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 Il!lit! Ciirnival. 
 
 OLORIES OP A CANADIAN WINTER. 
 
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 Ilo, fur till' CiU'iiiviil! What '\» tlurc in llii' wunl llmt 
 ■i»ko» tliu |)ul*^ but i|uickly uiuJ iho oyrK (.'mw briirlit — 
 that miiiIh n ^lnw llirniifili tlic wliiili' IkIm);, nml iiiukiH 
 Uie liiart thrill wii'i Bujiprrswd ('X|HTtaliiiii ? l)ur Wiiitir 
 C'liriiiviil ! Thu wiirti eiirnivitl i» known nut ulnm' in thi' 
 taiul which firxl (rave it ci^ht Ittl^ri', but the worlJ uvtr. 
 li Hii).'Ki'i>ti< uaii'ty, jii)' anil nu'rriini'iil, wliich n» oIluT 
 word onulil ciinjurt,' up. It uii^^ht bo ukoiI t<> cxpri'Hii any 
 dt'iiarlmint uf human cnjiiyuu'nt, but ini'luiU's all. I'mt-i, 
 mU'ijcianN, writom, paint«;rH, and playwrijihtK havf paid 
 hoinaL'c t«) tho uarnival umler mmtlu'rn Kiinny Hkii'x — hu\ v 
 Tied with each uthi'r in their Jencripliun ul'the twelve <\ay.\ 
 befure Lent, ill ebaracterizin); whieli thu word carnival i.s 
 used. Himo, Oenoii, V\niee, Florence, Malta, — all the 
 way alonf; the Mediterranean— aye, even to gloomy, utern, 
 unSpanlMh Gibraltar, the peer and [K'amnt, »»ldier and 
 llatesinan, do homage to the carnival. No town or 
 lainlet in that region of warmth and Hun»hine but joins in 
 •clebrating the niorry season. Who can tell a tithe of 
 'he utory of that gladxomc time ? Can anyone even 
 iniaginc it, stop lo calculate the sum of human happine"!! 
 —the eternity of bliHslul recoUeelion — that thew ^raiid 
 •arnivals of Southern Eurnpo have added up since their 
 inception in past centurii s " Where has the web of memory 
 woven by mutual loves and fellowship ended? or has it not 
 spanned the habituble globe until it reached around and 
 back again to the carnival, to be respun and re set each 
 year ? And, ah me, the disapiwintincnts ! But let them 
 pasH ; my theme is of joy and not sorrow. Is it biauty '! 
 Where brighter eyes than the Neapolitan belle's who looks 
 mischievously down from the wii:doW8 of tho Strada del 
 Toledo or the t'hia;.;a upon the kaleidoscope of noi.sy 
 humanity below ; or the merry maidens who. for the nonce, 
 mock their chaperoues, as Juliet did for JJomeo, and kiss 
 their hands gaily to the foreign gentlemen threading their 
 way along the piazzas of Rome, through crowds of maskers 
 and lazy lazzaroni who make Rome and every other Italian 
 city uncomfortable. Is it 'iiusic, love, poetry or .song? 
 The carnival is the siaso'. i : '>11. There should be no 
 »leep in ;ho.«days, iighv uii'^-'. :,a schools, no churche.s, I 
 had almost said ; but|li:ivi wl.nt would the funerals do ? 
 Aye, there must be funei. '-, jven if they mingle with the 
 gay procession. We must in the mid.st of our gaieiy be 
 prepared to meet our God at a moment's call. Yes ; 
 we must count in the churches. Do you wish for dignity, 
 art, science, classic hire ? All are there at ;he carnival — to 
 be seen or to see. It is a joyou.s, mirthful season. Who can 
 gainsay the Italian's right of proprietorship of the word '! 
 No 1 le need try. 
 
 But we in America know also what t ue enjoyment is. 
 We have not a twelve-day feast. We have our festivals, 
 and celebrated, too, tliey have been : iioston's Peace Jubi- 
 lee, I'hiladelphia's Centennial, Xev Orleans' Mau'.i-Gras. 
 iiut there is a full stop. That ^"eat siicetaele v.-'nidi tens 
 of thousands flicked to sec is the pride of the Louisianian. 
 He revels in recollections of it.s gorgeous panoply of 
 splendor. l'"cw spectacles in old Europe can compare with 
 thcAntiiiues and Horribles, the Grotesques and I'omieals, 
 the historical and musical di.'^playsof that festival, carnival 
 or siicetaele — call it what you will. 
 
 Where could a carnival succeed out of the sunny south, 
 whether of Europe or America ? Who would have dreamed 
 9f finding any warmth in the faraway North — in what is 
 usually deemed Frozen Canada ? Sunny New Orleans, I 
 with her wealthy, warmhearted people, the chivalry of the j 
 South, the leaven of old France in tho Louisiana blood, I 
 ihe impulse of Spain, the calculation of the Yankee, and all 
 tinctured with the other and Northern people of Europe, 
 could easily be looked to for such splendor as Mardi-Oras 
 day sees in that city. Hut to seek rival spieiidors in \ 
 far-off Canada— who would have believed it? Who, ( 
 indeed, would have thought of it had there been no insjiii-a- i 
 tion to guide the brain that originated it. It was not 
 the idea of the native Canadian any more than it v as of 
 the naturalized Canadian. There were many heads, hearts j 
 and tongues engaged in thinking it over before it was \ 
 whispered, but the young Canadian generally Ix'lieved i 
 to have mentioned it publicly in the fiist place was R. D. 
 McGibbon, a rising young l.iwyer. Evergreen Huglies is i 
 Vdicved tohave only re-celioed the suggestion, if indeed he 1 
 «ver spoke of it. The idea t'lok the form of newspaper 
 irticles, then developed into a public meeting, and, "all hands 
 around," as they say in Vermont, and the project cfa 
 carnival spread like wild-lire. Young McGibbon was 
 accorded the ehairmanship of the C<immittee. People 
 who do not know what frost and snow are could hardly 
 believe that a carnival in winter could be made a success. 
 Rut the men who once were boys on Boston Common or 
 tkatvrs in the public garden, who careered on Boston harbor 
 
 when ll was tVonn nvep, —the thouiiaiiilii who have consted 
 on the Si w llaiiipshire Hills or sal behiiid fust irolters 
 on Lake Cliamphil:i, -the .N.w Yorkers who have biin 
 diawii b hind the jingling In Us on llarh in lload, or sat 
 in the flMiig ice-boat" of I'okee] <ie as they Hew over gare 
 ice, — they all knew what a wo. Id of merriment the pro- 
 position presaged. II these pleasure-loving people revelli il 
 in their lew week* of excellent sleighing and coasting, how 
 much more were Canudians likely to do so? We who 
 have built snow houses, liiught snowball battles, skated, 
 coanted, t^diogganed, snowshiied, — how 'nuch more 
 enthusiastic were not we likely to be in miTting the 
 pro|iosal ? It was no wonder, with so much to rcconimeiid 
 il, that the idea was so i|nicl(ly raised, shoulder high llrst, 
 and then pushed to the height of the ice palace, its spleii 
 dors, and the aeconipanyin'_' incidents in last winter's gn at 
 carnival. No plaei' the world over nffords scope for such 
 a week of ainusoment as does Monlreal, the central (siiiit 
 of railways running lo all points except the far North, — 
 with New York, Boston. I'hiladelphiu. Albany, I'ortland, 
 many other cities and a hundred towns within a few hours 
 Ijy rail. Always cerlain of sleighing, snowshocing, skating, 
 curling, an ice bridge over the St. Lawrence, and the 
 bright«st posdiblc weather ; with ice of any re(|uiri.l 
 thickness for palace building. 
 
 And then the nights, when the moon shines lirightly. 
 Has any other part ofAmericafaveour fro;en North, as she 
 is called, ever seen such brightness — when the whole arc of 
 heaven shines with the brilliancy of diamonds; but, no — 
 the simile will imI do, for no tiara of diamonds can eon' 
 pare with such a scene. The stars of theinsi'lves on these 
 frosty n'ghts seem to glow with glory that is warm, while 
 the moon sheds such a flood of light that a |)carl edition 
 of the Bible or the smallest print used by any ncwsjiap.r 
 on the cominent can be read with ea.sc. The atmosphere 
 is bracing, clear, purity itself — no da..ger from malaria or 
 iuoa(|uit<is, — nothing save Jack Frost, and we can get on 
 even tirms with him easily enough, well wrapped up 
 for driving in tur coat and cap. or the ladies fair in their 
 seal or mink cloaks, circulars, or the later-day dolman ; 
 but for walkin;.; iiie light 'r, 'Vell-knit whitney, pilot cloth 
 or frieze, with the blanket coat and mocciifins for snow- 
 shocing or tobogganing. There is warmth, love and melody 
 under Italian skies, pomp and pageantry in Louisiana ; 
 but we Canadians have them all. They roll comfortably 
 up into one word. Poetry, with us, and this, like the snow- 
 ball that gathers as it is rolled along, fills the inouutains, 
 lakes and the valleys until it is heard in the song of the 
 snowslioer, the wild hallixi of the skater, the roar (,f the curl- 
 ing stones, the shi ut of the toboggan pirly, and is re-echoed 
 in the music of the bells, the pealing laughter <if the sleigh- 
 ing par'y, as the lovers dash along toward th " rendezvouss 
 where the poetic frenzy Iwkcs motion to the -.iiusic of the 
 gentle waltz or unpretending cotillion. Aye, ituiayirell 
 be called poetry. Never was there more sentiment in any- 
 th ng. It is these nights of which the youth dreams and, 
 recollecting which, the old man sighs. The youth lixiks 
 forward to the meeting with his comrades and the rugged 
 hill or storm-beaten waste for the snowshoc tramp He 
 finds the hours pass slowly — 'stand still withal — " to 
 quote Shakespeare — until he again sees the bright eyes ol 
 the lass he helped over the fence ■ificr tying the Biiowshoes 
 on the wee feet ; or he hopes to see the fair face at the 
 skating rink or the toboggan hill. Rut to him who has 
 passed his prime — who has buriid his anticipation iu the 
 realization, — the cup sipped, only the fii vor left, — the 
 " touch of a vanished ban 1, or the sound ^ if a voice that 
 is still." These recollection.^ ! What wou.d w« give in 
 exchange for them? Shadows of the past — never to be 
 again a substance — a dream, a glorious panorama that 
 passes, — snowslioe comrades, hockey parties, toboggans, 
 .'jobsleighs, skating mas(|uerades— the scliMil girls ; aye, and 
 school inarms, too — our girls of long ago — all move alun>r 
 before us, ui til the dimmed eyes can see it pass in review 
 no lohger, and the unbidden sigh awakes us to the stern 
 rclaties of he present. This is the double dream — before 
 and after. Rut in all this is there no warmth? Is there 
 nothing in which we Noitli Americans and Canadians 
 cannot clasp bunds and feci a piide? Why, we revel 
 in our own Canadian climate and our wintor sports 
 as we did in the snow piles we reared wl.eu boys to do our 
 double somersaults in. We love the whirling drift and 
 the frozen ponds i;nd glare-ice hills as well as the Southron 
 ill Europe his sunny skies or his carnival of the dance or 
 theatre; and though our ry'hm is of a different cast 
 who can say that we do not draw poetry and music from it ? 
 It is of its own pure cast, — there is no counterfeiting it. 
 Last year was the first attempt to group our glorious 
 winter sport* together, and offer to Ihe world an original 
 bill of fare. It was a varied one. It was, like many 
 other ideas, full of risk. Who will come here in winter ? 
 ask d the cynic. The answer came in such overwhelm- 
 ing force ns to leave us hardly room for it 
 
 thniisnniln. ll wan tuk'ng M -ntresl by •t«fm. From 
 
 New York, lloslon, I'hilailelphia, i' ■'imlo, IVtroit, tjuu- 
 
 bce, Washlnu't Chicago, I'roin every to. n ami hamlet 
 
 b iwein, Ihi-y |»iuii'd in, until llic hotels were o ■ . -•'owed, 
 mid privaU hiius<^s iiiundated with the visiting throng. 
 Rut all 'vere made welcome. Some Iriid the skating, others 
 anxious ,1 see the curling ; others grew entliusiastio about 
 the tobogj-.aning, while snowsh<H'iiig gratified the curious, 
 and sleigh 'Irives, always at hand, satisfied tho multitudo. 
 The formal op iiiiig of the ice palace, its procession of 
 snowshiM' clubs, the flaring torches, the liLssing fireworks, 
 and the ice palace aglow with all the brightness that 
 electric light could give to it, or rivalling the aurora in the 
 suddenness of its chanjje of color. The silent, ghostly 
 paliiec of congealed water seemed lo have tikeu lifu to 
 ilsilf, and each ice block reflected the light in its own way. 
 Wonderland was nothing to its Kaulies, with the differ- 
 ence that the palace was real and the other imagiuary. 
 Tens of ihousands of visitors willicssed the formal o|ii'ning 
 of the jiilaee, and the scene was unique. Inside the en- 
 closure had been placed parties in charge of the fireworks, 
 and for a quarter of an hour there was an upward shower 
 of Roman candles in their variety, rockets, bombs, con- 
 taining floral display, and fiery ser|Hnts. Greek fire shed 
 its lurid light around, and th" parlies delivering the o|M'n- 
 ing and weleoming speeches looked like a group of weird 
 sisters in MaclKlh. Me:inwiiile the palace lights blazed 
 away, and I'le failing snow g,i.ve the best fmsrible reprc- 
 sentaiion of a Canadian winter's night. 
 
 Finally, the indoor sjiort came to close up the Carni- 
 val : the gr.at ball at the Windsor Hotel. It was a 
 gathering of beauty ami fashion from all p,.rts of the con- 
 tinent and a few aristocrats from Europe added. It 
 was a litliiig close to the Carnival, It was full of inci- 
 dent and variety. How many friendships grew out of it, 
 how many aci|uaintauceB ri]H'ned into cords of affection, 
 bow many knots were ',ied on these cords by clergymen, 
 Cupid alone can tell. We leav-,' him to whisper his own 
 story to the winds, it is not lur duty here to record it. 
 
 Is there not a warmth and j lyousness in the events group- 
 ed together in this Canadian Winter Carnival ? Can it be 
 said that " frozen Canadi) " has no gsnl thing Ic offer the 
 pleasure-.seeker in the long winter days of Jack Frost. 
 We glory in our snow, dc'igbt in our eliuiati', grow vigor- 
 ous and healthy in it, whether in doors o-out of doors; wo 
 " chase the glowing hours with flying feet," as Ryron says, 
 and, above aud beyond all. we never enjoy it better than 
 when we have visitors fniin over 'he border or across the 
 seas to share it along with us. Then, all hail Ihe MoDt- 
 rcal Carnival of our Canadian winter sports; may the 
 recollections of the first never grow cold until warmed up 
 and reinforced by memories of the second, ^ndsoon to tho 
 third and fourth, until the coming generations willaswMin 
 think of giving up a custom they shall have been born to 
 as would the Italian his twelve daysbifore Lent, which first 
 was called llie ('ar.iival,a"d from whom we borrow the word, 
 with thanks. Hail, the Carnival of 1884 I All hail ! ! 
 
 To the above sketch by Mr. Harper may bo added a 
 word or two about Montreal and her progress. Twenty 
 years ago the )M)pulation was below one hundred thousand, 
 while t^i-day it reaches one hundred and fifty, or, with sur- 
 rounding suburbs added, about two hundred thousand. 
 Her wharves are several miles long, and can accommodate 
 thirty or forty ocian stiamers, half a hundrtj .sailing 
 vessels, and large numbers of river and coasting crafl 
 The Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific, Delaware and Hud- 
 son, South Eastern, Central Vermont, North Shore, Canada 
 Atlantic and other railways contribute to Montreal's im- 
 portance. Her Laohine Canal gives water-power to scores 
 of mills, her puulic buildings, churches and convents are 
 imposing and attractive. McGill University, affiliated 
 with which are the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congrega- 
 tional Colleges, is well known. The Montreal and Jesuits' 
 College are Roman Catholic, and have a large number of 
 ttudents. iMontrcara banking car'tal represents nearly 
 forty millions, and the Montreal Bank, with nearly sixteen 
 millions of capital, ranks among the six largest banks iu 
 the world. 
 
 The wonderful expansion of Montreal, like the expansion 
 of any other great cily, is best exemplifiea in the rise and 
 progress of its newspaper press. The Jlontreal Star, by 
 its marvelous development, is a striking example of news- 
 pajier success, and faithfully reflects the rapid rise and 
 advancement of Montreal. Only a few years ago the Star 
 had a circulation of about four thousand. To-day it has 
 a oiiculatiou of ninety odd thousand, an increase of two 
 thousand jwr cent, in ten years. The Star's circulation 
 rivals that of many of the great Mctropoli»?in papers of 
 New Y'ork, Boston and Chiciigo. Il is equipped with 
 lightuiiig pre. ses and plaut of the most approved and 
 modern maiiufiicture, indicative of the vitality there is '.a 
 our gnat and promising city. 
 
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 BISHOPS WINTER ClENIVAL ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 Fkbkuary. 1884 
 
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 )!' the Hri'work.'', 
 
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 (inik tire nlied 
 veriiif.' thv (i|m'ii- 
 
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 poDtiblo repre- 
 
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 -rt.i of the con- 
 ope nilded. U 
 iH full of inei- 
 s ^rew out of it, 
 (Is of affection, 
 s by clei^men, 
 whisper his own 
 to record it. 
 
 le eventt group- 
 ill '! Can it be 
 liiii; Ic offer the 
 of Jaek Frost. 
 iti', irrow vigor- 
 lUt of doors ; 'vo 
 ' as Byron Bays, 
 y it better than 
 L'r or aeross the 
 hail the Mout- 
 porta; may the 
 itil warmed up 
 :'ndsoon to the 
 ons will as soon 
 •e been born to 
 leiit. whieh first 
 orrow the word, 
 All hail 1 1 
 
 ly bo added a 
 ;^ess. Twenty 
 idred thousand, 
 iy, or, with sur- 
 Ired thousand, 
 n aceommodate 
 lundrtj .sailing 
 coa.'*tii<g crafV 
 ware and Hud- 
 Shore, Oanada 
 Montreal's ini- 
 |>ower to seores 
 .1 convents are 
 ■sity, affiliati'd 
 and Cciiiffrega- 
 n\\ and Jesuits' 
 rge number of 
 jrosents nearly 
 nearly sixteen 
 irgcBt banks in 
 
 i the expansion 
 in the rise and 
 treal Star, by 
 niplo of news- 
 rapid rise and 
 rs ago the .S'^ffc 
 To-day it has 
 icreasc of two 
 ir'» circulation 
 i»!»n papers of 
 equipped with 
 approved and 
 lity there if '.a 
 
 FlMVARY 1X84 
 
 "fSllMj'.s wl.VTEn CARNIVAL IKLfSTRATKI- 
 
 UARY. 1884 
 
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 Our winter uport*. wliieli a HOoru of yoam ap) wen' 
 thotiulit only -iixkI (iiouuli I'oi* lniV8 and (lirU, now havo 
 attiiini'il to iiiitiiinnl »i^Miti('llncv ; tliry an- |)opulnr Irom oni' 
 «'ii(l of t'limulft to till' ollur-and w<' have a country of 
 di»tancc(« ; uioro, tiny are tlie Immii of our Carnival, and 
 will do more tlian aujilit cIm' to diiiiM)! tlio notion that our 
 wintiT (layH ]ii>kiicw untohl terrors for the Cunadiun citizen 
 and lii» (lueiit*. A quarter of a centiirjr ajjo they were not 
 entitled to even an ordinary it«'ui ill our newcpapiTH. Hut 
 Uiday the local jprei'K haH th e appearance of ineoui]ilet* new 
 if it irt 'nitlmut :in excellent report of »nowiiho<! races, 
 l«>bo).'gan parties", i-katiuf; rink dress eveninps, or competitive 
 (Watinj; — alludin);, of course, htrietly to wint<'r sjKirts now. 
 But while the avirage sjnior Canadian looked askance on 
 the ]ileasures of out-of-door sports then the visitors from 
 •Tar were not slow to see their beauties. British Army 
 officers (|uarterid here and their friends, wives and daugh- 
 
 t»>rs, took very gracefully In the sleighinj; and the i-katinfr, 
 and ilurini; the (vriod of the a.nied occupation of the 
 country there w.'.s no absence of merrymaking out, as well 
 as in, doors. But for all that there was no nationalit) 
 about tho sports, Snowshoeil fj was deemeil to Is^ an 
 exeeedin)ily useful ae(!oniplishment of the s|)orlsnuin who 
 tracked his deer ir ihesnow and ran it ilown with his do)» 
 and hauled it to camp with his tobojipm or Indian shi^h. 
 The farmer sometimes used the snowshoe, but not ofU'n — 
 especially the Knj^lish farmer. When the shoes were first 
 used by the British Canadian youth to cross coui'try for 
 exercise, our French (,'anadian frii'nds were slow to take 
 up the idea. They now fall into line quite gracefully and 
 soon will be, as they oughl to be, much more numerous 
 than British >'nnadian snowshoers, So with other sport*, 
 which will draw tho nationaliti-'s closer to;;ethi r, and do as 
 much as any other Ihing to make us all Canadians, in the 
 
 strict sense of tlie word. The army, drawing inspiration 
 from the deeds and tradition of th" aborigines, reengniied 
 early in the period of IJritish oocupstion tho neot'ssity, 
 not to sp<'ak of 0(mreniencc, wli'i-h the snowshoe must bo 
 to the soldier ii< a v,ampnign in Canada durir/ the snows 
 of winter. Fancy a detachment of troops on the march 
 along country roads „ lowed up in a driftinc sv-irm vith 
 an enemy on snow* J<'fl in pursuit or harrassing them. 
 Till' utter helplessniBS of the di taohment would soon bn 
 appnrint. Skirniisherg on snowshoes could oomfoii.bly 
 assail ten timiis their number, remain out of reach of t'lo 
 the bayonet, and in oomparalivo rafety from cither artillery 
 or infantry firing, while at tlie fame time they could easily 
 communicate with their base of supplies, A few men 
 could thus tire out and exhaust an invading or retreating 
 army. Appnoiating llio-so facts, the British war oflico 
 never allowed it« regimenln here to -• without snowshoi'S. 
 
 It was a source of great trial to Her 
 Majesty's Ilousebold troops to go thniugh 
 their snowi^bts' drill when first initiatid 
 to its myteries and its uiii^baps. Those 
 who saw the first eiTortjt of the six foot 
 irujird-inen or Swit's FusiU'crs will recol- 
 lei I h w they liK^ked on and laughed like 
 tr tp It their sides at the drill. The men 
 did nit rt(|uire to be told to " fall in." 
 They lell in naturally, and went head ovc' 
 heels this pcrl'ormaiiee generally bringin ! 
 down two or three others, all floundering 
 in the snow alt. r tlie fa.-hion of a foot- 
 ball s< ramble or sci iniuiagc, while the 
 oflcer-' smotlieriii lauuhler would often 
 break into a volley. But a'ter a l\w 
 lessons tiny sueciedcd admirably, and 
 before they lelV Canada were aiKpts in 
 the use- (d' the shoes. Mar- learned to 
 run races in them. It niu.st be renum- 
 biTed that there is not now -a -days as much 
 use for the snowshoe in the vicinity of 
 Montreal as tliere was at the time of 
 which We speak — the city &..d country 
 roads are easily arcessible to pideslrian 
 and equestrian — but for 'cross country 
 travelliiiL' ihiy ari' indisisnsabli . Those 
 who love the suniiiK r rambles across the 
 fields are mit likely to rest content with 
 the parallel ruails in winter, and the lung- 
 ing for the while fi.Ms and the covered 
 hills l.ads lliein to adopt the snowshoe, 
 their only ue ans of loo< •motion. Miles and 
 miles (•(■ the dee|H>t snow can 1k' and are 
 cross<d, anil ravines wbioli would other- 
 wise bo the wayfarer's grave are pas.< d 
 over without the shoes sinking more than 
 a few inches. . 
 
 Men are gregarious, especially young 
 men. and the habit of crossing the eoun- 
 trv in Miow.-hoes hd to the formation of 
 Utile .iiteries. until the latter grew to the 
 diL'iiity of clubs, and soon the spirit of 
 emulation sprang up. Races of all dis- 
 tances were run, and at length the habit 
 of uieeliiig for races giew to be the annual 
 
 wofully iK'aten .«ome years ago in a challenge series of 
 races. HKolt; some very disparaging remarks concerning 
 tlie light and narrow shoi'.s of the victors. 
 
 " Well, get your best man out and wo will pit our man 
 again.-i him for any distance across country, each man U> 
 have his elmioi' of snowshoes." 
 
 This siltled the grumbler. These rac.^s of the snow."l:(S' 
 olubs ciiinpri.se the same distances g'nerally as are given 
 at f ot athletic meetings, and the time made varies 
 from five iuiiiut«'s forty- iglit seconds to six minutes or 
 uiore, to the mile, according to the speed of the runners or 
 eoiiditiiiii of the track. A qnai tr-mile, done in five 
 seconds more than a minute, and two miles in twelve 
 minute's and thirty s< coiids are fairly good records ; in fact, 
 they are firstr<lasa, and are very close upon ordinary 
 amateur loot records u|x)n tlie turl. The shoe varies in 
 weight from tliree-i|uariers of a |Kiund t<i six ounces, 
 thougli some are even less. It is tVainid very much as 
 the lawn tennis bat, and webbed willi deer hide, or catgut 
 cut in thin stripes and woven to about the same condition 
 as a cane 8" ated chair, as will be noticed from the illustra- 
 tious. It thus forms a flat surface for the foot to rest upon 
 
 and buoys up the body over tho snow. Just where the 
 toes rest upon the slue is a loop-hole large enough for 
 them only to pass through. The toes only are strapped 
 tightly at the nar part of this hole, and as the shoe is 
 drawn ove-r the surlaci' of the snow the toi;s work us if on 
 a hinge in thi^ space .'illowed by the bole orop.ning. The 
 strap keeps them froiii going too far through, and acts as a 
 lifter for the snowslus' every lime the foot is raised and 
 thrown forward fiir a st^p. Ho great is the ea.s<i with 
 which these shoes can Is' run with that hurdle races over 
 leaps th'cc feet six high form part of the racing pro- 
 grammes of each club. Hut bisides these clubs are other 
 social little coteries, in which ladies are memls^rh. The 
 dunce with these clubs in aiis something. To the sturdy 
 snowshoer there is more poetry of motion and pl> asurc 
 in dancing with " some other fellow's sisUT " rather than a 
 brother. Besides the fiMit of feminine gender looks its 
 prettiest in a well-fitting moccas'i. It is more attractive, 
 and in tying on the snowshoe f le thongs pass over the 
 arched instep and around the neat ankle; and leUstringB 
 get loose so ofken, and the shoe eomi^s off tt the fences. 
 Thus the gallantry of the stern escort is called forth Tcry 
 often. In this kind of snowshoe tramp, needless to say, 
 
 mistoin. One eliib's success as a social 
 institution induced the formation of other 
 elubs. The fashion was to tramp s' o.ss 
 the virgin snow to soj o outlying hamlet 
 or village. There the table is spread for 
 the hungry, healthy, boisterous en w, and 
 alWrwards the smoke curls gracefully 
 from a score of pipes, as the snowshoe 
 yarn ia spun or the last racing record 
 discussed. The piano aid the comic song, 
 or still more comic dance, follows. But 
 hero I may explain that they daneo with- 
 «ut snow slims. Men can fight, shoot, run 
 111 d iuinp, on snowshoes; they could dunco 
 I )o, pel haps— a war dance — but w hen iu 
 conns to a walii or a set of quadrilles, or 
 any other sort of /('e Icr/Kiirliorciiii, then 
 we warn our visitors not to do it with 
 snowshoi's on. It might look new, there 
 might be a spiix- of originality about it, 
 but there would hardly be room enough 
 for many sets at, say, the Carnival ball in 
 tho Wind.-or Hotel. But the snowshoe. 
 braves ilo capital dancing without shoes, 
 and the flying heels do not hurt their 
 partners sl.ins, as they career around the 
 rmini, 'heir feet (iieascd in moccasins. 
 Thus the hours are pa.s.sed until the well 
 satisfied crowd are reminded that home 
 lies across the snow a dozen miles awav, 
 and there is a strapping on of .shoes and i« 
 wlio<ip of till} leader, answered by the 
 " whipix'r in " -vith his "all up." In 
 Indian file they pass noiselessly along in 
 the moonlight until the song and chorMs 
 arc started. There is no occasion to pull 
 down fences. The snow is high a-d 
 they arc easily hapid. 8ome of theui 
 arc never seen at all. 
 
 The shoi'S which are generally ■ orn by 
 the city club men are much moreelaUirat<- 
 tliun those of the lumbermen or hunter, 
 and these latt<'r gentlemen are inclined ti> 
 sneer at them as rseless. One or two 
 IuuiIh rimn of Ottawa who bad had tho 
 chagrin of seeing their crack runner* 
 
 they do not walk in Indian file, they saunter along two by 
 two, and very of. n'continue to do so through their niut- 
 iife. How many romances of the snonshoe could be writ- 
 ten were the s<cret.s id such Kcial lrnm|>s to b>einiR 
 known! But )tlie [wind wbis|Krs no echo of the y-ntly 
 sighed sentiments, and tin yniust be imagined. 
 
 Indian runners have acbievid most success in the dis- 
 tances over half a mile, but under thai distiinci' the white 
 m "n .ilmost always bi at them hollow. An amusing iiici 
 dent is told of Keroniare, perhaps the fleetest of the Iro 
 (juois who ever ran in Montreal. A dominion "Sirinter " 
 with some friends visit* d Caughnawaga, and arranged to 
 run liiui a racii of one hundred yards. Keroniare was 
 beaten ; two hundred yards. Kero..iare was beaten sgain ; a 
 qiiartiT of a mile, ^Keronia'e was again lx'at4'n — distanced. 
 At this he excitedly took off bis hat, threw it upon tho 
 ground, danced a war dance on it, and shrieked out, " mo 
 run you one miles, two miles, any miles at all I " Nerdlesa 
 to say the excited Indian Imd been quite taken by sur- 
 prise and his chagrin was great. In a two-mile race 
 afterwiirds this same Indian was able to beat a white man, 
 a uieuihcr of the Dominion Hnowahoc Club, some twenty 
 
FuauAKY, 1884. 
 
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 fNt, theoloMit ipproaoh tny whiki man ever made to him, 
 at that hi* ramoundiiiUnre. iind which hii then ran in 12.30, 
 having been well pushed. More tlian the uiual thare of 
 ihli akelah baa been devotrd tonnowahaeiuK, '"'' t^*' reaioo 
 that it i* the chief amon); Canadian iturdy apurta. It* 
 Totariaa a'e the leading ipiriu of the day. Without them 
 there had been no Carnival. Thej are the bone and 
 ainew of our oouatrj, and kome have beoome it« braina, 
 euergy, and money. baga too. Their piotureaque white 
 blanket ooaU and colored, aaahea, their taquea of blue, red, 
 green or varied colon lead much of the charm to the car- 
 nival. Our legielat'.ve halla, counting houaea, banka, bench 
 and bar can boaat of their snowshoera, all of them the oetter 
 for thi> KZerciaea uf their youth. 
 
 Laat year'n carnival wan enjoyed by the Uib(>iQ{aii 
 partim. At thr Montreal alile the viailora were nhown 
 how i|uickly the doaornl of a thnuaand feet nan be 
 made. All the myateriea were nxplained to viaiton who 
 deaireu Ui wf what it was like. How many hundred 
 New Yorker* were captivated by the, to theiu, novel eipe- 
 rienoe, was witnea-od by the number of toboggans of all 
 'iaes — memenUM — that were carried away Here it may 
 be said that the trophies carried across the lines ware 
 numerous. The toy aoowahoes made by the Indiana were 
 the chief object, but every one endeavored to carry home 
 something. Writers have poked ftin at our American 
 couains. They sm accused of having carried away many 
 portionsof the pyramida in Egypt, whole blocks of Pompeii, 
 
 stones shaped like a tea-bun with a handle 
 in it along the lie to reach agiven point — 
 the apex of a triangle— and WLich it, called 
 the tec. The niayeni have the advantage 
 in this— they i. "e all the fun. 
 
 The trottingraces upon the boeom of the 
 St. Lawrence was one of last year's attrac- 
 tions. A half-mile eonne staked out and 
 properly flagged, with ro<im for a dosea 
 horses abreast, and good turns for the light 
 cutters was laid out, and over this the mile 
 heals wer.- trotted in marvelous time. 
 
 Uo<;key, our American visitntH will re~ 
 cogniie at once. What New Han.iwhire 
 or Vermont boy has not played this game 
 with the old fashioned Dutch "turnup" 
 skates strappt^d upen bis feet ? How the 
 lakes and ponds among the granite hills 
 or tlic ice fringe of the New Yorkera' 
 Hudson, or nearer Lake Champlsin, have 
 rung with the shouts of the school-boy at 
 this splendid winter sport I It was intro- 
 duced hcrt among our skaters only a few 
 years ago as a fit substitute for lacrosse, 
 and many lac. " ? uivii play the game. To 
 the Dninitial<'i! it may be iiaid tliat it is 
 played with a flat block, made so that it 
 cannot be hit into the air. lu this it is 
 not so dangerous as " shinny," in which 
 the player mnst t«ke his chauce of a brokeu 
 ankle or a blackened eye occasionally. 
 Besides the game as pliyed on the ice her>; 
 has the merit of int«resting tiie spectators, 
 who eagerly waloh the block as it is hur- 
 ried about by the players. Each side 
 endeavors to send it through his opponent'' 
 goal, and the goalkeepers try to keep it 
 out, while the spectators' excited applause 
 spurs the players to their utmost exer- 
 tions. 
 
 Tobogganing, or ludian-sleigh sliding, 
 is another Cauadiaasport. and is entitled 
 to foremost rank as such. It is less vigor- 
 ous, but fully as ezliilarating as snowsh 
 oeing, while there is an excitement in it 
 because f the apparent danger. It is 
 not so hatardous as coasting, however, and 
 is much more pleasant than the alaruiing 
 ' bob-sled," Sometimes the toboggan 
 upsets its load, but they have not far to 
 fall, and are only rolled together uncere- 
 moniously. This load, let it be under- 
 stood, may be three or four ladies and the 
 steersman. The toboggan is a long flat 
 plank of cherry or some other tough 
 fibrous wood from one-eighth inch to one- 
 
 MOIJNTAIN PARK TOBOC.CAN SLIDl 
 
 and of having even ilxf'sued work» of ari in the Louvre. 
 But our ioe palaw was safe. .No great number of our 
 cousins ever undertook li> iship olT pieces from ths ioa 
 palaue and carry them home in their carpet bags. 
 
 The snowshiie >aoes were also well attended, aad io were 
 the fancy dreaa entertainmenta at the Victoria Skating 
 Rink alao very tVeely visited. Then the curling bop- 
 spiel induced to visit us several hundred curlera from 
 the country aide, Scotsmen, sons of Auld Scotia. Many 
 of thcae gentlemen were from New York, and the oevered 
 rinka in the city, rinks on the river side and elsewhere, 
 were all well attended. There is so much mathematica 
 in thia game that one almost fancies the iScota are trying 
 to solve a problem in Euclid. The sport oon 'sta in sliding 
 
 quarter inch iu thicknea. It may be 
 three or six feet in length, or more, and in 
 breadth a foot to two feet. It ia ribbed 
 across at intervals for strength, turned 
 up at the front end to de.'^ribe a half 
 circle, while alun); each upper aide ia a 
 light hand-rail running along its entire 
 length and placed about an inch or more 
 above the plank A cushioned scat may 
 embellish the toboggan or not, at will. 
 Most of them have excellent cushions. 
 Having arrived at the crest of the hill, 
 or slide, the toboggan is placed pointing 
 toward the stt^ep decline, and a lady 
 takes her place in trout, and holds on by 
 the dashboard, as it may be called, or 
 string's. Next to her, and behind, may 
 sit another lady who clasps her companion'f 
 shoulders. A third lady sits next, and 
 behind he* me steersman, who may — 
 gallantly is always permissibi — throw 
 his arm around her lo steiidy her. 
 (lenerally he has enou i;h to do 
 to take care of himself. " That one 
 is having a good time," said a well, 
 known New Yorker last wintei, who 
 saw a totiofjgaii careering down the 
 Montreal slide. The »t«er«man was us- 
 ing one foot to sieer with, while with 
 an arm he held the tabnggan, and, with 
 the other thrown gracefully around the 
 tiirm of a lady fair, steadied her as he 
 would have done in a walla. The 
 toboggan came nearer, and the auburn 
 curls floated gracefully over the shoulder 
 of the blanketed tbrm. " tie's doing it 
 well," continued the General. Nearer 
 came the toboggan, and the blue eyes of 
 the lady could now be seen sparkling 
 with ttie excitement of the quick 
 descent. " Gemmini ; it's my own 
 wife ! ' shouted the General, and the 
 laughter was loud and long in that 
 party. It was the lady's first slide, and 
 she wanted more; with the General in 
 front, induced at length to risk it, they 
 made the descent again and again. 
 
 Although the steersmen of to-day usu- 
 ally steer with the foot, after the coasting 
 method, the orthodox toboggan steering 
 is done with the hands. The steersman 
 sits at the stern with his face to the front 
 of the toboggan. In each band h« 
 ctrriea firmly grasped a sharp-pointed 
 hiokory or ironwood stick about six 
 inches long. He must keep his craft 
 straight for some given point, and if 
 
 it goes wrong an inch or two to the left he strikes hard 
 and deep with the left hand and his stick dragging 
 along the snow answers as a brake in bringing the head 
 and front of his craft level again. The same process is 
 reversed if he veers to the right. This class of steering 
 requires a cool h.4id, unfailing nerve, and a quick eye, 
 as, if the flying toboggan gets onoe fairly off' the correct 
 line a foot or two, it is almost certain to apill the oo- 
 cupanta. Then the fair damsels will go head-over-heels 
 in unpoeticoonfuaion. Sometimes, with the very youth- 
 fU people, (here is a charm in thus being mixed up, and 
 there ia quite a science in the proper upaet into a soft 
 drift. As a rule, though, no such diveraion is tried by 
 the elder gallanta; no, he ia considered a muff who 
 upaeta hii ladiea, and deaerrea it, too. When a oon- 
 oeited fop geta above his depth in any direction he ia to be 
 pitied, but when he makai hia appearance, on an nn- 
 maaageable toboggan, he ia trnly in a lamentable poaition. 
 
 Now he goes sideways, then backwards, utterly helpless, 
 while his ladies scream with terror, and the flying toboggans 
 of experienced men which follow him have all that they 
 can do to keep from running into him. He has lost bis 
 steering sticks, and hope fails. The cold perspiration that 
 luns down his back ends only when the crack of doom 
 comes, and aome one runs into him. Over the whole party 
 goes into the snow. Then he tries to smile and make 
 the girls believe it to be part of the sport. Sometimes 
 he runs into a tree and smashes his craft to splinters 
 and bruises bis head. He never knocks his brains out. 
 Fopa never have any. But the man who shcoessfully steers 
 his party to the bottom assists bis ladiea to rise, and, chatting 
 pleaso::4y, the party slowly make their way back again 
 for another alide, shaking the snow firom akirta and bloom- 
 era, fbr (heee are often worn, and are very comfortable. 
 
 The " Tales of the Toboggan " wooM not be a bad title 
 for a atory, aad would form a eompanioo to the " Bomanoe 
 
 of the Snowshoe." Possibly they are yet to come. There 
 goes the throng ; all life. Flashing eyes, more lovely to the 
 6euiu' than the stars ; slow, very slow, steps retraced to 
 the slide top, solicitations for the feminine comfort, the 
 strong arm around the graoefiii form, and the swish-ish- 
 ish-.ihish of the toboggan, as its friction on the snow grates 
 on the ear. It is the only known grating sound that has 
 any sentiment about it. Perhaps "grating" unfltty des- 
 cribes it. Bat, to come back to practical matters, the 
 novice had better steer left shodlder forward, with the 
 right foot thrown out as he does in coasting. It ia easier 
 and safer. 
 
 In the "good old timea" the toboggan parties were 
 of the primitive order. There was not quite so muoh 
 ■tyle abont (ham, and no neoeaity for erecting (he- 
 woodan didei of to-day. Theae are splendidly arran- 
 ged. On gala nig'ata (hey are aglow with light. 
 Lamps hang in rows the entire leng(h of (he Moa(> 
 
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 BISHOPS WINTER cXwTIVAL ILLUSTRATED 
 
 KdlKUARY IHH4 
 
 
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 tee ^alare. 
 
 () I'alaw of mtrvellouit beauty and light, 
 Like a chrinc of enchantment thou art to the sight 
 A« sparkling with pride 'neath the Sob'h fond oarew 
 Thou bluahcat with love's ooiucious joyful ezoea. 
 
 Ten thousand bright jewls, from Neptune's realm won 
 (,'omptwe thy weird structure, where daily the sun 
 And nightly the Moon, in turn sparkiingly play 
 Through each lunar ripple and bright nolar ray. 
 
 Like «>me ancient temple upreared to the Sud, 
 As cliuxte as a fiir bride, as pure as a nun. 
 Result of stem winter's imperious ciminiands 
 Fitting tribute Ut it in these northern laudc. 
 
 Thy empire. O ice king i» stern and severe, 
 But it has rare pleasures which all hiiU most dear. 
 We, our loved winter pa.stimes to greet thee oonyoke 
 And the goddess of health with thee <laily invoke. 
 
 In gleeful assemblage, we now celebrate, 
 
 Thy reign, through toboggons, curling, snow-shoes and skate. 
 
 And euttiuii along to th'e sleigh-btlls blithe sound 
 
 U'er rivers, and meadows and snow-mantled ground. 
 
 Then hurrah for the Palace, the iee king, ilie snow, 
 
 Around them let mirth and hilarity flow. 
 
 Hurrah for our Governor, country and main. 
 
 God blens our beloved Queen, aud hiiig may ilie reign 
 
 H.S. Baitersbv. 
 
 Our lllustratiiins. 
 
 Many of these will have been recognized for what they are 
 ere this meets the reader's eye, at least by Canadians; 
 but lor the benefit of our friends who have not recognised 
 them, and to whom the Carnival is a revelation, u word or 
 two will not be amiss. The cover represent* a young gal- 
 lant steering his fair charge down the steep, while he 
 looks anxiously straight to the front to see the course he 
 must steer, the lady is limking back at a small poodle 
 which has scampered after it« mistress. The pictnie is 
 heightened by its dnrk ehocolati' liiil 
 
 niH HARREL RAC t ON SKATHS. 
 
 The 6rst page shows a capital sketch of Old Canada 
 and Young Canada. The figures are those of hale old age, 
 and he stands looking down at the younger Canada as if 
 wondering what he will be twenty years hence. The 
 youngster stands with both hands in his sash, as t' oiigh in 
 trowser pockets, and he leaks at his senior as if he were 
 impatient to be as big, as sturdy, and as capital a ibow- 
 shoer. There seems to be a spring about the young 
 fellow from his moocasin to his jaunty tuque that speaks 
 volumes for him. 
 
 May he be all he promises aud may we have a 
 nation like him. 
 
 The third-page picture represeota the ourlen at their 
 game, and is an interior of the Thistle Curling Club's 
 Rink. In one place is the " skip." who commands hii> 
 players, and who calls upon his fellow curlers to''Boop" 
 (sweep) her up. If the stone is not coming fast enough to 
 reach the place he wishes to have it. The ioe is thus 
 swept to give the stuiu' smooth ioe to run upon. A group 
 stands near the " tee " watching the coming stone, while 
 the bystanders are stretching their necks to see the result 
 of the shot. In another plaoe a player has just taken his 
 shot, and the stone is sliding quickly along the ice. On 
 the other side a numbi^r of curlers are playing at a 
 second rink, <\nd altogether there is agood deal of animation 
 in the sketch. 
 
 The Tuque Bleu toboggan slide lorms another full-page 
 sketch on page 4. It shows the slide, which is arched and 
 ornamented with evergreen, and which is animated with the 
 preM'Uoe of s<;ores of laiies And gentlemen. It is night, 
 and thi' lamps are alight, while the glow from the broonae 
 or camp fire lights up a irniup of gay y uths who stand 
 around it Ut wurui themselves. The coasting scenf. 
 occupies page 5, :ind shows a large number of boys and 
 girls In thi' full enjoyment of the exciting sp)ii It is, 
 perhaps, Cote de» Neiges Hill. The sixth page contains 
 the ■' living areh " through which His Kxcellency the gov- 
 ernor General is to pass on h's way to Ike hotel, and 
 from which scores of sturdy snowshoers give Her I^ady- 
 ship a hearty weleoni". The arch, or rather triple 
 arches, is in the form of a bee hive, and is surmounted by 
 the country's flair. Each of the snowshiM'rs is part of the 
 arch, and holds a flag. 
 
 The driving scene and procession is admirably shown, 
 the artist taklii'.' a wide range and the procession 
 
 of handsome sleighs and horses moving down I'cel street, 
 past the Windsor Hotel by way of l> rchester and Cathe- 
 dral streets towards the city. The garrison artillury hall, 
 one of the magsifioent events, occupies the eighth page. 
 The ball room is at \U liveliest, and the ornaments shown 
 are all of the military oast. A dais, for the Qovemor, 
 o-urlooks the gay throng, and the unifornui have a spark- 
 ling appearance. Panel pictures represent th'. entrance 
 and a monogram of the Vice Regal guests wit'' ihcir Ciuard 
 of Honor. The great masquerade at the Victoria Skating 
 Rink makes an excellent pintiire, and the figures an' ailmir- 
 ably shown. The Mohawk Indian and the Mongolian 
 warrior, the Jack Tar und tli' inimilable eivilixod Kthio- 
 plan, along with sprites and gnomes, harlequins and ilie 
 mocked majesty of past centuries are very well shown, 
 while the ice grotto is the central figure of the picture 
 The tenth page sketoh shows the snowslioe doing cross 
 country work, and the runners in the mountain sueple 
 chase are evidently having a sharp struggle for the hud 
 at the hili leadin to "the Pines." This is the spot at 
 wliie'i the runner finds that ti. - worst of his race is done, 
 and thi' rest of it is on the down grade, when he whh can 
 run may make up time for that lost in the mountain ascent. 
 The siu)Wshoers have, as will be seen, divestA^d themselves 
 of their blanket wiats. in order to euabl. them to run wiih 
 a great(!r ease. The Park slide on page 11, gives an 
 idea of the Mountain Park Toboggan (!lub's pr erve 
 among the very best V-ept of the whole of the toboggan 
 slides. The ladies seem to enjoy it. Hockey on the ie*', 
 on page I "2. shows the old-fashioned gume with new rules, 
 and the m,'n arj str.ving for victory for the ('luh to which 
 each side owes allegiance. The goalkeeper's attitudi:, 
 and, in fact, the whole pietiir-, gives the attitude of Lacrosse 
 I nil skates. The Barrel Haoe, on pa'.'O \'.i. shows the skat- 
 ing race in course of which the uteii are rei|uired to tiver- 
 come iibslach^s. The barrels are without ends, and the 
 skaU-rs are shown in the effort to get through, the success 
 mid the failure, one of the contestants finding the barrel a 
 slip|MM'y conductor, harder to manage than the skates. 
 I'age 14 is devoted entirely to the comic side of the 
 Cirnival. The sketches tell their own tale of the expcri- 
 en'-*>s, hMh of visitor and citUen 
 
KiBRU/^RY, 1884 
 
 BISHOP'S WINTKK CARNIVAL ILLUSTRATED 
 
 It 
 
 ri'tl riiili Kliili'. tiiil Ihi' U>li<i;:;ri<iii *^ clcuci'iiil in I i\ft 
 \aff* flaiikiU "n ■"IIut »ii|i' hy v»rci(rnb I \i^\,w Tli^ «■ 
 ii'/e lur^r iiih] -iiih'' ! tii|iN m)IU>' Inr oriiHLM'iit lutil I'tlirrrt 
 I'lir un'. They I'niiihliii' in ii IUll^t ciiariiiiii;< .mil rnlryllki' 
 •IHY'Ui'li', which iiHiii he Ki'i'ii U) hu a|i|iri'ciiiii'(l 
 thoniu^hly 
 
 TH* IKATINO. 
 
 ThiK in not |ii'<!uli>rly a Caiiaditn iip<irt; that it. w« 
 hiivi' III) uiiini>)i<>ly III' it, and liltic nctiilH l« hf rnid of it. 
 Whi 'pr I'rmit in ciiHTiniiwil. thrr« almithc Kkalir eninu. 
 Owing t4> till' hravy ralli* ofunoM, whii-h wi' hnvu in Lower 
 Canada, onr irc-lmiiiiil wutiT'* %lfori| iih little Firi>|iii liii' 
 Hkating' an lh« nniiw KOttlix npiin PvtTMliiii); to tlii' (l>|itli 
 of hcviTal t'lTl. NcviTtliilihS, tliiTi arc Iuti' u'icI tliirr 
 patohpN nl' gnoil ice on all tin* poniU erruii-il liy ni<-lti-il 
 Know fni'iing. It in noi ho niiioh about outdiHir un indoor 
 ■katin); that a 'rord or two may b' Mkid. In Monlrial 
 are M'vrral rinkn, ihu lar^i'Ht of which in Victiiria, on 
 Drtiniuioiid ntrecl. It in anion); the lai');rston the conliiunt. 
 and in in aplnndid ordiT. Mont of thu other rlnkn iirc in 
 piirtK of the oity wli'Ti' llivy attract the youth of both 
 ncxcti, and gaiety and uurridn lit are thu ruling liaturrn. 
 Kvpry rink han itx patronn, ai o the rivalry in very great, 
 b<ith an to nkating and variety uf Diuni|uerade eutertnin 
 inrntn. Thenr rinkn nup|ily the plaev of dancing pnrtien. 
 nn't iiarentji who wonid not aUow their sonn or daught<>rs 
 to attend a ball or anni'Dibly give free and cheerful connent 
 to the young people who n|H'nd a few evining honrn at 
 the rink, nkatiuj; to the niu-ie uf a good band. At the 
 Vict<iria rink, the convcnienwn are ve'y great, and the 
 iubncriben rcprenent thu rich and '.veil t«-d(. cla'ex'n. iiii- 
 pro|H'rly called arintocratic, in thia deiniK*iatio honiinion. 
 The fttiiey-drcw' partien are unrivalled, lientleinen who 
 have done the continent of Kurope declare that nowhere, 
 even in St. PcU'mburg, are there better nkatem or greater 
 vi.riely of enteitiiininent. To stand on ihu platform of a 
 drew evening and watch the ever changing seene in to 
 imagine that here are delegatcn from all eenturien, racen. 
 i:.'i!iditionH and rankn of nationn, and even aniuiain above 
 the eiirlli and under the earth, for anjjeln and npri^n are 
 plentiful, while ghniiln are iiunieri>U'<. and there is alwaya 
 an mid devil in the uiinoellaheoun throng. 
 
 TROTTINI) l>.1 TMC let.. 
 
 Trotting nii the ice may truly rank among (Canadian win- 
 !ei nportn though it i-* mil cxclunively t'anadiun. Tn 
 
 ,Montreu| the ii|Hirt ban I n all that can Ih' had during 
 
 the winter moiitlin, inilennwe ineliide the no<;ial driven, and 
 it in well known that " horniiy " men do not affect WM'ial 
 driven to any very greiit client A capital courne in gen 
 erally laid betwitn the INiiinccourH Market and thcCunlom 
 lloune. and every wintir the fant horncn are there driven 
 with light i'uiti<rn hi'hiiid them. There arc three day* of 
 the nport during carnival week and two thoiinand dollarn 
 given in prizes. 
 
 Till (MIHI.IKh' RDARIN' (IAMI 
 Curling may In' dcncribeil an a naturaliied game, bor- 
 r.iwed from .\iild .Siotin liobert Biirnn' counirymen cling 
 naturully to Hoolland'n traditionn, but more unaciounly 
 do they adhere t4i her manly np4irlH--thi une In'ing part 
 of the other, |M'rhapn. There are likely to be several hun 
 dred keen curlern here from all partn of the continent, and 
 their eoinp<'titi«n will lant through the week. Their rinka 
 will Ix' managed by local ciirlerN , and while there in nothing 
 of a n|icctaole about the game, except to thnao who under- 
 ntaiid ita myntcrien, it affuidn amuncment to thoae who 
 wati-h the niayern an they ply their buny broumn, sweeping 
 the ice clear of obniructionn in front of the ntonea an the 
 playem nlide them along in coiinto of the game. It in to 
 the Hootch what bowla or nkittlen are to the Knglinhnian. 
 eiccpt that there in a good deal more nkill and ncience 
 required in playing it. It in called the " rourin' game " 
 becaune of the peculiar roar or ringing aound the atones 
 make when uacd on ice in the Highland glenn, and which 
 cohoea through the little valleyn and among the hilU until it 
 growl much louder than the original noine 
 
 JUobogganing. 
 
 Hurrah ' hurrah ! for an evening'n apnrt, 
 
 Kicitiiig henlihy and free, 
 Over the mountain to the fiinioiia iliiU, 
 
 Where all am in highcnt glee. 
 
 We'v.' Indian mo<'canin« on our feet. 
 
 With hone of female fame, 
 Whiti' kniekerbockcrn of blanket cloth, 
 
 And eapacloua IVook thenme. 
 
 With (anneh'd 'i/iyiicand tanly naah, 
 
 Fringe Houliiii: at the nide. 
 The pietiirewjiie contiime n eompleto ; 
 
 And meriln the loliogganer'n pride. 
 
 The ladicH. loo, in a connei valive way. 
 
 Adopi the blanket white ; 
 And in tiny moceaaiun, embroidered neat, 
 
 They ve a merry ntep and light. 
 
 How gleamn the treen, no nnowy whit4'. 
 
 An we climb lli. mountain nide : 
 Iciolen deck tliiir leafleaa limbn. 
 
 Like pearla on a fair young bride. 
 
 Now we impatiently wait our turn, 
 
 At the iliirl, by the op<'r. ^at<', 
 To laiincli our craft on the icy ntiep. 
 
 And learn itn uiicertaii Site. 
 
 Away wc go, in mimnlight nheen. 
 
 Over the frozen niiow, 
 Through the fronty air that tiut« the cheek 
 
 With nature's ruddy glow. 
 
 lAiud ringa the laugh through the joyoua crowd. 
 
 At a eollinioii here or there ; 
 While tnnneln on the jaunty luijiiet 
 
 .\re tosned in the evening air. 
 
 Think you we dnail i.iir h inters niiow 
 Or iln C'iiii| r. keen, nl'.arp IVoil '.' 
 
 No ! nil lii> iirunit (louiiiin we <rather. 
 lien our enlerlaiiiiiig liont 
 
 Montreal. .iBiiuarv 111, 1H84. 
 
 Fritz. 
 
 
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 TOBOOOANS, 8K0WSH0ES, MO00A8IN8, *o.. Ao. 
 
 LANTHIER & CO., 
 
 271 NOTRE DAME STREET, 
 
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 $2.75 
 
 tl.50 fklr. 
 
 THO0. ALLAXT A CO., 
 
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 GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY, 
 
 91. BO 
 
 $1.8B 
 
 THE ONLY GENUINE 
 
 -THOMSON PIPE," 
 
 JOHN DUNCANS & SONS' 
 
 CKLEBRATED 
 
 TURKISH CIGARETTES 
 
 I Sent by poat to any part of th« Dominion], 
 SOLE AGENT, 
 
 128 St James St, 1341 St. Catherine Sta. 
 
 — KKI'kKSKNIINi. rllK — 
 
 WINTER AND SUMMER SPORTS OF CANADA. 
 
 167 Sir. JAMES STREET, 
 
 MONTREAL_ 
 
 WILL REMOVE ON THE FIRST OP MAY 
 
 TO - 
 
 luwv dtr. i'4i'iiijsi4uus n'lmixjt^ (OiuMMt^o JiUntit)* 
 
 (lai,ds mrul la all part* of Iba World fn* vrrbargr. 
 
 A MaFi. aii.1 rnvnhia) rrMii.ily liir 
 i'tiufik*, diMM, lliHtr»rnriu>, ilV., 
 
 .IV. srni'ri.\K ,- n imi-hh,. 
 
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 t'liirry an. I II.Mtrln.iih.l l>.i n.il I'.iii- 
 IiiiiimI it Willi any "f llif many iiri'|Mra- 
 tioim uF till, paiiir tiatiir* a.rv,'rliNr.| 
 iii.w-a-.lav> H<'K thai ymi K'l ^i'KI'- 
 CINKwIirii villi anil Fur il K.ir aalo 
 I'vcrywlif rf, 'i.^.v aiul .^0^^ (mt IkiuIo 
 
 li24 8T. CATHERHE STREET, 
 
 d doora e««t oF IVi'l Hirpf i. 
 
 Toboggans and Cushions, 
 
 ^loccasiiu, 
 
 CARNIVAL SOUVENIRS. 
 Indian ^% BICYCLES 
 
 DeZouche&Atwater, 
 
 Sol* Agrntd For the Crlrbnled 
 
 PIANOS 
 
 E. & C. GUHNEY & CO.. 
 
 385 & 387 St. Paul Street, 
 MONTREAL, 
 
 WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS 
 
 — or — 
 
 STOVES, RANGES. 
 
 FURNACES, 
 
 REGISTERS, 
 
 Oast Iron Pipe and Fittings, 
 
 PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES, 
 
 Ac, <Skc. I 
 
 I MLLA/rS CANADIAN JBiVBLLBRY. 
 
 WHTSON \ Pelton, 
 
 — AdKNTH FOn- 
 
 Tlie Coventry Macliiniis' Co,, 
 
 CELEBRATED BICYCLES. 
 
 A LABOR flr.ii'K iir 
 
 ]BIO 
 
 of all grade* to arrive In Sprliig, 
 
 mrmtTKiii or 
 
 ■ LBOTRO-PLATR, POLiailBD BRAM OOOaS, 
 
 LKMAHtK^H OPKMA OLAIMKa, 
 
 niABHLK MANTKL CI.OCKa. 
 ABTK'l.KS FOK 
 
 WEBBING PRESENTS 
 
 A SPECIALTY. 
 
 AND 
 
 MASON 4 HAMLIN ORGANS, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 1818 ESTABLISHED 1818. 
 
 SAVAGE & LYMAN 
 
 Invite Strangers and Tourists visiting the City to the Inspection of 
 their rich and varied assortment of 
 
 l.V EVERY VAIilKTY OK MANl'FACTUnE, SrKCIALLY 
 
 TOBOGGANS, SKATES, SNOWSHOES AND LACROSSES, 
 
 or TilBlU OWN UAKB AND DEiSKiN, 
 
 Sultnble SouveiiirB of our Winter CariiivaL 
 
 247 ST. Cr^T^^ES STI5/EBT, 
 
 Third Door from Victoria Square. 
 
 Wholesale and Retail. ■ 
 
 INSPECTION INVITED, 
 
 53 St. Sulpice Street. 
 
 ALEX. C. CLARL 
 
 (Meniler of llif Hpffiilar Board of Rrokers), 
 ISTO. 323 
 
 JSfotJ^e Ddme St., 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 P.O. Box SOO. 
 
 SEE WM. KING & CO.'S FUENITUEE ADVERTISEMENT ON BACK COVER. 
 
FRIiaUAli* 1MN4 
 
 iKiRHiiYES i mm, 
 
 CHAS ALEXANDER. 
 
 Guyrrsis-riix^-j^u PlIOTflC'iAPHEBS. 
 
 A cm h,A r H 1-: til II i kin off 
 
 All ib<< i]<*«ii«l>|o anil lalrii »i,*jMt« 
 
 Corner Notre Dame k St. Lambert Sti. 
 
 RONAYNE BROS. 
 
 219 ST. JJ^Is/LJaa STI^^HEIT. 
 
 All 1,111.1. or - -- 
 
 CAKES. PASTKY. Etc.. | 
 
 CANDIES, CREAMS, EON SONS, 
 
 CARAMELS AND CHOCOLATES, 
 iWirrmotcd puro knd fresh dalljri, pul up lu boxr« lo auit purubMcru, 
 
 — A I ao — 
 CRYSTALIZKU FRUITS 
 -^-^ WEDDIRC BBEAKFAST AID SUPPER PARTUS SUPPLIED 
 
 iDiisriisra- h^^ll. 
 
 BBEAKl'Jkar, DlNNEUuud TLA, UOT uuU COLD LUNCUEOlft,] 
 
 Oyixara marvid in mvir'j »tyl« nil hoiirn of th* day. {COSTUMES, ETC., AT THE STUDIO 
 
 1 BLF.URY STREET. 
 MoNTiniAI.. 
 
 TOBOOOAN, 8N0WBH0E, AND 
 SKATING PIOTDRBS 
 
 A 8PE0IALTT. 
 
 >v >1l v^ i^:m. 
 
 EUREKA. OHYSOALE & PALLA8CI0, 
 
 iMrnHTRtm or 
 
 HARDWARE. 
 
 Tlu> nvw and inoal ciiiiTeiiirnt 
 Uia ataui Bwiti'h. Made of oTen | 
 tiHir 
 
 Alao the Largoat^Aaaortmont 
 •I Ihi. lollowiiiK rcdiKt'd priiH'H. 
 
 2 Ounces 16-incli Hail loi $1.50 „ ,„ , „ „ . ,. 
 
 2 ouncesi8-iiici)Haiffo[ $U5 jBDilders aDd Hoise FnrDishiDii M, 
 
 2 Ounces 20mcl] Hair lor $2,00 
 
 Mechanics Tools etc. 
 
 Retail SDoe Estatilisbmciit iii \U Dqididiod. 
 
 I!».' AND l!'4 NoTliK l>AMK ST \VK8T. 
 
 iKORMK.KIVST .losri'll XT 1 
 
 chaboillez square. 
 
 %rar <i, T. H. Ilrixil, KVaWTIIBAI.. 
 
 6 First Prizes and Diploiiiu ul Honor 
 
 EXHIBITIONS 1880 & 1881, 
 
 LADIES' HATS Ai BONNETS. 
 
 All the LatoHt Stylea alwaya ill atook. 
 ttiul iiiado or WATER CURL HAIR, 
 ut troiii no oenta to te.OO. 
 
 3 Ounces 22Hncli Hair lor $4,00 
 
 4 Ounces 24mcli Hair lor $6,00 
 
 235 and 237 St Lawrence Street, 
 
 MONTREAL. _ 
 
 Itirfri lii,|M.itc'-». nii'l .L.tii'^TM in 
 
 FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. 
 
 Ladira* «ad U*iillrwD*a Anowaboe ('•■innea 
 luadr 1(1 order. 
 
 tiRLiw mem. 
 
 8PIRIT UMP8. 
 ^a.rxa; akxxd fllllls. ^a.lx> XTetai. 
 
 Orders hy Mnil iwoeivB Car-rriil «iid Ptompt Aitsiillon 
 
 1. PAIiNER A SON. 359 Notre Dame Street. 
 
 ST. LAWRSITOS ISALL^ 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 ■■NBT HO«AI«. Proprietor. ' 
 
 TliiH lli'te'i. iiii-liit)irif[ \\if friiirr block n Kirh in adaiirablj 
 MiiiNtp«t. t>rii>^ in tlir Trry liviirl •! Ih* i'\ij and mntifiiuu^ 
 to th« (Iftirral l*M»t Oflirr, public Hiitl<lin(rrt and iith»r placftt 
 of liitrr^Mi anil if H•lllitl«•lt^ liaii n-rfiiilv Ur^n arqmrpti h)- Mr 
 llogan, Uif rurnif r ProiTi^ior, wlio haa FiHiidaninfl; and appro 
 priatdy ileriiraT^ aoti rvbofi»tifd (hf inti-riur, aid rumpleulj 
 rfhted .tlip wh<)|r ot the aparttiiPDU witii nrw rurnitun*, cotn|iriiing 100 lyw rmiiDt, nialtiog |b» 
 prenrnt nuuiliar orHparlm^nt't 2&0 A orw and Rlegant PMitCDger Rlarator bit mIio brrD add^d, aud 
 (he lUlId and Public RotiiiiA arf tiffb cd hy the Kipclrie and iiicandaicent tigbii.'niakiug it Ihe ii.Agt 
 attraciivrlv lighted Mut**! in Uif hotninion 
 
 Tbr Ilutrl it iiudrr (he iiniiirdiate |>rnuDp| HuparviHi^iun of Mr Mogan, than whom do one In b«ttar 
 ifiialihed lu roi.diirt an huitrlrT of inch magnitude aa the 8t Lawrenre I..'1, and than wh»in ao oaa 
 hai gaiufd a batter reputation ai an obliging, geoeroiii and cuaiideraui b*it. 
 
 All aa««B^'« C'haelia aliauld ka gW«a tu ih* r*rt«ra la «lleadan««. 
 
 TSMMM MODEMATE. 
 
 ®8nu Garbs, '^iiuilalious. Tisiling Sarhs, 
 
 ExqaiBitoly Engraved aad Printed io the Lttoat Btytot. 
 GEO. BISHOP & CO., 
 
 160 St. James Street 
 
 SKATES, SKATES, SKATES, 
 Fine Table and Pocket Cutlery, 
 
 91 ST. JAMES STREET WEST, 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 BY THE THOUSAND. 
 
 t»TABllSHEO 11103. 
 
 ESTABIISHID I80J 
 
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 OF LONDON. I 
 
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 rii:T niii ivt sii^u ubli luiivi:* 
 
 IISIBITIOXC 
 
 A. BISHOP STEWART, 
 
 niBMOB. t'ORNIC'K mat 
 
 PIl'TI RK rKA nit .llaBaMclarar. 
 
 GILTHOULDINGS, 
 
 Wholesale and Betai). 
 
 743 CRAIG STREET, 
 
 Nr.l Ihi V. M C, A. Building,. 
 
 Old Prames Bc-Oilt Equal to New. 
 
 A Cleamint and stimulatiflg Fluid for tlii Hair. 
 
 It Prevents Dandruff, 
 It Prevents Falling, 
 
 It keeps the Scalp Healthy, 
 It Stimulates the Orowth. 
 
 It is perfectly harmless to 
 thi) Constitution 
 
 It is especially adapted to 
 Family use. 
 
 For Sale at all Drug Stores, 
 as Canta per Bottle. 
 
 HBNRT R. «HAT, 
 
 Olxoxxxlat, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 G. ARMSTRONG & CO., 
 
 Victoria Square, Montreal. 
 
 SEND FOR CATAILOGUE 
 
 CHAS. 0. EDWARDS, 
 
 Manufacturer of 
 
 — tUD — 
 
 BUHOLAR PROOF 
 
 SAFES. 
 
 No. 39 St. James Street, West, 
 
RIUAlif 1MH4 
 
 HEBS, 
 
 ITRBET. 
 
 :ai^. 
 
 AKD 
 
 CTUBU 
 
 i SPEOIALTT. 
 
 "HE STUDIO 
 
 LLASCIO, 
 
 \RE. 
 
 rQisbiDi Goods, 
 
 )ls etc. 
 SKATES, 
 et Outlsry, 
 
 EET WEST, 
 \L. 
 
 fSAND. 
 
 G & CO., 
 
 Montreal. 
 
 AILOG UE . 
 
 WARDS, 
 
 :r of 
 PROOF 
 
 Street, West; 
 
 T TT ]>: 
 
 Mo\AM 
 
 DAILY AM) WEEKLY. 
 
 CIRCULATION NINETY THOUSAND. 
 
 During fh" |»a«*^ ton 
 yeaiu, th(! Montkkai, Stak 
 hjiH incruiwod in circu- 
 lation at a raU! even 
 l»i!yon(l tlic iiuirvnilousi 
 growth of till! city «)f 
 Montreal. In nearly 
 every town, village and 
 hamlet within the bor- 
 ders of this great Domi- 
 nion where the English 
 language Im spoken, there 
 the MoNTRKAi. Star is to 
 be found the welcomed 
 guest in the most thrifty 
 homes. In the Province 
 of Ontario, the journalis- 
 tic nursery of the Doini- 
 ni(m, the Star hua an 
 established circulation 
 exceeding twenty thou- 
 sand, tvhilc! in all the 
 other Provinces its wide 
 circulation amongst ct)m- 
 mercial men, bankers, 
 millers, doctoi-s, lawyers, 
 manufacturers and farm- 
 ers, proves that it is Tiik 
 Paper or thk Dominion. 
 Men and women on both 
 sides of politics in this 
 country, realise the ne- 
 cessity for an independ- 
 ent paper, that haa the 
 courage to tell the truth, 
 and the general desire 
 for impartial journalism 
 has been productive of a 
 steady growing demand 
 for a" fearless, enterpris- 
 ing paper like the Stab, 
 which owes allegiance to 
 no political party, and 
 which criticizes men and 
 things on their merits. 
 
 The Great Family and Commercial Paper of 
 British America. 
 
 ENTERPRISING ! INDEPENDENT ! 
 
 AND FEARLESS! 
 
 Ten years ago Tut: Star 
 'was an institution nf in- 
 signitlcant proportions. 
 To-day it is read all over 
 the land. Wherever there 
 is a regular mail service 
 there are to bo found sub- 
 scribers to the MoNTRKAL 
 Star. TI rice in ten years 
 it lia.s been forced to tre- 
 ble the capacity of its 
 mechanical facilities. 
 The old-tashioned slow 
 single-cylinder press was 
 discarded for a double- 
 cylinder fiust Machine. 
 This wius supplanted 
 by the first web perfect- 
 ing niiu'hine brought in- 
 to Canada, a machine 
 tliat iittiacted the atten- 
 tion and commanded the 
 iiduiiration of The Star's 
 coiitenn)oraries far and 
 near. This in its turn 
 wa.s displaced by two ot 
 the most modern im- 
 proved, lightning print- 
 ing, cutting and folding 
 machines, with a capaci- 
 ty for turning out by 
 iiutoniatic arrangement 
 from the continuous web 
 of white paper, fortythou- 
 sand perfect jjapers per 
 hour, ready for delivery 
 to the vendors. The 
 great success ot The Star 
 is due to fearless fairness 
 and persistent enter- 
 prise. Its advertising 
 patronage has kept un- 
 wavering pace with its 
 circulation. 
 
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 WINTER AMUSEMENTS. 
 
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 Winter ushers in the tn 
 term of Canadian En- - 
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 Winter Sports. These 
 very Sports however, 
 are conducted, as a 
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 health, that entail ret- 
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 of SORE THROATS, 
 COUGH, HOARSE- 
 N ESS, and a derange- 
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 Gentlemen visiting Montreal are invited to call and examine 
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