The Fremont County record., 1881-09-17

friend Mrs. Bigelow looking well and
happy, full of inquiries concerninR
Cafion people and their prosperity.
A night and day In Chicago mako
four days out from Canon City and
we proceed to verify the old adageS
"the longest way round is the surest
way home, by buying tickets TO New
York over the Grand Trunk railway
to Montreal. In Michigan the coun-
try was not attractive TO the traveller
unless indeed he be . lumberman.
The soil did not look like the Soil of
the prairie states and the acres and
acres of stumps showed the difiicul-
ties the farmer had to overcome.
The forests were or had been in
their element here. The grand old
trees OF birch, maple, tamarack. pine,
and many others as familiar in my
youth as the cottonwoods of our
town, brought to memory the sweet
forest smell of broken ferns, mossy
earth aud / louged to leave the hot
and dusty car and look for briShS'
and spicy wintergreen leaves whick
I knew must be found in just suchi
places.
After passing miles of stumps and
miles of tamarack swamps, and miles
of forest fires and smoke we near the
ancient city of Montreal twelve hours
behind time with no bones broken
though one passenger car was turned
over and the tender jumped the track
The surroundings of this city are at
tractive and pretty and determined
to make the most of our six hours
waiting we procured zone hoss
shay" of which over seven hundred
monopolize the hack business and
first visited the French Cathedral
to see its architecture and paintings. It
was well worth the visit. The piece
of statuary in the chancel end of the
building was very beautiful aSa
placed in a niche purposely arranged
SO the light should fall upon it
through rose colored glass from the
side of the alcove- 1t seemed like
marble turned to flesh and blood.
in blue and gold with elaborate carv-
ings, meuldings, archways and panels
everywhere, and some bible incident
painted in every panel. The organ
itself looked larger than any church
in Canon. At the door we were met
by an obliging usher who said ego in
and see all you can, but don't make
any noise or they will put you out,
and if the baby cries come out" But
baby was on her good behavior and
opened wide her blue eyes aud took
in all she could understand OF the
blue and gold above. Another SMALL
er church had some very fine paint
ings on its walls which we left witli'
only half q glance for lack of time.
The Catholics of Montreal have
commenced . second t.Peter's, copy
ing the great original at Rome In
form and design but only one fourth
the size. This is now in its seventh
year of building aud a. it took over
ak centuries to complete the original
it seems not unlikely that q century
may be required for this. Il Is city
full Of both private aud public bene-
factions, which are controlled by the
Catholic church, consisting OF homes.
asylums, schools, etc, for infants.
orphans, old men, old women, sick.
afflicted, profiigate, dissolute, bad
boys and bad girls, and, in fact the
whole catalogue that ever need es--
pecial provision.
But bidding goodbye to Montreal
we leave at dusk Saturday evening
for Boston, passing many places or
interest during the night, and awak-
ing at Concord, the home of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, next morning. The
White mountains have come aud gone
during the darkness, st. Albans,'
Montpelier and other interesting
points were shaded in dreams. With
the daylight we had dropped Into tho
beautiful valley of the Merrimac,-
teeming with its mills and industries
that have supplied our homes with
prints and cotton ever since we can
remember. Sunday at noon We are
in Boston, and in another hour are
driving to Mt. Auburn where lies SO
many of Americas illustrious dead.
We carry away with us in memory
the muse who stands weeping over
her loss where Ole Bull is laid away,
the casket shaped marble that marks
the grave of Rufus Choate, the poll
ished brown shaft that stands above
the remains of Charlotte Cushmalf
and as we drive the names of Everett.
Sumner, Adams, Winthrop and hosts
of others worthy aud renowned pass
before us who are resting in this most
beautifully decorated dover iiiu-
mined spot. In the chapel stand tho
statues of four eminent men in Amer
ican history, one of them, Otis, o
marvel of beauty i'll art and form.
On our return we gathered leaf
from Longfellow's garden, took u
look at James Russell Lowell's home,
where Ole Bull died and where his
wife still remains.
Passing many interesting places
among which Harvard college with
it's many buildings and pleasant ave-
Mues Is not least, we are ready for tho
Parker house supper which We dTs-
cussed with creditable zeal.
In the evening went to Trensont
temple where DIR. Bliss, Of Denver,
ofiiciates. To-day, Monday, spent In
looking at relics in old South Church
at which place we sec BenjemlM
Franklin's old printing Prcss and =
fac smile of the first newspaper
printed In this country. II weuld
take too much time TO speak Of the
many things we saw and ~ we are
of tomorrow mopnseg early for
Newport will say goodbye, for this
time. 3.
Sergeant Asson. one OF The soldiers