Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-07
A WINTER SCENE.
i0psalas sf H. Carnival at msa-
trSA,.
AscEE OF UNPARAulA Ed aRANoevs
The lee Palace LII Up by eseetrie Lights
A vsritable Realm fos faliss-
Americans Taking in the
Pleasures. 49,

MONTREAL, CAx., February 6.-M thtS
season OF the year the vale Of CssAmssS
lmmortalired By Moore in "Lalla Rcekh,"
holds its least OF rosss; the people Of Can
ada, at the snupodes Of Csshmsrsr ars sow
engaged in . carnival, the main feature Of
which Is palace OF ice. while, instesd Of
the Nautch dance and garland Of roses, ths
sport OF curling and skating riaks are d.
lighting guests, and, instead Of having
their senses lullsd 70 sleep BY soft strains
OF music, their breath 10 being taken away
BY whirls at an incredible rate down the
steep toboggsn slides. To-day w q per
feet Canadian winter day - II fit bad been
made to order. The feast Of snowballs and
icicles was opsned By . reception 70 Lord
Lansdowne, The Governor G1hsS1f, W66Ur
rived from Ottawa accompanied By Lady
Lansdowne and . numerous suite. OF
course there was . guard OF honor, - In
this monsrchial country viceroyslty can
not move without such an accompaniment.
When the representative OF royalty
Cesdeseesas 90 Homer This Ctsy.
the Windsor Hotel floats the royal stand
ard from its loitiest tower; and when royal
blood, ss in the case OF the Princess
Louise, 10 guest, Q company OF the voluu-
teers biyouac in the basement Of the hotel,
and PAIR Of them march by turns night
and day in front OF the ladies' entrance.
The mayor and Q number OF lesdins citi.
zens received the vicrrsgAl party amid .
royal salute from the guard OF honor and
the strains OF 'Eod Save the Queen"
al
through . mas OF people under an Arch
com posed OF evergreens, on which wss
mounted in fantastic group . number Of
snowshoen. The arch bors the motto oS
the LAndsoWne family, "Virtuts non YER
bis" but, considering thAt the Governor.
General OF Canada 10 o mere hgurshead,
whose only business b not 10 make non
committsl complimentary speeches, hs
will havellittls opportunity 10 do douRhty
deed. After the procession had pansd
through the arch IN amusing incident oc-
Cured which somewhat alarmed American
visitors. II 10 the custom in the clubs 70
bounce new members-not, however, after
the manner that befel poor Sancho Panra,
in blanket They simply ssise the vio'
tim with their hands and huri him Into
the air, catching him
Before Ne nsashes ths oesuoA.
repeating this operation several times. The
boys, after descending from the arch.
amused themselves With their childish
capers, and several Americans on the Out
side of the circle, who saw Q man flying
through the air iA Q promiscuous manner.
imagined that Fsniaus wers st work again
and q dynamite explosion had happened.
His lordship, however, passed nnscatched
along the route up Beaver hill 10 the Wind
sor Hall, where he was the recipient OF 40
address delivered In English By the French
mayor, which. lihe all similar addresses,
contained . large dose OF hattsry. After
the performance he wns left In peace.
A ball by the officers Of the garrison ar
iillery was given To him tonight at the
Queens Hall, which Vas appropriately
decorated for the occasion. The distin'
gujshed guest Wss Teceived on the das-a
substitute for q throne-on the canopy of
which were the royal arms The Ice palacs
wss opened with . display Of fireworks,
snd. being III with sleotyio lights, presented
2 most enchanting spectacle.
A goodly number OF western people are
among the visitors. At the Windsor Que
nsy encounter the form Of Mr.. Armour.
Ths Revk Bkiss - ths west.
who was here last year and enjoyed the
winters sports 70 much that he returned
With . troop Of friends from hilwauise.
VINO eVlutuhg csho ptepsIsu tot censusss
weather, and looked like grizzly bears
from the Wild West IN their fur coats.
Among the other Western mem electrify-
ing the slow going Canadians with their
rapid talk snd expressive ideas are g. n:
scoomsn, W. Il. Jones, Fred Wells and
James Blake, Of 81. Pnul. and u. A. Plank.
intop, James LoWrie. James MORAN.
charles DipgWsll, Jsmss Boydsn, A. Md.
dlsn,i,s, A. NJ. Bsardmsn and y. y. Adams,
4 Milnaukss. There sre also numbsf oi
New Yorkers among whom are several
members Of the Vanderbilt family, Who
csns here last yesT
NThe carnival 10 sn unquestionasls sue.
c.s., fGd sirssdy 20,0oO people are in the
CITY snnmbtr that taxes the capacity OF
the Montresl hotels 70 such sn srtsnt thse
almost every house in town " m sEtsm'
poriDsd boarding plsce.
Ar1ssSss 81 CssssSss,
one could not help feeling amussd at ths
s,,onI,hment depicted on the facss Of
some OF the fair Americans when their
Canadian lady friends rscsivsd thsn u tss
dsp1t 10 blanket costumes, thsif rosy
fscss being sufmountsd by tuqus blue.
They. no dosbt, thought tbs Cenadises
were dssssssstips into ths vsys Of ns -