The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-11-18
Correspondence of the Volco Of Freedom.
Dangers Of Canal 7Farsting--" Burners and
Graders y Voyage through the Upper
LakeS-1fluauiie City.

give YOU the following @s@eic!l, WhicA Is ut your dig
posal.
left the green mountains Of Vermont on th2 IT
ultjmo, and took passage for Buffalo, iii Il l!nc boa:
at Albany, Lam aware many people suppose that
travelling on canals il q safe conveyance for paa4ca-
gers; bat facts recorded show that there are more
accidents happen on the cNGals Of New FORK, in pro
portion to the number Of travellers, than occur on
all the lakes and river, in America. The frequent
walking oil and on 10 the boats at the locks, and
carclessness III passing Tie numerous 10" bridges,
has caused several fatal accidents on the Eric Canal
the season past. Two men were instantly Killed OH
= packet boat, by being on deck and coming in con
tact with y low bridge. Passengers on tie deck Of
q canal boat, who are rot on the "looN out" for
bridges, ore liable to be instantly killed or severely
mutIatod. Ono passenger, in stepping eff at the
lock, recently lost lis lie by falling between the
boa. and side wall. Caution, ard q good "look
OUT are necessary to passengers or these canals, in
other respects.
There is q set OF scotadrc!., called "burners and
g~rabbers, - providing about these canal boats in search
Of some green horn whom they too often succeed
in "burning'' on. Of a good sum Of money. An
eastern man who had been selling land in Ohio, was,
a few weeks ago, made n dupo to their rascnlity in
the following mnnNer. lie was invited by a stran-
ger to take a short walk on the tow-path, which is
very common for passengers to do on these slow
line boats. After walking n few rods they saw a
man ahead, apparently intoxicated, holding in his
hand q roll of bank bills, which he appeared to be
in the act Of counting. On the near approach Of
1 >Io frotmnn tho intNyirotcI 1-1rD E-UIlpniv st1rtaI
upon his feet, and, staggering, walked off. As he
withdrew his hand from his coat pocket where he
had deposited his money, he lc. fall las if accident
ally a small roll Of paper. The stranger picked up
the paper, and on opening il, discovered a valuable
gold ring, carefully tied up. He say. to the eastern
lnau, let III make speculation out of this drunken
fellow he seems to be quite flush with bank bills
to-day. l Will remove tLia gold ring and put in its
place Il stone, md We will make & bet with him that
there ia no ring i'll he paper he has dropped" This
being done, The stranger called to the staggering
man, who was hut q few yards ahead, and says,
"IoU have dropped something, SIR "Indeed l
have" was the reply Of the stngFercr after search
ing As pockets; al have lost 4 gold ring belonging
to M wife, which l value worth fifty dollars, and it
is in TINT roll Of paper you have just picked up"
" What will you bet Of that ?n says the stranger.
Five hundred dollars answers Mr.. Tipsy.
"Donc,' cried tie stranger. The stranger appeared
now somewhat puzzled, for he could make out but
one hundred dollars. lie finally applies to the east
era man for n loan Of four hundred dollars to make
up the amount Of the bet, which was readily grant
ed, and before the question was decided whether
there was d gold ring or a granite rock in the paper
wallet, tho drulkard and stranger disappeared in the
Montezuna swsmps and left tho grcen-horn Of the
east TO whistle for his mercy.
Line boats are from eight to ten days going from
Albany to Buffalo, and although T. voyage at this
season Of the year through Lake Erie, St. Clair,
Huron and Michigan, is generally considered danger
GUS, passengers are always right glad to leave the
tircsome canal boat for a wlistling steamer on the
upper lnkos. left Buffalo, Oct. 10Th, at p. M, in
the splendid STEINER Louisiana, GAIT. RICHARDS,
wind northeast, stiff breeze. Reached Detroit 2lst,
: n. m. Passed Fort Gratiot at 5 p. H.; g. m. in
Lake Huron, strong northwest wind; 7, wind in
creased; s, no music and dancing in the after cabin;
9, vessel labored hard 10, staggering and vomiting
of passengers on deck, and i'll both cabins-passen-
gers appeared to be p~lunging from " Tipgy Island"
into drunken Bay II o'clock, Capt. saws, eve
are going to have a blow !" 70 o'clock, heavy rain
and high wind half past -, a tremendous heave of
tho vessel, tossed out Of my birth, wished the storm
would abate. 22I, i o'clock q. m. engine rave way,
and boat floatcd; 3 O'Clock engine repaired and
storm abated. 22d, 7 o'clock p. m, passed Macki-
nav; eth, 10 O'Clock, q. m, landed in tho flourish
ing city Of Milwaukee.
Tho distance from buffalo through the lakes to
this city, is nine hundred miles. Milwaukee is nj
ready a considerable city, containing more than
1900 inhabitants. In 1910 the number of inhabi-
tants did not exceed 500, 50 that tho number of res
idcnts in this city has increased since $40 about
1000 per annum. Milwaukee covers an area Of about
miles square. Houses are mostly built of wood,
stories high and painted white. There are,
however, several spacious public buildings recently
built, Of white, or cream-colored brick, and nearly
n hundred brick buildings are going up this season.
These brick are made Of rod clay, and are harder
and more endurable than the red brick at the east.
There are thirteen churches in this city, viz: two
two Episcopal, one Baptist, one Prcsbyte-
rian, one Congregational, one Methodist, l Univer-
5aist, one Unitarian, two German Lutheran, and
one German Calvinist. Two masonic lodges, and
.wo of the order of Odd Fellows. Several High
and a Catholic Seminary. have obtained
rom a highly respectable gentleman, the following
able, kept during the year 1916, which will give an
dea of the climate Of Wisconsin.
The coolest day was Esd December, when the
stood 4 degs. above zero at sunrise. There
we're. during the year, fair days $50, cloudy G3,
Amy 3S, snowy Ia.
There are several extensive manufactures in this
'ity, which are kept in constant operation by water
The Touring mills of Milwaukee turn out
900 barrels of flour per diem.
The physicians Of this place are mostly Homm-
Of the number Of lawyers l have not been
lblc. to ascertain butt have noticeda sign of Flaw
on about every block in the city. One