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-                  OLD MEMORIES: AMUSING AND HISTORICAL
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-Title: Old Memories: Amusing and Historical
-Author: Mrs. Daniel Macpherson
-Release Date: October 29, 2016 [EBook #53403]
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-                            *OLD MEMORIES:*
-
-                        *AMUSING AND HISTORICAL*
-
-                             _A SEQUEL TO_
-
-                    *"REMINISCENCES OF OLD QUEBEC."*
-
-
-                                   BY
-
-                        MRS. DANIEL MACPHERSON,
-
-                            AN OLD QUEBECER.
-
-
-
-                               MONTREAL:
-                        PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
-
-
-
-
-        Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the
-             year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, by
-        MRS. DANIEL MACPHERSON, in the office of the Minister of
-                 Agriculture and Statistics at Ottawa.
-
-
-
-
-                              DEDICATION.
-
-                                   TO
-
-                    JAMES MACPHERSON LEMOINE, ESQ.,
-
-                               AUTHOR OF
-
-              QUEBEC PAST AND PRESENT, MAPLE LEAVES, ETC.,
-
-               MY DEAR HUSBAND’S COUSIN AND TRIED FRIEND,
-
-           I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME AS A SLIGHT MARK OF ESTEEM.
-
-                  CHARLOTTE HOLT GETHINGS MACPHERSON.
-
-
-
-
-                              *CONTENTS.*
-
-
-To my Subscribers and the Public
-Sequel to Old Congregational Convent
-St. Louis Hotel
-The Quebec Bank
-Horse Boats and Ice Boats
-Beaumont, St. Thomas
-St. Michel
-A Chronicle of St. Michel
-Second Visit to Roberval, Lake St. John
-St. Leon Springs
-My Second Visit to St. Leon Springs
-St. Raymond
-St. Augustin
-St. André
-Les Eboulements
-Society in Quebec Fifty Years Ago
-Spencer Grange
-Society in 1854
-New Year’s Day, 1840
-A Point of Honor
-Country Post Offices Forty and Fifty Years Ago
-The Subterranean Passages of the Citadel of Quebec
-The First St. Patrick’s Society in Quebec
-Sillery Church
-St. Matthew’s Chapel
-Bishop Hamilton
-St. Patrick’s Cemetery
-Mount Hermon Cemetery
-In Memoriam
-November
-To the Oyster
-
-
-
-
-                  *TO MY SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC.*
-
-
-MY FRIENDS,
-
-You have been so good to me, in purchasing, within a few weeks, five
-hundred copies of a feuilleton, only intended for private circulation, I
-should like to show my appreciation, by catering to your desire for
-information regarding our dear old city, Quebec; but what can I do? My
-learned friend, James Macpherson LeMoine, Esq., with his wonderful
-knowledge of facts, so exhausted the subject in his excellent and
-beautifully got up book, "Picturesque Quebec," I am utterly overwhelmed.
-Until I began to study the matter I was quite ignorant that he had
-written so fully on these matters, so I can only play Boswell to his
-Johnson, and as without Boswell many of the sayings of the immortal
-Johnson would have been lost, I too may have my use in recording crumbs
-of information, interesting and instructive, though lacking the dignity
-of history.
-
-Yours truly,
-CHARLOTTE HOLT GETHINGS MACPHERSON
-
-
-
-
-                            *OLD MEMORIES:*
-
-                       *AMUSING AND HISTORICAL.*
-
-
-                SEQUEL TO "REMINISCENCES OF OLD QUEBEC,"
-                       BY MRS. DANIEL MACPHERSON.
-
-
-My first recollection is that of being drawn in a child’s carriage by
-old Germain, messenger of the Quebec Bank (where I was born), to the old
-convent, formerly occupying the site of McCall, Shehyn & Co.’s store at
-the foot of Mountain Hill in St. Peter Street, Quebec.  This convent has
-been non-existant for forty-seven years.  Its community now reside in
-St. Joseph Street, St. Roch’s.  When this convent was there, there was
-no St. Peter Street, there were no wharves, and an old sister told me
-the batteau men often struck their sails against their convent.  I
-remember my father often called at the convent to take me out boating on
-the St. Lawrence River that lapped its shores, for the lower town of
-Quebec was then a delightful residence for Quebec people, only the
-military then residing in the Upper Town.  Applying for information
-about this old convent to Ville Marie, the Mother House of this order, I
-received the following letter from one of the ladies:
-
-
-                      CONGREGATION DE NOTRE DAME,
-
-
-Montreal, October 10, 1890.
-
-Madam,
-
-As I am obliged to absent myself, I have only time to give the year of
-the present foundation at Quebec.  The first house was in the Upper
-Town, established in 1688 under the direction of the venerable Mother
-Bourgeois. This house was transferred to the Lower Town in 1692, under
-Mons. de St. Vallière, and in 1844 the convent of the Lower Town not
-being any more convenient, the sisters went and fixed themselves in St.
-Roch’s under Monseigneur Signai and the Rev. Curé Mr. Charest. Rev. Mère
-St. Madeleine was Superioress of the Congregation of Notre Dame.
-
-I am sorry not to be able to give you further details.
-
-Your humble servant,
-       Sr. St. Alexis de St. Joseph.
-
-
-
-
-                *SEQUEL TO OLD CONGREGATIONAL CONVENT.*
-
-
-                       FRIDAY, October 10, 1890.
-
-I have just returned from a very pleasant visit (my first) to Villa
-Maria, the Maison Mère of the old Convent of the Congregation,
-forty-seven years ago at the foot of Mountain Hill, Quebec.
-
-Taking the St. Catherine street cars as far as the Post-Office, at the
-toll-gate you enter an omnibus (at certain hours) which takes you, for
-the moderate sum of five cents, to the gate leading into the grounds of
-Villa Maria, the first educational establishment of the Congregation de
-Nôtre Dame, formerly Moncklands.
-
-The approach on the Côte St. Antoine Road is beautiful, especially at
-this season, when the trees surrounding the various pretty homes to some
-of our Montreal gentry are just taking on their autumn tints.  At one
-residence especially I noticed the leaves of every color, from varied
-green and red, pale pink, and deep crimson. One small house especially
-attracted my attention, that of Maxime St. Germain—a real old-fashioned
-humble country stone cottage, with the cross standing, a rendezvous in
-old time for prayer when churches were few and far between.
-
-It was told me that this Maxime St. Germain, from a humble habitant, by
-the rise of the value of his property, has risen to great wealth, though
-still living in his humble way, and with his wife and brother still
-occupy the old homestead.
-
-To make one understand the beauty of Moncklands, you must pay it a
-personal visit, and, in default of that, I cannot do better than copy a
-page of its prospectus.  I can only say that I was utterly charmed even
-during my hurried visit.
-
-The view is so lovely from the front.  The parlors so tastefully, even
-elegantly, furnished, with a fine library in one of them, every token of
-refinement, and the spirit of order prevails with a carefulness of
-detail which must conduce to the comfort of its inmates.
-
-"In this Institution for Young Ladies will be found all the advantages,
-comfort, etc., in harmony with its pre-eminence among the various houses
-of this Order.
-
-In point of situation, salubrity, and picturesque scenery, Villa Maria
-is unrivalled; the grounds are extensive, and comprise a delightful
-grove and a lovely little lake, with gondolas, for the healthful
-amusement of the pupils.
-
-The house, which was formerly the residence of the Governor-General of
-Canada, is fitted up in a style of comfort and in a degree of elegance
-not surpassed by any establishment of the kind. French being the
-language of the Institution, the pupils possess rare facilities for
-acquiring a thorough and practical knowledge of this language.  French
-conversation is compulsory, and enters into the competition for the
-highest honors.  The course in the English language is thorough and
-complete.
-
-The Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada has graciously given this
-institution a magnificent medal, to be awarded for general proficiency.
-
-Hon. Ed. Murphy, Montreal, a valuable microscope, to the young lady who
-excels in natural history.
-
-Mrs. Ed. Murphy, a magnificent gold medal, for excellence in the art of
-house-keeping.
-
-The Countess de Beaujeu, a rich gold medal, to the young lady who excels
-in French conversation.
-
-The Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, a medal for universal
-history.
-
-The Rev. L. Collin, Sup. S. S. S., a gold medal for literature.
-
-The Rev. J. Marechal, a gold medal for religious instruction.
-
-The Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau, ex-minister of Education, a gold medal for
-composition.
-
-The Rev. Mother Sup. General, a gold medal for excellence in deportment.
-
-J. J. McElhone, Esq., of Washington, a gold medal for phonography and
-type-writing.
-
-J. M. McGirr, Esq., Ont., a gold medal for mathematics.
-
-Awarded by an artist, a gold lyre, for proficiency in music.
-
-
-
-
-                           *ST. LOUIS HOTEL.*
-
-
-I have just returned from Quebec, and must record one of the most
-pleasurable incidents of that visit, namely, my meeting accidentally an
-old acquaintance, the handsome Miss Bouchette, now Lady Shea, and her
-gifted husband, Sir Ambrose Shea.  The pleasure of a prolonged interview
-with the latter, and I must say an hour’s conversation with him, is an
-education.  He has the happy gift of conveying so much information in
-such easy flowing language, words seem to come specially to express his
-meaning; you learn so much while apparently only chatting.  Truly may
-the Bahamas bless the day when he went there, and evolved from the
-noxious weed they complained of (Sisal Fibre) an industry which will be
-its grand prosperity.  Already the importance of this great branch of
-commerce has been so great that he has, in view of Canadian interests,
-come on a visit to Ottawa, to effect, if possible, a divergence of the
-trade to Canada instead of permitting our American Cousins to reap all
-the profits.  He showed me a plait of fibre about two feet long or more,
-so delicate yet so strong.  There is no doubt it will produce a rival to
-the famous manilla rope, and so facile of handling, it may yet be used
-for the manufacture of linen and other articles, for it needs very
-little preparation for use, and that of the simplest kind.
-
-This wonderful plant suddenly sprung into prominent notice.  It is a
-weed particularly fertile in the Bahamas.  It grows about two feet high,
-and the fibre is the length of the plant, and when extracted by the
-simple process of pressing out, and then wet and dried in the sun, looks
-exactly like horse hair, and so strong one could not break even four
-threads twined together. This Sisal Fibre is creating such a sensation
-now.  I need say nothing further on the subject, only wish Sir Ambrose
-and his wife a pleasant trip, and thank Mr. Russell for the particular
-courtesy I received from him. But when will you fail to receive
-attention at the St. Louis!  From mine host down to the humblest bell
-boy, all are so watchful for your comfort, so civil in their demeanor,
-it is a pleasure to put up there.
-
-
-
-
-                       *THE QUEBEC BANK, QUEBEC.*
-
-
-On a recent visit to Quebec I was shown by the present courteous and
-able manager, James Stevenson, Esq., a notice he had written in the
-_Shareholder_, February 22, 1884, and there is so much of interest in it
-for the public, I transmit the valuable information it contains to you,
-my friends.  Mr. Stevenson had directed my attention to this article, as
-he had therein so kindly noticed my dear father, the late Charles
-Gethings:—
-
-The Quebec Bank, with the exception of the Bank of Montreal, is the
-oldest bank in the Dominion.  On the 9th July, 1818, merchants, and
-others interested in the establishment of a bank in the city of Quebec,
-held a meeting at the Exchange, and drafted articles of association. The
-document is headed, "Articles of Association of the Quebec Bank," and
-consists of twenty-five sections.  No. 3 provides that, for the good
-management of the bank, there shall be thirteen directors; No. 6, that
-there shall be no recourse upon the separate property of any
-shareholder.  Other sections severally provide for the issue of notes;
-the calling-up of the capital, which is to be £75,000; the term of the
-bank’s existence; and its dissolution.  The bank is now in its
-sixty-seventh year. Distinguished men, legislators, lawyers and
-merchants have served on the directorate.  During the term of its
-existence it has been exposed to severe financial storms; it has
-weathered them all, preserved its capital intact, and has paid several
-millions in the shape of dividends.
-
-At the first meeting of the shareholders, which was held on the 7th
-September, 1818, the following gentlemen were elected to serve on the
-board of directors, namely, John W. Woolsey, Thomas White, J. McCallum,
-John Jones, Charles Smith, Louis Massue, Jean Langevin, Henry Black, Ph.
-Aubert de Gaspé, W. G. Sheppard, John Goudie, Etienne Lagreux, and
-Benjamin Tremain.  Mr. Woolsey was elected president, and Mr. White,
-vice-president; and the Board engaged the services of Noah Freer, as
-cashier.  Mr. Freer held a commission as captain in the army; he had
-seen service, and had been military secretary to Sir George Prevost,
-during the war of 1812. Steady-going merchants may have shrugged their
-shoulders and questioned the wisdom and propriety of appointing a
-soldier to such a position; but Captain Freer took kindly to the
-business of civil life.  He was accurate, precise, and methodical in all
-he did; and a courteous gentleman in his intercourse with the public.
-The customers of the bank were men of high standing—including the
-leading officials of the capital, namely, the Governor-General, the
-Bishop, the Commander-in-Chief, legislators and lawyers, in addition to
-the regular commercial clientele.  Holograph cheques of all its
-principal customers since 1818 have been carefully preserved in the
-bank, a review of which is almost as interesting as a cursory perusal of
-the annals of the city.
-
-That able jurist, the late Honorable Andrew Stuart, was appointed legal
-adviser; and he appears on several occasions to have steadied the
-directors, and guided them into a course of safety.
-
-In the absence of an "Act of Incorporation," the shareholders no doubt
-incurred unlimited liability to the depositors and share-holders; but
-application was made to Parliament for a charter, and an "Act of
-Incorporation," extending the existence of the bank to 1831, was passed
-in 1819.  This Act received the Royal assent of George IV. on the 16th
-September, 1822.  At the expiration of the term, the charter was
-renewed, and extended to the 1st August, 1836; and, by a subsequent Act,
-to the same date in 1837.  That year constitutional government was
-suspended in consequence of the disturbed state of the Province; and all
-the powers and privileges of the bank expired by the effluxion of the
-time limited by the Act of Incorporation. The directors were at a loss
-what course to pursue under the circumstances.  They thought seriously
-of winding up the bank.  In 1838 the government of the country was
-vested in Sir John Colborne, as Administrator, and a special council
-held in the city of Montreal.  The same year, the Habeas Corpus Act was
-suspended, and an ordinance was passed authorizing the incorporated,
-chartered, and other banks in the Province to suspend the redemption of
-their notes in specie till the 1st of June, 1839—limiting the
-circulation of each bank to the amount of its capital stock actually
-paid up.  It was further enacted that all specie then held by the bank
-should be retained, and should not be sold, excepting to Her Majesty’s
-Government.
-
-Political disturbances having been quelled, trade revived, and all
-thought of winding up the bank was abandoned.  To supply the absence of
-silver, the bank, in addition to its ordinary issue, issued notes of
-15d., or 30 sous, and 2s. 6d., or 3 francs; and the several banks struck
-off a copper currency for the convenience of the public.  The suspension
-of specie payments lasted three years.
-
-In the absence of Parliamentary authority for the existence of the bank,
-the directors we readvised to apply for a royal charter, and Captain
-Freer, the cashier, was deputed to proceed to England, for the purpose
-of communicating with the Home Government on the subject. Captain Freer
-was well received by the authorities, and every assistance was rendered
-to him in furtherance of the object of his mission.  A royal charter was
-granted with authority to apply to Parliament for a renewal as soon as
-constitutional government should be restored; at the same time the
-authorized capital of the bank was increased to £100,000.
-
-Several changes had taken place in the personnel at the Direction since
-1818.  In 1823, Mr. W. Sheppard was elected president; in 1832, Mr.
-Charles Smith; in 1838, Mr. John Fraser; and in 1842, Mr. James Gibb.
-In 1852 Captain Freer retired from the service of the bank upon a
-pension, having held office for thirty-four years.  In 1848 Sir N. F.
-Belleau was elected a director.  He has since been a constant member of
-the Board, and punctual in his attendance, even while he held the office
-of Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec.  On the death of the
-Honorable Andrew Stuart, the Honorable Henry Black was appointed legal
-adviser; and on his assuming the duties of Judge of the Vice-Admiralty
-Court, he was succeeded by the Honorable George O. Stuart, the present
-Judge of the same Court.  J. C. Vannovous, Q.C., held the office till
-his death, and was succeeded by the present legal advisers of the bank,
-Messrs. Andrews, Caron & Andrews.
-
-Mr. Charles Gethings, a man of inflexible integrity of character, was
-appointed to fill the office of cashier, vacated by the retirement of
-Captain Freer, and under his management, and the careful supervision of
-the president, Mr. Gibb, who was rarely absent from the office, the bank
-continued to pay its dividends, namely, in 1853 at the rate of 7 per
-cent. per annum: in 1854, 7 per cent.; 1855, 7 per cent.; 1856, 7 per
-cent.; 1857, 6½ per cent.; 1858, 6 per cent.; 1859, 6½ per cent.; 1860,
-7½.
-
-In 1860 the president, one of the oldest and most esteemed merchants in
-the city, died, deeply regretted by the whole community, and Mr. W. H.
-Anderson, the vice-president, was elected president in his place.  The
-following year Mr. Gethings, the cashier, retired upon a pension; and
-Mr. William Dunn, a gentleman well qualified to fill an important place
-in any bank, was appointed his successor.  The bank, under his
-management, continued to pay dividends, namely, in 1861, 8 per cent;
-1862, 8 per cent.; 1863, 7½ per cent.; 1864, 7 per cent.
-
-In 1864 Mr. David Douglas Young, a leading and highly esteemed merchant,
-who had served several years on the directorate, was elected president.
-Mr. Dunn, the cashier, retired soon after his appointment, and was
-succeeded by the present general manager, Mr. James Stevenson, in
-December, 1864.
-
-Since the death of Mr. Young, which happened in 1869, the Honorable
-James G. Ross has been president of the bank, and Mr. William Withall,
-vice-president.
-
-Such, in brief, is the history of this old institution, the doors of
-which were opened for business in 1818, in a small house in
-Sault-au-Matelot Street.  Some years afterwards, a portion of a
-commodious building erected by the Quebec Fire Insurance Company, in
-Peter Street, was occupied by the bank.  But in 1863 the directors
-resolved to have a building of their own, and they purchased from Mr. H.
-Atkinson the site upon which the present handsome banking house is
-built.  A certain historical interest attaches to almost every spot and
-locality in Quebec; and to none more so than to that very site.  There,
-on a cold stormy December morning, in 1775, when the simultaneous
-assault on Quebec was made by Montgomery and Arnold, stood a small body
-of resolute men, ready to sacrifice their lives in defence of the city.
-While the life of Montgomery was ebbing away with the flow of his blood
-at Cape Diamond, Arnold was advancing, with a comparatively formidable
-force, from St. Roch’s, upon Sault-au-Matelot, a little lane not over
-twelve feet wide, opposite the site of the bank.  It is not too much to
-say that the fate of Canada, as a dependency of Great Britain, hung upon
-the issue of the impending contest in the lane.  The struggle was a
-desperate one.
-
-It lasted several hours; but the repulse was complete; and Arnold,
-carried off wounded, retired with the remnant of his force upon the
-General Hospital, the head-quarters of the Americans, which they held
-till the siege of Quebec was abandoned in the following month of May,
-1776.
-
-
-
-
-                      *HORSE BOATS AND ICE BOATS.*
-
-
-Near the site of the old convent just described, we used to embark on a
-horse boat to cross to Levis in summer, and in winter a canoe, managed
-by expert boatmen, who paddled their way through shoal ice, and, on
-reaching any large piece, with wonderful strength and skill raised the
-canoe and pulled it on the ice as we do a sleigh.  These boatmen were so
-inured to their work that an accident rarely happened. But there are
-records of a whole canoe full of people being swamped.  Fortunately a
-regular service of ice boats exists in winter now, and with rare
-intervals (some extraordinary storm) with as much regularity as the
-summer ferry boats.
-
-Some of my young readers may never have seen a horse boat, so I will
-tell them they looked like some of the very small steamboats, but the
-machinery was put in movement and carried on by horses attached to a
-pole in the centre and walking round and round.
-
-Previous to the year 1857 there were no other means of crossing to Levis
-but by the canoes, when Capt. Semple chartered a boat, which ran up to
-December, as it could only go through floating ice.  But an enterprising
-gentleman, the recently deceased Mr. Tibbits, talking over the matter
-with a young relative of mechanical genius, made out plans for
-machinery, had them sent to Montreal, made here and sent on to Quebec,
-were fitted up and at once proved successful, and thus in the year 1862
-started his passenger boat, "The Arctic," which would cut through the
-heaviest ice and became a perfect success.  I copy from a newspaper the
-following notice of Mr. Tibbits, who died March 26, 1889:
-
-"On Friday last the mortal remains of the late James Tibbits were
-committed to their last resting place in Mount Hermon Cemetery. For many
-years the deceased was a prominent figure in the mercantile community.
-He was a man of great physical and mental energy, and of unbounded
-enterprise, always willing to risk in public enterprises the money with
-which many of his ventures were crowned.  One lasting monument of his
-enterprise and ability remains to us in the excellent ferry service we
-enjoy with the South Shore.  He was the first to demonstrate the
-possibility of a steamer cutting its way through the masses of ice which
-obstructed the navigation opposite the city during the winter.  Like
-many others of our enterprising merchants, Mr. Tibbits died poor. Quebec
-owes his memory a debt of gratitude, which might well have been slightly
-repaid by a public funeral.  It is, however, such a long time since Mr.
-Tibbits resided in the city, the generation that succeeded are hardly
-aware of the services rendered by the deceased.  It is not fitting,
-however, that they should be lost sight of."
-
-The ferry boats, summer and winter, land you in close proximity to the
-railroad, and carriages take you west towards St. David or east to St.
-Joseph.  After driving up a very steep hill you come to a road branching
-off to the west beside which is the little old English Church and
-Cemetery, the former being now renewed under the supervision of its
-popular pastor, Rev. Mr. Nicholls, grandson of the much-esteemed Bishop
-Mountain.  Higher up and last is the Roman Catholic parish church, a
-monument to the zeal and perseverance of the late Rev. Mr. Dalzeil.
-Almost a riot was in the parish when he asked for it to be built of its
-present size, but with far-seeing wisdom he insisted, and now it is
-crowded to overflowing though two other churches have been built in the
-space of the last few years. Levis also possesses a fine college in this
-locality. On the summit of the hill called rue des Marchands is a very
-handsome and spacious store and residence belonging to Mr. Couture, and
-opposite to it is a tiny little building kept in good repair, though
-unused, which Mr. Couture tells you with pride is the shop where he
-first earned the shillings which were to end by making him a
-millionaire.  Mr. Edouard Couture carries on the business in the same
-place now, but the Hon. Geo. Couture, Senator, sleeps under a handsome
-obelisk in Levis Cemetery.  The noblest monument that exists to his
-memory, however, is the beautiful church, built by money left for that
-purpose in his will, adjoining the splendid hospital, built within about
-ten years, to which he contributed so largely during his lifetime. One
-of the head ladies of the institution (a very old friend, sister-in-law
-of our well-known citizen, Hon. P. Casgrain) took me through this
-building about a week ago, and I was astonished to find it almost filled
-already.  The poor, the crippled, old women, young children, have here a
-comfortable home, with delightful surroundings, and on a height and with
-a view of the Citadel, Quebec.
-
-When Mère St. Monique asked me to go and visit the Catacombs under the
-church, I decidedly objected, but Josephte, as I called her in our
-youth, always would have her way, and I am glad she did so here, for I
-do not know whether similar places for burial are existent elsewhere in
-this country or only a new creation in Canada, but I am glad I went into
-them. This seems to be the perfection of burying. Leading me through a
-long light passage under the church, we came to a very heavy iron door;
-then on its being opened a second appeared with its blank emblems and
-death’s head and cross bones, sufficiently indicative of where we were
-going.  Entering this door Mère St. Monique struck a light, and we found
-ourselves in a fire-proof brick chamber and passages.  On every side
-shelves to hold one coffin.  There is only one occupant so far—Mr.
-Gingras—but there are places for ninety.  The coffin is placed on a
-shelf just large enough, then masoned up, and the name put on the
-masonry.  A great improvement on old-fashioned vaults, as all
-possibility of disturbance is precluded and no danger from foul air.
-This building is under the High Altar, so to a devout Roman Catholic
-much of the feeling of gloom is taken away.  A few miles west is St.
-David’s Church, a pretty new edifice, and further on at the village of
-St. Romuald, St. Romuald’s Church, so filled with choice paintings and
-works of art by its late Pastor, the Rev. Mr. Saxe, it has become quite
-a worthy show place for our sight-seeing American friends.  The Rev. Mr.
-Saxe was of such clever wit and genial presence, he exercised great
-influence over those with whom he came in contact.  I remember saying
-how proud his parishioners must be of this lovely little edifice.  "They
-well may be," he said, "it has hardly cost them anything for all these
-works of art.  I made the old country, that could afford it, give them,
-you know.  I travelled in Europe for contributions, and impressed on
-each community how necessary it was that each city should give of its
-best—something to redound to its own credit, and I got it," the old
-gentleman said with a merry twinkle in his eye.  So much, my friends,
-for tact and a knowledge of human nature.
-
-
-
-
-                         *BEAUMONT—ST. THOMAS.*
-
-
-Previous to the year 1853, or thereabouts, there was no railroad below
-Quebec, and vehicles were the only means of transport; but when time and
-means permit, it is surely the most agreeable of all ways of travelling.
-We were frequent visitors at Crane Island, and our downward drive to St.
-Thomas, where we took sail boat to cross, were in the habit of stopping
-at various way-side houses, not inns, simply neat commodious places
-where we were always expected and welcomed, and sure of a meal and bed.
-One of these was the Fraser House at Beaumont: it still exists, but
-sadly deteriorated, and occupied by a French farmer and family.  It is a
-very long low house in a very small quiet country village, prettily
-situated with a view of the St. Lawrence.
-
-On one occasion my husband and myself drove up to the door.  "Welcome!"
-(we were frequent visitors) "but it is well you did not come a few days
-sooner.  Who do you think has just left? Lord and Lady Elgin,"—and I
-forget whether she said any children.  "Come, and I’ll show you the room
-as I arranged it for Lady Elgin."  If you have never, my readers, seen a
-genuine old-fashioned habitant bedstead, I would almost fail to impress
-you with its height; you could not possibly get into it without standing
-on a chair, and two of these were placed side by side, taking in one
-whole side of a room, with the long white curtains pendant from a rod
-attached to the ceiling.  I can hardly think of it now without smiling.
-Of course, it must have been for the novelty of the thing that Lady
-Elgin used it instead of having one brought from Quebec.  Perhaps one
-gets so tired of formality and grandeur, a change becomes a welcome
-relief.  We said we had but twenty minutes to stay, and must have lunch
-at once. In about ten minutes we had a most delicious fricassee of
-chicken in white sauce.  On complimenting Mrs. Fraser, she said, "I
-learnt how to make that from Lord Elgin’s cook, and was I not smart?
-those chickens were running about when you came."  That spoilt all,
-ah—if she only had not told us?  There are numerous pretty villages all
-along the south shore.  None prettier than that of St. Michel, adjacent
-to Beaumont. It much resembles Kamouraska, though much prettier as the
-foliage is so lovely.
-
-
-
-
-                             *ST. MICHEL.*
-
-
-St. Michel is a delightful summer residence, about fifteen miles from
-Quebec, reached directly by steamer every day, or by railroad a few
-miles from the village.
-
-We resided there for a couple of years, and then made the acquaintance
-of the Rev. Mr. Drolet, who with his mother and sisters tendered us such
-kindly hospitality.  The Parsonage became to all of us a Maison
-Paternelle, for the family all spoke English as well as French, and the
-genial curé, a very clever and devoted priest, was in his home an
-admirable host.  I shall have occasion elsewhere to speak of him.  I
-will conclude this article with a few verses I found lately, written on
-the spur of the moment from the circumstance of one of the ladies nearly
-falling through a trap door into the cellar of the dining-room of the
-old-fashioned house we then occupied.
-
-
-
-
-                      *A CHRONICLE OF ST. MICHEL.*
-
-
-                      A REMEMBRANCE OF HAPPY DAYS.
-
-    It was a winter evening,
-      The moon was shining bright,
-    When from a lady’s parlor
-      Came sounds of laughter light.
-    But, suddenly, the scene is changed,
-      There’s heard a warning shriek,
-    And borne upon the air the words,
-      "Oh! dear, will no one speak?"
-    Unheeding trap, just at her feet,
-      Comes with majestic mien
-    A damsel of sweet presence,
-      And smiling all serene.
-    Her eyes are like the glowworm,
-      Her cheeks like damask rose,
-    She holds her head so loftily,
-      She looks not at her toes;
-    When, roused from contemplation sweet
-      Of bottles ale and stout,
-    A head above the trap appears—
-      "What’s all this row about?
-    I see, I see, Miss Flora, dear,
-      You’d all but tumbled down;
-    One further step, and you’d have fall’n
-      On my unlucky crown.
-    Oh! had you tumbled on my head
-      In yonder cellar well,
-    We now, alas, been both quite dead"—
-      A sad old tale to tell.
-    How youth and beauty often fall
-      Into some snare unseen,
-    As so hath chanced in many a day
-      And yet full oft I ween,
-    While thoughtless youth with eager step
-      Pursues its heedless way.
-
-    MORAL.
-
-    Then damsels all who hear my tale
-      Hold not your heads so high,
-    A downward glance give now and then,
-      Hid dangers to descry.
-
-
-We arrive at St. Thomas after a forty miles drive, and stay over, if the
-tide does not serve for coming, at Madame F.’s well-known hotel—not far
-from which is the residences of the late Sir Etienne Taché and Mr.
-Bender, father of the present well-known Boston physician, Dr. Bender.
-
-A short distance from here is the house now occupied by E. P. Bender,
-formerly owned by Mr. William Patton, a splendid specimen of an English
-gentleman.  A lumber merchant, doing a large business with ample means,
-his house was the home of generous hospitality.  It is thirty years
-since I visited it or more—it then gave you an idea of one of England’s
-far-famed country homes; Everything handsome, well ordered grounds, its
-steel grates (then a novelty), and handsome paperings, a host so
-courteous, his wife a refined lady of the old school—all appeared to
-promise long years of happiness to its inmates, when in a day, alas! all
-was changed.  Mr. Patton was most energetic in his efforts to hasten the
-building of the railroad from Quebec to St. Thomas, and went into town
-to see Messrs.  Morton, Peto & Brassey, when he met his fate.
-Overheated by his exertions, he lay down to rest opposite an open window
-facing the St. Lawrence, a gale sprung up, he got a chill, and in
-twenty-four hours he was dead, of inflammation, before his wife could
-reach him, and yet she arrived almost in time, due to a mysterious
-warning of some kind, I forget what it was—she told me of it herself.
-
-Sitting quietly in her room she heard or saw something, and, convinced
-that her husband needed her, she ordered a carriage, and, despite all
-remonstrance, drove all night, and passed in the darkness the carriage
-sent for her, and arrived in the grey dawn of morning to find her
-husband just dead.
-
-How many such unaccountable occurrences happen.  I could tell of at
-least six such experiences in my own history.  My theory is this, that
-under certain conditions thought meets thought, and so mesmerically
-impresses on the loved one its own yearnings and wishes.
-
-Previous to Mr. Patton’s purchasing it, this house had been occupied by
-several families of note, the De Beaujeus, Olivas, etc.  It was
-purchased a few years since by E. P. Bender, Esq., who now occupies it
-with his family.
-
-
-
-
-                       *SECOND VISIT TO ROBERVAL,
-                            LAKE ST. JOHN.*
-
-
-I was unfortunately prevented from visiting Roberval until late in the
-season—in fact, only a few weeks before the hotel closed—but I saw
-enough to confirm my first impressions as to its desirability as a
-summer resort for people who really need to recuperate after the wear
-and tear of town life.  It was late in August, a cold spell was on; we
-arrived per railroad on Pullman car, which brings you to the very gate
-of the hotel premises.  A dull heavy rain came down as we got off the
-cars, but what of that? you are ushered into a hallway where burns a
-generous grate fire.  Courteous officials greet you and inquire your
-wants.  Shown to a comfortable bedroom, and then to a supper as good in
-quality as meals served in most town hotels, with excellent attendance,
-you fancy you are in fairy land, as, gazing on the wild country around,
-you remember that this locality a few years ago was not even inhabited
-by farmers, but all was bush.  Ushered into the ladies’ parlor you are
-greeted by a most winning hostess, Mrs. Scott, daughter of the Honorable
-Mr. Shehyn, who, residing here at present with her children, does the
-honors, and welcomes you as if to her own private parlor.  The season
-was so nearly over there were comparatively few guests, but those of the
-most pleasant—Dr. and Mrs. Lovely, Rev. Mr. —— and his wife, and several
-members of the Beemer family, who by their musical talents contributed
-largely to our enjoyment.  Roberval I am sure has a grand future before
-it. Dr. Lovely, one of the most eminent physicians of the United States,
-assured me that he had discovered coal-oil there, not five miles from
-the hotel, and also some stone (I forget what) of which he was taking
-specimens away with him. He said if it was what he thought, it would
-indeed be a bonanza.
-
-It appears to me that Roberval would be especially beneficial for those
-suffering from nervous exhaustion or debility, or tendency to
-consumption.  The pure mountain air, the quiet, the absence of rush and
-excitement, must surely be most grateful to such parties, while for
-those who want a livelier existence, the trips in excursion steam-boats,
-the visits to various other fishing grounds, the power of jumping on the
-railroad that comes to your door and whirls you off for a few hours to
-other lakes, is a matter not to be lost sight of.  Added to the perfect
-inside comfort of this hotel—baths on your bedroom flat—the immense
-piazza runs the full length of the building, affording in wet weather an
-excellent promenade, with a view of the lovely lake, and what I much
-appreciated was the absence of the horrid gong calling you to meals.
-Here you are told the time for meals, and if you so desire a civil
-waiter calls you at the hour you name, but the fearful din that
-elsewhere rouses you from your pet morning sleep is absent.
-
-Entering the ladies’ parlor in the evening you feel almost that you are
-in a private house.  A bright fire burns in an open grate.  Some fair
-lady is employing her talents at the piano in your service, and you
-enjoy some really good music, when one of the ladies asks are you to
-have a little dance or a small game of cards—the first at once, the
-latter when we are tired.  After a short time small tables are brought
-in, the guests group into little coteries, each one retires when he
-will, after enjoying all the comforts of a home with the liberty of an
-hotel.
-
-I must not forget to state that at the village, about a mile from the
-hotel, is a Roman Catholic Church and fine Ursuline Convent, a
-delightful boarding school for young ladies, who enjoy boating every day
-and pleasant little trips to an island now belonging to the Nuns.  There
-is also a telegraph in the hotel, and any amount of vehicles and horses
-and boats for visitors—also cheaper boarding houses in the village for
-those who require them.
-
-During the few days I stayed there, one or two funny incidents occurred.
-On one occasion I had an old man to drive me, when I said, "I hope it
-will not rain before we get home."  "I hope it won’t, indeed," he said,
-"I am not dry yet since yesterday."  "How is that?" I asked. Said he: "I
-was out with that party from the hotel who when out fishing were so
-drenched, and the storm being so great I stayed by the hotel kitchen
-fire instead of going home to change; but, madame," as a sudden thought
-struck him, "you live at the hotel, is there a doctor living there?"
-Having been there only a few hours, I did not know, but inquired why he
-asked. "The fact is, I hear that when people come from Louisiana or
-Paris, a party of ten always brings a doctor with them" (a party
-recently arrived just numbering ten), "and hearing that I had a son ill,
-one gentleman said if I would take him to see my son or bring my son to
-him, he would try and cure him."  "Well," I asked, "have you done so?"
-"But no," he said, "he is English."  (I spoke in French and he thought I
-was a French Canadian.)  "What difference would that make?"  "Why,
-madame, do you think the English know anything?"  "Well," I said,
-"perhaps a little; you might try the doctor."  At the same time I was
-quite prepared to hear that he was a victim of some practical joke from
-his statement that every ten persons coming from Louisiana or Paris
-brought a doctor with them; I little expected the dénouement.  "Oh! my
-son would not see him at all.  He said, ’father, do you wish me to die
-at once?’  But, madame, I would not have minded taking him to the doctor
-myself.  You don’t think that even though English he would have given
-him something to kill him at once?" "Oh! no," I answered, "I am sure he
-would not do that."  But my story does not end here. On entering the
-parlor, where several were seated, I addressed a peculiarly pleasant
-lady near me, and began to narrate for their benefit my conversation
-with the old driver, when I noticed my hearer give a kind of warning
-glance: and then she went off into a merry peal of laughter as the door
-opened and a gentleman popped in his head.  "Come here, my dear, learn a
-lesson of humility.  This, my dear lady, is my husband, Dr. Lovely" (I
-have learned since that he is one of the most well-known of American
-physicians); "he is the Englishman, who can’t know anything."
-
-The doctor, who enjoyed the joke, engaged the same driver next day to
-have his fun as much as anything.  After a good deal of skirmishing, he
-elicited all from the old coachman, who, however, said, though English,
-if Dr. L—— was a Roman Catholic, he might induce his son to trust him,
-as he believed that the little bottles he showed him really contained
-_des remèdes_.  I know that the doctor explained to him that, though not
-a Roman Catholic, he attended nearly all the members of that
-denomination in the United States, and there was some kind of
-negotiation going on when I left.  They may have come to terms, and the
-boy cured, despite himself.  Perhaps this poor old chap, living for many
-years utterly isolated from civilization, might have the same horror of
-_Les terribles Anglais_ that the English peasantry had of Napoleon the
-First, who, when children were refractory, were threatened to be given
-to ’Bonaparte.  And, now, as some of our English people may be hard on
-this old French-Canadian, I must tell you that the clergyman’s wife,
-attached to some very prominent hospital in one of the large cities of
-the United States, said they came across sometimes very odd cases, and
-instanced that of a patient coming to the hospital, and, being ordered
-to take a bath, said he had never taken a bath in his life, and must go
-home and consult his wife.  He went and never returned!!!  This, in one
-of the largest cities of America.  So don’t too much despise the old
-backwoodsman’s prejudice. As Mrs. Lovely most kindly invited me to pay
-her a visit, I may yet tell you more about this very true tale.
-
-
-
-
-                          *ST. LEON SPRINGS.*
-
-
-It is fully fifty years ago since my father took me to Three Rivers en
-route for St. Leon Springs.  We were most hospitably received by Mr.
-Lajoie (father of the present dry goods merchant of Three Rivers), and
-his good lady, and Mr. Faucher de St. Maurice, father of the present
-gentleman of the same name.  Of the party were, I think, Mr. Gingras,
-whose son, brother-in-law of Mr. Dorion, recently deceased, was the
-first I think to establish the reputation of these waters.  After a
-sumptuous repast at Mr. Lajoie’s, we were driven to St. Leon Springs,
-and this us what I remember of it then: a steep sandy hill, up which was
-walking a pale, thin young lady, whom my father pointed out to me as
-Miss G——; that lady has been in bed seven years, you see her walking
-now; whether the cure was permanent or not I have no means of
-ascertaining, but Mr. Campbell, late proprietor of St. Leon Springs,
-told me only two weeks since that he remembered Miss G—— perfectly. Mr.
-Campbell further told me since that his father had noticed the cattle
-drinking at this spring, and finding it had a peculiar taste, had it
-analyzed, and gave to the public this boon for the afflicted, and
-health-preserving drink for the sick.  We had tea that day at the
-Springs on a deal table, without table-cloth, seated on wooden benches,
-while carpenters were putting the roof on a large building we sat in.  I
-presume this was the first hotel, rather a contrast to that of the
-present day, which is yearly crowded with an increased number of
-fashionable visitors from all parts of the Dominion, in search of health
-or amusement.  This hotel has been very lately enlarged and fitted up
-with every modern convenience.  Parties leaving Montreal by the Canadian
-Pacific Railroad, and getting off at Louiseville, will find vehicles
-waiting to take them to St. Leon Springs.
-
-This lady just alluded to, Miss G——, was one of those peculiar patients
-one hears of in a lifetime, and, as all her near relatives are dead and
-few will recognize the initial, I will inform my readers that Dr. A——,
-one of my father’s physicians (now deceased), told me that she was
-afflicted with a kind of fit—cataleptic, I think, they called it—when
-she fell into a state so closely resembling death that two of Quebec’s
-most prominent medical men were about to perform a post-mortem
-examination on her, when the slight quiver of an eyelid proved her still
-alive, and on her recovering she told them that, though unable to make
-the slightest motion, she had heard and seen all that had passed, and
-Dr. A—— was exceedingly indignant that such a subject should have been
-sent to him as an ordinary patient, as the same thing might have
-occurred again.  He was, if I mistake not, then residing in Halifax and
-he told me that all the instructions he received were to provide a
-suitable lodging for a nervous patient, who could afford to pay well for
-a quiet private residence.  Accordingly, Dr. A—— persuaded a well-to-do
-Scotch farmer to take her as a boarder.  For a time all went well,
-though she would go off into a sort of trance, when she lay apparently
-dead for perhaps three days and returned to consciousness, often
-cognizant of what had occurred during her semi-deathlike state.  But on
-one occasion her second sight, if you can so term it, was so great, she
-terrified the old people so, they begged the doctor to remove her,
-saying she was no canny.  The facts were these:—On one occasion Miss G——
-fell into her cataleptic state, and the doctor not expecting her to
-revive before a certain time, said he would not call till the following
-Thursday.  But on the Tuesday, receiving a summons from a very old
-patient, twenty miles distant, he decided on calling on her _en route_.
-The weather being rainy, he asked for a covered vehicle, and the only
-one procurable was a shabby, very old-fashioned waggon.  In the
-meantime, Miss G—— awoke from her trance, and said, "the doctor is
-coming."  "No," said the mistress of the house; "he is not coming till
-Thursday."  "He is coming now," said Miss G——, "he is at the red gate"
-(a gate some distance from the back of the house, and too far for any
-sound to reach)—"what a funny carriage he has."  When he really drove up
-in this queer-looking vehicle, the landlady was so scared, she uttered
-that exclamation, "she is no canny," and insisted that board should be
-taken elsewhere.  I offer no explanation—let the savants do that—I only
-narrate facts I vouch for.
-
-
-
-
-                 *MY SECOND VISIT TO ST. LEON SPRINGS.*
-
-
-Going by the Canadian Pacific Railroad to Louiseville, we took a trap
-awaiting at the station, and, after a drive over a rather pretty country
-road, arrived at St. Leon Springs.  Alas! the season was over, only Mr.
-Thomas and his son, and Mr. Langlois, were there, and a few servants.
-Nevertheless, we saw enough to convince us what a delightful health
-resort this must be in summer.  When I say health resort, I do not mean
-pleasure resort, though there is plenty of amusement for reasonable
-people, who would find pleasant companionship, dancing, music, drives,
-croquet, lawn-tennis sufficient for summer heat; but, we speak now of
-St. Leon Springs as a retreat for the really ill or convalescent, and as
-such it must simply be perfection.  A large hotel, nicely kept, numerous
-bath-rooms, all fitted up with an abundant supply of St. Leon water for
-bathing, excellent meals, well-cooked and nicely served, as we saw even
-during our brief and unexpected stay (I have never eaten such perfect
-home-made bread as there), with the drinking of these health-giving
-waters, must surely be of incalculable benefit.  Twitting Mr. Langlois
-on the supposition that perhaps in cities the St. Leon water is in part
-manufactured, Mr. Langlois told us a funny incident. He said, I think it
-was in Toronto, he overheard some one saying, as his trucks came in
-loaded with barrels: "I wonder how much of this is manufactured?"  On
-the impulse of the moment, Mr. L—— gave a hint to the carters to dump
-the casks on the pavement instead of taking them through the yard.
-
-As anticipated, a policeman came up and remonstrated on impeding the
-sidewalk.  Soon a crowd gathered.  Just what Mr. L—— desired. When
-spoken to, he said: "Of course, it was an oversight, the water should
-have been taken into the yard; but as it was there, he would like to
-prove to the people assembled how genuine was the water, by tapping
-several barrels, and, igniting with a match the gas, said: "My friends,
-can any of you manufacture gas in water to burn like this?"  Mr. L—— is
-not by any means a man you would credit with being a religious
-enthusiast; but I will never forget the solemnity of the act, as,
-raising his hand towards Heaven, he uttered these words: "He who made
-these waters can alone make the gas."
-
-Mr. Thomas, a wealthy gentleman, with his son, for health and
-occupation, takes the management here.  The latter, quite a sport, drove
-us with his blood horses to the station, at a pace that made me tremble.
-There a grand old-fashioned coach with four spanking horses waits at the
-railroad station to drive you in style to the hotel.  Come and try them,
-my fast American friends.  I will conscientiously stick to the
-old-fashioned one-horse buckboard—not elegant and hardly comfortable,
-but very safe.
-
-
-
-
-                             *ST. RAYMOND.*
-
-
-About eight years ago my dear husband and myself took rooms for the
-summer with a Mr. Ignace Déry, a carpenter.  The house, a very large one
-of many buildings, was prettily situated on the banks of the river.
-Facing the house an immense barn indicated the prosperity of the farm.
-In course of conversation I remarked to Mr. D. how astonished I was to
-find such a handsome church, fine shops, and a musical choir, with a
-thriving village, in a place we had only heard of a few years before.
-"You will be more surprised, dear lady," he said, "when I inform you
-that I came here fifty years ago, a boy of fifteen, against my people’s
-will, with another cousin, and broke the first road in what was all then
-bush."  "How did you hear of this place at all?"  "Well, from the
-Indians, and I went out with the surveyors and thought what a splendid
-place it was for a settlement, and said so, but my father would not hear
-of it.  However, one day, my cousin, Joseph Déry, said to me after
-church, ’Have you decided on coming to squat or take possession and make
-an opening on these lands?’  ’My family will not hear of it,’ I
-answered.  ’Well, then, come without their leave; if they see you
-succeed, they will be quite satisfied.’"  So Déry and his cousin started
-off right after mass, the equipment of the former being a loaf of bread
-and piece of pork procured from his sister, whom he let into the secret,
-about half a bag of potatoes for seed, a hatchet, and his working
-clothes and a little salt.  The boys walked out about fifteen miles: the
-one, my friend Déry, remained at the east end, his cousin at the west.
-These two houses now form the boundary in a certain measure of the
-village of St. Raymond.  Mr. Déry told me his first occupation was to
-plant some potatoes, then build a small hut, and he said for food he had
-only to dip a line into the river back of the site of his house to
-procure all the fish he needed.  On this he lived, with fruit and a
-little flour procured later.  Such was the commencement of this
-prosperous village.  The cousin, Joseph Déry, still kept a few years ago
-intact his first cottage, though building a comfortable house beside it.
-
-
-
-                            ANOTHER PIONEER
-
-
-In the autumn we moved for a month nearer the village, and occupied the
-house owned by Mr. Beaupré.  It was a commodious dwelling, neatly
-furnished, and on my remarking a rather nice bureau in my room, and
-inquiring if they had a cabinet-maker in the village, my landlady
-answered, "Oh! my husband made that himself, and, though never
-apprenticed to any trade, built nearly the whole of this house himself."
-and then the old gentleman, pointing to the other side of the river,
-said, "Do you notice, madame, that clump of trees; well, beneath that
-rock is a cavern which I discovered and made a residence of when, as a
-boy of thirteen, I walked from St. Augustine across the country to
-there, to see what I could do for myself.  I had no near relations, and
-determined if possible, by squatting, to get a home.  I built a
-projecting porch, and lived for many a month in that cavern.  I earned
-my living by doing odd jobs for the farmers, who came from some
-distance, and helped to row them over in a scow to St. Raymond proper,
-now the village, to get their horses shod, and while waiting for their
-return, noticed how the blacksmiths worked; then it occurred to me how
-well a blacksmith would do on my side of the river (thus saving the
-crossing), and I commenced to learn, and here I am, the master of a
-comfortable home and several farms"—the reward of energy and favorable
-circumstances, which brought the railroad to their very doors, and with
-large stores opening for the supply of the railroad employees, and the
-influx of summer visitors, has made the desert blossom like a rose, and
-a charming village (the intersecting waters spanned by a pretty bridge),
-spring in a few years from the bush.
-
-Mr. Panet, advocate, and his charming wife are residents here.  Mr. P.,
-representative and nephew of Mrs. Shakspeare, wife of General
-Shakspeare, daughter of Bernard Panet, of old Quebec memory.
-
-
-
-                           OCTOBER 28, 1890.
-
-
-I have just returned from St. Raymond and learnt some additional facts
-anent the Dérys I found interesting, and detail them for public benefit.
-The daughter-in-law of Joseph Déry said her father-in-law was the first,
-except sportsmen and Indians, who had ever been to St. Raymond; a little
-pathway through the woods was their inroad.  He started to find the
-River St. Anne, which runs through St. Raymond; he found his walk very
-fatiguing from Lorette, and arriving at the Cape, under which runs the
-St. John railway now, was delighted to find he was nearing his
-destination.  He named the hill Cap Joyeuse, which name it still bears.
-On wishing to see the first cabin he had built, she said, by recent
-surveys, it would be situated in the middle of the river, as the waters
-of the St Anne river had gradually washed the bank away. The end of the
-first cottage built is still extant, every plank used in it being sawed
-by hand, and the portrait of Mr. Joseph Déry hangs on its walls.
-
-
-
-
-                            *ST. AUGUSTIN,*
-
-                     ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF QUEBEC.
-
-
-I do not know that I ever heard much of St. Augustin in my earlier days,
-except as the residence of Mr. Gale, an oldtime school master, who fixed
-his residence there, and taught many of the (after) prominent men of
-Quebec.  His wife, a prim little lady of wax-doll complexion and flaxen
-hair done up in frizzes, was quite a character as well as her husband.
-A very kind-hearted little lady she was, with a peculiar gift of
-hospitality, and her cakes and home-made wine were of wide renown.  Mr.
-Gale had a taste for antiquities; a small museum, in great part
-contributions of curiosities, the gifts of his admiring scholars, was
-one of his cherished parlor ornaments.
-
-His was a school of the _ancien régime_, but in its best sense, though
-religiously a day was appointed for the pulling out of teeth, those for
-administering sulphur and molasses and other time-honored medicines,
-happily or unhappily exploded.
-
-Nevertheless, Mr. Gale’s was a thoroughly comfortable home, and his
-students had a true regard for himself and good wife, testified often in
-later years by his _anciens élèves_ constantly sending him contributions
-of rare articles to add to his collection.
-
-
-
-
-               *ST. ANDRÉ—NEXT PARISH BELOW KAMOURASKA.*
-
-         "In the days when we went gipseying a long time ago."
-
-
-About seventy-five years ago or more a wealthy Englishman, John S.
-Campbell, came out from the old country and commenced a large business
-in lumber and ship building at the part of St. André called Pointe
-Sèche.  Here he built a beautiful residence with every luxury and
-appliances then known, splendid walks in the shrubbery, beautiful
-gardens, and even a residence for a physician, as at that time there was
-a great deal of ship fever, and he employed a great number of workmen in
-his ship building and other mercantile business.  He brought out his
-wife (with her lady’s maid), who, accustomed to society life, must have
-been indeed startled at the contrast of her surroundings, for here she
-was virtually in a wilderness.  It is true that previous to the railroad
-from Quebec to the lower ports, these same villages had much more life
-in a business point than to-day, for then all travellers stopped at the
-wayside inns, and there being no facilities for going or coming from
-Quebec, the shopkeepers who brought down in their schooners goods at
-certain seasons of the year did a fine business, and really large
-fortunes were made by many: an apt illustration of the truth of the
-vulgar old proverb, "that what is one man’s meat is another man’s
-poison," for the railroad, which is such a boon to the farmers and those
-bordering its route, has proved utterly destructive to the old-fashioned
-inns and shops on the old route, for the transfer being solely by
-vehicles, a regular influx of travellers was expected and received, thus
-giving life to the village and current cash.
-
-Mr. J. S. Campbell and his lady becoming after some years thoroughly
-disgusted, abandoned the place, and so swiftly, I many years after,
-about forty years ago, found a book belonging to the family in the
-disused dining-room. I heard from one of the family to-day who own this
-lovely property now, and use it as a summer residence (Mrs. Rankin of
-Dorchester street), that a caretaker had been left in charge of the
-property; if so, his conscience must have been very lax, for it was the
-custom of all those giving picnics at Kamouraska, who wished to do so,
-to use the house as well as the grounds, and to simply walk in at open
-doors and take temporary possession.  Well, on one occasion my
-father-in-law’s family had a kind of picnic, but, though going up to the
-Campbell grounds, had brought their provisions to a neat little wayside
-inn a short distance, from the mill and wharf built by the aforesaid J.
-S. Campbell; and as I always preferred a quiet read to those excursions
-(I fear I am naturally rather lazy), I said I would await their return
-at the small hotel—its quiet and cleanliness were very inviting.  "But,"
-said Mr. McP. (I think I hear the words as he addressed me often in
-fun), "Mistress Charlotte, if you stay behind, you are responsible for
-the dinner."  I promised in good faith, and with a firm resolve of doing
-my duty, that all should be in order on their return, and, telling the
-landlady at what hour lunch must be ready, made arrangements for an hour
-of delightful repose, by ensconcing myself into the most cosy of sofas
-with an interesting novel. As the old grandmother’s clock tolled forth
-the midday hour, it struck me I had better see how the dinner was
-progressing for the hungry folks expected soon.  Fortunately, I did not
-delay, for, to my dismay, I found the lamb-chops put to boil, and the
-green peas frying in the frying-pan.  By hastily changing their
-positions, I managed matters so as to disguise my carelessness, and so
-all was well that ends well.
-
-A thoroughly respectable house like the Campbell House, of Pointe Sèche,
-could not be without its ghost, and it’s doubly guaranteed by having two
-of them: one a lady who is heard to moan and sob and say she was shut up
-from every one (it is presumed Mrs. C., who, instead of dying of ennui
-and country fare, took the more sensible plan of returning to England);
-the other, the apparition of a gentleman, supposed to have been murdered
-because he disappeared—a rejected suitor put on board a vessel by Mr. C.
-for making too violent love to a cousin and quarrelling with a more
-favored lover.  I have exorcised several ghosts already, and would like
-to try my observations on those inhabitants of a higher, or, more
-likely, our earthly sphere, to whom the unoccupancy of this fine mansion
-might be a convenience.
-
-
-
-
-                           *LES EBOULEMENTS.*
-
-
-So called from the tremblings of constant earthquakes, which with
-apparent volcanic action has thrown up hill after hill so steep.  I can
-compare the ascent and descent to nothing else but a winter sleighing
-slide.  In fact, the hills are almost perpendicular, and almost
-inaccessible to a nervous party, who in descending feels as if he must
-fall on the horse’s tail, and ascending drop out of the cart behind.
-Yet to the young and active it is a wild, lovely summer resort, its
-unusual scenery presenting a most pleasurable and novel spectacle.  In
-fact, my friends, if you have a desire to visit Switzerland and cannot
-compass it, just go to Les Eboulements, and very little imagination will
-help you to transport yourself there.  Cradled in mist, perched on some
-rocky elevation, with the simple people about you, you can easily deem
-yourself in the land of William Tell.  But, did I say simple? yes, with
-a spice of modern craft, for I well remember a friend being ill asking
-me, as it was a non-licensed place, to ask the landlady for a little
-stimulant of any kind, as she might give it to me instead of a
-gentleman.  The answer to my demand was the query, "What would you
-have?"  "Well, if possible, port wine," and a bottle of excellent
-quality was forthcoming, and also the remark, "if more is required, in
-fact, as much as is necessary can be obtained.  We have plenty for our
-own use."  As these people were great fish traders with St. Pierre
-Miquelon, in view of recent developments as to the smuggling business I
-have my thoughts, but as I believe in free trade between all nations,
-and I should think it no sin to smuggle myself, I do not condemn them.
-
-Apropos of smuggling, a funny incident came under my observation.  A
-young married cousin some years ago lived on the border dividing Canada
-from the United States, and while (with the fresh memory of the Fenian
-raids) countenanced, as was said, by the Americans, expressed great
-dislike to Brother Jonathan.  He dubbed her a thorough Yankee, and she
-proved herself a very cute one.  Well, these ladies had been accustomed
-under lax custom house discipline to drive over to St. Albans and
-purchase many effects, cotton especially, at a very much less price than
-on Canadian soil, and were very indignant when a new official was
-appointed, who openly boasted that no tricks would be played upon him.
-That was enough for my sprightly cousin.  She arranged a plan with her
-sister, went over in a light waggon, and when stopped at the frontier by
-the aforesaid young clerk on her return, who, with many apologies,
-requested leave to search her vehicle, answered in a tone of impatience,
-"Well, search my waggon as much as you please, but don’t wake my baby."
-She held in her arms a good-sized baby in long clothes, a heavy veil
-covering the face.  The official searched and found nothing contraband.
-He was, however, very much disgusted to hear later that the baby was a
-mass of dress and cotton goods, and that Mrs. K., as she walked up and
-down the platform soothing her supposed infant, was inwardly chuckling
-over her clever trick played on the too confident custom house clerk.
-
-
-
-
-                  *SOCIETY IN QUEBEC FIFTY YEARS AGO.*
-
-
-Fifty years ago Quebec was a prominent military station, and from that
-circumstance, as well as the fact that it counted amongst its members so
-many of the truly good old French families of the _ancienne noblesse_,
-there was then none of that petty jealousy between French and English.
-They had fought valiantly, but when peace was declared they shook hands
-heartily and became friends.  The English reserve was tempered by French
-suavity, and as Captain Warburton, in his Stadacona _Feuilleton_, says,
-"There were such a number of pretty girls in Quebec, and so attractive,
-such pleasant manners, combining maidenly reserve with refined
-out-spokenness, they were irresistible, and some English mammas, it was
-said, murmured sadly when they heard their darling sons were to be sent
-to Canada, fearing they would be effectually captured, as they certainly
-would be, in the silken but enduring nets of the fair demoiselles;
-however, they must have been satisfied eventually, for the ladies of
-whom the military gentlemen deprived us of have done credit to their
-native city."
-
-Old Quebecers will remember Miss L., wife of General Elliot; Miss A.,
-wife of General Pipon; Miss P., wife of General Shakspeare, and dozens
-of others; but I have before me at least twenty beautiful and
-accomplished ladies, our society belles who accompanied the red coats to
-England.  What a different aspect Quebec wore when the military were
-first taken away! it seemed as if the silence of death reigned, and why
-all should have been taken has ever been an unanswered question.
-
-Of people prominent in society in my early days were Mr. Lemesurier,
-Judge McCord, Mr. Berthelot (he gave me a French grammar, I remember, he
-had published; he was father-in-law of Sir Louis LaFontaine), Mr.
-Faribault, the Hon. John Malcolm Fraser, Mr. Symes, whose pretty and
-amiable daughter married the son of the Empress Eugenie’s trusty friend,
-the Marquis de Bassano.
-
-Besides the house occupied by the Hon. George Primrose, there was at
-that time but one small house used by the military, and now the site of
-the splendid residence of the Hon. Mr. Thibodeau, facing the Governor’s
-garden.  At the intersecting street facing the river is the old Langham
-house, still occupied by her grand-daughter, Mrs. T.; a few doors from
-there the residence of Chief Justice Bowen, whose ladies entertained a
-great deal, and one of whose daughters was the wife of the late Rev. Mr.
-Houseman.
-
-We will take a skip now to where Palace gate formerly stood, and watch
-G. H. Parke, Esq., a noted whip (father of Dr. Parke), and see him guide
-his tandem through one of the sally-ports to the houses of the members
-of the tandem, who could in vain hope to follow him. Mr. P., who
-delighted in guiding the club through most intricate places, had taken
-the measure of the sally-port and knew his cariole would pass through,
-and thus triumphantly headed the others, who feared to follow him.
-Should he read this account of his old exploit, I am sure it would yet
-bring up a smile.
-
-The remembrance of this feat recalls a story I have heard of the time of
-the noted Chamberlain gang.  There were no houses at one time between
-the grand house here and a large one opposite St. Patrick’s church, at
-that time occupied by Miss or Mrs. M., an elderly lady of ample means,
-who occupied the present residence of J. Scott, Esq., formerly the home
-of Mr. Faucher de St. Maurice.  This Chamberlain was the leader of a
-notorious gang, who for some time held Quebec in a state of terror;
-their rapacity, cruelty and audacity exceeded anything ever before seen,
-and they continued their course with impunity till a most providential
-circumstance caused their discovery.  Well, one of their exploits was to
-get one of their gang into Mrs. M.’s as ostensible man servant to rob
-the house.  Late at night one of the maids discerned a light in the
-basement and heard voices, indicating that there were robbers in the
-dwelling.  She thought for a moment of trying to run and get help from
-the guard, but fearing that unlocking the back door might arouse the
-burglars, she decided on barricading the room in which her mistress
-slept, hoping to be able to call for help to some passer-by; but alas!
-none came; the robbers came up, quickly destroyed her barricade, and
-though she fought bravely with some fire-wood,—the only weapon at her
-hand—was overpowered, gagged, tied up with her mistress in a carpet, and
-so left for hours. When the milkman and butcher came and called
-ineffectually for admittance, the doors were forced, and they were
-released after much suffering; such was a sample of some of their
-exploits.
-
-Leaving St. Patrick’s church, nearly opposite this residence, we go on
-to and up Esplanade Hill, till we come to a pretty little church, and it
-was the sacrilege perpetrated here that was the cause of their
-discovery. Amongst other articles they had stolen a solid silver statue
-of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Every effort was made to trace the thieves,
-but ineffectually, till the curiosity of an old country woman found them
-out.  Somewhere, I think, back of Point Levis, there lived a Canadian
-farmer, whose old domestic had become very much disgusted at the changed
-aspect of the home—from a respectable, quiet domicile it had become a
-most disorderly house; half intoxicated people coming in and out at all
-hours, arriving with carioles loaded with things kept out of her sight.
-She noticed that she was always sent off while they unloaded, and they
-made their way to a hut in the woods built for boiling maple sugar, and
-that huge fires were built, though no sugar was made.  Finally, she
-followed the gang secretly, and went close enough to hear, though not to
-see, what was going on, and overheard these words uttered: "I am very
-sorry for you, my poor little virgin, but you must boil in the pot too.
-Ah! I’ll keep this little finger to remember you by."  Horrified beyond
-expression, the old woman returned swiftly to the house and kept a
-terrified watch; her master came in, and most of the men drove off; but
-the one whose voice she had recognized was so intoxicated that he fell
-into a heavy sleep, and out of his pocket fell the tiny silver finger of
-the statue.  Seizing the first opportunity, she sought the parish priest
-and told him all.  He at once connected the small finger with the recent
-church robbery, enjoined the most absolute silence on the woman, and
-advised her for her own sake as well as that of others to go about her
-work as usual and so excite no suspicion.  In the meantime he
-communicated with the authorities, who wisely determined to make no
-display of their knowledge, as the silver was melted and all traces
-destroyed; but on the occasion of the next burglary, a posse of police
-instantly surrounded the place, and effectually captured in time the
-whole gang, several of whom were hanged.
-
-They owed their long immunity to the fact that several people of
-position were implicated. Some, against their will, too terrified to
-break from them.  One man, on the scaffold, confessed that a young man
-unwarily brought into their meshes had begged leave to be permitted to
-break off from them on his taking oath never to betray them.  A seeming
-acquiescence was yielded, and an appointment made to take a row on the
-river to negotiate where no one could overhear their conversation.  As
-soon as out of sight and sound the man confessed he had silenced him
-effectually by a knock on the head and a pitch into the river.
-
-Leaving the little church on the Esplanade, on reaching St. Ann, and
-turning to the left, at the top of Ursule hill, you find a double brown
-house, with peculiar pointed turret windows. Here I lived when about
-eight years old, but most distinctly do I remember its surroundings.
-Come in and sit with me in the end parlor window and I will point out to
-you Colonel (afterwards General) Macdonald, in his brave uniform, the
-picture of dignity, coming down, the steps of the building formerly
-occupied by Dr. Boswell; also the house where Dr. Lemieux now lives,
-some officers (Guards, I think) had their quarters, and pretty lively
-quarters they were.  Most of these gentlemen were rich, young, full of
-fun, and quite regardless of consequences. One of their eccentricities
-was to insist on a favorite horse being brought in by the front door and
-harnessed in one of the large rooms off the entrance.  I used to watch
-these proceedings with great glee.  No doubt they paid richly for their
-whistle when settling day came with their landlord.  But they could well
-afford to pay for their pranks.
-
-Opposite this house, the door facing Ann street is still the solid
-residence, the home some years since of the much-lamented Judge Alleyne;
-in the early days I speak of, the house of Mr. Le Mesurier, a merchant
-then, but previously an officer in ——, and carrying a reminder of the
-same in an empty sleeve, a noble mark of valor.
-
-To be a good carver was then an absolute necessity, for all carving was
-done at table, and Mr. Le Mesurier piqued himself on always discharging
-this duty himself, which he did most skillfully by means of a peculiarly
-constructed knife and fork.  Once seated at a side-table (I had been
-invited to tea with some of the younger members of the family), I
-watched him do so with great admiration.  I do not recall precisely who
-else were there; but one figure is specially impressed on my memory,
-that of Mrs. Kerr (mother of the late Judge Kerr), a very stately lady
-in pink silk and high white plumes.
-
-Mrs. Le Mesurier, although at the head of fashionable society, was one
-of the old-time good housekeepers.  I think I see her now with her keys
-in hand, giving directions to some domestic.  She had a large family—all
-popular; but the two special favorites were, I think, Miss Harriet, who
-is married to General Elliot, and Henry Le Mesurier, whose former lovely
-residence on the St. Lewis road still exists. He had a peculiarly
-winning charm of manner, inherited, as I saw in a very short interview I
-had with him, by his son George.
-
-I will now take you up the Esplanade and stop at a cut-stone house on
-the corner of St. Lewis road, once used as the residence of the
-Lieut.-Governor.  It was conveniently situated, and there was great
-indignation expressed when the project was mooted of buying Spencer
-Wood, for, though in most respects suitable, many said it was too far,
-for those whose position entitled them to vice-regal entertainments
-would find horse hire a heavy tax.  For, my friends, in those early days
-the almighty dollar was not worshipped as now; in fact, very few of
-those moving in the highest society were rich—good family, culture and
-education were the tests, and no amount of money would have introduced a
-vulgar person into the charmed circle; in fact, permission to subscribe
-to the Quebec assemblies was a matter of almost as great moment as
-admittance to old London Almacks.  An instance of which may be found in
-this over-true tale told me by an aged aunt who knew all the
-circumstances. Briefly, it was this: A rich tradesman lived on Mountain
-Hill, who had a pretty wife, who, not content with every needful luxury
-for her happiness, must needs sigh for, to her, the unattainable (that
-was _entrée_ to the castle).  On one occasion a military gentleman of
-high position who owed this tradesman some money said he regretted the
-circumstance, and that if he would give him time he would do anything
-possible for him in return.  "Well," said Mr. Blank, "if you could do
-something for my wife, I should not only consider the bill paid, but be
-grateful too."  "What is asked?" said the colonel.  "Just this: you see,
-sir, my wife is young, and has taken it into her foolish little head she
-must get to one of the castle balls.  Could you get her in?"  "Nothing
-easier, my dear sir; on my arm she can come in unquestioned."  So grand
-preparations were made by the lady, and at the appointed time she went
-to the castle, triumphant, on her cavalier’s arm, advanced to the door
-where the cards of admission were received, when the official in waiting
-said, "Enter, colonel, but Mrs. —— is not known here, where is her
-invitation?"  Mortified to death, it was said that Mrs. Blank, unwilling
-to face the occupants of the ladies’ dressing-room, turned and fled
-precipitately in her slippers and without her outward wraps, rushed
-home, and that chagrin and cold brought on a severe illness that
-resulted in consumption.  On her death-bed, unable to forgive the wound
-to her pride, she made her daughter promise that, eschewing all thoughts
-of love, she would promise her to marry only a man of such position she
-would be able to look down on those who had snubbed her mother.  Being
-young, rich and pretty, this young girl accepted an aged man of very
-high rank, refusing one of the finest young men in Quebec, of whom she
-was fond, and commenced a life of unhappiness with a gentleman who in
-his dotage made her live almost a recluse in the country, and dress up
-and go through the drill as if he were commanding still.
-
-His death finally rescued her from such a life, but by that time her
-nervous system had become so thoroughly unhinged, her mind gave way, and
-the last I knew of her was her being sent to the lunatic asylum, having
-no child or relative to care for her.  A sad comment on an ill-placed
-mother’s ambition.
-
-At the opposite corner of said stone house was a pretty little residence
-occupied at one time and owned by the late Major Temple, adjoining which
-was his father-in-law’s residence, the late Hon. Chief Justice Jonathan
-Sewell.  Both these houses still stand, but in vain I look for the
-pretty lace curtains, and the two parrots on their stands, calling to
-you through the bright flowers in the window of the late Major Temple’s
-residence.  As an old Quebecer I am ashamed to say that pretty house has
-been the one blot on the whole of Quebec’s loveliest street.  It has
-been turned into a petty candy shop, a couple of bottles of sweets, two
-or three sugar-sticks and halfpenny cakes, and a notice, "Registry
-Office for Servants," replaces the view of the parrots and flowers.
-Were I rich I should purchase the property myself, and for old times let
-some one occupy it who would keep up somewhat its former appearance.
-Such a thing would not have occurred in Montreal.  The Montrealers have
-too much ambition for their city to let it deteriorate, and consequently
-property becomes more valuable every day.  Why, to think Americans
-should have been permitted to carry off bodily the house where
-Montgomery’s body was laid and are making a fortune out of it, having
-set it up as an Indian curiosity shop in some part of the States.  Why
-not have done it here?
-
-Strolling on through the beautiful St. Louis Gate, past the new armory,
-certainly a credit to the old city, and past rows of handsome new
-houses, we come to a solid looking building with a golden lion sign.
-When I looked at it, I wondered if it was chosen to beguile the innocent
-into the impression that they were at the old chien d’or.  It does not
-need that it has memories enough of its own, for here lived the late A.
-Joseph, Esq., and his amiable wife, one of the most charming of
-hostesses, and who gave us any number of pleasant parties, but almost
-every house on that street (then, as now, quite a fashionable one) is
-associated with pleasant recollections.  The one just inside the toll
-gate on the left was then occupied by Capt. Charles Campbell, a retired
-officer of Her Majesty’s 99th, I think, father of our old friend, A. C.,
-joint Prothonotary of Quebec.
-
-Mr. Le Moine, in his able work, "The Explorations of Eastern Latitudes,"
-by Jonathan Old Buck, F. G. S. Q., so graphically depicted the Plains of
-Abraham and its surroundings, I can but touch on old personal memories,
-which as they please me in writing, for I live but in the past, may
-serve to amuse you, my readers, in an idle hour.  I will now stop at
-Spencer Wood, and visit the pretty home of our favorite author.
-
-The house at present occupied by Judge Bosse, Quebec, was fitted up in
-1860 for Lord Monck, Spencer Wood having been burnt down on 12th March,
-1860.  Spencer Wood residence having been rebuilt and fitted up in
-accordance with the requirements of a permanently selected vice-regal
-residence, was successively occupied by the following parties:
-
-Sir Edmund Head, 1860; Lord Monck, 1861; Sir N. F. Belleau,
-Lieut.-Governor, 1867; Hon. R. E. Caron, Lieut.-Governor, afterwards Sir
-R. E. Caron, 1870; Hon. Luc Letellier, 1878; Hon. Theodore Robitaille,
-1879; Hon. Mr. Masson, 1884; Hon. Auguste Réal Angers, 1889, who married
-in April, 1890, Emelie Le Moine, daughter of the late Alex. Le Moine,
-who now resides there, Oct. 15th, 1890.
-
-
-
-
-                     *SPENCER GRANGE, RESIDENCE OF
-                       JAMES MACPHERSON LE MOINE,
-                               F.R.L.C.*
-
-
-You drive through a pretty road, heavily lined with trees, but through
-the foliage discern a neat cottage at the left, frequently occupied by
-the pastors of St. Michael’s church.  On the right, facing the grass
-plots and bedded in trees stands a very pretty residence, quite spacious
-inside, and containing every comfort and elegance, presided over by a
-charming hostess and her daughters.  Mrs. L., the most amiable of
-ladies, spares no fatigue in showing you all that can interest, and
-there is a great deal to see at the Grange.  The parlor windows look on
-a lawn skirted with various trees, where many a wild bird makes its
-nest, and looking outwards, and listening to their varied notes, you
-could fancy yourself in a deep wood.  From a pretty dining-room you pass
-through a passage lined with marble busts of the ancient heroes of
-Greece and Rome, into the grapery, where the heavy clusters of grapes
-look too lovely to be plucked. An aviary adjoins this, and at times the
-soft cooing of doves mingles with the other caged inmates and the notes
-of the wild birds in the adjacent shrubbery.  All is so quiet here, you
-might fancy yourself miles from civilization. It is a fitting home for a
-literary man, and bears everywhere an impress of elegance and
-refinement.  Mr. Le Moine has some very curious heads of rare animals
-and numerous trophies of the chase and rare birds sent by admiring
-friends.  The odor of the new-mown hay and the varied scent of the
-flowers complete the charm of this pretty home.  Amongst other
-curiosities, Mr. Le Moine has the original key of one of the city gates,
-which has been presented to him. It is a very ponderous looking affair.
-
-
-
-
-                           *SOCIETY IN 1854.*
-
-
-We will take a stroll back, citywards, coming down the Esplanade, about
-the year 1850.  We notice, as we near the Esplanade, the sound of the
-band in full force.  The Esplanade benches are crowded with ladies.
-From the windows of many houses, spectators look on the gay scene; while
-lord and lady, cavalier and belle, pass to and fro to enjoy the military
-music and a chat with their acquaintances.  The militia, in some
-measure, replace the regular army, but with a difference: the latter
-were, as a general rule, men of wealth, culture, travel, and leisure
-with little else to do but make themselves, agreeable to the ladies,
-which they did so successfully as to arouse the ire of the civilians.
-Even from the few houses that face the Esplanade alone, one, at least,
-and, as in the family of Sheriff Sewell (now occupied by Mr. Hunt), no
-less than three, if not four, were carried off by English officers; and
-from houses nearly adjoining went Miss Panet, Miss Healy, two Misses
-Motz, the handsome Miss Joly, Miss Bradshaw, Miss Maxham; and a few
-doors around the corner, on St. Anne street, Miss Ashworth.
-
-Amongst the noted belles living on the Esplanade were the handsome
-Burrage ladies and the Misses Mackenzie, whose father met his death in a
-very sad manner.  There was a house situated on the St. Louis road
-called the "H—— House," where (there being very large rooms to let for
-picnic use) were often held evening entertainments.  On one occasion the
-bachelors gave us a ball there. It was a lovely moonlight night, but
-very cold, and, wherever there was little snow, glare ice. Mr. Mackenzie
-and his daughters drove out in safety to the door; but, on alighting, he
-slipped and broke his leg.  Being a man beyond middle age, he never
-quite recovered.  The shock was, I think, the prime cause of his death.
-
-C. E. Levy, Esq., occupied the house, former corner of St. Anne and the
-Esplanade.  The first house opposite, on St. Anne street, was then the
-residence of Captain, afterwards Admiral Boxer, and the propinquity was
-so favorable, he induced the handsome daughter of Captain B—— to change
-her father’s home for his. His widow now owns one of Quebec’s most
-beautiful and costly residences on the St. Louis road.  The house now
-occupied by Sir William Meredith was, when I was a child, the house of
-Judge, after Sir William Stuart.  His daughter, most kindly I remember,
-sent me a doll, dressed in crimson satin, velvet and train, to represent
-Her Majesty.  Its gorgeousness is still before me.  The corner house
-above that was at one time occupied by Mrs. White, whose two handsome
-daughters married the brothers G—— and another took captive a favorite
-army doctor. One, her pretty young niece, if I mistake not, Miss McG——,
-afterwards Mrs. B——, lived with her here.
-
-Some years later one sees the erect, handsome old gentleman, Town-Major
-Knight, taking his daily stroll always arm-in-arm with one of his sons,
-as hale and hearty a year or two before his death as he was almost
-twenty years before. One of his daughters still resides in Quebec, the
-wife of our old but always young friend, Henry A——.
-
-It gives me so much pleasure to recall these old days, to people the
-streets of my old birthplace with dead and gone friends, who come up so
-vividly before my mental vision, I could sit for hours and bring them up
-before you; but to strangers this would be wearisome, so I’ll only
-glance at one or two more, and then, with a few hasty memories of some
-of our most eminent Quebec gentlemen, turn from the past to the present.
-I cannot close without speaking of two gentlemen who occupied such a
-prominent place in gay society, Messrs. Angers and Lelièvre, lawyers,
-partners and near neighbors.  We always looked to them for a succession
-of most agreeable entertainments.  If I am not mistaken, at the time
-they lived on Haldimand hill, and before they purchased the St. Louis
-hotel, it was divided into two houses,—one occupied by that gay old
-gentleman, Mr. Burroughs and his family, one of whose handsome
-daughters, Cecil, not long deceased, married the Hon. Mr. Garneau; the
-other still lives, I think, in Paris (Mrs. Kimber).  His son John, a
-very quiet looking gentleman, most unexpectedly carried off our great
-society belle at that time, the lovely Leda L., from numerous
-competitors, mother of Madame Masson, wife of the late Governor Masson.
-But if I go on to speak of all the pretty girls of which we could boast
-at that time, I should go on for ever, so I will present to you a slight
-sketch of some of our most prominent men.  Of Hon. George Okill Stuart,
-Sir James Stuart, and Hon. Henry Black so much has been written that I
-will only mention their names, and give you a slight sketch of Mr.
-Faribault, a most genial gentleman, of particularly courteous manners,
-very literary, of good old French family, and universally respected. He
-lived in the old house on whose site is built that now occupied by his
-only child and daughter, who married Quebec’s famous artist, Mr. Hamel.
-Mr. Hamel had a most particular gift for catching likenesses,
-demonstrated when quite a boy.  He died unfortunately quite young,
-leaving a son and daughter, who with their mother reside in her father’s
-old home.
-
-Charles Gethings, son of Captain James Gethings, an Irish officer of the
-old 100th Regiment, was born in Bona Vista, Newfoundland, and came to
-this country with his father.  His first residence was that occupied
-formerly by Hon. George Primrose.  Captain Gethings was stricken with
-paralysis while mounting guard at Hope Gate, and died at the fourth
-house on the right hand going up towards the Fabrique.  His son Charles,
-after being employed a short time in the Commissariat, then with
-Gillespie, Moffatt & Co., Montreal, subsequently in the City Bank of
-Quebec, spent many years as manager of the Quebec Bank, Quebec,
-receiving to the day of his death a liberal pension from the Quebec
-Bank.  A kind father, a scrupulously upright man, the family all honor
-his memory.  He sleeps in St. Matthew’s churchyard vault.
-
-
-
-
-                   *NEW YEAR’S DAY, 1840—IN QUEBEC.*
-
-
-    Old Time, with customary speed,
-    Has passed us on his flying steed,
-    And once again a New Year’s day
-    Now greets us smiling bright and gay.
-
-My young friends, I live so little in the present, so much in the past,
-I hardly know the customs of modern society, but I am not so totally out
-of the world as not to be conscious that old-time hospitalities on that
-day are quite relegated to the past, and happily the cake and wine given
-once so freely are no longer fashionable, for I think now with amaze of
-our ancient customs, and wonder how, having partaken of the lavish
-hospitality of these old days, any of our beaux could have got home
-without the aid of Dickens’ traditional wheelbarrow.  As it may amuse
-you I will just give you a picture of New Year’s day as kept about forty
-years ago.  Well, I cannot state what precise year, but one New Year’s
-day the courtyard of the English Cathedral was a mass of glare ice, just
-like a skating rink, and no lady could go to service at the English
-cathedral without the assistance of a well-shod beau to help her to keep
-her equilibrium, and after service return with me to the home of one of
-our city belles.  You will find the mother of the family in full dress,
-seated in a comfortable arm chair, a bright fire burning in the grate,
-magazine in hand, to while away the hour when the ready attendant will
-usher in the first visitor.  A couple of young ladies beside her, in
-full dress, pink, blue or gray satin or silk décolleté, a heavy gold
-chain or valuable watch visible attached to a handsome gold watch hook
-on the side of the dress, a bouquet holder in one hand, and embroidered
-handkerchief and white kid gloves and numerous bracelets, they sit with
-all the indifference it is possible to simulate, till the announcement
-of Mr. A, soon followed by B, C, D, and E, till the room is so crowded
-only the compliments of the season can be exchanged before with a bow
-one gentleman gives place to another, and so numerous are the visitors
-in some favored houses, perhaps even eighty in a day, one of the family
-surreptitiously takes the names for future recognizance, and woe be to
-the unfortunate swain whom forgetfulness or too much occupation may have
-prevented from paying his respects; he will surely be left out of the
-list of invites for the next ball.  And yet, poor unfortunate, he cannot
-leave the house without taking from the hand of the fair lady of the
-house a glass of wine, and that offer he was expected to accept perhaps
-at twenty or thirty houses.  A year or two later it was considered bon
-ton to offer nothing in the parlor, but an obsequious waiter tendered
-ale, wines and other delicacies, catching the departing visitor in a
-parlor near the hall door.  This was something better.  A gentleman
-could refuse a waiter’s demand—not so easily a lady’s.  Still later,
-about fifteen years ago, I well remember the Rev. Mr. Hébert, of
-Kamouraska, asking as a personal favor and a mark of respect to himself
-that none of his parishioners should offer temptation to the weak in the
-form of stimulant to New Year’s visitors, and he very lucidly expressed
-himself in these terms: "You say some of you are advised by your
-physician to take wine, well, that is all right, and put your liquor
-beside your pills, and as you do not think it necessary to give physic
-to all your friends because the doctor orders it for you, neither do I
-think the tonic that may do you good necessary to sow broadcast to those
-to whom it may prove a bitter poison."  This was particularly hard on a
-character in the village we had dubbed Monseigneur because he served a
-former Bishop, and being wealthy he piqued himself on bringing something
-new for New Year, and his last purchase had been a valuable liquor
-stand.  He was heart-broken.  Being a very pious man he was deeply
-chagrined to think he could not display his new purchase, till he was
-once more elevated to the summit of happiness by the suggestion that
-raspberry vinegar, lime juice and lemon syrup would look equally well in
-his fine caraffe.
-
-
-
-
-                          *A POINT OF HONOR.*
-
-
-It must be fifty-two years ago fully when I first remember the house now
-occupied by Mr. O’Hare as a first-class private boarding house. Its rear
-faces the Citadel, its front looks into the barrack yard of the former
-barracks on St. Louis street, now occupied by Major Forrest, Well, this
-house was then occupied, and I think owned, by a very dear uncle, the
-late Charles Adolphus H.  I say, I think owned, because I perfectly
-remember the rocks in rear being blasted to make a stable and the
-building of an extension with vaulting apparatus and so forth for the
-young people’s recreation, and this extension adjoined the nursery where
-presided a female nurse of wonderful imaginative powers, who, when the
-twilight gathered, and we begged for stories, detailed for our benefit
-horror after horror—her only idea of entertainment for young children.
-Well, in the garret of this old house my dear grand-uncle found a large
-ledger, very strongly bound.  On the outer pages were these words: "I
-implore whoever finds this volume to keep it until the year ——, when, if
-not reclaimed, then burn it unless he would incur the curse of a dead
-man, for by that time all interested and for whom this book is kept must
-be dead."  The leaves were crossed with red tape, and every here and
-there sealed with red sealing wax, but by breaking off a bit of wax we
-could read a few words, and though I do not remember why, we seemed to
-associate their meaning with some record of the North-West. Devoured by
-curiosity, we young people, too afraid of the curse to openly destroy
-the seals, devised every plan to ascertain the contents, and one of them
-was to give the book to the younger children of the family as a
-play-thing, hoping they would break them open and the contents be
-exposed; but alas! one day my dear grand-uncle came upon the scene,
-fathomed our project, and put a stop for all time to our endeavors by
-putting said ledger in the stove, and watched it while it burnt.  Was
-this absolutely necessary?  Did the most rigid scrupulousness demand
-this?  I don’t know how others will answer.  For myself, if I had the
-book before me now I would read its contents, and then judge whether I
-should divulge its secrets or not in the interest of the public.  What a
-field of conjecture is open here!  This book contained records of the
-North-West.  Of what? Do you remember, my friends, an article that
-appeared in the papers very many years ago, saying that a voyageur had
-discovered somewhere in the far north an old white-haired gentleman, the
-Rev. Ebenezer Williams, who claimed to be the son of the unfortunate
-Dauphin, son of the decapitated Louis XVI., and whose devoted followers
-had rescued from prison and substituted a pauper, and at great personal
-risk brought the unfortunate boy to America and placed him for safe
-keeping with an Indian tribe, and leaving documents to prove his
-identity should there ever appear a chance of his claiming the throne.
-But as years rolled on, and no prospect of his being recalled to the
-throne, and his protectors being dead, he had been educated as a
-clergyman and served as missionary till his death.  In fact, it was only
-when on his deathbed these facts were discovered.  Had this book—a very
-closely written volume—anything to do with him? God only knows!
-
-
-
-
-                    *COUNTRY POST OFFICES FORTY AND
-                           FIFTY YEARS AGO.*
-
-
-Our ancestors must have been very honest in rural parts, and had
-unlimited faith in each other’s integrity, judging by the early post
-offices. The first one I remember was that of Murray Bay, when on the
-arrival of the bag its contents were dumped on the floor and every one
-picked out the letters for themselves and friends, and enacted the part
-of voluntary carriers for their friends, and very curious were the
-articles then transmitted through the post office, the mail bags then
-doing the present express service.  A relative told me that he was
-somewhere in the Gaspé district when the carrier arrived with the bags
-he had carried a long distance on his back, and using rather hard
-language at the unwonted weight of the bag, and curious to see what was
-the cause of this extraordinary weighty mail, when lo! out tumbled two
-immense wild geese, sent as a present by the Hon. W. H. to a friend.
-Fancy the dénouement and the wrath of the old Scotchman, who had borne
-the weight on a long tramp through a pathway in the forest.
-
-One of the most curious experiences I ever had occurred about ten years
-ago, when I went with my family to a rural summer resort.  We were
-several miles from the post office, and had very steep hills to climb on
-every side, so I wished to kill two birds with one stone, and decided to
-go to the post office after church service.  I did so, and inquired for
-a registered letter I expected. After a few minutes inquiry the maitre
-de poste said: "Yes, there is a registered letter for you, but I can’t
-find it, but it is all right, it is in the book."  "Well," I said, as
-the assistant was absent and might possibly have said letter in charge,
-"I’ll call back after afternoon service."  I did so, but again the
-letter could not be found. "You’ll probably be passing in a week or so,
-won’t you call in then, by that time I have no doubt we’ll have it for
-you."  "But," I said, "that won’t do.  I am a stranger here and need the
-money."  "Ah! madame" (they were French Canadians), "we are very sorry
-to inconvenience you, and if you will say how much you need will be
-happy to advance you the cash, as by our books you are entitled to
-some."  I could not feel angry with these simple people, they were
-evidently so honest and true.  Yet, as I wanted my letter, with home
-news, as well as the cash, I proposed that we should make a search in
-the post office, which was also a shop of general merchandise.  So,
-after looking through box after box, some suggested looking in the
-cellar, as an ill-fitting trap door with wide cracks was directly under
-the official desk.  The cellar, however, did not contain the missing
-document, and I was almost in despair of recovering for some time my
-lost property, when a happy inspiration came to me, and I inquired if
-they sold envelopes.  "Ah! oui, madame," they did, and among the
-envelopes ready to be sold at about a cent a piece was my letter
-containing fifty dollars cash, which, minus my persistence, might have
-found its way into the pocket of some honest or dishonest purchaser. But
-all is well that ends well, and I parted from my post office friends
-with expressions of mutual regard, and fearing to do them harm,
-believing so fully in their integrity, I never spoke of the matter; but
-when, some years later, I heard the Post Office Inspector had made
-radical changes, I thought it was beneficial to the general public.
-
-
-
-
-                     *THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES OF
-                         THE CITADEL, QUEBEC.*
-
-
-In the year ——, the late lamented Lieut. Fayrer, ordinance officer, came
-to Quebec on a tour of inspection as to supplies needed (accompanied by
-his wife, Lizzie Henshawe, a cousin). He asked us if we would like to
-accompany him through the underground passages of the Citadel, very
-rarely open to visitors.  We gratefully accepted the offer, and so well
-guarded was the secrecy of these premises, it was with the utmost
-astonishment the soldiers present heard that underneath their Citadel
-were miles of underground passages for transfer in case of siege, large
-rooms for the refuge of women and children, and places for the safe
-depositing of treasure.  We accompanied him, and I remember going down
-stairs intersected with heavy iron doors and through long passages with
-only outlets for muskets to give light, then into large damp underground
-chambers for a safe.
-
-I cannot tell the length we went through of dark passage, but it was
-some considerable distance, and the rooms are quite large, I suppose
-capable of each holding fifty people.  I have heard it said (but can’t
-vouch for the truth), that these passages have an outlet on the St.
-Lawrence at one end, and the Martello towers at the other.  I have no
-doubt such is the case. The underground passages are bombproof, and no
-sound can be heard from them.  A soldier forgotten there once gave
-himself up to die, until he remembered he might be missed at roll call.
-Such was the case, and his life thus saved.  The passages are underneath
-the Citadel at Cape Diamond, so called because at one time great
-quantities of an inferior diamond were found there.  I remember when the
-Cape quite shone with them, and many old people have handsome jewellery
-made from these gems. There is one street of houses opposite the Cape
-about fifty-five years ago occupied by the following parties: the late
-Chas. Gethings, the late Col. Dyde, John Carleton Fisher, William Patton
-and Col. Gore, father of the present Countess of Errol.  A small house
-on the off side, occupied by a waiter, is the spot where is the present
-High School of Quebec.
-
-
-
-
-                    *THE FIRST ST. PATRICK’S SOCIETY
-                              IN QUEBEC.*
-
-
-Ireland, so prominent at the present time, especially appeals to
-favorable remembrance of all her true people, and it may prove
-interesting to many of my readers to hear something of the first St.
-Patrick’s Society ever formed in Quebec.  I therefore copy for public
-benefit the very interesting account of its first doings, given me by an
-old friend:—
-
-"In the year 1836 a few Irish gentlemen met in a small house in the
-Upper Town market place to form a St. Patrick’s Society without
-reference to church or creed, but merely for the purpose of rendering
-assistance to any of their countrymen who might be requiring help or
-advice.  Those gentlemen present on that occasion were as follows:—
-
-The Hon. Dominick Daly, then Secretary of the Province.
-
-The Hon. George Pemberton, merchant.
-
-The Hon. Mr. Cochrane, brother-in-law to Bishop Mountain.
-
-Sir Henry Caldwell, Baronet.
-
-Geo. Holmes Parke, Esq., merchant.
-
-Charles Gethings, Esq., of the Bank, Quebec.
-
-Edward Bowen, Esq., son of Judge Bowen.
-
-Edward Ryan, Esq., merchant, and Mr. O’Meara, Custom House.
-
-"These gentlemen formed the St. Patrick’s Society, and the subscription
-was to be five shillings each, annually.  They also decided to have an
-annual dinner every anniversary.  The first president was the Hon. D.
-Daly, and their first dinner was in a building where now stands the
-Russell House.  The subscription to the dinner was to be six dollars, to
-make the meeting as select as possible, and to be paid out of the
-subscribers’ own pockets without reference to the annual subscription.
-The next president was the Hon. George Pemberton, and that dinner took
-place in the Albion Hotel in Palace street.  The third president was Sir
-H. Caldwell; they dined in the same building, the Albion.  The fourth
-president was George Holmes Parke, Esq., who was annually elected
-president for the succeeding fourteen years in succession, and the
-dinners took place principally in the old chateau.  To the anniversary
-dinners the presidents of St. George, St. Andrew and St. John the
-Baptist were invited as guests, as was also the heads of all military
-and civil departments.  On one occasion in the old chateau, when over
-two hundred and fifty guests sat down to dinner, it looked well to see
-Geo. Holmes Parke, Esq., with the president of St. George on one arm,
-and the presidents of St. Andrew and St. John the Baptist on the other,
-walking up the long room to the head of the dinner table.  There were a
-large number of subscribers to the Society, and the consequence was,
-although the subscription was small, it was enabled to do a multitude of
-good.  The Society for many years got on admirably until other branches
-were formed, and then Mr. Parke did not take the same interest as he had
-formerly done.  Notwithstanding, there never was an anniversary dinner
-given afterwards but Mr. Parke was invited to it as a guest, and given
-one of the most prominent seats at the table. Charles Gethings, Esq., I
-believe, followed Mr. Parke as president, and after him others whose
-names I have not ascertained.  Of all the gentlemen that met to form the
-Society, Mr. Parke is the only one living.  In 1840 Mr. Parke bought a
-large tract of land on the River St. Charles, a short distance from the
-Dorchester Toll Bridge, on which he had built a splendid mansion, and
-ornamented it with thousands of forest trees and circular avenues, iron
-entrance gates, stone pillars, etc., also beautiful quickset hedges on
-each side of the avenues kept neatly trimmed. In this house, which he
-called "Ringfield," he has lived for the last fifty years, and is still
-living in it.  There is a splendid view from Ringfield. From St. Foy’s
-church to St. Peter street in Lower Town can be seen almost every house
-in Upper Town, St. Roch and St. Sauveur. Down the River St. Lawrence can
-be seen nine miles, and from the hall door, before the trees grew up,
-could be counted fourteen parish churches, apart from the city or
-suburbs. Mr. Parke came to Canada in 1830, and is now in his
-eighty-fourth year.  During his business career he did a large business,
-and in the course of twenty-five years he had built for himself
-seventy-six large ships by different ship builders, which cost and was
-paid for out of his office over three million of dollars, apart from his
-other business."  This gentlemen is father of the present popular
-physician, Dr. Parke.  Mr. Lemoine in his "Tourist’s Note Book" says: "A
-very remarkable vestige of French domination exists behind the villa of
-Mr. Parke, a circular field house, hence the name Ringfield, covering
-about twelve acres, with an earthwork once about twenty feet high to the
-east, to shield its inmates from the shot of Wolfe’s fleet lying at the
-entrance of the St. Charles below Quebec."
-
-
-
-
-                     *SILLERY CHURCH—THE PARSONAGE,
-                        ONE TIME A RESIDENCE OF
-                           SIR E. R. CARON.*
-
-
-Sillery Church, beautifully situated above Sillery Cove (one of the
-best-known lumber coves near Quebec), has for its parishioners many
-families of note, foremost amongst whom were the Sharples family, well
-known for their Catholic piety and their active benevolence.
-
-At the time I first knew Sillery Church, its pastor was the Rev. George
-Drolet, a very fervent, energetic priest, who I fear lost his health in
-part from over zeal in the discharge of his arduous duties.  His people
-being mixed English and French, I have known him go through the ritual
-of two masses, preach two sermons one in French and one in English
-(fasting) though frequently warned against such over-exertion.
-
-He was stricken with paralysis some years ago, and though comparatively
-a young man, is quite debarred now from all church services.
-
-He exercised considerable influence amongst his parishioners, many of
-them being very difficult to deal with—a floating population of sailors;
-but his genial manner and tact carried him through many difficulties.  I
-cannot give a better illustration of that same tact than by narrating a
-fact that occurred full thirty years ago.  At the time of the great
-_Corrigan Murder_ (as it was called)—the outcome of a fight between
-Orangemen and R. C. Irishmen—the feud ran so high, the Bishop of Quebec,
-seeing how impossible it would be for an Irish priest to abstain from
-being drawn into the vortex of party strife, decided on sending a
-French-Canadian priest, who would have no national feeling in the
-matter.  The matter was discussed, but it was supposed to be such a post
-of danger, even for a priest, the Bishop decided he would ask for a
-volunteer instead of issuing a command to one of his clergy.  All eyes
-turned to the Rev. Mr. Drolet as _the one_ suited; he had been junior
-priest in St. Patrick’s Church in Quebec, was thoroughly acquainted with
-the character of the Irish people, and much beloved by them.  He offered
-his services, which were at once accepted; but some of his confrères
-felt badly over the matter and remonstrated: "You must remember, my dear
-sir, that you have a mother and sisters dependent on you for a home, and
-you hold your life in your hand, if you go to —— in the present state of
-feeling, as the Irish say they will not have a French-Canadian priest."
-"I am not afraid," was the Rev. Mr. D.’s rejoinder; he went, to find the
-Presbytery closed, the Parish Church nailed up, and a very threatening
-crowd assembled.  He could do nothing that day, so went to a neighboring
-parish to say his morning mass.  The next day the same scene.  Undaunted
-he began to talk, said he always thought an Irishman liked fair play,
-and thought he might ask for a few minutes hearing—he, one man against
-hundreds. "Oh! yes," they said, ashamed.  "We’ll let you talk, but
-remember we don’t want to insult your reverence, but we won’t have a
-French-Canadian over us."  "Well, answer me one question, I like to know
-to whom I am talking: what is your name, and in what part of Ireland
-were you born?"  "Oh, sir, I was not born in Ireland, but my grandfather
-and grandmother came from the Old country."  "And you? and you?"  The
-same answer, not one perhaps in forty were born in Ireland, all really
-by birth Canadians, and Mr. D. said, "You say you won’t have me because
-I am a French-Canadian, my name is so, but, as my grandmother was Irish,
-I consider myself as Irish as any of you."  His wit carried the day. He
-resided there for many years, and was so well liked that between thirty
-and forty of his parishioners accompanied him to do him honor, when he
-was given the pastorate of St. Michel, and I shall never forget the
-sight of a crowded steamboat, half of the people in tears as they went
-to see him off, and land him at Sillery, to which he had been
-promoted—the most desirable rectorship, I fancy, in the R. C. gift, near
-Quebec; but which he was to enjoy only a few years.
-
-
-
-
-                        *ST. MATTHEW’S CHAPEL.*
-
-
-A beautiful little church on the site of the old burying ground, on St.
-John street, Quebec, built by that well-known philanthropist, Matthew
-Hale, Esq., and very much enlarged and beautified by the various members
-of the Hamilton family with their well-known liberality.
-
-
-
-
-                           *BISHOP HAMILTON.*
-
-
-About thirty years ago, there arrived fresh from college a
-newly-ordained clergyman of the Church of England.  So youthful looking,
-so mild in character, it appeared at first as if he would hardly yet be
-fitted for the onerous position of pastor, but he was appointed. Family
-influence and money soon caused St. Matthew’s to be most largely
-patronized, also free seats.  In the meantime our young clergyman
-pursued his unobtrusive way.  Daily he might be seen in the poorest and
-least frequented streets of the city, driving a little waggonette,
-evidently constructed to order from its capacity for holding comforts
-for his poor people.  A thoroughly earnest, fervently pious man, our
-young clergyman, before many years, displayed his innate force of
-character, acquired great influence, and we know him now as Charles
-Hamilton, Bishop of Ontario.
-
-
-
-
-                   *ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY, QUEBEC.*
-
-
-             Formerly Woodfield, the residence of the late
-             James Gibb, Esq., previously the residence of
-                          Chas. Sheppard, Esq.
-
-
-As I tread the sod of this cemetery what a host of memories are evoked.
-Here was the handsome residence of Chas. Sheppard, formerly large timber
-merchant of Quebec, one of whose sons, Mansfield Sheppard, Esq., and his
-daughter, Mrs. Watt, I think still survive!  This pleasant home was
-burnt down, the family having hardly time to escape, and many cherished
-and valuable mementoes of the past perished with it.  It was purchased
-by James Gibb, Esq., as a homestead, and so occupied for many years; and
-who in the flush of enjoyment at the many pleasant entertainments given
-by the Gibb family would have foreseen the day when many of those
-dancing and promenading through those beautiful grounds would be
-treading over perhaps the very spot may be their own resting place in
-the quiet grave.  Such is life.  This cemetery, now of great beauty from
-its natural characteristics, is about two miles from Quebec.
-
-
-
-
-                        *MOUNT HERMON CEMETERY,*
-
-
-About three miles from the city of Quebec, is most beautifully situated
-on the St. Louis road its grounds at the back overlooking the St.
-Lawrence.
-
-Amongst other noted monuments here is the slab that indicates the last
-resting place of the young son of Sir Edmund Head, who was accidentally
-drowned in the St. Lawrence river, and buried here in Mr. Price’s lot.
-The Price family had long occupied a high position in Quebec society,
-and been intimate with the families of several of the governors.  I see
-they had the honor of a visit from the Prince on his late trip to
-Quebec, who lunched with them.
-
-I will attempt no further description of old Quebec, Mr. Le Moine has
-too thoroughly exhausted the subject, but confine myself to a
-description of people and incidents illustrative of the to me good old
-times.  Perhaps the beauty of the prospective is enhanced by the
-distance, but to those who have passed the meridian of life the past
-must ever be dearer than the present, for it alone is peopled with so
-many of the loved we look for in vain now.  So many of my once dear
-associates have gone on before me, I often ponder on what must be the
-feelings of one living to a hundred years, who stands totally alone
-without one he has known in his earlier days to greet him.
-
-
-
-
-                             *IN MEMORIAM.*
-
-
-              To my darling husband on the anniversary of
-                  his death—September the 14th, 1889.
-
-
-    A year has come and gone since, by God’s Holy will
-    You left me, husband darling, and I still
-    Sorrow as in the earlier days, and grieve
-    As only those do who also are bereaved
-    Of one so fondly loved, whose life for years so
-      closely ’twined together
-    It seemed that death itself could never sever
-    The bonds, so firmly bound, in sickness or in health
-    Times of disaster, poverty or wealth,
-    The love which warmer grew with length of year.
-    It seems not possible you’re gone, I here;
-    Be still my heart, ’tis only for a time.
-    God’s will be done, and humbly mine
-    Must bow to His who doeth all things well.
-    Perchance you hear me, darling; who can tell
-    What line divides us?  Thought may meet thought
-    On the high shore you stand,
-    And waft a loving greeting to the spirit land.
-    So I’ll not grieve you with my helpless sorrow.
-    But happily look toward that glad to-morrow
-    Will surely reunite us on that Heavenly shore.
-    The time will come, we’ll meet and part no more.
-
-
-
-
-                              *NOVEMBER.*
-
-
-    When you speak of drear November,
-    Of its days of rain and gloom,
-    You should also ere remember
-    It’s the advent very soon
-    Of the bright month of December,
-    With its Christmas joys and cheer.
-    That its family rejoicings,
-    And its greetings of New Year,
-    Eclipse all previous darkness,
-    As the dark before the dawn;
-    Ignoring all the dangers,
-    That yet before us yawn.
-    For happily so the future
-    Is hidden from our gaze,
-    We only blindly, step by step,
-    Tread the ever-tangled maze
-    That encircles all our future,
-    And no one can design
-    The pathway to be trodden
-    By either yours or mine.
-    So implicitly we’ll leave
-    Our Heavenly Guide to say
-    The road that we will travel
-    And journey day by day,
-    Assured He will truly guide us,
-    If we will only follow,
-    And land us safely on the shore,
-    When some assured to-morrow
-    Will join the past, and safe return
-    All those for whom we sorrow.
-
-
-
-
-                            *TO THE OYSTER.*
-
-
-    How I love you! toothsome oyster.
-      Because at hunger’s call
-    You are at all times ready
-      To fill our empty maw.
-
-    But still more do I love you
-      For the odor that you waft
-    Of seaside and sea-air you bring
-      With memories of the past.
-
-    The past whene’er your advent,
-      In autumn’s wintry weather,
-    Was grandly hailed on every side,
-      And brought all friends together.
-
-    When seated at a well-spread board,
-      Full quite a score and more
-    Of neighbors met to eat the food
-      All must pronounce so very good.
-
-    So whether hot, or whether cold,
-      In stew, or soup, or pie,
-    We sing your praise, for very few
-      Your excellence can deny.
-
-
-
-
-                       *LIST OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS.*
-
-
-                                QUEBEC.
-
-Lady Stuart.
-Comte de Turenne.
-H. H. Sewell.
-Mrs. W. Rae.
-A. F. Hunt.
-James Fatton.
-J. Hamilton.
-J. V. Welch.
-H. G. Beemer.
-E. J. Price.
-Hon. Mr. Price.
-P. P. Hall.
-W. A. Russell, 2 copies.
-C. S. Parke, M.D.
-H. M. Michaels, Bk. B. N. A.
-Arch. Campbell.
-J. H. Burroughs.
-Louis G. Fiset.
-Hon. Judge F. Andrews.
-E. N. Chinic.
-George Vanfelsen.
-Henry Russell, M.D.
-Robert Mitchell.
-E. A. Panet, N. P., St. Raymond.
-Mrs. Astell Drayner.
-
-
-                               MONTREAL.
-
-Sir William Dawson.
-P. B. Casgrain.
-Somerville Weir.
-W. Grant Stuart, M.D.
-A. Primeau.
-Mrs. R. M. Harrison.
-Mrs. Trotter.
-John Fair.
-E. Pipon, Bk. of Montreal
-W. Weir.
-Alfred Thibaudeau.
-J. Cradock Simpson.
-Strachan Bethune.
-Benj. Hart.
-L. W. Marchand.
-P. H. M. Sommerville, Bk. B. N. A.
-W. Godfrey, Bk. B. N. A.
-Madame DesRivières, Malmaison.
-D. McCord.
-A. Sicotte.
-David Denne.
-W. G. LeMesurier.
-H. A. Hutchins.
-E. B. Greenshields.
-Judge Baby.
-B. D. McConnell.
-Norman S. Leslie.
-Chs. Alexander.
-Louis Barbeau,
-Hon. G. H. Drummond.
-Samuel I. Grant.
-Judge Dorion.
-Judge Bosse.
-
-
-                                OTTAWA.
-
-John D. Arnoldi.
-Parliamentary Library, 2 copies.
-Norman Bethune.
-N. H. Noel, Quebec Bank.
-S. Wilmot, Senate.
-S. Lelièvre.
-Judge Fournier.
-Sir A. Caron.
-Lt. Col. Macpherson.
-Col. Tanet.
-E. Knight, Militia Dept.
-C.H. O’Meara.
-M. Harrison.
-W. Himsworth, Inland Revenue.
-Geo. Duval, High Court of Justice.
-S. Boucher.
-Robt. Cassels.
-W. P. Anderson, Union Bk.
-Jas. Adamson, Senate.
-
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-
-
-
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