Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-05

could hnd anything frOm the morning
paper 30 . pair of hor-r. Yesterday ]
met Mr.. Herrog. looking a. well a. h.
dii b-forv my attack on him. and was
.urpris.sl to IND At my hotel and In
many other hotels sinc-. the little ms-
chine which ! u-sl several years agn In
dus,irg oa the streets
This shows. a. ! ssy. the power of the
prs. and how . fearless writer with
god commsni % language may often
accomplish great gcod by attacking q
meniorious thing
Whenever come 90 New York. even
Zoe . few weeks. like 10 fall into the
hand. 10 an old New Yorker who knows
the ropc.. iOr u gives the n feeling -
comfort aud cuntdenoc which nothing
else can. Day before yesterday started
to go up town with an old resident ~
the city. AMI ss We went up the elevated
rAilroai stair. ! toll him how glad !
wAs % 10 a. often as possible In the
hands ~ an oil citizen % the place. foi
then did not have 10 worry over de-
tAils
"Ye-,- hs said. lit must b. n god
deal % comfort Ia on. who has no, al.
ways lived In tho city 10 b- with one
who IL perfectly familiar with New
York. As nothing but time Ani years can
make one. Now. for instance. the man
frum the west or from th. country may
fa,ier himself that he u entirely NJ
home here after q week 90 two. aud b.
/ gin % take II easy That !. the time he
cOrks himself. ami the fir, thing he dos
when be experiences this feeling ~ fal-s
security /. 10 climb the elevated stair.
humming "Comrsd-s" -ofily ,o himself.
only 10 find when he gets here to the
ticket offic- a. We are that be hs. come
/ ~ tho~. tedious iron stairs CA hot day
only to know after he has his ticket tina,
h. Is ON the down town side when be
wants % go M. or rio, rrsi. IL l.
mighty humiliaiing AMI makes him look
pretty foolish. think. And so--by
thunderl that's Just what We have done
nowi II You'll agrc. no, 90 say anything
about this will pay for the lunch
~ will not say anything about u.
La, evening visited Central park for
. stroll along II. quiet walk. In orier 10
r~hoarsr q spontaneous after dinner
speech for the Lambs club and also %
commune with nstur. AMI the child
wonder. the baby hippopo,amus ! am
very fond of Wild b-ast. born In captiv.
ity. sni often spend hours In front of
their GAGS contemplating their singular
hAhits
The baby hippopo,smus l., may safe-
ly say, ~ plain ~ S.naior P,f'er. ~
Kansas. the hirsuie wonder % the bound.
le~. plains She has q loosely fitting
habi, and chubby legs. and Is now Abou,
half ,h. sire of her mother and onethird
~ large. perhaps. As her proud father.
Sh. Eats great quantities Of hay and
then gu.rs into the water. Her life IL
not an exciting one. After being In the
water for q time she may IL sen by
the Observing student coming out again.
This CONSTITUTES her life work. Instead
of having q purI--s In life. she does no
more for her rae. or for history than .
young LADY nj q summer resort.
The giraffe always strikes me A. sort
Of . R.iferp brute. somehow. while the
hippo,otAmu. child AMI baby elephant
have the air of getting their clothes
male at hom. Look for one moment
at the elephant The sea' of his trousers
has sag "a IL which takes one back 20
the first experiment made by ones poor
mother In draping . narrow and bony
boy. have passed through that myself.
went away 10 the academy wearing .
pair of trousars like that. and can still
remember how popular ! was with the
town boys who hadn't had anything TO
tickle them Z = good while.
icame 10 them like ray Of sunshine
on the storm tossed ocean OF life.
landed among them like large. juicy
tenderloin steak in crowded den Of by.
enAs-hyenAs suffering with tap~worm.
Oh. how joyfully they hailed me. with
my frs~h and tanry scented atmosphere
How they took hold of me and wanted
to know who made my detected trouser
with the deep seated melancholy!
The elephant is much like country
boy. II seems Ia me. lie has an air Of
outward stupidity which is often mis-.
judged. for the elephant has gentle and
tender spots In his nature by which you
may reach him without running . hot
titchfork Into him. He also has . way
of expressing himself at the proper time
In such manner ~ 20 win respect and
sst.-m AfSer he has stood about enough
funny bus.ne~sL
Central park IL . very valuable and
beautiful strip Of woods. but Il dos not
touch the parks Of Chicago. except that
Il has ths rugged beauty Of rocks and
hills which the Chicago parks do not.
Few Eastern people realize that Chicago
is quietly and with . timid and almost
shrinking mssiesty. which IL almost pain.
ful. sailing Cn toward the top Of tho Lat.
and I have often wished that shs would
attempt at least 10 assert herself through
the columns Of the prcss In such way
that her greatness and her wonderful
and uninterrupted growth might b
shown toths people Of the satis6ed East.
Why doesn't shs speak Of iti
In Brooklyn last week saw the most
refined barber sign that ! ever came
scros.. I think. II was called