Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-12-23

college is endowed with more or les,
scholarships. IT'S
While on this subject of education
take the opportunity Ofcrying" PeccaviP
about
sO-CALLED AMERICANIsMs.
All expressions used In this country, but
new to me, was apt to condemn as in.
correct. The first "cOme right in" "sit
right here" of course must be wrong, as
it is not used by Englishmen, yet in
reading the Psalms l find Lord have
mercy upon me and that right sOOn.'
"The universal use of the word sick,"fI
said to a minister at Racine, "fOr all
ailments, cannot be right. In England
it is only used in connection with nausea
or when man is vomiting. We talk of
seasickness, for instance"
"Are you member of the church of
Engand?' asked the minister.
"Yes."
"In your prayer-boOk is there not q
service called the visitation of the sick?'
"Yes." WV VI -
a"Do you only read that over man
who is yOmiting%
Why, even the to me new word "puke"
is Shakespearean. At all events | am
most careful now in cOndemning Amer
icanisms. l believe they are all, with
the exception, of course, of lOcalisms,
words that have become obsolete in Eng
land, or confined in their meaning in the
old country. , 8
am beginning to understand why the
Americans are Us
SUCH A GO-AHEAD PEOPLE. N.a
For many weeks | have been in search
of shy American child, but hitherto in
vain. If Mr.. Barnum could put one ON
show he would exhibit a rara avis in
deed Not that l think your children
too forward as rule, although of course
some of them are. AS for example a
little girl of about II whom | saw the
other day at Grand Haven. She com
menced a conversation with me while
we were both waiting for bridge to
close. Say, what is your name?" was
her third question. When | had enlight-
ened her on that point she wanted to
do trade" with me, and offered me a
small coin hung to Il ring on her finger
(why do you bejewel your children so
early?) for twenty-five cents. declined
the offer, and she reduced her price by
stages to 10 cents. Then, for amuse-
ment, | offered her bad quarter in ex-
change for her coin. After she had ex-
amined this carefully, tried it with her
teeth, and had taken the opinion of the
bystanders as to the goodness or badness
of the quarter, she accepted my offer, but
was extremely disguised when / with
drew it. Next she offered cents for the
counterfeit, then 10 cents, and then ID
cents, but threw it into the river.
"Well, l guess you are a fool. You
might have got a cigar for it in a sa-
LOOM"
But this case is exceptional. The rea-
son why your children are less shy than
ours is, l believe, owing to the
SCARCITY OF DOMESTICS.
In England when we have visitors,
out of consideration for said visitors we
send our children to the nursery. Here
you are obliged to have your children
with you on all occasions, at all meals,
when friends call or when you your
selves go visiting. And the children,
being always with adults, have their
minds opened earlier, are able to "fend"
for themselves much sooner than ours
are. Hence the gO-ahead prOpensities of
the country. The scarcity of dOmestics
is not thing to complain of. 1t is a
blessing in Disguise: 6fE 4
"a servant girl is a negligent elf, 2
If you want thing done, why, do 1t your
SELF" bod.
li SOME PREJUDICES.
Naturally, l left England full. of pref
udices. Some have been knocked out of
me, of some / am doubtful, of others L
have wish to get rid, wrong as they are.
Of the first of these have given an ex-
ample i'm the matter of Americanisms.
Of the last will mention just one to
show show absurd am. / have a fool
ish idea that few of your saloons sell
liquors, and have not cOur-
age to put the question to the proof. OF
the doubtful prejudices let me give an
example. / am continually asking N.Y.
self are you or are we the most business
like? Your business offices open from
Z A. M. to s A. M. as a rule, ours from 8
A. Nj. to 10 A. NJ, and we close about the
same time. You work two or three
more hours than we do. That seems
to show that you are the most business
like. On the other hand, cnspidOrs' and
tobacco smoke are not known in our Off
ces, and that Is something in our favor.
But the more study this question of
business" the more | tremble for the
prestige Of England. left my own
o rg3 , ~ g..,.
A RABID FREE TRADER. hfAtjt
If remain here much longer 1 shall be-
come an enthusiastic prOtectiOnist. 1t
is only fifteen years since you started
The manufacture of steel, and now you
produce 81 per cent, and nOtwithstand-
ing our accumulated wealth and cheap
ness of labor. You are yearly growing
richer and we poorer. In the ten years
from 1871 to 1881 our imports. have in
creased from $3.50 per head of the pOpu-
ation to $1443! Our exports are now
Dut 1925 per head, and we therefore are
Osing money yearly at the rate OF 1928
per head. In the ten years from 1870
N 1890 vOur imDorts increased ONLY ~