Chapter XXXIV

1700-1721

HALF A CENTURY OF PEACE AND PROGRESS

CIVIC SIDE LIGHTS

I.

THE LONG PEACE--THE TWO GOVERNORS--TAVERN LICENSES--PERMIT
TO MARRY--CULTIVATION OF HEMP--FIRST ATTEMPT OF THE LACHINE
CANAL BY THE SEIGNEURS--GEDEON DE CATALOGNE--CHAUSSEGROS DE
LERY--"SEDITIOUS ASSEMBLIES"--CLAUDE DE RAMEZAY--WAR PRICES--LINEN
AND CLOTH INDUSTRIES DEVELOPED--AN ORDINANCE AGAINST DIRTY
STREETS--AGAINST PIGS IN THE HOUSES--MARKET REGULATIONS--THE USE
OF THE COMMONS--SALE OF LIQUOR TO SAVAGES--THE SEIGNEURS AND
THE HABITANTS--REGULATIONS CONCERNING TANNERS, SHOEMAKERS AND
BUTCHERS--ENGLISH MERCHANDISE NOT TO BE TOLERATED AT MONTREAL--A
MARKET FOR CANADIAN PRODUCTS DESIRED--CONCENTRATION IN THE
EAST VERSUS EXPANSION IN THE WEST--CONGES--FAST DRIVING--ROAD
MAKING--HORSE BREEDING RESTRAINED--PIGS TO BE MUZZLED--LIQUOR
LICENSES OVERHAULED--SNOW-SHOEING TO BE CULTIVATED--DIVERSE NATIONAL
ORIGINS--A MARBLE QUARRY--THE DEATH OF A RECLUSE--MURDERER BURNT IN
EFFIGY--CARD MONEY--A "BOURSE" FOR THE MERCHANTS--PATENTS OF NOBILITY
TO THE LEBER AND LE MOYNE FAMILIES--PARTRIDGE SHOOTING--A "CURE ALL"
PATENT MEDICINE--POSTAL SERVICE--A PICTURE OF MONTREAL ABOUT 1721 BY
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CHAPTER XXXV

1721-1748

SIDE LIGHTS OF CIVIC PROGRESS

II

THE FIRE OF 1721--BUILDING REGULATIONS--STONE ENCOURAGED--TOWN
EMBELLISHMENT--CITY PLANNING--THE FORTIFICATIONS--PEW
RENTING--CHATEAU DE VAUDREUIL--TRADE WITH NEW ENGLAND
FORBIDDEN--ILLICIT LIQUOR TRAFFIC--DEATHS OF DE RAMEZAY AND DE
VAUDREUIL--EVEN NATURALIZED STRANGERS FORBIDDEN TO TRADE--DESCRIPTION
OF INDIAN LIFE AT MONTREAL--MONTREAL IS FOLLOWED BY QUEBEC IN
THE REFORM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES--VERENDRYE'S EXPEDITION FROM
MONTREAL--RELIGIOUS ASYLUM FORBIDDEN--FIRST SAILING VESSEL OF LAKE
SUPERIOR--THE "OUTRAGED CRUCIFIX"--SORCERY, MAGIC AND SACRILEGE--THE
LEGEND OF THE RED CROSS--PUNISHMENT OF "BREAKING ALIVE" IN THE MARKET
PLACE--CARE OF FOUNDLINGS--SULPICIANS FOUND LA PRESENTATION--SKATING
IN THE STREETS; FAST DRIVING. NOTES: THE DISCOVERIES OF LA
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