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CE IN CANADA

er than beer or water; and of course very
ttle of the former, owing to the expense of transport,
ras to be had. The soldier that did drink spirits did not
rink to excess. How did all this happen in a_ place

where drunkenr

aad been pr

The soldiers

who were of t

82nd regiment, h

been selected for the

Their' young commanding offi-

crickeiing,boating, and every
amusement, but permitted no gambling. He
- -lldiers and their families, and,
them, and to keep their
A and played, read and
is as cheap as dirt there,
)t. a temptation which they could not resist. In
he bad sleighing, snow-shoeing, and every eaer-
and the very deep
1 feel persuaded that, now
provided such handsome garrison
libr-
-.,e11-selected books for ►`'-
• -

I a school for the so

n short, he knew bow to manag

minds engag

ith the severe weather

compatin

to the station

oldiers, if

.ound, were
not only be

attached to every large barrack, there won

less _
be scorned, as it has been within the last twenty yea
the officers. A hard-drinking officer will scarce
tolerated in a regiment now, simply because excessive
dr'nking is a low, mean vice, being the indulgence of self
for unworthy motives, and beneath the character of a gen-
tleman. To be brought to a court-martial for drunken-
ness is now as disgraceful and injurious to the reputation

of a❑ officer
therefore, sel

as it was to

;e, and,

m occurs in t

British army

The vic

of Car

ver, drink

nd tempe

societies

will not mend it. Their good is very equivocal, unless
combined with religion, as there is only one Father Ma-
thew in the world, nor is it probable there will be ano-
ther.—Bonnycastle's Canada and the Canadians.
SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT ON MASONRY.—Toe future
Attorney-General had been for many months called to
the Bar when we again met. This was, early in 1626.

but feelingly, of the professional
existed among those to whom he was now
" said he, "is a joke to it.

jealousy whi

You can have no conception of its extent or strength, un-
less you yourself belonged to the profess;on." He then
reverted to past scenes and mutual friends ;• and in the
iversation. I inferred, from a passing remark,
a Mason. I as

course of

y conclusion

"It is," was his reply : "I was initiated
Light had not then beamed upon
And I expressed in scoffing terms my astonish-
" In your early strugAes at the 84r," remarked
let earnestness, "you require something to
reconcile you to your kind. You see so much of bitter-
ness, and rivalry, and jealousy, and hatred, that you are
thankful to call into active agency a system which creates
in all its varieties kindly sympathy, cordial and wide-
spread benevolence, and brotherly love." " But surely,"
said I, " you don't en the length of asserting that Ma-
sonry does all this ?" " And more The true Mason
thinks no evil of his brother, and cherishes no designs
against him. The system itself annihilates parties. And

was correct.
at Cambridge

he, with q

stringent

he curt

' " Well! wel

pion : you cannot, Fay or do as

ypn will, affirm of it that Masonry is a religious system.
By-and-by, you will know better," was his reply
I will only say this, that the Bible is, never closed
ason's lodge; that Masons habitually use ,
odges ; and, in point of fact, never assemble for
any purpose without performing acts of religion :—I gave
you credit,' continued he with a smile, " for being more
thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and
slavish prejudice."—Stray Leaves from a Free-mason's
Note-Book.
CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS OF CANADA.—Canada
is. as 1 have written two former volumes to prove, a mag-
nificent country. I doubt very much if Nature has
created a finer country on the whole earth. The soil is
generally good, as that made by the decay of forests for
thousands of years upon substrata, chiefly formed of allu-
'le deposit from waters, must be. It
m Quebec to the Falls of St. Mary, al-

grayer in

in a M
their k

vium or diluvium, ti

ost a

less strear
toral is a
enormous
tropical h

,rsected and interiaceu uy Illiwuri-
,ded with small lakes, whilst its lit-
Ilelled in the world, expanding into
,s, abounding with fish. If the
bsent, if ita winters are long and ex-
nean fruits abun-

pica' ones, owing to the