The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-19

Chicago, who inquired very particularly after
our Deacon A. B. Williams Of Kenosha. Inc
Rev DR.. entertained the company with some
xcdllent readings from Shakespeare, and al
SO Preached an eloquent discourse on the Sab |
bath At on of the concerts the sum OF S3l.Oo |
was raised tor the benefit of the unfortunate
sailoi
Among the prominent sporting characters
and veteran smokers IN the company, several
received the appelations of Prussia, Texas, |
Jumping Jack, Dublin, Redtop, Cuba. York
shire Buebeard, and Cock'robin. Foreign
traveler. have criticised Americans. and very
justly too, for their national hablt-and q
filthy habit too--of chewing and splitting TO-
baeco juice, to the no little detrlment OF 10
dues dresses, and the convenience of their
fellow passengers. AS an Offset, we can name
the habit of the continentas in everlastingiy !
putting tobacco smoke. They never chew,
but the pipe or cigar is ever in their mouths.
We have often been in the crowded compact
meni of a car-6 by ten feet, calculated FOR
ten persons-when one halt the number were
filling it with smoke, to the sufflocation ct
theirtellow passengers, ladies included, with
out asking permission, or even thinking they
were doing anything ungentlemanly, and II
they putt cloud sQuarely in your lace, they
seem to think, of course, tobacco smoke can
not be offensive. Ladies often smoke, but
seldom in public
On the English railway the case is entirely
different, no smoking is allowed except IN
the smoking cars, and but little public smO-
king is SEEN compared to what is seen on the
continent. From our experience In various
countries we had prided ourselves on being
proof against the various annoyances which
are met in public. 1t requires strength
to combat with strength. We had combatted
successfully with The " thirty-siX distinct
smells " of Naples, described by Byron, or
SOME other author, and an equal number in
Cairo and Jerusalem we had commended with
the strong cheese OF Italy. and the strong CT
garsOf central Europe, and In each case come
off strong and victorious, but was reserved
to the little band above named, " unknown
to fame" to bring us TO subsection In the sa-
loon OF the steamer Italy. We had miscalcu
lated our powers of endurance-We were lit.
eIally smoked ont" by some OF the most
vlllainOus and Sting tobacco and cigars that
his Satanic majesty ever manufactured. We
had inhaled more than a dozen cubic leagues
of tobacco fumes, had been smoked to a
mummy but had never before been yGnQatiSb
ed. We rushed on deck gasping for brea b
and IN an agony OF desperation cried, " o for
one little spot in this vast universe, where
/ we might breathe the pure air of Heaven IN
detitd by the fumes of will ainOus tobacco
! Ye Gods listen to our supplicatiOn and grant
Currequest for the sake of humanity and de-
| ceney ! "
| The steamer continued to plow her furrow
Ia the great deep, and we continued to watch
|
10 each others wants-to discuss aud de
eide various and important questions &c.
! One stormy day when half the company were
sick, the following subject was discussed :
''ReSolUed, That the author Of a life on the
ocean wave deserved halter" 1t is un-
necessary to add that it was unanimously de
cided in the affirmative.
Small birds had been with US two days
when on the morning OF the Doth of Septem-
! Der we reached the quarantine ground in the
| lower bay of New YORK. and after two or three
hours detention by the health officer were
permitted to proceed to the city, Five for
! eign steamers had arrived during the night
and morning, and the health officers had
! their hands full. On reaching the city, the
| saloon paSsen gers with their baggage were
transferred to u steam tug aud landed on the
dock under a miserable leaky shed in o
drenching shower. The custom house officers
were on baud and the examination Of bag
gage was gone through with in very salts
factory manner, giving no cause for COM
plant They were gentlemanly and as lib
eral as the construction OF the revenue laws
would permit.
No sooner did we reach our hotel, than we
were off for the office OF our old friend and
school chum, H. Nichols, Director and
Agent for the Burlington u Quincy railroad,
and whose soul is as large as his whole body.
With Che exception Of Mr.. French whom we
met in Germany, his was the trsc familiar
first of April. Every body knows the way
home from New York and it is unnecessary
tor us to direct them.
We have patroniZed the National Line OF
steamers both out and returning, and regret
to say that we cannot recommend It. Indeed
there, are certain facts which should be known
to the public.
The company is not uniform in the rates OF
passage for the same accommodations. In
going out we paid $74 for a state room, being
the highest price demanded for the best
rooms, and were not aware that they were
the subjects of banter. Our roommate paid
but $40 for precisely the same accommoda-
lions. The difference in rates OF cabin pass.
age consists in location of staterooms, the
privileges otherwise being the same, and all
dining at the same table. Returning the rates
were higher, being Il, ID and IL guneas for
the different grades of stater0oms. The best
were all taken when we reached Liverpool
and we engaged one for Is guineas Our
roommate, we afterwards learned, paid but
II guineas for the same accomm odations, and
gentleman and wife occupying an adjacent
room of the same grade, paid but II guineas
each Thus we had paid $50 out and return
ing more than our roOm-mates, and all be.
cause we were verdant enough to suppose the
National Line was above such contemplate |
tricks as playing the part OF catch-penny. III
other cases some. paid IL and others II guineas
In the same room. which, of course gave rise |
to any thing but pleasant feelings Two gen.
temen on board, one an Englishman
from Australia, the other an Irish lawyer, ex.
pressed themselves SO dissatisfied that they
should patronze any other line than the Ma |
tional. Several Of those who felt themselves |
aggrieved by an overcharge, and among them |
Rev DR.. Goodspeed of Chicago, applied to
the purser for redress, who treated us polite
ly. but referred us to the agent at New York,
as he had no authority in the case. We call |
ed on Mr.. w. F. Hurst, the general agent in |
%noO ifr NIY1oo %roo I'D if0lU hit otoA
that he could not act in the case IF we would |
write to the agent in Liverpool he would for
ward the letter for US We did not credit his
denial of authority to act, as he had all the
docume nts to substantiate our statement
However, he requested us to call on the fol-
IL hut e. IL