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property is valued at about $40,000. One of the most pleasing
events of his later years was the celebration of his golden wedding,
on Tuesday, 14th of September, 1880. His surviving children were all
present on that occasion. His parishioners and other friends took
that opportunity of presenting him and his estimable wife with a
cordial address, accompanied with a valuable present, as a slight
token of their affectionate respect. We quote the following from his
obituary notice, which appeared in the Yarmouth Herald of Oct.
25th, 1883: —

Surrounded by his sorrowing family, his sainted spirit passed into the
eternal sunlight before sickness had weakened his frame, or age had dimmed
his faculties. He died in the eightieth year of his age, beloved and honored
not merely in the church of which, for thirty-seven years continuously, he had
been pastor, not in the wide family circle with which he was connected, but
universally wherever he was known, by people of all ages, classes, and
creeds. A well-rounded, complete, and in many respects beautiful life had
come to its close. Nothing was lacking to the completion of his work. Dr.
Moody was, in many respects, a unique and singularly attractive character. As
a preacher his manner was expressive of sincerity of thought, love for his
people, and a deep desire to do good, which impressed alike the thoughtless
and the reverend. His discourses were simple in outline, clear and
unambiguous in expression, and pervaded with the profoundest piety and
love for souls. His manner was singularly benignant and attractive, and his
presence amid scenes of sorrow and suffering was always effective and
consoling. His rendering of the noble ritual of the church has ever been
marked for its power and pathos, his voice being rich, full, harmonious, and
exquisitely modulated, without the least appearance of study or affectation.
There seemed very little alloy of human passion in his humanity; the closer
the acquaintance the more complete, happy and more fully satisfactory
appeared the soul of the man as thus revealed to the observer. He was firm
in his adherence to the rules and principles of his own communion, and
conscientious to a degree, in insisting upon their observance by all who
sought his advice or his sympathy, but he was broad in his sympathies and
generous in his charities, as well. Among all denominations he was beloved
and reverenced for his high-mindedness, his courtesy, his unvarying
avoidance of all unseemly controversies, and his evident anxiety to promote
affection and harmony among men of all creeds. His manner was dignified,
but winning; old and young alike were attracted to him, recognizing
instinctively, that he was a Christian and a gentleman, and that his kindly
interest in them came from the sincere depths of a genuinely good nature.
 He joined
Each office of the social hour
To noble manners, as the flower
And native growth of noble mind.

Dr. Moody was married on the 14th of September, 1830, to Sarah

Bond, eldest daughter of the late Henry G. Farish, M.D., of
Yarmouth. His widow survived him, but entered into her rest on the
20th of May, 1887, universally beloved and revered. They had a
family of nine children, only four of whom; three daughters and one
son, survive them. Their eldest son, John T., rector of Tusket, N.S.,
died on the 4th of October, 1864, leaving a widow and three
children. Their second son, Henry G., was a graduate of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and died on the 30th of
July, 1873, leaving a widow. James C., the only surviving son, is a
graduate of the University of New York, and is engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery at Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Crinion, Rev. James Eugene, Pastor of the Roman

Catholic Church, Dunnville, Ontario, was born on the 13th of April,
1859, in the parish of Slane, county of Meath, Ireland, and came to
Canada in 1874. He received his primary education in St. Finian’s
Academy, Navan, Meath county, Ireland, and continued his studies at
St. Michael’s College, Toronto, completing his theological course at
the Grand Seminary, at Montreal. The Rev. Father Crinion was the
youngest of the thirteen students brought over from Ireland in 1874,
by the late Bishop Crinnon, the year that right rev. prelate was
consecrated bishop. After leaving Montreal, Mr. Crinion went to
Hamilton, and was ordained a priest by Bishop Crinnon on the 30th
June, 1881, in St. Mary’s Cathedral, who then appointed him
assistant priest of the parish of Arthur, Wellington county, Ontario. In
this charge he remained two years, and then revisited the scenes of
his youth, in Ireland. On his return to Canada, he was appointed
curate of St. Basil’s Church, Brantford. From this place, on the 8th
September, 1886, he was transferred to Dunnville, and made first
resident pastor of that parish. Here he has done good work, and
succeeded in erecting a handsome new church, which is a credit to
him and his congregation, and an ornament to the village. Its
foundation or corner stone was blessed and laid on July 1st, 1886,
by the Right Rev. Dr. Carbary. The style of architecture is Italian. The
building consists of a nave seventy feet long by thirty-five feet wide,
with chancel eighteen feet deep by twenty-one feet wide, having on
the east side a beautiful Lady chapel, and on the west side a
commodious sacristy. The chancel arch is ornamented with pilasters,
surmounted by a rich classic moulding. The Lady chapel and
entrance to sacristy have a similar finish. The ceiling is covered with
rich mouldings. Over the front entrance is a good-sized gallery,
calculated to accommodate over one hundred persons, and
exquisitely finished in front. The high altar, the gift of Bishop Carbary
to the church, is a splendid specimen of classic design which adds a
grace and beauty to the entire structure. It consists of the altar
proper, with super altar and tabernacle. The reredos presents a large
ope, with circular top, for picture of the crucifixion. It is supported
by two Corinthian pilasters, with richly-carved capitals, supporting a
frieze and entablature. On the frieze is the inscription, “Gloria in
excelsis Deo,” and in the pediment of entablature is a dove, emblem
of the Holy Ghost, surrounded by rays. Then the entire altar is
surmounted by a floriated cross. The altar was painted by Mr. James,
of Dunnville, in a flat white, with the carvings and enrichments richly
gilded. The work was executed by Cruickshank, of Hamilton, and
reflects great credit on the skill and taste of the artificers. The pews,
designed by R. Clohecy, the architect of the building, were made by
Messrs. Bennett, of London, and finished in their usual careful
manner. The entire appearance of the interior of this church has a
finished and pleasing effect. The front of the church has a large
circular window, with smaller windows at each side, and a great door
for principal entrance. On the east angle of the front is a beautiful
campanile rising to the height of seventy feet. In this companile, or
tower, is another entrance to the church for winter use. It also
contains a solid stairway to the gallery. The sides of the church are
pierced with windows, filled with ornamental glass. Between the
windows are buttresses, which give an air of strength and
massiveness to the structure. The greatest credit is due to the
accomplished architect, R. Clohecy, who has thus given a solid proof
of his high culture and good taste, and has produced a monumental
work for the good catholics of Dunnville mission. The entire cost is
about $8,000. The building was taken up by Father Crinion in
September, 1885. The care and watchfulness he bestowed on the
work is now amply rewarded by having one of the most beautiful
churches of its size in the province of Ontario in which to administer
to the spiritual wants of his faithful and devoted people. A new
presbytery is now in course of construction, which will be ready for
occupation during the winter of 1888.

King, Edwin David, M.A., Q.C., Barrister, Halifax, was

born at Onslow, Colchester county, Nova Scotia, on the 26th of
December, 1841. His father, John King, was a Scotchman by birth
and parentage, and, on his mother’s side, was first cousin of the
distinguished Scotch philosopher, Thomas Carlyle. When an infant,
he removed with his parents to Nova Scotia, where he continued to
reside until his death in June, 1887, in the eighty-second year of his
age. For a long period he had been an active justice of the peace,
having at one time, for some ten years, filled the office of
stipendiary magistrate, for the town of Truro, where he resided at
the time of his decease. In November, 1828, he married Sarah Ann,
only daughter of the late Nathaniel Marsters, of Onslow, and the
mother of the subject of our sketch. She is still living at Truro. Mr.
Marsters was a loyalist of English descent, and with his parents
removed to Nova Scotia at the time of the rebellion of the New
England colonies. He represented the township of Onslow for some
years in the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia. Edwin David King
early manifested a fondness for study, and could read very well (so
we have been told) when four years of age. He attended such
schools as Onslow provided, until the summer of the year 1856,
when, being in feeble health, he was sent to be a clerk in a store at
Antigonish, with the promise, however, that if at the end of two
years his health improved, and he still desired it, he should receive a
legal education. He accordingly left Antigonish in 1858, and took the
high school course at the Provincial Model School, Truro.
Subsequently he studied at Acadia College, Wolfville, where, in 1863,
he graduated, taking the B.A. degree in course, and in 1866, on
submitting a thesis, he received the degree of M.A. In September,
1863, he entered upon the study of the law, and removed to
Wallace, Nova Scotia, where he was articled as a law student with
Henry Oldright, barrister. He studied with Mr. Oldright two years,
during which time having acquired a knowledge of phonography, he
spent the winters in Halifax, as assistant reporter to the Legislative
Council, Mr. Oldright being the official phonographic reporter for that
body. In 1865, his articles of clerkship were transferred to James
Royer Smith, Q.C., an English barrister, registrar of the Court of Vice-
Admiralty, and practising at Halifax. He was admitted to the bar of
Nova Scotia in December, 1867, since which time he has practised
his profession at Halifax, and has also been a member of the
Barristers’ Society, of Nova Scotia. He is now the senior member of
the firm of King & Barss—W. L. Barss, LL.B. (Harvard), having been
admitted a partner with him in January, 1877. In October, 1875, he
visited Bermuda, on a special retainer, as leading counsel for
defendant in the celebrated burial case of James vs. Cassidy. (This
was an action of trespass brought by Rev. Mr. James, rector of the
parish of Hamilton, against Rev. John Cassidy, then pastor of the
Methodist Church there, for reading the Methodist burial service, and
officiating at the burial of one of his own congregation, in the parish
church yard, and, at the time, was the occasion of intense
excitement throughout the island). In 1884, he was called within the
bar, and received letters patent, appointing him a Queen’s counsel.
Since 1875, he has been retained as counsel in many important
cases growing out of the Liverpool Bank failure; insurances cases;
actions involving the title to the Shubenacadie Canal, etc. He has a
large practice in the Supreme and County Courts of Nova Scotia. Mr.
King became actively associated with the Nova Scotia militia in 1863,
and in 1864 was commissioned as adjutant of the 4th Cumberland
regiment, with the rank of captain. On removing to Halifax in 1865,
he took command of a company in the 11th Halifax regiment, and
remained actively connected with that corps until the re-organization
of the militia, under the Dominion statutes and regulations. He is a
member of the Senate of the University of Acadia, having been
elected in 1882, and he is also a governor of Acadia College, to
which position he was elected in 1883. In 1876, he was appointed
one of the directors of the Halifax School for the Blind, and held the
office for one year. In 1872, the Halifax School Association for
promoting the efficiency of the public schools was formed, and he
was its first secretary, occupying that office for three years. He has
always been a total abstainer from alcoholic drinks, having joined
the cold water army when a child. In 1863, he first became a
member of the order of Sons of Temperance, and in 1865, was
initiated into the Grand Division of Nova Scotia. For some time past
he has, however, ceased to be an active member of this
organization, owing to the pressure of other duties. He is a
prominent member of the Halifax Young Men’s Christian Association,
and is one of the six trustees in whom its property is vested, having
been first elected to that office in 1875. He has also been a member
of its executive committee for many years. In 1871, the Sunday
School Association of the Maritime provinces was formed, and he
has ever since been an active promoter of that work, and has thrice
filled the office of president of the association. He was also chairman
of its executive committee from 1872 until 1885, when separate
associations for the several provinces were organized. Since 1885,
he has been chairman of the executive committee of the Sunday
School Association of Nova Scotia. He is a Liberal-Conservative in
politics, and helped to kill repeal in February, 1887. He takes an
active part in elections, both Dominion and local. On the college
question he is opposed to “consolidation,” and in favour of placing
higher education outside the pale of state support or control. He
believes that the smaller, fairly well equipped colleges in our country,
managed and sustained by denominations or other independent
agencies, can better secure the guards and checks, and afford
facilities for the mental, moral, and Christian culture, demanded of
the youth of our country. On several occasions he has publicly
supported these views. He is a Baptist, as were his parents. He
united with the Baptist Church at Wolfville, in 1861, and since 1868,
he has been a member of the first Baptist Church in Halifax. He is
one of its deacons, superintendent of its Sunday school, and
chairman of its finance committee. On the 6th of February, 1869, he
was married to Minnie S., eldest daughter of John W. Barss, who is a
banker and justice of the peace, residing at Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
This gentleman is well known in the Maritime provinces, by his
generous benefactions for benevolent purposes. Acadia College,
Wolfville, has been, perhaps, foremost among the objects of his
bounty, having received donations from him amounting in the
aggregate to $10,000 and upwards. Mrs. King, who is a native of
Halifax, received her education there and at the Ladies’ Seminary,
Warren, Rhode Island, United States. They have no children of their
own, but have adopted as their daughter, a niece of Mrs. King’s, who
lives with them at Halifax.

Antliff, Rev. J. Cooper, M.A., D.D., Montreal, was born

at Huddersfield, England, on the 1st February, 1844. He is the eldest
son of the late Rev. W. Antliff, D.D., who for fifty years enjoyed the
distinction of being one of the bright and shining lights of Methodism
in England. In 1862 he was made editor of the Connexional
Magazine, and for five successive years held that post; he was then
called to take charge of the Theological Institute opened at
Sunderland, and for thirteen years he acted as its principal. Rev. Dr.
W. Antliff, we may here add, held during his lifetime nearly all the
positions of honour in the power of his denomination to bestow. He
was a forcible and effective preacher, possessed of great natural
force of character, of unbending integrity, good literary ability, and
possessed of administrative talents of a high order. The Rev. J.
Cooper Antliff, the subject of our sketch, received his educational
training in Haslingden Wesleyan School, and at Edinburgh University.
When only eighteen years of age he became his father’s colleague to
whose counsel and example he owes much of the success that has
so far attended his life work. After spending sixteen years in the
ministry in the British conference, in 1878 he was sent out from
England to take charge of the Primitive Methodist Church, Carlton
street, Toronto, for five years, when according to the arrangement of
the Conference he was to return to England. But owing to the union
of the Methodist bodies in Canada in 1883, he abandoned his home-
going, and was appointed to the office of secretary of the General
Conference by the united bodies, and thereby became custodian of
the public documents of the church and keeper of its records, an
honour that has been highly appreciated by his numerous friends.
After a ministry of six years in the Carlton street church, Dr. Antliff
removed to Montreal to take charge of the Methodist Church on
Dominion square, where he is now doing good work for the Master.
While in Toronto he took part in every social and moral reform, and
was generally a favourite among all who had the good of humanity
at heart. For four years, from 1879 to 1883, he was editor of the
Christian Journal, the denominational paper of the Primitive
Methodist church in Canada. He was one of the founders of the
Ministerial Association, and was its secretary for two years, and
afterwards its president for one year. He had the degrees of M.A.
and B.D. in course conferred upon him by the University of
Edinburgh, and in 1887 Victoria University conferred upon him the
honorary degree of D.D. He is a member of the Board of Regents of
Victoria University, and of the Senate of the Wesleyan Theological
College at Montreal; and is also a member of the court of appeal of
the Methodist church, which consists of six clergymen and six
laymen. The Rev. Dr. Antliff is possessed of good natural abilities,
and has a highly cultivated mind, brimful of knowledge. As a
preacher and a lecturer he is highly popular, being blessed with good
oratorical powers, and a voice both sweet and powerful. Matter,
however, is of greater importance than even voice, and of this he
has an abundance. It is varied in character, being both secular and
sacred, ancient and modern, scientific and scriptural, and he deals it
out with no sparing hand. The style of his sermon varies: he can
handle a subject well, either textually or topically, while as an
expository preacher—perhaps partly the result of his five years
residence in Scotland—he shines with considerable lustre. His
platform utterances are generally excellent, and at times powerful,
especially when dealing with the cause of temperance. In politics he
advocates Liberal measures; but owing to his ministerial duties he
does not give prominence to his political views. Dr. Antliff has been
twice married; first, in Derby, England, to Fanny Holden, daughter of
John Holden, of Dalbury Lees, Derby. She died in Toronto in
February, 1880, leaving three children, two boys and a girl. Second,
in Toronto, 1882, to Mrs. Ray, widow of Dr. Ray, and daughter of the
Rev. E. Gooderham.

Robinson, Samuel Skiffington, Barrister, Orillia,

Ontario, was born in the city of Montreal, Quebec province, on the
6th January, 1845. His father, Arthur Guinness Robinson, was a civil
engineer, and superintended the works on the Lachine Canal, at
Montreal, when they were first being constructed. His mother was
Mary Mulock. His uncle, Charles J. Robinson, is now county judge for
Lambton county. The mother of the Hon. Edward Blake and the
widow of the late Judge Connor were half-sisters of Arthur G.
Robinson. The grandfather of the subject of our sketch, Samuel
Robinson, M.D., belonged to Dublin, Ireland, and in July, 1832—
along with his son Arthur G.; William Hume Blake, his wife, mother
and sisters, and his brother, Rev. D. E. Blake; the late Archdeacon
Brough, who had married Miss W. Blake; the late Justice Connor;
and the late Rev. Mr. Palmer, archdeacon of Huron—sailed for
Canada. The vessel which they had chartered for the voyage—the
Ann, of Halifax—had scarcely been at sea three days when one of
the crew was seized with cholera and died, and the body before
morning was thrown overboard. In consequence of this untoward
circumstance, the party felt inclined to return to Ireland, but owing
to the sanitary measures adopted by Dr. Robinson the plague was
stayed. After a voyage of seven weeks they reached the St.
Lawrence, and found that cholera had become epidemic in Canada.
They were subjected to a short quarantine at Grosse Isle, and were
then permitted to pursue their journey to Toronto (Little York),
where they remained about six weeks, and here the party separated.
Mr. Brough went to Oro, on Lake Simcoe, Dr. Skiffington Connor to
Marchmont village, Orillia township, and the Blakes to the township
of Adelaide, of which the Rev. D. E. Blake had been appointed rector
by Sir John Colborne, the then governor of the province. Dr.
Robinson returned to Ireland, taking his son Arthur G. with him,
who, the following season, returned with his brother Charles (now
county judge of Lambton), and settled in Orillia township, Charles
going farther west. Samuel Skiffington Robinson received his
education in Upper Canada College, from which he graduated; and
having adopted the law as a profession, he entered the office of
Blake, Kerr, Lash & Cassels, in Toronto, where he remained until he
was called to the bar. He shortly afterwards moved to the
beautifully-situated town of Orillia, which he has had the satisfaction
of seeing rise from a backwoods village to a thriving town of four
thousand inhabitants. He has succeeded well in his profession, and
is at present solicitor for the Dominion Bank agency there, and holds
several other important positions. Mr. Robinson has not entirely
confined himself to his professional duties, and as a consequence his
fellow citizens have honoured him by electing him mayor of the
town, which position (1887) he now occupies. He held the office of
churchwarden in the St. James Episcopal Church of Orillia, for a
number of years; and for several years was president of the Reform
Association. He, too, has devoted some attention to the militia, and
holds an ensign’s commission in the Simcoe battalion. In politics Mr.
Robinson is a Liberal; and in religion is an adherent of the Episcopal
church. On the 13th December, 1871, he was married to Elizabeth
Millar. Mrs. Robinson’s brother, Melville Millar, was the first mayor of
Orillia, which position he held for several terms.

Baillairgé, Louis de Gonzague, Queen’s Counsellor

and Chevalier-Commandeur of the Illustrious Order of St. Gregory
the Great, is a son of the late Pierre Florent, city treasurer of Quebec
under the magistrates, and of Marie Louise Cureux de Saint-
Germain, daughter of the late Antoine Cureux de Saint-Germain,
captain of transatlantic mercantile vessels. This pious and venerable
lady, whose mortal remains rest beneath the vaults of the Basilica,
died at Quebec, at the advanced age of ninety, on the 16th of July,
1859. Pierre Florent, her husband, was one of the writers of the
Canadien, wherein he published some satirical articles in verse,
although he was not a poet, against the administration of Sir James
Craig, the governor-general, who on that occasion ordered the
seizure of the type and entire plant of the printing office, on the
17th March, 1810. His excellency, at the same time, issued an order
to arrest him, together with his friends, Judge Bédard and
Lefrançois, who were both imprisoned. Florent, however, escaped
imprisonment through the influence of one of his friends, Mr. Young,
a magistrate. L. G. Baillairgé now occupies the building, the door of
which was burst open by a squad of soldiers armed with rifles and
fixed bayonets, under command of Capt. Thos. Allison, of the 5th
regiment of infantry, who was also a justice of the peace, where
they seized the Canadien printing office, machinery and papers. Mr.
Baillairgé is the grandson of Jean Baillairgé, architect and engineer,
who was born at Saint-Antoine de Villaret, Poitou, France, on the
30th of October, 1726, and emigrated, in 1748, to Quebec, Canada,
where he acted as assistant to Viscount de Léry for the construction
of the city gates connected with the fortifications which still surround
it. He fought in the battle of the Plains of Abraham, on the 13th
September, 1759, and served in the army during the blockade of
Quebec in 1775-76 by Montgomery and Arnold. He and his son
François, who had studied painting, architecture, and statuary at the
Royal Academy of Paris, are the artists who decorated the interior of
the Basilica, and designed and executed the “baldaquin” which
surmounts the main altar of the sanctuary, and is so much admired.
Six of the twelve surrounding statues were sculptured by them;
those of Saint-Ambroise and Saint-Augustin, in the lateral chapel of
Sainte-Anne, were executed by Thomas, the son of François, who
also sculptured the basso-relievo representing the Supper of
Emmaus, on the front of the central altar in the church of Sainte-
Anne de la Pocatière, respecting which he was highly congratulated
by Lord Dalhousie, who took great interest in works of art. The
statues of Saint-Louis, king of France, and Saint-Flavien, on either
side of the principal altar of the Quebec Basilica, and the two others
in the lateral chapel of Sainte-Famille, were executed by artists in
France. These specimens of Canadian and European art are such
that even the experienced eye of a keen observer can with difficulty
decide which of them displays the greatest artistic skill. François
Baillairgé’s studio and workshop were in the building now occupied
as a livery stable, on St. Louis street, by Mr. Driscoll. Prince Edward,
Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, paid frequent visits to the
artist in this studio, and gave him orders for the execution of various
artistic works, as a proof of his appreciation of his ability, and in
order to give him all the encouragement he could. He also induced
him to organize a club of young men to give theatrical
performances, and afterwards invited them to play a comedy in the
casemated barracks of the citadel near St. Louis gate. Jean
Baillairgé, his son François, and Thomas, the son of the latter, may
be justly considered as the fathers of Canadian architecture,
sculpture and statuary. Louis de Gonzague Baillairgé, the subject of
our sketch, is the uncle of George Frederick, deputy minister of
Public Works of Canada, and of Charles, the city engineer of Quebec,
chevalier of the order of Saint-Sauveur de Monte Reale, in Italy. He
completed his classical course of studies in 1830, at the Seminary of
Quebec, and afterwards studied law under the Hon. Philippe Panet.
When the latter was appointed judge, he continued his legal course
under the Hon. R. E. Caron, and was admitted to practice at the bar
on the 12th October, 1835. In 1844 he became the partner of the
latter, who was then the mayor of the city of Quebec, and was later
on appointed as successor to Sir Narcisse Belleau, as lieutenant-
governor of the province of Quebec. In 1850 Mr. Baillairgé was
appointed, together with Mr. Caron, his associate, as joint attorneys
of the corporation of Quebec. In 1853, on his partner being
appointed one of the judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, the
partnership was dissolved, and the entire practice of the firm, one of
the most extensive of the bar of Quebec, remained with him. He
continued to act for the corporation of the city until the 22nd of
February, 1861, when the council passed a resolution containing the
following:—“That L. G. Baillairgé, attorney of the corporation, having
efficiently contributed to the economical administration of justice by
means of his legal advice, laborious application and praiseworthy
disinterestedness, and having also by means of his persevering
energy, ensured the collection of considerable sums of money which
the city would have lost by the extinction of its mortgages if he had
not acted in such energetic manner; he is entitled to the respect of
this council, and to the confidence of the public.” Pursuant to this
resolution, Mr. Baillairgé was nominated sole attorney and legal
adviser of the corporation, in which capacity he continued to act
until the 9th of October, 1885. He then requested the city council to
grant him an associate for the transaction of city affairs, in the
person of the Hon. A. P. Pelletier, of whom he was the patron, and
who practised as a lawyer in his office for more than twenty years.
The city council readily assented to this proposal, and accordingly
passed the following resolution on the same day:—“That this council,
taking into consideration the letter of L. G. Baillairgé, Q.C., most
willingly avails itself of the opportunity to express its high
appreciation and its gratitude for the eminent professional services
rendered by Mr. Baillairgé to the city of Quebec during so many
years, for the honour and advantage of the city, and accedes with
pleasure to Mr. Baillairgé’s request.” In 1885, the government having
decided to appoint assistant judges for the Superior Court during the
existence of the Seignorial Court, offered him one of the
appointments. In 1856, the government tendered him the
recordership of the city of Quebec, which had been created, for the
first time, by the Act 19, 20 Vict., chap. 106. In 1860, when Chief
Justice Bowen retired from the bench, he was invited to replace him
during the time of his retirement. In 1860-61, he was called upon to
fill the seat rendered vacant in the Superior Court by the death of
Judge Power on 1st July, 1860. However lucrative and honorary
these appointments might be, he declined accepting any of them;
their value, in his estimation, could not, he thought, compensate him
for the loss of his personal independence. In 1863, he was
appointed Queen’s counsellor, under the Dorion administration. In
1873 he became bâtonnier of the bar of Quebec, and was
considered as one of its most trustworthy and distinguished
members and one of its most eloquent orators. In 1882 he
conceived the noble and philanthropic idea of getting a church or
missionary’s chapel constructed in each of the five parts of the
world, under the name of one of the members of his family, together
with a Canadian oratory, under the name of his patron saint. These
churches are either completed or in course of construction, one of
them being in Southern and the other in Equatorial Africa. The one
erected at the southern end of lake Victoria, Nianza, is named, “St.
Pierre de Bukumbi,” and is the first church which has been
constructed of stone, in the centre of Africa. The journal of Les
Missions Catholiques contains the following, in regard to this church:
Monseigneur Livinhac, vicar apostolic of Nianza, has selected this
church for his cathedral, and blessed it accordingly, on All Saints day,
in 1886. It excites the admiration of the natives, who come from afar
in great numbers to examine it, and afterwards return to their
homes to speak of the marvellous temple they have seen. They all
say that they never saw such a wonderful edifice, it being the first
architectural structure ever erected in these regions, in honour of
the Divinity. Another of these churches is in course of construction in
the province of Nouba, in Central Africa, as agreed upon with
Cardinal Sagaro, through the Reverend Father Bouchard, who
accompanied the Canadian contingent of Voyageurs to the Nile; and
another has been constructed at Rapid Creek, near Palmerston, in
the Pacific Ocean. As regards the oratory at Jerusalem, Mr. Baillairgé
has not yet succeeded in obtaining the requisite “firman,” permitting
its construction from the Turkish government. Objections have been
made, but hopes are entertained that they will be finally overcome.
Mr. Baillairgé is one of the members and founders of the National
Society of Saint-Jean Baptiste of Quebec. He succeeded Sir Narcisse
Belleau as “Commissaire Ordonnateur” of the society, and afterwards
was elected as its president, in which capacities he acted during a
term of fifteen years, until 1859, when he resigned on account of
the pressure of professional duties, but remained a member of the
society. During this long period, Mr. Baillairgé spared no efforts to
establish the society on a solid and lasting basis, and to establish
and strengthen its connection with the other national societies of the
city. He was also one of the founders of the “Institut Canadien,”
whose début was so humble in its origin, but which is now
flourishing, and may at present be considered as the focus of
learning and of the national aspirations of Canadian youth. In 1873,
he was chosen as one of its honorary presidents. He is one of those
who first conceived the idea of collecting and afterwards depositing,
in June, 1854, in one grave, the scattered remains of the brave
warriors of the 78th Highlanders, and of the French “Grenadiers de
la Reine,” who were slain during the battle, on the heights of Ste.
Foye, between Generals Lévis and Murray. To his exertions and those
of his friend, Dr. Robitaille, we are chiefly indebted for the
construction of the monument, “Aux braves de 1760, érigé par la
Société St. Jean-Baptiste de Quebec, 1860,” which now stands over
the graves, in order to commemorate the victory won by the French,
on the 28th of April, 1760, six months after the battle of the Plains
of Abraham. The solemnity of the proceedings, on this occasion, was
never surpassed, except during the official reception of Cardinal
Taschereau. The event was witnessed by about 12,000 persons. The
British military authorities graciously assented to all the requests of
the St. Jean-Baptiste Society, in connection with the inauguration of
this monument, and furnished two regiments of the line with a
company of artillery and its guns, who placed themselves next to a
detachment of the French navy from the Imperial corvette La
Capricieuse, then visiting Quebec. The monument consists of a
bronzed iron column, resting on a pedestal of masonry, surmounted
by a bronze statue of Bellona, which was donated to the Society of
St. Jean-Baptiste by Prince Napoleon Bonaparte. The name of
“Murray,” with the arms of Great Britain, is inscribed on the side
opposite the city, and that of “Lévis,” with the arms of France, on the
opposite side of the pedestal. The inscription, “Aux braves de 1760,
érigé par la Société St. Jean-Baptiste de Québec, 1860,” with its
surrounding laurel wreath, is upon the face fronting the Ste. Foye
road; on the opposite side, facing the Laurentides, there is a bas-
relief representing the windmill, one of the most contested points of
the battle-field; a bronze mortar rests on each corner of the
pedestal. Before the departure of Prince Napoleon from Quebec, Mr.
Baillairgé met his friend, Dr. Bardy, ex-president of the society, who
requested him on behalf of the society to visit the Prince at the
Russell Hotel, and to request him to grant a statue for the crowning
of the monument. The Prince, after conferring with Baron Gauldrée
de Boileau, graciously assented to the request. The design of the
monument, which is about 90 feet in height, was made by Chevalier
Charles Baillairgé, the city engineer. The country is indebted to Mr.
Baillairgé for the possession of the “Standard of Carillon.” This
ancient relic of the past, whenever it appears in the ranks of the
procession of St. Jean-Baptiste, awakens the memories of the valiant
deeds of their forefathers during the memorable day of the 8th July,
1758. He searched, during more than ten years, with incredible
perseverance, for this old standard, and finally succeeded in finding
it in the abode of an old friend of his family, Frère Louis Bonami, of
the order of Saint François d’Assize, at Quebec, beneath a mass of
old articles half reduced to dust by decay, at the bottom of an old
trunk. Father Berry, superior of the Recollets at Quebec, was one of
the almoners of the army of Carillon under Montcalm. After the
campaign of 1758 he took charge of the standard, and brought it
back to Quebec, where it was suspended to the vault of the Recollet
Church, and remained there until the church was destroyed by fire
on the 6th of September, 1796. Frère Bonami and another rushed
into the church to save what articles they could, threw them into a
trunk, and were hurrying out with them at the moment when the
standard dropped near their feet, from the vault of the nave, and,
picking it up, also threw it into the trunk, which he carried off, with
his companion, to a place of safety, and afterwards sent it to his
dwelling, where it was found by Mr. Baillairgé, after a lapse of more
than half a century. (See Revue Canadienne of 1882, vol. II., page
129). On various occasions, and especially in 1857, he was invited to
present himself as a candidate to parliament for Quebec, but always
declined the proffered honour. He was one of the founders of the
Courrier du Canada, at Quebec, and helped it out of numerous
difficulties which generally attend the establishment of a new
journal. The Courrier has been in existence ever since, and will, it is
hoped, continue to prosper for many years hereafter. In 1863 he was
appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd battalion of the militia of
Quebec, under Lord Elgin. On the 24th of February, 1885, Mr.
Baillairgé founded a chair of sacred and profane eloquence in
connection with the faculty of arts of the Laval University at Quebec,
known as “La Chaire Baillairgé.” On the 26th of July, 1886, his
Holiness the Pope Leo XIII., addressed an autograph letter to his
Eminence Cardinal Archbishop Taschereau, respecting the newly
founded professorship, which contains the following:

We have learned with great pleasure that we are indebted to the

generosity of a distinguished advocate of Quebec, Mr. Baillairgé, for a new
chair, which has been created in addition to the chairs already existing in the
Laval University, over which you preside as Apostolic Chancellor. We are
greatly rejoiced on account of this new endowment, the object of which is to
benefit studious young men who wish to perfect themselves in literature and
eloquence.
Our beloved son, whom we have already named, has thus, in our
estimation, not only contributed to the development of arts and letters in his
native land, but he has also erected a lasting monument in his own honour,
and is worthy of the praise of his contemporaries and of the commendation
of posterity.
The distance which separates us, prevents us from expressing personally
to the illustrious founder, our feelings of paternal affection and our ardent
desire that he may receive from God the ample reward due to his worthy
deed. We, therefore, request you to do so in our name.

His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau accordingly addressed the

following letter to Mr. Baillairgé, on the 21st of August, 1886:

Sir,—You will receive herewith the Latin text and French translation of the
letter I have just received:
His Holiness the Pope Leo XIII., wishing to give unto the Laval University
a proof of the interest he feels in this institution, bestows his praise on the
chair of eloquence which you have so generously founded, and commends
your action as an example to be followed by those who desire to make a
noble use of their fortune. A monument of marble is an object of interest
only to a few, and any interest which may be attached to it, seldom lasts
beyond one generation. The founder of a work such as yours, sir, will be
known and loved by all those whom it will benefit directly or indirectly, until
the end of time.
The deep interest I take in the Laval University and in the education of
the youth of our native country, will enable you, sir, to estimate the vivacity
and sincerity of the gratefulness with which I have the honour to subscribe
myself,
Your very devoted servant,
E. A., Cardinal Taschereau,
Archbishop of Quebec.
To L. G. Baillairgé, Esq., Advocate.

The Hon. Mr. Fabre, who published this letter in the Paris-Canada, a
newspaper which is printed at Paris, adds:

Mr. Baillairgé belongs to one of the most genuine French families of

Canada. The high distinction by which he has just been honoured is the
worthy reward of his generous act, and an acknowledgement of the exalted
sentiments by which he has been guided.

Cardinal Taschereau’s letter was followed by his “Pastoral Letter” of

the 8th of December, 1886, respecting the Laval University, and
alluding to the chair founded in that institution by Mr. Baillairgé. On
the 18th of May, 1887, his Holiness the Pope Leo XIII., nominates
Mr. Baillairgé “Chevalier-Commandeur of the illustrious order of St.
Gregory the Great,” by Apostolical Letters-patent of the same date.
These Letters-patent were presented by order of his Eminence
Cardinal Taschereau to Mr. Baillairgé, by Monseigneur Légaré, the
Grand Vicaire, and by Monseigneur Marois, secretary of his
eminence, acting as his special delegates on this occasion. His
Eminence Cardinal Simeoni, chief of the Propaganda, is said to have
contributed to this nomination. The uniform and insignia of a
Chevalier-Commandeur is as follows:—Uniform—A dark blue, long-
tailed dress-coat, with silver embroidery of laurel leaves, and silver
buttons on the front; collar, facings, and the lower portion on the
back, also embroidered with silver; long white chamois pantaloons,
with a silver band on the sides; small black boots; black cocked hat
with short black spiral plumes and silver clasp. Insignia:—Maltese
cross of gold with a circular medallion at the centre, containing the
miniature of Gregory the Great; gold-hilted sword at the side, etc. In
1887 a statue of the Saviour was presented by Mr. Baillairgé to the
Grey Nuns of Quebec. It was blessed by his Eminence Cardinal
Taschereau, and placed on the summit of the tower above the main
entrance of the Grey Nuns’ Church, on the 18th of September of the
same year. The statue is about fifteen feet in height, is plated on the
outside with gilded sheet lead, and weighs about 4,000 lbs. It was
sculptured by Mr. Jobin, an artist of the old capital.

Dionne, Narcisse Eutrope, S.B., M.D., Quebec, Co-

Editor of Le Courrier du Canada, was born at St. Denis, county of
Kamouraska, province of Quebec, on the 18th of May, 1848, from
the marriage of Narcisse Dionne and Elizabeth Bouchard. Dr. Dionne
received his education at the College of Ste. Anne de Lapocatière,
and after completing his classical course, studied theology two years
at the Grand Seminary of Quebec, returned to Ste. Anne for another
year, and completed his theological studies at Levis College. He then
chose the medical profession, and for that purpose entered Laval
University, where he graduated M.D., in 1873, and removed to
Stanfold, county of Arthabaska, and practised his profession in that
place until 1875. Then he removed to Quebec, where he found a
wider field, not only in regard to his profession, but to follow his
inclinations to literary pursuits. He has lived in that city ever since. In
1876, the Cercle Catholique, of which he was one of the founders,
was established in the city of Quebec, and he was elected on the
board of directors and librarian, a position he held until the year
1883; he was then elected vice-president, and still holds that
position. He was also one of the founders of the “Presse Associée de
la province de Quebec,” with other journalists of the city of Quebec.
This association was incorporated by an act of the legislature of
Quebec, in 1883. Dr. Dionne has been acting secretary of the society
since its foundation, and took a most prominent part in the reception
accorded the Canadian Press Association, on the occasion of the
latter body’s excursion to the Saguenay in 1883. In token of their
gratitude, the Ontario pressmen gave him a splendid gift in
recognition of the courtesies extended them. In August, 1886, he
was also elected secretary to the Quebec Conservative Club, and in
January, 1887, was appointed to the same position, which he filled
during the Federal elections of the 22nd of February, of the same
year. Dr. Dionne holds a high rank among the littérateurs of his
native province, the first work which brought him to prominence
being a pamphlet, published in 1880, intituled, “Le Tombeau de
Champlain.” The year previous, his Excellency the Count de Premio-
Real, consul-general of Spain in Canada, had offered two prizes for
the best essay on a series of questions relating to Canadian history,
and Mr. Dionne was the winner of both. In 1881, he published a
pamphlet on agricultural societies, and then-value to the farmers,
intituled, “Les Cercles Agricoles dans la Province de Québec,” and
delivered many lectures throughout the province on that important
subject. In 1882 appeared the report of the excursion of the
Canadian Press Association to the United States, Manitoba, and the
North-West, also due to Dr. Dionne’s pen; and still later, in 1883 he
published the report of the French-Canadian convention, held at
Windsor, county of Essex. As a political writer, the doctor is in the
foremost rank of the Conservative journalists of the province, having
been editor-in-chief of Le Courier du Canada, a daily paper published
in Quebec, from April, 1880, until the 1st of February, 1884. He also
filled the same position on the staff of Le Journal de Québec, from
February to May, 1886. On the 22nd of February, 1887, he resumed
the duties of co-editor to Le Courier du Canada, a position which he
still holds. The first editors of the latter newspaper had been Dr. J. C.
Taché, deputy minister to the department of Agriculture, and Sir
Hector Langevin. In addition to his medical practice and journalistic
duties, Dr. Dionne was chief license inspector under the Federal Act
of parliament, from the 19th February, 1884, until December, 1885;
and visiting physician to the Quebec Marine Hospital since the 17th
February, 1882. In 1885, he visited New Orleans, during the World’s
Exposition. He is corresponding member of the Institut-Canadien, of
Ottawa; L’Union Catholique, Mauritius Island; and titulary member of
the Académie des Muses Santonnes, France. He was married on the
13th of October, 1873, to Marie Laure Bouchard, second daughter of
the late Pierre Victor Bouchard, of her Majesty’s customs, Quebec,
and Julie Huot. He has issue ten children, five sons and five
daughters.

Archibald, Peter S., Moncton, New Brunswick, Chief

Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway, was born at Truro, Nova
Scotia, on the 21st March, 1848. His parents were William and
Elizabeth Archibald, and were both natives of Nova Scotia. Peter S.
Archibald received his education at the Truro Model and Normal
schools, and joined the railway service in 1867, when scarcely out of
his teens. Since then he has gradually risen, through all the grades
from rodman, until he now occupies the position of chief engineer.
He joined the volunteers as a private, and served in that capacity for
three years, and was afterwards promoted to a lieutenancy in the
73rd battalion. Mr. Archibald is a member of the American Institute
of Civil Engineers. As a living example of what can be done by a
young man who sets his mind on rising in his profession, he is a
good example, and deserves a great deal of praise for his pluck and
perseverance, and his example is well worthy of imitation by our
young men who wish to get on in the world. In April, 1874, Mr.
Archibald was married to Clara G. Lindsay, daughter of T. S. Lindsay,
of Rockland, Maine, U.S.

Mathews, Rev. George D., D.D., Pastor of Chalmer’s

(Presbyterian) Church, Quebec, one of the best known of our
Presbyterian divines in the old as well as the new world, was born in
the town of Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1828. As in the case of others of
our distinguished men in America, the three nationalities of the
motherland are to be found represented in him, for, though born in
Ireland, he had for his father a true-hearted Scotchman, while his
mother was a native of England. The subject of our sketch spent his
earliest years in the city of Dublin, where he received his education
at the hands of private tutors who prepared him for entering Trinity
College as an undergraduate in arts. His career at this celebrated
seat of learning was in every sense a most satisfactory one, so that
he took his degree in 1848. It is needless to say that the classical
and literary tastes which he acquired at college have never left him,
as those who have had the pleasure of his acquaintance, or who
have had the opportunity of sitting under his ministrations as a
pastor, can readily bear witness. After leaving college he devoted
himself for a time to the study of law, but that profession becoming
more and more distasteful to the young student, as his mind
matured on social questions and the solemn responsibilities of life,
he subsequently forsook the pathways which Coke, Blackstone and
Hale have in vain endeavoured to make smooth, for a more peaceful
retreat with the school of the prophets. Entering the United
Presbyterian Hall of Divinity at Edinburgh, he there had the privilege
of receiving instruction from such distinguished theologians as Dr.
John Brown, Dr. Eadie, and a number of other teachers, whose lives
and characters have moulded the history and polity of the U. P.
Church in Scotland. Under such men Rev. Dr. Mathews felt more and
more the serious mission he had to perform in life. With zeal he
entered upon the examination of the theology of the times, fortifying
himself with the most careful study of mental science, and obtaining
for himself the credit of being a devoted investigator in the realms of
thought, and a keen observer of the many paths into which
advanced thinkers are ever leading their fellowmen. Yet, never for a
moment did the young student deviate from the faith; and never,
throughout his long career as a minister has he had to endure the
scorn of those whose chief delight it often is to rail at the ministers
of advanced opinions. His preaching has ever been thoroughly
orthodox, notwithstanding the wide scope of his knowledge and
scientific attainments. Possessed of a remarkable fluency of speech,
his discourses are generally given extempore, being marked at the
same time with an eloquence which is all the more attractive from
the simplicity of the language he employs. In December, 1853, he
was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Glasgow, and
immediately thereafter was ordained at Stranraer, a town of about
eight thousand inhabitants, in Wigtonshire, Scotland. No more
delightful locality could have been selected for a man of such tastes
and predispositions as the subject of our sketch. The town of
Stranraer, as is well-known, stands upon an arm of the sea at the
head of Loch Ryan, and for the beauty and natural sweetness of its
surroundings is all but unequalled by the other towns in the south of
Scotland. Here the young preacher found his first charge among a
people kindly disposed and hospitable, and here his efforts to do
good were well received, not only by those of his own congregation,
but by the whole community. No duty was overlooked, public or
pastoral; and yet amidst the pressure of work which always falls to
the lot of a young and conscientious pastor, the literary spirit did not
forsake the youthful clergyman during his spare moments from
pulpit work and pastoral ministrations, as many of the old numbers
of the “Dublin University Magazine” can bear witness. For several
years he continued to contribute to this and other periodicals, and it
need hardly be said that his contributions even then gave promise of
the literary and administrative abilities which have brought the Rev.
Dr. Mathews’ name so prominently before the denomination of which
he is a minister. At length, in 1868, while on a visit to the United
States, the U. P. minister at Stranraer received a call to one of the
city charges in New York. In the following year he reluctantly gave
up his charge in Scotland, and to the universal regret of his people
and fellow townsmen, set sail for America. Nor did the feeling in his
favour fail to show itself in a tangible form. A beautiful testimonial
was presented by the community to the retiring pastor with many
and valuable accompanying presents. Shortly after his arrival in New
York, Dr. Mathews undertook the editorship of “The Christian
Worker,” a monthly magazine devoted mainly to religious topics. This
duty he performed in addition to his pastoral work. Under his
management the periodical rose into favour until at length its
circulation brought the editor into prominence all over the continent.
The editor of the “Worker” also took an active part in all church
affairs, expressing an influence in the church courts and on church
problems which has always been respected. As an evidence of this
growing influence, in 1873, when the proposal was mooted by Rev.
Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, and Rev. Dr. Schaff, that the various
Presbyterian Churches throughout the world should come into close
relationship with one another, Dr. Mathews was chosen secretary of
the first committee formed for the carrying out of definite plans to
promote such brotherly alliance. Two years later, he was sent to
London by the Presbyterian Church in the Northern States as one of
its commissioners to confer with the representatives from other
Churches as to the feasibility of a union of Presbyterianism
throughout the world. This was the origin of the Presbyterian
Alliance, which has since become a household word in the
Presbyterian church. The first important conference was held in
London, England, where it was agreed to form an “Alliance of the
Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian system,” and at the first
meeting of this new association of Presbyterians, Dr. Mathews was
appointed American secretary—a position which he has held for
many years, and which through his energy and administrative skill
has become one of the most influential in the Presbyterian church of
to-day. While performing the duties of this office, Dr. Mathews has
been engaged from time to time in preparing many new and reliable
tables of statistics together with a series of concise and tabular
sketches of the Presbyterian Churches of the world. In 1879 he
became associate editor of the Catholic Presbyterian, the organ of
the Alliance, and a periodical of the highest literary dignity and style.
At the meeting of the Alliance in 1884, at Belfast, he was further
appointed by its general council to edit the record of its proceedings,
filling a volume of no less than seven hundred pages. Included
within this volume, there is to be found a very valuable and
exhaustive statistical report, or rather series of reports, compiled by
the painstaking secretary, a work for which he has received the
highest commendation from his brethren and others who have
carefully examined it. As the fruit of prolonged labour and original
enquiry, it carries within it information of the most interesting kind,
not only to Presbyterians but to all Protestant churches. In
recognition of Dr. Mathews’ great services to the Presbyterian cause,
and the prominent position he had attained to in church affairs, the
Western University of Pennsylvania conferred upon him the degree
of Doctor of Divinity. At the present writing, the secretary of the Pan-
Presbyterian Council is pastor of Chalmers Church, Quebec. Some
years ago he was chosen one of the governors of Morrin College,
being at the same time professor of systematic theology in that
institution. Since 1883 he has also taken charge of the classes in
moral philosophy. In ordinary educational affairs he has always taken
a deep interest, having been for years a member of the Council of
Public Instruction for the Province of Quebec. As with many other
men of business habits, Rev. Dr. Mathews has a favourite recreation.
His is in numismatic research, and possessing a very valuable
collection of coins: he published, in 1876, a volume on the “Coinages
of the World,” which has had a large circulation. He was married, in
1856, to Maria F. Irvine, of Dublin, by whom he has had a family of
two sons and a daughter, all of whom survive their mother, who died
in 1880.

Bentley, Hon. George Whitefield Wheelock,

Kensington, Commissioner of Public Works for Prince Edward Island,
was born at Margate, Prince county, P.E.I., on the 21st December,
1842. He is the youngest son of Thomas Bentley and Hannah Smith.
His father, Mr. Bentley, sen., emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to
Prince Edward Island, in 1817; and his mother, Hannah Smith, came
to the same island in 1800 with her parents, she having been born
on the passage out from England. The father of this lady was the
youngest son of a family of twenty-two children. The Bentley family
first settled in Cavendish, one of the oldest settlements on the
island, and afterwards removed to Prince county, and took up their
abode at a place they named Margate, after the celebrated
watering-place in England. George, the subject of our sketch,
received an ordinary English education in his native place. After
leaving school he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, and in
1874 removed to Kensington, his present residence, where he has
since carried on business as a merchant and as a farmer. In 1879 he
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