The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16
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A genial English gentleman named VIII
| LIAM MORRIS not he Of the Earthly Paradise"
| but an unassuming Wiltshire journatA CON
| cuded one fine morning that trip to America
would be the proper thing for his two months
leisure. So he came across the ocean with eyes
| wide open, ears thrown back 20 an acqulsitive
angle. an ample note book, and an unlimited
capacity for enthusiasm. MIR. Morris visited
several OF the principal cities Of Canada and the
| United states He wrote numerous letters to
| his home newspaper, the Swndon Advertiser,
and upon his return sailed these down into
book OF nearly I've hundred pages.
| Mr.. Morris made the passage to Quebec IN one
| Of the Allan steamers. He liked the sea, the
| bracinR salt air. the glorious loneliness Of the
waste Of waters, the fine, manly captain, the ex-
| cellent bill Of fare provided by the ships
steward everything, in fact. but the deuced
unpleasant motion Of the long swell. The i'm
preston this made upon him was so marked
that he speaks rather wistfuly Of the time in
the future when the Gulf Stream shall have
washed up bank Of dry land connecting the
two continents, and making possible journey
| to America all by rail-"
Upon landing at Quebec, Mr. Morris did not
| know which 10 admire most, tho quaint city
with lts rugged rromontory and on top its cita-
del and the British standard flying proudly over
| all, or TIE system Of brass baggage checks pecu-
liar to American railways. lie took a hasty
| view Of the former and, exultng In the latter,
proceeded on his way to Montreal. Here he got
| his first conception Of the aboriginal American
from venerable squaw who pestered him at
| his hotel TO buy moccasns worked with snowy
| beads. "She" he explains. "beOna. to the old
| race which held the country centuries ago, be-
| fore British North America had been heard Of
| Here also he first encountered the American
bo,tblack, and mentions with surprise and re-
| gret that one of these young gentlemen upon
| being rendered Ave cents for n shine became
violently abusive and expressed decided in
| tention Of covering Mr. Morris's mlrror-like
shoes with mud from tho gutter. And 1t
was nj Montreal that our traveller caught his
first glimpse of a genuine Yankee. He saw him
| through a hotel window and describes him as
| "the soles OF pair OF boots. and head peering
| from the background between pair of legs.
| So sat the genuine Yankee, surveying creation
a. il passed along the street.
Next our friend passed over railroads. where the
Jerking and ioltng was something frlghtfri,'
and where the baggagemaster, according to his
own private belief, attempted TO rob him OF his
portmanteau, TO ottawa, the Dominion capital.
| Here he stopped long enough to acquire some
valuable statistical Information. which i'm
pressed him with the greatness Of the future that
lies before Canada and then lie proceeded by
| the way OF Rockville and Kingston to Toronto.
| which he considers "truly wonderful place
inasmuch as II possesses a street thirty miles
long, which, however, Is not entirely bullded
up vet.
Mr.. Morris visited police court, and moral
lies upon the unusual debascment of American
drunkards. His theory is instructive
Asarule. men tAmercansl, when being served
water handed 70 them. This Is common enough
at our English drinking bars Tor the purpose 81
dilutins the spirit previous to It's being drunk.
But mere the practice Is very different. The per-
son having gulpod down his dose Of spirit, turns
| to the water bottle. and pouring out about an
equal quantity OF water TO the, spirit he has
drank, gups that down also. There IL an Inn
preston, | believe, that this pouring OF the
water on the top OF the spirit erectually pre-
vents the spirit gaining the mastery over the
drinker. and reduces the chances OF oeeoInins
intoxicated 20 minimum. rms seems To- me
he most singular practice. credited with stu
more singular virtue. think we may see IN It
one Of the reasons why a drdukard out mere be-
comes more utterly lost than IN England.
Mr. Morris was much interested in the bar
room practices Of America. where he seems TO
think that men make serious matter OF their
rotations:
am told that n you put down say n dollar bill
to pay for hye-cent drink, the waiter never
how many drinks YOU are going 10 have, there
not being sufficient time, If the thing Is done
1 properly, to give change OF take tue IA Oney be-
tween the drinks.
Our friend went next to Niagara. lie blends
statistics and enthusiasm in : ycry refreshing
n,a..."-g. For example;
II has been con,v".vs .,,a. .--"'s nulou
cubic feet, or seven hundred and ten thousand
tons or water per minute emptles Itself over the
Horseshoe Fan alone. Ii would be but madness
were TO attempt To- describe the sight to YOU OF
this Immense volume OF water troubling and
fTetung itself as II rushes down the rapids Just
above the fan, aud then before taking the nnal
leap, settling down IN the calm of deep, still
waters" ana taking Its place on the brow OF the
precl pice. li&e mighty gem, glistening In the
sunlight and dazzling Doth the eye and the brain
of the spectator.
What less San you xpect of seven hundred
and ~; thousand tons Of waterf Let Us pass
! respectfully on to Detroit. In this enterprlsinG
| city the Engshman first made the acquaintance
OF the free, untrammeled American mos ,ulto
lie remarked to the hotel boY who VS. shown.
him to bed that he had never seen a mosquito
and he says he "never can forget tie sarcastic
grin the Niger gave, the corners OF his moutt
and eyes going OF In bold curve toward eacl
other, which seemed to say stood remarkabl,
well for soon feeling them" He does not ap
pear 10 have been bothered much by the cheer
r insects at Detroit, however; for he gives hftee
pages of solid statistics gathered during his sta
c | of n few hours In that city. Mr. Moriiss mott
book was always kept handy
Two DAYS were devoted to Chicago. slr MOI
=, ris was surprised at the extent OF the hog mar
, ket, and, with his customary precision, state
- that the surplus left over from that days sal
was not less than thirty-seyen thousand hogs
, He thought that the FIRE. the hotels the publ
= buildings were all Immense, aud WAS tortunat
- enough to obtain nearly thrty pages OF statistic,
, Information. our Chicago readers will he please
:, to learn that ST. Louis, which was MIR. Morris
= next stopping place, impressed hun less favor
. ably than any other American or Canadian cit
= he had vet been in" The most notable thing Il