Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-06
Lancaster fntrlIigrnrer.
rHuRspAY EVENING, SEPT Q. less.
The Adventures OF a phm,op.


We hear pleasantly Of Senator Cam
eron, 30 long lost to us, through pub
lished letter to his father. lie is
travelling In a phTton through England
on his way TO Scotland to visit his
feiend, Lo.d Kncaird. He has no COM
pany but his wife, and is enjoying him
self greatly. lie has not seen an
American newspaper for two weeks, and
has forgotten all about politics. TT e
beautiful scenery of the country lie
traverses charms him, and the beautiful
buildings and ruins and things enchant
him. He got into hop country; which
causes him to think that hop raising
would be profitable here and into a
sheep county which leads him to say
that he believes sheep raising would pay
here, IL good shepherds could be got !,
and he is going to get Lord kincair1 to
recommend him shepherd for his farm,
at Hummelstown, and he intends to in.
quire into that hop business. Senator
Cameron proposes very proper inquiries
for his leisure hours. 1t is pity that
politics occupied 80 much of the sena
tors leisure time at home that he
did not have a chance to learn
more than lie seems to know Or
his home industries. The hop indus
try is very nourishing one in portions
of our country and a section of our
neighboring state of New York is de-
voted to it. II has been an exceedingly
profitable business lately, and doubtless
hop growing would be very much more
extensive than it is but for the viCisSi
tudes that attend It. Sometimes the
price is very high and sometimes very
low, being more variable than any other
crop. Sometimes lice attack the wires
and ruin the whole crop. The uncer
tiinty Of the product and Of the price
make hop growing risky business and
check the enthusiasm to 60 into it which
big profits often tend TO excite. Senator
Cameron, when he comes home, can
probably find out Il great deal more
about the hop culture than he can pick
up abroad; but, nevertheless. his in.
Quiry is praisewOrthy. There is nothing
like travelling with an inquiring mind
and an alert eye. II Senator Cameron
continues his tour for considerable
season he will be much better fitted to
be u senator at its end than he WAS at its
beginning. 1t would be profitable 10 us
to extend his leave of absence through the
next session of Congress, if he would
undertake to travel in the good company
Of his wife alone during his absence. 1t
would do him great good physically and
mentally. Senator Cameron is a clever
His education in useful information has
been neglected and he does not know
as much about hops and sheep as he
should. When he brings that Scotch
shepherd TO Hummelstown and provides
him with flock of sheep, lie Will find
that he must next furnish him with au
act of the Legislature forbidding dogs to
go at large, before his sheep can wax fat
for the butcher. II the senator had
known much about farming his enthusi
asm for hops and sheep culture would
be less than it is. His example leads to
the conclusion that his civil service re
form stops where it ought to commence
in leaving our legislators 0 t OF the list
OF officials to be examined. 4 good
course Of questions on political economy
and the industries of the country
would be excellent as an en-
tering exercise to our legislative halls.
In lieu of 1t q foreign tour seems to be
an excellent thing and We suggest, by
the way, 10 our Democratic representa-.
tives at Harrisburg that they propose 10
the Republican senators that the Legis
lature shall take recess, with full pay,
and that the state shall charter phmtons
for the crowd, with which they may
traverse the hills and valleys Of the
state IN search of information on the
subject Of apportionment. We are quite
sure that when they reassembIo the ap
porticnments will be speedily made. But
TO return To our senator we are truly
glad that he is enjoying himself The
picture of his happy tour in the amiable
company of his wife is an interesting
one. That the senator is able to enjoy
himself so much in this simple way
shows that there is a great deal Of good
in him. That he is happy thus in for
getting all about politics should demon
strate to him that politics are not his
trade. He does vastly better as a hus.
band. His wife, as in duty bound, makes
herself agreeable to him, which the con.
founded politicians won't do unless he IS
all the time examining them with fat
offices. They are not an amiable set of
men, aud the company of a good woman
is far preferable, So the senator learns.