, 1874-09-27
QUEBEC.
A Pleasant Ride-=-Montmorena Falls
and River.
Il Distinction Without a EifEe:ein1ce IN
the Parish Of Eeauport'
A City Of Silver.

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1 hotels for your trunks to ba taken up you wi
very probably notice 4 variety Of carriage
drivers. cards lying about, upon Which ar
printed
"PLAcEs or INTEREST II A::;p Anorr ouEDEc-"
After riding au night; the two places Of great
est interest in Quebec for you wlll be the break
fast-table and q comfortable bed. sthl kno"
ing that these will, in measure. rene,
your desire to live and SEQ tho world
it Is Just a. we'll to pu. ono o
the cards into your pocket for future reference
Then, after you arc rested, resign yourself to
Sightseeing from carriage drawn by two horse
aud driven By d man uho has slit for orat
ing" :. Il will take you to tho Citadel and Dur
ham Terrace show you the house w4ero Mont
gomery mas laid out, it has degenerated into Al
intelligenco-oftice now: after which cheerful
sight he will drive out to the Governors place
and tell you all about the good old times "Wher
the military were here or, in other words, whel
Quebec WAS garr:isoned By troops fror, Englant
instead OF. the native regiments. Then you nil
driy back past the Esplauado look in al
tho two Cathcdrals; !; e3anipo tho paint
inss in Seminary Chapel by Champagne
and, If you have q weakness that way, may even
mako a feeble pain or two On the occasion; aud
finally, leaving. Quebec behind 5ou. dash down
| through what was ouco Palace Gate, out across
tho long bridge WHICH, epans the St. Charles, and
| fud your horses fixing along over ono of the
| most magnificent roads it viii ever 10 your good
fortune to drive over.
II you wish to go III less styei yon can, instead
Of taking car7iage, divide up your party, If 1t
consists Of more than four. aud lake couple OF
eingle-horso vehicles, which, by the ho1ilcnts,
are called wasons,-only they pronounce it
WAEuGoS.
They hay6 no conscientious scruples aSains.
putting as many people into ono Of these as can
DO slowed away Qudecd, ! don't think they haye
conscience ut all about horses for I nayer saw
tho poor creatures treated numerically any
where as hcre) go you must know when TO cry
enough. But, afsor all, its Father jolly to ride
in = wagon: for you can lavo plenty of carriages
at home, and these have tue charm Of novelty,
and, besides. it gives you chance to speak
French with the driver. But remember, in OK
changing Unified States and Canadian French,
there must bo as great q discount as in e1chang-
ing car.encies. Still, as i rule everybody who
comes here expects 10 indulge in four-buttou
kids, and what little French they know.
Tue day we drove out to tho Falls was Der-
feet one, and tho
PRETTY nCtr1c VILLAGE OF BEAUFORT
charmed eli. It is but one continuous street,
about 5 miles long, borle1ed either side by
the clear white houses Of tho peasants. Each
house stands close to tho road, at one end of its
long, narrow farm, They are all low, stono
bulldogs, cleaning with the whitest OF lime
wash, With brightly painted (oftcn grecn) gal
lery Gas they call their overhanging porches)
running tho entire length. The windows aro
lower half By short lace curtains. There is
uniformity in tho country-dweliuga hero that we
independent Americans could never tolerate at
home. but which, confess, is soothing here.
Through the open doors We could get q very
good idea Of the Interior: In each was 3 huge
warming two rooins-the whole lower floor
oftcn-at once- Tho rooms looked
co2y enough.--qaite like tho home Of
the "Widow A1elnotte" j" VIC are accustomed to
would blow over as easily, neither would the
walls shake SO dist1cssinGly if the Claude Of
the family should suddenly bound in and throw
the door to after him.
So much for tho houses. The farsns would,
Think CAUSE your Illinois farmers to
SMILE coArAss1oSATELY
if they could see them As long as they confne
themselves strictly to cabbagea, onions, salads,
bcets and kindred vegetables they do well
enough; but, when they depart from that line,
ncss-or strengthen tie season. No one can
complain il it does not tassel out, for it does,
only it is in altogether too great hurry, aud the
taHscl appears almost as soon esit Is above
ground: I believe the GERS do not ripen at all ;
bttit furnishes, in the course OF time, very good
1oabting-ears.
But. while We we're observing thcac things, We
we're approaching
THE FALLS OF MoS7MoRESc1.
Wo paused a few moments upon tho bridge, to
under us. Up the stream, dark pines 1csae.l
over the narrow bed, while lower growth Of
eyergrecns clung to tho steep banks. Innumer-
able rocks obstructcd the channel, and over
them the water lcapcd recklessly. Tlo whoio
was rich, dark picture which I cannot find
words to describe. Below the bridge, it il
smoother. until it gets near the fall, when the
rapids again begin. To follow it's course to the
end, We left our carriages, aud took our
way along tho little foot-path which lies
in small observatory, from which you get a
fine view OF the fall aud of the river, which, per-
haps milo further down, has rather nlelan-
choly and commonplace ending amid heap OF
renee. The fail itself is unspeakably lovely.
After Niagara, it is hard to bo impressed by it, If
you expect gnitode but If you will be sarieiied
with mere beauty and leecy softness, then you J
will like Montmorenci. 1t is very narrow. be- |
liero women never have correct ideas OF diB- |
tance so will only eay that it looks to bo about
so feet wide. though it may be 100 but can iny
my hand my guide book and swear that |
it is $50 feet high, though no
one believes tho guide book, until lie has looked |
through glass At what ho takes to be heap Of |
sticks aud rubbish at tho foot, and discovers it
to be great rilo Of logs.
After we had looked rs long as We cared to. |
NC returned to our carriages. first going into tho
little iun to register names. / forgot to say
that the Falls are in the Parish Of BEAUFORT and |
this parish is alao famous being one in which |
every male parishioner pledged himself neither
to
nut, SELL, Eon DRINK ANYTHING tSTox1cAT1SG. !
We had al noticed and commented upon tho
monument erected to Temperance, as we drove
past it., and had n!oraiizcd upon the |
probable peace and virtue of tho pco-
Elo Of BEAUFORT. Bat, ,aias! while stand
Ing idly about tho i'm, one. inquisi:iyo |
Yankee Of the party destroyed the bright illu-
aou which tho tcutperancc-moyemcnt bad crc-
ated in our guileieHs minds. by conversation ho
Eeld with the lady who presided at tho leo aud |
soda-water bar.
'You do not sell spirits in BEAUFORT ut al, 1
am told" he began.
No! oh, no! nos spirits; but-''
"Ihen ! suppose fellow couldn't get any
thing to drink here? ?"
ave do not sell any Intoxicating drinks" sho
replied demurely; "but, you know"
'sWell?"
There are tincrs, yoa know. We don't cell
any thing but bitters."
We drove away awfully depressed. Even III