The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15
is republican paper, has the remotest ,de. of
thus boiling.
Peoria.

Peoria
Peoria is not only the most beautiful CITY in
Illinois, but her people are the most generous
and hospitable. The democratic editors of
Illinois, in meeting on Wednesday at Peoria,
as they had met at Chicago, and in other cities,
expected such courteous treatment as Is due
between man and man, but certainly no more.
This did not, however, seem to accord with
Peoria notions-or at least with the notions
OF her leading citizens, among whom, on the
present occasion, We must assign the first rank
to that prince of good fellows, w. T. Dowdall,
Esq, of the National Democrat, and we hope
the editors Of the Rerier, Transcript and the
German paper will not be jealous, as they too
were certainly not lacking in courtesy and at
tention. BY a sly trick of Col. Deane, of the
Peoria House, to which, being the best hotel
in the city, in fact, as good as there is in the
state, the editors naturally resorted, they found,
on getting ready to leave, all their hotel bills
duly receipted, though protesting they had
cisbursed no stamps in that behalf and vsiny
striving to do so. As the Peoria is too good
house to need editorial "puffing," the con-
duct of COL Deane in the matter can only be
regarded as another specimen of Peoria
"style." Then, when the editors, having
transacted their business, naturally longed to
see the surroundings of so beautiful city, be.
fore the wish could be uttered, they found free
carriages in abundance at their disposal, to
convey them wherever their fancy directed
A boon so heartily rendered should be as
heartily accepted. So thought our editorial
brethren, and carriage rides to the water
works, to the cemeteries, to the bluffs, to the
huge distileriss breweries, &c, were the or
der forthwith. In company with ]. B. Patter
son, Esq, the veteran editor of the Oquawka
Spectator, and Col. Dowdall, We spent some
four hours in rapid ride behind . thousand
dollar team, over some so miles oe smooth
road, never out Of sight, and seldom outside
the limits of the city. We gazed with awe on
the monster engines that force we don't know
hsw many million OF gallons of water a day
all over the city; We rode five miles over
smooth driveways through cemetery grounds
fox which nature has done more than for Lau-
rel Hill or Mount Auburn; We gazed from her
bluffs upon views which no painter can sketch
Or fancy depict we saw the lot Miss nilsson
50 tell in love with that she purchased i. and
promises some day to make her quiet home,
and We honored her judgment; and We saw
dozens OF stately suburban mansions that
Philadelphia might be proud of. No woader
the Illinois legislature nearly went crazy on
the state house question after ride over these
Incompatible bluffs
The hospitality of Peoria towards the edi-
torial fraternity ended with collation. and
good social time generally at the Peoria House
after the close Of a two Lours' lecture by Geo.
Francis Train in the evening, bu. as the train
northward lett at ! | o'clock we were unable
to tarry long enough to 'Tsee it out" We had
seen enough, however, to make US fall deeply
in love with Peoria and her people, ard when
We become millionaire we intend to purchase
ten-acre lot near Miss Nillsson's, erect on it a
stately mansion, and spend our declining days
in the peaceful contemplation of the loveliest
scenery in Illinois from the lofty Peoria bluffs.