. Lawrence is near Chimney Island on which are to be seen the remains of an old French fort. The water here is moderately sgitated com pared with several other rapids farther down the river. The Long Sault is con tinuous rapid of nine miles in extent the Trapeze. through which is the most excit- ing, probably, of the whole. riyer,. the az itated water foams and rushes along at the rats of 90 miles an hour, presenting many points of fearful lofty tumbling. uItis said thst one of the great timber rafts will drift through in forty minutes. We saw one of them in the still water few miles above, (which we regretted was not ready to enter the rapids, that we might see the effect up4 on its great length, breadth. and the dwell lings thereon. a 2d .si,aow ae ol I
 Lake St. Francis. 6 broad expanse of the river, some forty miles in length, succeeds the above rapids, and then come other rap Ids that fall nearly 100 feet in distance of eleven miles. Some of these present a fearful aspect as the boat enters them, and ,s tourists nerves will be somewhat agitated on first passage through them. oi Farther down the river, within nine miles of Mon treal. occur the Lachine rapids probably the most dangerous to navigate to- be found on the whole river. The old Indian pilot who has been 33 years guiding steamers i. through these dangerous rapids, had pretty lively wofk with his four or five assistants, in guiding our boat amid those stumbling, prancing waters. .a .. ........
 A broad river with majestic flow of 8 or miles an hour, succeeds these rapids, and the boat soon passes under the famous Victoria tubular bridge. This is nearly two miles In length, rests on twenty-four piers, and is sixty feet above the water. At this point stands the city of Montreal, 338 miles from Toronto, and about 375 from Niagara Falls. Your boat will here land you at one of the substantial wharfs of the city, after day of more exciting voyag- ing than can be found probably on any oth- CT river on this continent. ,5t .--.- i,a You will look over Montreal at leisure,
 and find it . substantially built city with
 many noble public edifices and some fine hotels. All of these and wide extent oi surrounding country may be seen from g noble peak laid out on the mountain be-
 hind the city, almost the only elevation fol
 many miles around. ui a. ,n
 If you return to your own domicile by way of the Vermont Central and Conn , River railways,s syou will enjoy some fine scenery. and never regret your expedition
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 A 0oLD HuNTKR's FATE.-A miner in the Black Hills says the Virginia CNev. Enter priss, writing to friend in this city saYs that recently, while he and two others were crossing the country. they came upon tho skeleton of horse within which was the skeleton of . man, with the grinning skull