The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07

HiNl1 Ilul0S NUN III ls uSSlTO10u ny IlT0
than by the axe. This seems q surprising state
ment to those who see for the first time the
at all visible; nothing but rocks covered with
deeayed leaves and rotten wood. As a matter
finder, whom once a fire gets into it. That 10
why the forest fires are 80 destructive in the
III.
In q chapter on language. Mr.. Greenough
expresses the opinion that the mother tongue
Of the hdbitants does not differ greatly from
that spoken by persons OF the same degree Of
education or i~lliteracy in France. In some Of
the parishes whore the Acadians expelled from
Nova Scotia settled may be heard many ex-
pressions not found elsewhere. and the pro-
nunciation is somewhat peculiar. The speech
OF the people Of the Eastern Townships also
differs from that OF those dwelling on the
north side OF the st. Lawrence. On the
banks OF the river approaching the Gulf Of
st. Lawrence many curious verbal forms and
phrases are in common use. This Is partly ao-
counted for b ythe fact that a regiment Of High
land Scotch troops which had been disbanded
at Quebec settled along that shore. They in
termarried with the habitants. and. NO doubt.
lnterpolated into the French, which. Of neces-
Sity, they acquired. many English and some
Gaelic forms OF speech. The words that they
used were. for the most part. French, but the
idioms and constructions were foreign. Since
that time. however, some OF these peculiaritioO
by iaJitants Of pure descent "i many E spShsh
words have been Incorporated. especially in
municatlon. In the section with which Mr..
Greenough became, familiar the ha6itanii
commonly said railroad" and Steamboat"
II the expression were not quite naturalizod
and quotation marks were implied, The rail-
even heard a haii-AnEliSizodD Canadian tay
.shunter. A man at work for him ONCE said
(hard to beatlt When his atte m n was "a St called
to some. holes in the boards he was using.
foreign words lind their way into the ha6itanfo
language; At the authors fishing camp many
S SHlisd amply nsE "bS be ms. = The sSot would f5e:
{}sres pour GairG de beans" that is. put some
DEANS In soak to make some beans.
be iStres. The same, French. c SGasih9eS COOK e
he, would call them pGtates. % or g'I more ii nfwIlS.
2atakesi He would not say froid for cold. .b1it
gnage brought, here by the die0 !o%eT Tn oIss sms I Ma.
largely that of Normandy. The language 81
fpe " the Fre6 6cIds syd Z not a PatoMis, but resem-
ty PsG aSa aSxe t been Rs & S0qqrssS s many change, q
years. ofthe sturdy and edventurous Sanoeman,
for instance. and the hardy and resouroefui
ateemboats have superseded the one and TraY:
Nearly SRsaf 'e eSti RSasr a Gn al u The The main asidn Lines ! g t1aEsl
nobility in French Canada failed The country
MAJ 700 poor; while a few OF, the SeionenrS
and a dignity corresponding to their rank.
t th;hr rsy en- les were inadequate. owing to the
lower in the social scale did not m s2R9e mneb
s Snidin1 IN that direction Although landIords
them to become. in some measure. habita,tiS
or faFFmers; and, sometimes, traders. Alter
Turned tas adnS To Fr eG@auest s many Of them re-
the Improved condition" Of piG ne Soun witn
priests. z maTked change has taken place dur
Ing t ~ tb ISs ara nall century. The younger nota-
profession than their forefathers' and are re n merS
READY TO abandon u for the chances OF political
himself cohs iHsji"Si' TO 20 1 SdS Hpn' Simssif m 16as
lnr ' torwa I'd the co dHrGSs that Tns are mex
has changed with the others. lie does not now
Is iinneSiinHseSd Te"f tfkIaEk "3 tRst Sis T Sat HTT az atpt lsot
t3ry-made goods comes about not 80 much
Shf@4 aHa any 5yu y9hnity q An his 0wn as Because Ills
ploynent than the tedious process OF spinnins
Sa1 weaving %dn y by hand Many Of the daughters
and the result Is that at homo The demSHdf Ss
female labor has Increased, Thirty years ago
work iortwentycontsa DAY, whereas now She de.
mandS NIFTY. Emigration. indeed. mas been
enormous and incessant on the part Of the halt
!dntS, within the last quarter OF a century and
Il still goes on. although, somewhat 6uci IatinS
from year 70 year, according TO the condition %
saw the. most. there was. he said. scarcsiWSs
family OF which some immediate member had
StStss I'oIte aGns les htats gone up into the
their way back, because, although thew earn
much more IN the StRtos, they are OBLIGED
&C home; and II is not every IGbtdnf Thai inIhhe eaa
nsrd work, even II well paid. Within n few
1taIs. however. so many have decided Ia ra,
NAN SOUTH OF the tOrder and make The Stotees
t t%clt hdipddSin az PlSse; hat there are now about
States as ia Canada itaeli, ard the enStinssnS
Enlen uSed 70 migrate annually 10 and frS hSS
Doon proportlonately diminished