The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-09-09
COYrcspOndt nee of the Free Trader.
Montreal, Canada, September |.

Montreal, Canada, September |.
Editor Free Trddr II am here, ind,
strange RS it may seem to you, am at the
Ottdga House. This is one OF the pleasan-
test and best houses in America, kept by
Mr.. Browning, who is however, not the
only persons to be noticed here. Every wal
ter knows his place. and is not only accom-
modating, but polite and gontlcmanly.
To-day we visited St palrcks church.
II is $50 feet long, and 80 feet from the door
to the ceiling, flushed in the finest gothic
style, with double window shutters, the in
side ones o. the finest colored glass. The
Reverend Father Connolly showed us the
church, and took us up to the eli, which is
200 feet from the ground, Near the church
isS.. patrick's orphan asylum, which is f.
led since the cholera season commenced,
with about 250 children, all clean and as
happy, to all appearances, a. il they had
not lost n father or mother. This is only one
out of many that are supportedby the Ca
tholics Of this place, TO whom too much
praise cannot be awarded, for the care they
take of orphans.
Now a word 10 our ladies. never was
fond Of long dresses but must caution our
Ottawa city ladies, to make all their dresses
three feet longer, if they wish to be called
polite, before they put their feet on her Brit
,anic Majcsty's shores. IL is, also, corside-
rcd very impolite to sit at table with gloves
on. Ladies should avoid this as the jewelry
shows to much better advantage ON the ma
kcd hand | sat to-day at table opposite =
party Of late emigration party Of beautiful
rcd.chccked Scotch girls and gents. You
will please publish in your paper, for the be.
n,ht et Mr.. Strawn and others, that 4 steal,
weighing to lbs, on lalys plate, is a
small show. ! ana good at guessing, and
think that one Of these Scotch ladies can
take 3! TO 81 lbs. Oh! what would one of
US poor dyspcp,ics give, could VIC Do like
wise,
ANara Tying visit to Boston found my.
self in Ncu York about 3 o'clock in the
morning. It too corner Of Chambers and
Broad way, look n any direction, and you
see crowds Of men, women, carts, drays,
man with boxes, woman with bags Of rags
on their shoulders, young ladics-lIcrc my
eyes failed, and ftll back perfectly bcwil-
icrcd. The sense Of feeling was at last
aroused Ly an iinpudont fellow rolling So
/ ia fouHiain over my corns, which impudont
act caused the hanghty blood Of indignant
scorn 10 mount 10 my brow, and ! deter
mined toleayc the city and 20 to the coun-
try, where could injoy the pure air.
took the ears for Sing Sing. III half an
hour the brakeman Sung out "Sng Snr.' :,
looked around, but not seeing any person
that knew, went 10 the entrance Of the
largest building coald see and told the man
that wanted 10 see uncle Jesse Riders He
informed me that people went in there by
authority, and that visitors stai1 from one to
forty years, or at the pleasure Of the Cover
nor 50 thOaght our Governor might not
be dowr. there soon aud ! left after he had
looked al me rather crank. and told me that
there were about 100 visitors there. and
every one Of them would he glad to &c.
soon found man that took me to uncle Jcs.
SEES, and assure you our meeting was grand.
| told him / was Mr. Winter Green. lie
took Inc over his farm, showed ne 30 COWS.
tod me he sen, milk to New York every dav,
and showed nc locust trees that his grand
father and his father had planted. They
were about 12 inches in diameter and would
bring one dollar per foot for pins TO build
ships with. lie then asked me how long !
should stay. | told him vas not partic-
uar-a few months perhaps. This, to ny
utter astonisiiment, sccraed to put him ic
studying. lie said could get to Sing Sing
50 as to take the o'clock train. I objected
and told him | was in no hurry, and that
would not have time. lie haincssed thc old
black horse, and, seeing no alternative,
took seat by his side in The milk wagon
where thousands of milk cans had been be.
fore me. The road was horribly hilly, and
the sleeper the hill, the more he whipt the
old horse and the faster we went. II seemed
to me that the Wagon would get ahead Of
the horse. held to the Wagon with both
hands and we landed in time for the cars
Uncle Jesse bid me very afTcclionate fare
well and left
=. S.-I have bought a stock Of Essence
and will he out west soon to supply the
country merchants.
PSI forgot to mention that there is a
wooden bowl factory near Bilows Falls II
our merchants wants any, and our farmers
wants good "stun' fences there is plenty o,
the material to make them in the same vi.