IEUT.-COL. HON. FÉLIX GABRIEL MARCHAND, Montreal, Que., was born at St. Johns, Que., January 9th, 1832. He is a son of Gabriel Marchand, who came from Quebec in 1802 and settled in St. Johns. Col. Marchand was educated at St. Hyacinthe College and admitted as notary in 1855. He founded, and was for several years editor and proprietor of Le Franco-Canadien newspaper. He holds from the Government of France, the decoration of officer of public instruction, is the author of "Erreur n'est pas compte," "Les Faux Brillants," 'Les Faux Brillants," Fatenaille," and of several other dra

matic pieces in verse and prose. Was lieut.-col. commanding 21st Battalion Richelieu Light Infantry, and commanded a brigade at the front during the Fenian excitement in 1870. Sworn of the ex-Council, appointed Provincial Secretary March 8th, 1878, which office he held until appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands, March 19th, 1879. He resigned this position October 30th, 1879, and was elected speaker of the Legislative Assembly, January 29th. 1887. He was first returned to that body at the general election in 1867, re-elected by acclamation in 1871,1875, 1878 and 1881, by acclamation in 1886, 1890 and 1891, after contest, was re-elected speaker in 1891 by the unanimous vote of the House. Is really the actual leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Parliament. He received the degree of Doctor of Letters from Laval University in 1890. He is also author of "Le Formulaire du Notariat," just out, which contains the history of the notarial profession, and of contracts in the different ages from remote antiquity to the present day, a treatise on the responsibilities of notaries, and a complete form book in alphabetical order for all notarial deeds in both languages, with notes and commentaries, indicating very fully the nature of each deed, the different laws relating thereto, and the proceedings required to carry it out. The Hon. Mr. Marchand was married, September 12th, 1854, to Miss Marie Herselie Turgeon.

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ROF. W. K. BURR, M.A., Ph. D., Ameliasburg, Ont., was born in Hillier, Prince Edward county, April 18th, 1843. His father William Burr, well known for his enterprise and wealth, was born of the 6th generation from Benjamin Burr, who came over from England in 1630, and became one of the founders of Hartford, Conn. Aaron Burr, prominent in American history, also belongs to the same family, while the mother of our subject was the grand daughter of a U. E. Loyalist, who was shot and wounded in his own house, in N. J., during revolutionary war. Prof. Burr was educated at the Friend's Boarding School, Ont., at Hiram College, Ohio, when Garfield was its president, at Carthage Academy, New York, at Abingdon College, Ill., and at the University in Indianapolis. He also attended lectures at numerous other institutions

in New York city, and when he graduated at the Phrenological and Anthropological Institute, was the valedictorian of his class. At the age of eighteen years, he united with the Christian Church and began preaching, and has travelled extensively as evangelist and lecturer in nearly all the States and Provinces east of the Mississippi, and has also been pastor of several churches, baptizing large numbers in each locality. As a lecturer and delineator of character, he ranks very high, and is considered one of the ablest of living phrenologists, having read as many as 1200 people

in a single city. He is also an able graphic and voluminous writer. His published works include "Addresses to the World", "Leaves from my Portfolio", "Character, how it is developed", and "How it is read", "Psychology", "Words of Counsel", "Notes of Warning", "How to grow beautiful", etc., etc. Many of his poems have been widely copied and eagerly read. One entitled "Don't be in a hurry to go", found its way in all the principal papers of Nova Scotia. Prof. Burr was married, in October, 1863, to Mary C., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Valleau, of Hillier. He has two sons and three daughters.

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UDE OLIVIER CAMIRAND, M.D., physician and surgeon, Sherbrooke, Que., was born there October 25th, 1847. His parents were Olivier and Thersille (Gauthier) Camirand, both natives of the Province of Quebec, whose grandparents came from France. Dr. Camirand's father, who was one of the first settlers in Sherbrooke, was a shoemaker by trade. He was very successful in business, and was the first French Canadian councillor in that place. Dr. Camirand began his education in the Sherbrooke common school, and subsequently took a course in Three Rivers College. He received

his medical training in "L'Ecole de Médecine et de Chirurgie de Montréal," (then a branch of Victoria University of Cobourg, Ont.) graduating at Cobourg in 1871. He has since secured a very large practice in Sherbrooke, his services being in special demand in surgical cases. He spent some time attending clinical lectures and hospitals in France and Great Britain. He has also spent three years in the Sherbrooke council, but his large practice will not permit him to occupy public office at present. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, and in politics a Conservative.

OHN MOFFATT, Manager of "Oak Hall," Windsor, Ont., was born in the county of Cavan, Ireland, May 22nd, 1866. His parents where Thomas Moffatt and Isabella (Irwin) Moffatt, the former a farmer and contractor. Mr. Moffatt was educated at the National schools of Cavan county, learned the dry goods business in Castleblayney, and coming to Canada, has been engaged in the clothing business almost ever since, being one year in Toronto, a year and a half in London, a short time in the wholesale warehouse of the W. E. Sanford Manufacturing Co., of Hamilton,

his present employers, and about two years and a half in Windsor, after which he received his present appointment, one much more than ordinarily important. Mr. Moffatt is popular with his subordinates, stands very high in the estimation of his fellow citizens, and is a very earnest and active Christian worker, having abundance of tact, push and principle. He was for two terms successively, president of the Epworth League at Windsor, was also the first secretary of the Y.M.C.A. there, and is now vice-president of the same. He takes no part in politics, preferring to de vote his time to more important interests.

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EO. WRIGHT, M.D.,

C.M., L.R.C.P. & S., Edinburgh, and L.F.P. & S., Glasgow, Wheatley, O., was born in Romney, Kent county, Ont., March 9th, 1856. His parents, Thomas and Anne (Cox) Wright, who came to Romney from Lincolnshire, Eng., about forty years ago, and who still reside on the old homestead, three miles east of Wheatley, are held in the highest esteem. His father, a man of excellent judgment, was a member of the municipal council, and has been a class leader and steward in the Methodist Church for years, and held almost every position in that church that is eligible to laymen. His wife is a devoted mother. Her sons and daughters, twelve in number, will always "rise up and call her blessed." The hospitality at the Wright homestead has long since become proverbial. Doctor Wright, after the ordinary course at the public school, continued his education at the Toronto Normal School, the Hamilton and St. Thomas Collegiate Institutes, and the Chatham Business College, with intervals of teaching. His training for his chosen profession was obtained at Trinity Medical College, Toronto, from which he graduated in the Spring of 1890, and also in Britain, where he obtained what is known there as "the triple qualification," as above indicated, in the Autumn of 1890. He then returned to Canada, and located in Wheatley, where he has now a large and growing practice. In religion, Dr. Wright is a Me

thodist. He is also a member of the I.O.F., and the Canadian Home Circle, being Court Physician to each lodge. He is also a member of Howard Lodge, A.F. & A.M. He is a man of honor and integrity, in love with his profession, and cannot fail to attain the highest success. He was married. May 23rd, 1890, in Birmingham, Eng., to Mary, daughter of Geo. Green, Esq. Now inspector for the Prudential Assurance Co, in Glasgow, who is well known among Christian, philanthropic and political workers in the Old Country. The doctor has one son, born May 29th, 1892.