The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-25

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90! know that sur, but thank HEAVIER
it was not in this country grew so old y
"But my good fellow, recollect YOU are
now in free country; buff you returf
to Ireland, you go back to land of sla'
very"
"a free country ~ exclaimed he, witt
deep irony, "be me sowl, you're right -
Faith it is free country, sure enough =
for if poor man has neither shoes nor
stockings, there's no one TO pravent him
from going barefoot in the sthd cts. No,
diyil one'-a free country-O! isn't,n'
well" said I, "you must at least adj
nit that the people here are more respec.
table and better clad ard fed than the peo-
pic in Ireland"
as it the paple ye're talking ABBOTT -
BY me sowl, don't think they're Chris
tians at all Sure when I'm walking the
streets if | bid man the time Of day, or
say "God bliss YOU" as we do at home,
instead of his answering me with "the
same to you," he jist gives a nod of his
head, and says, "hunk !" Now the divil
a bit of mesef knows what hunk names
lit Amt English nor Irish, but some hea-
flemish sound and that's all can get from
them ?"
"You must confess at least" reioin-
ed, ''that the people live better here than
they do in lreIand--they have meat .hree
times day and plenty to drink ~
"Faith then, if they have mate, haven't
they TO pay well for it? Mate indade !!
sure when 60 to market to buy some
thing for the wife and chiIder, may be It's
pair Of chickens | AK for, and they give
two weeny things no bigger than an Irish
lark for which they make me pay five
shlIIings, not mouthlul piece for us
and thin if pick out head of cab
bage, they give me one no bigger than me
first, and AK sixpence for it? Why, sur,
in my farm in the county Meath, raised
cabhages One Of 'cm would be as big
as all the books in your Office - divil a
pot in Ireland could hold two Of them, and
might hawk it through the country and
wouldn't get more than halfpenny for
it,! And thin the praties 10 murher
sure what they call prates here is all
wather, and melts in your mouth, no ma
ley taste at all l--Shurc the hunger amt
kilt if we ate a pot full, and it's dying we
are for want Of the natural food ?"
"And thin, sur, added he after deep
sigh, swim poor man dies here, they
tell me they charge him fifteen dollars for
opening his gravel Oh! God forgive
them only think of my farm where
paid four guineas an acre rint, and there
was as good as a quarter Of an acre in it,
a hurying ground, and sure let any man
be buried there that liked, and charged
him divil a penny at all! But by me
sowl, poor man can't e0ord 10 die in
this free country, and so I'll 60 home
and lay my bones in ovid Ireland ~
cat all events" said awe have no re-
ligious quarrels here, such as you have in
Ireland"
DR.. Brownee, be it remembered, was
not mOnomaniast at this time.
"Religious ~ exclaimed he, 81 never
dreamed there were so many religions
in the world as see in this city didn't
| 90 to the last Sunday to the hist River
TO see them male christians, as they
called it, in the Wather-and large man
in black TUX the faymales in his arms,
and soused them all undher wather, and
whn he had done, he addressed them
but such a chap oh, I'm sure he wasn't
an honest man-for he was ashamed
TO look them in the face, bit Kept his
eyes SHIT the achole time. And | hear
they neither 90 TO mass nor TO church.
but only meeting hOuSe-and this they
call religion! Tro,h, sir, its strange
counthry-and so il your honor will only
take the trino Of money we've left, and
give us ticket to the captain, the bless
ing of st. Patrick be with you, and I'll
engage I'll remember you in my prayers
every day till | get home!"
During this graphic description of my
county Meaths friends impressions" OF
} New York, never laughed, and indeed
seemed surprised that we should see any
} thing 10 cause merriment, He was quite
serious in his complains, and although
endeavored to change his resolution, i
was all in vain lie and his family actual
y embarked on board the good ship 'Johr
Dickinson, Capt. Bush, for Belfast
where they safely arrived after a passage
Of twenty days. When the pilot haieC
the ship, in Belfast Tough, the usua
question was asked "what news from
New York ~ Tho county Meath mar
was leaning over the side Of the vessel
admring the green fields OF his native is
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