New-York tribune., 1895-10-28
COUSINS FROM CANADA.
c,,,p ,crrR1sT1cs OF A vIvAcIoUs FOLK.

,yn,,srpy AND thrift ARE GENERAL A"oN"
rurm-nEApY WIT OF \ woRKMAN-THH
WOMEN FOND OF GAY coLoRs'
,.o s,olect and manners. sports and pastimes OF
m. Southern negro have been nsue i"'"
.,,or,cans by innumerable songs. stories ana en-
.s,.n,. The shrewdness and peculiar speech
:, 49, "down-east Yankee" have furnished ma'e
-, ,or thousands OF Jokes aud humorous ae''
pr, there Is a class OF people VINO nav ~,
no,session OF the northern borders aoou' "ND" -,
tie is known except to those "Io "'0 49, -.
daily contact with them or VINO hi'Fe h'e. -
guides or servants during a summers ou,"e ~,
North Woods or among the lakes or Maine Inv.
49, rr.rchcanadIans or Canucks. as they
90. rnown 10 the Americans with whom 'hey h'o'
Thev arc a curious people. Ignorant ana cai'"s
little for any education. they YET nav"
with their French blood an unusual thrii''"e'' a.
a care about their appearance WHICH, III p.op p,u,
their station In life. Is rare. This Is pai''.u'ay
BILE among the young women. and on ounua'
-, II Tho villa ees the bells OF the French Ca'n-
orc churches call them to worship. the proce''""
il as CAV and bright as a miniature fH'h-a'e' va
Easter Sunday. . , -,
put torether with the French blood In many OF
these people there is a strain or lndiah o'oou '~
makes them wholly different In many ways i,o ~
the fuI-booded Frenchman. 1t gives them aeep
love for out-of-door life. a wild. nomadio spirit
,vh.n the Indian within the man Is strong .ha'
makes OF him a splendid marKsmah' p"'''
fisherman or a trusty guide. He knows where '"'
nartridce or the deer is mos, likely TO De iou"o'
and can tell you where the best trout poo'' A'
Even in the staid and trusty workmen OF the NILS
this characteristic may often be seen when so"'e
,ortunae hunter or fisherman comes into the village
loaded with the spoils of his sport They VIII cro"u
around him, gazing at the fish or game WIZ" 'o9.s
oves and fairly quiverlng with an excitement '',a'
they are unable to resist. The indian oioou u 'no
won,en often shows itself. and many times WINE
walking In the evening in the villages OF Nor'"e'n
New-York one may hear some mother sl'',ns
fore an omen window, grooming song III het
French patois to her baby to an ar 50 "e"u a'N
strange In It's monotony that one might laoS "''''
self listening to A savage -,
Many of the women who live outside OF the VII
lages on farms, where only scanty eNIS'eioe CO...
be eked ont in the hand-to-hand srussie wa" ~
rocks and stones spend their days In gatheri"s
Wild berries on the hlllsides. often trudsng weary
miles over rocks and through dense uhuer u'n "
nj their berry-pails. Early the next morning '"e,
may be seen riding IN state into the Village pe'c"eu
on the seat OF old-fashioned buggy hish o'ei
the horses back, while the animal himseH LOOKS
az ~ the living to be gained upon Adirondack rocks
and nine needles was extremely spare ana uh-
satisfactory. The garb OF the women thehSe"e'
never lnpresses with the IDEA that ho""'a"
farming is lucrative, for an antediluViah caHco
fashion "befo the wah' Is IN geheraI co'ieo' i'
yentory OF their costume.
Another trait OF these people. which Is almost
universal, and which comes TO them through ther
French blood. Is ther sharp quick sense OF hu"or'
Their remarks often become particularly laushaoie
because Of their quaint expressions arising from
their accent and the difficulty they experience In
usIng correctly the English language. In little
village not far from the Ausab.e Chasm physician
was standing one afternoon last summer oversee
ing some work that being done by his French
man. Fred" The difficulties to be overcome in
the work we're extremely trying to "Fred's' pa
tience and at last he Strengthened up and with
much emphasis exclaimed: "Oh, ell!' The doctor,
who Is wholly averse to profanity, turned to the
man and said, sharply: Fred, what are you
"Fred'sS answer: II didn't mean ell for swear.
madam in all his freshness. where. with imbered
always Fsaay to a ha ns are " nn IN
merous wherever he Is found. Here when he IS
French " vivacity and quickness come to the fore
and make him good entertainer. one must ps
customer to handle but with little patience and
goodnature If once swched Out S Ol ,he ufn.s s sn
sblse ionsne, Of ,hh MS Canadian fa'hsfS ne EN-
In one Of these Kitchen barrooms year ago
a young French-Canadisn named Napoleon l. wa, was
entertaining number of his friends, By-the-way'
n Sess people na5 Ts
ton had sung several songs in his French pato:s
and al last branched OF INTO a song III WHAT ne
would call English. 1t was entitled "A Song Of
the Sea-" and was sung to an air that cou!d prop
ably never be written Here IL 's'
Twas one dark nigh, Lac Champlain.
De wind she blow blow. blow,
When de OF de skow julie la fiant
Get and below.
For dc wind she's blow like hurricane
Bimeby she's blow more;
When de siow buss up Lac Champlain
One-half mile from de shore
DE Captain she's walk de front deck
She's walk de hind deck. too
She's call de crew from up de hole
She call de cook Also
De cook his Rosa,
He's come from Montreal.
Vas chamber-mald lumber barge
on dat big Lachlne Canal
De wind she blow from nor. esss wess,
De SOU wind she's blow. too
When Rosa say. on Captain
Whatever shall do?
DE Captain she's trow de hank.
But still dat skow she drift.
For de he can't pass on dat shore
Because he lose dat skin
De night was dark like black cat.
De high and fass
When de Captain take poor Rosa
And lash her to de mass
When de Captain put on de fe-preserve
And lie jump into de lac.
And say, Goodbye, my Rosa, dear.
go down for your SAX
Next morning very hearty
About half past two. tre" four
De CAPTAIN cook and wood-skow
Lay corpses dat shore
For de wind she's blow like hurricane.
Pretty soon she blows some more
For Gat skow buss up on Lac Champain.
One-hat mile from de shore
MORAL.
Now all good wood-skow sailor mans
Take warning by dat storm,
And 20 and marry nice French gal.
And live good farm.