Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-04-16

city. LIS DulIUluSS are mag AlAohu,
and the architecture, if not fashy, is
tasty and pleasing to the eye. 1t has
a large harbor and numberless PCT
uresqe buildings surrounding it. The
drives are attractive, the lawns are
tastefully arranged, and there is not
smoke or murkiness lowering over 1T
as is SO prevalent in other cities. We
are struck with the wholesomeness OF
Toronto at first sight; but we do miss
that rush and activity which to all
Americans is the bone and tissue OF
their existence.
Those holding first class tickets for
the West were entitled to free tickets
for Niagara Falls from this point. We
rushed to secure them on the arrival
of the train and found them at an Of
flee half mile up in the city. When
we returned, the boat, of course, had
gone. This, although aggravating at
first, was we'll compensated for before
night by the opportunity it afforded
us to take in the residential part of
the city, as we'll as the boulevards and
some of the principle streets. So
when the hour arrived to take later
boat, we were not sorry, after all that
we had met with the delay.
Once aboard the Loriana and far
out on the broad bosom of lake Onta-
rio, with Toronto and the white stone
banks east of it receding from sight,
and the red banks opposite and
around Fort Niagara slowly creeping
up out of the waters, was sight both
novel and entertaining. Grey and
white gulls were swimming and flying
around us in abundance. Ducks, too,
frightened at the puff, puff of the big
engine, would rise up, skip gracefully
over the surface of the smooth wa
tiers, then light in again and watch us
with arched necks and half frightened
looks as we went sailing past. The
sky was fair, the wind still, and the
water placid. Slowly the old fort,
rich in historical events, rose into
sight. the river was reached, the gulls
increased in numbers, and the land
ing at Queenstown was made at last.
At this point we took the electric cars
and enjoyed the novelty Of riding up
and down hills and steep declivities
on a railroad run by chained light
ming.
We were told at Toronto that
trouble would be encountered with
our tickets on the electric railway,
and so prepared ourselves for that
emergency. A party the day before
had been compelled to pay full fare
on account of the conductor having
refused to accept of their tickets. For
this reason, combined with the fact
that thousands of tourists had suf-
fered extortion at Niagara Falls in the
past, several of us dubbed together
and determined to be put off rather
/ than submit to the insult. l sat upon
my dignity the moment the conductor
opened business, and determined to
impress him with my looks, If moth
ing more, that I for one, was not to
be tempered with. AS I expected, the
first ticket called for was refused.
The bearer must pay full fare or get
off, Refusing TO obey, be was told to
ride until we encountered a police
man when the matter could be more
conveniently adjusted. That word"Po-
licemann Jared upon my ears, / must
confess; but I had started in for
business and SO was determined not
to yield The second ticket was re-
fused, then the third and fourth, and
SO on, until it came my turn. [ was
all bottled up and ready to explode
when [ handed them out, and only
waited for the conductor to begin the
attack. At that moment, however,
something happened that squelched
me completely. Gentlemen" said
he. there is q man who knows his
business. Compare your tickets with
his and you will perceive that he
knows how to travel" They did SO
and found that my tickets read for the
electric railway, which we were on,
while their tickets read for the steam
railway, which was on the other side
of the river Instead of landing where
they did they should have chung tt
the boat and got off at Lewiston
which was the next stop. There is
something extremely soothing ii
having people think you know q
thing, even though you are conscious
in your own mind that you, know
nothing about it. have never learned
how those passengers. settled Their
difficulty, or how it happened tina
my tickets came to be Of the RICH
stamp; but I do know that road on