The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-25
The Advantages of Travel.


The Advantages of Travel.
Two beautiful young damsels meeting
on Fulton street the other day, beamed
with delight us they scanned each others
Summer tinery.
"And where have you been my love9'
asked the brunette.
"Traveling, responded the blonde.
"Been gone three months. studying our
own country. Ma said Il young lady's
Education was not finished till she had
gone abroad, and twas vulgar to go to
Europe without knowing anything Of
ones own country
Glow grand" sighed the brunette,
whose sight seeing had been limited to
Central Park and Coney Island.
YES, but pa didn't want to 90 bit
so ma and planned and planned.
Finally, fell in love with Il plumber.
Pa reasoned with me, so did ma. but
got iirmer and declared I'd have my
own way. Ma got awfully uneasy (bc-
fore PAP and-well, in short, Pa concud-
ed to let me travel
You naughty thing, But where have
YOU been?'
Just everywhere First South and
oh then You had Il chance to study
some of those Southern problems one is
always reading about?'
IL don't remember them; but pa first
Itramped me over miles and miles of
battle fields, and saw where-Oh,
what's his name?-Oh, that biz general;
you know who | mean?' 4
YES. responded the other, eagerly
"Ncvcr mind his name
"Well, we saw wherc-Oh! Grant.
that's it; where Grant and Lee, yes, I'm
sure it twas Lee, fought, or bombarded,
or surrendered; anyway, | don't re-
remember details. And then we went
to Mexico, and that was awful; flies and
sand, and pa just wore me out with his
old Spanish towns, and graveyards, and
dug up things. But ma said it was all
important. and wanted to be able to |
describe them all; so just got through |
somehow
"How lovely to travel and improve
ones self!'' murmured the listener, with |
an admiring eye on kitty's terra Gotta
bonnet.
$50 ma says. Well, then we went to
Utah, to Salt Lake City"
"Oh. those horrid Mormons. Did YOU
really see them?N
Yes, indeed and made study of
them. Ma said that was proper. Were
there two or three DAYS, and such dowd-
les rs those women are, and the men
well, they are too insignificant. Pa took
us to the the Oh, Tcmpc-no Tab
ernacle. Twas ever SO queer. and ma
got me book on statistics and things;
so I'll be way up. scc?' \
"How spendidly you'll be able to
with every one! quite envy {
YOU.
YES. ma says few girl, have such
and ! mean to improve
mine. Then we've been to California,
and oh such biz trees and those wretch
ed little Cinnamon. San Francisco is mt !
much to see. The shops are not any
nicer than Brooklyn. But st. Paul is
90 lovely. Got one of those stylish
cooking ulSters. VIII YOU believe me?
Pa wanted to drag me off to see the falls
,f-of --Mi.le or Minnehaha, just be-
,ause Whittier, or Lord Byron. or some a
Tom, Dick or Harry wrote poem about |
t. But we only had two days there, ,,
and | was a fright"
"And YOU have seen all the great,
,rand Wcst-the splendid mountains. a
he rolling praries and breathed that r
,ure air 4
"Oh, my!ycs!' interrupted the tourist e
eagerly, land we visited real mining
amp. But | soied my new silk Jersey. a
was so disguised. But pa-well, once ,
ret him started and there's no going s
Jack Chicago and Cincinnati are not
ike New York. Thank goodness, we :
re home. Travelling is improving and
ii, but pa did manage to take us to ,
ONE horrid places. Now ma says,
Europe next Spsing, to give final pol
sh. Pa is awfully contrary, bat ma
nd | are patient with him, and we
work together. guess he
viii give in
"Of course, he will, murmured the
brunette, for he must be proud of YOU" 4
"Oh! he is, but pa is queer and thinks \
silly TO show one 5 feelings. But come q
ound TO lunch some day. and I'll tell
on more. Ma says next thing to travel I
NJ ones self is to cultivate those who i
ave enjoyed the privileges.
How kind YOU are, dear
"Good-by." |.
And the sweet creatures separated, o.
ne buying her ribbons with an envous
oul, the other selecting rucheS with
a.