The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-07-27

anu tntu So Wy spcclti evening Train
down To Plattsburg. Mr.. Wagstaif at
tended the party throughout the trip
To Saratoga, and by his foreth0ught in
this and many other instances. proved
himself an Indispensable adjunct to
their welfare. There were no tedious
waits or breaks of any kind. and the
excursion was one of the best managed
we have ever known.
We were up betimes ON the morning
of July IL, and enjoyed "A day of sight
seeing such rs will be long remembered
Taking carriages, we drove first through
the principal streets, noting many a
building of historic interest, chief
among them being the old court house,
built in 100. Near by stands the mag
nificent new court house, built of Mon
treal stone, triumph of modern archi-
lecture that presents strong contrast
to its predecessor. Continuing our
drive, we assembled to the top of Mount
Royal, or Mont Real, from which the
city derives its name. Our way led
through Mountain Park, lovely spot,
planned by the designer of Central
Park, New York. The drive around the
mountain is seldom equalled in beauty,
and when one energies upon the plateau
ut the summit, a panoramic view spreads
out before him of glittering spires and
dOmes, gardens, avenues and spacious
homesteads, the sparkling river spanned
by the long arch of the Victoria bridge,
and the green hills of Vermont billow-
lug away in the distance.
Reluctantly leaving the beautiful
scene, we drove back to the city and
spent some time in visiting the famous
Grey Nunnery one of the oldest charit-
able institutions in the city, in whose
maternal arms some 200 orphans and
foundlings are EMBODIED.
Returning to st. Lawrence Hall, on
st. james street, one of the best known
and largest houses in the metropolis of
the Dominion, we partOok of good
dinner and again sailed forth, this
time to the celebrated cathedral mod
eled after its namesake, the Notre
Dame of Paris. Save one in Mexico, it
is the largest church edifice in America.
After trip in very deliberate sort of
elevator, we toiled up more stairs than
is pleasant to remember and emerged
into one of the two great towers con
tanning peal of eleven bells, said to be
unrivaled on this continent. Gazing
down upon the city, lying 227 feet be-
low us, men looked like boys and every
thing was correspondingly dwarfed in
appearance. Crossing to the other
tower, we looked wonderingly at the
"Gros Bourbon" numbered among the
five heaviest bells in the world. weigh
ing "a, 7S0 lbs, with clapper of 1854 lbs,
and we did not disbelieve the statement
that twelve men were required to ring
it. Descending, we entered the inte
rior of the spacious building which has
seating capacity of ID, 900 persons. and
found the usual lavish display of orna-
mentation, incense burning, and costly
affairs characteristic of the Roman
Catholic church; but il was not till we
entered the new chapel that the full
possibilities of architectural magnifi.
cence burst upon us. Though still in
complete, the Opulence of detail makes
it simply indescribable.
During our stay we also visited the
French NOtre Dame and the Jesuit
church. which is boosted of being the
exact counterpart of the celebrated
Gesu of Rome, and when we took the
train for P!attsburgh that night, it was
with the feeling that we had 'done"
Montreal about as thoroughly as is pos
sible i'm the space of time allotted to us.
AS we glideded slowly away from the
city and cast n farewell glance at the
foaming Lachine rapids, we found our
selves entering the tunnel-like tubular
bridge named in honor of Queen Vic
tOria 1t consists of 25 double steel
tubes, supported by 81 piers and two
terminal abutments. The centre tube
is detached at both ends, and the dou-
bic tubes are bolted together and to the
piers at their inner junction, being free
at their outer ends. These free ends
rest upon rollers and, openings being
left between each set of double tubes,
the expansion and contraction caused
by extremes of temperature are pro-
vided for Besides the openings for ex-
pansion, windows placed at intervals
afford light. All the spans have uni
form length of PAP feet except the cen
tire, which is $50 feet, the latter being
60 feet above the summer level of the
river. The length is about two miles,
the cost So, 300, 900, and it is lasting
monument to engineering skill. Some
trouble with the air brakes caused our
train To pause i'm the centre of the
bridge for nearly ten minutes, thus
giving us fine chance to study its
structure.
Arrived at Plattsburg at the head of
Lake Champlain, the various parties
dispersed to any available hostelry for
the night, to await a day ride across
that beautiful lake.
1t was originally my intention to de-
scribe the entire trip in this letter, but
there are so many things to mention, it
seems better to defer the rest for an
other time, SD you may expect to hear
from me again next week. Meantime
you may imagine me taking daily
plunge in the salt water, driving on the
beech or sailing on the bay, dining off
fresh mackerel and other finny deni-
zens, and having a good time gen.
orally.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. A. G.. MARTIN
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