Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-08-28
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The Queen and the Yankees.

Col. Sherburne, writing on the 18th of
June from London to the New York Sun,
says there are more Americans than any
other strangers visiting the exhibition in
London at this time. Visitors from France,
Belgium, Holland and Ireland, run over
for day or two aud return. The Empe-
ror of Russia will not permit his subjects
to go farther than Ostend, or on bathing
tour on the North Sea, hence, not Rus
sian face to be seen in London, although
the Emperor has sent some magnificent
goods for exhibition.
Quite a rich scene took place last week
at the Fair The Queen gave out that
she would visit the Fair the next morning
at nine o'clock, attended by her ladies and
gentlemen in waiting, to inspect each de-
partment personally, and to receive infor-
nation from those soverally in charge -
consequently there was quite gathering
of mobiles and citizens from West End
After a time the Queen arrived at the beau
tiful fancy soap stand from Philadelphia, at
each corner of which, stands in bold relief,
the busts of Washington and Taylor, with
an inscription on the head of each, viz -
This is all solid SOAP"
The Queen seemed TO doubt the fact and
suddenly taking gold pin from her dress,
was about testing the truth of it. by
ming the pin into the head of Washington,
when the Philadelphian, seeing her biect,
placed his hand between the pin and the
bust, and with gravity and poiteness OBJ
&C Il &c hnc Of
ington, your majesty" Quick as thought
Prince Albert said, with smile, to the in
terested Queen, q" 1t is only royalty pick
ing at liberty" The next day an order
came from Buckingham Palace for a box
of the Philadelphia soap.
Another scene equally as rich happened
After the Queen and Court had examined
the great variety of American grain and
expressed her surprise at the corn hanging
in clusters on the stalks, the Prince remark.
ed, "America is indeed second Egypt the
land Of promise, that could supply the world
with bread" Near the stalk of grain Y an.
kee from Connecticut had pitched his stand
exhibiting baskets and boxes of boot and
shoe pegs, appearing at little distance We.
ry much like grain, On passing the Queen
inquired what kind of seed it was (The
Queen,by the way, is short sighted "Seed
marin why they are sole binders" replied
the Connecticut man, at the same time lift
ing his foot to show their use. The Queen
kept her gravity as we'll as she could, but
Albert turned TO give vent to a smile, while
the Duchess of S., with the other ladies in
waiting dropped their wells and placed their
handkerchiefs TO their faces. The Prince
asked how they were made "Why, SIR
said Jonathan, We just throw iunks oil
wood at one end and pegs come out al the
other so fast as to keep the women folks
busy enough. All, sir, Connecticut is
quite smart place for such notions"
The Queen and Court also visited the
New York Sun; y the Sun and Tribune
neatly enoased in glass, standing on De-
destal. Under the Sun" is printed in
broad characters Only one.haf penn,
for this paper--2O, 600 struck off in an
hour" The Queen remarked Cbear
reading in the United States" The Primo,
replied, They have no Stamp Act."-
The party also examined the specimens o
OOOh-DllullB dHu OtHef AMERICAN COntr |
buttons, expressing themselves highly graf
flied with them all.
RESOLVING A DIFFrCULTY--Asthe cham
bermaid of steamboat on the Ohio wa
passing out of the ladies' cabin an old ladv
in plaintivey husky tone, requested he
to shut the door, as she had caught such
bad cold at Detroit that she was amos
dead. At this moment very phthisicy oil
lady occupying berth near the door, for
babe the girl to shut it on account of til
Rhortness of her breath.
Shut it, or I'll de-" squeaked the De
troit lady.
:" Leave it open, or I'll smother to death,
gasped the other.
AS the war waxed warm, wag in tn
adjoining cabin, thrusting his head iron
his berth, decided the chambermaid's guam
Diary by ordering her to" Open that doc
until the Detroit lady dies of her cold, an
then close 1t until the other one smother
to death"