The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-01-24
Extracts From the Private Letters Of a
Young American Girl.

have only five regular meals daily, but we
are allowed frequent lunches of tea and
sea biscuit. My visa Wis at table is very
dark man whom we call our "Indian "
friend He is very polite-cracks our nuts
and insists that the waiter attend to US
properly. Halfway down our table, on
the opposite side, sits a German who also
takes great interest in us, is great deal
too lively; for he insists upon our eating
whatever he recommends, and he recon-
mends the most horrible things on the
table. Yesterday when Mrs. p was
about to add milk and sugar to her oat-
meal mush he screamed out, "not milk
and sugar-not milk and sugar; put salt on
it." Everybody at our table stared for a
moment then burst out laughing. "Solo.
mon," the name we have given him, gazed
around an instant trying to see the joke;
but failing, with shake of the head gave
it up. This morning we had service con-
| Quoted by Dr. Malenberg, of New York.
1t has rained all day long thus far, and
last night we were kept awake by the
scream of the fog horn which raised its
dismal, horrible cry every five minutes I'M
til long daylight. We are off the coast of
Newfoundland and we shall have wet, fog
gy weather till we are well past the coast.
MoGday.-We had Church last evening,
and wish you could have heard the sing
| ing. Mr.. Knight, a minister, pitched the
tune and they began singing, " When |
can read my title clear and got through
the first verse pretty well, but when they
came to the second verse Mr.. Knight pitch
ed that so low that it reminded me of
Charles sepuchral " all right ~ Then 4
lady struck in so high that it was impos-
sible forSany one to sing with her. She
stad up, and Mr.. Knight down. and to-
gether, yet apart, they sang two lines-and
to add to the absurdity, he was singing the
I'd and she the Sd verse. BY the time they
had finished two lines it became too much
to endure, gravely, and there was roar of
laughter in which everyone Joined except
the two singers.
Yesterday l passed "Solomon pacing
up and down the lower deck, saying to
himself, 81 don't feel good don't feel
good; I think I am sicB.'' Our state-rooms
are infested by reaches At first we
| thought them dreadful nuisance, but now
so little variety do we have, we look for
ward all day to the pleasure of the last
half hour before retiring which we spend
| 81 bod - lin
ing those within reach on the walls and
removing the corpses-all with due cere-
mony. Our faces are very much tanned
and it is impossible to keep the friz in our
hair There is young Englishman on
board who wears white canvass shoes with
thin soles and no heels; and Spaniard
who sports red morocco slippers with very
high heels near the centre of his tiny feet
There Is also 4 son of John Bright on
board, but | DO not know him even by sight.
July live have had one perfect day;
the air clear and fresh, the sun shining
brightly, the sky beautiful blue and the
sea the same, only darker. stood by the
railing in the forecastle long time watch
ing the shining, white foam as it cured up
from the ships side and fell in shower of
pearly drops on the bosom of the dark
blue ocean. We staid on deck all day and
enjoyed every minute; but at sunset
cloud came up and now it is raining.-I
have just made discoveries. DR.. Mullen
berg is the author of 81 would not live
al W. ha I'd wit h ba eli
pers is the one who gave the order to fire
upon the eight students in Cuba; and |
know John Bright's son, and he looks
stupid and not in the least "bright'
LONDON, July eSth.
On Monday we visited Windsor Castle;
it is twenty five miles from here and takes
an hour to go there. After reaching the
Castle the first place we visited was St.
Georges Chapel. The floor is of many
colored marble, laid in Mosaic patterns.
The windows are filled with pictures in
stained glass, principally of Saints and
holy men. We saw the tombs of several
of the Kings of England; among them
those of Charles l, and Henry VIII
Along the sides of the Chapel are the stalls
of the Knights of the Garter. These stalls
are made of beautiful carved wood, and
the banner Of the Knight to whom the
stall at present belongs is hung just above,
while the escutcheon Of the former owner,
and of all who have preceded him, are
nv, III on bo h,o1-
The Queen has box high up lin the wall
where she sits when she goes there to
Church. We went through the State
apartments where saw Gobelin tapestry
for the first time. The paintings here are
said to be very fine; but l was disappoint-
ed in the size of the rooms and in the fur
niture also. The rooms were none of them
large, with the exception of the dining
room, in which nine hundred persons have
dined at once. The dining table was made
in the reign Of George ", and looks as if
it would last for centuries. We went next
to the stables and l remembered the
American Girl Abroad - when | saw the
baby carriage of the Prince of Wales, and
a velocipede belonging to some little Duke
The Queen has fifty horses away with her,
and there were about the same number re-
naming at Windsor The name of each
horse was painted above his stall, and the
stables were perfectly clean and sweet
We visited the riding school, the floor OF
WHICH is thickly covered with tan bark, so
if the wee princes fall they will bump their
noses softly.
On Tuesday we went to the Tower
After crossing the moat, we found our
selves in an enclosure, with q very high,
thick wall all round it, and a number of
towers inside the wall First, we went
through the armory; saw the armor Of
Henry WILL and several other Kings; also
the chain armor used by the knights in
the Holy Land. There were several suits
of armor stuffed to represent men, and set ON
mock horses, which were also caparsoned
for war; SO we got quite an idea of how
the Knights used to look when ready for