Litchfield enquirer., 1881-10-13
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 QUEBEC, Sept. Mth, 18S1
 Ar: Editor.-1n my last, our party were trying to make themselves comfortable in the city of Montreal but the immense crowds of visitors which the Provincial Fair brought to the city rendered that next to impossible; so, at o'clock. p. p,,, Thursday, we took pas sage for Quebec, via. the Steamer St, Law renee. Quebec. we are told, is 180 miles down the river Cor up the river it seems more natural to say, as in our part of the country we invariably find the mouth of river south of it's source, instead of north, as in the case with the St. Lawrence)' "'' -'' '-.il' .fI 0t l'-II.'>'' T ITfIE~s ,tTnts ui ..,..isda ....s-d gi!o,aANoHoRED IN A FoG.Iaa4. .l- sA The Quebec line run very large and com: rnodious steamers, and we passed very com fortable' night According to our time table we were due in Quebec little after daylight When we arose in the morning we were con- scious of having been anchored some time, so we hasti ly dressed and went on deck to take in" river view of the heights and famous notifications about the harbor. The outlook from deck was somewhat surprising. as we seemed to be anchored in mid ocean, dense fog shutting in the view, and no land in sight On either hand Upon enquiry we found that on account of the fog, the captain dare net run. and had anchored some 75 miles above the city. The fog still hung close. and the captain gave the cheering intelligence that '''there was no knowing when we could get under way again" Our business not being especially driving we were able to settle down and ''bide our time" with christian fortitude. not so, however, with portion of the 400 odd passengers we had on board. Discontented and grumbling humanity held sway for time. but soon after breakfast we were agree ably surprised to bear the ''yo heave" of hoisting anchor. The fog lifted and we were soon under way.
 :1 --r7 .t.. .a QUEBEC. a
 Nothing especially attractive presents itself on the sail down the river. The little French villages which dot either shore at intervals of 5 or 6 miles, seem about duplicates of each other.@ About noon the northern shore begins 'to gradually rise more abruptly, until we see it tower up in the distance and terminate in that grand military stronghold, The Heights of Quebec. We are now coming in view of the quaint, old City, and as we round to, under the city walls, with line of frowning cannon mouths looking down upon us from the heights $50 feet above. we get an idea of the formid- able strength of the place. We land and cross the lower city, which is, perhaps, lit- tie more than one block in width, and extend ing along the river front to the west until the heights cut off further building by abruptly rising, almost from the waters edge. '
 Under the guidance of an agent of the St. Lotus Hotel, where we have engaged quar. ters (the only American hotel in Quebec(, we commenced the ascent to the upper city. One r way is to take carriage, and by "spiral staircase" style of road bearing to the east, enter the city by St. Johns Gate; but our guide escorted us intoa little building with one room, that seemed to be kind of waiting room about twelve feet square, where we were asked to be seated We were not aware that we had entered an aerial craft, and when we became conscious of rising sensation, and felt our little house quit its foundation, and start heavenward, we were, of course, some- what tsurprised, never having had a home Gct tbGt soay with us before. Glancing out of the the front windows ten seconds later, we were flying up past the house tops. At this rate we calculated that by 9, p. m., we would rise to an altitude where H. Ms. telescope would "take us inns and another 6rst,class comet would be credited to the Goshen Astrono- mer. ., t .fr.a-a .-...., g.-,. "
 Our little house acted tired and stopped about the time we had finished the above cal culations, and we stepped out (to get g whif of the upper atmosphere), upon what might easily have been supposed to be thunder cloud, but we were surprised sgaln to find ourselves on earth, and on what is known in particular as the. Dufferin Terrace, being promenade walk 1400 feet in length and 100 in width Quilt and instituted under Lord Dufferin's reign) on top of the city walls and directly overlooking the lower city and harbor.
 We stepped to the front to see where we had come from, what brought us, and how it was done; and found that we had only been hauled up, about a, quarter of 8 mile or so. The Aighty ,llttle house that so, surprised US, had such $ Yorn-out, tired look about it, that we don't believe they could have urged the thing 50 feet higher to have saved their necks We have always heard what wonderful and sin gular city Quebec was, s''sos totally different from any other city on this continent, but we are unwilling to give her credit for any more singularity that she deserves, and after view Ting that little house two minutes, and viewing l the. mysterious wire ropes and machinery near it, we came to the conclusion that we would be willing to stake l7ouri "bottom dollar" with any "Q0ebeckian" tHayAe couldn't "show up', another house in the whole city, twice. yes three times as large, that he could send into to air with as good success as he did this little one. ' f9N Gp la If8lfes 5.5t ltl.st 9r..GE -tl
 THE CITADEL.
 A short walk brought as to our hotel ,Af- ter dinner we started on a tour of exploration