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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it -under the terms of the </span><a class="reference internal" href="#project-gutenberg-license">Project Gutenberg License</a><span> included with -this ebook or online at </span><a class="reference external" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/license">https://www.gutenberg.org/license</a><span>. If you -are not located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws -of the country where you are located before using this ebook.</span></p> -<p class="noindent pnext"></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<div class="docutils container" id="pg-machine-header"> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>Title: Old Memories: Amusing and Historical -<br /> -<br />Author: Mrs. Daniel Macpherson -<br /> -<br />Release Date: October 29, 2016 [EBook #53403] -<br /> -<br />Language: English -<br /> -<br />Character set encoding: UTF-8</span></p> -</div> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst" id="pg-start-line"><span>*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK </span><span>OLD MEMORIES: AMUSING AND HISTORICAL</span><span> ***</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst" id="pg-produced-by"><span>Produced by Al Haines.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span></span></p> -</div> -<div class="docutils container titlepage"> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="bold xx-large">OLD MEMORIES:</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="bold x-large">AMUSING AND HISTORICAL</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><em class="italics medium">A SEQUEL TO</em></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="bold medium">"REMINISCENCES OF OLD QUEBEC."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="small">BY</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="medium">MRS. DANIEL MACPHERSON,</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="small">AN OLD QUEBECER.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="medium">MONTREAL: -<br />PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="docutils container verso"> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="small">Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the -<br />year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, by -<br />MRS. DANIEL MACPHERSON, in the office of the Minister of -<br />Agriculture and Statistics at Ottawa.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -</div> -<div class="dedication docutils container"> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="medium">DEDICATION.</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="small">TO</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="medium">JAMES MACPHERSON LEMOINE, ESQ.,</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="small">AUTHOR OF</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="medium">QUEBEC PAST AND PRESENT, MAPLE LEAVES, ETC.,</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="medium">MY DEAR HUSBAND'S COUSIN AND TRIED FRIEND,</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="small">I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME AS A SLIGHT MARK OF ESTEEM.</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="medium">CHARLOTTE HOLT GETHINGS MACPHERSON.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="bold large">CONTENTS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><a class="reference internal" href="#to-my-subscribers-and-the-public">To my Subscribers and the Public</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#sequel-to-old-congregational-convent">Sequel to Old Congregational Convent</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-louis-hotel">St. Louis Hotel</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#the-quebec-bank">The Quebec Bank</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#horse-boats-and-ice-boats">Horse Boats and Ice Boats</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#beaumont-st-thomas">Beaumont, St. Thomas</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-michel">St. Michel</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#a-chronicle-of-st-michel">A Chronicle of St. Michel</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#second-visit-to-roberval-lake-st-john">Second Visit to Roberval, Lake St. John</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-leon-springs">St. Leon Springs</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#my-second-visit-to-st-leon-springs">My Second Visit to St. Leon Springs</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-raymond">St. Raymond</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-augustin">St. Augustin</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-andre">St. André</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#les-eboulements">Les Eboulements</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#society-in-quebec-fifty-years-ago">Society in Quebec Fifty Years Ago</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#spencer-grange">Spencer Grange</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#society-in-1854">Society in 1854</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#new-year-s-day-1840">New Year's Day, 1840</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#a-point-of-honor">A Point of Honor</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#country-post-offices-forty-and-fifty-years-ago">Country Post Offices Forty and Fifty Years Ago</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#the-subterranean-passages-of-the-citadel-of-quebec">The Subterranean Passages of the Citadel of Quebec</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#the-first-st-patrick-s-society-in-quebec">The First St. Patrick's Society in Quebec</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#sillery-church">Sillery Church</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-matthew-s-chapel">St. Matthew's Chapel</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#bishop-hamilton">Bishop Hamilton</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#st-patrick-s-cemetery">St. Patrick's Cemetery</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#mount-hermon-cemetery">Mount Hermon Cemetery</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#in-memoriam">In Memoriam</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#november">November</a><span> -<br /></span><a class="reference internal" href="#to-the-oyster">To the Oyster</a></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="to-my-subscribers-and-the-public"><span class="bold large">TO MY SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>MY FRIENDS,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>Yours truly, -<br />CHARLOTTE HOLT GETHINGS MACPHERSON</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="bold x-large">OLD MEMORIES:</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="bold x-large">AMUSING AND HISTORICAL.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="medium">SEQUEL TO "REMINISCENCES OF OLD QUEBEC," -<br />BY MRS. DANIEL MACPHERSON.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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:</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>CONGREGATION DE NOTRE DAME,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>Montreal, October 10, 1890.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>Madam,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>I am sorry not to be able to give you further -details.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<dl class="docutils"> -<dt class="noindent"><span>Your humble servant,</span></dt> -<dd><p class="first last noindent pfirst"><span>Sr. St. Alexis de St. Joseph.</span></p> -</dd> -</dl> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="sequel-to-old-congregational-convent"><span class="bold large">SEQUEL TO OLD CONGREGATIONAL CONVENT.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>FRIDAY, October 10, 1890.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>"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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Governor-General of the Dominion of -Canada has graciously given this institution a -magnificent medal, to be awarded for general -proficiency.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Hon. Ed. Murphy, Montreal, a valuable -microscope, to the young lady who excels in -natural history.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Mrs. Ed. Murphy, a magnificent gold medal, -for excellence in the art of house-keeping.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Countess de Beaujeu, a rich gold medal, -to the young lady who excels in French -conversation.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of -Quebec, a medal for universal history.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Rev. L. Collin, Sup. S. S. S., a gold -medal for literature.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Rev. J. Marechal, a gold medal for -religious instruction.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau, ex-minister of -Education, a gold medal for composition.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Rev. Mother Sup. General, a gold medal -for excellence in deportment.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>J. J. McElhone, Esq., of Washington, a gold -medal for phonography and type-writing.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>J. M. McGirr, Esq., Ont., a gold medal for -mathematics.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Awarded by an artist, a gold lyre, for -proficiency in music.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-louis-hotel"><span class="bold large">ST. LOUIS HOTEL.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="the-quebec-bank"><span class="bold large">THE QUEBEC BANK, QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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 -</span><em class="italics">Shareholder</em><span>, 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:—</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="horse-boats-and-ice-boats"><span class="bold large">HORSE BOATS AND ICE BOATS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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:</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>"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."</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="beaumont-st-thomas"><span class="bold large">BEAUMONT—ST. THOMAS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-michel"><span class="bold large">ST. MICHEL.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="a-chronicle-of-st-michel"><span class="bold large">A CHRONICLE OF ST. MICHEL.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span class="medium">A REMEMBRANCE OF HAPPY DAYS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>It was a winter evening,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>The moon was shining bright,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>When from a lady's parlor</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Came sounds of laughter light.</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>But, suddenly, the scene is changed,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>There's heard a warning shriek,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>And borne upon the air the words,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>"Oh! dear, will no one speak?"</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>Unheeding trap, just at her feet,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Comes with majestic mien</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>A damsel of sweet presence,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>And smiling all serene.</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>Her eyes are like the glowworm,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Her cheeks like damask rose,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>She holds her head so loftily,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>She looks not at her toes;</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>When, roused from contemplation sweet</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Of bottles ale and stout,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>A head above the trap appears—</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>"What's all this row about?</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>I see, I see, Miss Flora, dear,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>You'd all but tumbled down;</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>One further step, and you'd have fall'n</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>On my unlucky crown.</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>Oh! had you tumbled on my head</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>In yonder cellar well,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>We now, alas, been both quite dead"—</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>A sad old tale to tell.</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>How youth and beauty often fall</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Into some snare unseen,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>As so hath chanced in many a day</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>And yet full oft I ween,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>While thoughtless youth with eager step</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Pursues its heedless way.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>MORAL.</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>Then damsels all who hear my tale</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Hold not your heads so high,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>A downward glance give now and then,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Hid dangers to descry.</span></div> -<div class="line"> </div> -</div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="second-visit-to-roberval-lake-st-john"><span class="bold large">SECOND VISIT TO ROBERVAL, -<br />LAKE ST. JOHN.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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."</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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 </span><em class="italics">des -remèdes</em><span>. 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 </span><em class="italics">Les -terribles Anglais</em><span> 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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-leon-springs"><span class="bold large">ST. LEON SPRINGS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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 </span><em class="italics">en route</em><span>. 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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="my-second-visit-to-st-leon-springs"><span class="bold large">MY SECOND VISIT TO ST. LEON SPRINGS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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."</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-raymond"><span class="bold large">ST. RAYMOND.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>ANOTHER PIONEER</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>OCTOBER 28, 1890.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-augustin"><span class="bold large">ST. AUGUSTIN,</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="medium">ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>His was a school of the </span><em class="italics">ancien régime</em><span>, 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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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 </span><em class="italics">anciens élèves</em><span> constantly -sending him contributions of rare articles to add -to his collection.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-andre"><span class="bold large">ST. ANDRÉ—NEXT PARISH BELOW KAMOURASKA.</span></p> -<p class="center pnext"><span class="small">"In the days when we went gipseying a long time ago."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="les-eboulements"><span class="bold large">LES EBOULEMENTS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="society-in-quebec-fifty-years-ago"><span class="bold large">SOCIETY IN QUEBEC FIFTY YEARS AGO.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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 </span><em class="italics">ancienne noblesse</em><span>, 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 </span><em class="italics">Feuilleton</em><span>, 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."</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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 </span><em class="italics">entrée</em><span> 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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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?</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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:</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="spencer-grange"><span class="bold large">SPENCER GRANGE, RESIDENCE OF -<br />JAMES MACPHERSON LE MOINE, -<br />F.R.L.C.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="society-in-1854"><span class="bold large">SOCIETY IN 1854.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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——.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="new-year-s-day-1840"><span class="bold large">NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1840—IN QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>Old Time, with customary speed,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Has passed us on his flying steed,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And once again a New Year's day</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Now greets us smiling bright and gay.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="a-point-of-honor"><span class="bold large">A POINT OF HONOR.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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!</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="country-post-offices-forty-and-fifty-years-ago"><span class="bold large">COUNTRY POST OFFICES FORTY AND -<br />FIFTY YEARS AGO.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="the-subterranean-passages-of-the-citadel-of-quebec"><span class="bold large">THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES OF -<br />THE CITADEL, QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="the-first-st-patrick-s-society-in-quebec"><span class="bold large">THE FIRST ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY -<br />IN QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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:—</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>"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:—</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Hon. Dominick Daly, then Secretary of -the Province.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Hon. George Pemberton, merchant.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>The Hon. Mr. Cochrane, brother-in-law to Bishop Mountain.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Sir Henry Caldwell, Baronet.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Geo. Holmes Parke, Esq., merchant.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Charles Gethings, Esq., of the Bank, Quebec.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Edward Bowen, Esq., son of Judge Bowen.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>Edward Ryan, Esq., merchant, and Mr. O'Meara, Custom House.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>"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."</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="sillery-church"><span class="bold large">SILLERY CHURCH—THE PARSONAGE, -<br />ONE TIME A RESIDENCE OF -<br />SIR E. R. CARON.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>He was stricken with paralysis some years -ago, and though comparatively a young man, -is quite debarred now from all church services.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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 -</span><em class="italics">Corrigan Murder</em><span> (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 </span><em class="italics">the one</em><span> 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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-matthew-s-chapel"><span class="bold large">ST. MATTHEW'S CHAPEL.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="bishop-hamilton"><span class="bold large">BISHOP HAMILTON.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="st-patrick-s-cemetery"><span class="bold large">ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>Formerly Woodfield, the residence of the late -<br />James Gibb, Esq., previously the residence of -<br />Chas. Sheppard, Esq.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="mount-hermon-cemetery"><span class="bold large">MOUNT HERMON CEMETERY,</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="pfirst"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<p class="pnext"><span>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.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="in-memoriam"><span class="bold large">IN MEMORIAM.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>To my darling husband on the anniversary of -<br />his death—September the 14th, 1889.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>A year has come and gone since, by God's Holy will</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>You left me, husband darling, and I still</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Sorrow as in the earlier days, and grieve</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>As only those do who also are bereaved</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Of one so fondly loved, whose life for years so</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>closely 'twined together</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>It seemed that death itself could never sever</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The bonds, so firmly bound, in sickness or in health</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Times of disaster, poverty or wealth,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The love which warmer grew with length of year.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>It seems not possible you're gone, I here;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Be still my heart, 'tis only for a time.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>God's will be done, and humbly mine</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Must bow to His who doeth all things well.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Perchance you hear me, darling; who can tell</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>What line divides us? Thought may meet thought</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>On the high shore you stand,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And waft a loving greeting to the spirit land.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>So I'll not grieve you with my helpless sorrow.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>But happily look toward that glad to-morrow</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Will surely reunite us on that Heavenly shore.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The time will come, we'll meet and part no more.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="november"><span class="bold large">NOVEMBER.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>When you speak of drear November,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Of its days of rain and gloom,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>You should also ere remember</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>It's the advent very soon</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Of the bright month of December,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>With its Christmas joys and cheer.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That its family rejoicings,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And its greetings of New Year,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Eclipse all previous darkness,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>As the dark before the dawn;</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Ignoring all the dangers,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That yet before us yawn.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>For happily so the future</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Is hidden from our gaze,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>We only blindly, step by step,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Tread the ever-tangled maze</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>That encircles all our future,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And no one can design</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The pathway to be trodden</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>By either yours or mine.</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>So implicitly we'll leave</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Our Heavenly Guide to say</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>The road that we will travel</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And journey day by day,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Assured He will truly guide us,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>If we will only follow,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>And land us safely on the shore,</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>When some assured to-morrow</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>Will join the past, and safe return</span></div> -<div class="line"><span>All those for whom we sorrow.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="to-the-oyster"><span class="bold large">TO THE OYSTER.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<!-- --> -<blockquote> -<div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>How I love you! toothsome oyster.</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Because at hunger's call</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>You are at all times ready</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>To fill our empty maw.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>But still more do I love you</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>For the odor that you waft</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>Of seaside and sea-air you bring</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>With memories of the past.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>The past whene'er your advent,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>In autumn's wintry weather,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>Was grandly hailed on every side,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>And brought all friends together.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>When seated at a well-spread board,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Full quite a score and more</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>Of neighbors met to eat the food</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>All must pronounce so very good.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -<div class="line-block outermost"> -<div class="line"><span>So whether hot, or whether cold,</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>In stew, or soup, or pie,</span></div> -</div> -<div class="line"><span>We sing your praise, for very few</span></div> -<div class="inner line-block"> -<div class="line"><span>Your excellence can deny.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</div> -</blockquote> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst" id="list-of-new-subscribers"><span class="bold large">LIST OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>QUEBEC.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>Lady Stuart. -<br />Comte de Turenne. -<br />H. H. Sewell. -<br />Mrs. W. Rae. -<br />A. F. Hunt. -<br />James Fatton. -<br />J. Hamilton. -<br />J. V. Welch. -<br />H. G. Beemer. -<br />E. J. Price. -<br />Hon. Mr. Price. -<br />P. P. Hall. -<br />W. A. Russell, 2 copies. -<br />C. S. Parke, M.D. -<br />H. M. Michaels, Bk. B. N. A. -<br />Arch. Campbell. -<br />J. H. Burroughs. -<br />Louis G. Fiset. -<br />Hon. Judge F. Andrews. -<br />E. N. Chinic. -<br />George Vanfelsen. -<br />Henry Russell, M.D. -<br />Robert Mitchell. -<br />E. A. Panet, N. P., St. Raymond. -<br />Mrs. Astell Drayner.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>MONTREAL.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>Sir William Dawson. -<br />P. B. Casgrain. -<br />Somerville Weir. -<br />W. Grant Stuart, M.D. -<br />A. Primeau. -<br />Mrs. R. M. Harrison. -<br />Mrs. Trotter. -<br />John Fair. -<br />E. Pipon, Bk. of Montreal -<br />W. Weir. -<br />Alfred Thibaudeau. -<br />J. Cradock Simpson. -<br />Strachan Bethune. -<br />Benj. Hart. -<br />L. W. Marchand. -<br />P. H. M. Sommerville, Bk. B. N. A. -<br />W. Godfrey, Bk. B. N. A. -<br />Madame DesRivières, Malmaison. -<br />D. McCord. -<br />A. Sicotte. -<br />David Denne. -<br />W. G. LeMesurier. -<br />H. A. Hutchins. -<br />E. B. Greenshields. -<br />Judge Baby. -<br />B. D. McConnell. -<br />Norman S. Leslie. -<br />Chs. Alexander. -<br />Louis Barbeau, -<br />Hon. G. H. Drummond. -<br />Samuel I. Grant. -<br />Judge Dorion. -<br />Judge Bosse.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"> -</div> -<p class="center pfirst"><span>OTTAWA.</span></p> -<div class="vspace" style="height: 1em"> -</div> -<p class="noindent pfirst"><span>John D. Arnoldi. -<br />Parliamentary Library, 2 copies. -<br />Norman Bethune. -<br />N. H. Noel, Quebec Bank. -<br />S. Wilmot, Senate. -<br />S. Lelièvre. -<br />Judge Fournier. -<br />Sir A. Caron. -<br />Lt. Col. Macpherson. -<br />Col. Tanet. -<br />E. Knight, Militia Dept. -<br />C.H. O'Meara. -<br />M. Harrison. -<br />W. Himsworth, Inland Revenue. -<br />Geo. Duval, High Court of Justice. -<br />S. Boucher. -<br />Robt. Cassels. -<br />W. P. Anderson, Union Bk. -<br />Jas. 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