New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-15
CANADIAN VILLAGE LIFE.


THE RELIGIOUS AND HOME LIFE. OF THE HABr-
TAEsr-sLow ADVANCE OF MODERN IDEAS
,rRox ANoocAmosAL CORRESPONDENCE OF rHErxBpxEt
STE. MARIE DE MoNN0IR, July ga charm.
ing and Inexpensive journey from Nev-York UP The
Hudson to Albany and themes TO Caps vincont and
down the St Lawrence; from Albany BY Of LAhs
George Lake Champlain and Pattsburg. takes Que T.
where may exist oooIy during the heated term IN
midst OF life quaint and foreign to New-iorker ~
eighteenth-centpry France would be Take for an OBJ
jectiye point the little village Of ste Marie de Monnor
by rail twenty miles from Montreal or half days de
from Pattsburg Either this place Is approached
the latter part Of the journey through Nat country
broken only by lines graceful ens knots Of sR
poplsrs and by solitary, dome-ke mountains rising
abruptly against the horizon. These mountains
detached members OF the Green Mountain range andi
the Journey Platsbnrg ono may note Low the coa
fused mass which forms the chain becomes broken into
distinct groups which In separate into individuals
Leaving behind tho railway station which Is called
Maryvile in the timetable, grassy lane leads to the
village ste Marie about $500 inhabitants, mostly
owners Of the small farms which rndiate In narrox
strsps the ouskrts Of the village Tho ssrests ss
crooked snd uneven. Most Of tbs houses along them
are weather beaten and have steep gables, red roof
dor1nsr windows, and great rambling ehimneys The
shops are for the part distinguished from the
dwellings only by the signs Ncrchandis0 Ssekes"
Maoasin General" something Of the sort Where
the streets dwinde to lanes and footpahs the dwell
incs become whitewashed cottages, 0rnamcnted With
red roofs and shutters and containing only CT tive
rooms Something may be learned of the inhabitann
before entering their homes. On many doors may be-
seen cards reading: Arrotez 10 sacre dc Jesus eat
avec mo" which any old woman viii tell one IL to
keen away the thunder" Roadside shrnes consist
ing of o wooden surmounted by gilt cock.
numerous and believed by their owners to securs
good haryests In neghboring fields The sounds
church and convent bells heard at all hourA On
gala days the tricolor floats everywhere. The hab
tan Is loyal heart to the country and religion OF his
the Queeus English and the Church Of Eng
land are ignored by him.
SCENES OF CHURCH AND HOME LIFE.
Tn the heart of the village the Roman Catholia
buildings: church. converts, hosEital and college.
These the stranger well as the @hsbitan hndss
centre OF interest The church. built OF stone and yellow
cement with its arched chance and long gaicre leading
20 the PRIESTS apartments surnountet ~ roof OF The
fayorte Venetian red and adorned with slender glitter
ing spire the old brick college with IFS shrnbby gsrdens
aud its Of trees down which CLEANS statue Of
the Virgin the OF rough stone with its immense
cimneys and Its rcketty piazza where pleasant days
the MARES among the Gray nuns may be seen pacing
book and beads in hand while the Marthas prepare TIE
dinner or hoe the kitchen garer the less pretentious
convent Of the rival Black nuDs-rvals only In good
works, no doubt; tho sentinel popiars and fragrant
shrubbery; the foot-brdgo the brooke short cut
visitor are striking aud attractive features Inside the
church there may be music stealing from the dim organ
loft the tiny altar lamp Is always burning like spark
kent to kinde the full nsme Of devotion, and there b
generally .. prayer In the aisie
Ono may pass out into the chnrch-yard where are
wooden slabs and whose inscriptions always
begin ei g and where there arc banks OF goldenrod
and taiste against the wall which shuts out every
thing but the blue SUNNI. of Bele. There Is an air
shelterng quiet here that to give assurance OF
Power to protect and bless the dead. III the ha-
tan were moro serious person, one could well fancy
this to be one Of ties which bind him to HIS religion;
but he Is careless hghthearted and probably enjoys
his religion because appeals 20 nls eye ana ear
aud because It relieves him OF @ ,tu.
ST. Joseph and two stands for speakers On SUNDAY
ees Of the farmers after mathis the stands are used
from wi ich TO announce pilgrimage or
Sosas psae set together to dance after their
| duties are performed. and the day ed senersy ys
INDUCED in only on sundays and Saints days In fsc
except for mix aud eggs, the haeian woa,a Nv
pther unione dishes. Notwithstanding His bread Is
baked kind OF four de Ia commune, the farmer iaf-
a ars ed With children RUNNING from tls
huge lsaf Of the coarse but pala a!
sort hon e-made benches tables and chests and yawn
ip ns and are placed in the wall between two
The women dress in homespun skirts and a n
uncommon though the frequently adopt the Indian
moceasIn Seeing q stout woman in tue street with
from the brooks harvest ed with scythe or sickle
through an open doorway spinning OK cass,ps ~ ~
IN the dusky Interior ones sense or the picturesque
eratified II not always ones sense OF the fitness Of
things . ~, ...-su. .r.n,n,or. NJ
strangers from the States" Is inclined to be hospaoc
III In country road ats down lear house 70 rst
os eases TO out cold nose aesinst his hand n he
not repulsed child sent TO AK the STRANGER inside
| offered pinch from the grandame's snun-box
| INRoADs OF CIVILIZATION AND PRorEsrASrfsM.
suoh aspects OF life are common to Ste. Marie ST.
Gregoire Ste. Angelo St. Hiiare, and scores more OF
Saints towns which dot the map of Quebec IL must Do
admitted that modern civilization has made nro"o 60
pecally in che railroad towns: Claimant srop pour 70
dentition des Enfans" and other weil-knewn patent
medicines, incorporating In Frerch names are In tne
queer little shops; posters for 10 Grand cirque 10
| Forepaugh" stick to the fences and occasionally
moving machine alternacs with the women harvester
However shut his eyes &c these familiar objtes
II he has come to see only what strange and foreign
In ste Marie too there are what is not universal,
few Protestant French families and small Protestant
church and school, This church and school house wore
built with the aid OF the Grande Lime Mission. ws,ca
ism recital OF their conversions and OF suose
quent prosecutions and ostracism which the older aeu
tions OF the rebellion OF 1897 interesting and often
exciting tales to listen to ON cool evening eomortasy
stretched before blazing fireplace The few Protest.
ant families s restricted by inclination or neeess-
eler OF their own faith Is eagerly welcomed One lam
fly the writer knew who gained society by taking Pnp
In French TO board and Madame had list OF over Two
hundred scholars mostly from the United states, whom
| she had taught Ia ufteen years "a.
II one exhaust his interest in this little village and s
inhabitants before the summer Is over ne can saIy ~
Iponotony by excursions Beleii Mountain. nine pnies
away. has pretty lake and large summer hotel on III
side a magnificent Wow from its summit OF e,c
country threaded by the ST. John and kchelen nsefs
specked by uu aserous villages. and on clear axys
sklrted by Lake Champian. little chapel was erscsss
ON this high point by the wife OF Major Campbell dannk
le Rebellion aud she Is said TO hare como here daily
pray for him. AT Chambly ak miles away Is tns Inn I'm
OF redoubablc fort dating. the Inscription over .ne
gateway records, frsm 17ll. AT Roagemont I'VE mes
o. may sunday join an English pc sp.e, VIZ
PRAYING for the Queen and the rossl family 'os ss