The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-28

those that continue open do so more from nam
than from the expectation of selling anything
Does any one suppose that the male and female
cnployccS of these CLOSED establishments utlI
i've their holiday by going to church or Nitun.
lat home reading good books They Will "lh
cY pour ON to the boulcyards, 10 the gardens
aud 10 the great Exposition, to ill the cabs
cafes, circuscN and concert gardens; 10 chaic
land laugh and gcstlcUatc 10 eat, drink an,
be merry, to dance and then 90 to the play Il
night
| was not consulted when Paris was built ol
when the Frenchman, that combination OF d
monkey aud tiger was formed and fashion
ed describe only what see and this Is sun
day in Paris As have found it, No one need
expect to see such Il Sunday prevalent in New
York or Philadelphia, or any American city
But the difference | think cannot be wholly
Accounted for on the score OF religion or IRE
| ligion. Our observance of the Sabbath may
be susceptible of some modification in toler
ant, liberal sense, but there is more than one
GOOD reason why the continental Sunday"
rs typically presented in Paris, isa thing to he
deprecated in the United States. In the first
place the decent classes among us are quiet
people with comfortable homes, from which
they rarely stir on the Sabbath; whereas the
Parisans rs "a class have no homes at all
that can be called comfortable, and are an en-
ccsslvely noisy, restless and nconsequential
race, who can only find happiness, like chill
dren, out of doors. In the second, and much
more important place, we drink stronger lqu-
ors than are drank in Paris and the classes
among lis who are not decent are in the habit
of getting drunk and fighting after the manner
of wild beasts, when they get u chance, and
our places of public resort are not usually, as
in Paris, made to supplement contracted, un-
comfortable homes, but are merely places
where the largest number of sots can get tipsy
in the shortest space of time And Sunday in
America, with all the public houses, all the
theatres, all the music halls thrown unrestrict
edly open from morning till night, would ex-
hibit the most horrible satarnalia that eye ever
beheld, that the ear ever heard, or the heart
ever sickened at.
The Exhibition authorities have decided not
to publish the list of awards until the 21st of
October, the day fixed for their distribution
1t is probable that the Exhibition will be pro-
longed twenty days and that during the last
ten days each exhibitor will have the privilege
of disposing of his goods, this latter question
will be decided on Saturday the 18th inst. The
delay in making known the prizes is causing
great dissatisfaction, for it is often Il source of
loss to the exhibitors, even from pecuniary
point of view. In fact great part Of the bene-
fit winch medal Is likely to confer is lost if
the exhibitor cannot put on his show case the
magic words gold medal" silver medal or
some MINOR honor. The matter Is still further
aggravated by the fact that a large number of
exhibitors know that they have obtained prizes,
but as their information is unofficial they are
unable to make use of it. From what hear
of the number of copies which have to be made
Of the various lists, added to the proverbal
complications and delays of French bureau.
cratic organization, it will be impossible for
lists to be prepared before the 18th of this
month at the earliest.
Since writing the above | have seen it an.
nounced in the morning journals that the
American and English exhibitors Will at once
be officially informed of the decision of the
jury The article adds that his Royal High
ness the Prince of Wales and the English
Commission are opposed to the continuance OF
the Exhibition beyond Oct. b. as the exhibit
tors from Great Britain are anxious to return
with their goods and representatives to their
ordinary business premises. This will be very
cheering intelligence to the American exhibit
tors who are one and all homesick and anxious
to return to the new world where one man is
as good as another, etc.
There were 12l 900 visitors to the Exhibition
yesterday, of which 1865 held free tickets.
The number of those who visited the horse
show was 7,49S The visitors to the Exhibi-
ton in the month of August were 2,363,69