noon on
Monday
This was one more of the phases of society at Niagara , which Tom Leslie was called upon to note down and study during those opening days of July , and one of the evils which -- shame to the nation that it should be so ! -- is only now -LSB- 16 -RSB- beginning to find a partial remedy . -LSB- Footnote 16 : March 14th , 1863 . -RSB- But it has been said that Walter Harding reached Niagara at noon on Monday , and thenceforth Leslie had a companion in most of his strolls and observations . Harding 's calm face looked a little jaded with close attention to business in hot weather and a time of financial trouble ; he had not been quite so frequent a rambler at the Falls as Leslie , and had some points of interest yet to visit in the neighborhood , especially on the Canada side ; he was fonder of the road and less fond of observations among the crowd of sight-seers and summer-loungers , than his friend ; and as a consequence , after his coming , riding took the place of lounging to a great degree . Nothing with reference to these rides , most of which took place along the green lanes and among the fertile fields of Brantford County , deserves notice in this place , except one phase of the peculiar character of Leslie , half-earnest patriotism and half-tormenting mischief . He found plenty of ill-feeling towards the United States , among the Canadians , and as much effort as possible to depreciate the Federal currency .