The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-21
Along Arnold's Trail.
From Maine to Canada.
BY FRANK W. GOWEN.

No. VI.
We all slept soundly that night in
our rough camp near Arnold's Pond
and in the morning rose quite early,
and while eating our breakfast my
/ friend and | discussed the Canadian
government, which is the largest of
all the British possessions, and com
prises between 100000 and 1900, 100
square miles; or, according to Ca
madam statistician, zone sixteenth of
! the land surface of the globe. E"
"What vast country it is, u said my
/ friend, land what great victory it
would have been if General Arnold
| and General Montgomery had been
successful in capturing Quebec
But" he continued, chow is this
great Dominion fully governed?"
"In this way" replied. THE gov
eminent of Canada is federal and at
its head is the Governor-General,
appointed by the King of Great
Britain, but he draws his salary from
the Dominion government. Then
comes the Ministry, which is Liberal
in politics, with the Right Hon. Sir
" llliam Laurier as Premier. The
Dominion Parliament buildings are
located at Ottawa, which city Is the
capital of the Dominion. The mem
beers of the House of Parliament are
elected by the Provinces, while the
Senators are appointed for life by the
Crown on the nomination of the Gov
ernor-in- Council" Then come the
Lieutenant Governors of the Prov
inces, who are appointed by the fed :
eral government, believe, Tor a term
of five years. Each Province has its
legislature and the members of these
Provincial Assemblies are elected by
the people.n "Wel, the people OF
Canada have considerable voice in
/ the affairs of the Dominion after ali, "
said my friend. Eyes, indeed" |
replied; "but nevertheless they must
remain an integral part of the British
Empire and swear allegiance to a
/ king "Away with your king" said
my friend. 81 had rather live in a
Republic and under the rule of Teddy.
By the way, the late Queen was a
noble lady and was liked much better
| in our country than her illustr,ous
grandfather" and there was a
| twinkle in his eye. eyes, ! said,
but Thackeray tells us that George
III. lived pure life, and his last days
were in one sense even sadder than
Benedict Arnold's, as reason, light
and the sound of human voices all
left him. Yes said my friend
"the last days of George Ill. were
very sad, but what of the courts of
Justice in Canada?o "The highest
court in Canada" l replied, sis like
our court in the United States, the
Supreme Court, with Chief Justice
and five Judges, but while decisions
of the United States Supreme Court
are final in law, decisions from this
court in the Dominion of Canada can
be appealed to the judicial Commit
tee of the Imperial Privy Council Of
the mother country There is an
other court called the Exchequer
court presided over, believe, by a
single Judge, where cases pertaining
to the revenue of the Dominion are
considered. Then of course come the
courts in the different Provinces. 3"
"Well," said my friend, twas Gener
al Arnold despised as much in Canada
as he was in England?" "More 50, |
think, said l. CATER living in Eng
land several years after the close of
the war of the Revolution he moved
to st. John, New Brunswick 81
never knew that BEFORE" said my
friend. "Well," | replied, sit is a
fact. He engaged in business in st.
John, az merchant and traded
principally with the West Indies, and
| it is said he made a fortune. The
store he built stood on the corner of
King and Cranberry streets and the
frame was of hewn oak. This old
Benedict Arnold building as it was
called, was burned about the time
| President Lincoln was assassinated
Arnod's residence was i'll Carleton
on the west side of the st. John
River At last this is what was told
me when | spoke in st. John several
years ago. Here he lived in avery
expensive style and because of his
naughty manner he was much dis
liked by the Canadian people, who
despise traitor as we'll as our Yam
kee people. One of his warehouses
at Lower Cove, on which there was a
large insurance was burned and soon
after the people of st. John burned
him in effigy, which they named The
Traitor This occurred while he was
absent in England and soon after he
/ left Canada for Great Britain.
BY this time we had eaten break
fast, and after our guides had eXtin-
guished our camp fire and packed up
we started for Lake Megantic, where
we intended to take little steamer
for the Megantic village The next
day was Sunday and our guides, who
lived near the village, decided to go
through with us and return to the
/ lumber camp in the wilderness the
Il rst Of the week AS we walked
along the rough tough tote road near
the banks of Arnold's pond, in i'm
agination | could see this starving
army, which was suffering untold
misery for want of food, straining
their eyes to catch sight of Captain
Morgan's picked men returning with
provisions. But no relief was yet III
sight and the hearts of the poor,
starving soldiers sank within them,
and many in their great misery and
suffering, stripped bark from the
small trees and ate it and cursed
Arnold and his i'll fated expedition.
No pen can describe the suffering of
the army at this point.
When we arrived al the head of
Crosby Pond, which completes the
chain of seven lakes, the quick
ear of our guides heard some
thing swapping and growing in our
rear, and turning quickly we saw
small animal with short tail and
long limbs, quite distance back i'll
the tote road erouchng along, watch
ing us with shining eye balls. Our
guides shouted, "there il lynX!'
and brought their rifles to their
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