The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-19
OUR YANKEE LEAVES LONDON AND
TRAVELS HOMEWARD.

In the hustle and activity gifts streetsLon-
don more nearly resembles New York than
any city of Europe. The rafting of it's vehi'
Giles never ceases. London Bridge, during
business hours, is one perfect jam Of vehicles
| Of every description, besides the thousands OF
| those passing on foot The city, though SO
large, containing upwards of 100000 OF IN
habitants, is no more difficult to traverse
| than other cities of less size, and even less
difficult than Venice or Constantinople. 1t
contains several general thoroughtares, and
| if the stranger is temporarily lost, by pursu
irg one general course, he is soon led into
some one of the larger streets, and by the aid
OF a pocket map he need ask no questions.
Lonpon is emphaticaly city of plug l.ats
even the boys wear plugs-young England
and who would not wear plug when a
good one may be bought for $3.50, or SO. 90
The ladies, except the beau monde. are more
sensible than their continental sisters in the
matter of high heeled boots, the latter wear
ing ridcuously high heels, tapering almost to
q point, and we have seen thousands whom
we knew by their gait were suffering the evil
consequences.
The sights in London are numerous, but to
the traveller, who, for six months has been on
the constant round of sight seeing, they loose
much of their, interest. We visited the British
Museum, an institution of great renoWn, and
which we should have much more highly
appreciated SIX months ago. 1t contains
probably the largest collection in the world
of the kind viz: Antiquities, Egyptian, Gre
clan, Assyrian, sc together with various
fishes, fowls, animals, insects, weapons, and
plements of savage nations, FOSSILS miner
ais, aid curiosities of in general but he
same or similar collections, though far less
xtensive are to be seen in various cities OF
Europe 1t is open to the public, free, three
days in week, and affords to the student o.
natural history study for life time
Omnibus fare In Lopdon is 100 per cent,
higher than in Berlin, and cab fare, by the
hour, three times as high as in Rome. Steam
boat fare on the river is very reasonable, and
boats are constantly crowded. Among the
nume1 Gus monuments of the city we notice
one to the memory of Sir John Franklin and
comrades who persisted, as is we'll known in
an Arctic expedition few years since.
Having received our return letters from the
cont inent, we left the city after stay of sew
en- days, for Liverpool, en- route for home.
With it's green meadows, we'll cultivated
fields, tidy and comfortable farm houses,
smooth lawns, neatly trimmed hedges, nu
merous scattering trees and groves fine roads
and bridges, and elegant county seats Eng
land is O beautiful country. Liverpool is
strictly commercial city, with extensive
docks and warehouses, but short stay suffi-
ces to satisfy the traveller. In appearance 1t
differs but little from American cities. AS
the steamers are usually crowded at this sea.
son, we lost no time in securing our state
room on board the Italy, of the National line,
to sail on the 18th Of sept.,-the following
day.
Did YOU ever witness scene at the docks
on the day of departure OF a foreign steamer ?
II not, imagine an immense floating dock of
an acre ortwo, more or less, encountered with
, tons and cords OF trunks, valises, chests, box
es. bales, bundles, babies and all the other
traps and caamitieS too tedious to enumer-
ate, which passengers and emlgrants usually
carry with them, and motley crowd of men,
women, children, emigrants, Sailors pOrters,
land-sharks, loafers, vagabonds, ragshag and
bobtail.-ship's officers shouting orders,
bo'sn's whistles piping, sailors 8 no heave
: hoing" women chattering or screaming, old
women blubbering, babies squawling, loafers
a swearing porters hurry scurrying, steam roar.
J ing, Norwegians eating bread and cheese, and
r you have faint idea of the scene on the
floating dock at Liverpool on the 18th OF Sept.
1871. TWO steamers were to sail on the same
day; both were lying out in the stream and
, receiving passengers and luggage by steam
tug from the same dock. The cmigrants with
their luggage were put on board during the
ldaY ard the saloon passengers at p IN. At
I6 O'Clock the machinery was put in motion,
and we were of. Dropping down the Mersey
. six miles we were afiOat on the Irish sea, and
a run OF 90 hours brought us to Queenstown,
where we received q considerable accession 10
our passenger list. swelling the number to
upwards of 80 in the cabin and 500 in the
: steerage. The latter consisted of English,
Irish, Germans, Swiss, Swedes, and Norwe-
gians. OF the former about one-third were
returning American tourists the remainder
were English. Scotch, Irish, Dutch, German,
Canadians, French and Cubans-a variety of
nationalities, but harmonious in disposition.
We left Queenstown in high spirits-a short
time and the shores of Ireland were fading
from sight, and we were on the great deep,
with nothing to do but eat Qour meals day.,
drink, be merry, ard watch over The health
of each other. Six days the steamer ploWed
her way through the briny sea, with favoring
breezes only, to watt her toward her destina
ton, and nothing to mar the harmony or mo-
notOny of the scenes on board. The country
| through which we were travelling was very
FGt. and rather damp, and presented little
variety in the landscape, but the passengers
confined their attention within. On the
seventh day out, the breeze freshened to q
smart little gale, which had serious effect
on the health Of sundry passengers. On our
voyage out in April we experienced q remark
able episode in our health, as related at the
tme-we enjoyed very remarkable state OF
health during the eccentricities OF the steam
er on the return. To vary the montony of the
voyage, sailor fell from the cross yard one