The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
NOTES rRom A rRIp nv CANADA.
The Laureatian NIountai ns-C;ood Fishing,
Etc,

NOTES FROM a TRIP IN CANADA,
The Laurentian NIountains-C;ood Fishing,
Etc.
The warm September days which we
are pretty sure to have and often after
decided warning of chilly November;s
advance, are but pleasant reminders of
delightful and dreamy summer hours.
But the nights and mornings of Sep
tember are just enough charged with
frosty ozone to give zest and relish
for the midday meal, as it were, which
IS to follow. There may be no question
as to desirability OF opening our schools
and colleges some time during this
month, but many families on this ac-
count have to return to the city and
are consequently deprived OF the most
delightful portions of the year in which
TO enjoy vacation of rest and recrea-
zion. Almost everything at this season
seems to have arrived at state of per-
1ection together. The productions of
this part of the universe have attained
10 a ripeness that Is complete and
both eye and palate are satisfied to
the full extent. Natures effort in the
vegetable line Is crowned with a golden
glory which the pumpkin vouches for
as 1t peeps from between the rows of
waving corn. Peaches, apples, plums
and pears and other luscious fruit, all
attest the harvest's arrival The foli-
age Is at Its best, just crisp enough
TO have a little rustic as the delightful
breezes wave it to and fro, and even
the water of seaside resorts, having
tapped the rocks and sands of our sun
baked beaches for so long, is at its
highest temperature and most inviting
for plunge. September is the month
for throwing aside care and devoting
ones self to the appreciation of natures
gifts, of life and the good things in it.
Perhaps it may not prove uninter-
esting to some to read of trip to a
portion of Canada, familiar to some of
New Haver's lovers of outdoor life and
sports, but not generally SO 1 think.
las one rides over the Canadian Pacific
railroad between Montreal and Canada,
"a section of road which for miles is
as straight as bowling alley, he is
pretty sure to be impressed with the
idea that the country of Canada is but
a repetition of some of our western
prairie lands and farms. Not a hill or
elevate ton breaks long stretch of
fiat country, the only variation being
i'm the river St. Lawrence, which flows
calmly through it. The sights and
scenes in both still and active life are
novel and interesting and strangely
different from what one sees in the
states so short a distance away. One
nights ride from New York city and
you can mingle with crowd of people
whom one would thing were ignorant
of there being such a thing as the Eng
fish language. Very few, comparative
ly, understand it and a still smaller
number are able to speak it. Public
notices and signs at the railroad sta
tions and crossings are in French and
in some instances duplicated in Eng
lish. 1t is rarely that an Interrogation
in the latter language will receive an
intelligent answer unless it be directed
at some railroad attache or fellow trav-
eler. Most of the towns are small and
look like farming villages, as rule,
and the dwellings consist of small frame
buildings scattered widely apart.
Without exception, though, as you en-
ter, no matter how small the towr.
there stands forth one or more large
gray buildings having an air OF impor-
tance quite in contrast with the smaller
looking structures. These buildings
are apparently built Of gray stone
and have an impressive air about them,
and are so superior in size and con-
struction that they at once impress
you with the notion that from them
issues forth an influence and control
ITO which the whole section bows With
common consent. These buildings are
churches and converts AMI he Roman
cross surmounts them all. 1t is Il COM
mon thing to see men clad in priestly
robes or monkish costumes mingling
with the crowds at the stations.
A notable feature of this country is
the excellent order in which the farms
seem to be kept. Neat looking and
strongly built fences divide them off
in sort of a checker-board fashion, all
running about the same size. They
have an air of thrift and indus
ttIy, duu OIl6 hight punt Luell Oul d.
indicating peace and plenty, but we
doubt If this could be exactly borne out
by the facts The impression that this
is nothing but fiat country is soon
dispelled when one leaves the main
line and goes but few miles north or
northwest. Thep a country wonderful
for it's many variations, mountains. val
leys, streams and lakes commences and
runs back for many miles unto a re-
gion as yet almost UNEMPLOYED. Go but
thirty to fifty miles In the direction
spoken of and you will find reproduc-
tion of the Adirondacks, the mountains
mot as high but more thickly clustered
together. The Laurentian mountain
region, which is the one in question,
Us one of peculiar interest not only to
the passing traveller, but to scientists
who seek in them evidences of untold
ages. Occasionally one gets q glimpse
of their rough and rugged nature,
but as q rule they are completely COW
cred with a thick growth of timber of
various kinds The tall pines of the
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