Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-08-26
rRoM rHE QUEENS DOMAIN.
LINDSAY. ONTARIO.

FRIEND Ed am writing this let
ter In Northern Ontario, the most non.
ulous Of CNnada's provinces while
you are sweltaring in the heat, wa are
enjoying temperature that seldom
reaches 81 degrees, aud to one in search
OF health, and recreation no better To-
cation can be found. Leaving Perrys-
burg at $3.50 p. m, we arrive in De-
troit without change at 1880 p. m. We
have few hours to see the city by
electric light.and while we admire its
cleanly spacious streets wefeel that the
push, energy and enterprise OF Toledo
is absent here, the sluggish mule team
still drag its street cars from corner to
corner. We take the Grand Trunk Ry
at 10 p. m. and are of for Port Huron.
AT this point the st. Clair river to
Sarnia. Here we are compelled to per-
nit the custom inspectors to nose our
goods and chattels, we reach Toronto
at a. m, and as our train for the
north does not leave until evening we
conclude TO do Niagara Falls.
We board steamer plying between
Lewiston and Toronto, and reach
QueensSen at 0 a. m. Here within 20
feet OF the steamer we board an cleo
trio train OF recently constructed line
from Queenston to Chippewa.
Immediately above Queenstou the
gorge commences and there may be
seenikanging the remains of the first
suspension bridge across the Niagara.
A couple OF cables with a portion OF
the superstructure. This bridge was
wrecked 30 years ago, an ice jam hav-
ing leosened the guy-ropes.
Through the sleepy old village Of
Queenston Heights passing the re-
mains OF the old stone building in
which William Lyon Mckenzie pub
lished the first newspaper in Upper
Canada, and the cenotaph dedicated by
the Prince of Wales in 1850 which
marks the spot whore General Brock
fell in thewar of 1912.
Reaching the top of the mountain
$50 feet above the water, we pass by
the noble Monument beneath which lies
the heroic Brock, while all round the
historic ground on which the memor-
able fight between the British and
American forces took place. From this
spot the view down the winding river
with the peach orchards OF the Mag
ara district spread before us and Lake
Ontario with Its Toronto shore dimly
Visible in the distance is indeed sub
lime one. Continuing the journey the
cars eEr along the brink of the eerge
until the far famed whirlpool is reach
ed aud view obtained which has been
absolutely unknown to 80 out of every
100 who have visited the Falls. The
cars pass around the high basin formed
by the action of the water for many
ages and from Il height Of go feet we
look down upon the awful wild scene
below.
Soon Niagara Falls is reached and
we pass through the beautiful Queen
Victoria Park a credit to the Ontario
Government past the very edge of the
waring seethiHg ,Cauldron into which
pours the waters of four great lakes:
along the wild rapids to get into whose
current means awful death, over hand
some bridges across the delightful Wis.
tas of the different Islands, past the
Burning springs and ON to Chippewa
where we look over the long trenches
and few headstones, that remind IS
that here was fought the battle of
Lundy Lane one of the most decisive
b titles OF 1872.
On the return journey we Enger at
the Falls an hour, and reach Toronto
in time to catch our train for lei0 miles
ride to the north and the end of our
pilgrimage.
We do not see corn or fall wheat
here the staples are spring wheat bar
ley, oats, field peas, and potatoes.
The American characteristic push is
unknown here. I yisitOr will immedi,
ately notice its absence ON the Rail
ways and in mercantile perSuits Nation
al pride does not exist, the citizen is
either English, Scotch, or Irish. His
characteristics are religion and loyalty
Loyalty to the Imperial Governmant.
II he is going to have dance, picnic,
sale, business announcement or in fact
aay printed circular he ends it with
the legend "God save the Queen.
In religion he is either Catholic or
Orangeman the little matter of sects
cut no figure. To the average Cana
dian the "yankee" is sharper, buncO
steerer, fraud, cheat, and SO on, as far
as his Worcester, or Johnson will allow
him. He does not want annexation
would vote overwhelming against it,
and we,-well, nuff said. BAKER.
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