Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-25
opened so that he can slip in, because,
forsooth. he didn't know 1t was time
for the gates. to be closed.

fOr6Ooth. he didn't Know 1t was time
for the gates. to be closed.
The day sail of 200 miles down the
Great st. Lawrence river from Mon
treal to Quebec Is in itself a delight.
full experience. Almost every mile Of
either bank is replete with historic as
sociations, and particularly is this
true a swe near the great promon-
tory on which the old city Of Quebec
is situated.
A few miles above the city 1t is
easy to discern from the ships deck
VOLTS cove, where on that eventful
night in September, 1859, General
Wolfe, in the face Of almost over.
whelming odds and adverse conditions
landed the English army, scaled the
great cliff and personally led the
charge across the plains Of Abraham
against the French. The battle was
short and decisive and the result
changed the history Of continent
The power Of France in America was
! broken forever, and the Anglo-SaxQn
| took possession for all time of the
north half of the western continent
Mexico alone excepted. General Wolfe
died In the moment of victory, and a
monument marks the spot where ne
fell. So momentous are the consequen.
ces to millions Of people resulting
so far as the number of combatants
and casualties is concerned, that one is
| lost In may wonder in trying to figure
out what would have been the ultimate
result If Wolfe's foolhardy determine.
I ~ N.N -. L.
these cliffs on that stormy night had
failed Wolfe himself, instead of win
ming immortal fame would have been
regarded as hair-brained fool, In
competent and unworthy of the trust
imposed upon him. Yet it is said that
General Wolfe's victory was possible
only because any one of seven highly
! probable contingencies did not happen
Was it luck. or was. it the directing
hand Of a Divine Providence?
AS our good ship swung slowly
round the dock at Quebec, we looked
up at the overshadowing heights Of
Fl Louis and realized that other blood
! had been shed there besides that Of
the British and French Here on the
side of the cliff, during the war Of
the revolution. fell the brave Mont
/ gomery, the spot being marked by g
bronze tablet.
There was a stop of four hours al
| Quebec, but the weather being bar
but few passengers left the ship. By
morning we had passed Tadousac, al
the mouth of the grand and gloomy
Saguenay river, and the great St. Law
renee had become 80 wide that lant
/ was only family discernible from on,
side of the ship. Passing the snow
covered, mountainous coast OF North
ern New Brunswick, we sailed out int
the Gulf of ST. Lawrence. At moor
on Sunday we stopped just inside tht
harbor OF Sidney. at the extreme en-
Of Nova Scotia, to take on the mail
and passengers from the Canadian
provinces. This done, the ships pro,
was turned eastward towards the opel
ocean. Monday morning found US j
sight Of Cape Race = the extrem
southeastern point Of New Foundlant
We were admonished to go on dec
and wave farewell to land, as W
would see no more until we neare
the north coast Of Ireland. Coming q
deck, imagine our pleasure as well ]
our excitement to see not mile ava
great white iceberg many times tn
size Of our ship and looking much Tx
an immense castle floating calmly 0
the surface OF the water. We sa'
several other iceburgs during the for
noon, but none so near as this. Thes
immense icebergs are brought dow
hy the Arctic current from tina IL