One Also Finds Here And There, In The Names Of Certain Thoroughfares,
Traces Of The Sojourn Within Our Walls Of
Popular Governors, famous
Viceroys, long since gathered to their fathers, some of whose ashes mingle
in our cemeteries with the
Dust of our forefathers - [8] Champlain,
Frontenac, Mesy, De Callieres, De Vaudreuil, De la Jonquiere, Ramsay,
Carleton, Hope, Dalhousie, Richmond and Aylmer.
A student of history, in the signboards affixed to street corners, loves
to light on the names of men whose memories are fragrant for deeds of
heroism, devotedness, patriotism or learning. Breboeuf, Champlain,
Dollard, Ferland, Garneau, Christie, Turgeon, Plessis, and many others of
blameless and exemplary life - each has his street. We know of a worthy and
learned old antiquary whose lore and advice has been more than once placed
at our disposal in unravelling the tangled skein on which we are engaged,
who rejoices that his native city, unlike some of the proud capitals of
Europe, is free from vulgar names, such as "Tire-Boudin," "P - t - au
D - - le," in gay Paris, and "Crutched Friars," "Pall-Mall," and "Mary-le-
bone," in great London.
In fact, does not history meet you at every turn? Every nook, every lane,
every square, nay, even the stones and rocks, have a story to tell - a
record to unfold - a tale to whisper of savage or civilized warfare - a
memento to thrill the patriot - a legend of romance or of death - war,
famine, fires, earthquakes, land and snow-slides, riot?
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