The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-03

You cannot walk a square OF Que
bees present without coming TO some
memorial of her past. Bronze ChaIn-
plain. founder of the old French city.
looks from Duferin terrace down the
slopes he wrested from arrows ana
Marquis de Montcalni,
who lost Canada to the BRITISH, hes
in the chapel of the Irsuline convent
with in the glow of a sanctuary nsht
that has burned, for more
than 200 years. a quantity peaked
house. on a corner in the old town. is
venerated as Montcalm's headquarters.
and on the heights of Governors Gar
den there is a which per
p~etuates alike the achievements OF
the defeated general and OF, Wolfe. the
British victor, both of whom fell NOR
tally wounded on the plains Of Abra-
| ham. This is the inscription, lettered
in French:
"ValOr gave them a m death,
| History a common fame and POsteri-
ty "A common monument"
1t is claimed to be the only instance
on this continent Of a joint tribute to
victor and vanquished.
A tablet on Cape Diamonds stony
base marks where gallant Montgomery
fell-the adjective SO insistent that
one would suppose it the herO'S given
name-where gallant Montgomery fell
in his attack on Quebec. Benedict
Arnold, as brave a continental as ever
drew sword for Americas freedom
until-but never mind all that-Bene-
dict Arnold, who was with MOntgom-
cry, and wounded in the same siege,
was cared for at the general hospital,
a clustered convent, established in
1893, for the aged n infirm poor,
and which nuns have conducted un-
~interruptedly from that time to this.
Quebec-the one walled city on the
American cOntinent-ha had a power
for nearly 400 years. and though her
past is SCARED with wars, earth
quakes and conflagrations. she out
ranks any phoenix that ever rose
from the ashes, inside the classics or
out. For Quebec is two cities in one
the old French capital of the sew
enteenth century, and the prosperous
ly commanding metropolis of today.
Two eraS, national and architectural
and each SO blended as to give charm
to both. Ancient churches and steep,
rock-hewn streets hobnOb with trolley
cars n department stores, and old
C ustOms contrast tremendously with
every phase of modern life that makes
the world go round And every
where they &c together, the CONNER
cial vigor and fair policy Of the Eng
liSh Canada of the present, and the
old world piety and social %bouyancy
of the french, not counting Paris
WHICH, I1SduS all naClOuS grated OF
France.
One Of the splendid things abou
Quebec is she has no alley questions
. and obviously never heard Of slums
In spite of the narrow and crooked
thoroughfares occupied by manufac.
turing plants and laboring classes. tn,
2 little houses on the little streets re
fleet the thirty n%eatness Of families
who are almost entirely of French
a origin and who in most cases owl
a their homes.
There are no public schools in Que
bee. Apparently, they are not needed
e judging by the many parochial, AGA
k demic and c Ollegiate establishments
y demic and technical schools and in
stitutions of higher learning, notabl
If Luval University, which has it roya
charter, and the Ursuline convent
o which continues to be the center Q
n education for the girls of Quebec
both French and English, and i
d which the "old world and the ne,
20 run side by side the rules Of tn
20 order being the same as in 1889.
&c While the Dominion is p~atriOticall
Of generous in the sending of her SO
o. diers to ENGLAND, she is not neglec1
at ing to protect herself at home. A
bridges are guarded and along the S
to Lawrence canal, Canada's main water
artery from Montreal to Prescott, eac
is lock is doubly picketed. One dyn;
t. mited gate would not only cripple tt
is rush of home trade, but would della
the forwarding of the Dominion's 81
to England, a million bushels
lie wheat. This is the way one batch
be tourists explained it among then
n selves, and, really it is as good a re;
er, son as one is likely to get at. f,
Canada is num-.
O. Money Cause of Trouble.
- Tho ono nninf Of "hioh Ar,or:os
40 tourists touch war conditions ov
oE here is when they buck into that {
M ways reliable old trouble-make
money. A recent war measure h
% discounted the dollar Of our father
~ and, what is worse, the dollars
,e our very own. Ships and hotels st
IA honor the beloved green-back at
face value, but small shops and cat
accept silver only. and that is dis1
specially locked at the rate Of