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Notes of a Tourist-Nc. 4.
CIDENTS OF a JOURNEY TUNIAGARA.

vingtun to Cincinnati was II negro woman. ,
She was informed that her free papers would
he required before she would be allowed to
cross the river. She was very talkative and
/ appeared to feel some pride that she could say.
that she rccncct"d Cincinnati when there We're
: only two brick houses in the place She had
/ charge of very old and iniirn white man,
and they were going To somebody's house III
; Cincinnati. The old woman did not know
much of the situation oft. only that it was on
! n certain st, Get and had big lamps before the
door. On being laughed nt for her method Of
! finding II house in Cincinnati, she justified her
self 10y saying that the lamps were rs large as
small barrels. However, she was directed 10
look out for the lamps and We had hot gone
very far before She cspicd them. They were
old pair to be travelling.
/ On takln. the at Buffalo for niagara,
quite IL fashionable black par,y--thrcc black
ladies and two black gcn,lcrncn--can,c in aud
occupied the seats Immediately in from. of me
! changing of the seats SO as to sit r;x a ,;s
had hcf"rc noticed the black ladies' in the
ln'lcs apartment nj the depot, where they nr-
pcarcd diSl'"Scd To make tn" most of their priv
Il"""S. Although felt strong disgust. vel |
rr""l"rt"'l that if went TO Turkey, mus, do
as the turkeys do; 50 ! amused myself with
their aring of fashionable life They kept up
n very lively chat, were very nh,crvant of Ell.
Iurttr among themselves, and seemed to think
that they were quite "fihc ",on." looked
back I" examine the connicnancrs oflhc white
ladies and gentlemen. Several Of these al.
p"arc'l to be amused but noticed ,laI rrowu
on the countcmancr of several . f the gentlemen.
a. far rs c"ull observe there was no coal.,
eng II" social equality and that the blacks
themselves We're conscious of this, and like rcr
sons doubtful of their position, ovcr.acteI their
part.
Again on crossing frcm the Canada to the
American sd". good looking white woman,
accompanied by Il we'll dressed mulla,o f,l.
( low w"ccul'icd the skiff with me- could
nnf make out what relation they sus,a ine,l to
! c'f f:h other. They appeared quite sociahle ard
/ occupied the same sea, of the car, which car
urd us up the inclined plain nj the ferry. !
: think she paid the passage Of both. lie NAV
/ have been her servant or possibly her hus.
band.
! On one or two occasions, when convcrsng in
. the ears with n passenger ns let it
! lie known that WAS from the South the uucs
il"n of slavery woul'. be very soon introduced
, 10y him, when he would take occasion 10 dis
: ella i'm any connection with the abulitiuni,t, or
any desire t" NEEDLE with slavery AS it exists
i'll the States but would further say ,ha. he
looked upon slavery as an evil and Was oppo
scd |" lis further extension. | wonil enter in
To II" discussion. but confined mvsrlfto giving
my opinion that the States in which it exists
are most competent to lcg,latc upon it,
am very much pleased TO learn that the
town Of Ncnia some 60 or 20 lies north of
C1neinnati, Is ut the present time paying dear
/ ly for her VIII ilom cXcrtiuns in the abolition
cause. Ncnin has for long time been the
harbou oi runaway negroes from kentucky.
They We're cn,iccd there, scrrcte.l aud made 20
much Of that they nave got quite above tn en-
selves, and the result Is that the whites have
found out to their sorrow, that they have been
introducing an idle. ins"lcnt class, disposed To
go beyond the limits Of forbcarancc. 1t is said
to be pretty place hut the most respectable
part of the population are leaving il from this
cause.
On returning from y arara to Buffalo. | made
inquiries whether there was steamer lcavinn
for Chicago or Cleveland. was told that
there were none rum ing. bu: there were pro.
pcl!rrs. What thought are propccrs-arc
they not s,camh"ats as did not like to n, k
The question Tor fear OF exposing my ignorance
TOOK n long walk down 10 the wharv.s for
the purpose of finding out. They are large
steamers moved by propeller aud employed
IN carrying freight. AS it took one of them fl ve
or six days to reach Chicago. made other nr.
rnngcments. moved thereto. Mr.. Editor, not on.
~ by the consideration that | could not we'll
DO otherwise than 60 bnck the same way
came, but by the fnct that | had another in.
ducement, owing to my curiosity having been
strongly excited on my outward Journey, Ly
the advent and passage through the cars, OF
youth bearing in his hands n tray div Icd in
10 sundTy compartments. into each of which
compartments was very costly deposited, pa
per bag made Of delicate. tissue pancr. md
these bags were var,oualy c"lorcd and He'd
witl-what must confess Mr. Editor that
was very mach puzzled to guess what. This
youth won'd c:er and anon cry out the right
answer to The question--whnt! filed with
what Z But for the life Of me could not mike
IL out. IL might have been as well in Dutch. I
saw one OF my neighbors II short way off, pro-
cure one of these beautifully tinted paper bags
and apply himself very diligently in transfer.
ing the contents to his mouth. | was really
bothered about it, and determined at the next
favorable opportunity to experiment. there
fore had my mind fully made up and as soon
as the aforesaid youth appeared within the
door Of the car with said tray or one very like
it, felt that the time had come for solving the
question. l inquired the price of one of said
beautifully tinted pnper bags hc said one
dime The transfer was made and gently op.
ened its mouth and found withn-whnt pop-
ped corn to be sure. 1t was beautifully pop.
ped, Nr Editor. The little corns had expand.
ed themselves wonderfully with the aid of
crinolne. must confess Mr.. Editor that I
was rather astonished. but ms had dctermn.
ed to do ms others did, and as | had got among
people who ate popped corn, why should eat
popped corn too. But really, sir, it was not so