New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29
TRAVELS AT HOME


We were 70 Do lcIt hNh'rcS' NJ 0oOrOoh WI
Ae .,erirs Of Friday kst-the regular hour Tor ibe
sssr,;ps Of the plight express on the Grand Trunk
Road: but, ~ the train from the East had not
ARMED. our train was kept waiting. After delay
~ an hour sad a hale we had our beds made ana
Int n sheen. Somewhere near midnight heard
the .oise OF departure, mingled with che swearing
n various we.tern passengers, who were anA''uS
N reach Milwaukee by Sunday morning. There
ga, M additional delay on the road, however, aud
a. reaching Toronto the next day ainoon tue tram
Car sarira wac fund waiting in the same oohglog
u.,.er. The scenery through which the road
,.,,e, is rather tame, with the exception Of the
k,t division. along the shore of Lake OntariO,
where many a charming lite bay opens out be.
a.e n low. wood,d head ands and dsclOses the blue
uater.horizOn.
have been interested, during the WI oleprogress
sf this trp in observing the manners and peculiar.
sties Of travellers from different portions of the
Halted States. 1t is not difficult to Distinguish,
after little practice, those who come from New
Ep,lAnd, New. York, Philadelphia, the South, and
he West The highest cultivation, OF course, ls
sAat which casts of all local characteIl'ti's, and
nnpreaes you with the stamp of an Individuality
hdepepdent of place, profession or even national
hy. Such persons may be fOuod 10 all portions OF
ssr country, but they are rare apParitioos' Nine
men out Of every ten whom you meet have an DOOR
Of their Istive soil about them.
The New England tourist has grave, resPecta
HE air. be i, slightly Petulant with regard 70 40
seumodations, charges, food, and the Ike. HIS
fsce ia generally thin (the lips particularly SOL
rsrel, bearded, HE voice even and OF little depth
or compass, and his Lar guage ma -bed with GER
taio precision, betrSyiDg co sc1usuess Of or at
least belief in, its accuracy. Sometimes he wears
,sld. trimmed spectatles HeIoes not insist upon
an introduction before speaking TO fellow traveller,
Int be speaks with calm decOrum, which says
al an very proper persOn for you to know"
This is his outward shell. Under it you will 6nd
90 a deal of cold information, fair capacity for
enjoyment, positive opinions Gather too much go,
perhaps, } on all subjects and genuine appre,ia.
ksn Of Nature. He is by no meaOs the worst
eampsI ion you could have on q journey.
The New Yorker is meower aud more demon
krative. He is also more flexible in his nature,
fate1 lies more read ly with Others and is less pre-
Else both in person AID speech. His language is
not 80 csreftlJ chosen, but bis vOise has more va
riety of meditation. He dresses WELL ald effects
q careless elegance of appearance. He generally
possesses his own private enthusiasm for something
or other which he is not afraid to display His phi
biological peculsrity lies in voice rather than in
accent, though he says doc instead Of due, &c.
funderstaDd, am speaking Of the acreage MANI,
rather Oitener than the New-EOglander. He also
pronOunces the in palm, pass &c, little closer.
He makes acquaintance with ease, and forgets
them, ditto. He has his opinions, but as he is not
certain that he may not change them some time,
ksten cheerfuTy to contrary views.
The PhiladelphisD, 10 the p5mness of his de-
pertinent resembles the New-EDgaoder. The
Quaker and the Puritanc elements have this point
Of contact. There is this difference however:
you vii rot bear the Philadelphia talk fifteen
mir utes without his mentioning Philadelphia. His
face, though gene ally thin, has also a warmer
color and his mouth more of the Southern ful0ess.
Yet, notwithstanding this, there is something
piDched and contracted in bis personality, which
hud difficult to describe. Perhaps it lies manly in
hi voice, which is thin and sharp. He prOnOunces
the in pOlm, calm, and Kindred words, like the
q iD hat. He also snubs all the short vOwes, say
ing prOmuS, SPIRIT moruI, mOdl, &c.-xhicb, by
the bye is an inelegsnce very general in the United
States. ] have even heard some persons affect an
elegance by changing the short vOwels into short
a. morI, gospH cfectua! The Philadelphia has
much quiet warmth Of character. He is good
friend sDd hOspitsble host. Though not so free
and easy in his intercourse as q New Yorker, it
does not require hard kuOck to open his shell.
There are two classes of S utbern tourists. The
first, which you occasionally meet, exhibits rare
refinement of character. The gentleman Of this
class is quiet, cultivated, esrnest-a little exactng,
peIhaps-and a specimen of that genuine good
breeding, which is natural and unconscious, and
heuce never makes mistake The other variety,
which is very common, is marked by bold, swag
gerirg air, neglects no opportunity of assertion,
aud is morOidy alert TO discover some ground of
ofense. 1t is curious fact that, during this trip,
whenever have heard loud ard coarse CONVERSE
ton in railrOsd-cars, swearing at hOtel.tabes or
impetineDt and offensive cri,icism of the place or
county, the JsIties proved, in every instance, to
be SOutherners If the features of the Southern
tourist did not proclaim his nativity his voice
would at once betray him. His accent almost in
yariAbly betrsys the fact that he has played with
souDg dsrkies, as a child. He not only says vhar
and nar-veIy often ioh0h and h0h-but pore ana
shore (or poor SEre aud generally drops the alto
gether, after the mauner of an English exquisite.
He cannot cay uassr" without an effort. When
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