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Rh and force. After graduating from the College of Nicolet, Mr. Fournier went through the usual course of legal preparation for the bar, having the advantage of being a student in the office of the late Judge Caron, one of the best-known jurists in the Province. He

eral Council of the Province. The writer can well remember that when Mr. Fournier was expected to address the Court of Ap peals, the students would attend in num bers to enjoy the great treat afforded by listening to his beautiful French and elo-

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THE HON. HENRI ELZEAR TASCHEREAU.

commenced the practice of his profession in the historic city of Quebec in the year 1846. His success as a lawyer was rapid. In 1 863 he was appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel, and in 1867 was elected Batonnier of the bar of the District of Quebec, and was subsequently elected to the still more honorable position of President of the Gen

quent and learned arguments. At that time the tribunals of the Province, always re nowned for judicial talent, were unusually strong. With such men on the bench as Sir L. H. Lafontaine, Caron, Duval, Aylwin, Meredith, Badgeley, Bowen, Vanfellson, and Morin, and with such contemporaries of Mr. Fournier at the bar as the late Francois Real