Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-07
ST. JOHN.
ST. JOHN.
Some Of its Numerous Attractions,
As Viewed by Correspondent of the
Kennebec Journal.


: Editor KsRne6ee Journal:
Dear Sir Saint John, with its immcns,
business, paved streets. fine buildings an,
10000 inhabitants, is undoubtedly a first
class place TO sit down in and listen 10 dis
cussons on Growers retaliation propvnsities
but for No. /. enioyably located, first
class little town, give me Fredericton mos
all the time. At first glance YOU would que s.
(if true blue Yankee 10000 inhabitants
and wouldn't get anywhere near, as usual
for there aren't quite 5000. But what the r,
are keep fairly busy and on the move; and
the site being perfectly level is very deceiv-
The legislature meets here in the grand Par
Lament building to which they are now
constructing an annex 10 accommodate land
office and a number of other side shows 10
which room cannot be found in the main
building. The buildings are constructed of
frees,one aud do not begin TO compare in
beauty TO our granite structure at home
The Parliament building proper cost the
the government over S30o0o0. The post
office and Normal school building. both
owned by the government are of brick and
very fine. There is barrack where are
quartered one hundred and thirty officers and
men-or boys-sunposed 10 be in training,
land guess they are) for officers of infsn-
try A three years course is what FIXES
them. They then step out with some kind
of commission and any quantity Of con-
ceit, TO make room for others, and wait their
country's call when they quietly slip over
into the States and .el the bloody harnv
to whistle" But the short time l hal To
look them over was amply sutii :ient to show
me that their training was not all in vain
In fact to do them justice there are many
arts in which they excel. Government fur
nishes the clothes but the boys put it in and
10 it terribly "nobby yer know" Well pol
ished brogans-I'm not sure as
they put them on frst--dark
breeches with red stripe up and down the leg,
a close fitting scarlet blouse, confined arou ID
the waist with a white belt, the letter "a" on
each shouder-ths being the number of the
department TO which they belong their
closely cropped head in close proximity to n
mixed gray Scotch cap with two ribbons
streaming half yard astern. | say close
proximity because on the street you never
see two with their caps on alike One has il
glued to the bump of phlloprogenitivcnc,s
Another has his hanging over the le fl ear, or
over the right-all in immediate danger of
falling off-a thing, | am TOLL, which was
never known to occur This, with an inex-
haustible amount of cheek, are all the clothes
these "fellers" wear, Beside dressing neatly
and we'll, each man possesses a very prcpos-
sessing and attractive figure, and can knock
the spots off the ordinary every day dude as
a flirt, lawn tennis player AMI whiskey de
molisher extraordinary.
Millions of lumber finds its way down the
great and beautiful st. John river. II is
beautiful, broal, grand. A little steamer
phys between here and the city When the
water is high they run up as far "a Tobiquc.
The eight span steel bridge, built at cost of
81 900, 900, is fine. Very soon the trains of
the great through route from Montreal to
Moncton will be Numbering over this bridge
and Fredericton will be in direct communica-
lion with the world. We left on what vas
once the narrow gauge, now standard, from
St. Mary's, opposite at II 05, and managed
to keep our equilibrium, as we went round
numerous curves, first one way and then Al
sing perpendicular bluffs and crumbling lie l.
yes, poor lands and interminable swamps,
glad at last to hear the gong for lunch at
New burg Junction. "ren minutes for re-
consequently five Minutes in which to do our
duty to the inner man-two minutes to fll or
der-ihree minutes all toli-Beef steak.
scrambled eggs. coffee, blueberry pie. We
have always been considered an expert at this
kind of thing, but this was getting it fosn
rather fine. Not fairly commenccd.-"All
aboard Natural capacity insufficient. Tao
tics. This is the way We arranged it be
tween gulps.
Paid waiter girl to smile at conductor, s 23
Paid proprietor To argue between smiles, 10
Tough steak, good eggs, riley coffee, (too
much), .0S
Whole bill, s so
We had good view of the famous falls Of
Aroostook as We sped along and were re-
fnipflaI Of bn Tris hpna,, h, LaI Ia