St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-11
WESTWARD HO.--I.
Three Days In Canada. with Side Trip
10 Niagara Falls,

IL the Worlu ralr, or the grta'
lath and plaster show, as the Buffalo
Express has named it, the next ques
tion is to decide how to get there
The Windy City can be reached II
less than two days from st. Johns
bury by several routes, but MANY
will want to make one stop on The
way, if not more. | chose the Cana
dian Pacific route outward bounc
because wanted brief stops al
Montreal and Toronto, where from
the latter city very profitable side
trip was made to Niagara Falls.
Two weeks ago | was travelling
on the finest equipped as well as
one of the richest railroads in the
United States, the Pennsylvania.
Strange enough, the stock of this
great road is largely owned by Eng
fish capitalists. The past week |
have travelled on the Canadian Pa
cific, the longest continuous railroad
in the world under one management.
Boston capitalists have large inter
ests in this road, thus making up
for the English ownership in the
Pennsylvania railroad.
The Canadian Pacific railway has
a continuous line of over 5000 miles,
extending from Halifax to Vancou-
YER, from which the traveller NAV
continue westward to the Orient on
the Canadian Pacific steamers to
Yokohoma and Hong Kong. This
railroad now advertises excursions
around the world for $610 in gold,
and the Nabob Of Rampur, India,
with a large retinue of friends and
servants, will soon reach the United
States on tour around the world
on one Of these excursions. The par
ty will slight New England entirely,
going from Montreal to New York
and from thence to Liverpool.
One cannot write letter without
referring to the weather. All
through Canada spring has fingered
long in winters lap and the continu-
GUS rains have swollen the streams
and overlooked the meadows. The
St. Lawrence river was only opened
for traffic last Friday, and Buffalo
paper of May 9th is complaining be-
cause the Erie canal is not yet open
ed. The cold weather has greatly
nterfered with pleasure seekers, and
at Montreal, Toronto and Niagara
Falls one almost gets lonesome in
The big hotels where a month later
,ots will be at premium.
BY leaving st. Johnsbury on the
afternoon train Montreal is reached
at 8.25, and if one is in hurry to !
westward he can 60 on that
night, reaching Toronto early the
next morning. Even if a stop is
made in Montreal the journey can
we'll be made in the night. 1t is not
IN interesting or picturesque part
Of Canada. For the first 100 miles
t is a level region, then comes long
"trip Of forests and swamps, and as
Toronto is reached one is glad the
distance Of 344 miles has been so
quickly covered. Opposite me in the
'ar,the whole distance, sat an elderly
ady who only stopped reading when
meals were served in our buffet car.
All day long from 9 a. m. to 9. p. m.
he sat reading Miss Nobody of No.
where" and the widest memory of
his part of the journey is the picture
'f this elderly Miss Somebody of
Somewhere reading her yellow cover
ID and small type edition of Miss
of Nowhere"
At Toronto we were reminded that
he Worlds Fair was an attraction
wen to foreigners. Here we found
party of ten English journalists, who
are making tour of America, in.
'luding an extended visit to the
Worlds Fair. They were being row.
ally entertained at Toronto by the
'ity officials and were dined by the
mayor last Thursday. Toronto
boasts of 100000 people, and has
many large factories and stores, i'm.
posing government buildings and
beautiful churches and educational
Institutions. One should certainly
top here if only for day.
Leaving the handsome California
'edwood cars OF the Canadian Pa
'ihc railway for a day, a trip was
made to Niagara Falls. The recent
aims had discolored the mighty Nj.
agara and as it poured over the falls
he deep water on the Canadian side
effected a sea green. while the shal-