The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-09-12


and speech making At the top 81
Mount Royal, up which we we're
taken, BY an inclined cable car. The
official account on another page Of
THE GAZETTE covers other details Of
our day at Montreal The city has
about 300, 900 inhabitants, and is q
handsome and progressive city with
nearly 400 years Of past history,
and as the head of ocean navigation,
has brilliant future in prospect.
IN OLD QUEBEC
We realize that our party is in a
foreign country. The quaint gabled
houses with diminutive window
panes in the ancient part of the
city, the narrow streets and the
French signs and queer little stores,
as well as the prevailing speech Of
the natives in a foreign tongue, as
sure US that we are indeed on for
eign shore. Quebec is quaint and
impressive as well as uncommon.
With its lofty citadel and handsome
terrace below, from which a beauti-
full view is had of the harbor with
it's shipping, and the broad river
flowing toward the distant Law
rentian mountains, it leaves a pic
ture on the mind not soon to be for
gotten. The editorial party was
treated royally-taken all over the
city in trolly ride, before dinner,
winding up with that beautiful
avenue, the Grand Alice, on which
is situated the provincial capitol
building, into which the party was
marched, and presented to the
lieutenant governor, after which
we walked over the Plains of Abra-
ham and were shown remains Of the
ancient earthworks thrown up by
Montcalm to resist the British, and
the historic locations where both
Montcalm and Wolf were mortally
wounded Below the battlements
Wolf S Cove was afterwards pointed
out, and the spot where the Inflated
Gen. Montgomery fell. The citadel
IS not the only reminder of the fact
that Quebec is well-named the
Gibraltar of America. Quebec is
still a walled city, with walls Of
massive masonry and numerous
handsome gates. In the afternoon
the party took steamer and visited
the beautiful falls of Montmorency,
300 feet in height, which like Mag
ara has been made to do duty in
furnishing power for large cotton
factory, as we'll as for the extensive
: electric railway system, which runs
regular trains beyond the falls as
far as the celebrated healing shrine
of St. Aune. ten miles below Que
bee. Here the thousands go,every
year to be healed of all sorts of in
firmities. Returning by way of
the large dry dock for ocean steam
ers, we were again reminded OF the
simple faith of the people by the
large crosses and one colossal image
of the crucifxion at prominent
points opposite the city. Our party
also met large ocean steamer COM
ing into port, and later saw other
vessels taking cargo along the city
docks. Above the city start has
: been made for lofty railway bridge
which will ultimately do away with
the railway ferry which is some
thing of hindrance to the growth
of Quebec as a commercial metropo-
lis. The party was taken to Beau
voir, the beautiful home of Mr.. Do
bell, a prominent Canadian states
man and capitalist for a garden
party. The natural woods and
beautiful lawn were not more per-
feet than the hospitality shown by
Mr.. Dobell and the municipality as
ISOLATED with him. After supper
the populace promenaded on the
terrace to the fine music of the gar
rison band, and our party noisily
embarked for the night ride to
OTTAWA.
Without entering into the pro-
gram provided at Ottawa, we will
summarize by saying that it is a
{ junior Minneapqlis-young, full Of
: enterprise, handsomel buildings and
handsomer parks in the beautiful
Canadian woods. The Ottawa river
and the Chaudierre falls have for