The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-05

them. We must bid Toronto with its pleas
ant remembrance, goodbye, or our readers
will think we are longer in getting to Mon
treal than we ought. The next morning found
US at an early hour at Kingston prepared to
take the trip down the st. Lawrence.
The thousand islands are soon reached.
These consist of for the most part from
small rock that just peeps above the waters
surface. TO a huge mass of rock covering
several acres in extent. Most of them are
barren, covered only with low growth OF
evergreens, while some of the larger ones
are covered with earth and contain cultivated
fields. The river itself in places il quite
narrow. which forms the famous rapids, while
in others it broadens into lake of several
miles in width. Its water is very clean and
clear until the mouth of the Ottawa is reach
ed when it becomes dark and muddy. In
shooting the rapids we have to confess that
We saw nothing over which to become very
enthusiastic or excited. 1t may have been,
however. because we do not enthuse az read
ily "a Others. Jean Baptiste, the Indian
pilot, as was advertised came on board the
boat above the LaChine rapids, and guided
it safely through. To be sure az we set on
the left hand side of the boat in passing
10 in,
quite visible IA the water dashed over and
we came near enough to them for ones safety
and comfort, yet all believed there was a
steady hand at the wheel and feared no
! danger. We saw no grass that was greener,
or farms that were more beautiful, or trees
that waved more majestically than can be
found in Van Buren, County. The trip is
one splendid boat ride, and one which we
would recommend all our readers to take.
After being on the river all day, we were
glad to set our feet on the solid stone wharf
at Montreal, and were soon seated in a cab
and being whirled away to the Winsor Hotel,
the finest hotel. with but one exception. on
this continent. II you ever visit Montreal
go to the Winsor tavern, If only to see it.
Montreal is an old, solidly built city, with
narrow streets and stone pavements. A
wooden building can scarcely be found in
the place. Stone and brick are almost ex-
clusively used Cor building. It il said that
more people attend church in Montreal ON
Sunday, than any other city of the same
number of inhabitants on the continent, and
that it has spent upwards of $20,0OO,OOO in
churches alone. There is no city in the
Dominion which affords such an opportunity
to the tourist to study the workings of the
funion of church and State, as does Montreal,
AZ you ride about the place and inquire who
owns this or that beautiful place, the answer
is, that belongs to the church. Aims houses
are also very abundant The church having
made so many paupers, it is Obliged to sup
ply places to support them. We attended
church, high mass, at Notre Dame Cathedral
a massive edifice capable of seating 10000
persons. The frescoing, paintings and
arrangements around the altar, were among
the most striking features of the building
and added greatly to its splendor. Montreal
is built between the river and foot of Mt
Royal, which raises some 800 to 600 feet
above the city, and whose summit is only
reached by c;rcuitous route from the OPP
posite Side this mountain is the cemetery
which contains many beautiful monuments
When you have assembled the mountain and
come around to the front side, the whole
city, as it were, lies at your very feet. The
river can be seen for number of miles
along its course, and further to the south
can be seen the tops of the mountains OF
Vermont. A person here obtains fine view
of the whole city and its surroundings AT
ter an afternoons ride through the city. dur
ing which we were caught in severe thun
der storm without getting wet, we attended
the Episcopal church in the evening, and al
8 o'clock took possession of the berths il
the sleeper we had vacated the day before al
Kingston