The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-07-02

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to the occasion until bed-time, and the cd.
itors aforesaid. in the mnconseiousness 81
slumbeT, refresh themselves for the duties
and scenes of the morrow
We are up at > A. VI. the next morning
and at ! the steamer Cultivateur. which
had been specially sent by the Richilieu
and Ontario Navigation Company Royal
Mail Line. for the accommodation Of the
excursion, took the tourists on board foi
the last stage of the journey to Montreal,
100 miles down the st. Lawrence, an all
day ride, forming the most charming and
exciting feature OF the whole trip. The
route lies through the lowcrmost of the
Thousand Islands, the last being the
Three Sisters, lying equally distant
from each other and in nearly a direct line,
between Morristown, on the New York
shore, and Brockvillc, on the Canadian
| side. The air is bracing. rendering over
coats and wraps comfortable during the
early morning. Light clouds obscure the
sun relieving the eye from the dazzling
glare of the wide eXpalse of water. We
pass Brockvillc on the Canadian shore,
named in honor Of General Brock; Ogdens-
burg. with its beautiful maple foliage,
which gives it the name Of the Maple
City" nestlcS on tile New York shore, at
the junction of the Oswc4atchic river with
the st. Lawrence. Prescott and Morris
H.. Te,.,r L., -, E,,..l;,, Ill g.. -.
the other places of note before reaching the
Long Sauit Rapids. The whole ground OH
either shore is historically interesting as
having been the scene of many hard fought
contests in the French and Indian wars.
At ChrySIeis farm. below Morrislurg, the
Americans and English fought a battle III
1913. \ short distance below Morrisville
we are in the Long SAINT Rapids. Then
begins the fun. not nnmixcd with fear on
the part of some of the more tintid cXcur-
sionistS, hut the staunehness Of tie boat,
and the apparently coo and ~uneoncerucd
but vigilant dcmeanor OF the officers lend
confidence, and soon We are making the
swift descent of nine miles through a
bubhling. boiling torrent ut the rate
of twenty miles an hour. Tie rapids
are caused 10y an island which di-
vides the river in the centre, leaving
a narrow channel on either side, down
which the current PUSHES with tremendous
force. The powerful steamer must be
kept straight ahead and directly in the
channel. for if She were Ia make even a
slight deviation, she would be instantly
turned ,idewiSc. capsi2cd and buried be-
ged To the rudder before entering the rapids,
and four mel at the wheel and IT the
tillcr. find plenty 10 do in keeping the boat
in the prescribed course. We pass safely
through Us thousands have done before,
and soon enter the broad expans, Of Lake
st. Francis, where the river widen, to five
miles for a distance of about twenty-five
miles to Cotean dn sue. Then more rapids.
more dangerous and exciting tian the
first. You seem to be riding down hill with
Il runaway team: rocks loom up in the
channel. there is one directly ahead
Surely we will strike, We close our eyes,
that strange sense of g%onenes> in the re-
gion Of the throat oycrtakcS lis; the per
SEPARATION oozeS on our forehead and ii cold
chill travels down II backbone Bat the
bump don't COME. Open your eyes, there is
the rock halfamiie astcrn. The pilot knows
his business. and if hc bad time. would
laugh al You. Allthc same, " hen yoncntcr
Lake ST. Louis you feel mighty glad and
thankful. until you lrc told thar twelve
miles ahead comes the most dillieult and
dangerous rapids IN the river, the Lachine
Rapids, nine miles FROM Montreal. Your past
experience has made You, however, a little
more confident. and you scout the idea If
taking To the canal Whicl, las been con-
strieted around these rapids from lachiuc
10 Montreal. Just before obey are reached
n little boat pulls ont from the shore. The
steamer slows up and l}apjiste, the famous
Indian pilot, who forty years ago diScoy-
cred the channel through the rapids, and
ever since has made it his cuisines, 10 pilot
vessels through, IS taken on board and
takes the wheel, paying no heed to the
three rollsiHg cheers and the waving hand
kclchirfs tliat greet his arrival. We
enter the current. Keep away from the
bow of the boat il you are nervous. for
those black rocks have an ugly look. Get
near the stern if you want It curious scnsa-
tion rs il All outdoors was Slipping from
under your feet. WHAT'S that! Nothing,
only the BOAT struck a rock. But you are
not taking this trip 10 discover lew rocks
in the Laehinc Rapids, and you hope She
won't do il again. Aud Size doesn't, and
soon wc are ont of the current and hcaye a
great big Sigh Of relief, which lasts until
yoli pass under tie great Victoria bridge,
two miles in length. which connects the
Island OF MontrcaI with the main land or
south bank Of the st. Lawrence River. and
is one of the wonders Gf modern engineer
ing, and cost Sc. 800. 600, and cntcrtlc dock
of the steamship company nj g p. NJ, the
end of our outward bound journey. Here
we were cordially received by Il large dele
CATION of citiz,na and members of the
press gang and taken in carriages 10
the Windsor Hotel, Ct magnificent structure
complete in all lis appointments. After
tlic tourists had taken supper and rested
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