Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-11-05
Letters of a Traveller
To The Democrat n sentinel
No.. g..

with whom / had promised 10 dine was
waiting for me, after spending some time
with lis interesting family, we concluded
we would 20 to the Park and return that
WAY I'm the evening. My friend and my
self took street car 10 that place OF
amusement some miles from the city. bat
II cost ONLY five cents 10 90 amy distance
in the city. The cars were slack al iiIst
but at every square they got thronger un-
i'll finally the men got up when lady
came in and held by the straps and gave
up their seats, these straps are hung down
from the ceiling for the purpose of keeping
the holder in equilibrium. Another Set
of elegant crinoline made IL appearance
at the ear door. and thought II was my
time to -; up, but Ia doing - met a
look of reIruuf from the conductor, with
the words In a low voice from the condic-
tor. 'keep your seat sir IN looking al
F the late arrival found she w:ls a s;ylislry
dressed d,.atge which at once accounted 10
me for the rcprUVing look of the conductor
! quietly seated myself a":,in and tlle wcnch
took the rope. The Park l. 80 extensive,
80 decorated and laid out, and every thing
- elegant. regardless Of expenses. that |
! can "ive but a meagre description of II In
the compass OF letter. suffice 1t 10 sav.
that il i a beautiful SUNDAY OF Holiday
recreation nj little or no expense for those
who are pent up in the city, at hard work
every dav In the week. On nv return
TO the Hotel | found my companions had
been travelling partly in the same direction.
and haI seen fully - much a. | diI.
I Il. I'll
and height. 20 far as Il had progressed ot
the ne,y Cathedral OF Bishop Hughes.
which. when finished will be th,. largest
house OF worship on the American CONT
uant. This was oar first SUNDAY In New
York. and we seemed we'll pleased with
IT, particularly after we refreshed ourselves
with hook and soda waters. 80 we retired
To rest AMI al, l presume dreamed ct the
Allc-lanv mountains. lis seen = and IN 4
dents, its sons and daughters. The next
DAY it rlined very heavily, there Were any
amount ~ umbrella sellers Ia the Hotel
from. new ones down 20 those that sstw
their best days, an4 would be only tit for
ono trip. When ii cleared off we went 10
; see the bulls and bers of Wall street. and
found them Il good dead ike other men.
a. we had TO make some purchases of the
! precious metals 10 suit Europe, we were
astuniShed in gong into a shop where they
, bought and sold nothing but gold and Sil
yer. at the amount of that trash they ha,
around them, and how they treated 1t "a:
if thcy were DOING business In a graeI
graccry where nothing l. kept but onions
whi-Lev and red herring. We wan
. among the stores in Bru;ldway to purcha~z
; some articles, and 10y the way. the Broad
s WAY stores are more snowy than are TO b
| seen IN North America. Having 20
: throueh with our business on t7TrJ ii,7aa
- w went to examine the sailing craft iha
6 were first TO cross the Atlantic
: The first we went tn examine was IL
CBg ~ BslfiusOsr. Ia sail TO- Liverpool ~
Queenstown, on the following Saturday
we examined her - fore and afi. au
4 found her rs we thought. Il fine. s;auncl
= comfortable. Syaworihy steamer. we i.s!kc
about taking paS>l-e In h r. bu; CON
IT, nn definite conclusion uniil we ,voul
a ~ee others. We next procurei :, tick
TO visit the GroE EIstcrs, that monster
the deep. got a boy and a small ~kiti
take ~ 10 her. made a har.r.lin with hin
IN that IL WAS necessary TO make h;sr..s,
for every accommodation IN the citv
New York. OF we would invariably be Il
-, subjects of imposition Ii l. really a
~. toni>iing how far this CITY l. In advan
- of Philadelphia In rascaliiv. We GOT 4
.. several flight Of stairs ON the outside of q
-. GTo0 E;tG,ra. showed our adlnisSi,
I ticket and cot on board One of the OF
g, Gers on board showed us through the sll
d, for an hour. After we returned we We
lao Ia the office of the Great EaselJ'. lnl q
al gagged our PASSAGE. and had a friendly
q tcrview with the gentlelnaniv Iur,-er :,
r. the AGENT, and arranged everything sat
,r- lactorily. A. we had not much time
u remain in New York, il kept u busy
IA hunt up some little things for the J,;lSss
am and have them packed up
lrt We called in ut Jacobs in Chath;
n street and made some purchases. Il
Of Jewellers establishment was kept hv
me same family for upwards of forty YEA
M which sufficiently proved to Us. althou
they were Jews, there was none of ia
III the wandering jew
yis After ve thought our outfit was ca
d.. Plcfc and everything arranged we c
y, bar.scd on board the G5eat Esseg7, ":
his ing for The tide. We had To he there
the evening previous TO her sailing. "a the I
ere suited her very carly. and 1t would not
for IL to wait till next morning lest
OF should miss our passage. We W
md aware of the old adare :. Time and I
to wait for no man
IL.