The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-12-08
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mind " the landlord Nv The GreeHllon tav~
ern. He made r. speech 70 rie last ight
Risiu in the bar lie sed, there bein over 20
ind.vidoosis present: This North AmerIN
can h.z ben in my house over two weeks, vet
he hasn't made no attempt to scalp eny
member NV my family. He nasa't broke no
cups nor ss.sers, or iuruitur Nv euy kind.
IHe.r. hear / find c:,n trust him Wit.
n lifted candle. He eats his wittlea with
knife and fork. People of this kind should
ba encurridged. I propose is elth = Loud
'p!aws.
What could do bu. motssfly get up and
express a ieryant hope that the Atlantic
cable would biui the countries still more
CLOSELY together? The landlord said
speech was full wv orig naiity. but his idee
was the old stage COACH WIS more safer, and
he tho't the p.o2lc would iudorse that opin>
yin IN doc time.
I'm gettln' on cxccelin' well in London.
/ see now, however, that | made mistake
in or,ierin mv cls- atOrc left no The
,rooth i, the taller il or iitle village owed
me pig ami | didn't Sc any other way
settin' my pay Ten years ago these close
would no ivub, hsv bIu fash n!blc, and per>
haps thav would be ek=iiy similar ten years
hens But nov they're differently. The
,aier SAID he know'J hey vas all right. be
cause lie had brother IN Wales who kept
him informed about L3UioD fasaias reg .ar.
This w2s :, inf4mls fai>ehood. Bot as the
balIug say. 81. oh | hearl u gentleman IN
a>,w scot b.acs; close and white KID
gloves sing 'lothsr night Never d0ut let
us d -pise Il man because n wears ragged
coat. | dpn't know as We DO, by the way,
tho NC generally cet out his way prc'ty
rapid psob'ly on account OF the pity which
tears our bosoms for his unhappy cIni tiou.
This last remark is sirkas,ik and wjihar
in thrust at them Jiajil people who i've ia
gildid saloons. | tkot Ia explain nv mean
in to YOU ! frekentlY have to explain the
meanin' uy nv remarks. Ikno1 one mat
and he's man Nv yaril comriisbm-nts-
who often reads my articles over 80 times
afore he can make anything out NV EN- at
all. Our skoclma1ter H. home Saws il Is
pecooleurity NV gcneyds Ny wife saws II is
a pekoocarity nv internal nonsense. She's
c1ceeiin prac;ycal woman. / Law her much
ly. however, and huuer her Itllc WAYS. its
reclis f=Isehood that She henp.cko me, and
the Young min in our nabcrhJol who SAID 20
me one eYenin' rs was mistenin my ti~tram
with gentle cocta at the village tavern
who sad to me in this very lang g"iige: ''Go
hone, old nan, ouess you desire to have
anyothcr teapot thEowi a. you by b. j.,
probably re r-ts havin sed 50 sci, Betsy
is nv wI:s's froht name. geat.e yOoth, aud
permits no person to aloOd 10 her b j. out
side Of tie family circle, of which i an il
principally mr<eIf. Your other observations
scorn and disgust, ana must polish you
off He Tss Il ;ble~b3died voGuy man, aud,
remoyin hiz coat, he inquired if i wssted to
be ground to powder? i said yes; # there
was povder>grndis! handy, nothln' would
ford me greater Pleasure, when he struck
me painful blow into my right eye. csusln'
ms 10 reir.et i..tG the ti:e> >pIsce. 81 i't 10
idee ihst thc enemy wss so well orEsnized.
Bat r.le .ud went FOR hlm, in ra'thor
visris slle fyr my time Of life. His p=run;s
lived near by, and will simply state 10 min
it's had only e!npst AFTER the first act, when
he was carr :! home on shutter. Ills
rnsna ne! iEe s,!l' III procession al the door,
aud si:4. kccrfuiiy locaing her offspring
over. she sad. NJ sJu, ! s-e how Ii Is dl5~
.iuctuaily. Iuuye been foolIn round
;hrashen' u'sstasn. You went in at the
r,Ince where rhey put the grain in, anl cum
out with the straw. and got up into the thing
uYjig, and let the horse tread on you, didn't
you, my SOM The pen OF 10 livu orthur
could describe that disl1rRit young man
sittvvs,ion more clearer. But Was sorry
for hila aud | went aDd nussed him till he
got well. His lar srisinal sl;her bein
nbs,u. 10 the wzr told aim id be a father
to him ays-Ii. lie smilt sickiy smile, and
said IL already been was than lwo fathers
TO hin.
will here oIzarve that phi.in orter be
ai.us avoided. cxcep:in on extreme cases
q pr.ucip.c Is. n Il man sTItrs ne on the
ri2hI check, i'll turn my Lett 10 him, prob ;
but If he lu-iucua.es that my gran mother
want r.. right. IL punch his he'd. But iltin
Is in.z'b.e b:sHess, gen rally speaking, and
whenever auy enterprisIng c1untrymaH Of
mrc GUNS over here To scoop up Brtoa IN
a prize ring i'm aI!us excessively tIck!ed
uher he tc;s scoopcd hjsself whlch it is "a
sad f.ci has ihls far been tne case-my
only sarrcr b-in' that to,her foller WASH /
scJoped hkeuisc. La differently with scul-
in boats. .hioh !: manly sport, and i can
only explain Mr.. Ilamii's resent defeat in
this country on the grounds that he WASH
us.d 20 British ~a.er. / hope this explana~
tion aiI be emtir, s satisfactory to all.
As remarked afore, i'm geIiin. well.
In. aware ihst i'm IN the reat metropl. OF
the wo i. and It doesn't make me unhappy
- admit The fact. & man IS ass who dis
poot5 it, That's all that ails him. | know
there is sum people who cum over here and
snap and snsrl bout this and that. | know
one man who says it is shame and dis
grace that St. Paui's Church isn't older
editice he says it should be years and even
ages O.dSI tAdli IL Is DuL ! uecIlHc 10 HOlu
myself responsible Tor the conduct of this
dyit, simply because he is my countryman.
spose every civilized land is endowed with
its full share of gibberin idyits, and it can't
be help,, leastwise can't think of any effec>
tooal plan Of helpin it,
I'm a little sorry you've got politics over
here, but | shall not dIskuss 'em with no.
body. Tear me to peaces with Omnibus hos
ses, and won't dskuss 'em. I've had quite
enough Of EN- at home, thank you. Twas a
Birmingham tother night, and went TO tnt
great meetin' for few ninits. hldn't beer
in the hall long when a sternlookIn' artisai
Eaid to me:
You are from Wales
No, | told bin, 1 didn't think I was. a
hidyls thot Hash't oyer me. 1t was OF tina
onprin ciPled taller, and | said-'Has my cloth
IN welchy appearance p
No by no means,' lac answered. and thel
hes-id, And what Is your opinyia of th
present crisis ??''
l said, Il don't zackly know Have yor
got t very had p
lie replied, Sir, it is sweepin' over Eng
land ike the Cyuoon of the dcser. n
wal" sed ], ''let it sweepr'
lie ceased me by the arm and said, ''Le