The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-01
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/ look II Liverpool. and that was plen-
ty Although great commercial city,
and teeming with business al the while,
+ il isA city oi no other attractions what
ever: and while Il Is well paved, Il is
filthy and nnheAlthy Of beg
gars aud lewd women form disgusting
sights in every avenue and street Of the
, city. These things are common TO sea-
ports, bat Liverpool Is very largely
cursed With pests Of all sorta The 3lst
sas q fine day. and after passing thro'
all the confusion Of steamer day, We
found ourselves on board and moving
down the riyer, about noon. Charlie
was in fine spirits, and as we stood on
the upper deck and began 10 leave Liv-
erpool in the distance, he grasped my
hand and waved his hat exclaiming,
Good bye, old England, have seen
both your glory and shame, and now |
leave thee, satisfied. thank the Lord
when We shall again come under the
stars and stripes, emblems Of manhood
and liberty. Europe win do, but give
me home with Uncle Sam" Yes
Charlie. there is no place like homs" /"
We bad about two hundred passen-
gers in all, and the afternoon was spent
in getting arranged and settled on board
for the trip; everyone seeRed to feel
good, aud glad to be homeward-bound.
The English channel was quiet and We
made good time. and found ourselves
at the harbor OF Queenstown the next
morning. Sunday at nine o'clock; be-
ing obliged 10 stay here five hours wait
ing for the mails 10 arrive from London,
we anchored half milo out English
Church service being read in the saloon
We attended, and called upon ourhearts
10 join, with as much as real worship as
such formal service win admit. This
being over we joined large party to go
ashore. Queenstown Is but small
place Just below Cork, and is made up Of
fisherman and beggars, the wharf is lit
orally lined with both, the beggars have
SO much competition, that there must
have been a dozen at the heels of each
one Of us, they have got tho business
reduced to science which far surpass-
os all other places that we have visited.
Tho Irish blarney, which begins with
"May the Lord bless ye and give ye
long life, and yer children after ye, &c. "
were stereotype expressions; we walk
cd about the town so as to be able to
say that We had been in "Old Ireland. 7
When the mail arrived we returned to
the steamer, and got on our way again
about two o'clock, the weather being
fine and all things in good order, we
made about fourteen knots per hour,
and before dark were far out sight of
land. The next morning Charlie and ]
began TO look over our friends, to know
who we had, and we discovered that the
general character was quiet, steady
crowd, only q few lively spirits among
them. There were Q few distinguished
individuals: the Hon. Judge Redfeld,
formerly ON the Bench in Vermont,
with his daughter, . lovely and highly
cultivated young lady Of about eighteen
years; they had been travelling for a
few months on the continent. their so
ciAl qualities dore much TO make the
trip pleasant. Albert Lawrence, Whose
business talent entities him to crown,
among the merchants Of our country,
with his wife and family. were among
our number, and helped much TO make
US cheerful; Mr. Bigelow. notorious for
being the inventor Of the wonderful
carpet -Ioom-~a very good and genial
man. His wife, daughter and neice,
we're with him, and much credit ia due
them for our pleasure on board Mr.
Mason, the great locomotive builder. Of
Taunton, whose cheerful face ever
makes all happy about him, acccnpa-
MED by his wife, son aud daughter
John Walker, Esq, Of ST. Johns. n. b.,
a wealthy gentleman Of about fse and
forty, whose heart has withstood all the
charms Of the fair sex Of both Europe
and America. andstands this day an un-
bIomished bachelor. he was also among
our number. His cheerful manner.
with hearty good word to all; his
large fund Of sharp speeches and anec-
dotos. with stories thai always hit the
point, made him q star, on board and
were sorry 10 have him leave us at
Halifax. often wonder why s1ch men
above al others. are not in possession Of
good wifo. He was on the Cuba with
as when We went over, and We were
mneh reioieed 10 find him on the Chi
nA ! could mention many others o.
his strpe, who helped Charlie and TO
paSg awav NANNY uleasant hour. bad