New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-30
TON BROWy on AliFRTCI AND AMERI-
CANS.


Mr. Thomas Hughes, n. T., met n number OF
Cd q iderts and friends 20 the WorknGnens College,
O. ~ O-unrdt London mo IO.h inst. and after =
sn.iai tea LgNc familiar, hl'ldD description a. the
tH 80 TAicn hlt sruck LEn during ms rerrnt UP -
america The honorable gentlemen, IN view ot the con
tu ecncg Of any Of ll7 remarks helg Published was
Cirel- % state tai &C. NOT lecture on America or
The Amer1us, Dut little familiar gossip abort what h.
had t.cu. VIII tu- pre- SEQ e commenced Min snort
description ~ nj. passage the Atlantic. The honor
able gentleman Upuh interested IN tie 30 Storage
passengers vLu-with the exception OF a Nmtecia.ci
share OF 1T elsh bIaCaId thfusbc, anG arRs-gppadr
90 ,c hecn people Eoi1r out to commence ne - me
new world, NiiIa iafnEoi men VINO had tfled th' eH
pormc years he.or,, sd bd tuccccded 50 well a. 10
have been abb to g one" on visit 10 thcu friends
and relatives orc o.. hese men, an honest hIdW9fb,
Ing ltchsmIth. who Lad been 20 years ~ Canada, hal
I'tf soi la l hs OF tt'.l ~ y, - vac a - -
o. pass the ret of liz We IN comfort On good ftm q"
Ailer from TIE steamer running FAR up TIE river ~
Lawrence and th,n going alongside pier at Montreal
where the H. sil tw, miles wide. some agreeable
sketches -vcu of the simple mindt Il. pra5urooY-
hrg inhabitants Of Lower anadt, OF The city of quebec
much assisted ny banding round some exec ert photo
riapns Thc maryciou. growth Of Montrca-vhiy! 30
ctyof I5oavas bric, rcferred to, and the stlihins
feature wL - possesses, Ia common with most lrans
o. either side with trees, was duly dwelt upon
Tie Canadians had no' IMPRESSED min a. pTesentile
li-sucr But on crossing the border hc was con
soi % EeS among ra lGT pops Ias q ab yc bem me ret
marhariv silent Gc cdroyored to tax 90 once bnt,
and civil he at the came time found 1t extremely
difficult to open up a conversation with them. All
the States, contrary 10 lis impression, lie Ina
found them remarkably sclf-contained, serious.
To- have aicn away somrwhat IRON ther democratic no
tons hy having practically established three 'I-s.' Oh
AL the lines, tor which considerable addition %
tie ordinary are has to no paid, Is really hf'giafs,
occupy very inferior ear equivalent to oar third
ciae,, tnc ordinary ear rer SEEMING the secondcilSs
viii the " HUI Of tie Universe" the honorable gentle
man delighted. ana appears Ia have made VI Ills
mint that If ever he has 20 leave III gland Boston VIII
graphic u his description OF the quaint old cty win its
noble fringod with the residences Of men whose
their own; and OF Caluhr7e the seat OF tne Har ard
Univ rst wht' he stay With Prof. Lowell, ana close
Ieyn}Yii,n1T W,r 1r Harvard student, appea red
him very much Ike our own, except that many
Of them finishing their education prior 10
commencing the rough work Of l<Wng Tor,
prrcs ~ the West He anticipated, however that the
upper glasses would have 90 take 10 something Of the
KIND OF lie, aud endedNOI ~ make lotuhca Out OF
into contact with mother earth In the most thorough
manner heipre leaving Boston he met julien Harvey a
fiery Radical who " N be remembered by those whose
memory carries them back 10 the stormy Chartst days
now happily pas oJ away. Thi- gonueman who is now
hc confidential clerk OF the Governor OF Massachusetts,
appears to have settled down Into John Bull OF the
most pronounced type, whose great hope Is to save
money enough to come back and die In tho old country
In Syracuse he for the trst time the German quar-
ter pc, ular 10 ali the Western towns OF the United
States Tue distinguishing feature Wa huge ngerbier
brewery. Much TO the dsgut II the German emigIants
their children will talk nothing out English the Yankee
element being strong the TouOnic-a fact which
bo ndod 90 Count Bismarck with the expression Of
hope that u VIII prove Troublesome 10 him. hundred
miles further Ncst 10 reached Ithaca the seat OF the
Cornell UHISetsitydn Institution or deep Interest bOtn
~ him and Ia Lis audience since II Is the great working
mems college OF the world. The honorable gentleman
here met Mr.. Goodwin smith, whom h. wa glad 10 see
looking better and stronger than he had known him for
years. and from him aud the other professors Of the Uni
ycrsity received most interesting Information on the
subject OF its progress. He told the story OF the honest
wurkinluEn who has devoted the large fortune he has
accommodated, by an Invention in connection with telc
graphs t. the foundation NJ university, at which II
ehti be- possible for Young men OF his own class TO re-
ctye the highest education while earning their living 10y
honest labor. Already 200 young fellows rough frou The
woods and praiis Of the West, practically carrying
this idra-Which bids far eventually Ia De fully
rcazed-aHd of them Prof Goodwin Smith Is able To
thai they the best material for scholars he has
10 work that lie fnds II pleasure 10 lie amone them
They did not o. be advanced in sports in other
macrs, not going beyond baseball" Tie honorable
gentleman cidraN Orcd tO impress them the superior
took too long. ana that they liked 10 get through their
games quicker than they could at cricket. This RE
conccivcs To be index 10 the King difference
between American ana English young men, there being
impotence and hurry about you transatlantic
cousins which s not found here. Tie and young Cam
bridge friend paid an evening Vit Ia the back uf the
Pals OF Niagara company with an old Fcnnsyl ania
gentlemen aud his daughter Tncy enjoyed Che novel
spectacle 81 contemplating The spleLOt Of the fu moon
through the sheet OF falling wnef nut the r0mat tic
sensations Of the Young Cantab appeal 10 have buen
poets. eHteprHing Yankees have erected baths
above the fails the Canadian shore, which enable te
ba nor Ia enjoy The sensation OF luusc-bolng lube
cIfcHdH-tntu the rlpId- OF NHgdn. Though the
first impression appears t1 be that of being torn limb
nom limb. raid, after getting used Ia it, 10 be very
den gltf sensation and on the strength OF H. own eN
percucc the honorable gentleman strongly ad N-ed any
OF his hesrefs who went Niagara 10 away
without US Al 4 tie rapids bath.