MONTREAL CATHEDRAL.
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ne Roman SalnOlCS ul Al0nlFctl arc
building an extensive and magnificent Cath
edral, Of the plan Of which tie following IS
i descriptions


This structure is chastc and correct spe-
cimen Of Gothic architecture, selected III
part fl VI some If the best models now exist
ing in Europe, of the 18th, 1lth and l5th
centuries. 1t fronts on st. Joseph street
and the Place D'Armcs, and is placed upon
the natural SOIL, there being dccliyity Of
l3teet from west 70 east Its length in that
direction is 25s feet, and its bredtt l3i feet
from nor Ii to south, II Will have six tow
ers, SO arranged that each flank will pre-
sent three, the east end two, and the princi-
pal front Oh the west will present two, each
200 feet in height; the towers are Of q quad
rangular form, with an octangular bu,trcss
placed at the angles Of each terminating at
the top in con!aal pinnaccs. The curtain,
or space between the front towers, is IS feet
by 1l9 feet i'll height, crowned with embat-
lied parapets. There viii be five public
and three private enIranccsto the first floor,
and four to the galleries: SO that ten thou
sand people, the number the etiihce viii con-
tain may assemble and dspersc in the space
Of few minutes, through spacious doors
and avenues


A young lad, apprentice to a tradesman in
Allua, hearing Of frequent wonderful dis
covcries of toads in stones and blocks Of
wood found the most difficulty in accounting
FOR such a phenomenon, involving the point
regarding the possibility Of any animal liv-
ing without food dc put this to the test;
he caught strong healthy toad, about twenty
months ago and placing him in a small flow
er pot with just room sufficient TO contain
bis body, fixed fat stone below, and an
other over the vessel, and digging d hole ii q
garden. placed him therein tArce feet under
the surface. On removing the Garth, few
days since, and bringing tic prisoner once
more to the Hight of day, no change wa,
perceptible Life still animated, and health
strengthened every limb:--his rough fen
tures seemed nothing relaxed, nor had Ii.
the appearance of nursing his wrath t
keep 1t warm"


The citizens of Gorham. (Mc.) and it
vicinity commemoratcd the last Fourth o
July in a manner alike creditable to their pa
trotism and beneyolence. Their fellow cit
izen and neighbour, Dir. Folsom, shor
time since. lost his house, out buildings ant
goods by fire. Accordingly between three
and four hundred citizens assembled, ant
proceeded by a voluntary contribution O
their labor partially to repair his loss. The
timber for a dwelling housc 40 feet by Sc
two stories high was framed and prepared
for raising, and raised The cellar Of the
old house was cleared out, and much of the
wall relaid A wood-shcd 81 feet by &c
was framed, raised boarded, and shinglcd
and the floor !s.d, and a good barn, So feet
by 81, Was moved about $50 rods; new cell
lar dug under it, the whole completely wall
cd up, and the barn unaerpianed.


The generous laborers On this work OF