Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-14

tns Bishop, who onIy comes .a ths..
- ooee IN three years. and this Il
Rry great event, for thera ara Tns,v
eAnnhd2ses for ooufirnasior. and Al -
seoeiar - veil ss religious al ,irs az ths
p1nan are 70 Be passed upon by this
great personARe- In fact, is is ouIv Nv
sne fnn0snoe Of the church officers over
Toe peopae-oE rather By their AUTHORITY
-toat any action for the general uQbIic
eooo can De aeoomplished. Ihus Al his
recent Sislt the Bishop praised the gen
sra CONDITION OF the affairs Of Gar,hhy.
ana tnan told tAe people that theF z,nss
Ioua A. sqnednet, vhsch nov they viii
1ooe e.isss %. though otherwise thsy
q1ite good eRongh.
. Gart1by . essentiaiIy q Freuch and n
Roman Catholic village. "a not sny,-
pose there y single Protestant ia ~.
PARISH, and there are not half a dozen
people n the place who can conEues an
ordinary eoaversat on IN the RnoIish
language Oar own attempts ss French
9aVe oeen quite eomiesI, and often mo-
oaetive OF Results % unexpected as to
u atmost embarrassing; for when We
1ooio say one thing, se frequently say.
or are understood TO say, somethin5
gate didereat.
The guardian spirit of the place ia M
= Curss . yonn9 and good d-nasused |
PRIEST vhe calls every ohiid Ia the
village BY lie name, and VITO knows All |
ins secret woes Of his people and niti- |
safes nany OF them He may be seen
~ almost any hour Of the day Walking |
sih long. hasty strides. bis long gown |
nyihR o0t oehind bum, and q cigar or |
plpe 10 nls mouth, somstImes even With /
ais nanos 10 his trousers pockets; q fact |
wHicn seems almost miraculous in yiev
Of the distractions presented by che
gown. de 10 also an expert fisher of /
pike and pieksrel, a. veil a. of men
ana catches biz Gus where We can ouIy
o.to1 hstle on-s OF nopa at sil. Ba, oar
enofts ~ nshiog have by no means been
10 vain, as witnessed one fine big feIlog
snian We sent no to Qaebec the other
DAY 20 our friend, VINO had yentared
certain doubts as TO our abilities in that
fine.
when wewant q change from she LAKE
and the baieosy, We tahs q buckb kboard
rtde into the interior, where all u wild.
ana bears may be shot, and berries
abound, and In going beyond the wild
region We come 20 land that flows with
milk and honey. Literally, for we
stoppad one day at farmhoose and
we're rsfresned by glasses Of creamy
milk, and tnen bought q box Of honsy
riRnt out Of the hive, and went on oar
wsy reloicIng and eating il with chibs
Tor spoons, something after the fashion
OF Cninsse ohopsticks, and saQRestinef
toe thought that honey on stick is far
sapefior 10 tne tahy of thai description
p which the childish palate Of this age
delights.
Yes, We feel that We have discovered
Garthby, and laugh in our sleeves as We
wave our haRdksrchiefs at the trains of ,
ears which pass daily, north and south,
with palace cars full of tourists who
hsvsn't heard Of Gsrthby, and therefore
don't stop. They are wise people, these .
tourists, 20 come up into Canada, for ,
toey viii have much Of delight. They ,
are wise, too, shat they have chosen this
route instead OF any other, for it 10 by ,
far the most interesting and pictureeque;I
and oesldes. the traveller thereon nas
ms edvantaRs Of q new and saprernely
lnxuriout pArlor car in which 10 travel, | )
ana wnich combines the esnfoFt OF }
easy chairs BY day and sleeping berths !
oy night: Indeed, in all my travels,
west and East, have nsvsr seen q sar
shieks hnth in elegance and eoufort.
equAiea this new Mouaruh PaFlsr .
slsepinR Car" which has Just been put ,
IN use on this road, running through
without change 70 New York, and which
snouid coin for lts owners q minS of
money.
They are wise. but woald be wiser If q
they would take an intimate look at 8
some OF these queer little French vii
iages. RoRrs. 4