The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-03
CORRESPONDENCE.
QUEER QUEBEC.
,CENEs AND SENSATIONS.

GROUND-fALLS Of NUN IMOh6rOAs
Occasional Correspondence of the SENTINEL
QUEBEC, Sept. II, ls74--one feels strongly
tempted to give that deliciously humorous
scene between the wedding journeyers, in
Howell's book, tina ushersi in their approach
to Qubec. Isabel is dreaming that "She was
confessing to the priest. and she was not
at all surprised to find that he was Basil in a
suit of medieval srmor. he a an i'm
mense cross on his shoulder.
"sTo get this cross to the top of the noun
TAIN thought Isabel, we must have two
horses. BASIL she added, aloud, we must
have two horsesl'
"'Ten, If you like, my dear answered his
voice. cheerfully, though / think we'd bet
ter ride up in the omnibus
..She opened her eyes, and saw him smil-
ing. Were In sight of Quebec he said.
Come out as o as you can-come out
into the seventeenth century,"
And To your bewildered gaze itdOes appear
as il in your sleep some magical power mad
taken you back through a century, and now
lif ing from your face a veil, babe you be-
| hold this old world scene. III your imsgina-
ton is vivid. through your mind will come
crowding the interesting historical events OF
which she has been the center. Jacques Car
tier and Champlain, MOntcalm, Wolfe, Ar
mold and the brave Montgomery, like the
ghosts in Macbeth, succeed each other, each
one in his turn bringing with him the little
stage ct ceteras which go to make their brief
reign interesting. You can, If you wish,
easily imagine the houses, an army march,
ing mn the hill to attack the castle on the
summit. but you mustn't bring them to war
fare. for the man who could harbor IN his soul
this beautiful Sabbath morning athought OF
death must have been up all night-editing a
new spaper. Why, even the sailor on tie
- - >nan - thn 49, 49,
look happy enough to dance, for Jacks to
have a day on shore, and wherever you go,
excepti in the churcnes, you Will meet them
in couples. rolling along, yet in some unac-
countable manner, avoiding a colllslon.
That. however, will be hours hence, for we
are lust leaving the wharf in the omnibus on
an excelsior road. DOM imagine this a
reference to a new patent; great Jovei pre-
serve us. no.! there are now too many OF them
that keep the seat of our feelings In a bar
rowed state, it is only an allusion to Long
fellows poem. Well, this road takes you
through streets that twist and turn in every
direction. so crooked that the houses, when
thew do come to a straight street, from mere
force of habit, twist and turn upon that. OF
course you will 60 to the st. Louis, and just
as much a matter of course you will find 1t
full, with just that vacant room that you can
always find in a crowded horse. car, that is
ROOM FOR ONE MORE.
We will repress, however, any elation we
may feel at this piece of good fortune. for it
is 2s6, and, unfortunately, they do not com.
mencs to number at the top of the house;
to be brief, this little paradise that the clerk
would make you feel he has saved expressly
for You, is five stories nearer to heaven than
where you are at present standing, and the
elevator is a boon that will reach quebec
only in the course of another half century.
Not, however, having come with the inten-
ton of stayiDg that length OF time, and
being a little dubious about seeing the first
car load from any other than a very ele-
waited position we will ascend to our aerial
retreat only as necessity requires IL, In TACT
limit our attendance to one visit in the day.
Just across the street from the hotel is q
little. one-storied white cottage, with a little
garden In front, and some kind OF trailing
plant growing over the roof. On one side
of the doorway Is the striped barber's pole,
and on the roof the immense sign of
the "Montcalm Shaving and Shampooning
~saloon." Just think of being shaved, dear
r~eader-pardon the adjective, OF course
mean the male sex-int the same room where
Montcalm held his last council of war; he
perhaps looked abstractedly at the ceiling,
as you are doing; he. in search of an idea;
you, to give the barber a better opportu-
nity to work upon your chin. Now, il you
will walk Just a step with me on the same
side of the street, we will see the green little
mousse -W00TO montgomery was AdA0 OdbS 1
Int If Won were not told the fact in print on
the house. you would never believe it, for
if those are not live ginger bread dolls in the
window. then nv memory of childhood is
very defective; yes, the death home OF the
warrior has become the innocent shop of the
pastry cook, and without a tear the little
ones slaughter their two-cent gods
in the same room that echoed
to the sobs of bearded men about the dead
hero's bier. suppose it was an old touch
of the puritanism in one composition that
kept us from hiring a coach for sight seeing;
or. was it the thought that perhaps we could
blend pleasure with duty? Certain il is that
a more devout sight seeing party never .
spent the Sabbath there, Tor breakfast was !
hardly over before we were on our way to .
the French cathedral to hear high mass, and I.
this same service still remains with us as
one of the most delightful "reminiscences OF
our tour; we certainly never before came
50 neat embracing the Catholic fi b.. We ,
were hardly inside of the door before the .
fancy 1t. dear reader. a whole beadle :
to us three; not the janitor fresh from 4
sweeping ths floor, nor get a common NOR !
tai dem1rely dressed in black; nor even one :
of those unfortunate creatures whom the =
English novelists delight 10 caricature; but q
MAGNIFIcEST CREATURE b
in a gold-lacsd coat, and bearing a silver il
staff, ushered Us up the aisle and to seats. 4
It was the first delightful touch of the old 4
we had seen. Crooked streets we had "
seen in old Boston; diminitive bed rooms up Il
five flights we could secure at any fashiona- s.
bic watering p.ace; magnificent churches h
we had seen in Montreal, but a beadle, L
never! 1t made NJ difference that he looked Ii
ike a drum major minus the cap; that his "
was very suggestive of a fee, or that is
you felt powerfully impressed with your b
)wn insignifcance while marching behind b
him; he is a beadle, and may he receive fees "
to keep his coat always covered with Of
yold lace, his staff always bright, and go is
back to the grocery Business every Monday Il
morning with a devout and thankful spirit W
hat will keep bin from sanding the sugar, a,
" giving his neighbour false weight. But is
10 is gone perhaps to Impress some other al
ueceptible American, and you see no more In
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