The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-02
HISTORIC QUEBEC
Views of Quaint Old French Folks
And Their Homes Shown

A large audience in Emmanuel
Church on Tuesday evening saw the
views of Quebec, Canada, and heard
the story of the first French settle
ment, by Rev. Frederick W. johnson,
D. D., of Railway.
He began by stating the Mortimer
visited America before Columbus.
The first permanent settlement was
made at Quebec by Samuel de Cham
plain, captain of marine, a native OF
Bronage, a small seaport on the Bay
of Biscay, France. Lake Champlain
in New York State was named for
him. He landed with his company In
1908. twelve years before the Pilgrim
fathers landed at Plymouth, Mass.
Rude log houses were erected first,
but now stone and brick comprise
most of the houses. The architecture Is
quaint. patterned after the buildings
in France. Some are like the old
architecture of Babylon. The streets
are narrow and named after the re-
ligious saints, as ninety per cent. of
the population are Roman CATHOLIC in
religion.
The views of dwellings,, public
buildings, and Cathedrals, and Protes-
tant Churches were shown.
Winter is the time for pleasure,
sleighing, skating and the carnivals
in an ice palace which is resplendently
beautiful when illuminated with cleo
trio lights.
The views of rugged mountain
scenes and snow scenes showed the
beautiful wonders of nature in the
northern cline where the temperature
in winter gets 25 to as below zero
and ice is frozen four and a half feet
thick.
The inhabitants Of Quebec are
mostly descendants from French set
tiers before the American Revolution
and retain the quaint costumes and
habits Of the old French before the
French Revolution. They are a
sturdy long-lived people. They marry
early ard have large families. A
maiden is not considered fit for mar
rage until she make a fine loaf OF
bread.
Rev. johnson attributed the large
sturdy stature of the Canadians to the
fact that they rest one full day in
seven and the small stature of the
Italian race because they did not take
a full Sunday rest thru centuries.
Pictures of Indians in the Province
of Quebec were shown with their
mode of living. The French made an
alliance with the A~lgonquins, a
peaceful tribe and suffered much
thereby, as other tribes were war
like.
During the French and Indian war
the American colOnists with the as
sistance of British troops invaded
Canada and took Quebec. The Scotch
Highlanders scaled the pTecipitous
rocks to the Plains of Abraham. Cen
eral James Wolf led the attack but
was killed. His soldiers put the
French soldiers into irretrievable
fight. &c French General Louis
Joseph NIoutcalm fell mortally wound
ed. After an existence Of $50 years
the CITY of Champlain passed from
the protection of France to the
British standard. The Treaty at
Paris in 1863 confirmed the owner
ship by conquest and Canada has seen
British dominion ever since.
Views of heights scaled by Wolf
and Montcalm were shown. Scenes
along the St. Lawrence river. interi-
or decorations of cathedrals and farm
scenes were shown which gave q
knowledge of the rocky country and
quaint vaaple who live in the Prov
ince of Quebec.
The fact that ninety per cent. of
the Inhabitants are Roman Catholics
who gre attached to old feudal and
Church laws and have not been as
simulated to Anglo-SaXon laws and
customs like in the United States are
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