Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-16

VI
Curtis changed the aspect OF affairs completely
Very politely. but with considerable force was
Erastus informed that he had been guilty of a
grave breach OF trIst. and he also told that
Secretary Blaine had been notified of the fact
that promise made personally to him had de-
hberately been smashed When the train pulled
out Tor this place this m Jrning the last person
saw was the New York Canadian, grip in
hand. leaning up against panel of fence and
looking picturesquely discOnsolate. He fol-
lowed Us on the first regular train and is now
quartered at the same hotel.
BUFFALos HANDSOME WELCOME
Buhalo's welcome was warm indeed and
there was everywhere apparent a desire to
make the visitors feel comfortable. At the
luncheon at the hotel the menus. which were in
Spanish and English, were works OF art the
seals OF the various South American countries
being carefully worked into the elaborate de-
sign OF the first page. Accompanying the
eXcellently served meal was SOFT sweet music.
principally Spanish In Its origin, which de-
hShted the foreigners considerably. None of
the gastronomlc entertainments with which
/ We have wrestled were as pleasing as that
luncheon; the one at Springfield, Mass, came
nearest TO 1t in some RESPECTS By the way
l don't think mentioned the fact that at that
delightful place We met Col. Biount who was
Tor 80 long period in Washinsto ton as a menu
Der OF Gen. Sheridan's Official family The
colonel did everything In his power to make
the assembly happy after acting as guide around
the great national armory, and the way in which
he rushed the excursionists through that big
place would have scared the professional guide
out OF year growth. He SAYS lie finds that the
air OF Springfield agrees with his health, while
! the physical condition Of Mrs. Blount mas ben
ehted materially even during the short period
of their sojourn.
Engine No. 1858 has been stocked with a
sufficient quantity of the proper kind of coal
and Is now showing clean pair of heels to the
! locomotives of this section. This morning it
pulled our train over the % miles of track be-
tween Niagara and Buffalo in twenty-one min
utes, and tomorrow the train is expected to
make record going from here to Cleveland
EXPERIMENTS IN LANGUAGE.
Why do Americans almost invariably try to
break up their English when they converse
with foreigners who are not proficient in the
tongue most prevalent in this country? Ever
; since we started cut have been meeting with
people who take II tor granted that all tine men
ON the train are foreigners and that none of
them can understand average English. What
helpless lot the gentlemen from South Amer
lea would be If that were really so. A large
proportion OF the strangers can grind out very
fair sample of English, and yet nearly all of the
many who address them do so In accents
that are badly strained, to say the
least OF them. Once in while n
| native falls foul OF another native and then
there is fun. This afternoon the board of trade
OF Buffalo gave areception to the excursionsts.
at which several hundred of the best citizens
their wives and daughters, were present and
there were number OF most amusing Incidents
One OF the big local merchants walked up to
one of the newspaper men of the party and
with an indescribably foreign air remarked: