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^ APPLIED IIVHGE I^5»^ 1653 East Main Streetg'.g Rochester. New York 14609 USA^S (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone^S (7'6) 288 -5989 -Fox

ANDREW PATBR.SONFIKST PRESIDENT OP THE SOCIETY

THE ANNALSIN BRIEF OF

THE ST. ANDREWS SOCIETYOF QUEBEC

WITH

THE ACT OF INCORPORATION AI THF,CONSTITUTION AND BY-LA\vS

OF THE SOCIETY

QUEBECPWNTSD AND PUSUSBKD ON THE AUTHORITY

OP THE SOCIETY

1906

H^'?'

^

Extract from the Minutes.—It was moved by Mr.Alex. Hyde and seconded by Mr. AmosCampbell, and carried unanimously, that theSociety aslc Dr. Harper to write a shorthistory of the Society from its organizationto date, to be printed and bound with thenew Constitution and Act of Incorporation.

ST. ANDREW'S DAY.

(Jiead on the Anniversary of 188S)

n ^ K^J'T^* CroM-nae Cross of Fire"•"Jbids the sons of Celtic sireTheir claymores furious draw—

With sympathetic scroll unfurled,Hath borne its summons roon' the worldTo greet us ane and a'

;

'

For Scotland yet, frae year to year.Hath added to her fame.

And friends forgather far and nearIn honour of her name •And cheerfu' nor fearfu'

Of hindrance to our mirthwe time then our rhyme thenIn honour of her worth.

A-lowe with symphonies of hameOur modest daffin' thinks nae shameTo woo the winsome pastOur noblest joy's an honest prideIn sires, whase deeds heroic guide

Our faith still firm and fast

:

Jj.'^'''y°^' 'orbears prized.

Though wounded oft and torn'^v.l"!'

"""'ent its scars, baptizedWith tears for those forlomVAnd binds a', to kinds a'A helping hand to len'—~°

Sl*".^*?'"' a°

To haud our hearts In bumble veinFate wbiles may sing^le out our ain

To sere wltb sorrow's fire,Or, in disdain, may make a ba'Of some puir brither, gin he fa'

In Clootie's treacherous mire:But Scotia ne'er can lose her pride.

Though Fate should seem her foe.Gin Scotsmen share, whate'er betide.

Their joy with ithers' woe.To pray for, each day for

The weaker of our kindSustaining, ne'er paining

The broken hearts tCey bind.

The echoes of a strife at timesBlends discord with the Sabbath chimes

Of some sweet Highland glen.When lordling's heel presumes to bruiseThe liberty that aye embuesGod's bairns to make them men •

But manhood dares its poean raiseTo sanctify the strife,

^""-S"*' '° shame the tyrant's eraseThat mars the sweets of life;And blot ne'er, true Scot ne'er

Shall thole upon the shield.That broadly and proudly

Protects the puir man's bield,

A. u-

THE ANNALS OF THE SOCIETY

THE ANNALS OF THE SOCIETY

THE origin of the St. Andrew's Society of Quebecis to be traced to a well marked transitiou periodin the history of the country, when the unrest

in the colony was leading to the organization of kindredsocieties as rallying points for patriotic sympathies andunited action in the dispensing of charity. There areto be met with in the records of the society only theslenderest threads of political significance, in its fra-ternal co-operation with the St. George's and St.Patrick's societies in their respective commemorativecelebrations. From the first, however, even the socialelement and much more the political was subordinatedto the charitable, the direct objects of the society beingthe affording of relief and advice to natives of Scotlandin Canada and their descendants and the promoting ofthe welfare of Scottish immigrants who stood in needof assistance, and were found to be worthy of it.The notice, that the formation of such a society in

Quebec was advisable, was issued early in the month ofOctober, 1835, to probable members, asking for a pre-liminary meeting to be held in the Albion Hotel. Thesaid notice was signed by twenty of the most prominentScottish citizens of Quebec, and was successful in bring-ing to a preliminary meeting, held in the same place onFriday the 9th of October 1835, twenty-eight gentle-

8 THB ANNALS IN BRIEF OP THU

men, who forthwith appointed nine of their numberto draft a constitution for the proposed society. Thatdraft was presented and discussed at a second preU-minary meeting which had an attendance of forty-fourwhen it was ajrreed, after full consideration and unan-imous acceptan.. of the twenty-eight articles of theconstitution, that the first meeting of the society forthe election of officers should be held on the secondFriday of November. At this firet regular meeting ofthe society, the vote by ballot resulted in the electionof Andrew Paterson as President, with Hon. JohnNeilson and Hon. John Stuart as Vice-Presidents; Rev.John Cluj^ton and Rev. Daniel Wilkie as Chaplains;Ur. Joseph Momn and Dr. James Douglas as Physi-cians; Alexander Simpson as Treasurer; John Bruceand James GiUespie as Secretaries; and the followingas Managers: James Dean, George Black, RonaldMcLellan, Allan Gihnour, Lewis J. McNair, Archd.

lZ!it'J^°\^- ^- ^'^"^' «^"«J Neilson.Robert P. Ross, Donald Eraser, Thomas Ainslie Young.As the ceremony of instaUing 'hese officere had to beproceeded with on St. Andrew's Day, Messrs. WilliamMcTavish and Robert H. Gairdner were appointed aCommittee of Installation-a committee which doesnot seem to have always been appointed in subsequentyeare, much as there has been a serious neglect in pre-serving a record of the anniversary celebrations atwhich these officers had their only duties to performConcerning these gentlemen who w^re thus early

entrusted with the oversight of the affairs of the_

ociety, short biographical references cannot but behelpful m emphasizing the position of importance it

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIBTT OF QUEBEC 9

But space forbidstook in the annals of the city,details.

Anarew Paterson, the firet to be elected presidentwas one of Quebec's most prominent merchants, beinghead of the firm of Paterson a^id Young. His name isthe first on the list of the twenty gentlemen who tookthe prelmiinary step towards the formation of thesociety; the others including his business partner, A. H.Young; Alexander Simpson, city manager of the Bankof Montreal; John Bruce, secretary of the Board ofTrade; Rev. Daniel Wilkie, schoolmaster and editor-Dr. Joseph Morrin, the founder of Morrin CoUege;David Burnet, lumber-merchant; John Strang drygoods merchant; Dr. John Charlton Fisher, editor ofthe Mercury; Allan Gihnour, lumber merchant; GeorgeBlack, ship builder; James Gibb, general merchant andimporter; John Thomson, lumber merchant; Dr. JamesDouglas, father of the patron of the Literary and His-torical Society; Donald Fraser, of the Hudson BayCompany; Charles Gray Stuart, of the Custom House-James Denholm, Ronald McLellan, and James Bums!The first president was a weU known figure on the

streets of Quebec, when the lumber trade and shipbmlding business were at their best. His firm had itswarehouses on the prolongation of Mountain Street, alittle below Peter Street on the left hand side. Hisresidence, still standing, he erected for himself imme-diately at the base of the Glacis on Ursule Street, nearlyopposite the site which Chahners Church now occupies.For many years, his house was one of the social centresof city life, at a time when the military had precedenceMl the hospitaUties of the place. From aU accounts

10 THB ANNALS IN BBHF OF TH«Mr. Paterson was an excellent host, with an enviablefund of Scottish anecdote and pereonal hunting andh«hing expenences, fit to enliven any company Hedied m 1860, when a motion of regret was put uponthe books of the society recognizing the loss it hadsustained in the occurrence.To secure a " local habitation and a place," formal

apphcation was at once made to the Committee ofManagement of St. Andrew's School, for permission tohold the meetings of the society therein, which wasimmediately granted.

. The minutes are therefore, forthe most part, dated from that place up to 1868, whenadvantage was taken of one of the rooms in MorrinCoUege placed at the disposal of the members, shortlyafter that institution was opened.

-^

FROM 1835 TO 1855

1 penod ,n the annals of the society, the latter da^

function br!!''' ^^ °

•'^"'"•'-'"S of the society^

l^s Th.™ •'''^''r

°' '*^ 'constitution and by-

nThei? 'k "^ '^"'"^ °' '^" ""P"*' constitutionm the minute book, except the briefest references to itswell as a definite notice of the commission given to theChaplain, to write a preface for the booklftfn whLh

t.^p:£St^^:L-r£-j--Patnck-s-walked together in procession to the An

«^i I, *• .suson. ihe preparations for the unitedcelebration involved the purchasing of banier^dbadges and other paraphernalia for tie officer Some

now rr / T^"""- *'^°"«'> ^''^y "* seldom^Tdnow, a« ,n, and after the manner of, the memorableCIT "' '''^''- ^'^^'^ •« an'antiqTaria't!tTZ^VT ""'^ °' ^''^ "PP^-'^ °' the mem-bers badge or silver cross, one or two of which are still

" THll ANNAM IN BRIir Or TBI

in office haH !,« i . "^ °' ^" successors

As a pioneer m newspaper work, he occupira^^t

W. ANDHBW-S SOCICTr OF QDMic I3•ide of Mountain Hill facing th« Chutn«..y opposite the openr/tX'ltkZ^^'were bu.ld.ngg on both sides of Mountain gt.

one of Quebec. r^TienTu^^e'J'l?; ^^^*lf the^iddirr^sSen^oAh:"^:''" '"'' '" ''•'-the Terrace that hr^ome in^ Tf °^''''°°'''"«property of one oTZZ^'Z .^^"^"y"' **»«As has been said L tenu^i^ " '^'^'^'^'^•^'^^'>-the society was tL 1„„Z , °^T ^ P'^''^*"* "fand a .sltirn Trl^^, hlsZt TfJroS"'^'« eng^ssed in one of the annual repoHs "^ "^^

Om„l for Lov..r r..rj J ""^ '™" SoUoitoi-

14 THI ANNALS IN BRIIF OF TBI

Hi« residence waa out at We«tfield, n the St. Foyeroad to the ea«t of Bijou, in a neighborhood where biadesceii ... tg have had their homes for years. He wasknown as a man of sterling character, the right handman of the minister of St. Andrew's Church.James Dean was a general merchant, having con-

nection with the shipping interests. His >lace of busi-ness was on Peter Street, neariy opposite where theUmon Bank now stands. He had his residence onSt. Genevieve Street, the Cape, in the large house behindthe Hign School. In his time there were four JamesDeans in the city, with a puzzle in conversation whenthe one had to be distinguished from the others. JamesDean, junior, waa for some time secretary of the St.Andrew's society,

James Gibb at flrst had his store on the site of theUnion Bank, but when his business became so extendedas to share in the lumber trade and shipping of theport, his headquarters were removed to the CommercialBuilding, Peter street, with the Goudie or Gibb wharfbehind it on the water front. The firm there becameknown as Gibb, Ross & Co., the Hon. J. G. Ross, theafter-millionaire of Quebec, becoming principal of thefirm, on Mr. Gibb's withdrawal. Mr. Gibb's residenceand estate covered the area out at BergerviUe nowoccupied by the St. Patrick's Cemetery. There werethree James Gibbs at one time living in Quebec andthere was, as in the case of the Deans, no little confu-sion m dwtinguishing the one that was meant in con-versation. A beautiful marble tablet to the JamesGibb, who was president of St. Andrew's Society, adorns

»T. ANORBW'S BOCIOTT Or QDEBKC Iflth« inner porch of Chalmer. Church, whereon hw manyvirtue. Ma man and a oituen are placed on record.James 0.1le«p,e-the whole-hearted James, a. he wa»

^f^TT" ^l"* °' '*"' *™ °' J"*"* Oi"«pie * Co.Moffat A Co., Montreal. Their Quebec business hadIts warehouses opposite Taif. Wharf, where the prin-c.pa^ steamship I.ne. h«l suiUble moorage in these

^n.»v \^''»"'»y.°««>. 'trong in all hi, Scottishsympathies, he was of great service to the society-infact, o the end of his life one of its most active mem-

fhH" •""'.,,"*'^««'

16 THE ANNALS IN BRIEF OF THE

immediately thereafter the amiouncement ia made that

fie treasurer had been able to make his first investment

of two htindred pounds in the bank, " so as to procure

interest for the same." And, if the members thus early

were frugal and canny-going in money matters, they

were none the less liberal, dividing, as they did, the

whole of the collection taken on St. Andrew's Day

—

every cent of the $156—between St. Andrew's Chumhand St. John's Church in the proportion of two-thirds

to the former and one-third to the latter—all to bedistributed among the poor. And, when the record is

read of the multiplying demands for charity, which the

managers had to discuss and decree upon at their

numerous emergency meetings held often in the busi-

ness offices of lower town, it is clear that they were not

bent only on endowing the society with money in the

bank drawing interest. Not having as yet provided

itself with badges and banners, the St. Patrick's Society

could not arrange, on one occasion, for the having of a

procession on St. Patrick's Day; but, all the same, the

officers of that society intimated their intention of

receiving their brethren of St. George and St. Andrew

at St. Patrick's Church when a sermon would be

preached by the Rev. Mr. McMahon and a collection

taken up for charitable purposes. And, by accepting

the invitatic-i, the St. Andrew's Society was thus able

to indicate the main purposes of its existence in pro-

moting union among all classes while at the same time

giving of their means in charity, irrespective of creed

distinctions. In April of 1837, a grand procession was

pre-arranged for, in celebration of St. George's Day

when a sermon was preached from the Cathedral pulpit

uft

osaooa

m^uQ;a

ST. ANDREW'S 80C1ETT OF QUEBEC 17and a collection taken up for the poor of the city and

wrS;c'Lr'"'^'^'^'"''' " -.entou/^^aTlSr

The unrest from outside could not ,vell be keot o„tof these societies at 'his time, and at theSrS^wlS^iety preparato^r meeting of 1837, it was d^^dwLT '^"""•"^ ""^ amendments ha^l^n^ifeated by a tie vote, that both the proceSon^d fKNr:et°tf

'"'•^^'^ -''^ onKTr^Ws Dly'sr^s t7oi:rhrrv"r °'^. '^^ ^^^^^ce^on to\id^fLr; to ^^trr^rhi""^hM leaving Quebec for Engknd. 7n iL^Z °"when the political unrest l^the coun^tili^utZ'^iJfr^ '^•"""^ ^'^ P

18 THE ANNALS IN BRIEF OF THE

expense of the Quebec society, the claims upon the

latter arising in Quebec itself being a sufficient drain

upon its funds. The cases looked after from day to

day were of the most varied character, some of them

not without a romantic side to them, though nearly

all of them were instances of destitution that had only

such a society as a St. Andrew's Society to look to for

relief, coming, as the victims of destitution did, for

the most part, from Scotland or anxious to return to it

after an unsuccessful trial of life in Canada.

In 1841, the practice of having an annual report in

connection with the doings of the society for the year

was inaugurated. The very first of these annual

reports sets forth the main objects of the society in

such excellent terms that a quotation may be acceptably made from it. The extract has evidently been

composed by James Seaton then secretary, and coun-

tersigned by the president for the yeai, Alex. Simpson:" We are convinced that we would much under-rate

the usefulness of the society did we estimate it by theamount of pecuniary aid afforded by it to our poorer

countrymen. Besides forming a bond of union amongourselves, and strengthening our ties to the land o ' our

birth,—a land of wWch we may justly be proud—weconceive that the association is calculated to do muchgood to our countrymen who do not need the aid ofour funds. We all know the immense differencebetween this colony and Scotland, and we are well

aware that, when we first landed here, we had much tolearn and something to unlearn. To any one arrivinghere a stranger, what is calculated more to encourage

and invigorate his exertions than to find an association

8T. Andrew's societt op Quebec 19

of his countrymen (many of whom have been eminentlysuccessful) ready to impart to him whatever informa-tion he may stand in need of, to recommend him toemployment, or to a locality where his labour—pro-bably his only and certainly his best capital—can bebestowed to the greatest advantage,—to have demon-strated to him, by the best of all evidence, the exampleof those who have preceded him, that, with healthindustry and frugahty, his ultimate success may becalculated on almost with certainty? "

This sympathetic enunciation of the objects of thesociety, it may be said, was uttered at a time whenthere was a heavier drain upon the funds of the societythan usual, on account of relief afforded to certainCeltic families on their way to the Eastern Townships,at a time when a special committee had to be appointedto raise subscriptions in the city in behalf of otherScottish immigrants, about whom Mr. William Morrisof Lennoxville had written, as being in destitute cir-cimistances. The society could report aext year, how-ever, that it had a surplus of one huudred and thirtypounds, one hundred of which was ordered to be in-vested at interest with the corporation of St. Andrew'sChurch. What there was to prevent the members fromholding their anniversary dinner this yes ; is not easyto make out, seeing the celebration of the previous yearwas a successful one, with Sir James Macdonell, ColonelBowles, Captain Boxer, R. N., and the Mayor of thecity present. The sermon, however, which waspreached by the Rev. Dr. Cook, was ordered to beprinted. In 1845, occurred the lamentable fires whichlaid iiie greater part of the city in ruins, and in view

20 THE ANNALS IN BRIBF OF THIS

Of the miaenr and d«tre« caused thereby, the anni-

euiplua of he year the sum of one hundml poundswas again placed out at interest.The report of 1847, has a note of alarm in it as to

the decadence of interest in the affairs of the society:tracing such to the discontinuance of celebrating StAndrew 8 Day " as was wont in the palmy days of theBociety."

Over$200werespentinrelief,"coLquenton the prevaihng maladies that cast so many Scottishimmigrants destitute upon the shores" of Camida.The baUnce m the accounts was, however, as usual onthe right side. The Govemor-Ganeral, Lord Elanwas graciously pleased to become patron of the societythis year. An incident connected with the annualmeeting is worthy of being put on record. There werethirteen present, and seven of them voted that sixhundred doUars of the funds of the society should beplaced in the hands of the corporation of the QuebecUigh School to provide for a scholarship in that insti-tution, while six voted against it. A month after-wards a special meeting was held to reconsider thematter, when, there having been added nineteen newmembers to the list at a meeting between times, *hemotion, that had been carried, by a majority of one atthe annual meeting, was rescinded, and a committeestruck to revise the constitution, which, moreover, neverseems to have reported.There is expressed again in the report of 1850 the

regret that more interest was not taken in the affaireof the society,-a lack of interest which certainly didnot contmue throughout the year, since it witnessed

ST. ANDREW'S aoClKTT OF QUEBEC 21

refreshments, and wherp th., i„j- j . '

ment A motion to this effect was passed not with

2'2 :'TeiL° -? '"^^ T^-' ^ ^^'' --"-^^A J . ^ "'"*' '^^ afterwards held on SfAndrew's Day within the rooms of the Old Chateauthen m occupation by the Albion Lodge of Odd?SwaTmalTt !V '!^""°" "''^ '"^^« ^"' -"'^er effort

22 THB ANNALB IN BRIEP OF THB

^^tn f *'h ?'*' "' *"*' '^•"^y- The frictionS^ be JL r " "'"^ '"'" **'*' »'«««emenu that•TJ^„- ^ ° "^'^^ *^« Governor-General andm certain alterations that had to be made inZmmu^ at a subsequent meeting on the ad^L of theRev. Dr Cook. The address presented to His Excel-lency reads as follows:T'o /^" £we«ency, the Right Honourable the Earl of

Elgin and Kincardine, Governor-General of BritishNorth America.

May it please Your Excellency,

of of;Sn T"^"" "^ ^'- ^'"^'''' S°«''«ty °f the cityof Quebec, beg most respectfuUy to express our con-We ha.1 with pleasure the prospect thus afforded ofenjoying the presence of Your ExceUency in t£ thetTr i Z? "'?r^ '"' " ""'^ «^nded I^riSIte Hp^M ?

^*''''*° "'" ^°^"«« '» experience

To Your T ^"k'^ T ^^"'""'5^ P'«^^d to^o'^deLSca '' ' government of British NorthWe feel confident that our society will derive fromtiUrT °' ''""^ ^'"'^'''^''^ - °- Patron aZr wh^h r^*" ': ^'"'""'^ '""^ ''^''"t'^ble objectsSL,? \,ur'* '™"" institutions have beenformed and which are so instrumental in the enccTaTcHs '"*'"'^ '°^^ '"'* '^-'"^ ^-'-^ -oi

thJt '^u'j' '^ ^"""'"^'O" *° «Pres8 our earnest hopethat health and happiness may attend Your Excellent

ST. ANDREW'S BOCIETT OF QUEBEC 23and the Countess of Elgin during the period of yourresidence in this part of the Province.

F. W. Pmmrose, Pres.GEoaoE Raiiton, Secy.

The reply to this was in terms to be appreciated -by

cession from the Queen's Wharf to the temoorarv-idence p,.pa:.d for the Governor in Pal^^SG^vl^nlT"^ f'^^ "^'^ ^°^«'»'^^ f°"owing, the

usuid sermon had been preached in the morning. Thefunction was one of the most successful ever held bythe society with a balance of " thirteen pounds andthree pence to the good."MeaiLcime the society continued diligent in lookinit

of itV^Tr"''f" °'^ '""-^ ""^ thTdisbuimt^jLZlTr,

"""'^'' °^ *•>* ">«"»»'«« being «-

i^t of rr' '* "" '^*"^«'' '" ««' rid of thisfeature of the finances as soon as possible. With no

2i5L^« rJ T "'*'^''"** '" *•>« corporation of St.h^ve iTn ' ^""-^^^K

'-Wch the,^ seems to

«clifie^th"7'°'^''^'='"'' ''"^ "^ *h« defect heing

rectified the loan was augmented by $400 thus su,vPlementmgthe revenue from member' feS^k^^SclScollections by $96 interest per amimn.As the financial statements do not always appear tohave been entered in the minute book, if is nTeli"

chanty. The storjr of the relief sent to the Celtic

24 THl ANNAU IN BRIKT OF THK

« t^„ K"^rfy "^tUer hiid oft«n to encounter,J^

ZrZ^'^'^7" "^ '° ""«» '" be*>"'f of their^ntTi o"";^'"'-, .^ "'^"^ ^" »'«' donationri It ^!!'^ *•* ^•"«^'''' '*«» t'^'nty pound*

thTftnd i:the supervision of the distribution ofthe fund,-* sum which was partly spent in the localchanties and partly returned to th, subscribe™

isij tt"P^P'Wtoiy meeting held on 26th November

for the amuversary. At the meeting the Rev DrCook drew attention to the condition of aFaL by

^ir^Tr^'^rr'-'f'^l-"«'>t up the question^i«n, after several hipses of committees that had failed

bvlwT^'A*''' """^^ °' *•>« constitution aniby-laws, with the hope that an increase in the interestof the socety would follow. The committee appointedfor the sa.d revjs.on included Mess.^. Primrose Dean,C

»T. AIJDRBW'S BOavn OF QUIBBC 2»

whose wealth thmimh !,. iiT .. P'""**' «>' Levu,

endowment of fh„Mu ^°*^ *° *''* ""Action »ndH^pS^^s tlhi"",^''^ "' *''*' •^^'^•^ Hale

the father of one whot«1^ /'" '''*^' ^^«the society as ^c^ta^^rnd^p^^eir """' ""^^

FROM 1855 TO 1865

THE preparatory meeting of 1SS6 was anythingbut auspiciouc, the records of it being meagre,with no annual report from the retiring officen.

The legacy of a further request for help from the Celticsettlers of the township of Winslow had to be attendedto, during the interim meetings. The case had beenbrought to the notice of the society by the Rev. EwanMaclean, Presbyterian missionary in the district." Forty families of a ship-load " says Mr. Maclean," ihat came here late in the fall, found their way toWinslow, where their friends are living. One half ofthem can get along pretty middling with t . j help oftheir friends, but the other half are in extreme desti-tution and must be aided." Mr. Maclean's letter wasimmediately referred to Mr. Taylor, of the Canada LandCompany, with the promise that $400 would be raisedfor the relief of the poor settlers if he advised themthat such a sura was required. The money was sub-sequently sent, and the society had the satisfaction ofbeing told afterwards by the Mayor of Winslow thatthe donation placed these poor settlers in such a posi-tion that they would not now suffer from want of food;and subsequently a report came from Stornaway,Compton County, that they would not need furtheraid in 1857, their crops having been pretty good.

•T. ANDREW'! OCIRT OF QUBBKC 27Without the kid sent from Quebec, it i« plainly saidin a letter received from the laid gentleman, thatmany of these settlers would not have been able toraws any crops at all for that year. At this time theSociety also began to give subscriptions to theLadies' Protestant Home.

1^ presidents of the society for this decade wereH. 8. Scott, 18M; Dr. Joseph Morrin, 1856; DuncanMacpherson, 1857, 1858 and 1863; Robert Shaw, 1859;Robert Cassels, 1860; James Gillespie, 1861; WilliamHossack, 1862; Peter MacNaughton, 1864. Concerningthese gentlemen, a fact or two may be added to theirnames respectively; now that they have long passedout of the memories of many of us.H. S. Scott was a prominent hardware merchant,

whose place of business, in Peter street, is still in thehands of his descendants. When retired from theactivities of business life, he interested himself in everyphilanthropic movement in the city. Though kindlym his desire to help, he was never afraid to speak hismind freely when necessity arose, for the reforming ofsome one's method of doing things.Duncan Macpherson was engaged in the wholesale

grocery business, whose warehouse was in PeterStreet, not far from where the Molson's Bank nowstands. He was a typical Scotchman with many alunge at those whom he knew as well as at those whomhe did not know, with his favourite phrase that wasScotch enough if not over polite. He was one whotook a deep intere..,* in the society's aflfairs and wasalways on hand to help when necessity arose.

Robert Cassels was city manager of the Bank of

28 THE ANNALS IN BRIEF OF THE

British North America, and had his residence at Hol-land House which he built. Under his management,the present bank building on Peter Street was erected.He afterwards left for Toronto to take charge of theBank of Upper Canada to the regret of the citizens ofQuebec generally. He and Alexander Simpson wereassociated in many another undertaking for the benefitof the city besides the St. Andrew's Society. His suc-cessor, James Gillespie, has been referred to in thepreceding chapter.

William Hossack spent the earlier half of his life inthe grocery business. Having retired from businessin 1862, the year he was elected president of St.Andrew's Society, he spent several years in travel.On his return he took an active part in civic life, waselected city councillor, was for a short time mayor ofQuebec, and for a long period of years chairman ofthe Protestant School Commissioners. He was a pro-minent member of the Literary and Historical Societyand of many other of the city's institutions. His placeof business was at the comer of Anne and Gardenstreets, while his residence was at the junction of St-John Street and the St. Foye Road.

Peter MacNaughton was at first associated as em-ploy^ with the lumber firm of Allan Gilmour and Co.,and afterwards became a partner in the concern. Hehad a beautiful residence near St. Joseph, which heafterwards sold on his taking up his residence in Scot-land where he died. As a Scotsman he was interestedin all that pertained to the cultivating of the right

patriotic spirit in Canada. The founder of the Quebecfirm was Allan Gilmour, of Glasgow, who was a resident

ST. ANBBEW'8 SOCK ;y uF QUEB> C 29Of Quebec at the time the St. Andrews Society was

thp .;/ ?"""^ "^"^ * distinguished physician of

dtvtr 'j;^°^n-ne deserves to be r.merrL'rJZhl

iZIilfi "'ir^'"^ "^^ '"*«"«« for its educa!

who. funct^ons as a coUege have been auspendeSt;

Robert Shaw waa engaged in the grocery business atthe comer of Mountain Street and Pete78t^t ^nH

that once stood on the site now occupied by theTha^^^u^Frontenac. He was an elder ^of S.^.^n^^!:^;

of'^tL* JT"^""*^ °^ *l!'^'^ •^""^' ^857, the calamityof the burmng of the steamer "Montreal" witTitssenous loss of Ufe, was brought up for considlm^ionand the secretary was directed to wriLTre ^t'^dreVs Society of Mont,.al, reques^inWifn

that their Quebec confreres wer^ prepared to act^si- f^K

'°^'^''''^"'* "^'^ promptitude and n a«p.nt of hberahty commensurate with the occas.on

JnLT^l^ ""'^^'''^ *° ^''"'^ subscriptiorw^instructed to draw upon the funds of the societvToZextent o ,200 as a fir«t instalment. Thr ol^tlwas^adUy successful in its afforts, a total aLTn Tf»1,294 havmg been raised on the lamentable occJonIhe annual report says: "^»-Mion.

30 THE ANNALS IN BBIEF OF THE

considered it necessary to accept. The remainder wasdistributed, partly in clothes, partly in money, amongthe numerous sufferers who came to Quebec to identifythe remains of the dead or to give evidence at theinquest. To these the officers of the society showedevery attention; and it is but right to say that thespirit which was manifested by them amidst theirbereavements and privations was honourable to them-selves and creditable to the Scottish character."

A large proportion of the passengers of the " Mont-real " at the time of the disaster, had come from acrossthe Atlantic in the " John McKenzie " of which Cap-tain Blennerhassett was chief officer. That gentlemanimpressed the members of the society so much " withhis unwearied patience and humanity—with his tenderand almost paternal interest " in those who had beenhis passengers across the seas, only to meet disaster

after they had left his ship on their way west, that itwas decided to set apart $100 for the purchase of apiece of plate to be presented to him in the name ofthe St. Andrew's Society of Quebec.

The annual report of 1858, again brings to the frontthe complaint against the Montreal Society for paying

the way only as far as Quebec, of old and unfortunateScotch people who desired to return to Scotland butwho were unable to pay for their passage across theAtlantic. For the first time, in January of 1859, the

anniversary of the birth of Robert Bums was success-fully celebrated by the citizens of the town by a supperand ball under the auspices of the St. Andrew's Society.

The Music Hall was crowded by fifteen hundred peopleon the occasion, to listen to the addresses and after-

8T. ANDREW'S 80CIBTT OP QUEBEC 31

vfjS *Vlf''"'"''

""T^."''^"^' '° **»« °'^^^ festi-

vities. The success of the event did not hide awavthe fact from the officer, at a subsequent meeting,that many of the annual subscriptions of the membe^remained unpaid; and on this accomit a committee wasappointed to revise the list of membership with a viewof erasing, after a two months" notice, the names ofthose two yeai-s in arrears.During the summer months of 1860, ther^ were held

several meetings of the society to discuss the visit

UZ ?"«!«« of Wales to Canada, and as to whatpart the society should take in the reception to bepven the distinguished visitor under the auspices ofthe CIVIC authorities. When it was decided that themembers should form part of the procession to andfrom the place of reception, a dispute arose as to thequestion of precedence of the several societies taking

f^'k^r • T * ""'^ ^^"^''^ °f ^^^^ betweenthe St. George s Society and the St. Andrew's Societyas to which society should have first place in the pZcession, m face of the generous refusal of the St.Patrick'sSociety to take precedence of the Scottish society itwas agreed to let the St. George's Society have its way

ILST* ^'"* .P'r«- ^' ^'^ decided that thereshould be no special address presented to the Princefrom the several societies, beyond the one from the CityCouncil, which would embody the sentiments of thepeople as a whole without distinction of creed or nation-ality On Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, themembers of the Scottish society marched in proce^ionsome of them in Highland costume, and headed bytheir pipers, to join the throng assembled on the

32 THB ANNALS IN BRIEP OF THE

i

Esplanade, where the genera! procession of the day wasto be formed, In the report read at the preparatonrmeeting m 1860, there is not much said of the Prince'svisit but there was not a little said on the precedencequestion with some strong language in the resolutionsproposed that were promptly and prudently voteddown. After an exchange of correspondence betweenthe societies concerned, the question was allowed todrop for the time being, only to be more mildly revivedagain when the first Governor-General of the Dominionvisited Quebec.

Whatever the cause, about the time the dispute wasat Its height, Sir Fenv^-ick Williams of Rare, the Lieu-tenant-General of the Forces in Canada, sent a presentof twenty dollars to the society, the letter containingthe present being dated from Government House andsigned by Captain F. De Winton, R. S., the Governor-General s A. D. C. In the subsequent month of Maythe same year, Mr. Robert Cassels, having to removeto Toronto made a donation to the society of twentydoUars, on his retirement from the presidency; and inreturn, the society appointed him a life member. JohnLaird was selected as president for the rest of the yearA donation of fifty dollars was also received from theHon Isaac Buchanan of Hamilton, as supplementaryto the subscriptions raised in Quebec for the relief oftb« passengers of the shipwrecked S.S. "United States "The financial position of the society suffered somedecline, on account of the lai«e number of Scotchmenwho found their way to Quebec on their return to theirnative land, shunning, as they were obliged to do thetrade disturbances incident to the Civil War. The fuU

ST. ANDRXW'S SOaBTT OF QITDBKO

were J thedisbunementa

balMice in hanu »uoui, me same as in the previous yearThe year 1862 saw the society in such straits, ^tha total expenditure of $476.65, and twenty-nine mem-bers m arrears, that a motion was made to the effectthat, should the collections not be sufficient to pay thebalance due the treasurer and to make some p«Wsionfor the vnnters work of the society, the officere beauthonzed to draw one hundred doUars from the capitalof the society, the same to be applied to instant neces-

^r^^f" "k""*'"" ""^ "°* '"^^' * committeer^f.^Tfu^u*PP*"°*^ *"'«•""« subscriptionsin behalf of the charitable work of the society to theamomit of two hundred dollars. The heavy paymentsarose from the necessities of the settlers of wSowwho were a«ain in want. It does not seem, however,to have dispirited those who had the interests of thesociety at heart, since, at the instance of one of the

by a ball on Monday Dec. 1st. After discussionHEmotionm favour of a ball was substituted by a pro^lto hold a promenade concert to be followed by a danceFrom the repeated lack of a quonim during the year'therewerenoquarterJymeetings. The amiual meetingof 1864, however brought brighter prospects. Therewas a marked reduction in the number of the benefi-ciaries of the society, while the balance in handamounted to $159.74, supplemented by special sub-

SlT '''!^':°"*"u'°'^ ^""° ^*- ^'^^'0 Churchand Chalmer's Church. In these early days there weremore cases of destitution for the society to attend too

34 ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OP QUEBEC

than fifty pe.on« had to be prov.tdiorZl'Z^

Srikv Jr ° ^°".°'^ themselves unable to payt^r way This year the society found among itsa«e « a watch valued at from fifteen to twenty doSa«received from a person whose passage was paid to thewardTb7'th:'w '

^^''°^ "'"' *^- «^^^- f-waraed by the sister society of Toronto hn^ f« u^provided for on their way to the old c"r;y :^th f.^captam of the steamship "Himalaya." The balan™m favour of the society this year wL $219.W thoughthere was no effort made to add to its stocklcount

FROM 1865 TO 1875

-T-HOUGH the s(»c.ety was now one of the mostJ firmly estabhshed of the charitable associations

'" Quebec, there were times of inaction in itsfraerna^ functions that kept its operations of charity

tt H h" r."u'"'^ °"' °f Public sight. DuriSthe decade of which this chapter is an account, therewere t.mesof depression and times of expectanc^, w'.hno civic events but one in which the so. ,ety was calledupon to take part. The death of Mr. James Gme!pfone o the most active of its members and oneof its oSg.n^ founders, was severely felt. He had been presidentml854-a pubhc spirited citizen and a prominentmember of St. Andrew's Church. The preSts o1866

;John C. Thomson, 1867, 1868 and 1869 • J WCook. 1870; WiUiam Walker, 1871 and 1872Tp M^:

th^n 'r;^''' '''"^ *'^ """ °- -^- ^'-' ^«74, and Lrthe next three years continuously. Of these RobertShaw haa been referred to in the records of the iLt

decade. Oftheothe«thefoUowing brief notes foridettincation may be made:

Daniel Wilkie was the nephew of the Rev. DanielWilkie, oneofthefo-ndersof the society. He con-ducted a classical school in these early times in a

36 THX ANNALS IN BRIEF OF TBI

building that once stood behind the old Court Housenear the present site of the Church Hall of the AnglicanCathedral. The nephew at first assisted his uncle inthe work of that gentleman's classical school, and wasafterwards transferred to the High School, where helaboured as a teacher up to the time of his death. Thetwo Wilkies made a name for themselves as skilfulteachers in the city of their adoption, the elder havinghad a monument erected to his memory in Mount Her-mon Cemetery by those who had once been his pupils.John C. Thomson, son of one jf the founders of the

society, and namesake of the Rev. Dr. Cook, was formany years one of the society's most enthusiastic mem-bers, taking part in all its operations for many years.His name is not likely to be forgotten in connection withthe annals of the Young Men's Christian Asssociationand Jeffrey Hale Hospital.

W. Cook was the clever son of an intellectualfather, the Rev. Dr. Cook. He died at a comparativelyearly age and is still spoken of as one of the most popularof the rising young lawyers of the city. He cliubed tothe position of president of the society through the secre-taryship, and the minutes to-day indicate how well hefilled both positions. His father had been one of thechaplains of the society from the time he came to Que-bec, and his biography demands more space than can begiven to it in this brief record. He was ever ready togive of his time to the demands of the society when ful-filling the duties of chaplain.

William Walker was nephew of the -Hon. WilliamWalker, under whose auspices he came to Canada. Hewas curator of his imcle's estate and formany years held

ST. ANDRCW'S 80CIKIT OF Q17BBKC 37

the office of official aaaignee. His place of business wasin St. Peter Street and his residence near DeSalabenyStreet. No more steriing character was ever known ofin Quebec than William Walker's, upright in all hisdealings and public-spirited to a fault. He spent thelast years of his life in Montreal. His successors in office,Peter McNaughton and Hon. David A. Ross, have beenreferred to elsewhere in these annals.

The disastrous fire in St. Roch was an event whicharoused sympathy for Quebec from all parts, awakeningan interest in the charitable functions of the St. An-drew's Society of Quebec, while assiduously attendingto the wants of some of the sufferers. The Glasgow St.Andrew's Society forwarded $50 for the relief of the des-titute, a sum which was immediately placed in thehands of the chaplains, the Rev. Dr. Cook and the Rev.Mr. Clark for judicious distribution. Whatever wasthe incentive, no less than forty new membeni wereelected at one of the quarterly meetings of 1867, whichended to brighten up the prospects of the society,though the large expenditure that followed the distressin the city at this time, left the accounts with a balanceto the good of only a few dollars.

The event of 1869 was the presenting of an address tothe first Governor-General of the confederated Domin-ion of Canada. The address is as follows:

To His Excellency, Sir John Young, Bart., KnightGrand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St.'George, Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada,etc., etc.

38 TBI ANNALS IN BRIET OF THI

May it pleaM Your Excellency:

The St. Andrew's Society of Quebec hastens, on theoccasion of your first visit to Quebec, to express to YourExcellency their feelings of loyalty to their Most Grac-ious Sovereign, and the pleasure it gives them to see herrepresentative in this the ancient capital of Canada.The St. Andrew's Society, as in duty bound, takes cog-

nizance of eminent Scotsmen, and rejoices to see in YourExcellency another instance of the eminence which hasbeen so frequently attained by men of Scottish origin.They earnestly trust that the period of your administra-tion may be marked by happiness and progress, andthat during it there may grow and strengthen in Canadaa national Canadian feeling. English, Irish, Frenchand Scottish societies serve a good purpose in keeping upthe traditions of the old lands, but a Canadian's firstduty lies to Canada.

The members of the St. Andrew's Society have onlyto add that they cordially assist in welcoming YourExcellency and Lady Young to Quebec, and trust thatyou may carry away pleasant remembrances of yourvisit.

John C. Thomson, Pres.

John MacN.^ughton, Secy.

On the occasion of the reception given to His Excel-lency and the presentation of the address from the na-tional societies of the city, the above among them, theold friction-producing question of precedence againcame up for discussion. The St. Andrew's Society, as iswell known, was the first society of the kind establishedin Quebec; and in the matter of precedence in any com-

TBS AMNALa IN BRIEF OF TRB 39

bined action of the kindred societies in the city, therehad been something; of an informal rule recognized—whether the St. George's Society had given up its claimsadvanced on a previous occasion or not—whereby therewould be no disputing in future to mar any celebrationin which they had all to take part. By this rule the St.Jean Baptiste Society would not abide. In face of itsrefusal, it was agreed that, for the moment, the foursocieties should draw lots, which was done, with the lotfalling in favour of the St. Andrew's Society. And fin-ally it was proposed that in future the first place shouldbe occupied by each society in rotation, the society hav •

ing precedence on one particiilar occasion to be last onthe next occasion—an arrangement to that eiTect to besubsequently confirmed by all of the societies, and anagreement drawn up bearing the signatures of the presi-dents of all of them. There is no further record of whatbefell the proposal, though at the Queen's Jubilee pre-cedence seems to have been given by the St. George'sSociety, sva gpontc, to the St. Andrew's Society.The report of 1869 declares that the condition of the

society was very satisfactory. The increase of member-bership and the amount of the subscriptions are claimedto have been the largest for many years—the balancein favour of the funds, from being but a few dollars at theend of the preceding year, having been increased to onehundred and forty dollars. So much enthusiasm, in-deed, seems to have prevailed as to the future, that aproposal to ha"e the society incorporated by Act of Par-liament was unanimously ^reed to. a letter being ex-tant thanking the Hon. George Irvine, one of the mostprominent of the lawyers of the city and a -nember of

40 THE ANNALS IN BBIBF OF THS

the Legislative Assembly, for seeing to the canying outof the same.

A week before the preparatory meeting for 1870, amotion was carried, to the effect that inasmuch as thereis an amount due the St. Andrew's Society by thetrustees of St. Andrew's Church, a mortgage be askedsecunng the same at the rate of seven per cent per an-num. The said motion is referred to in the annual re-port, and subsequently, in February, the society wasinformed by letter that the trustees of the church hadunanimously agreed to issue such a mortgage on thechurch property at the rate of interest asked for. Thematter seems to have been finaUy settled by the trusteesof the church paying over into the hands of the presidentof the society "on account of the debt due by them tothe society, the sum of $900." At a special meeting itwas decided that this amount be invested in QuebecBank Stock. In 1873 a record of the assets of the so-ciety shows investments to its credit of $1470 32yielding interest.

With more funds for charitable purposes, the interimmeetings were not without a fair measure of business totransact, in connection with cases of destitution andwant. The practice of having coUections made in thetwo Presbyterian ohurehes in behalf of the funds, wasevidently in the way of being abandoned at this time,though not without an effort being made by the officersto have it continued. Without such assistance, thesociety, however, neglected no part of its charitablework. In one year there were thirty-five peraons whoreceived aid, in another seventeen, and in anothertwenty-five, with an average of about the latter figures.

ST. ANDBKW'S 80CII1TT OF QCEBKC 41

no year being without its expense of transportation ofpoor people to Britain or to their friends in remote partsof Canada and the United States. Indeed a second re-monstrance had to be sent to the Montreal society fornot asssuming more of the burden of transportationprovided for those persons whom they had forwardedonly as far as Quebec and who required of necessity togo further to save them from subsequent destitutionThe society in the last year of this period returned to

the old method of celebrating St. Andrew's Day by adinner, which was of great service in resuscitating thesociaJ relations among the members, and resulted in asupplementing of the funds by over twenty dollais-the balwice in hand after the entertainment committeenad paid all expenses.The question of offering inducements to Scottish im-

migrants to settle in Quebec was mooted at one of theintenm meetings during the last year of the decade, butneither this nor an invitation to assist the movement infavour of founding a chair of Celtic Language and Liter-ature m Edmbwgh University received final counten-ance, seeing the funds of the society were aU so muchneeded for charitable purposes in and around the city

S^

FROM 1875 TO 1885

THE proposal of founding a St. Andrew's Home forold men of Scottish descent has frequently beenadvocated in Quebec, though the necessity for

such has never appeared to be veiy pressing. Theproximity of the Montreal Home for indigent Scotch-men, and the very few cases of such indigence inQuebec, led the Quebec society to put on record theiropinion in 1876 that it would be advisable not toestablish a second home in the province, but to con-tribute their mite towards the support of the Montrealinstitution, with a view of availing themselves of itsadvantages should any of their unfortunate countrymenneed such a shelter in their declining years.

Quebec was visited again in the summer of 1876 bydisastrous fires which rendered hundreds of its lucklesscitizens, for the time being, homeless; but, since amongthese only three Scottish families severely suffered, thefunds of the society were not drawn upon to any largeextent, the two Presbyterian congregations of the cityhaving now "poor funds" of their own to draw from indispensing charity on their own account. The unwrit-ten suggestion of having sermons preached alternatelyby the clergymen of these congregations, on or about theanniversary of St. Andrew's Day, seems to have become

ST. Andrew's bocibtt of qcbbec 43

recognized duiing this period, the collections from theunited celebration being placed to the credit of thesociety. These collections generally amotmted on anaverage to forty or fifty dollars,

gi There was quite a flutter created in Quebec over thearrival of the Marquis of Lome as Govemoi^General in1879, and since His Excellency was of distin;{uishedScottish birth, preparations were inaugurated by thesociety some time previous to the event of his actualvisit to the city, to celebrate the event. An address wasdrawn up to be forwarded to the Marquis for appioval,the banners and regalia of the society were ordered to berepaired for the occasion, and a committee appointedto raise subscriptions to meet the expense connectedwith the reception, illuminations, etc. A damper, how-ever, was thrown upon some of the expectations of themembers, when it was learned that His Excellency haddeclined the receiving of a separate address from thesociety, on the plea that the address from the corpor-ation of the city would sufficiently embody the senti-ments and feelings of all the different nationalities. Allthe same, the Marquis received a right royal welcome inQuebec.

Another disastrous fire occurred in 1881 which sweptthe St. John suburbs. Very few Scottish families suf-ered seriously, at least no one made application to thesociety for relief, and a reply was sent to the St. An-drew's Society of Montreal, to that effect, when anoffer was made to assist in providing relief.The annual reports for the rest of this period are

made up, for the most part, of the usual references tothe routine of business, with no striking events to

44 THll AMMALS IN BBIDF OF THB

notice. The practice of having a wimon preached on orabout St. Andrew's Day was continued, though thecelebration of the day, by way of social entertainment,seems to have been suspended for the time being. In1883, the Rev. Dr. Barclay, of Montreal, preached thesermon with much acceptance before a crowded church.The number of cases relieved did not vary to any laigeextent from year to year, while a careful eye was alwayskept upon the finances and the necessary investments.From all sources the reventie of the society amountedto S693.83, and from the balance left over two shares inthe Iferchants' Bank were purchased.In Blay of 1885, a memorial from the society, acting

conjoiatiy with its sister societies of the city, was for-warded to the federal Minister of Agriculture urginghim to use his influence in having abolished the regula-tion which had led to the discontinuing of the paymentof inland fares by icmugrants arriving at Point Levis.The payment of such fares in behalf of sending destitutepersons to their destination was found to be a greattax on the charitable societies. The effect of the mem-orial was that reduced fares were again available on re-presentation being made to the proper authorities thatthe applicants were immigrants deservedly requiringhelp.

The presidents of this period were Hon. D. A. Rosselected continuously for four years ; W. D. Campbellcontinuously for a like period, and William Rae forthree yean.

The Hon. David A. Ross was one of the leading law-yers of the city, having been member of the governmentand finally member of the Legislative Council. He was

8T. AMBBKW'g SOCIETY OF QUDBEC 4g

gifted in aU that pertained to Scottish literature andcontinued his interest in the society even after his termof o&ee expired and up to his death.W. Darling CampbeU was a prominent notary and

average adjuster of the city. He was known as a publicspirited citiien with sympathies and tastes pronoun-cedly Scottish. He was a son of Arohibald Campbellone of the founders of the society, who was subsequentlychosen one of the members of the first committee ofmanagement.Wmiam Rae was head of the firm of the Allans, Rae

Steamship Company. He had his office cut at Pres-de-ViDe, where he was always accessible to any demandon his sympathy in behalf of those needing assistanceConnected as he was with the Allans, of Montreal, he wasaman of great influence in Quebec commercial circles.

^

FROM 1885 TO 1895»«

THE routine of the meetings was by this time uni-formly defined by the atttending to three mainduties, namely, the setting apart of liberal allot-

ments of the funds to such charitable institutions asthe Ladies' Protestant Home, the Jeffrey Hale Hos-pital, and the Women's Christian Association; the in-ducing of all Scotchmen and their descendants in thecommunity to enrol themselves as members of thesociety; and the arranging for the celebration of the an-niversary by a lecture, concert, or dinner and by en-gaging some clergyman to preach a sermon on the Sun-day nearest to the 30th of November. However, thepreparations for the social aspect of these celebrations

sometimes failed to materialize, the holding of divineservice was never neglected.

The presidents of this decade were J. M. Harper,1885, 1886 and 1887; Peter Johnston, 1888 and 1889; D.H. Geggie, 1890 and 1891; William Brodie, 1892 and1893; A. D. Webster, 1894 and 1895.

During this period there is to be met with the recordof the death of Dr. James Douglas, formerly one of thephysicians of the society, whose son, James DouglasLL.D., has lately given liberally of his means to the Lit^erary and Historical Society, in whose rooms in Morrin

ST. ANDBBW'S 80CIETT OF QUXBKC 47CoUege, the St. Andrew's Society has latterly held itsmeetings. Also a record is made of the death of theHon. James G.bb Ross, Senator, whose legacies havebeen sharedm by aU the Protestant charities of the ritvas well as a record of the death of his amiable andpopular brother John Ross, wholesale merchantThe deaths are also recorded of Alexander Fraser, gro^per, Rodenck McLeod, druggist. Dr. Rowand, physic-ian John Fraser, master cooper, James Hossack, manu-factunng confectioner, John Mackay, and ProfessorOoull Prominent among the obituary notices in theminutes are the announcements of the deaths of RevDr. Cook, of St. Andrew's Church, and of Rev. Dr.Clark, of Chalmer's Chureh, so long the asssociatedchaplains of the society. A special minute was preparedwith reference to Dr. Cook's extended comiection withthe society and the interest he had taken in its welfare.The aniuversaiy celebrations, with the preaching of

the annual sermon always provided for on the Sundaysas before, do not seem to have been any moi« intermit-tent than during previous periods. In 1885, a supperwas arranged for in Morrin CoUege Hall, with the i^ualaccompamment of patriotic toasts and speeches. In1886 the anmversaiywas celebrated by a lecture onRobert Burns deUvered by the Rev. John Williamsonof Montreal. As the minutes say, there was a larxegathering present, including the Mayor of Quebec andthe presidents of the sister societies. After the publicgathenng, the members of the society adjourned to theparior, where supper was spread for them. In 1887 aScottish concert was given in the Y.M.C.A Hall as acelebration of "the day and aU who honored it " In

48 THB AMNAUI IN BBIlir OF DBS

1890 the president entertained the officers of the society

at supper at his residence. In 1891 a successful conver-

sasione was held in Morrin College Hall on St. Andrew's

Day, and in 1895 the anniversary was made a city event

by a grand concert given in the Academy of Music, for

which a special vote of thanks was passed commending

the committee for its enterprise in bringing the celebra-

tion io such a successful issue.

The exceptional charities dispensed during this period

were not of any more importance than the proposal to

help out the movement in favour of organizing a home

for indigent males as had been done for indigent females

by the foimding of the Ladies' Protestant Home, or

the action taken in the case of the unfortunate Don-

ald Morrison, of Megantic, to whom the sum of twentydollars was voted to secure for him a fair trial. This

was the largest amount the society, according to its

rules, could vote in behalf of any one person in one year.

But when it became known that his health had been un-

dermined diuing his term of imprisonment in the peni-

tentiary, with little hope of his recovery, the sjnnpathy

of the society was aroused in his behalf. A petitionwas presented to the Governor-General recommending

the unfortunate man's case to His Excellency's special

consideration. To that petition came the following

reply:

"I am directed to inform you that His Excellency theGovemor^General is pleased to order that this convict be

released from the St. Vincent de Paul Penitentary, and

that the warden of that penitentiary has been instruct-

ed accordingly." This came from the office of the Sec-

retary of State. A pathetic ending to the efforts of the

ST. Andrew's socivrr or qukbbc 49

society in this connection is a letter received from theparents, brothers, and sisters of the dying man, express-ing their thanks to the Quebec Scotchmen who hadshown "their good intentions towards their unfortunateson and brother."The movement, in favour of founding a home for

Scottish indigent males, had been suggested previous tothis time by the presenting of a memorial to the author-ities of the Ladies' Protestant Home. Informal intima-tion was made to the society that Mr. Frank Roes,the principal beneficiary of Senator Ross's wilt, hadthe intention of founding such a home for males.During this period, a revision of the constitution and

by-laws was ordered, the whole to be printed in abooklet of twenty pages or so, for the use of the mem-bers. That booklet, now out of print, is the immediateforerunner of this little volume.

At the time of the Queen's Jubilee a silver medal wasordered to be struck at the expense of the society, to becompeted for by the pupils of the Protestant publicschools of the city.

The dispute concerning the holding of the meetings ofthe society m the Morrin College Building came to atimely end by the governors re-granting the privilegecon amore. The practice continued of having the an-nual sermon preached alternately in St. Andrew'sChurch and Chalmers Church, one of these churchesbeing closed on the occasion.

The finances of the society also continued to improvethere being in 1891 a balance in behalf of the society ofS429.87. Of this amount, increased donations were

i

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^ven to the Jeffrejr Hale Hoapital, the Ladies' Protea-'tant Home, and the Women's Christian Association,while one hundred dollars was set aside as a possible in-vestment in bank stock. The receipts for 1S92 were$735.79.

FROM 1895 TO 1905

THE current events of the last period of the society'sexistence, with which this narrative deals, beingfresh in the minds of the members, do not

caU for any extended details. The charities wei« socarefully, though generously disbursed, that there arosea little internal friction over the methods of distribu-tion which added to the interest of the meetings. TheSalvation Army was placed upon the list of the generalbeneficiaries; one hundred dollars being granted at firston the condition that accommodation be provideddunng the year for a definite number of destitute per-sons sent to the army's quarters by the proper officenof the society. In 1904, the amounts paid to the fivechantable associations on the society's list were: to theJeffrey Hale Hospital, 130; to the Women's ChristianAssociation, $20; to the Salvation Army, $20- to theSailor's Institute, $20; and to the Ladies' City Mission,$20. During the same year the sum of $237.28 wasdistributed in charity to individuals in destitute cir-cumstances. It is to the credit of the society that thealmoner and the Charitable Committee are underinstructions to seek out cases of destitution that comeunder the care of the society in terms of the constitu-tion.

52 TBB AMNAUI IN BBIBF OF THB

The prwidentB of the KKsiety (or thi«penod were

D. R. MacLeod, 1896; W. C. Scott, 1897and 1898;

John T. Row, 1899 and 1900; Archd. MUler,1901 and

1902; D. J. Rattray, 1903; Alex.Robertwn, 1904;

Frank Glass, 1905.

The social side of the society is never lostsight ol

at the preparatory meetings,committees always being

appointed to make arrangements to celebrateSt.

Andnw's Day with a dinner, concert or social gathering.

The dinners of 1899 and 1901 were memorablegather-

ing, as were also one or two of theconcerts of the

period, one of them realising for the society'entertain-

ment fund as much as ninety-five dollars. Ofthe dis-

tinguished preachers, beyond the society'sown cha^

plains, who took part in the church services ofthese

yean may be mentioned Rev. J. ManseU. of Quebec;

Rev. Dr. Edgar Hill, of Montreal; Rev. Dr.Macrae, of

Quebec; Rev. Dr. Kerridge, of Ottawa; andRev. Pro-

fessor MaoNaughton, of Kingston.

It is on record that the members of thesociety

formed part of the procession arranged forby the city

corporation on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Dia-

mond Jubilee, headed by their pipers and distinguished

in line by their insignia and banners. A sum of money

was also voted to meet the expense of bonfiresto be

lit when darkness feU upon the rejoicing city. Nor did

the members fail later on, to give tokens of theirloyalty

when the Queen died and her son Edward VII ascended

the throne, by passing resolutions of condolence and

patriotism. On Saturday, the 2iid of February, 1901,

St. Andrew's Society and the sister societies of the city

were invited to be present at the memorial sewice??

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the Angllcwi Cathedral, "wearing their respective

badge* surmounted by a crepe roeette." It wa» a

proud day (or the society when the members had read

to them a letter from the Governor-General thanking

them, in the name of the King himself, for the said

expression of their loyalty and affection towards him.

The proposal to present addresses to Lord Aberdeen

on his retirement from office and to Lord Minto on his

arrival in Canada, for some reason or other, did not

meet with a like acceptance, and the illuminated

address to the latter, it is said, still remains one of the

assets of the society.

On a previous page, mention has been made of the

proposal of founding a Home for indigent males; and

it may be as well to give here the latest information

on the subject as taken from a minute of 26th January,

1899. It was stated at the meeting of that date that

the late Mrs. G. R. Renfrew had bequeathed to the

Ladies' Protestant Home ten thousand dollars for the

purpose of having such a Home attached to that

institution.

The finances during this period place the affairs of

the society in a favourable light; the receipts from all

sources having been in 1905, $820.13, with a balance

in the bank to ite credit to the amount of $291.62.

Among the members whose deaths have been put

on record in the society's book during this period are

Hon. D. A. Ross, a former president referred to else-

where; W. D. Campbell, another former president;

George R. Renfrew, the wealthy fur merchant of

Buade street ; J. D. Gilmour, grandson of one of the

founders of the society; David Kerr, painter; andWil-

54 TRX ANNALS IN BRIXT OF THE

liam Sutherland, for years one of the most devoted of

the members of the Charitable Committee.The issue of such a record ad this has been no sudden

impulse of the'society. For nearly ten years there has

been some committee or other entrusted with theamending of the constitution, but like some of the com-mittees appointed to see after the social celebrations,

these committees on the revision of the constitution,

etc., have only. been able to report progress from time

to time, until at the meeting of November last (1905),the recommendations of the revising committee were

examined and finally adopted with simdry amend-

ments. This memorial to accompany the latest revi-

sion, being condensed, cannot but be imperfect from

omissions. The story of the society's growth has beenunified as far as possible, and its record of charities

dispensed, of brotherly kindness promoted, and of

royalty kept aflame towards the British Empire and

its monarch, cannot but be a story, however imper-

fectly told, of the deepest interest to the members of

the St. Andrew's Society of Quebec as th^ think oftheir own present, that is by and by to become thepast of the land we live in, and the monument of theirown efforts in things great or small.Among the many members who once took an active

interest in the affairs of the society but who have sincepassed away, may be mentioned Arch. Campbell, HerMajesty's notary as he was called, father of one of the

presidents of the society; Rev. John Clugston, M. A.,

Minister of St. John's Church, who was for many yearsone of the chaplains of the society; Arch. Laurie, diy

goods merchant, whose places of business were

8T. Andrew's sociktt of quebec 85

successively on John Street and Peter Street,

and whose residence was on the far side of

the St. Charles River; Thomas Gibb, merchant;

James Seaton, the faithful secretary of the society;

R. C. Geggie, the school-master of St. Andrew's School;

William McLimont, wholesale dry goods merchant;

John S. Hossack, son of James Hossack, elder of

Chabners Church; James Tumbull, of the Public Works

Department and father of Lieut.-Colonel Tumbull, first

conmiandant of the Cavalry School in Quebec; John

Gilmour, lumber merchant; Hon. John Malcom Eraser,

seigneur of Mount Murray; James t5. Forsyth, lumber

merchant and father of Lieut.-Colonel Forsyth, Col-

lector of Customs ; Charles Gray Stewart, of H. M.

Customs and original owner of Westlield on the St.

Foye Road, and his son, McLean Stewart, of the Crown

Timber Office; Michael Stevenson, lumber merchant

and cove-owner; John Wilson, steamboat owner; and

George Bissett, owner of the foundry on Valier Street.

Some of the more active members of the society who

are still remembered by the present generation, but of

whose removal by death the minutes neglect to make

special mention, deserve a place in this record:

Charles Roger, of the Mercury staff, who removed

to Ottawa where he died; his son was a member of the

printing firm of McLean, Roger and Co.; Robert Neill,

elder of Chalmers Church and master boiler maker,

who resided in St. Roch; John Laird, the well known

insurance agent, who had his residence facing the

Governor's Garden; James Stevenson, manager of the

Quebec Bank, who was well known as one of the keenest

of Quebec golfers; William Cassils, treasurer of the

56 sr. ANDBBW'S BOaBTT OF QUBBIC

society at one time, who died in Montreal; Bev. DuncanAnderson, the genial divine, ornithologist and author,

of Levis and Chaudiire; Robert Brodie, flour merchant,

and his warm-hearted brother Thomas; Dr. W. J.Anderson, who once was president of the Literoiy andHistorical Society; John Hossack, the notary, and John

Young, his brother-in-law; Robert Mitchell, commission

merchant and father of a former seeretaiy of the

society; Peter Sinclair, stationer, whose place of busi-

ness was near the junction of John Street and PalaisStreet; Arch. NicoU, an employee of Gilmour A Co.;Thomas Laidlaw, dry goods merchant, whose stom wasat the foot of D'Auteuil street; Robert Cairns, tailor,

of Mountain Hill; William C. Richardson, leather mer-chant; Dr. James Cassils, once one of the physicians ofthe society; Adam Watters, grocer, of Fabrique street;Hon. John Stewart, who received from the Governmentin exchange for his property on Grande AR6s, knownas Bandon Lodge, the estate of Marchmont; JohnBruce, of H. M. Customs, whose residence was on theSt. Foy« Road, near the Belvedere; Dunbar Ross,Solicitor-General,who lived opposite the Place d'Armes;Charles Wilkie, eldest don of Daniel Wilkie, Rector ofthe Quebec Higfa School; Thomas Hunter, head ac-countant of Ross A Co. ; L. T. Macpherson, Notary;Daniel McGie, stockbroker, and Pemberton Paterson,son of the first president of the society.

INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY

CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, &c.

INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY

CAP. XLI.X.

An Act to incorporate the St. Andrew's Societyof

Quebec.

[AsBented to Ut Febniary, 1870.]

W/HEREASthe president and members of the aaso-W ciation, which hath for many years existed atQuekc, under the name of the St.

Andrew s

Society of Quebec, have, by theirpfetition to the Legis-

lature, represented that the saidassocmtion has been

formed for the benevolent purposeof affording pecu-

niary ,medicaland other reUef tosuchnatives ofScotland

and their descendants, as may fromsickness or other

causes have fallen into distress, andof aidmg, directing

and relieving the necessities ofScottish immignmts on

their arrival in Canada, and hathprayed that for the

better attainment of the objectsof the said association,

it may be invested with corporatepowers; and by

reason of the good effected by the saidassociation, it

is expedient to grant theprayer of the said petition

;

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with theadvice and

consent of the Legislature of Quebec,enacts as follows:

1. Messrs. John Cook Thomson,Duncan McPheison,

60 INCORPORATION ACT OF THE

John Laird, Peter MacNaughton, Archibald NicoU, ARobertson, jr., John Wilson Cook, John Eraser, Charles

Wilkle, Thomas G. Hunter, John Cook, D.D., W. B.Clark, WUliam Brodie, W. D. Campbell, James Dean,John Gilmour, James Gibb, William Hoesack, Geo.

Irvine, L. T. McPherson, John McNaughton, Daniel

McGie, Pemberton Patenson, James G. Ross, John Ross,

McLean Stuart, Robert Shaw, Robert Cassels, AndrewStuart, Henry S. Scott, Michael Stevenson, John Thom-son, Daniel Wilkie, William Walker, D. A. Ross, and

such other persons as are now members of the saidassociation, or shall hereafter become members thereof,

imder the provisions of this act and the by-laws made

under the authority thereof, shall be, and they are

hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by

the name of the " St. Andrew's Society of Quebec,"and may by that name sue and be sued, implead andbe impleaded, defend and be defended, in all coiuts of

law, and places whatsoever, and by that name theyand their successors shall have perpetual succession

and may have a common seal, and may break, change,alter or renew the same at pleasure, and may by anylegal title acquire, hold and enjoy any estate whatever,

real or personal, stocks, debentures or securities, and

may alienate, lease or otherwise dispose of the same,or any part thereof from time to time, and as occasion

may require, and other estate real or personal mayacquire instead thereof; and all property real or per-

sonal now belonging to the association afor^aid, or

held in trust for the said association, or for the use

thereof, shall, after the passing of this act, become the

property of the corporation hereby constituted; pro-

ST. Andrew's soasTT of quebec et

vided always, that the clear annual value of the said

real estate held by the corporation at any one time

shall not exceed four thousand dollars.

a. The affairs and business of the said corporation

shall be managed by such officers and committees, and

under such restrictions, touching the powers and duties

of such officers and committees as by by-laws in that

behalf, the corporation may, from time to time, ordain.

3> All deeds sealed with the common seal of thecorporation and signed by the president, vice-pre-

sidents and by some other member of the committee

of management, and countersigned by the treasurer

and none other, shall be held to be deeds of the cor-

poration; provided always, that the treasurer for the

time being may receive all moneys payable to the cor-poration, and grant valid receipts therefor.

4. It shall be lawful for the said corporation to make

by-laws for the admission and expulsion of members,

and for the proper administration of the property and

affairs of the corporation, and to repeal and amend the

same from time to time, and such by-laws and amend-

ments shall be proposed and seconded at a previous

meeting. No number of members less than twenty-

one members of the corporation (including the pre-'

siding officer) shall form a meeting for the purpose of

altering such by-laws, nor shall any alteration be made

therein, unless three-fourths of the m«nbers prraent

I to it.

5. The annual and general meetings of the said cor-

62 INCORPORATION ACT OF THE

poration shall be held in such manner, after such noticeupon such requisitions, and at such times, in the cityof Quebec, as shall be directed by the by-laws of thecorporation.

6< The by-laws of the said association, in so far asthey may not be repugnant to this act or the laws ofthis Province, shall be the by-laws of the corporationhereby constituted until they shall be repealed oraltered as aforesaid; provided always that no by-lawshall impose a penalty or forfeiture exceeding twodollars.

7. Until others shall be elected, according to theby-laws of the corporation, the present officers of theae-wciation shall be those of the said corporation.

8« No person, otherwise competent to be a witnessin any suit, action or prosecution, in which the saidcorporation may be engaged, shall be deemed incom-petent to be such witness by reason of his being, orhaving been a member or officer of the said corporation.

9* All subscriptions of members due to the corpora-tion under any by-law, all penalties incurred under anyby-law by any person bound thenhy, and all othersums of money due to the corporation, shall be paid tothe treasurer thereof, and in default of payment, maybe recovered in an action brought by him in the nameof the corporation in any court of competent civiljurisdiction; provided always, that nothing herein con-tained shall be construed to prevent any member fromwithdrawing at any time from the said corporation,

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«fter payment of all arrean due to the funds thereof,including the annual subscription for the year thencurrent, and giving notice in writing of such with-drawal.

l(k The corporation shall make annual reports toboth houses of the legislature containing a generalstatement of the affairs of the said corporation, whichsaid reports shall be presented within the first twentydays of every session of the legislature.

11< This act shall be deemed a public act, and assuch shall be judicially noticed by all judges and otherswhomsoever, without being specially pleaded.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

Name and Seal.

1. The Society shall be named " The St. Andbbw'sSociBTT or Quebec," and shall have a common Seal,with its name engraved thereon, around the Arms ofScotland, with the National Motto, " Ntmo me impuntlace»»et."

Object op the Socibtt.

2. The Society is instituted for the purpose of afford-ing relief and advice to natives of Scotland and theirdescendants who may stand in need thereof, and withthe view of promoting union among all classes ofScotchmen and those of Scottish origin in Canada.

Membebs.

3. None but Scotchmen, and the descendants ofScotchmen shall be eligible as members of the Society.When any person is to be proposed for admission as amember, the member proposing shall give to the Secre-tary, at a meeting of the Society, a written notificationthereof, mentioning the name of the candidat«, hisoccupation, and the place of his nativity. The electionshall be by ballot, and the consent of a majority of themembers present shall be necessary to the admission ofcandidates.

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Honorary Members.

4. Natives of Scotland, or children and grandchild-ren of natives of Scotland or of resident members, whomay be strangers to the city, may be proposed andballotted for as honorary members, on ihe sameevening; and they, as well as the resident members,shall be entitled to a certificate of their admission,

authenticated with the seal of the Society, and signedby the I'resident and Secretary. None shall be ad-mitted as honorary members who reside within theCounty of Quebec.

Officers.

6. A President, two Vice-Presidents, a CharitableCommittee of five members, one or more Chaplains,one or more Physicians, a Secretary and a Treasurer,shall be annually chosen from among the residentmembers at the Annual Meeting hereafter mentioned,who shall constitute the Board of Managers and shallenter upon the duties of their respective offices on theFestival of Saint Andrew next ensuing. The electionshall be by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall decide.The President' shall be first chosen and duly announcedto the meeting, and afterwards the rest of the officersshall be ballotted for separately. The oflicers of thesame description shall rank according to a plurality ofvotes.

Stated Meetings.

6. The Society shall hold four quarteriy meetingsevery year, vix., on the last Thursday in January,

M CONSTITUTION AND BT-LAW8 OF TBEApril, July Mid October, the laat of which shi^l b«cmlltd the Annu»l Meeting. The Prarident, or in hi*•baenoe the officer higbeet in rank who m»y be prewnt,shall appoint the place of meeting, and the Secrataryhall, at his desire, give due notice thereof to theresident members, and nine shall be necessary to con-stitute a quorum. At all meetings the names of themembers present shall be recorded.

Special Mbetinos.

7. The President, or in his absence the officer highestin rank who may be in the city, shall, when any emer-gency occurs which in his opinion may render it expe-dient, or upon application made for that purpose bythe Board of Muugers, call a special meeting of theSociety. The Secretary shall give due notice to theresident members, of whom nine shall be required toconstitute a quorum. Special meetings shall not becompetent for the transaction of any business exceptthat for which they have been specially summoned:the consent of a majority of the members present shallbe necessary to constitute a vote, and the yeas andnays on each question shall be recorded.

Annivbrsahy Mxbtino.

8. As the benevolent views of the Society will begreatly promoted by a social intercourse among themembers, the Society shall hold an Anniversary Meet-ing, and such members as may be thereunto disposedshall celebrate St. Andrew's Day in such a manner asshall have been decided at the annual meeting; and the

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members •hall on that day appear with a St. indiew'sCroii, or a Thistle, dispUyed on the left breast. WhenSt. Andrew's Day happens on Sunday, the first f! / ofDecember shall be observed as the Festival.

Duty of thb President.

9. The President shall, when he is presj^nt, |.r-'irieat all meetings of the Society, preserve oH.r. on* d^question, and declare the decision. He shall c-U *special meeting of the Society when he shall judge itproper, or when applied to for that purpose by th.iBoard of Managers, and he shall appoint the place ofall meetings. He shall likewise sign all orders on theTreasurer from the Charitable Committee.

Vicb-Presioents.

10. The duties specified in the foregoing article shall,in the absence of the President, devolve on the firstVice-President, and in the absence of both, on thesecond Vice-President.

Charitable Committee.

11. The Charitable Committee shall dispense thebounty of the Society, and cany into effect the variousobjects pointed out by the Constitution, and for thispurpose, a recommendation in writing shall be signedby not lesr than three of the members, and it shall benecessary also to obtain the sanction of the President,or in his absence, that of the 1st or 2nd Vice-Presidentto such recommendation, either of whom is authorizedto draw on the Treasurer for the sum specified. Notmore than twenty dollars shall be given to one head of

68 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OP THE

a family in one year, unless it be otherwise determinedat a meeting of the Society; and provided also that thewhole sum thus dispensed by the Charitable Committeeand by the Society in one year does not exceed therevenue of the Society for that year. None shall beobjects of the Society's bounty but such resident mem-bers thereof as may become indigent, and poor nativesof Scotland, and children and grandchildren of thenatives of Scotland or of resident members of theSociety, unless it shall be otherwise determined at ameeting of the Society. The Charitable Committeeshall likewise recommend to the attention of the Cha-plains and Physicians such persons as they supposemight be benefited by their advice.

Chaplains.

12. It shall be the duty of the Chaplains to performthe religious duties required at the meetings of theSociety; by their counsel and advice to promote har-mony and good will among the members, and to