The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-30
The Colorado Beetle ON His Travels.

Our English cousins have been rather
anxiously expecting that the Colorado
Beetle, better known IS the Potato Bug,
would follow the universal Gu tom of
Americans--that is to say, that having
made reputation for himself at home,
he would presently air it in England, as
other distinguished Americans have done.
We are not, by any means, prepared to
say the Beetle will not make foreign
tour. Indeed, we think it more likely that
he " ill follow the example of some Of our
distinguished clergymen and editors. and
make journey around the world, pur-
suing his botanical, as they pursued their
social studies, on the way. We think this
the more likely, indeed, because the Bee
tie is proving himself to be more thor
ough and more earnest traveller and stu
dent than are the throngs of summer tour
lists who edo" Europe and then rest con-
tent in the belief that they have travelled,
occasionally writing magazine articles
loudly complaining of American crude
ness and lack OF culture, for the sake OF
showing how European and how superior
they have themselves become by three
months, soiourn on the other side of the
water. Unlike shallow tourists of this
SUI, JuC DCCtlC Has aAACOAy JONAnSy W
leisurely across his own country, minute
ly inspecting its flora as he went. cultivat-
ing himself by the daily dissection Of in
terestiDg botanical specimens; and his
thoroughness as traveller Is further at
tested by the fact that he was seen, yester.
day, promenad:ng the Fifth avenue Of
this city. He carried no note book in
which to write down hasty judgments,
preferring, doubtless, to digest his infor.
nation before using it for the enlighten.
ment of the world. Indeed, it has been
his habit from the first, both to absorb and
digest whatever he has investigated. W.
have seen no hasty letters from him in any
newspaper. He has given US no crude
opinions upon men or things in the land!
that he has travelled over, and we have nc
reason to suppose that he will attempt, .
Offenbach did last sumner, to form ,
complete theory of New York society
from observations made in Fifth avenue
at time of year when New York society
is out of town.
Our knowledge Of the travelling habits Q
the Beetle ]ustides Us in assuring our En-
elish cousins that when he shall visi
| their island he will make no hasty surve.
| Of it. and then write book. He will in
spect England carefully, minutely am
| thoroughly, if he shall visit that land
all. He will quietly wander through L
green lanes and over It's garden walls II
will learn more Of its fl0ra than any boa
| anist In England knows. He will 60 I
the root Of every subject that engages hi
attention. He will take the freedom 2
| the CITY OF London without subjecttng u
Lord Mayor and the Aldermen TO th
trouble Of formal presentation or the 81
pense Of gold box. II be desires TO 8
| to court, he will present himse'f, In n
own general uniform. The Queen ma
lreceive him at the foot Of her palace etail
vhen he ehsll Wait her, or she may leav
him To cool his heels IN corridor, and p
win be satisfied. In word, he Il plaiE
easnest, industrious American, who, whe
on his travels, asks no ceremontoUs atfeI
tion, and expecm no costly dinners: =
q vegetarian, and potatoes content hil
better han champagae and turtle. ~. 7
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