The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 28, 1905, Page 5, Image 5
THE BEWITCHING THOUSAND
ISLANDS.
The Majestic Beauty of the St. Law
rence River-A Joyous Party.
The great convention ever. as all
things earthly must have an end, yet
with enchanting memory of its hal
lowed influence. we made ready for
our departure. It was not a common
privilege that we enjoyed of partici
pating with congenial souls in the
planning for the next tri-ennium. nor
is it a worthless honor to sit with
men of high resolve and noble purpose.
though the work be arduous. and the
hours long and tedious. The execu
tive committee has planned well. and
the forecast tells of increasing inter
est, (f larger generosity, of more ex
tensive and :ntensive effort.
Not the 'east item to arrest the at
tention wxas the thought presented by
Chairman Hartshorn. that the time
had come when we should build "A
Temple Uno The Lord." the Interna
tional S.ndav school building, to be
erected in some central city. at a cost
of two million dollars. It is a great
project, one that will call for supreme
effort and fervent prayer. and yet this
contempiated : story building may
become an accomplished fact. before
many of us who are young and tender
of years. shall have cut our eve-teeth.
All honor at least to him who has the
faith, and nerve and who posseses the
ability to build. It is hard to leave
Toronto, and we are loath to write
of other scenes and journeys. Nous
nous revenous touious a nos premiers
amour. We have spoken of influences
hallowed influences, but what are
they? Can they be measured
in so many words. Nay, nay,
metaphor- itself cannot rightly de
scribe the essence of them, it would
be like "painting the lily or adding
perfume to the rose." One must feel
and experience the em'Aions that ex
alt and purify and make glad the
heart of man: no more could the art
ist transmit or transfer his gift at will,
because forsooth the rustic rudely
handles upon 'the canvass his master's
brush and palette.
But at last we "tear ourselves
away' and turn our inquisitive faces
in the direction of the Thousand Is
lands, Montreal and Quebec. During
the days of our boyhood we had
read and studied of the settlement of
the French, and of 'their frequent
wars with the Indians. and alternately
with the British, whic'h history de
scribes as the King William's and
Queen Ann's wars.
We were now in propria persona,
to visit the scenes made famous by
the prowess of French and British
alike. We were to set our feet upon
'the very soil that perhaps had felt
the "tramp, tramp, tramp" of martial
s<oldi'ery, in t'heir eager approach, the
orieto the other, in the enibrace of a
dauntless..death, such .as that of Wolfe
and Montcalm upon the plains of
Abraham.' We 'travelled cover the
Grand Trunk railway from Toronto
to Kingston and by boat down the St.
Lawrence river as far as Montreal,
and then by the Grand Trunk railway
again to Quebec. That is the way to
make the trip, and if you go. my read
er, and go you should. I1 pray that it
may be your good fortune to meet
and interview the obliging and accom
modatinig agents fi the Grand Trunk
Railw"ay system, who are very cour
teous and attentive. Mr. Macdonald
and Mr. Homing were very kind to us.
The Grand Trunk well deserves its
soubriquet, as the service is the best
and the schedules are admirably ar
ranged for the tourists comfort. WVe
start off with joyous hearts and
keenest anticipations. and next morn
ing about 5:30 we are landed at
Kings'tor'. With an hour at our dis
posal, some of us walked
briskly through the business
centre of Kingston. before old Sol
had awakened to bid us welcome.
Kingston is a great educational cen
tre, with colleges of continental re
pute, especially worthy of note the
Military college. which gives to
Kingston the name of the WVesc
Point of Canada. We e'nioyed the
delightful breeze that was wvaited
over Lake Ontario. and felt re
freshed with sharpened appetites to
devour the matutinal meal.
Kingston is situated at the head of
the St. Lawrence river. All the build
ings appear to be built oi limestone
rock, giving an air of solidity and
cmpnes O we gro on our grod
boat and soon we launch out upo:
the heaving bosom of the majes'ti
St. Lawrence. Before us lie the inuou
channels of the famous archipelago o
the Thousand Islands. It is a scen
of bewildering beauty, a picture o
ravishing delight. The Islands num
bering in all 1.700, vary in size an
appearance. very many being orna
mented by magnificent summe
homes of the wealthv. We wind ii
and out and around the Islands, wit]
their romantic scenery, and we won
der if souls could not delight them
seves here as if in Paradise!
Delightful though the scenes ar<
we are admonished to supply the in
ner man and afterwards from the dee
of the steamer feast oir eyes durir:
the remainder of the day upon thes
enchanting sc:nes. So we repair t
the dining hall, to find alas! a crow,
of hungry mortals, each one eage
and of devouring countenance. Wha
a jam! Half an hour 'elapses and i
begins )o look as if there is not any
thing left in the larder. Fortunatel:
our time comes and so we are ad
mitted, .ungrv and fatigued mor
tal to enjoy a good breakfasi
The inner man refreshed. we saunte
to the upper deck. and while we tak
in the exhilara:ing breezes and feas
our eves on the matchless and be
witching views. wo laugh ourselve
into exuberant merriment as ou
pantominist. Mr. C. spins his yarn
and tells his jests.
Nature has done so much for thi
region and in the St. Lawrence, yo1
will find the grandest river scener:
on the continent, our own Hudsor
following close behind her, howevei
And now our boat "Kingston," draw
close to shore. She lands and take
on passengers at Alexandria an
Brockville, and we see people who ar
new to us, and we hear voices tha
sound different to ours. Here we se
the famous Windmill, with its narrov
loopholes, here we see the ancien
forts, here we see the lighthouse
along the way. But our lake steame
is too large to "shoot the Rapids" an
so we are transferred at Prescott to
river steamer, the Brockville with it
commodious observation decks. A
we draw away from Prescott. we ar,
soon taken through the troublei
waters, called the Galops. "\Ve are i2
the Rapids," xeclaimed everyone, an<
hearts pulsate more quickly, as w,
undergo the excitement. One afte
another of these experiences follos
for lo here we are in the very mids
of the rapids Du Plat, with water s<
dark and green. Our eyes look ahea
and we expectantly watch otir ap
proach to the Long Sault Rapid.
down the stream near Cornwall sev
eral miles distant. Before us is
seething flbod of mighty waters an
we imagine ourselves between th
Scylla and Charybdis jaws of th
roaring stream, and are happy tha
Our pilot is carrying us safely througl
the jutting headlands of these danger
otus rocks; with steam almost shut ofi
the steamer rides the surging and uni
dulating waves with apparent prid
and hauteer while the waters das
and spray on everf side, and w
glide along swiftly over the rushin
current.
If I could draw a picture, I woul
show you the majestic steamer as sh
rides the quivering surging strean
and though she struggles as the hear
i"g waters come in all :heir force an
f::ry against her, she is mistress r
the situation, and her passengers sin,
aloud her praises, not forgetting al
the while the skill and precision a
the men who steer her safely at th
nvheel. Nearby is St. Regis, the pic
t:-resque home of an Indian trib<
D)id y'ou ever read of the Deerfiel
:.aassacre, and do you recall the inci
rent that led the St. Regis Indian
to this deed of savage butchery
Within this Indian village, ther
s:ands a church with its spire clearl:
visible, a veritable beacon of warnin:
I may say' to sinner and saint alik<
Within lhe belfry there is jealous:
lept today the bell, that occasione<
the massacre, which we are told hal
been captured hr an Fnglish vesse
and forcibly taken to Salem, Mas5
and sold to the church in Deerield
Nothing dismay'ed the St. Regis In
dians learing of this capture wer
bent on revenge. exhibiting one of th
Indian's many' marked chiaracteristics
with stealthy steps these outrage<
sons of the forest marched a erea
distance to D)eernield. anid in the si!en
h1o2rs put 47 of her citizenus to deatl
I with the bell they treasured so high- I
ly and today it hangs unmolested by 1
s Indians. friends and foes alike.
f And now we catch our tirst glimpse 1
e,f the mountains, that lend enchant
I ment to the view. their blue appear- r
- ance adding charm to the distant 1
i horizon. They are spurs of the Ad
- irondacks we are told. The vessel !
r pursues her course. and within a dis- 1
1 tance of iT miles. we are transporc- 1
h ed safely through Cateau, Cedar Split.
- Rocks, and Cascale Rapids. All of r
- these give us a good shape up, for the 1
descent is 84 feet in the it miles run.
naturally causing the waters to be
- turbulent and swift. The air is fresh
and exhilarating, we wear our rain
coat with comfort and our souls are 1
tilled with joy and gladness. as we
ponder over the exciting scenes. only
3 to be cast down because every mem
r Iher of nmy family was absent, and I
t a.one of them all. was experiencing
t such delightful scenes. We had
- thought of lunch again and our gold- 1
en-hearted party were all of one mind.
ine dinner it was, preceded by the
. hrst course of the menu, salmon de
liciously prepared which had been
r caught out of the upper St. Lawrence.
It was a delectable dish, in fact the
t meal throughout was just such. one
. usually gets on the river boats and
they are famons. But there are bet- l
r ter things than eating. when one's ap
petite is satisfied, and so we resume -
our places on deck and await with al
most breathless anxiety the approach
to the Lachine Rapids, the climax of
them all. But before we enter the
rapids, the river assumes the propor
tions of a lake, and they call it Lake
St. Louis. It is here that the Otta
wa river empties its muddy or rath
er brown waters into the St. Law-.
rence, but so unlike they do not
readily combine, and for quite awhile
the varying colors of brown and
green may be seen and with no dif
f.culty the one can be discnguished 1
from the other. Hardby are Indian
villages with their usual almost un
pronouncable names, and peopled by
t.v Canadian Indians who are clever
in handicraft ,nd the like. The rapids
deriv:. heir name from the townr of ,
Lachine sitnated on the river's bank:
t vas founded by La Salle in 1670.
Nature conspires just he:e to give us
1
scenery beyond compare, and Provi
dence was very' kind to us as we had
a day of bright sunshine, and clear
r
est atmosphere and each of us were
in possescion of usual physical com
fort. In splendid frame of mind we
"shoot the Lachine Rapids," famous
the world over, But there is a still
ness and awe that almost penetrates
and the sense of danger fixes i'tself
upon you, 'gaiety is,more subdued, se
every passenger realizes that now
there may be accident or miscarriage.
Our floating palace has before this,
however glided over there waters,
though like a ~mighty cataract,
our pilot is steady of nerve and the
crew are not novices, and so we have
an assurance tha-t all will be well, not
withstanding the huge boulders of
rock that seem' ever and anon to!I
beckon us to dis3aster and death. The
old Indian who has for years manned
s1
?1
A is-lasHi1
byA First-Class WHir BC
ated. J. H. Hair's BarbE
he vessel no longer presides at the
!elm. but a white face is there, and
vhat an Indian has done, you may
e sure the white man can do, says
>ur Captain. And wve guess he is
ight. for we make the descent safe
y. and leave the breakers to the rear,
hough we long to go back, as the
>leasure is full of exhilaration and de
ight. \Ve,pass under the great Vic
orice jubilee Bridge which-spans the
iver, and is one of the marvels of
ridge building. It is about two miles
ong. We are nearing Montreal,
vith its magnificent harbor, full of
-essels, from near and foreign ports.
sack of her and overlooking her is
!er Mount Royal. but of these I must
ell in a later article.
Wm. E. Pelham.
Fair View Items.
W'e have been having some nice
howers. which our farmers were glad
0 see.
The health of this community is
-ery good at this writing.
Our school at Fair View opened a
ew weeks ago with a very good at
endance. Miss Sallie Pugh as teacher.
The protracted meeting starts at
'e:hel Baptist ciuch on the 5th Sun
lay. the sermons will be delievered
the regular'pastor, Rev. A. McA.
:nan and the Rev. Vernon I'Anson,
>f Columbia.
The writer had the pleasure of hear
ng an able sermon delivered by Rev.
;hearouse, he preached to a large at
endance, the Macedonians were glad
o see the Wheeland crowd present.
Miss Lizzie Moore spent last week
vith Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moore of
prosperity.
Mr. M. C. M. passed through the
'air View section Sunday afternoon
vith one of his beaus, it has also been
eported that he has been using the
>aint brush, we think all this cer
ainly means that the knot will be
ied soon.
Miss Maggie Moore spent last Sat
!rday night with Miss Mary Amick.
Mr. Dan Ham, who had the mis
urtune to fall off of his mule several
Just received
2 car loads of
Buggies.
I car load of
Wagons.
and alot of up
Lo-date and first
class Harness.
All to be had at
REASONABL.E PRICES at
A T. BROWN.
ut and Shave, in a f
rber, at popular pric(
~r Shop, Lower Main
t it
days ago and breaking his collar hone.
glad to hear is improving nicely.
Much success to The Herald and
News and its readers. L. M. M.
"Th.e MEe t Onie."
FIFTH ANNUAL
-: TO :
ATLANTA, GA=.
The New York of the South,
-VIA
C. N. & L. and S. A. L. R'YSP.
uionday, July 31st, 1905.
$2oo ROUND
TRIP.
Longer Return Limit than Ever
Before.
DONT Miss it.
DON Forget it.
Sciat TNn--Lo, Rates--F8st Se _edhe,
LEAVE. ROUND TRIP.
Little Mountain 8.00 a. m. . . . $2.25
Prosperity . . . 8.15 a. m. . . . $2.00
Newberry . . . 8.30 a. m.. . 2.00
Kinards . . . . 8.50 a. m.. . . 2.00
Arrive at Atlanta at 3.00 p. in.; Re
turning, special train will leave Atlanta
at 9.00 p. in. Tuesday, August 1st.
Tickets good to return on regular
trains up to and including Seaboard.
train No. 32 leaving Atlanta 1.(0 p. m..
Thursday, August 3d.
For further information and tickets,
call on any C. N. & L Agent or
J. W. DENNING, Ag't, Newberry, S.C.
Share
In the
Saving!
We are offer
ing our entire
stock of Ham
mocks for ones
fourth off thea
regular priceE
1Call and seer
them.
irst-class Barber Shop4
s, should be appreci
Street, near Southern