The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06

Bourbon, the largest in America, weigh
ing 24,7SO pounds. The bell was cast in
London in 1846. In the eastern tower
are ten bells which require eighteen
men to ring them.
st. James Cathedral Roman Catholic)
is on Dorchester street, at the eastern
side of Dominion Square. Designed to
exceed in size and magnificence all
other ecclesiastical buildings on this
continent,it is built on the model and be-
ing one-third the size of St. Peters at
Rome. The foundations were commenc-
in 1870 and the structure completed 80
years later. 1t is built in the form of a
cross, $50 feet long and 222 feet wide.
The dome is the great feature of the
building and can be seen from all parts
of the city. 1t is 70 feet in diameter at
its base, and the summit is 21O feet from
the floor of the church. The exterior
height of the dome to the top of the
cross is 250 feet. The palace of the
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal
adjoins the cathedral to the south.
The church of Notre-Dame- Bon
secours, situated on st. Paul street at
the east end of Bonsecour Market, is
historically perhaps the most important
of Montreal's churches. 1t was named
Bonsecour to commemorate the many
escapes of the colony from destruction
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stone church in Montreal. The founda-
tions were laid about 1867, by the cele-
brated Sister Burgeois.
The church of Gesu, on Bleury street.
is favorite resort for visitors on ac-
count of the beauty of it's frescoes and
exquisite music of it's choral service.
Christ church Cathedral (Anglican) is
situated on St. Catherine street. 1t is
architecturally, the finest church edifce
in the city, and is an excellent speci-
men of the decorated Gothic style. 1t
was built in 1859, under the regime of
Bishop Fulford, marble bust of whom
stands in the left transept, and to
whose memory there is erected in the
church yard a fine monument similar to
the Martyrs Memorial in Oxford. The
splre is built entirely Of stone, the only
one of it's kind in Canada, and 211 feet
high.
Both the Methodists and Presby-
terians have number of fine churches
scattered throughout the city.
The city has many magnificent hos
pitals, the finest being the Royal victo-
ria which was founded in the year 1887
in commeration of the jubilee of Queen
Victoria. The founders Lord Mount
Stephen and Lord Starthcona, each con-
tributed one million dollars for It's
erection, equipment and endowment.
Montreal has many pleasure grounds
and its parks and squares are laid out
with good taste. There are three large
public parks, Mount Royal, St. Helen's
Island and Pare Lafontaine. Our car
RACES were driven to the top of Mount
Royal which is about nine hundred feet
above the sea and seven hundred and
forty feet above the st. Lawrence
River 1t is covered to the summit
with beautiful trees. and the drive has
been made a beautiful one, the ascent
being made by winding back and forth
along the side. The mount is of vol
canic origin, the crater being on the
top of the hill and there is prophecy
that one day it will become active and
bury Montreal in it's ashes. From the
Observatory can be seen to the west
the Lake of the Two Mountains with
the various branches of the Ottawa
River by which it pours it's waters into
the st. Lawrence, and beyond that the
Laurentian mountains, the Oldest hills
known to geology. The view from the
mountain top of the city is a fine one,
as every, part of the city can be seen,
the river winding along gracefully
while the spires of the many churches
glisten in the sunlight. Coming down
we pass the reservoir Of the city water
works, the water being pumped up by
powerful engines from the river.
Our drive took us through the
grounds of the famous McGill Univers-
ity, and here we saw two teams of
students playing the English national
game of cricket, but it looked very
tame to an American who is used to
seeing base ball with the yelling and
roofing which accompanies the game.
The batter in cricket has a flat bat
nearly foot wide, and when the pitch
er threw the ball to him he had no
trouble in swatting it and then every
body waited until some player. lazily
ran after it. The game was between
Toronto and McGill, and we were told
that it sometimes took three days to
play game, but about three minutes
satisfied us, for it seemed to be yery
tame sport.
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