The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25

prosecuting Ms sword and = p:eoo VI golaa, or
silver or Some grain 70 tho Kings AGENT The
Quint or ilith part uf tho purchase money went
10 the kinc as otter as the scigneury was sold.
In like manner tho rrr%ia'rra, did iomafc
orders owned sci.;,iorir.. Tho itsulncs Of
Quebec wcro 'he sei.n"prchscs. vt ste trniN.
Tn2 seS"oE cmsoyGt ...ioin h"nor n,i
tie Lest ,rcw and The choicest lot in. tho
graveyard and rarloos OF tho s."'n'n"nt h.
seicncurs were as toor a. their nns,ioms'
roprcr. i"r hey wrro too lli,uG to&o.Er lhev
sesn' "Gs I Ht an" Ttams. y s q
rrfs2. an! were often in debt. The cpns'-
,no,r"s farmcd little and hunted li''ie.
90 nay. aud converted green hides into boots.
bread. cells. and potatoes, cogstitutel tn?
NH was as too lar OF }hsy o,o boiled Wheat. Tie
children. writes a nun. wrnt baio!endod and
baretu"tcd. even IN wu,cr.ye' were rosy, ani
Lonuscs from thr royal chest. Picked girls
were sent from Franc" A. wives Alter lew
years n dilecnt peasant was ~, 70 arr"nnd
WAS IN The last degree ariunuI and somirc.
Apart from III" physical hnrd,hils incidental
his soul was vtXed ~ many ills. lis
Appeals to the Kings olcrls ar. pathetic; the
nuur Is no hottrr than horsaf"ed: the miller is
rascal VII" vets the xfiSt 10 lnrrens. tho
weight Of ne hYur; the mn, is seven leagues Ne:
are i,npas-ab!e: hu has been puntsi'"d iorsrli
ing oar t,woc". ugh he wa obliged TO iril
II IN order to put IN hi crop: the sc!Gnenr pas
cNactcG entry money irom him contrary toiaw
or is cheat InH him bh nNEmeht,nS III. ,", , ~
] nMn :" %H n men ,he lp nin or ,
ia The calendar ru,.ll ward Oh th"sc tir-is-s
Toes. He attended mass "v"rv SnnihT ~ Tue
Settlements: Offered III. first salmon, % III.
ysar ,or "ie a, ne ,hWrrh d""r Hr , I,." E"
r'>. sought ticssinG. when he, began
any serious work, i1urh as h"iIlins Il
IL %n!' to an" lis K' ,ns a H;asS cs =" rhcfr
were., no SCHOOLS outside u U,u'oer. Montreal.
,n .i ivsrytHdy Was suIcrst,i"Ns, Fortune
t"!leis cast his hor"scobe Tor twH sous. II meal
or h"d: ,;g,. =" II am! witches sought ,' 10
wolf. un,irr u . ,nrr"r.Nl form ~ = nrSGnr
except that 1t had Tour le.;;. hnnnted knmoG-
VA. cousccrntej. and ,li.;e, Satanic agents
could not cross II. nt.t He'd hoWilng int" the
forest when the irltrnsd hn1'i"m, r"a;he!
times To- 10 tulerahly rh"et;T'. In winter Ii"
Visited his nrirhbnr-. t"as'"! on chEern"ns
rlcs "' PORK anl fish. Lr!'mI, his MI IF French
traudv, wiirh WAS not huttarir: rtuvcd cards:
danced 10 IL iiddit. amd sung the songs r. old
we'll nut i; he So! gu"Ur was a bad man he re.
mcmhrred :h.. sHS ing 90 ihr cure that NOT to
- Billed and t" have ,hrr oI.H, rS sI,i %r
winter was once deemed the Neisht y! !eltcuy
by the peasant u France.
Iii. sci.n.lr. who's, 'rm,,al tenure. as hnS
wa Willy iaciin: in "nternris" as tie mil.
tary an turned farmer USUALLY T.. aud III,
,ty >,'r..1 n"ad 4" nothing q hi. own motion
hu. toll. Free Institutions like tho New Eng.
land town meet ina; were unknown. The righ,
q! III! lie ne"tin: was not Etanteu M long
s, ,% i%,nm ~ 'A Mas AR arr M, I'M, Mf lis
sway ought TO b" still more absolute il are
mote, hAypcnAency II The e?ionists were al
.h"y would soGn want to govern themselves in
rirat. md the result would bs anarchy and
reianeu,ia' dne- aud restrictions the habit
t1rt paid ti,he, 10 the. clergy, Orig!-
nal'y on"tiri;een'h Of his r.rra!s they
a E Er"' majority o, the Roman catholic Tree.
prnesi wth The urpn Of m new r"rs or
priests dwelling. and the cost is levied "a a
id',iq5" tax un all the frecbold.rs. The tGb-
sol. lrotestants ar. exempt: II cannot be
sad hat these imposts fleece .hn, people, they
would n5SoEy r on 1T II tine Gnn
IN, main grievance which they have against
her is That her vast estates. estimated. 10 be
an excessive number. Of religious" both in
OF men and women The official handbook
in 1872 shows nearly eight thousand In
old times when I'll. crops fn,lea tho population
hanger in the streets OF Quebec. though the
officials served out horse flesh: Provisions
Iiieot and his viceregnl court OF boodlers and
h,i!ots. 4 depr.HatHl rancr currency made
matters worse. rhc French Canadians do not
spcai. Of tho Bri'i-. conquest they call it tho
cr>sion. TO what department OF Franco do
70" M Ms, .sEsd rom. rsnrh
VAS the reply. from tho province which tho
l,onpalou. dotted IRON ruU- map" Had the
King sent them r"jnt9rcements the English
mi ght have bccn expelled after the battle OF
haye given this rorGh account Of the
70 enable tho American reader. 70 Judge him
kindly. Ia Brny,rn and Ia Fon1aine havo
aescrIbed the french peasant under TIP ,Bour,,
sunburned grubhing the sol! with invincible
,ennrlty. and retiring at night tea DEL where
artisan was y slave. hungry ami never having
any rest. who called On death for release:
r"in!aspa pam aw,:.!q"eto's ct !ana's de repo'.
They found happier conditions on the st.
this sub arctic SKY hat one wonders not that
the trench Cana iian al to-day is backward.
ns + far tb Ss %nt RE-
ijahi was hat the stats should taI:e The intia
'uarIs. Ills british rulers. no loss than Colbert
and Talon. iiav" taught him this. hiihing him
kin %f .r Ti he excslton ro tho to
American market. and Undue. him to lie
ruittlr VII such rtranso nelfcllows ms the
v,
nt!l:on- have been spent in huii!ir@ railroads
ana larb6IS Tor II commerce. which can be
called llto existence only by the rrreal OF tl,,
At.u States dates on the products OF tho
SOL. the forest. the I!shcrr. and the mine. Tho
provincial treasury Of M,!cEt" la y GansrUItcl
lt>ri III the same vain cudea7or to fight
against nature Instead Of with her. The
funded debt ~ the PROVINCE rNrseis S1J,hn.-
600. with II Boating debt Of $50 5000 more,
for a population. French and English upGrr "A
million ana half. New EnGlnnu-rs complain
tnat III" taDitnnt j. given 10 hcrhrg and to
hrlng in politics IN soil column nude thu
'ircrl ion Of HIS CLERGY. II this ties trua II il IN
excellent reason WY Now England should
fHvur annexation. the migration from QUEBEC
il Increasing ut II constantly accelerated rate
aud III" er,grhEt viii cont ,nue to he what ie
IL nnt!! tn" matriN j.! which ha j. east II
medieval ecclea asiirsm with laws. ma nners,
customs. and language alien 10 This continent
snail! have been utterly broken. and Amrri-
ran institutions set NJ n its place. As Lord
durham ~ 1T M" yeats ago. Canada must
cease to u i,"iil.h in order to be Anglu-SAXon,
the British hall being alto. Their too weak.
even lf,. wore Not hpnpcred by treaty stipu-
l"iiuns. 10 assiluiiat1thc French half
tNidcnr"s Ut the rush 10 the nitod states
aro apparent in tho hundreds Of abandoned
iLTns the windows OF the house nailed M.
the tnrn eElUty tho hnys,nck lott 10 the dis
rartencd ne!ghhor lie Mckinley Ia III eris
Ike II" OLE! French riEh! oi chdUp0,P. swcop-
ing oil III" profits ol tho farmer and leaving
him no'hlni: but his ron. and keen. below
l. trD the lthitLutS Ggrl a rnisa lurpa