The Newtown bee., 1901-07-19
CIRCULATION /:
LOCAL AFFAIRS. GOING TO THE "PAN,"
1925
Last week,

HOW MUCH WILL THE TRIP CosT.-
 OTHER THINGS TO SEE IN BUFFALO
 BESIDES THE EXPOSITION WONDER OF THE WORLD, A GREAT
 ATTRACTION.
 "I wonder how much you could go for; do you think it could be done for twenty-five dOllarS?" 1 am glad to say that a sermon was on one occasion at
 least, seen at once to have produced an
 effect. When l came back to the or dinary duties of life, l was so filled
 sermon upon it, showing how it taught
 the great lesson of human brotherhood.
 One of my pariShiOners at the close,
 asked the question with which I have
 started this article. That sermon was
 not fired in the air; it hit mark. My friend wanted to go then, wanted to take the next train. His ardOr may have cooled down since. Why yes, you could go for twenty-five dollars and see what there is to see in pretty fair shape; but let me tuck in this caution, you better have some surplus or sink ing fund above the twenty-five dollars with you to draw on in case of emer- gency. A ticket, good for trip from l New York to Buffalo and return and limited to five days, can be bought for nine dollars. If you work at the Ex- I position for three days, you can see probably all you care for. We "did" it
 in two days; and host of people take
 in the general scope of it in one day, and go away satisfied. A good room
 in a private house can be had for two l T I,a 1c I>o1, where you happen to be.
 say room can be had for two dol lars day; but, as the advertisements say, it is from that up, and sometimes quite way up. 1 will not vOuch for the absolute truth of this story; but it
 illustrates fact always true, that in
 Buffalo, as everywhere else, human na- ture will take advantage of those that are pressed into a corner. Two young 1 men put up at the - Hotel in Buff faloover night. sThey had good room,
 with the good name of the hOstelry, and expected to pay for it fair sum.
 ''Ten dollars, please" was the hotel clerks modest answer when asked, in the morning, for the bill. On the X being given over, as the two young men were going away rather lighter in l some respects and wiser in others, the young man who had not handed out the money was asked for ten dollars more. Yes, that is what I mean, | twenty dollars was charged these young men for remaining in an elegant hotel over night. It is needless to say that the following night was spent elsewhere. Human nature is human ] nature the world around, whether l found in a HOttentOt or man who is not working through the hot summer months at Buffalo just for fun. Hu- man nature is human nature, but when touched by grace it can become sweet as an angels. A lady told us that she had decided to put off some repairs on her Buffalo home until an- other spring, because plasterers were charging six dollars day and the pay of carpenters was prohibitive. A good many people wonder why the buildings were so long unfinished and are un- finished yet. These people no doubt think that the directors of the Fair are to blame. They, fOrsOOth, imagine that there was defect in the plan ming somewhere, and of course believe that if they had had matters in charge quite different showing would have been made. Well, this incomplete condition of affairs can in all honesty be blamed upon that old scapegrace, l the weather. "It'S the weather," we | Der what an awful spring we had. Corn could not be planted, and potatoes for an early crop were put in the ground l in June; and carpenters could not work on the Exposition buildings either. But our dear old friend, the weather, cannot bear it all. The laboring men were more in fault than the weather. They saw they had the directors of the Fair at their mercy; and so when the
 directors wanted the work pushed and the wOrkmen knew that the directors wanted it pushed, they struck for higher wages. l think they got the a boomerang upon them. People every where are lOOsing much of the sym pathy that they used to have for the labOring man. He had much justice in his cause and still has; but too Of- ten the strike is used as and engine of tyranny by the labor union. The capitalist, because money is power and all bility that man has is power can be tyrant. He often is, but he does not wear this fools cap alone.
 would advise you not to plan too enough to have in your mind an out line of the grounds and guide book in your hand; but 1 would not take the element of surprise and curiosity out of the trip, which furnishes the charm to all travel, by knowing be- forehand exactly what you are going
 to do every hour of each day. We stumbled upon our boarding place. We could not have told you five min- utes before we set foot upon the stoop where we were going. The result was we found charming landlady, and the time we spent in that house still fingers as bright spot in our mem- Ory.
 There is good deal to see around l Buffalo besides what is within the EX- position gates. There is Niagara. Of
 course there is Niagara; and it is Mia
 gara that is going to bring the Expo
 sition up to the paying mark, if any
 hand man to the big giant. It is re-
 deemed Niagara to-day. A few years
 ago it was fieecing process at the
 Falls, beginning with the hack driv-
 CTS that fought battle to the finish over you as you alighted from the
 train and ending with the -blooded extor.ions of the hotel proprietor. To
 day YOU can see Niagara, all of it,
 Cave of the Winds, Whirlpool Rapids,
 Canadian side, Goat Island and all,
 without the narrowing WOnderment continually possessing you into what thief's hands you will next fall. Take the trolley ride down from Buffalo to
 the Falls along the brink of the river
 in the early morning. Don't patron |. ize the railroad for that part of your
 journey. Vanderbilt has enough
 money and does not need your railroad