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men, Brown and Gilmore, printed, at Quebec, the first 

 City newspaper, the Quebec Gazette, though the custom 

 outlived the venerable news - sheet, which expired in 

 1874, aged 110 years. 



A diligent searcher of old records, Benjamin Suite, 

 the historian of Three-Eivers, not many years back, 

 collected in a fragrant bouquet specimens of the most 

 striking New Year's Day effusions, more or less poeti- 

 cal, the majority without signature of writer. Among 

 others, the one headed, " Etrennes du garcon quiporte 

 la Gazette de Quebec, aux pratiques, le lev Janvier, 

 1778, " doing high homage to the " Saviour of Canada " 

 (Lord Dorchester) is quite touching. In a subsequent 

 one, even Sir Frederick Haldimand, no favorite with 

 the French Canadians, especially with those of the 

 Du Calvet stripe, is therein styled, Le Solomon du 

 Nord ! 



Enough ! The French Canadian Parnassus has paid 

 a merited tribute to this day of the year, above all 

 others, auspicious for the young ; Cremazie, Frechette, 

 LeMay, Lenoir, G-arneau, Fabre, Buies, Chauveau, Suite, 

 Chapman ; nor has it been forgotten by Evan McCall, 

 John Eeade, G-. W. Wickstead and other sweet singers 

 in Canadian land. — (Dominion Illustrated Monthly.) 



