MONTMORENCY 



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MONTPELLIER 



courthouse and jail, a registry office, customs- 

 house, a convent school and an asylum for old 

 people. The city hall is also a prominent struc- 

 ture. The town was founded about 1700, and 

 was incorporated in 1883. Population in 1911, 

 2,617; in 1916, about 3,000. A.J.B. 



MONTMORENCY, a distinguished family of 

 France which has been prominent in historic 

 affairs since the twelfth century. MATTHIEU II 

 (1189-1230) was the first to win fame; he held 

 a position of great power under Philip Augustus 

 and his successor. ANNE DE MONTMORENCY 

 (1493-1567), the first to bear the title of Duke, 

 was one of the most illustrious of the line, 

 serving ably both in war and in peace under 

 Francis I and under Henry II. He was killed 

 in battle against the Huguenots. 



The grandson of the first duke was HENRY DE 

 MONTMORENCY (1595-1632), who bore the titles 

 of Admiral of France and Viceroy of Canada. 

 Like his grandfather, he won victories over the 

 Huguenots, and also defeated the Spaniards in 

 a sharp battle, but he won the enmity of Riche- 

 lieu, was accused of treason, and on October 30, 

 1632, was put to death. 



Two members of this family, the Duke of 

 .Montmorency-Laval (1766-1826) and his father, 

 served in the Revolutionary War in America, 

 and the son later took a prominent part in the 

 French Revolution. 



MONTMORENCY, mont mo ren ' si, RIVER, 

 a short, swift stream which flows into the Saint 

 Lawrence six miles below the city of Quebec. 

 At its mouth are the famous Montmorency 

 Falls, 150 feet wide and 265 feet high, about 

 100 feet higher than Niagara. A visit to the 

 falls is one of the most attractive side trips 

 from Quebec, and is made by thousands of 

 tourists each year. The power obtained from 

 the falls is of great importance to the city of 

 Quebec. The river has its source in Snow Lake, 

 about forty-five miles northeast of Quebec. It 

 was named for Frangois Xavier de Laval-Mont- 

 morency, the first bishop of Quebec. 



MONTPELIER, mont pe' Her, VT., the capi- 

 tal of the state and the county seat of Wash- 

 ington County, is situated northeast of the geo- 

 graphical center of the state, on the Winooski 

 (Onion) River. Barre is six miles southeast, 

 and Burlington is forty-two miles northwest. 

 The Central Vermont and the Montpelier & 

 Wells River railways serve the city, and an 

 electric line extends to Barre. Although a 

 charter to the land was obtained in 1781, no 

 permanent settlement was made here until 

 1789. In 1791 the town was organized, in 1805 



it was chosen as the capital, in 1855 it became a 

 village and in 1895 it was incorporated as a city. 

 It was named for the French city of the same 

 name. Italians comprise about one-seventh of 

 the population, which in 1910 was 7,856. 



Montpelier has a picturesque setting in the 

 midst of some of the most beautiful scenery of 

 a state famous for its verdure-clad mountains. 

 The valley in which it is located is rich in 

 agricultural products, and large shipments of 

 hay, potatoes, dairy products, poultry, granite 

 and lumber are made from this point. Granite 

 works, flour and lumber mills, tanneries, hard- 

 ware and saddlery works and creameries are 

 the leading industrial establishments. The 

 most notable building is the Capitol, an im- 

 posing structure of granite, with a dome 124 

 feet high, surmounted by a statue representing 

 Agriculture. At the entrance, under the portico, 

 are a marble statue of Ethan Allen, an Ameri- 

 can soldier of Revolutionary fame, and two 

 field pieces from the battlefield of Bennington. 



Other buildings worthy of note are the $160,- 

 000 Federal building, the city hall, Wood Art 

 Gallery, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Saint 

 Augustine's church and Heaton Hospital. Be- 

 sides the public schools the city has Montpelier 

 Seminary (Methodist Episcopal) and the state 

 and public libraries. The Vermont Historical 

 Society, located here, has in its possession the 

 old Daye press on which the first Vermont 

 newspaper was printed. Montpelier was the 

 home of Admiral George Dewey and Rear- 

 Admiral Charles E. Clark. L.A.K. 



MONTPELLIER, mawNpelyd', a city near 

 the Mediterranean coast of France, noted for 

 its healthful climate, sunny skies and delightful 

 situation in the midst of beautiful gardens, 

 orchards, vineyards and olive groves. It lies 

 about six miles from the shore, on the Lez 

 River, and about seventy-six miles northwest 

 of Marseilles. It is the capital and principal 

 city of the department of Herault, and contains 

 the oldest botanical garden of Europe and a 

 celebrated university, in which Petrarch was a 

 student. The school of medicine was founded 

 by Munich physicians in 1289. A public library 

 containing 30,000 volumes, an art gallery, insti- 

 tutes of science and art, an observatory and a 

 cathedral are points of interest. The impor- 

 tant manufactures include woolen and cotton 

 goods, chocolate, chemical products, liquors and 

 perfumes. An active trade is carried on 

 through Cette, its Mediterranean port. Mont- 

 pellier was the birthplace of the French philoso- 

 pher Isidore Comte. Population, 1911, 80,230. 



