The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-02
SOME RED FIRE At QUEBEC.
.vetyrs TROzEN TO THE GROUND
,xn rfREMES Plated VIM ICE.

r.siwo.. IndIsns, Hunters, and All Sorts
:, propie helped TO Make ~ Uaique-A
,.o. Race Acros. the lev ~. Law renee.
o.rrys Fob. There never was on this
..s,lcent so strange and picturesque n carni-
e.In.rade az took place hero to-day. Il was
'si, one item in tho programme. but the rest
I'M all be forgotten while this Is still fresh in
,hs minds Of thousands.
rts sun rose upon house on Ere. The
-, vcr, literally plated with ice. and the
,.,n .elchs ADD Are engines on runners we're
@S,-.n 10 the ground. Editor Demers and
.,hers occasionally took the firemen into their
S.ns.s TO keep their blood in circulation. The
-, In diamonds and furs. coming from
rs,d Aberdesn's ball saw the red glare and
Lava out TO witness the most novel scene Of
e,e tbat any American ever saw. Policemen.
!, Mich fur hats kept the public out OF danger.
u,rsyer that was nothing compared with the
parade later on.
A. 10 o'clock in the morning four great
.,ross manned by twenty eight voyageurs OF
N. DAYS before steam ferries, began a race
,,ro.s the ice-burdened st. Lawrence. Their
no,ts were like those in which Mackenzie first
crossed the continent. They are like our life
,,yipg surf boats. The voyageurs rowed up
,s,inst the great ice cakes. leaped out. hauled
m. canoes over the ice. and then embarked
,s.in and raced over the open water until
they came to moro leo. 1t was an exciting
,rsne and tons OF thousands crowded tho
hsichts to witness IT. However. 1t was 9TH
inc AZ comuared with tho great parade later.
Then tho soldiers OF Quebec divided forces
and assaulted and defended the citadel. The
"B" Battery OF regular British artillery and
the Eighth and Ninth Canadian Rifles were in
The fracas. The assailants wore snowshoes
and the cannons wero on sled runners. The
hattie was very pirited and to the spectators
seemed to be in real earnestD Gems.
Moore and Herbert and Col. Montizambert
comm nded. The soldiers looked cumbrous
In their fur hats. double-breasted coats, and
noccasins. and the ice and snow further i'm
peded their movements. but nevertheless the
,hsm battle was SO carried OH that the best
iudges said afterward that had 1t been a real
fight the old fort would have been blown OF
the face OF the earth. But after all that battle
was a second-class spectacle as compared
with the great parade later on.
The parade took place at 3 o'clock and last
Cd one hour. In the long line were nearly all
the sorts OF persons who are. or ever were. on
the continent. Hunters were returning with
real moose and caribou. Lumbermen in their
log huts we're drawn ON runners. Settlers in
log houses came aftor them. Maple sugar
workers piled their trade on u float
drawn by many horses. Many real Huron
Of them danced a war dance. On another thew
appeared cooking and eating beside their
tepees.. Squaws. bucks. and pappooses were
them to the white men. the ilremen. with
their machines on runners were fresh from the
helmets to their moccasins. The police
looked like grenadiers in their fur helmets.
Following them were Canadian roadmakers
aENnra Enll. mn Ia ftTNVP
machines with which they shave the ice OH
streets and sidewalks.
e pV eSs Ma wfth axes trieods apd F foe
scopes. followed by n battalion OF toboGgans.
drawn by EsEim os and laden with wild game.
Many FskimoS from Labrador were in the
grand parade. all in costume and dragged
'ronsRt a Perfect imitation Of a locomotive
made Of tin and iron. Its bell rang, its whistle
Dotted, and steam and smoke belched from II.
The British nrtillerymen rode ahead o! their
;un in FUR hats, great coats. and moccasins,
rearing snowshoes crossed on their backs.
Their cannons were dragged on runners
The snowshoe clubs were out with hundreds
II mon In costume on floats of queer designs
n sleighs, on toboggans. drawn By horses and
marching In battalions. One club rode on
genuine ice boat OF immense size. The yoy-
'geurs who won tho mornings race over the
CO and water OF tho st. Lawrence appeared
Nth their canoe on runners. The students OF
avail University rode in a fac simile OF the
irand hermine; the boat in which Jacques
But it is useless to tell OF the parade in de-
TAIL, SlelGhs 200 years old. ancient canos and
sanaha may hold n thousand winter carnivas.
but never will she show spectacle to excel
10 days parade.
Quecr features OF the carnival are the deco
rations in front OF the engine houses OF tho |
fremen. These patriotic bluecoats have put |
w trlumphal arches and every night they
string the arches and the trees and everything
around each house with c9lored glass lan-
terms that dance prsttily in the wind.
Huron ~ In n
lot OF canvas tepees set in grove OF Christ
mas trees that has been planted by sticking
has put stove in his tepee, and run u stove |
plpe up through the canvas top. Visitors who |
SSS SS HeaE ne ybtlISss io9StnG on are apt to
as they do so man who looks and dresses |
very much like everybody else will step up and
tngs which ike 10 sell You. in my tent" "'N
a ;, me 10y cabins OF the maple sugar makers
hsfe another queer feature Of the carnival.
maple sugar Is "a great product OF this country,
and these men show how the sap is boiled. |
Ihey also show how very little Of II made |
=, Tuesday was day never to DO forgotten by |
,hose Who were then at the carnival. A Cenu- |
ice Canadian blizzard OF the kind that occa-
sluhAAy whoops and hoWls across tho Dakotas |
reached Quebec on Monday without an invita- |
tvn. y bottled M tho people in their houses, |
Ana very lew Of the iur;clad carters ventured
nut with their sleghs. IL blew against all the |
ans from Montreal and kept them flve or six |
.SSi5s, ' ,S schedule time It flung itself
Ao-rdeen were 10 arrive at 10 o'clock in tho |
moTRinG, and Lord aud Lady Aberdeen
siaelousiy condescended, as the to'rt joul.a! |
Hou.d say TO reach Quebec whenever tho |
Lil@zard would Jet them. Ii blew nearly tho
AhOlH Programme for the day right out OF |
sNery mans and wOman's head, and the peoplo |
\ !lh one mind decided to have a lot of fun IN
loofs ID the hotels. II caught French Jana
u an out walking and II sent him running at
Ihe sdge o! tie cliN SO that he took ono step
20 man aud landed 300 feet away in the
NaIH OF SAINT lnck in twenty seconds going
t9l the Citadel hill to the lower city without
-'mg we l"mous stars, n plain sight OF the
Dy.tleIs IN the Chateau FrOntsnaC at break
as me the blizzard Inserted one wing under
NJ e0atlals OF a haitian and actually lifted
IN apEeSd out Ike . great bat, and blow him
hi 9ugh the air; and live minutes atterWaTd
. caught man scooping OIL snow with big
len ohe,horss snow seraper. II lifted the
,,slaleF loaded with snow and turned II right
We on the hack OF the horse.
, N Is lsr!e' rs safe to say that no wind 90 |
-Ftc" ba5 blown against New i Urk city since !
,.' great ana only genuine blizzard OF seven |
y cant Years ago, This Canadian fury did |
M, ttoN IN gusts or waves, as our winds do. !
- ~ J. .st out one steady, sixty mile gu-h hour
,IDbn5p lntt Taste 10 iull severity all Monday
IN AMI nearly All Tuesday. IL never wa
II .H or moderated. but Iust hiaZed away Ike |
tue VIVA IRON = steam fan. The main body OF |
H. :. 'Se was booming sound Ike the con-
'--"la roar OF great cannOns. but II made |
r. thrT noises a. the same Tine Ons WAS
NJ 'e I'M plng cracking sound ofthe snow that