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Show -v i DULL AND CONTENTED. llrcpl-.lc Kliilrli rf I ho l'tnilo In ft .Well-( .Well-( ovKrnnl rrrncli-t'nnjflUii VIU.ico. In tlio tjtilet village, vvlicro tlio pood euro's word Ii law, thcro is HUcly to bo littto brnvvllng mid less drinking, for tlio I'rencli C'anndlans nro neither lunrr'-Uomo nor Intcmpcrntc. There mrtv bo n tavern, or perhaps two taverns, tav-erns, where not only guests nro ro-oclved, ro-oclved, but v hero liquor is oolcl, but tbu euro r.ces tu It that they nro closed very early In tho evening. Long boforo 1 midnight tho streets of the placo nro deserted, nnd u Into wnndcror need Imvo no fenr of il run ken hoodlums. A vvoll-governul rrencb-Cnnndlim vll lape, whoro tho cure h thoroughly respected re-spected bocauuo of his wlhdoin nnd piety, nlfordii n decided contrast to many turnl communities in I.'uglUh CnunOa and on our own side of tho border. bor-der. Tlio pcopjo nro not enterprising. At leaU tli It. Menu to bo Into ot nil but n few exceptions. They art) content to talco vvhnt eoinea In their way, with tlio hnppy faith Unit tho morrow will brliii with It its dnlly brend. They nre averse to breaking In now Inmls, nnd, as tho families nro. largo, tho division of the- fnrm.i generation nf tcr gcnciation finally icsulti lusuchamall portions that koiiio of tho children muht scclr employment clwsn hero if nil are to livo. Very fow of them are willing to go to tho new lands of Mnn-Itobu Mnn-Itobu and the northwest, but they find congenial occupation In tho cltios. They nro ndmlrnbio mcchnnlcs and are most lo.val and devoted Bcrvanta, enya llcnrj- Loouils Nelkon, in Harper's Mngazinc. Tlio Scotchman or Ungtlshmnn who is nt tbu bend of n great rstabllsluncnt piufcrs tho rroncli-Cnnndinns to bis ivvu counlri men as EiibordtmilCH. Ilo vlll tell you that tho rrcnchinen -w ill einiiln with blm all their lives; thnt o niioh thought us seeking new cm-lament cm-lament or lenviut; tho old fm tlu lrpjso of engaging In venturcH fm ii 'lf will ever cuter n I'l-cntli-Cumi i ilnal Ho will hta bj bib nil) nt ' vtr all Ids life, and bit nm will K-t. c 1 to lil own or n better place in die . Tvloe of tho houso On the other ' .i.i. d. tho II ijrlislimtiM or bcotchuinn 'I ti' c I' flrt opp irttml' to j,o i .t i Imuswah r blm elf, ami III use lii cuiplyynKiit ns n stepplng-stono to a imetUtng belter. |