The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-27
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Herper's.

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OF the 200 illustrations in the -Iu.E Harper,
those of Porte Craven, "elucidating" his ram
bles in Virginia, are the most amusing, and
for that reason will probably prove most at
tractive to the msisrity Of readers; though
doubtless those accompanying Bishop Hay
ems second paper or Mexico possess the high
I est merit and deepest interest How little, in
( deed, we know o: cur next door neighbors
and especially of that strange city wherein
abide the Halls of the MoBtezumae,' - about
which ~ur soldiers sang in 1917 We go to
London, Paris, Nap es, Florence, Alexandria
and Jerusalem and are charmed; but lave you
seen the gardens OF Chapultapac? Wander
ing anOag their marvellous woods, .tking a
plunge in their strange baths, gazing en- their
ilImit&ble arEorescent and focal wealth, let
ns accompany the good Bishop 20 the
Heights of Ghapnltapec," AMI like Moses
from Pisgah, view the landscape DER.
The court just below the top stops thehorses,
kand few steps land ihe visitor amidet cool
and shady garden, surrounded by,broad We
frandas, where the singing and slEiniEg birds
CT the coRatry (yery; d: fferent species here, as
te,sewhere) SHINE III their exquisite y. image,
or melt In more exguiste song. Long suits
o. rooms command the superb valley, Us city,
villages, plains, lakes and monniains. No
such panorama has airy other palace in the
ISygrld Windsor, the next most beautiful,
is tame to this. tiohonErunn, Poadap., Fon.
tainebleau, and al are fiat and cheap 20 this
rare combination. Brt'hen one is apt 50 live
longer in these palaces. and to die q more
natural death, and so is content with hum bier
llGguries From MOnte8gna TO NaNimiian,
the occupants of this hiE palace have lQany
of them made sudden exit from their tyoub
lOgs honors. JuareZ dared not stag here af
ter Il .ghtfali without Large body -gasrd and
it Is abandoned to occasional state breakfasts,
theIbeart Of sAe city beng judged q safer
residence. #..
go .'i.hc trail Of the serpent is over them
ell" The ride hither,," ,sa;s the author, "is
Gaer z charming avenue, Straight as an ar.
gov path from al Aztec bow, and lined WITH
y0ang scees.-but 1t ID no. safe. Carriage
riders or horscmen may tindt8emsclvcs lgh.
er al puyse and heavier 1f heart before they
reiSrn from their Eden to the city streets9'i
The hand. is omniprcseAc in Mexico, and is
king
many lingering reeollcctians Of hallowed
places TN the Old Bay State, will Gevour ] Ohm
Chadwick e beautifully written description ai
Marblehead. Its quaint architecture, sinuous
streets md cErious dialect all lift it out OF
common New England life; hu. the old
town, once 30 prosperous and now sinking to
decay, deseryers to be enshrined an history rs
the birthplace c. Elbridge Gerry.
| 1t was in the church at Watertoa, in which
the Massachusetts General Court assembled
Ihlat Elbridge Gerry proposed the FIRST meas
gre OF defensive wsrfare, in the view Of John
Adams the most important measure q the
RESOLUTION. As representative of the town
IN the first Continental Congress, Gery's
voice was from the first for 'iDdependency,'
and his name stands among the signers OF the
4 imHaSrtal Declaration He was perhaps sle
e greatest man of whom the town can boat
oolasorer with Hancock and the AdamseG,
L the bosom friend of Joseph Warren, signer Of
e me declaration, Governor of Massachusetts,
e anu ' Ice President of the United States, his
name mas been ungracioesly embalmed in
Nne WORD Gerrymander, which hundreds use
where one knows its origin. Gerry, while
governor Of Massachusetts, Was charged with
remodellng the Essex district for political
purposes. map OF the district as remodeled
Nas MOI unlike some fabulous monster 10
when the name gerrymander, suggested per
haps oy saiamander, was given. And now
all remodeling of districts for party purposes
Is gerrymandering. Surely the unsullied
lie PATRIOTISM OF Elbridge Gerry did not earn fol
1. him any such doubtful honor.
n Other illustrated articles are: A poem
i-l"Left Alone" by Harriet spaHord, viii