St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-28

els every YeStlSe on the outer uecKS.
You button your great coat about and
stand with Napoleonic attitude afOre
the pilot house, peerIng eastward to the
rising sun as he struggles behind the
cloudy screen for glimpse at the
worlds stage. 1t is cold and damp,
and your nose takes on an ex-
pensive Iiquidated hue. The women
folk huddle about beneath the awnings
or lounge about the saloon. Some Try
to sleep white 9th rs do deal OF talk
ing-but neither say anything. Zeno
| La France goes above to pilot the craft
down the livening river: then Capt.
| Thomas j. Craig takes his post; r0DeS
| and plauks are taken in in common, all
| moorlngS are loOsened; toOll and we
are off 10 ''shoOt the rapids"
Your correspondent rode in the pilot
! house, prefprriIg & to be important in
small company than insignificant III
| the crowd. From that vantage point. in
! the interesting chat of Capt. Craig and
! the genial French pilot La France. the
| beauties of the Thousand Islands and
the mighty ST. Lawrence are imbiDed
with heightened vividness and effect.
| The Thousand Islands, So-called, are
| really about $50 III number. They lie
| in stretch of about forty miles east OF
| Kingston. The Indians Call the region
Manatoana-the Garden Of the Great
Spirit" The islands are of that fol ma
| tiOn which the geOlOgiSlS designate as
| gray gneiss. Steaming out from
Kingston Harbor
around Fort hill. passing Cedar island,
one finds himself suddenly aglide a
channel fourteen miles i'll width. Near
by and breaking the vision TO the east
! lies the quaint little village of Cana
| nOque, SIgnllying, in name, rocks in
| deep water" Here the ruSticity of the
island studded scene is marvellous in its
| effect Of mOSS-green set into molten
opaIeScence. The craft picks stead
ily its way between every "leafy
little isleI," as Shelley wrtes-now
| gliding smoothly uUUn the calm OF a
sleepy summer pool, now rushing trem-
| blingly over the nest of q thousand
| suarling whirlpools: now into some
| Sand-Sucked eddy, from there to sud
denly shoot upon the crest OF a long,
| lashing wave--a perfect counterpart of
bolt of yard lace thrown gracefully TO
the wind. LII some of the island chan
nels the river is tOaming torrent. i'll
others there is a deep. quiet tide; all
vary in effect and action, and the keen
| eye always sees this infinite variety of
method bounding down the river 10 our
great sea. the Gulf of the st. Lawrence
Some of the islands are as naked as
the Indians VINO first greeted them.
| Others are uncovered i'll a luXuriant
growth of pine and fir, and terraced and
| riprapped with the live thongs of wild
vines and shrubbery. Everywhere
mans artfice has turned natures en-
dowment to artistic effect. Cottages OF
Old and airy design rear their quaint
H.. al hn A
can group yonder to the right
where the American and British
flags wave side by side. Here, ON the
Canadian side of the river, we see Can
ada's emblem flirting with the stars
and stripes on the New York side. TC
our left is the island Bonnie Castle. the
home OF the late DR.. j. q. Holland
Further on Sir George Pullman, oui
great American car builder, finds re-
spite from Chicago's noise on Il rock
ribbed caStellated upheaval of the pasl
age. The cottages are all
OfUnique Design,
fashioned, it seems. after no forma
style, but all suggestive of rare go0C
comfort within. Several of the islets
are built up with fantastic structure eS
pagodas and fairy bridges, little white
| llSIlbitOuS0S. ISL puOlS lOL VIC
swimming floats for the boys, and al
manner Of construction for the luXuriou:
ease and idling capacity of those whC
each year resort to these delightful re
treats in the bosom of the cool, clear st
Lawrence. The CanoeiSt revelS here IL
every form of adventure, from riding
4 gale to running the GalouI
rapids. Fishing is liinitless an(
in the autumn, they say, aquatic
fowl abound III such SwarmS overhead
that daylight is oftentlmeS shut out fo
several days during the aerial passage
of the fiOckS. (Ihis is coined fresh TO
the GLOBE by the artist Pinney.) Eyerl
condition Of natu. al scenery and ele
ment of adOrnment, association and Ell
virOnment, lends charm TO this regioI
unsurpassed by any other on the CONT
nant. 1t is quite natural that lhi
grandeur should have INSPIRED tn
tongue of ON Moore in his beautiful
Canadian boat song dedicated at 81
Aune. little village which Moore ha
immortaliZed:
"Faintly as tolls the evening chime.
Our voices keep tune, and our oars tzel
time.
Soon as the woods on the shore look dim,
Well sing at ST. Anne's our parting hymn.
Row. brothers. row the stream runs fast.
The rapids are near, and the daylights past
memory of Cooper, as the scene of hi
The Pathfinder" Alexandria Bay i
the Saratoga of the st. Lawrence. Re
ligious bouies of various denomination
hold conventions all about this grea
resort. Hotels of magnificent equir
mcnt and great proportions cater an
provide Tor every want known to til
most eXtrayagant outing. Brockville
just beyond
On the Canadian Side,
. named after Gen. Brock, hero G
QueenStOn Heights. ln the distance
beyond Brockville. the glistenIDg spire
and white 'ediiices of Prescott loom u
against the sky. On point of Ian
/ about mile below Prescott stands til
historic windmill, white stone towe
pierced With loopholes, and now servin
= as lighthouse. In November. 1S3-
the "windmil' was the scene of a foo
: ish but pathetic tragedy. 1t was seize
= by deluded band of self-slyled "pa
Uriots,' under the leadership 3
Polish exile, Won Schultz. Be
, ing made the tool of knaves an
adVenturerS, says writer fC
: Appleton's-in safe refuge across tn
border. Won Schultz was deceived int
the belief that Canada was grOanin
under an intolerabIe tyranny, and tia
ne was called 10 denver her from IN
S yoke. With his brave but lamentabl
, misguided followers he held the mi
" for some days against the Can;
e dian forces under Col Dunda
During the fight the America
shore opposite was crowded with spec
= tators, who lent the insurgents the sal
and cheap assistance of their Sympath,
Compelled at length to surrender ;
discretion, the unhappy Won Schult
with nine others of the ITO prisoner
was tried by court-martial at Fo
Henry, and put to death on the gallow
: Below Prescott the calm, blue watel
of the open st. Lawrence gradual
sway the boat with a tortuouS undercu
rent. The pilot divests himself of n
heavy coat. Four wheelmen appe;
and assist at the helm Cant Craig b