Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 16, 19 January 1894 — The Learned Tourist. [ARTICLE]

The Learned Tourist.

There are soiuo {>eoj)le who , • know it all and otbers who thiuk ‘ they do, and the lattcr are apt to ( make the greatest show of know- 1 lodge. 1 1 Oue of this sj>ecies stood near 1 tho bow of a Chamj)lain steamer ' one dav. He had a remarkable ; ( • # | 1 sunburnod comple\iou, lie car- 1 ried a guide book ia one Land, ’ * three railroad timo tables and a ( map in the other and he wus I bursting with information. Final- ! ' ly, unahle to stand it longer, he 1 aj>proached a small man who was leaning thou*;htfullv over the rail. “My friend,” he said, impres- 5 sively, * I suj)pose you know that ( those gray aud fallen walls over 1 there ou the west shore are all 1 that remaius of the world-famous Foit TiconderogH r ' “No, 1 didn t know it.‘ said I tbe small man, simj>ly. i “Well, sir. they are. It was i on that sjK)t that the English ( commander was called from his i l>ed to surreuder iu the name of s the Contiuental Congress. It was along these shores.' added • the man with the ruddy comj>lex- , 1 iou. waving the tiattering time- ' t.vbles oratorically, “that the French and Indians fought the t Euglish. Everv stone, sir, is i crowded with bistory.” | “Ticonderoga, heyf ’ said the < other. rctlecti\ely. “Doyoulive up here?' j “No, I live in New York.” , “Born here, j>erhapsr’ | “No. sir.” j, “Travel np and down the lake \ pretty often, I supj>os' > f” < “Well, no: this is my first , trij>,” reluct.mtly admitte».I the owner of tbe guide book. "Tis, heyf Well, I was purser i of tbis bo.it for niue ycars aud 1 | know every foot of that &hore. , That ruin over there is Swmj>son’s : mill and Ticouderoga is niueteeu mīles souih of here. Auv- ! : thiug else to iellP — Waverijf * | Mayazine. i i