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Lt'Moiiif, rhy, of Ni5i({iiiii. 1 Invu Quebec for three good rortHoiia; one, Her inatchlesB beuuty botli of earth and sky, Her famous story of the years gone by ; And last for sake of him, her worthy son, Bone of her bone, whose facile pen lias run Through tomes of legendary lore whicli vie With what the world loves best ; and so love I Quebec for these good reasons, and uiutii The plinths of Wolfe and Montcalm hiy my hand. And call to witness all the varied land. Seen from the lofty ca[)e'8 embattled coigne Mountain and vale and city, isle and stream. Resplendent in the memories that beam Ul)on them from the pages of LeMoine. June, 1884, W. KiRBY. /i i n •!»-t^fi>I»flfc!«HW*i*S*«iMBBiSW«Ma!.-a* 'm HITEBUBy FETE ilT THE miSflN ClUB AT <|UKREC\ nth NOVKMIIKR, 1888. Presentation of the Fla,j of Canada to J. M. L^Moino. Thu itresentiition to J. M. 1 .11 — ••••o--w.li wii 111,: in.« lower ercc 0(1 on ieoii Cliil), A most rcch^rchi lunch Im.l l)een ordered for the occniiion The tollowu.K nnnu.8 aj.p.,ar on tho «.hlr,.«8. hrn-le.l .w followH • - " " Prewntcl to J. M. L.-Moin... author of I'ir/uresaue Qiuhec .C.- or h,8 unfrmg hterury Hforts to a.H historical intc'rS to the altrac' tioiiH ol tho CanmUnii hou.t-s round the city." His Worship the Hon KK8. LANGELIKR (*) RofeVASioN:::.;. &""■""""'••• T K wnuovTitr r- . V\ estHeld. J. B. tORSYTH, LientPiiant-fo one! Rosliu W. HKKRINO £~- ALFRED FURNISS. cnswood. THOS. BECKETT BardfieH pv \\r I uiViViV t iprniont. EVAN J. PRICE Woleffipl.l ANDREW THOAISON. . . Bih^n ARCHIBALD CAMI'BELI ;; Thoiuhill FRM. J. STOCKWELL. . 'n.„ H „n . CHA8. V. TEMPLE. .. . . .v.'.; ■::;;•■" .. "'8':i'*"''»- FROST GRAY, Lieutenant ColoneL ......St. MichMl'a GE(^HGE HOLMES PARKE R incfidd J AS. BO WEN, Jr .... Redcl vffp HENRY DINNl NO . . . . lS pU„, -. ANDRKW r ^o'?^^rvt"d^^'^^'i»"^^ '-^y ••" »» popuianz. .~„ ".'■■■= ".luiMBo no aiis a .na more than x among strangers our old city and its environs- Yours truly, Signed, F. Lanqeukb ' — 2 — After ilUiuwiinK tlit various niMrn on tli.- l.ill of („r.-, Colon. I lUiodci., the (.'Imirmim, i.roiMwnl tlie iifdlth of the hoiiou.l guot : (iKNii.K,.MKN, - You i.n- iill i.wHr.- that Mr. l-rMoiric, him lu'eu miikiUKwiii.; v.ry louHi.U-riil.K' iiii|.rov.ifi.iiU iit hJH rrnideur.., ii,vo|. viiiK II luw Iroi.t to hii> houw! with » tow.r nii.l IhiKhtiiH. It Iuih tliere- loriU.t.<.u iiujuKhtuKoo.lo,i..,riuiiily fnrhiH u.iKhi.oi-H to .ontrilmt.. M a. Souvenir, uu(i thn t'oiiiiiiittei' havu deculfd to olftr — it lltiir About forty y..uiy.Knwh..i, 1 w. « an KuniKU iu U.r Aluj...ly'h 0«tli l{r,^iu..-ui o L.Klit Inlantry, I wan .iuart..r.Hl at Maroou Town, in the Inland ol Jamaica, Hud on the ocuHion of new xohnirH iieinu prew-nted to the Uegim.iit, I w»h entrusted witli the ,«re of the Keiri. inental eolmi s. lu Untinh l!eKin..iit« tiiere are two .oIou.h. the liuoeiiH uud th. Uegiinentil. It is ui.„u the hwt tiiat the uaiu.H of the places and the o.T.uion« wh«re the liegin.ent has diMiiiKuihlied itself are inH..nl«.d. The«e . oiours W. re presented to us hv 1 adv (loinme, wit„ of Sir Wilham (iomn.e. tiie (i.ner.d in eo n,nd Thev were slterwards carried l.y the regiment through th- Crimean a:.,l the In. laii wars an.l are now .1. iK.site.l as asa.re.l gift t., the parisli church ol Leeds, wiure I saw tii.iii last wint.r .luring a v sit to England tolours.iregiventor.-gin.eutsasau.ark.)f honour an.l Ibr good and huthUl servic, ; I th.r.dbre think ihat the .on.miltee has lafMi happy in Its choice ot the euiideni we propose to pr."s.'nt to o.ir guest. Mr LcMou.... A Hug IS a sign of luthonty. An explorer alllrius his right to a n.,wly .liscovere.l shore a- Lm.l previously unknown, l.y hoistini/ a (lag there - A king throuifh h.s olli.vrs erects his standard in a couutry and orders all his sul.jects to acki.owhMlgc this a ^t of .Kisses. 810U. Ho also eonlers a lli.g as a mark of honour and .'alls upon the recipients to delend it. Mr. LeMoine luia for u number of years i.iwt don-,, good servi.-e t.» Caiiu.lu in rescuing h.r annals froi.; oblivion. He has described an. iu.de us prou.l of our Cana.iian homes, pointing out to the readers ot lus works and to th. numerous travellers who visit this city, that our residences ..re scenes of domestic virtue honourable living and Christian h .ppiness. In no Caiis.lian home is this more reniark^ible than in his own. If w.'. who are his friends and neiglibors, recognize this, what n.ore roy.d present can we give than by crowning his residence with a Hag ami claiming our right as fre.. men, to ph ut our standard of good will an.l friembhip on the tower of our honourable IricL.l's liou.se — Sjienc. r (Jrange. 1 therefore bow unfurl a Hag. ],« loves and" by liis writini/s has taught us to love -the Hag of the Dominion, which wo will first salute with three British cheers ; - 1 will th.n consign it to the custody of our future standard-bearer, James M. LeMoine, Ks.i To which Mr. J^eMoine brielly responded : — Gentlkmen - After many, long yeais of literary labour, your presentation is indeed a pleasant surprise - this, for me a bright a proud moment. "K'"^. " How can 1 find words to suitably acknowledge this generous recognition of what my humble ettbrts have .sought to achieve? Credit me when I tell you 1 feel confused at the warmth of feeliiiK. whnh prompted to day's social meeting -this very cordial mode of endorsing my literary performance. 1 ,T*^°?Y,V^«"tyy«"'« since I undertook what I then thought - what I still think — a uselul, a loyal duty to my country -that of popularizing Caua-iian annals and placing prominently before the -.8 J.ul.lic, the historical.!,,. .1m, tli..i,irtun«qu« .it,t, th,- luBltliy nwtio home., whi.h, like a ..hH.-l.-t ..r(low,.rH. .Lir.!,. .... .,. '' " Z "?..! city rH, cucir.li' tlif liiow ormyimtive Home Lit le .h.l I ih... ,xi.,...t Ihnt nrt,r walkinfr, not, howev,.r. witliout . ..nsg.ving., ov,.r th,. lh,.,„y ,,„,!,«_ n,n,k... out for kSZ m our vounK .oui.try, I nho..!-! thin .V.y. thnukn to J. C Btnnd a iimle?.'""'"""' ' ' ''•'"''•"""""-' '"-^ e"cour..Ki,.K ovnticu you uovv Th.- (.lioitroiiiinKN, till' iiiconii.let,.«PM , f n.y recent tnsk I nn.Hlv S;r^'*^%,o '"!'■' •-;''''«''- 3'tt... /mh..i,;V".%' :4- I , i„ ""^V"'""y f,lh..i «w,.et fMun.lini. honu«. how numv .h.nu whuh ou«ht to liavc Cou...! a r-Ming i.lnc^-a uoti.e « 1,,, .. H^/'of T ^'"'"^i! "'■'•ir^y to re.nrrM.K., nn.l re-jluLliJ. '„,.„"Sr Hhioiiofthework, au.lluhtrnte.l, enlur«,..l. i.ore co uplet.r one. et UHhopo! In ..on. luH., „. f,..utl..MM.n. for yo«r j.r.H.utation a J'v.,y kin.l ren.en.l,rnn.e to-.l-.y, n....,,.t tuy cor.lini, n.y si„ce,e, n.y lajiij thanks. — (Hejeute.l a^plauw ! ) . ". '"j imbiiiu I I "«'"■ I^"^'*' ^- 1<"«« having l„.en inrit.d to ad.J a few remarks sai.l in HuhHtan-e ; " fientlenHu-Th.n. ron,nin« hut little for Te t^ say. M e nil know the author of J/„;,/c Zc« mv, i,.., i„ f„,.t I lajiev I knew him when 1 waH n hoy- (laughter). His ^ket.hy Cana.lian works cover a wi.ie, very wi.le, fielil of investigation "«oiks 1 „ Y'*''°"/*^-"V "■'';''"' '''''"°''''' "'■ *'"' ''''*'"'y "<■ "'y country would hav.. heen, 1 think, n.known to me to this day. His merit has been lr...,uently re.og.Mze.lJ.y „,nst .■on,pet,-nt jn.lges. We fin.l him for years nt the head ot our v.ueral.le Hist.ri.al .«oei,tv, as I'n-si.lei t we see hun now the I'resi.hnt of the first section of the Koyal Ho..ie v of C.mft.h., founded hy the MHr.,uis of Lorn.., for the promotion o^' Irteratnre md scien.e. ' ui"iiuii oi Although our fri.n.l wasnothfhiii.' nv olu.s in youthful antict-he 18 now in the van, "b an anti.iuarian (/a./yA/'" , I hojH! that he may live long enough to he an Jnhq,e. (Lav,jhfcr.) Mhen th»t hapi.y ti ue arrives, we shall pies.nt our pntiiotie friend with another fW and invite him to another lunch. What fl. g shall it then be » 1 . | us trust that It shall St 11 be a British flag; «n.l as to the lunch it wS ee? tainly be like that of Martinus .^criblen s a "feast after the manner of flbSrMr.'iSe!"^"'""^^"" '^' ''«" '"'P"^*'^'- -''-r'y 1 ..H«'"'««tny'''lthebird (l)in its flight that we might study its habits and its plumage— he has arrested the gliding fish (2Hii the rapid that we might admire the beauty of its form -better still 1 e has taken old Time by the foi.lock and has made hin. stand and deliver his bu.lget of cunous old, forgotten. French Canadian legends an.l the tales of heroism (8) of the early settler whose life was a conti- nual state of v^arfare attn. king the grand old pines with his axe or the savage Redskin with his '• wrnbine." He has taken us by the hand and with him we have stalked l.—Les Oinavxdu Canada. 2.—Les PMierien ilu Canada. S.—L'Albtim du Touriite.—V Album Cunadien. _4 — through the mist of a century and have emerged into the cool clear September of 1759. On one hand he has pointed out to us a Jiandsome general officer his features bronzed with the sun of Italy, sitting on his charger at the head of his troops, wiih calm defiance in his eye. " That man " tays he " is Moutcaliu." (1) Do you remember how he returned on that fatal 13th September from his last battle field ? f "i"ci On tht other hand he calls our att. nliou to tlie opposite host clad in scarlet or in the belied plaid witli the bayonet, and claymore, the face of the officer at iheir head (already a General altliough so young) beaming with exultation at the thought of at last meeting a foe worthy ol his steel on equul terms, his Jonging at last satisfied for " a lair held and no favor. He has vividly depicted the spirited attadi of the Chevalier de Lt VIS whose hop"8 were d.sli. d to tlie ground by the tall masts of the British higate rounding J'ointe Levi. Has lie not ever upheld the dignity of our country i Has he not immortalized the very streets of our ancient city and the rural retreats which surround it, not forgetting even sad and romantic Chateau- Bigot ? In all his writings, James LeMoine has been loving, to the Fleur de Lys,-just, to old England ; and let us hope that in the future as in the past, he will not let his exertions for tiie Dominion tiaa All honor to him ! ■^' Mr. Richard R. Uobell being called on, corroborated briefly wliat had jUbt been said by Ho.,. Mr. Ro.s, ad.iingthat he, too, recently had a pleasant proof of the servicer rendered by Mr. LeMoine to historical studies and genealogy. Yes, Mr. Chairmah. as an active man of business, I can get through at times a deal of work, at least I cherish the idea I have done f j - but after all, what are the long hours of business activity of a merrhant- active though he be -compared to the unceasing toiling vigils of a student, bent over crabbed old M S S., wrapped up m historical researcli, trying to reconcile conflic- ting histoncal authorities ! Shall 1 tell you what occurred to mo lately on board a train ? I casually met a stranger, a titled gentleman, who told me he M t"'m "' »'^"''i' , "^°" '^": *''°'" Q"^!'*^"- Do you know Mr. J. M. LeMoine," said he. "Right well," I replied. ««Are you awar^ of the service he rendered my family by helping me to make good my descent from the most illustrious old Canadian family- the house of Lougueuil. Through his researches and with the help of Lord Lome and his great adviser Sir Joiin, I am now, by the gracious ^lf°/li?""^? Victoria- Baron de Lougueuil." Thus. mos°t mie?. pectedly and strangely, was forced on me another proof of services rendered through the writings of our guest. s^-i vices ,.T„^'"-."^^^^*'\^^'''?""g°s Vice. ('resident, then rose and said : — 1 There IS a feature in the causes which led to the presentation of to- tbjS it'^YV-' " •"i'^'i*'' *° ^""'^'^ '°- Thousands have read the works of Mr LeMoine and thousands will re-read them and derive pleasure and instruction from tliem m time to come, but it is thole portionsof his latest work which describe the country homes and 1.— Glimpses of Quebec, 1749-59. — 5_ ; estates around Sillery an.l Quebec, whi..],. I divine, more particularly cnus-d the Imppy u.eenng of to day _ to use tlie Inuguage in the heading to the l,Bt of nuu.es "A recognition of the untiring efforts of S iw; ?i;i d, r' A° ^' M-!" irtu^^«1"« ^^^^^ «»rt pieces around Sillery and Quel., c, tht additional chari of historical inte ^st. &c " Homes are honies, I suppose, cvaywhere. Imt Canadian homes and espec.nlly country homes are, 1 faiu-y, n,ore loved by tluir owners SS^L""'''°''^''*^°""i'^"'V" a^land^where it^eems al^ During the period of frost and snow the threshold of the Canadian itsoun. rius luis developed a keen-r love of home and a warme domestic hie than that of n.ore favou...d or te„,pcrate countries Bu home ih home everywhere, and as the old .^ong says : •' Life his 'eer no charm so dear >u, home and friends around us.'' Thus then, 'love of home comes fi..t, and in its train follows this warm recognition of the aborxousaadpainsakingeirortsofMr. LeMoine to inv.ft the homes 1 the environs ot Quebec the interest and char.n of a historS past. Such kind memoneo . w, mention to day help to draw closer tigSS'" '""^ '^''^^ '''"''' ''""^ *^' ''''"'•' "'"^"^^ In thanking Lt. Col. Forsyth fpnhe toast of his health and the guests pr-sent or their hearty reception of th. sam.-, Col. Ehodes explaine.1 thai the idea of , his ,,resentation and (f the pleasant /feof to-day gave an opportunity to some of the imiiy war.., and appreci ative rienda of Mr. I.eMoine, which they had Ion- de-ired It had been designed by Mr. Wh.ehr. who l/d with co. JS e ene^ brought about the present agreeable meeting aii.l pre^entntion. ul Wheeler was nottheold,str.sident of Sille.y, but he had contrived dunng lus l.fe in that locality to bring about various useful thin ". o which it waa not good to be unmindful : the poM office, the loug'f^ot- patli the telegraph, the telephone and other nuatters of public and private interest had been owing to his exertions ; - it only tended to show how i.aich gooil at the cost of very littl- n;oney a desire for the general wvlfare m tlie mini of one man might . ffe. t The health of Mr Wheeler was then proposed by the Hon. David Alexander Ross, and drank with, nthu-iasm. Mr. Wheeler in reply thereto thanking them for the k^nd manner in which his name had been received, sai.l : - " He wa. very much gratified to find that the little .ervices which > e may have trie 1 to rend.'r to the neighl orhood m winch he lived in the p,ust, should le so kindly an.l so well Ve- membered. He wishe.l to be forgiven if he bri.fly allud.d to a rtfonn tliat he had 8. t h,s h.'art .'i^n for some yenrs past, and that was a plan tor the erection of a village pump or f-.nntain in Hnrgerville for the use of the tired or thirety visitor, and for either dwellers of Sillery or visitois to Its views and cemetries. - a cool an-l shady spot where a man ahorse or a poor dog might take a drink of clear pure cold water In conclusion, Mr. Wheeler again alluded to the more than kin.i appreciation of his efTort-, which would never be forgotten by him Col. Forsyth closed the entertainment by recalling, jointly with Col. Khodes, the festive, social ways of Quebec in the olden time when Its garrison was composed o' two, sometimes three, regiments of the hue, two companies of Royal Artillery, one company of Roval Engineers, Sappers, Miners, Ordnance and Comvaiasanat. — (Momina Chronich 1.^ Novembre 1882.) ^ ^