Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-11

CANADA HAS MANY ATTRACTION.
Let me say here that Canada is getting q
little nervous over this matter-I mean a.
nervous as a Canadian generally gets over
anything, for he il not nervous man.
Cana Ii. n do not like to have the finger Of
scorn pointed at them by the paragrapher,
and must say in this place, God bless
the paragrapher! You cannot shut him
up. He Is the true mirror held up to
nature. The long and smoothly flowing
editorial is the artistic and polished work
Of master mind, but the paragrapher,
makes or mars q man, be he president or
comedian. The three line item, well written
an at the proper time. void Of personal
power that turns the tide in public opinion,
especially in America, so far as the press
il concerae
The cold hearted and selfish man, be he
actor, author or president even, soon makes
himself known to the keen eyed para.
That moment. / care not who makes up
the column, of the "The Congressional
Record" If I may write the country's para
graphs Unfortunately l cannot do 1t.
Bat these brief epigram,ss ,s. or bon sa,t mots, :,
our age, touch the heart of our humor
loving republic, and are the pebbles In the
stream of time which change the course Of
many great political river. Conkling was
q paragrapher. So is Ingalls,.
to grow cold to his own appointee, turned
the tide of opinion against o man who
rested, as he thought, secure in the arms
of a great corporation or In political
household. He has called attention to the
egotist and emphasized the selfish motives
OF an ostensibie philanthropist He has,
In three lines, killed the aspirations of
half a century. He has burned down the
structure of a lifetime by finding straw
brick in the base and touching 1t of with
. stanza
He may not be always just, or he may
have some personal motive. In that case
the paragraph Is harmless in the end, but
the bright, free lance paragrapher, with no
axe to grind, ready at all times where ne
sees q head to hit 1t, with his compliments,
wields a power in this country Of which
he himself knows little, and which.
regret to say, Is not In general commen-
surate with his salary.
But was speaking of Canada: Public
sentimen. will soon, on both sides OF the
line, demand an arrangement by which 1t
will be as easy to get q criminal across the
border as 1t is to get him out Of neigh
boring state. Then, trust, the sleek
custodians of other peoples money will
have to buck the bucket shops with their
own funds or make shoes under strict
surveillance.
Canada was discovered at about the
same time America was and by the same
parties Some think that the worlds fair
should be held at Montreal for that reason.
] do not think she cares for it. She has SO
much else to attend to that the
fair would not receive the attention 1t
deserves. She has large and beautiful
hotel, and do not see why ! should not
speak of it, am not backward in speaking
oil bad hotels, and the United States Is full
of them, The Windsor Is (well conducted,
1t seems to me, and the rates are not out OF
proportion. We travel 40 much In this
country that do think we ought TO give
more attention to our hotels. Some hotels
run all to dining g,,srs rooms; others hap +" 70
please the general travelling public, you
cannot allow any one department to usurp
the other. i have stopped at hotel where
the only good feature was the laundry. VI
what use was that to man who was SIM
ply hungry? Some hotels have only
rentlemanly, genial and urbane landlord.
He loves you and falls on your neck when
YOU enter, but there his devotion ends. He
conceals himself when you pay your bill,
and stern cashier charges yoa $450 for
nately, at hotel in Boston where kind
words were on tap all the time, and the
smell of paint was ever present. While
was out of my room waiter, presume,
who thought Ihad been little slow in my
tips, though had given him 81, stole $50,
and in the language of Richard Malcolm
Johnston, Vanished himself away"
/ suppose that the proprietor thought l
deserved it because did not leave my
money at the office. However, judging
ward. If l had left the funds i'm the Office I
would have simply saved the burglar q
disagrseable job. speak of this because
Boston is a city of good hotels, notably so,
and only regret that did not go where |
already knew they were good. stopped
at the fremont.
speaking again of Canada, the Dominion
was founded in 1867 by the union OF East
and West Canada, and in 1872, New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia.