Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-13

! Mr. Murray In hontreai.
MS GEArHIc DESCRIPTION OF the FRENCH
CANADIANS TwEIvE CENTS WORTH OF sol
AT THREE CENTS QUART.
From a letter in the Golien Eule.
Montreal is II French city, commercial.
leavcned with few tngllshmen and Sotch
men The French do the talking, the Eng
glish and Scotch do the business OF the city
at least that's the way 1t strikes n stranger
The Frenchman is II natural shopkeepcr
That's his sphere. At small bargain he l.
immense. He can sell an apple or piece Z"
ribbon as no man can. He likes to Loaf AND
chat, gossip and exchange courtesics with til,
passerS-hy He can keep stall III II mar
ket or drive II cab, OF serve ut 4 fruit stand
admirably. But AS for doing business IL the
broad, strong sense of the word, he shows
no aptitude. Originally the Canadian was u
fur-tnder in business. and a bigot in religion
He locked with the Indians for their skins
and baptized the rapooses 10y fraud. To
day he does business IN detail and makes a
tarket of an Orangeman ut every opportunity.
The stream is wider than of old, but II has
the same shallowncsS and rolls ltseli with the
same superstitiouS mud.
Itis the English and Scotch who build the
great bridges. canals and railroads. establish
the great ocean lines, found and run thc
great mercantile houses and own the b.oodcd
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and grit the Saxon power to combine and ar
range. the Saxon sight that looks steadily
| along the line of n hundred years OF growth
and change and see the lend from the be
| ginning this the French Canadian nt ver had
on this continent. The English speaking race
are the only colonizers OF the world. The
Saxon eggs hatch birds that are able to go To
the four corners OF the earth and build fac
Simie OF the parental nest The Puntans
could make Mar England. The French
voyagcurs could not make N1r France.
You remember how Noltaire snecrod at the
attempt Voltaire knew theFrench.
Still like the French Canadians. They
can make the best soap in the world. God
bless them. They can cheat You at bargain
| ing SO rs to make you laugh. They lie PIE
turesqutly,-I think that describes it, l
know What it means, if you don't. lGu
would. if you had my experience. French
Canadian lies reireshingly. He is an artist
at it. He smiles as he lies. He lays his
hand on his heart he lifts his eyes to heav
en-. lie embellishes his ialshood with ap
peals to his saints lie hes as if he believed
the lie himself He lies ST. that be honors
his nation
Speaking of soup reminds me. Why can't
We Americans make soup; We can't Our
soups are heavy, sluggish. siagnant They
drug you. They bloat you They make You
feel like puddle of rolled water. But here
the market women, even, makes soups that
are as clover and buoyant as champagne.
At Bonsecour market, about l +. m., you
can get bowl of soup for three cents that
would make a reputation for any hotel III
Boston Why cant Parker or Young give us
such soup? \ few dishes would rcGeneratc
the city government. Three cents a quart
that's all. I've eaten twelve cents worth at
a sitting II you don believe IT, ask Alex
BY the way he isn't Intlmidated easily at
the noon lunchng I've seen him look calm
ly into the bottom of his fourth bowl. 1t
takes true courage TO 10 that. The flavor
ing OF the French soups is marvellous.
There will often he three or four flavors III
your dish, and they all harmonic. That's the
severest test in cooking, as II Is mingling
perfumes 1t makes man wiser and better
TO eat French soup. 1t tones up his moral
nature It's a panacea for suIc!de.
The class of French Canadians that / pity
the most are the horse Jockeys. They are all
blind There isn't one i'll the whole country
that can a spawn on Il horse. They nre !
SO ignorant that they cant ennmeiate be
yond the figure six. I've found only one |
horse in Canada over six Ieurs old and he !
was owned by a man THAT conlin't speak |
French. They all have nn impeachment i'll |
their speech. They can only articulate two
hundred and fifty words INFINITE. and that |
with the greatest difficulty. Such dcrrN.s- /
tion moves your pity. They are very tender |
in their feelings. \ Jockey will dodge |
around a corner, buy horse for SO, and |
ten minutes later bring him to You, and W I'll
tears in his EYES that lie mnst pant with the
animal he has loved SO long, swears that h,
will give him to you ior S15. Mon power
tie compels me to DO 1t. Non III .
MarnrMoxY IN ErssM Russian marriages
are generally arranged through priests. \
well-bred bridegroom must present n gift tna
monastery and another to his parish church
the bride, through her friends. is expected
to clothe SONS statue Of II virgin with gown
of silver brocnde, enriched with more or less
jewels, according 10 the picty OF the donor
and in some parts q! southern Russia she
adds Il gift Of two white doves To the Pope,
which looks rather like II relic Of the wor-
ship of Venus. The consent of parents is
ut cessary for marriage until the age of 3G
in the of men, - III that of women
but young people are at liberty to appeal TO
the evil authorities if consent he arbitrarily
In this event the parents are
called upon to show reason for their refusal.
The reason must not he mcrcenary. unless
one of the young people be heir to Il landed
estate then the question Is referred to the
marshal of the mobility III the district, whose
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