Old Memories: Amusing and HistoricalMacPherson, Daniel, Mrs.
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Old Memories: Amusing and Historical
MacPherson, Daniel, Mrs.
Québec (Québec) -- Description and travel
The ferry boats, summer and winter, land you in close proximity to the
railroad, and carriages take you west towards St. David or east to St.
Joseph. After driving up a very steep hill you come to a road branching
off to the west beside which is the little old English Church and
Cemetery, the former being now renewed under the supervision of its
popular pastor, Rev. Mr. Nicholls, grandson of the much-esteemed Bishop
Mountain. Higher up and last is the Roman Catholic parish church, a
monument to the zeal and perseverance of the late Rev. Mr. Dalzeil.
Almost a riot was in the parish when he asked for it to be built of its
present size, but with far-seeing wisdom he insisted, and now it is
crowded to overflowing though two other churches have been built in the
space of the last few years. Levis also possesses a fine college in this
locality. On the summit of the hill called rue des Marchands is a very
handsome and spacious store and residence belonging to Mr. Couture, and
opposite to it is a tiny little building kept in good repair, though
unused, which Mr. Couture tells you with pride is the shop where he
first earned the shillings which were to end by making him a
millionaire. Mr. Edouard Couture carries on the business in the same
place now, but the Hon. Geo. Couture, Senator, sleeps under a handsome
obelisk in Levis Cemetery. The noblest monument that exists to his
memory, however, is the beautiful church, built by money left for that
purpose in his will, adjoining the splendid hospital, built within about
ten years, to which he contributed so largely during his lifetime. One
of the head ladies of the institution (a very old friend, sister-in-law
of our well-known citizen, Hon. P. Casgrain) took me through this
building about a week ago, and I was astonished to find it almost filled
already. The poor, the crippled, old women, young children, have here a
comfortable home, with delightful surroundings, and on a height and with
a view of the Citadel, Quebec.
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