Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-08-23
M'CALLUM ON ATLANTIC
HOLDS CANADIAN MORALS TO
BE GENERALLY SUPERIOR
TO AMERICAS
Lauds Canadian Agricultural and In
dustriaI Possibilities Flags the
Liquor Traffic


narrative, which | viii condense as
much as my ingenuity warrants.
said | would tell more of the Porcupine,
the famous goldfeld, but at this dis
lance will add only few words. Cana
dian mining laws forbid the selling of
more than 2Se LIQUOR in mining camps.
No license can be obtained within five
miles of mining camp. The provision
is1a good one, but like most good laws
restraining the booze element, is de-
fed by unprincipled money grabbers.
What whisky was drunk seemed to be
bad and the vile effects could be seen
on all sides. As one man expressed il,
Everyone who drinks this whisky goes
'nutty. 80 Maudlin songs, heated, lilo
gical discussions. impromptu recita-
tons punctuated by hiccoughs, abund-
ant swearing, cursing, and rivers OF
indecent language could be heard on all
sides until about two or three past
midnight, and it began again about four
in the morning Most OF it was In
spired by the illegally SOLD liquor How
glad | am that Viroqua is to be for a
longer time without the curse of the
open saloon. The more ! see of the
effects of drink in my travels, the more
| appreciate the time spent in a clean
little city like Viroqua, and the mora |
marvel at the disgusting persistency
which would bring back the saloon to
your town. Truly men will trample the
rose of love, the lily OF purity, any
flower OF, beauty, grace, Kindness, home.
Cor heaven, if that be possible, tool for
the sake of money will say blood
money. seeing it is obtained with the
cost of lives and the happiness of homes.
On the gold fields, | found q number
of Australians, indeed men from all
parts of the world. Mining men are
rovers and wherever the latest rush is
you will find many of the people who
follow mining. That is why so many
Australians are on the Porcupine.
could not help feeling that my visit to
the gold fields had added additional in
dignation to my already large stock d.
rected against the strong who Cypress
the weak. had good deal of sym
patty for the poor fellows who were
shaving, enduring hardships, danger and
privations of many kinds that mine
owners might become rich through the
fruits of their toll. Truly all the hard
est work which produces the greatest
necessaries and comforts of civilization
- the sheer drudgery-is done by the
poor and poorly paid.
spent just week at the Porcupine.
The morning / left, Wednesday, July
18th, it was raining A great boon it
will be, putting out fires in the forests
and freshening the water supply. Sew
eral of us, who didn't drink liquor,
found a we'll of good water back of a
saloon next doc to the house at which
we stayed and drank from it several
days. We went out one morning and
| forua it'nadlocked, and heneetorth saw
| no one use it. | suppose the idea was
to drive us to drink"
Returning to North Bay ! had time
before taking train for Ottawa to have
supper and bath. The latter luxury
did not seem to be negotiable on any
! terms as far as could make out on the
gold fields, unless one took canoe or
boat and padded up the river or across
| Bob's Lake, stood on rock and per-
| formed his additions. | was told there
were hungry leeches in the water.
Ottawa is a beautiful city. ! walked
past the magnificent Parliament Houses,
grand hotel the c. p r. is building,
inspected several churches and crossed
by bridge into Hall, the other side of
! the river. Here hardly a word Of
English could be heard. The Catholic
priest heard confession in FreEch in the
church. Another priest greeted his
| flock in French. A boy stood on the
corner of the street and talked French
to him, respectfully pulling his fore
lock until they parted. Two beautiful
dark haired, dark eyed girls met each
other. greeted cordially and conversed
animatedly in French. An amusing
quarrel took place between half-doz-
en- little girls over croquet all in French.
The Chandler Falls have been almost
entirely used up to supply power to
great lumber mills and paper pulp fac
tories. A huge iron tower which seem
ed to have a grating above, emitted
smoke. asked of two boys sitting
near by, "What do they use this tower
for?" 81 no speak-ee Anglais-ee, =
came the answer. "Polly-voo- Fransy?"
said /. "0ni, oni, Monsters, was the
eager reply. "Well, | can't, " was my
humilisting rejoinder, as ! walked on,
tumbling after good beginning.
From Ottawa to Montreal by the
north bank Of the St. Lawrence, and
am again in city that pleased me.
St. James Cathedral, Dominion Square.
the church of Hotre Dame, its big bell
and fine view of the city, were among
the objects of interest. But, if ever
you are in Montreal, do not miss the
I incline railway to the top of Mount
Royal, whence for many miles stretches
a grand panorama OF the city's fac
tories, business places. dwelling houses,
churches and parks. the river, fields
and sky. Mount Royal Is indeed a
beautiful eminence and at its foot and
over its slopes runs Dominion Park.
Some poor children we're under shady
trees enjoying an cutting provided by
the benevolence of some Montreal la
dies. / do not wonder that Jacques
| Cartier, when first lead to the top Of
this mountain by the Indian chief
''Donnacona, +" named it Mount Royal,
in honor of mis- master,
Canada is wide. awake, prosperous.
| She is only beginning TO realize her
vast resources. She has unlimited pos
I sibilities in agriculture, horticulture,
pastoral, manufacturing and mining in
dustries. She 10 just as eager to earn
dollars as the United States, yet il
seemed to me that Canadians were not
quite as vulgarly shameless in letting
| everybody know Il az . ncle Sam folks.
1t seemed to me also that in the great
respect Of the Lore Day, and what
goes with it, which observed, and the
regard for law and order everywhere
manifest, I saw greater emph u &
placed upon some Of the strongest prin-
ciples Of vigorous, heslthful, enduring
/ civilization. Yet IL D1siness methods,
organization and the part Of appearing
TO the best aGvantaxe in business and