The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-10-16

you "eIe WI NlsltiuS GSiIDS WIN
those ladies who are waving their
handkerchieis. On, on through this
enravishing scenery for several
hours. Thousand Island Park,
Hurricane Island, Alexandria Bay,
are sighted IRON distance. Our
big steamer with hoarse voice now
and then salutes some pleasure
boat laden with Lappy parties.
The Islands become scarcer and
now both sides of the river appear,
but the scenery is yet very fine.
There is not a foot of the St. Law
renee from Kingston to Montreal
that does not present some object Of
beauty. You never tire, so varied
is the scene. Now you pass pretty
little villages, now some large facto-
ry or brewery, now lovely farms
now large cities. Brockville, on tue
Canadian shore, is situated on Il
hill and can be seen finely from the
river.
But the rapids are at hand and
all the passengers crowd out upon
the deck. The Long Sault rapids
are before US. Long before you
reach the rapids you can see the
mad waters plunging and dashing
about until the whole river is one
white warning mass. When | saw
what we were to GO through |
thought of Webb trying to swim
Whirlpool Rapids. The boat pass
es into the midst of this dreadful
confusion of waters. The swels are
very heavy and lift the boat up ten
or twelve feet with the easiest mo-
ton, giving rise to most pleasurable
sensations. The aspect of the wa
ters around cannot he described.
Mighty waves pitching to and fro
laundering like Niagara, the boa
rocking high above them, the boil
ing, seetling, foaming, racing food
about you gives you fitting sym
boil of Oinnipotence. l sat in si-
lence. / was dumb in the presence
of such sublimity. The Cedar Rap
ids were next passed. The scene
here is similar to the Long Saull,
except the awfulness is enhanced by
seeing ugly yellow spots which
show the rocks beneath.
There are five rapids on the ST..
Lawrence. Twp smaller than those
mentioned, then the largest, the
Lachine, just above Montreal. The
Cedar Rapids are those usually
pictured in books.
Ogdensburg, on the American,
and Prescott, on The Canadian side,
present picture of busy, manu-
featuring cities.
A new feature appears in the
scenery as we get nearer Moatrcal.
A chain of mountains appear in the
blue distance on the American side
| suppose they are the Adirondacks.
The river also widens into Lake La
chine. Night comes on and we are
informed that the Lachine Rapids
will not be passed, but that we will
take the cars at Lachine City for
Montreal. Those who desire to run
these Rapids remain until next
morning. l forgot to say that be-
sides the rapids there are many pla-
ces in the river which are too swift
to be passable up stream. Large
canals are constructed so that navi-
CATION is made possible The change
from the wlldness of the scenery TO
the wildness of cabmen in Montreal
was little startling. l managed
to run the gauntlet of so or more
yelling porters and cabmen and
took "bus" for the Richelieu Ho-
tel. After a night of refreshing
sleep | prepared for day of Mon
treal sights. Montreal is a cit" OF
about 10000 inhabitants. It's pub
lie buildings, churches, banks and
warehouses are very fine. I wa
interested by the French element.
Everybody could pariey-rOas. The
clerk of the hotel, the walters, the
signs over the stores, the notices on
the lamp-posts. Lawyers become
advocates, and potatoes, pommes de
terre. The bill of fare was French.
| read French grammar once and
so by studying hard and guessing
we'll ! managed to locate my finger
on several words and told the wait
er to give me some of ''that."
My first act was to purchase a