Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-14

icss gu'N>ts Oh Wnlcn All rlnNt feeling
Canadians are probably ashamed Sl;ll.
only the country is to blame. Nobody
has 4 right To blame the prophet. for
this wash ntth" kind of weathcrhc prom
Used. daughter and cheers Well,
never mind. What You lack in weather
You make up in the means of grace.
This is the first time was ever in CITY
where YOU couldn't throw Il brick with
out breaking Il church window; Vet |
was told YOU We're going to build one. /
said: The scheme is good, but where
said: I've will build it on top of an
other church and Use an elevator"
Laughter This shows that the gift
of lying is not dead in the land.
suppose one must come in the sum-
mer to get the advantage Of the Cana
dian scenery. a cabman drove me two
miles up a perpendicular hill in a sleigh
and showed me an admirable snow
storm from the heights of Quebec. The
man was an ass. could have seen the
snow-storm as well from the hotel will
dow and saved my money. Still. may
have been the ASS myself. There is no
telling. The thing is all mixed up in
my mind, but anyway there was an ass
in the party. and | do suppose that
wherever Il mercenary cabman and 4
gifted literary character are gathered
together for business there is bound TO
be an ass in the combination some
where. 1t has always been So in my
experience, and | have usually been
elected, too. But it is no matter.
had rather be an ASS than a cabman any
time, except in summer. Then, with
my advantages, could be both. saw
the Plains of Abraham and TIE spot
where the lamented Wolfe stood when
he made the memorable remark that he
would rather be the author of Gray $
Elegy than take Quebec. But why did
he say SO rash Il thing? 1t was because
he supposed there was going to
be international copyright. Laugh
teri Otherwise there would be
no money in it. [ was also
shown the spot where Sir William
Phipps stood when he said he would
rather take walk than take two Que
bees. and he took the walk. [Applause
and laughter.] have looked with
emotion here in Your city upon the
monument which makes forever mem
orable the spot where Horatio Nelson
did not stand when he fell. | have
seen the cab which Champlain employed
when he arrived overland at Quebec.
"a laugh. have seen the horses
which Jacques Cartier rode when he
discovered Montreal. Laughter and
applause.] have used them both. l
will never do it again Yes, have
seen all the historical places. The
localities have been pointed out to me
where the scenery is warehousea for
the season. My sOjourn has been to
my moral and intellectual profit.
have behaved with propriety and dis
cretion. have meddled none here but
in the election, but l am well used to
voting. for l live in town where, if
you may judge by the local prints. there
are only two conspicuous industries
committing burglaries and holding elec-
tions-and | like to keep my hand in,
so voted good deal here.
Where SO many of the guests are
French the propriety will be recognized
of my making portion of my speech in
that beautiful language, in order that
may be partly understood. | speak
French with timidity and not flOwingly,
except when excited. Laughter.
When using that language l have often
noticed that have hardly ever been
mistaken for a Frenchman, except per-
haps by horses-never, | believe, by
people. [Laughter.] Ihad hoped that
mere French construction with English
words would answer, and this is not the
case. l tried it at gentleman house
in Quebec, and it would not work. The
maid-servant asked what would mon.
sieur. 1 said, "Monsieur So-and-So i:
he with himself" Laughter.] She
did not understand. said: "Is it tina,
he is still not returned of his house Of
merchandise" Renewed laughter
She did not und ,..ind that either.
said: "He will j.. plate himself wher
he learns that hi friends American Wa:
arrived. He no: with himself to shake
him at the hand. IRoars of laughter
She did not even understand that.
don't know why, but she did not, anc
she lost her temper besides. Somebody
in the rear called out: "Qui est done Ia, ,
or words to that effect. She said: "Cest Ill
fou," and shut the door onme. Laugh
teri Perhaps she was right. but how
did she ever find that out?-[langhter.
for she had never seen ME before till
that moment. But. as l have already
intimated, l will close this oration will
a few sentiments in the French Ian
guage. have not ornamented-Ih have
not burdened them-with flowers o.
rhetoric, for. to my mind, that litera
ture is the best and most enduring
which is characterized by noble sim
plicity.
Jar le belle bouton d or de mon oncie
mais je n al pas celui du charpentier
81 vous avez lie frontage du brave men
nisier, c'est bon; mais 81 vous ne ravei
pas, ne Sc desole pas prenez lie chapea'
de drap noir de son beau frere malad'
tout rheure, savoir faire quest ce qu'
vous dit, pate de fois gras, revenons ;
nos moutons, pardon, Messieurs, par
donnez moi, essayant parter Ia bell'
langue dOllendOrff strains me NOR,
than you can possibly imagine, but
mean well, and I've done the best could
GLOud laughter