Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23


life, was raised on Emerson and baked
and through Possibly there are 9TH
ers."
Possibly there are. At any rate l
have nothing more to say about Ca
madam health and beauty.
Some Amusing Incidents.
Travel has its amusing incidents. In
deed the only way to travel with plea
sure and comfort is to make the best
of every situation and apply Christian
science to care, worry and fault find
ing
The customs inspection of the bag
gage of tourists from the United
States visiting Canada is not a very
severe or trying experience. My own
experience will do to relate.
There were three trunks and having
opened them the inspector said:
Whose trunks are these?"
replied, we are tourists, going 10
Canada for our vacation. This trunk
is mine, this my wife's and this my
mother-in-law's."
We'll" said the inspector, 1.-THE man
who goes on a vacation with his moth
er-in-law in all probability won't snug
gle. Passed"
And with that he made little chalk
mark on each trunk, aud the ordeal
Was over.
At Montreal the ladies attended
Sunday services at ST. Johns cathe-
dral When the priest entered the
pulpit and began his sermon, though
he seemed to speak quite loud, one
said she could not hear and they NOV
ed UP closer. Still the result was un-
satisfactory. "He seems to talk loud
enough, but / don't hear a word, said
the apparently dsaf one What is
the matter?"
Il think said the other, IF you We're
French, you would understand"
/ Then for the first time light broke
upon the situation. The sefr,oa was;
in French and the louder the priest
talked the less the American party
understood.
i At the Garrison church (Episcopali-
am, in Halifax. was taken very much
by surprise and was momentarily
greatly gratifed to find that the SER
vices closed by the entire congrcga-
ton rising and singing Gas ! supposedly
J that grand old hymn, America" AS
/ the rich, round notes of the song rang
out upon a thousand mems voices, the
effect was thrilling. l was about to
join in with my heartiest efforts when
to my CONSERVATION, found they were
singing, not America" but God Save
1 the King
I Drive to the left" is the law CT the
4 road in Canada, and this rule applies as
WV tn feio I, -.~s
4 cars and railway trains. For one &C,
customed always to turn to tie right
it is exceedingly confusing, and ever
since coming into Canada | have felt
\ the need of tying a string about my
I left arm as a reminder that if one does
not turn to the left in this country, he
lis pretty certain to get into trouble.
As We came into ST. John, one OF
our party, who is slightly near sighted
interpreted the word Coronation,
prominently displayed on bill boart
as Carrie Nation" and with sigf
remarked, isn't it too bad, that thai
!, poor, demented woman from Kansas
should come away up here to ammo,
; these people, and make a spectacle O.
herself
!, The Dominion G. Atlantic Railway.
The Dominion & Atlantic railway
known as The Land of Eyangelint
Route and which traverses THE
Garden Spot OF Nova Scotia" handle!
: its large tourist traffic in splendit
shape. A fast express of vestbule,
cars, known as THE Flying Blue
! Nose runs each way daily from Var
) mouth to Halifax. Large and SAT-
. ocean steamers of this company fur
/, nish a daily service from Boston tt
Yarmouth. making the trip in on
:. night. The steamer Prince Ripper
makes the connection from st. John
n. b., in a trip of three hours.
Nova Scotia is very much of ;
7 Summer Paradise" for the health