, 1880-03-20
Letter from Canada.

DEAR PARkEg - Understand pleas.
that ! am not in Canad= FOR the purpose
Il giving you the opportunity T. say that
you have a foreign correspondent, bat l.
visit 4 relative. Il IS fearfully and won-
dertuIiy cold here Trains u cars cross
the =. lawrence river on ice. and save
thousands Of dollars in bridge tolls. Th-
sl.epevS are iroz Il INTO the ice. the ra!!s
la.& ~ them, and every week day vUU
can see the, novelty II a railroad tram ofl
ics. The people SNOW how 10 dress il-
cold weather. Fur caps and coats are As
common here as ~ Oregon byuadclOth
suit III Walla Walla. | find my friend Il
great use 10 me here among this French
sp- aking population, and if you make a
mistake tney are so polite they do not
laugh IT You The poorer classes here
live On :. soup made ont Of dried peas,
which they cook along with piece a..
pork and eat with coarse black bread,
They are i cheerful, strong, healthy peo-
pie, just such aS You need Ia settle III
Washington territory, AMI raise 10 bush
els Of wheat 70 the acre. The RomIsh
church has great power here over the
CaGacks, and from what | have seen /
am inclined II believe tia; thcy arc Is
well of under this form Of reli.i. IS
they would be under any otter
They have 10 desire - take the irou.
bic 20 think for themselves and axe per
fectly content with beng surers,itiuus.
J admire great rivers, Ike OFT Columbia,
and here is a grand cEe-the II. Law
rencc-two miles wide here az Montreal,
and spanned by very magnificent bridge
of iron resting on twenty foot PIERS Of
solid stone masonry, SO contracted Is IA
be able 10 resist the enormous pressure of
the ice fields which come Sweepin. down
the river when the cold long wInt +
breaks up. Stevenson and Rass were the
engineers Of this grand work. The length
of this bridge is 9l94 feet: height above
water level 80 feet; II Is tubular N shape.
and cost $500. .000 It IS. III fact. -.
Of the wonders Of the world, and as We
contemplate 1t our mind IS filed with
admiration for the great genius who
planned and built IT, Al, the Canadians
with whom | engage III conversation Secin
to take pleasure IN predicting that trou-
bic VIII come upon our American mSt!tu-
tIons and that Our way OF choosing orr
chief ruler viii get us into hot water
They even think that time IS nuj Ear III
the future Try to hold ny own with
them III argument ; point them t. their
troubles III Ireland, and t. the fact that
the royal families of Russia have lately
barely escaped assassination, hut they tel
me their form OF government Is very dIt-
fercnt from that Of Russia, but they DO
not dispute the fact that their people are
somewhat IN bondage, and that they have
not even the one blessing Of free edGca-
ton. This city possesses some very hand
some buildings The Windsor hotel iii
the grandeur Of It's proportions reminds
me cf the Palace IN San Francisco They
use in construction very handsome dark
bluc limestone. which has the effect ci
Giving 20 their structures az Gir # dignity
and tranquility. Anon, :he Industries
peculiar 70 t..is country Is that 81 extract
ins tame acid from he!nlock bark The
mil | visited gsinds, il twenty four
hours, MY CORDS 81 bark winch Is tie
posted III deep vats, ihen saturated with
hot water, and tie liquor thus obtained
run oil into large vessel frUG which il
Is drawn up ana bai,cd III Vacuum Gnt.i 1t
Is of standard strength and consistency
ior tanning purposes + is thea put IL
barrels and shipped T. different points oi
the States and "tEe. countries. II III
mill visited they Were filing al order
for China. Beer drinkers may be graft
fed at known. that a ghicago man has
made beer with this extract of hemioch
bark" using It in the place Of hops or
aIoes. /. ha, very pangent taste. IS
well IS binding effect on the bowels Il
the person WI" drink It, bur As II IS
cheap in comparison with hops or alaes,
the time may come when every beer
drinker wiH, like Socrates e drink the
hemlock Until then, hDIoS.