Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-02
LORNE ANDHIS WIFE,
Her Magnificent Red arms.

Montreal Correspondence New York SUM-
For some reason it is matter of gratitude
with me to be back here and luxuriouhly en-
sconced IN the Windsor after an extended trip
with bis excellency the governor and her
royal highness the Princess Louise. Not that
am IL any degree lacking sense of the great
honor that a gracious condescensiOn did me
when l was permitted to become an item of
the vice-regal train. and if were all soul and
no stomach, very likely would feel no especial
satisfaction at being here and would not be
Unfortunately overjoyed that the noble marquis
snd his royal spouse came at last to Ottawa
and that was permitted TO depart in quest of
something to eat. 1t was indeed charming
trip that we made through the Dominion, as
you should before this have heard from me.
had not grown too weak to be capable of re-
porting It. l marvel only that one fashioned
IN the manner of her royal highness. or that
one who has come through uninterrupted GOOD
living to acquire girth such as that which dis
tlnguishes his excellency, should have been
oblivlous Of this which am insinuatiug in re-
gard to the matter of necessary food. 1 re-
ported to you from Halifax that the governor
general was not concave, as his pictures init
mated, but convex; am confident that it
sure to 60 around his excellency's stomach as
1t would to encircle his breast. Now, you
would suppose that nobleman of this pattern.
IT he had wished to look up something for
twenty-four hours, wi. bout food, in Pullman
car, would have procured q number of Novia
Scotia bears, which animals are capable of sub
slstlng for an indefinite time painlessly upon
their own fat, and not a corps of well-meaning
newspaper reporters who were to herald the
first honors and civilities that have been per-
mitted to his excellency in long time. And
the princess, t:o you would suppose, mas
much as she is inpossession Of s;ngularly
welI-ordered and capable stomach, would have
been alive in the ex'gencies which in other
weu-ordered stomachs arise inevitably three
times day. can not imagine what Influenced
her healthy royal highness. Did she never re-
Hect while renewing the ford beauty of her
inimitable person with thick cuts of Re-
stiguoche salmon, and copious draughts of
Bass ale, that the heralds of her husbands
novel honors loved salmon also. and would
have been rejoiced at sea-biscuit? Under the
circumstances it was a painful thing to behold
her royal highness at lunch, and when, having
finished, abe folded her magnificent red arms
and fell asleep opposite Colonel Littleton who
had come out with rather a small share of the
food, you wondered if this royal young person
had, perchance, a heart mingled with her other
filling.
Yet there were evidences of thoughtfulness
and magnanimity among those in the vice
regal carriage. Soon after the train left Hail.
fax, for instance, little Colonel Littleton, who
always precedes his excellency, like the f CURE
nounced, 1.-The encouragement" His ex-
cellency came in, smelling pleasantly, and
shook hands with each correspondent in turn,
and t''at was so gracious thing for him to do
that it answered very we'll for lunch. Even
that, however, which was certainly cheap, and
quite compatible with a thrifty system of en-
tertainment. was not repeated at dinner time;
but with the kindness which beftted the vice
gerent of great, rich and liberal queen, his
came again next morning and told
one of the correspondents, who had fallen ill
for the necessaries of life, that he was sorry for
him. We were all delighted. Had the COVER
nor-genera! brought sandwich in his pocket
he would have been cheered with weak but
earnest enthusiasm ;and as it was his exeelency's
gracious sympathy aud comfortable coud olen
went far to dispel with us the notion that we
we're hungry, and served tolerably as a SUBJ
stltute for something more substantial. Every
body exclaimed when the visit was ended,
What a cordial and thoughtful gentleman the
encouragement isp'