The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-17

the wealth OF the people. Indigo Nicaragua woodland
hides aye now the chief articles Of export
Affairs In Carnda.
OUR TORONTO CORRESPONDENTS.
TORONTO, Dec. 10, 1855.
liz tn People Look in this part Of Canada-Ho,c
H.. French Canadians Satisfy John Bull Ho,c the
Ere Lovers Get On in Conada-A Professor in
Tdro4 o-Hoto Members ,cere Lnitiated-- Who
rsrh IN. tied, and ho,o the Professor Slopsd- The
UrprC adiansa Too Forty People, but without
the Tail o. the Dashboard-Not come to that
get Therefore.
The seat OF government being now removed to
Toronto, French Canadians, in all the pomp and cir
cumstance of snowy toggery, strut their many an
hour upon the streets. With their blanket coats
trimmed with red, and their manycolored waist
coats and combinations" they look as II they had
made large investments in theatrical wardrobes.
Wash there an auction sale Of these "hxings" in
Gotham lately? wouldn't like to indulge in anju
insinuGtons but il there not, these French Ca
nadians must have had some strange spiritual rap.
pings Of late, for in my opinion they have positively
raped themselves up in nearly all your friend Bur
toms wardrobe. The other day q live Yankee
from Michigan, some six feet two without the
margin OF high heeled boots, Intercepted passer
By alter this fashion:-"I say, friend, what SER
vice does these here critters belong tot You
don't mean to say that they are a-goin' to play
terpins with cannon balls in the Crmee, do your
And 80 go the comments on people from Lower Ca
NADIA But the really polite and well bred French ca
nadians take these things with amazing good hu-
NOR. They laugh, in their own quiet way, at the
Yankees trowsers being only on distant visiting
terms with the tops of his boots. The urchins 0.
boys-who have genius for compliments in
utter amazement at the polite bow to their ragged
audacity to the Frenchman John Bull, too and
Toronto, which is the most English town in Ameli-
ca, has as good specimens of the Jolly breed
there to be found in any part Ut the world-evea
John opens his eyes at the snowy toggery and grand
outlines Of people who he had been led to believe,
ercremarkable only for their love OF swamp harmo-
nsts and pepper-and-salt broadcloth, made out OF
composition Of Canadian thistles and "insane hax."
The French Canadian, however, seeing all these
amiabc weaknesses and preudiccs, takes the plea
sahtest possible way of removing them. That is to
say, he satisfies John Bull that he is the high
road to civilization by eating his roast beef in the
most orthodox fashion. Az Tor the plum pudding,
the most astdious could not ad fault with the pal
pable relish with which he slows 1t away; and the
most ambitious even OF aldermanic proportions
would not presume to question the quantity he dis
poses Of So that, by the aid of these practical and
pleasant arguments, the French Canadians are very
rapidly ingratating themselves into the good feel
ings and graces OF the MANY lovers OF roast beef,
anu by no means lew aumlrcrb OF NOleSL murpnyb
and pumpkin pie in Upper Canada.
Whilst writing IN this vein, may rs well tell your
maiy readers that u Free Love Association was
lately formed in Toronto on O rather novel plan
Circulars regularly printed, with al the rules
and regulations OF the order; and others again
issued informing the various parties elected mem
bers, Of the iact, and of who proposed them, and
the manner OF their election A person, who re-
presented himself as Professor Brisbane, stopped al
Lambs, enc Of the principal hotels here, aud lee
tured nearly every evening to those initiated, the
admission fee being % Cd. OF fifty cents of your
money. Things went on IN this way for some time.
who they were-where they met-Yhat they said
and did, &C.. and the Professor, who is tall and
rather handsome fellow, from your city, with
large black moustache became the observed OF all
Observers Country people might be seen walking
along steathiy beside him, and catching glimp3e
now and then Of his face; and lades-it would Be
wonderful il they didn't exhibited the most In
tense curiosity to see and hear this new inven-
tionn At length, to the great horror and conster-
nation Of a high dignitary Of the Roman Catholic
Church he was informed that, upon mature delibe-
ration and after considering all the acts and deeds
OF bis life, he duly admitted into the Free Love
Association, with full rights Of membership, incud
ing dancing the polka and kissing all the female
members under forty years Of age leading NM
quatcd, but il very anAious to appear as young AZ
| may bc--was equally mortified at being informed,
| in the same formal wy, that he was rejected by
large majority, upon grounds very uncompllmentary
and equally unmer.iopable. A pious old lady,
about seventy, was shocked almost out OF her wits at
receiving on elegantly printed circular, informing
her that che had the homer Of being elected free
lover" Whilst young ladies without number rccey-
ed tie shocking intelligence. IN highly scented en-
veloreA that they were unanimously, aud WI
crest applause, admitted into full membership, ".
all tie sublime and ecstatc privileges Of doing ji
as they liked, untxanlnclled by anxious mammas
prying schoomistresses, or Argusey old aunts.
of course there were any number Of horsewhip'
and able bodied brothers and cousins towering
lcfa otal.- uffa
from the Post Office. But the Professor, equally 4
course, had sloped that morning; and the enrac i
heroes were left to enjoy decidedly the best he
ever play ed Off in Toronto. But il il an actual
that this took place, and as have narrated II. 1ne
Professor is no doubt backlcg; but &c is capital
speaker has face enough for anything; dresses
well; and is greet on the Sare law, when 1t suits
his audience; and great on brandy and water, when
il Is IN be had good and cheap. He first CONNIE need
by initiating some fast young men Of Toronto into
| the sayings, doings and mysteries Of the |" free
lovers. He had good audiences and At ifty cer's
| turn for fun, improved the occasion as have
| stated, and 80 commenced the hoax; and 20 ended
| the Profcssorehip of Free Love ia Toronto.
have gossipped much about tribes In this
letter that have not left myself - room FOR the
more serious matters OF state religion, commerce
politics. These Canadians. mean tue upper crusts
to wit the Upper Canadiansared decidedly two
forty people without the tail over the dashboard
They have not quite arrived at that yet. Their average
crop OF wheat the last season-aDd their wheat IL
Fomewas fully twenty hve bushels TO the acre. The
average price, over Upper Canada, may be stated
| two dollars; and their entire exports will come mp
TO- II they do not exceed, this year, eleven millions
| of bushels. 1his ut two dollars the bushe gives
| them, for the single article OF wheat, twenty two
millions Of dollars aud this wheat produced for
| about half dollar bushe, certainly not more, the
farmers OF Upper Canada make this season, in clear
profits sixteen million fye hundred Thousand dolaa.
This ia pretty considerable for country numbering
| scarcely 300000 inhabitants-for that is about
| the present population Of Upper Canada.
There Is nothing particularly interesting here just
| now in the shape of homicides, elopencnts or any
| YgLLc wPLUsR.
| ACCIDENT From Coal GAs.-Mr J. y. Flagg, one
~ the mr. prietcrs II the Rnxbury and Boston lac OF
eosc ss ct 81 and, II Is feared fatal casualty