Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-06-20

hanging down his back. More conspicu-
GUS than these is the Speaker, wearing
three cornered cooked hat, as if having U
come down from former generation. The t
honorable members, sit with their hats on "
or off, as they may please. !, a;gg sysm d q
The Vicar General Of the Catholic Church, Il
I in long black robes, and clergyman Of |
q the English Church. have seats on the
floor, as representatives of the two recog-Et
!; nized religions of the provinces. q The {
French Cors with decorations of honor I
upon his breast, sits in complacent digni,
ty beside the Mayor Of Toronto, who wears
saa huge gold chain ais the EN- blem Of his
l'oficed hg raeHss s8A t3os8 Gh 8es&w +
= s.j The, little, round, bustling, oullet-head-
ed .doorkeeper, wearing a court dress. a
white neGktie, swallow tailed coat, With
ia brass plate on his breast, evidently feels p
the responsibility resting uponshim, and
! throws opeIblthe great door with supreme I
dlgplty.b % gda ssaSa % i5aa o. ..
:, A, But most magnificent Of all is the usher
= "a thin, spare man. with ,trilled shirt
. bosoln which seemed to have got loose
lt'from cou6cment beneath his vest and rus A
!. ties with every motion, reminding one of
- a flag Of truce waving in the breeze. He
wears close fitting long. hose, after the
" fashion Of our. grandfathers and is an.
t. other relic Of The olden time See him as
he goes out to summon the House of AS
semby--he bows like an acrobat to my
!. lord upon the throne an inch or two low
: er and he wou.d turn forward summer
v sault, OF. else fall headlong upon the fool );
:" he retreats backward. ''ss '.' ts
~ Itiwould never do for him to turn his
y " back upon the royal dummy Ono disrespect
., % to Lord Monck) N Half way down the
y, hall he bows again. and Aourishes his
y black rod, tipped with gold He is the
Usher Of the black rod Why black in
=. ! stead of blue, or greer, or yellow, 1 don't
- a. know 1t is such flourish as necroman-
- GERS delight to give to mystefed audiences.
ho ho. Again stepping backward, the shirt frill
- i, reaches the bar, beyond which regal efful
% gence is not supposed to shine: then, bow
iG- ing once more profoundly the usher is al
=, dlowedsby etiquette to follow hisnosc in
= stead of his coat-tail. EEaa s.8 fa Eil
+; The House Of assembly, enter. preceded
~ by the usher,who bows, fourishes his rod
- advances halfway, another bow and -four
ISL at the foot hf the throne, and the shir
frill has performed its part Of the fun
VI merry The members Of the Assembl
not may not place their feet inside the bal
desi.Ihey must not come beneath the full glor,
nse of the sun, They stand outside and lis
mi ten to the words from the throne. The
ost also have now gilt hauble, and thei
on Speaker and Clerk are in gowns. I'M
or blord the Gov Gen. made his address i
,tv u English, and then the Secretary read
Vie it Trcnch-for the lower, province mem
ono bers do not understand the Queens Eng
tlish ailF ofe "a F.l aa3|r sa4 a5h"
,os. The members Of the Assembly stood ps
Try tient, and listened respectfully to wha
in the Gov. Gen. had to say;which had bee
ave prepared for him by one of the Ministy
the but the English members. not understand
,ilt, ing the French language, turned upo
nes their heels and left the hall, leaving I'll
S3, u French members to take the second reac
-iing 3aT esrlasacEaa eli Ia toom "a
are n The, Euglish. members are leaving
lous was my remark to man who stood
are my side. '0is' 'd'a3'4 ''' s'1'a ''..''..,'
arl: :toc"Osyes ;sthcy don't care d agd4for Il
tn at French was bishreply..qaa eds hazia
I, \ There you sbaye the essencesof Engli'
yery rule in Canada, -, He did not mean th
be they cared not to listen to, the, address
cad: French, bot that the Frepchmen were b
onse meath thelrcspect or even the noticeioft
she'd Euglishmab.g aai!inizsh ssdl s2niai
ices, es,,ss,ln a former letter ! spoke Of the con
and lomerate character of Canadian soeiet
y aud the Same may be, said Of Canadi
'a ipolitics.as sAa "''' sl'i i'so2i es''.'p9
o IA INaticnalities are at strife "a The sell
the ton of Ottawa ssthe capital of the t.
sion, provinces was q compromise " stan
opn. in Caaada West, Just on the boundary
Q tag tween French and English territory,
tcers tween Catholicism aud Professionalism.
d forF"We collected Ottawa" said 10 mont
cred iron the Vest, $50 as to keep itaout
! his Lower Canada and to crush the Frep
His influence "..l-s.4,...t.-. -....q ..b
With The Provinces have an equal represe
n am alton, but English and Protestant ini
a the ehceais gaining ground. aaW ageiaeybs
inior The Roman Catholic Church is gra
ance, political engine, and all its great powe
COM directed toward pcrpetuatipg the ,Frer
and influence. na'''''4'N ''' @ ~" NV 0',
elect ia Legislation is exceedingly cdmbcrsoI
aibei In addition to allutheg red tape and r
as tine, all motions must be made in Frel
Jana. and English All papers mnst be pres
redlo ted, all documents printed in both lap
s side ages. odNIr9 Cortin, in moving the ext
Dg up sion of the military bill Of Upper Can,
bau,oto Lower Canada. ssQkeIfrst IN Eng
} bee then in, French Mr. Rose il, adyocat
> aon the repeal q The hssbbeEN sb corpus, I, p