Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13

ried, and the distance to Montreal being
short. not over 100 miles from Burling-
ton, we reached it before dark. We did
MT reach 1t. however, soon enough to get
rooms at the Albion hotel, for as the
very blind clerk told us they were all
taken, 50 we went to the Windsor. The
next day at the law office of Mr.. kettron
| made the acquaintance of Frenchman
who conversed plainly in two tongues,
and was besides very intelligent. See
ing that he would be more complete
assistance in an attack on the French
country engaged him and sent Tom on
a flank movement against Cowansvillle.
That afternoon attended the races with
Mr.. --- and the next morning
we met together at the depot and started
for Sore. AS this was near the close
of the provincial exhibition, every seat
in the long train was occupied. Nearly
all the passengers were French. We
passed by the quarries from which the
elegant stone is got which is used so
much for building in Montreal To our
left we saw the exhibition building and
Mount Royal, and at our right flowed
the great st. Lawrence Soon we reached
the meadows, fiat as the river. though
lifted little above it. These are all
fenced, and in them now are grass and
corn, or, if used As pastures, cattle. sheep
and horses.
We came to number of villages, at
each of which some of the passengers
got out, so that soon there were plenty of
seats. The village of LA Petite Fannie"
recognized. having driven through 1t
several weeks ago. and so also the town
| with its church of the double steeple, that
lies opposite Sorel. Here we left
= the cars. and got into very small steam
boat. This place is curiously situated on
) an inner channel of the st. Lawrence
and so Is fortified in front with large
island. The route to SOrel is around the
: upper or southern end of this island and
, the little boat we got on. scarcely large
: enough to hold 20. was something over
g an hour IN the trip. As we neared the
further shore of the st. Lawrence a
: large ocean steamer outward bound
4 passed Us.
We stopped at Sorel only long enough
i for dinner; then with French livery OF
half starved horse, and a vehicle that
: was brought over from France by the
: lawyer NJ. Escabot in 1907, we started
1 for Contre Cuur; and first we were fer
Il ried over the river st. Charles. then al
: the way we went on the banks of the
II st. Lawrance: distance, II miles. rs we
: reached the village of Contre Cpur We
Il recognized several houses where we haC
; stopped before. The little hotel "a
u Contre Cpur was as quiet and pleasant
l. as when we left it in June. We walket
IL down to the dock. on which was piled {
: lot of baled hay, of the best quality, de
IL livered there at Sc a ton. We stopped a
y Contre Cpur over night, the next morn
{ ing with livery something better thai
u the day before, drove to Nercheres. Thu
day had been very warm, abnormally Sc
for the last of September. and toward
l. evening the sky was overcast, and vol
leys of thunder were discharged alon.
It the st. Lawrence. 1t seemed as though
the next day would be cold and stormy
i but the clouds went by and the mex
morning appeared beautifully clear an,
j. temperate. And in this beautiful morn
II ;,c, ,Y;tb ,ln u.uaI Erannb 1ivnrN- of on
~ horse ard an old wagon, we started TO
t st. Mare. nine miles. The distant noun
/ tain of Belpil, the one mountain of thi
y part of Canada alone broke the monol
ID ony of level land that stretched ava.
north, east, west, south, to the horizon
This mountain stands as the fartheS
sentinel of the Green Mountains, AM
like them is covered with spruce [noN
;, small) and the usual deciduous tree o
-, Vermont 1t is fine bluff of noun
-, tain perhaps 1000 feet high.
" From ST. Mare we determined, instea
ri of returning to Nercheres for the boat, t
10 drive on to BelHil u miles and ther
i, take the railroad to Montreal. In du
7 time we reached the St. Charles River
=. then turning with it drove along it
an bank.E As we neared BelTil the car
=. appeared on the other side of the rivel
Of 1t proved close race between us, bu
70 we succeeded. with something ola ru
up long flight of stairs to the depo
H. in getting on the last car, and soon wer
ns once more in Montreal. Here my con
rt panion left me, whilst | came on to o
~ tawa. As the train did not leave MOI
n treal till quarter to p. M, it was dar
before we got half way, the distance b'
nj ing about l25 miles. As we were leavin
m Montreal we passed many apple orchard
Pc loaded with fameuse; deep red
at the trees they glistened. But all til
10 apples that we have seen in this PROVING
no are in the immediate vicinity of MOI