The Chief Of The Pagan Olympus Boasts Of His Lane, "Jupiter
Street," So Called After A Celebrated Inn, Jupiter's Inn, On Account Of A
Full Sized Statue Of The Master Of Olympus Which Stood Formerly Over The
Main Entrance.
In the beginning of the century, a mineral spring, of
wondrous virtue, attracted to this neighbourhood, those of our bon
vivants whose livers were out of order.
Its efficacy is now a thing of
the past!
That dear old street, - St. George street formerly, - now called after the
first settler of the Upper Town in 1617, Louis Hebert, by the erection
of the lofty Medical College and Laval University, for us has been shorn
of its name - its sunshine - its glory, since the home [47] of our youth, at
the east end, has passed into strange hands. It is now Hebert street, by
order of the City council.
Opposite to the antique and still stately dwelling, lately owned by Jos.
Shehyn, M.P.P., is a house formerly tenanted by Mr. J. Dyke. In the
beginning of this century it was occupied by an old countryman,
remarkable, if not for deep scientific attainments, at least for shrewd
common sense and great success in life - Mr. P. Paterson, the proprietor of
the extensive mills at Montmorency - now owned by the estate of the late
George Benson Hall, his son-in-law.
Peter Paterson, about 1790, left Whitby, England, to seek his fortune in
Canada. His skill as a ship builder - his integrity of character and
business habits, pointed him out as a fit agent - later on as a partner in
a wealthy Baltic firm of London merchants who still have representatives
in the colony.
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