Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-27
AN ICE PALACE.
The Way the People of Montreal
Enjoy Their Winter.

The Way the People of Montreal
Enjoy Their Winter.
A recent Montreal special has the
following. The winter carnival has
fairly opened under the most auspi-
cious circumstances and with very
bright prospects as regards the all-im-
portant question of the weather. The
city is already full of strangers,
who have been arriving by every
train since Saturday morning, and the
town is crowded as it has never been
before. The hotels are taxed to their
utmost, and the quarters provided by
the Central Lodging Committee are
fast being taken up. By far the great
er number consist of Americans chief
ly from New York aud Boston,
though distant States are also well
represented, and many people have
come from New Orleans to witness
carnival differing in every way from
their own. The streets are thronged
with sleigs of every shape and descrip-
tion, from the dashing four-in-hand to
the habitant's red-traineau. While the
merry jingle OF the bells ring gaily
through the clear frosty air, the pave
ments are filed with curious, jostling
pedestrians eager to see all that is to
be seen Flags are flying from most
of the public buildings and many pri-
vate residences, and the whole town
wears gala appearance. The carni
val was begun this afternoon by throw
ing open to visitors all the toboggan
slides and the opening of outdoor
skating rinks where hockey tourna-
ment was begun in which the Mon
treal teams opened the competition.
But the great attraction OF the after
noon was the arrival of the Governor
General and suite by special train from
Ottawa Their Excellencies were most
enthusiastically received, the feature
of the reception being living arch of
snow-shoers, decidedly unique COM
pliment. The arch was covered with
evergreens, tastefully decorated with
flags, and by an ingenious arrangement
of snow-shoers, shoes and tobog-
gsns, most artistic effect was pro-
duced Manned by hundreds of snow
shoers in their picturesque and CON-
Portable costumes it formed grand
outdoor tableau vivant. The arch
was crowned by living group repre-
senting a gigantic beehive, the crest
of the pretty branch of the Governors
ancestral tree, with the Lansdowne
motto, "Virtute non Verbs" Be-
meath it is the word welcome"
The ice palace, which was thrown
open to-day, has been inspected by
hundreds of strangers, and they were
loud in their praises of the beautiful
structure which is the center and crown
of the carnival 1t reflects the highest
honors on the architects, Messrs. Hut
Gibson and Steel, OF this city. 1t is
castelated in character, and is longer.
narrower and higher than the one of
last year. 1t is of composite architec-
ture, and in it are from 10000 to l5,-
| 600 blocks of ice. The main tower is
so feet in height, being at its base and
for half its height 20 feet square. The
next stage, which is about 16 feet
tquare is set on angle-wise and rise to
height of l6 feet On each side there
are pinnacles. The next stage is of
octagon shape, is 20 feet bigh and is
surmounted with battlements. The
extreme length of the building is l60
feet, the width being GA feet in the
centre and 48 feet at either end. The
eastern end terminates in an arc or
semi circle. The western extremity is
square. There are four fanking towers,
the end of each being l3 feet square.
The porches at the front and back IA
by Is feet There is ample provision
tor admission and egress, there being
four entrances and three passage ways.
| The walls at the base of the central
tower are feet inches thick and the
curtain walls joining the main building
with the fanks are % feet high, the
part of the main building next to the
center tower rising to a height of %
feet. The turrets flanking the main or
central building are 36 feet from the
ground. The tower on the corner op-
posite Windsor street is of an altitude
of 40 feet, the towers on the north and
south angles reaching upward 29 feet.
Next to the ice palace the leading at
traction for the visitors at night was
the special illumination of the Montreal
Toboganning Club grounds, which
were lighted by hundreds of many col
ored Chinese lanterns and huge tor
ches, which cast strangely grotesque
shadows across the white snow and
hckered on the faces of fair maids and
gallant men as they went whizzin &
past on the tobogans, skimming down
the hill in rapid succession. 1t was
amusing to watch Americans who
never before witnessed the sport. But
they soon became as enthusiastic as
the Canadians themselves
--Monsignor Capel denies the right
of a Government to prescribe what
shall be taught in its public schools
He would have the government sup
port the schools and allow the church
te control them. As the Philadelphia
Press says, That's just where Mr..
Capel and the United States of Amer.
lea disagree"
A predcament O'Clock in the
morning, baby got the Group, and no
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup in the house
1t is related that Austin, Nevada,
has an ordinance providing that boys
under 6 years of age must not he on
the streets or at any public place, unac
companied by parent or guardian, after
eight O'Clock during the months of Oc
tober, November, December, January
February ar March, or after $50 O'Clock
during the rest of the year.
Mr.. Howard B. Strickler, Hellam
III l. L.. Il