The Brussels Post, 1929-12-4, Page 3THE BRUSSELS PQST
Dramatic Milestones in Canadian History
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY C. W, JEFFERYS
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If the dream of r. new Frenchmen
in the seventeenth century had
been realized, the continent of
North America waeld have become
a vast Freneh empire. The nnrnif-
Icent project apparently had every
prospect of success, and for over a
generation was more than a pos-
sibility. The Ring, Louis XIV, had
a boundless ambition ; served by
capable soldiers and statesmen, for
the greater part of his long reign,
he dominated Europe : government
was concentrated in himself, and
his projects were carried out with
an organized efficiency and sup-
ported by resources n greater than
those at any other power of his
time.
When he came to the tnrone, his
colony in Canada consisted of t
handful of traders, missionaries
and settlers scattered in a few is-
olated poets along St. Lawrence,
S'or years it had been the prey of
commercial companies , who cared
only for the profits of the fur trde,
and neglected or discouraged the
the permanent settlement which
they were niedged to support. ' •
But in 1665 the Ring diagnsted
with the results of company rule,
made Canaria a royal province and
took its government into his own
bands ; and the feeble little colony
took on new life. Louis with his
great minister, Colbert, planned to
increase the population of Canada
and to extend its boundaries.
France held the eastern gateway of
the eontinent ; the great unlcnovti
interior was to be explored and oc-
cupied by the rench ; the Western
'Indians were to be won over to
trade alliance and the true faith
faith. Settlers were sent in largo
numbers, soldiers ware dispatched
from Franca to defend the front-
iers against the Iroquois, agricult-
ure,
griculture, trade, and industry were en-
couraged, exploring expeditions
were sent forth. During the next
thirty years amazing discoveries were
Made. Hudson's Bay was reached,
the • Great Lakes opened to trade
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St. Lusson at Sault Ste Marie
and travel, the Mississippi wan
found and followed to its mouth,
something of the prairie country
became known. Gradually the idea
grow in the minds of the explorers
and the governors of Canada that
a continuous chain of French set-
tlements
ettlements should be extended from
Acadia to the Gulf of Mexico.
Some, like La Salle and Frontenac
and the Intendant Talon, caught a
elite:we of the possible future, and
the idea became a policy, r, plan
that appeared feasible.
Along the Atlantic seaboard were
sprinkled the English colonies, esch
leading its otcn isolated life, indif-
ferent to its neighbors and immers-
ed in its own immediate interests,
none extending any great distance
inland, all more or less jealous of
each other and of interference or
tontrni by the mother country. An
organized and united New ' France
circling around them would hem
them in to narrow strip along the
coast and bar then from westward
oxnansien..
It was at. Sault Ste Marid that
the first steps were .taken to put
into operation, and 'a ceremony was
performed which announced this
ambitious nrogrernme. In 1670, a
lerenelt officer ,Daumont rhe St,
Lesson, with a small party, was
Wet to take formal possession of
the whole reentry round the Lipper
Lakes and along the great river, not
yet discovered. and known only by
hearsay, which tee -day is called the
Mississippi.
St. Intason spent the winter on
Manitoulin Island, sending messen-
gers to the neighboring tribes to,
invite them to meet him in the
spring at the Sault Ste Marie,
where the Indians were , accustom-
ed to gather to gather every year
to catch fsh in the rapids.
Here, on the 14th of June, 1671,
St. Lumen, with his company of
soldiers and couriers de bots, and
the Jesnits of the near -by mission,
met se great crowd of Indians, ga-
thered from fourteen different
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tribes. On the hill above the foot of
the rapids, a large cross was set up
end a cedar post erected beside it,
bearing a metal plate engraved
with the Ring's coat of arms. The
cross was blessed by the priests,
and the company sang hymns and
prayed for the King. Then St. Lus-
son, holding a sod of earth in one
hand, the ancient symbol of taking
possession of the land, and raising
his sword, proclaimed Louis XIV
Ring of "all the country bounded
by the seas of the North, the West.
and the South' ... a claim in -
elusive enough to satisfy the am-
bition even of the Sun Ring him-
self. The soldiers fired their mus-
kets and shouted "Vivre le Rot"
while the Indians yelled and who-
oped. The ceremony ended with a
long speech by Father Allouez, in
which he glorified the great Ring
:rad boasted of his wealth and
power. "He. is the • chief of the
nreetest chiefs, :Ind has no equal
on earth," said Alionez, "All the
the chiefs you have ever seen are
but children beside him. He is It
great tree and they are but the lit-
tle herbs that you walk over and
venvele traderfoet. When aur King
attacks his enemies, he is more
terrible then the thunder the
earth shakes the air is all on fire
with the blaze of his cannon ; he is
seen in the midst of his warriors
covered with the blood of his en-
emies, whom he kills in such num-
bers that he • does not reckon theni
by the sct.lns. hut by the streams
of blood which he causes to flow."
Truly an appropriate occupation
for the most Christian I{ing, as
Louis was officially styled. "Men
come from every quarter of the
earth to listen to him and admire
him. All that is done in the world
is decided by him alone, In his
eitiee are storehouses where there
are hatchets enough to cut all your
forests, kettles enough to cook all
your moose, and beads enough to
fil all your lodges. Hia house is
longer than from here to the top of
the Sault, and higher than your
tallest trees ; and it holds mor
families than your largest town."
'l.'he whole performance was a
Ietchel example of the skilful me-
thods of the French in dealing with
the Indians by presenting an im-
pressive spectacle and satisfying
their love of oratory and ceremon-
ial. Nevertheless, no sooner had the
white men departed than the In-
dians torn down the royal arms,
which doubtless they regarded as a
magical sign which night bring evil
upon them. Perhaps, we may re-
gard its destruction as tin omen of
the fate of French ambitions on
this continent.
It is interesting to speculate how
the history of North America —of
tlnrope itself.— would read to -day
ltud the great idea beeen carried in-
to accomplished fact, and the King's
el rim matte food and energetic ac-
tion. But Louis XIV turned for
whatever dreams of an American
empire that had visited him to plane
for Europet,n power which involv-
ed him in war and led him and
Prance to disaster.
Great Britain spends more than
$ 200,000,000 a year on motor
cars.
The Smithonian Institute was es
tablished in 1846 under the will of
James Smithson.
Britain may extend its rule for
marking all produits with the place
of origin, to include poultry.
The first balloon made its as-
cent in France in 1788—the year
England recognized the independ-
ence of America.
The number of children killed in,
automobile accidents has been de-
creasing in the last three years, a -
cording to information received
from the Ontario Safety League.
In 1016 the 17. S. Trreasury De.
pattment received a package rang
tabling :$80,000 marked for "The
Conscience Fund." The address of)
this fund is room 327, Treasury
Building, Washington, D, C. was the shooting?"
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Here and i here
432.
Thirteen first prizes In apples,
one first in pears and four secoc s
in apples were awarded to Cana-
dian exhibitors at the Imperial
Fruit Show recently held at Dingley
Hall, Birringbam, England. Eight
of the first prizes wore won by
Nova Scotia growers, five of them
by Chas. A. Bentley, of Berwick,
N, S.
Four hunters from New York
State saw 153 moose during the ten
days of October they spent bunt-
ing in Albert County, New Bruns-
wick, with headquarters at the
camps owned and operated by
Guide Charles C. Dixon, of Alma,
according to a report made by P.
D. Stowell, of Alden, N. Y., who
headed the party, to the New Bruns-
wick Government Bureau of Infor-
mation and Tourist Travel,
Contract for building a 5.500,000
bushel grain elevator at Prescott,
Ontario, on the St. Lawrence has
recently been let by tb'e Canadian
Government. Its cost will be about
$3,100,000 and construction must
be completed by August 1, 1930. It
is hoped it will be ready before the
Welland Canal. built at a cost of
$120,000,000 is opened before next
year's grain harvest in Western
Canada begins.
Official report on employment in
Canada states that in October of
this year conditions were excep-
tionally satisfactory. Reports from
"027 employers with staffs total-
ling 1,089,583 persons showed em-
ployment at 125. based on the aver-
age for the calendar year as too.
This is the highest an record for
the time of year and compares ,nun
118.8 for October 1, 11128,
World-wide interest is being at-
tracted by the t'anadf:'n
plans to include Hounlnlu as a part
of call on westbound royale- of iia
Mbit° Empress fleet, enmmeneing
in December, Grant. Mali, vice-
president of the Railway, stated at
Vancouver recently. Though tak-
ing these ships a little out or their
course to Yokohama, it will still
leave therm their supremacy as
making the fastest rim between
this continent and the Orient, he
added.
Three functions of interest which
are expected to attract hundreds
of Canadian and Atuerlran-tourists
will be staged in Victoria in the
next three months. They are the
Yuletide Music Festival in Decem-
ber, the Sea Song ,''estival in Jan-
uary, both held at the Emer:.„s
Hotel, and the see,nd annual mid-
winter golf tournament in 1'c h-
ruary which had so outstanding; a
success last winter.
The 300 odd inhabitants of Fere-
mot Alb,. i'• `, claim :t as one at
the busiest c,,,nen:lit ies et Western
Canada. In lrc' pat two years it
has shipped mare t hail ll.lititywit
bushels of i'1n 1ia t y wheat The
Lovl1 is 0150 pt , •re its In its ed-
ucational 1n1 war! .•trilh tce,
Ship..ier.ts of •: '. 'd nil from
the west t•144 "I \ .1 e.-1•,ivet 1
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arc Wel-10.1'3g t-earll !ll,+. - '•
repent leek i::01 lets 10
destined Ito Europe, µher, Is tr
gunit u.s •u- 1 1 :.+p it'l ::n••t,•.
lime. 11.01, nil s list,: ds .t -da.
eltttne •tn p i1 tt . u tit
ma01.110 n±re of '.I+tra', r'o
THRILLS OF THE CHASE
Friend—What did you get on
your hunting trip?
Hunter—A $10 fine for building
a fire without a permit.
HERE'S A SCHEME
The only way to enforce Prohibi-
tion is to drink the country dry 1
HUNTING ITEM
Scroggs : "i'm just back from a
trip to Chicago.” Scroggs ; "Hoy
WEDNESDAY, DIC. 4th, 1920
Sunday School Lessor
sY OMARLES A. TRUIY#IC W .1_
(Editor of The due0aV School Ttmee)
HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED,- itan is an innnort•1l lesson in neigh -
holiness. It was .;pollen to a eel -
Sunday, Dec. 8,—Mat, 25 181- tain lawyer \elm tried to "tempt"
40 ; Lake 10 : 25-87 ; Jtmes Christ and at the ame thne'to jest'
1 : 27 ; 2 : 14-17. ify himself.' When he eked, "And
who is nay neighbor ?" the - Lord
Golden Text told the prrable
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as AIrma. going clown from Xeres.
thyself, (Lev. 19, 18.) ttlem to Jericho fell among the
thieves. A .priest fuel a Levitt' pas'
Let us keep in mind what we sing by, very religious people, did
tetve seenearlier in the le,earis of nothing for him. .9 certain 'Sanint'.
this quarter, that there are n'b "sae- Titin, one of a disnised race, had'
int teachings" in the Bible for men compassion and did eaerything fol
in general its only message to him. Then sante the question,. .
those is a declaration of their sin „vection, "Whish now, of these
and its eternal death wages, and the three....was ncinhhor unto him
way of salvation in Christ as Save titee fell amonx the thieves?" The
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lour. rheethical or s l Or' a] ie a
chm i.
only answer that ("mild be given,
of the Bible are addressed to the 'brought the Lord'scommend, "Go
family of Gad. This lesson on help. "He that Anted mercy on hien,"
ing neighbors, therefore, is to he anti thou likewise,"
studied as addressed to Christian
believers. So our neighbor is any one and
The first of the four le n a.very one in any need chat we can
n pre,. meet. We have neighbors in Chintz
sages is net a study to ne e'hnorli- end neighbn"e in Toronto, and net--
nes, but a solemn prophetic pie ghhere in Ph.deiarhia. "t;m
ture of the Lord's judgement of the am e neiirhhorlil:" is ^sTo 'important9ro
Gentile nations when He came, a quest on OF "Who ie my neigh -
again in His glory to this earth. It her?"
it not the judgment of individuals; The Goon Cama, t e was un -
judgment of the dead,
but of rations of such. Ii: is not e ,louhtedly int, of Christ Himself,
but of r1tose'i es the man fnllen ripen:, the thieves
who are living' on the earth when is a type of ell men, helpless ' be-
have pointed out the marked differ-
differ -
aur Lord returns, Commentators nese of sin and Satan. The class
ran have r, profitable study in
times between this judgment and rearebing nut other spiritual teach -
that of the Great White Throne as tags of this parable.
set forth in Revelation 20 :11-15.
There the dead are raised in order Practierl James shows the mean -
to be judged ; here there i sno re- ing of neighborliness, He shows the
surrection. There books of record emptiness of ry relie;ien that does
re opened ; here are no books.not bridle, r. man's tongue ; ha
i shows that "pure relireinn" cares
To those whom the Ring sets onfor the fatherless anti widows, those
His right hand, called the sheep, in need, while at the same time
He speaks words of commendation keens enemlf "unspotted from the
as He calls them in to His Bing-' world." This is possible only by
ilea : "For I ws an hungered, andi,}re cleansing blood of Christ and
ye gave Me magi ; I was thirsty and His keeping power,
ye gave Me drink ; I was a stran-The great passage of faith and
gar and ye took Me in : naked, and works concludes this lesson. Faith
ye clothed Me : I was in prison, without .works is still -born : a dead
ind ye came unto Me." frith, nota living ane at all. Faith
The strange thing is that those cannot be zeal without being ac -
tire and producing results. The
faith that has no works cannot save
any one. Therefore it is not Christ -
one : "Inasmuch es ye have done it in f"tth to steer to a brother or sister
unto one of the least of these who needs food or clothing, "De -
My brethren, ye have done it unto
hle."
to whom the King thus speaks ask
Him when they did all this for
Ilim. His answer is the oft -quoted
nail in peace, be ye warmed and
filled," and does nothing for them.
But that statement of the Lord 'True Christians are true neigh -
is usually misquoted. People leave hors Their best neighborliness
out two important words, "My bre-, shares the Bread of Life with those
Orel" They use it as though thewho will starve eternally unless the
•,ord promised eternal life to every ( children of God give them to eat.
eve who hes been neighborly or
Kind or philanthropic to "one of;
the least of these;' meaning any '
one in need. Now the Lord never;
called men in general His brethren!
•l'he Bible never speaks of us 1111!
men brothers. The word "bred,.'
ren" in the Serratures is used by
the Jews, and of Christians, but not
of hnm n veep indiscrimately. It 10'
believed that this judgment of the
nations, therefore, revers to the
treatment given by the nations,'
therefore, refers to the treetmenl:
-elven by the nations to the Jews
ranting that time of "Jacob's tro-
uble." or the grant tribnittion, j
which must yet fall upon Tsrael
lust before the Lord's return. We
know from the Scriptures th,.t any
time some nations, like Russia to j
day and in tinges pat, will parse- I
irate the Jews in l:nspcai< vie ways.
Other nations, as Great Dritr.in has
done, will befriend thein. And
clod's covenent with Abrmn alw•tys
stands : I will bless them that bless
-then, and curse him that musette',
thee" (Gen. 12 : 81. The King's'
condemnation falls upon timer., at •
this judgment, who "did it not to '
ane of the lens( of these.i'
The Parnhle of the Good Samar -
PRESIDES AT CONVENTION
Lieut. -Col. L. R. Lal•'iechr
A.D.C., Dominion First Vie eI resi-
dent of the Canadian legion, who
will preside at the Third Domin-
ion Convention of the Legion,
which 000e in Reeina neat wee:l„
"owing fo th' inability of t 'acral
Sn' Arthur Curie, Domini"n }'re-
sident, to attend the Convention,
on account of his recent illness,
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