The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-30

ness blocks-from buildings erected for
like purposes by their Yankee neighbors
across the line, The Canuck builds after
the fashion of his ancestor who fiOurlshed
in the time Of the Georges; any deviation
,herefrom, or concession 10 modern I'M
proyements being, no doubt, mark OF
treason to the home government and
leaning toward annexation TO that blarsted
country across the river, What the ga
muck lacks more than anything else, except
money ana politeneSs is Yankee push ana
energy They are too slow. Their rail
roads are too slow Their newspapers are
too slow. Their business men are too
slow. While the Canuck is deliberating
over business transaction his Yankee
neighbor would complete the trade, invest
the proceeds in stocks and either double
his money or bankrupt himself and be
ready to try again.
We are obliged however, TO give them
credit for knowing good money when they
see it, as they use more |, ). money than
they do Of their own The hotel keeper
will give you change in |, ;. gold, silver,
greenbaCks or national bank bills; and the
newsboy or bootblack will make your
change in nickelS, which he calls Yankee
lves'
Upon reaching Montreal at seven O'Clock
in the evening we expected TO find relief
from the heat, the day having been eX,
tremely hot and sultry, but were disap.
pointed, the thermometer showing 920 at
that hour. This was not our only disap-
pointment We had expected to see in "A
city like Montreal and upon railroad Of
the pretensions Of the Grand Trunk, "A mag
nifcent passenger depot, lighted with cleo
tricity, and to find therein the noise and
hustle and stir of great flow of travel.
We found instead fair sized building Of
brick and wood, lighted poorly with gas,
and but few people therein, the greater
number Of whom seemed to be gathered
around half a dozen Indian squaws, who
were Offering for sale bearskin slippers,
beaded mOcCasinS and pin cushions. Three
or four genuine, little, red-headed dudes,
no doubt recently imported from London,
stood lstlessly upon their little legs, lean
ing against the wall, industriously sucking
the heads of their little canes, apparently
deriving as much sustenance and satisfaC-
ton therefrom as if the little canes were
nursing bottles Looking upon them, we
Immediately admitted the truth of the Oar
winian theory in all its details. These
were not only descendants of the baboon,
but the line of descent was exceedingly
short. Yet, under the wise laws Of the
English government these things, these
idiots, these natural born ID fools, are
voters, while the right of suffrage is with
held from the laboring man. What mani
fold blessings a petticoat government af-
fords! Canada, however, has its advan.
tages over "the states" If you are ain
trade" you are not expected to keep up the
appearances or put on the style Of your
"blooded" neighbor who can trace his ped.
gree back to the plumed knight who
fought with Henry V at Agincourt You
are not expected to have coat of arms up,
on your carriage, nor livery upon your dri-
yer, nor the finest of satins and laces and
diamonds upon your wife and daughters
and motherin-law, nor your house full of
gold and silver plate. You are not expect
ed TO be at the expense of owning all these
trappings of place and pride, these eviden-
ces of a blue blooded ancestry; you are
only expected to pay for them. The titled
fellows have all the trouble and veXation
of owning them and putting them on exhi-
bition. They have nothing else to do, 50
they don't mind it, "you knaw" On this
side of the lakes we don't gomuch on ped
igree. As Josh Billings says, "we wouldn't
give a cent for hoss's pedigree il he can't
trot."
Southeast of Montreal about sixty miles
lies the town of ST. Adams, in the state of
Vermont This is the termination of our
journey st. Adams is within two or three
miles of Lake Champlain, and is summer
resort for many Boston people. 1t contains
about five thousand inhabitants 1t is at
present chiefly remarkable for two things.
Ii is without bank; and although located
within a state which has in full force law
prohibiting entirely the sale of all kinds of
spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, the vii
lage has twenty saloons running in full
blast The three banks of which the vii.
lage year ago boosted have all failed by
reason of reckless speculation in stocks
by the bank officers, causing loss to the
depositors of over million dollars. The
Vermont Yankee is little peculiar While
he seems to have no computations of con
science in stealing the bank funds with
which TO speculate, he lifts up his hands
and eyes in holy horror at the idea of law
fully authorizing the sale of beer by issu,