Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-14
CHICOUT1MI.

about that either. At any rate, ne had
much to do in establishing bishopric
This diocese comprises about 5000 souls.
This is in great lumber region and that
is the chief business of the people, though
great deal of butter is made throughout
this district and sent to various parts of
Canada At Chicoutimi there is fine
new church in process of erection, a con-
vent, hospital, bishops palace and quite a
number of good buildings. This is en-
tirely and unquestionably Catholic COM
munity. In fact, it is the prevailing re-
ligion in the Maritime Provinces. Now
we turn around and descend the Saguenay
by daylight We do not touch at Ha Ha
Bay on the way back. The tide influences
the course of streams here, and the tide
being favorable we touched there on the
way up. We take a straight course now
and the wild, high bluffs makes the trip a
fine and interesting one The water is SO
deep it actually looks like ink. Along in
the afternoon we came to Points Trinity
and Eternity or Caper, | believe they are
called. They are 1900 and 1900 feet
high, respectively. The boat goes near the
shore as possible, and to look up at those
mammoth cliffs is surely sight
GRAND AND soUL-NSPIRING.
The maguifcence is wonderful. The hight
is so great there is a feeling that the rock
is leaning and will tumble down. The
sensation is a queer one fascinating in
the extreme The wildness and wierdness
of it is awe-inspiring, and you realize the
| all-powerful handiwork of the Creator.
"Grand, gloomy and peculiar p-such were
my thoughts-majestic and picturesque.
In my wanderings | have seen nothing to
equal this spot in the Saguenay. For that
one sight you feel repaid for the long trip.
To show how impossible it is to measure
| distances, a bucketful of stones were
attempted to hit the rock. To us it seemed
as though we were not many yards away
from the cliff, yet our gentlemen found ii
next to impossible to strike the bluff /; the
stones invariably fell in the water. Just
around The turn from this royal mass Of
rock is Echo Lake. The steamer blows
her whistle and a most distinct echo i:
returned. The little Captain seemed tc
enjoy this part of the performance, for he
kept it up until we were all about deaf
All along now until night the scenery i:
lovely. Back we come by the little fish
ing villages, the lighthouse stations anC
and all the queer little places that line
this and the St. Lawrence river. In tn,
latter water is the only place | have seer
movable light houses. / could not imag
inc what they were at first They are Sc
into a kind of boat, and / asure you they
are queer-looking things. / do not envy
the proprietors of these aquatic resi-
dences their places of abode, for they mus
be very unsubstantial in rough weather
"The shades of night are falling fast )" w
| are
A HAPPY FAMILY
In the cabin. The night air is very cold
and we cannot sit outside. There is no
enough moon to count, so we are all costly
fixed inside. The cabin is cheerful anC
warm. Some are reading, some talking
and several snoozing, and am in corne
by myself, trying In my inexperienced
way to tell You of our most delightful
journey up and down the loveliest rive
we have seen. None of us have beer
"abroad," but we have heard others say
that much of this scenery is like Scotland
so we will stretch our imaginations littl,
bit, close our eyes, and for minute or two
think we are in Bobby Burns poetica
country. True, the Saguenay is not in on
own United States, but it is a river O
America, and while we have Yosemite anc
Watkins Glen, n. Y, the picturesque
Hudson and dozens of other lovely sights
we can afford to be magnanimous and al
low our Canadian cousins the broad st
Lawrence, share in Niagara and the ma
jestic cliffs of the beautiful Saguenay. We
are all very sorry it is dark. Very soor
we shall all seek the seclusion which the
cabin grants" and lie down to pleasan
dreams. After gazing at so much mag
nifcence we are all we'll content to rest
and we will, if all goes well, wake up il
the morning and view the old French
town of Quebec. / paused just here t.
rush with the crowd out on deck to see
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
l had heard of this spectacle, but have
never seen it until to night. Above, the
starry heavens to the right and left, the
overhanging crags and lofty precipices
In front of u.s. as we stand on the rear deck
of the steamer, the northern lights, pan
Drama well worth seeing. The night i:
very cold and we cannot Gnger to look
upon the beautiful scene.
From Chicoutimi there is stage road
to Lake st. John, now coming into repute
as an angling resort. Lake st. John can
be more easily re- ,hed by rail from
Quebec Not far away is Cacouna, de.
lightful watering place on the river
where there is good salt water bathing
To whiting thirty miles of Quebec the St
Lawrence is salt, so dip in the "briny
deep" is most enjoyable on pleasant day
Having lived on board ship for the best
part of two weeks, we will be glad to get
to a regular honafde land hotel. The
Saguenay river steamers afford the best ac-
commodations we have encountered. The
rooms are excellent considering; the
meals extremely good Indeed, we all
agreed as to the superior quality of the
coffee-abundance of fruit, attentive wait
ers and good service generally. On the
contrary, the steamers that leave Toronto
for Montreal are very inferior, the meals
atrocious, lack of cleanliness and gen.
eral mussiness detracts from the enjoy.
ment of any thing. The boat on which
we were, stranded in shoal in the Thou
sand Islands just trip or two before we
went on her. That, however, wasn't the
boats fault, and we'll not complain so long
as we were piloted safely through. Luck
| ilv, we have had no rough weather
Everything has been most delightful, and
we anticipate more pleasure as we con.
| tinue on. LEILA j. LINDLEY.
HE NEVER KNowED.