The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-01-24
The February magazines.
Iiarper's

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The February Harper's "opens with oeau
tifully illustrated poem called "The Legeho
of the Cascades" giving poetic version u
one of the grandest traditions OF the ofcsol
Indians. A profusely illustrated paper ioi
lows on POTTERY and Porcelain" fuli oi nov
ell ard interesting information heiisiouS
people will read with peculiar interest I'll.
third illustrated article on the "Clty ho"o
Chapel" the scene of so large por'ioa Oh
John Wesley's labors, and where nc was
buried among hls early companions AN
incident, when the Mehodist's still occupied
the Foundry" which preceded inc eic''io"
of ehe chapel, is thus related;
OF the memorable incidents connected WI" WIN
the Foundry, the earthquake OF l'oo Is sun
recorded. On the sth OF February all LoE-
don rocked to and fro WIN stlohs COM ~,
sion md the people rushed into the streets to
l.oscann be;op buried in the lettering houses,
A month later, when Charles Wesley was hold
inc the five O'Clock morning service at the
F0nndrv chapel far more violent Shock
PASSED beneath the city. The earth moved
westward, eastward, and then westward again,
followed bv load noise like thunder Yves
lev had Just given out his text, when the
Foundry was shaken violently as II the ROOT
would fall The women and children cried
out, but the preacher, changing his teit, read
aloud, "Theretnre will We not fear, though
the earth be mgyed," etc, and soon filled his
audience with his own unshaked courage.
The general terror rose almost To madness
when an insane prophet declared that on the
4th of April aGother earthquake would level
London and Westminster TO the dust. wild
excitement ragged through the city as the IA
tai day approached. Thousands fled to the
country. Women and children ran through
the streets on the night before the 4th OF
April, weeping and lamenting. London
looked like a city sacked and ruined Every
open space was filled through the anxious
night with Blllltitudes of the rich and poor
awaiting the expected shock. The churches
were crowded with unaccustomcd worship
ers. Whitef;eld stood up in Hyde Park a.
midnight, under an inclement sky, and spoke
with his sonorous voice to an unconnted null
titude; and Charles Wesley, surrounded by
immense throngs at the Foundry, preached Il
written" sermon and chanted some inspiring
hymns The next day passed away in quiet.
The people came back to their houses, and
London has never since felt 30 universal a
terrier as that of the year OF the earthquakes.
5. s. Conant pives some interesting results
ct has observations liz farther India, under
the head ofthe Land of the White Elephant
In 1.-The Columbia River and Puget Sound"
Charles Nordhotf continues his interesting
in that region, telling US, among
many other entertaining things, ee curioans
Indian relic he encountered:
Oregon, n one may Judge by the fossil te-
mains in Mr.. CordOn's collection, seems onoe
to have been inhabited by great number and
variety of ,re-adamite beasts; but the most
singular object he has TO show is a very strik-
ing 'epc's hesd, carved with great spirit and
vigor outoG hard Lava This object was
found upon she shore1f the Colombia by In.
dians, after q food, which had washed a~ay
piece of old alluvi& bank. The rock of
which tits composed is quite hard the cary-
ing is IN / ID id, done with rea9kable vigor :;
and the top'af the head is holieEed out, pre-
ciscly rs the Indians still make shallow de-
prcssms in fragments of SLATE, in which to
burn what answers in their religious ceremo-'
mics for incense But. supposing this relic to
teiongao Oregon-and there is, | was told,
NO reason to believe 0thcrwise-where did
the Indian who carved it get his idea of an
i
lures that they are, lrxyc still the habit of
carving rude figures out of slate and other
soft rocks They have also the habit Of cut
ting out shall0w, dish-lIkc delTessi ms ia the
heads Of such figures, whereil to burn in
cease But they could not giuc Mr. Garden
any account Of the apes head they brought
him, nordid they recognize cts features as
resembling any object or creature familiar 10
them eyGu by tradition
Eugene Lawrence, IN Holland House"
contributes a rich fund of historical romin
isccnce and aneollote, giving Us the following
glimpse Of one of its most noted habilues:
What shouts Of mcrrimcnt always followed
Sydney Smith, who at one time was almost y
constant inmate ni Holland House, we can
well fancy. Al abe crowded dinncr-tablcs
every one laughed ri the ccaselcSs SaiIcS OF
the purer Rsbclas Even the walters could
scarcely perform thcir duties Tor laughing
Wit pDd humor lsnd their higA-pricst in the
jOcVnd divine ana nowhere could they have
been 80 properly CRshrined rs in the house OF
Addison. sydney smith, VIC are told, was of
a pondcrous and robust figure. and followed
his own jokes with Il SonurOus laugh our
authorizes w0us hav" done well Ia have pre-
served more ol his best sayings. Ia one III
SldncT ht Htt'lllN ~ nht met Nltn IN uDtNpttl-
cd retort The Prince of Wales. George ~,
was at the houNe, and ihe conversation turned
upon the question, Who was the wickcdcSt
man that ever lirGd2 sydney looking at the
prince, said, The Regent Oricans-and he
was prince Il should give the prefer
cncc To his ,utor, the Able Dubois" the Re
gent replied, sharply-"gud lac was "A priest. -
Sydney Said Lady Uolhnd DO, smith one
day, ring the btll" "Ob yes.' lac answered
land shall ! sweep the ruoms" His mst
Joke, if We may trust the narrative. was one
Of his best. In his last illness the nurse \. ina
tended him is said % have confessed To hm
that she had given him u bottle OF ink instead
NJ his physlc. Then, SAID the dying viii.
bring me all The blotingpspcr there is in
the house" The dinngroom of Holland
House was The room il which Addison mad
died. and dc sporlirc salIIcs %. its brilliant
A.fL1q.y might almost have called back the
chief Of English hum0lisi..
Two serials, The Living Link ty d, Mile
and Ny Mother and |, by Mise Mulock
are continued, with well sustained interest;
EIvin L., .,,,, ,,ptitu.- his Interest iu,r. a..