Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-28
FROM BOSTON
TO MONTREAL.
DELIGHTFUL RIDE THROUGH NEW HAMP
SHIRE AND VERMONT.
THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.
Down the Picturesque St. Lawrence River
From Montreal and Across Lake Ontario
to Toronto. Thence to NIAGARA
Falls, and Home to Decorah.

July I0Jn, we entered upon journey
through a section of the country
which we had not seen before, and
which proved to be the most interest
ing and enjoyable part OF our trip.
From Boston to Montreal the ride
takes us across the northeast corner of
Massachusetts, through the most i'm
portant sections of New Hampshire
and Vermont, and the southern part
of the Province of Quebec.
The route of the Boston & Maine is
across rough country with much
timber and underbrush, passing several
small manufacturing towns in Massa-
chusetts until we arrive at Lowell, an
important center of this part of the
state, made famous throughout the
world by the fact that here Aver s
Sarsaparilla is manufactured in an
immense plant and sent out to all
parts of the globe
Continuing on through hilly
country covered with timber we soon
cross the state line into New Hamp-
shire and make our first stop at
Nashua. another we'll known New
England manufacturing city. Speed
ing rapidly among the hills and pine
forests we soon come to Manchester,
probably the greatest manufacturing
city of the state. 1t has about 65, 600
population, and thousands of men are
employed in the cotton mills. The
Amoskeag mills, which send out their
products to all corners of the earth,
are located here. There are few
homes in America that have not used
the product of these mills in their
homes for years. The next stop is
Concord. the capital of New Hamp-
shire, a manufacturing city and rail-
road center of $4,000 inhabitants.
Now we are passing through the.
foothills of the White Mountains,
where are the immense quarries of
granite which have made this state
famous. To the north the White
Mountains are plainly visible. For a
long distance the road runs along the
banks of the beautiful Merrimac river,
q mountain stream which furnishes
an abundance of power for mills To-
Gated at frequent intervals along its
banks. We pass Penacook. said to be
the cleanest city in the United States,
and Franklin Junction, a railroad
center, and on through the mountain
Gus country to White River Junction
in Vermont. where the Central Ver-
mont railroad takes charge of our
car. The trip for the next few hours
is delightful. Running along the
White river, with its many waterfalls
and power plants, the valleys dotted
here and there with small farms,
while the hillsides are covered with
huge granite boulders, and the odor
of pine and balsam from the forests
on the mountain sides keeps the air
refreshing and exhilarating. we cross
the valley between the foothills of the
White Mountains of New Hampshire
to the east and the Green Mountains
of Vermont to the west, soon arriving
at Montpelier. city of 1000 people
and the capital of Vermont. Between
here and st. Adams. city of 5000,
are many lumber camps. For the next
fifty miles or more we Wee enter
tanned by the beautiful scenery. To
the east we could see the Green
Mountains, and to the west beautiful
Lake Champlain, long narrow strip
of water between Vermont and New
York, and across this the Adirondack
Mountains in New York were plainly
visible.
Soon arriving at the border line, a
customs officer ransacked our grips
for smuggled goods. and we crossed
into Canada. passing through level
farming country cut up into small
farms, crossing the Richelieu river
which joins Lake Champlain and the
st. Lawrence, and arriving at st.
Johns, junction point where the
Singer Sewing Machine manufactory
is located. Here the Grand Trunk
took our car and we ran along through
a level farming country populated al
most exclusively by French people.
arriving at the city of Montreal in
the evening.
The city of Montreal, the CONNER
cial metropolis of the Dominion of
Canada, is built on an island of the
same name. between the Ottawa and
st. Lawrence rivers, has about 400, 600
inhabitants, and is pre-eminently a
city of banks and churches. Over