The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-07
TO THE ATLANTIC.

I'm" Continues His Trip Tor the
Benefit Of Register" Readers-The
Thousand Misunderstanding the
Rapids-Canadian Customs
Vermont's Welcome, etc.
Editor Register Last week / left
you at Kingston. The boat on which
the Kansas tourists were placed is OF
AIS passenger capacity, and 1 judge
had many more than that, as it was
crowded rather too much for conven.
fence, and This is putting it rather
mild. The first place to stop on the
American side is Clayton. We stopped
at Round Island and Thousand Island
Pack. The sail down the river this
far is very beautiful. Little islands
dot the river in all directions, and
many beautiful cottages have been
erected upon them. A few years ago
these islands were considered of little
IL any value; now they are mostly
owned by spectators and command a
fancy price. After passing the town
of Alexandra Bay, very romantic
place. situated on massive pile of
rocks, we touched at Brockville, on
the Canada side. This town was
named in honor of Gen. Brock, who
fell on Queenstown Heights during the
war of 1872. Prescott, on the Canada
side, is the next place. This is oppo-
site Ogdensburg, New York. A mile
below here is "Wind Mill Point )" it
contains the ruins of an old wind mill,
which has attached to it a tradition of
some sort, where Won Shultz, Polish
exile at some time or other, together
with crowd of people of some kind,
resisted some government troops sent
against him for some purpose and suf-
fered defeat with great loss. This is
not as it was told me but I have adde d
to it.
AtChimney Island, five miles below
Prescott, are the ruins of an old French
Here We come to the
first rapid of the st. Lawrence. We
were all anxious to come to the
rapids, and when it was announced
that one was near everybody wanted
to be in the bow. of the boat, and all
craned their necks to get glimpse of
this long talked of place. This is call
ed Gallop Rapid it is much the small
est one we passed during the day. Ore
can see the rapids some time before
getting into their white crests, bound
ing and foaming like huge snow
bank across the river. The sensation
Is pleasant and peculiar as the boat
shoots into the rapid and is tossed
about, not unlike ship at sea. The
next rapid, the Long SAUL, is said to
be nine miles long and is divided in
the center by an island. The steamer
here makes at the rate of twenty miles
IN hour by the force of the water alone,
steam being shut off. 1 look upon
some parts of this as the best ON the
liver ; it has the appearance of shoal
water when a strong gale is blowing
against a strong current, the waves
up stream. There being no
wind at the time, it was plainly to tell
hat this appearance was Occasioned
oy the formation of the rocks over
which we were passing. Below this
'apid is the town of Cornwall. on the
canada side. After passing this town
We leave the United States, and the
liver is entirely in Canada. The river
It Cornwall widens out into Lake St.
Francis and extends for about forty
niles to Coteau du Lac.
After passing "Coteau" we come to
he rapid bearing the same name,
which is a very swift rapid. Seven
niles farther down are three rapids
lear together called Cedar, Split Rock |
md Cascade. The Cascade was very
inc and rather exciting in its passage.
Split Rock is called SO from having i'm
nense boulders at its entrance, which
'ou are almost sure the boat will
trike, but she is skillfully handled
nd of course passes in safety. Wei
AVE now descended S2l feet in eleven
niles, and now enter another expan-
ion of theriver called Lake st. Louis.
Here We have a magnificent view of
he Montreal Mou ntains, the Adoron-
ac, and other M ountains that did /
ot learn the names of, if they had
ny. This lake 1 think is about twen-
y-five miles long. 1 understand after
assing through this lake the tourist
asses the most renowned rapid on the
iver, "Lachine." Near the entrance
T this rapid the old Indian pilot, in
is bark canoe, boards the boat to pilot
through the rapid. "Bapliste" is
is name, and he has served as pilot
trough this rapid for forty years, and
as not missed day in twenty years.
This rapid is perhaps no swifter or
ugher than some of those above {
entioned, but the channel is narrow
I'd very difficult to pass. 1 will not S
tempt to describe its passage-how {
e steamer glides toward its enhance I
it'll increasing swiftness; how the
'ssengers almost in breatbless si- ,
nee, etc. The reason why 1 will not I
SO is, 1 think, a good one, for it be- 8
g already dark when We arrived at | 9
'chine the Captain would proceed no e
4 her and We all took tho 4.a;,> 81