Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-07-12
Seen At Montreal.
On Board s.Tunisian' June II. 1905
]. r Mattson, Editor Sheaf.
Warren. Mimi.

j. Il. Mattson, Editor Sheaf.
Warren, Minn.
My last letter contained nothing in
regard to the city of Montreal, from
where il was written, so / win try
to describe a few things of what I
saw there during the day that l
stayed there.
First, was approached By about
score out of the $50 licensed cab
drivers who also act as scouts, and
finally accepting the lowest bidder, I
started out with him sightseeing.
My escort began with his informa-
tion right away :telling me the city
population being $50, eco; that in the
rear 1885 Jacques Cartier, an Indian
trader, found a we'll fortified town
called Hochelaga which was renamed
Place Royale, which was again
changed to Montreal in 1912, by Paul
Chomedy, who laid the lasting foun-
dation of the city, which was under
French control until 1868, when, by
the treaty of Paris, it became a
British city.
From what can remember of the
United States history it seems to me
that it is indeIibIy blended with that
OF Montreal and may be trying to
tell your readers here of history on
which they are better posted than /.
saw the birth place of Pierre and
Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, the discov-
erers of the mouth of the Missippi
River; the Bonsecours market, where
the peace conference between Sill
Johnson and the chiefs, Brandt and
| Tecumseh, was held: the remains OF
| the forts of LaSalle; the places
where Sieur duluth, after whom
the city of Duluth, Minn., is named,
and LaMoth Cadillac, the founder
of Detroit. Mich, used to live. In
the Tourists Information Building
found their names recorded. folio w.
ed by such names as Washington
Irving, Montgomery, Franklin, Are
mold, Chase, Carroll, and even th,
name of John Jacob Astor, all al
Fbenefactors of the city was taker
? lon top of the Mount Royaie, wher,
Ia perfect panorama of the city ant
! surrounding country is obtainable
J The island of Montreal. the larges
: of a group of islands formed by tn
n / confluence of the Ottawa River t
the west and the St. Lawrence t
. the east, in all its majesty, and
= the south the mountains Of Norther
Il New York. is picture which / wi
9 never forget. In decending back t
: the city saw innumerabIe beautif1
:, parks, among which driving parl
I where saw some pretty fast hors
: races From the horse races we wer
: direct to the Roman Catholic Church
where we paid a small entrance fe'
That structure is so immense that
/ ha 1 nothing to say or ask, but ";
= told that it's auditorium holds 100
people: that it's towers are 22S fe
,f high. We climbed up the westel
;. tower for peep at the largest chur'
bell in America, called LIE Gros Bou
- don. which weighs "A, 80 pounds, b
"a after had climbed abuota thousal
g. miles when / began descending bac
a. wards and let the guide go it alo
to the top. We visited the historic
: Noure Dame church and saw lot
+ repenting sinners scattered here a
,;s there in the seats Of the vast au'
~ torium. / could see that they i
worse than / did, although +
i;e badly enough, to see all the ricl
stored up there. All the glitter
gold and silver confused me and
- have been trying to figure out e
since ii some of the money hoars
!, - in a place of this kind could
90 have been used for purposes q
would nave pleased Him, in VIII
honor it is presumed to have b
given, just as much. Of course,