CHAPTER XXXIV

1700-1721

HALF A CENTURY OF PEACE AND PROGRESS

CIVIC SIDE LIGHTS

I.

THE LONG PEACE--THE TWO GOVERNORS--TAVERN LICENSES--PERMIT TO MARRY--CULTIVATION OF HEMP--FIRST ATTEMPT OF THE LACHINE CANAL BY THE SEIGNEURS--GEDEON DE CATALOGNE--CHAUSSEGROS DE LERY--"SEDITIOUS ASSEMBLIES"--CLAUDE DE RAMEZAY--WAR PRICES--LINEN AND CLOTH INDUSTRIES DEVELOPED--AN ORDINANCE AGAINST DIRTY STREETS--AGAINST PIGS IN THE HOUSES--MARKET REGULATIONS--THE USE OF THE COMMONS--SALE OF LIQUOR TO SAVAGES--THE SEIGNEURS AND THE HABITANTS--REGULATIONS CONCERNING TANNERS, SHOEMAKERS AND BUTCHERS--ENGLISH MERCHANDISE NOT TO BE TOLERATED AT MONTREAL--A MARKET FOR CANADIAN PRODUCTS DESIRED--CONCENTRATION IN THE EAST VERSUS EXPANSION IN THE WEST--CONGES--FAST DRIVING--ROAD MAKING--HORSE BREEDING RESTRAINED--PIGS TO BE MUZZLED--LIQUOR LICENSES OVERHAULED--SNOW-SHOEING TO BE CULTIVATED--DIVERSE NATIONAL ORIGINS--A MARBLE QUARRY--THE DEATH OF A RECLUSE--MURDERER BURNT IN EFFIGY--CARD MONEY--A "BOURSE" FOR THE MERCHANTS--PATENTS OF NOBILITY TO THE LEBER AND LE MOYNE FAMILIES--PARTRIDGE SHOOTING--A "CURE ALL" PATENT MEDICINE--POSTAL SERVICE--A PICTURE OF MONTREAL ABOUT 1721 BY CHARLEVOIX 331