The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-03-26
EIoNli AkN0LD'S TRAIL
-, MAINE TO CANADA.


.r at $50 A. M. and so we
il, content ourselves with
ram. After a run of Is
.-,. stop was at St. Cecile, a
IAN village. Four miles
st. Samuel, several pas
4-fed the train, jabbering in
Image and smoking that
, madam tobacco. At st.
I've miles farther north, sew
. .ae natives got aboard and
.a lad been drinking. One
ri GLOW among them was
- larmonica. There was so
b., this time and the tobacco
ST. thick that l closed my
.m. topped into the baggage
friend and a Canadian
ere we were provided by
foul with comfortable chairs.
.--e of Quebec is cursed
r.lA evil more IMAM any
in Canada. 1t is the
madam Provinces, hav-
$4,000 square miles and
. 1T i.4SS, $50, but there is
nor drinking among the
rod hasten the day when
vii of strong drink shall
auished from the Ameri-
We arrived at firing
u grh is on the main line
r Central railway about
tt $50 P. NJ. we left for
ilon u miles farther north
l5ere and 43 miles from
-,4 We remained over night
morning, the weather
aged a carriage and drove
audiere some eight miles
Joseph and Beauceville.
are on another branch of
.utral from Beauce juno
gIge and we enjoyed the
r-.y. After climbing a nigh
magnificent view of the
aud surrounding country
lore us. We hitched our
.JWu under the shade OF
...1 further discussed Arm
Well" said my friend,
tie Chaudiere with d
what important events
Hrch took place in this
N. let me see," | re-
The vicinity where Gen
.-9rborn was taken SO i'll.
Journal that he was taken
gops fever 60 miles from
as we lack only 7 or s
I,tance from the ancient
re sure | am right in my
General Dearborn. who
tain, was SO i'll that for
weeks his life hung in the
. it is a wonder that he ever
-n0ut medicine. At the end
aa le was driven in a sleigh
LEWIS and again took COM
company" Didn't Gen
..u AXE a big dog, of which
rs fond, with him." inquired
les" | replied. General
US in his journal: My dog
isrge and a great favorite,
L ! gave him up to several
captain Goodrich's compa-
said that the soldiers ate
II him except his entrails
unded up his bones to make
III this my friend laughed
said, by the way, is there
100 that story, or tradition,
Burr married a lf-breed
ed at Swan Island in Dres-
kennebec and took her
i'm to Quebec" THAT is
-l3n to answer" | replied,
rareful Investigation at
. Europe touching this mat
e.!ued to believe the story
iacataqua, a Franco-Indi-
arJ the army of invasion at
aud was intimate with
yam be no question. Gen
Mu states in his journal that
t expedition at this place
was descended from a
Id also that Burr married
WIS said to have been hand
y efficient with the rifle. !"
u,ereSting romance in con-
u Arnold's expedition,
Id. But that is not all of
ting story. When the army
% vas nearing Quebec, Burr
g met a British officer and
-ndship sprang up between
4 when he was ordered by
WoId to bear official dispatch
4i Montgomery at Montreal
Oeauty was left i'll care of
oh officer, who took her to a
quebec, where she soon bore
burr who provided literally
tuer and the girl baby, which
named Chestnutiana. After
'utlon Burr had Jacataqua
New York, where he sup
in luxury, and she also bore
children, whose descendants
hers of distinguished fami-
state" But what became
nd, Chestnutiana, born in
" Well" said |, looking at
shat is a long story and |
lref. After the American
lued their Independence and
as over this British officer,
friend of Burr adopted
aua and took her to England
lie, however, settled in Alb
Gland, and gave her an edu-
she was also we'll married.
= duel with Hamilton, who
r,pects was little better in
.l.an Burr, and the latter be-
oUtcaSt he went to Europe.
ntertained for some time in
y his British friend, and also
whom he knew to be
cr Later, when she became
induced her to come to New
ave travelled quite extensive
land and have visited Aber-
earned while there that ira.
rs me out in this statement. "
mean to say" inquired my
hat Hamilton was no better
Ways than Burr?" "That is
i'd | replied. "Well." said
.ome heat, 81 always looked
= as a scoundrel and always
i'm as we'll as the Loyalists. "
when you speak of the
YOU are opening up a great