The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-21

DIR Pearson.
The following preamble and resolutions, pass
ed at a meeting of Ottawa Division No S. Oft.
have been handed to us for publication;
The sad tidings of the decease of our brother
DR. Jonathan Pearson. have been received and
communicated to this Division. Althuughlt can
not he sand that the event was unexpected, yet
now that 1t has certainly happened, the tendcrest
emotions are nvoluntarily awakened aud cause a
throh Of anguish IN the breasts of all who were
associated with him. For some time he had been
declining under disease which slowly wasted
his physical energies. Hoping that change Of
scene and gentle exercise might give renewed
vgor to his systam, and stay the further progress
Ut his maladv he went 10 visit his friends IN
Ohio, accompanied hv his wife, where soon vital
power welded to the fate which awaitcth ALL
lie was warm and ardent friend Of the cause Of
temperance, aud took an active part IN the organ
jzatIOn of this Division, and WAS one OF It's char
tc- members. For much Of It's usefulness AMI
prosperity we are indebted to his steady and firm
to the cause, and his Jealous ca opera
ton in every thing designed To- advance the great
principle Of temperance among men and the ell.
ovation of human character, Love, Purity, aud
Fidelity, was the motto 10y Which his actions were
regulated. and the unyaryjng rule by which all
his intercourse IN society was governed. We In.
ment that our brother is no more to be numbered
among us In his death our cause has lost an
able and devoted advocate; society is deprived
OF a useful and valued member, aud each OF Us
n sincere friend As brothers in the cause of
temperance, bound together by the ties Of friend
ship, it is becoming Us at this time TO manifest
our regard for the memory of brother Pearson,
whose spirit has gone to oin the great fraternity
hnr MI slnp N
felt and realized Therefore
Resolved That We will wear our badge OF
mourning for the space orthirty days,
R,soirsd, also, That we deeply sympathize
with the widow Of our deceased brother, in this,
her atllicon, and tender our kind regards for the
orphan children who have early been bereaved Of
their father and protector.
Rssoirsi, also That copy Of these resolu.
tons be enclosed to the family Of our deceased
brother
Rc,olrci also, That the foregoing be published
in the Ottawa and Lake County papers,
DWELLING Ilorsr N PARIs-A correspondent
of the 81 LoHi, RspuJhcda, IN one Of his letters
from Paris, describes the manner Of erecting dwel-
ling houses there ~ follows. The plan has some
advantages, but it is not hard to imagine many
things that would be great annoyance to Cltl-
Ecu OF me tUNtN states
Wscks of houses in parisare many Of them built
in a manner entirely different from those Of our
country and so are tho hotels They are built in
the form OF n hollow square, with only one en-
trance from the street, thro an arch vide enough
for the passage Of two carriages abreast he
huge door or CRATE of this arch y closed mt dark
and there is no admittance except by ringing u
bell, which is answeredby the porter Five fam
llies too occupy a house in block five stories high
each family nppropriating one story to themsel-
YES, parlOrs kitchens and chambers all being III
the same range Of apartments.
We dned with friend living III one Of these
blocks. 1t was dark when we arrived nj the geat
entrance. and We rang for admitance. No sooner
had we touched the bell than the gate flew open,
noiseslessly and magcally to Us, for 90 living
creature could be- seen. Did you open that gate e.
said to my companion. almost terrified at the
mysterious manner in which it opened for US To
enter. The reply was in the negative and when
we reached the porters lodge, We found that by
the means Of pulley in his own room, he had
opened the gate without troubling himself TO
move from his cha-.
We found about thir,y houses arranged around
the side Of this hollow square, each i've stores
high, and occupied by one hundred and fifty fam
lies. their rent VARYING from three TO FIVE hundred
dollars each. Mr. A lived in the first tier ofapart
ments. Nr. b. in the second and so on, each fam
lily with its own door plate and bell IN the entry
OF the story to which they belonged One porter
only is employed 10y all the families in the square.
He shows every conner 10 the family for whom he
inquiries.
There are five reservoirs Of water in Paris but
it is not conveyed by pipes to the houses. Fam
lilies have no hydrant- rs with u.s. but are sup
piled with all the water they use By water.car
rers, who 20 round daily with casks, and leave it
in such quantities as families wish, they paying
for it az we do for milk II IS estimated that
1900, 900 francs, or somewhere about SS0O,0oOof
our money. is yearly paid by the inhabitants Of
Paris to the water.carriers. How do you man
age for water for family washingsr inquired
of one lady. NO family does us own washing"
she replied. sour clothes, even our servants"
are sent into the country TO be washed every week
It is done better and cleaner ont Of the house"