The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-26
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Tie St. Petersburg correspondent Of
the Baltic Gazette has seen advanced
sheets of the first volume Of the Grand
Duke Alexis account of bis voyage
aaound the world. This first volume ls
exclusively DEVOTED to description Of
the Grand DUKES adventures in the
United States. The aforementioned
correspondent writes as follows about
IT.: '~~
,"This is certainly very curious
work. 10 judge from what I have
read of it-whether His Imperial
Hiehness wrote it himself, OF whether
sn able pen did it for bim-the book is
intensely Interesting. The Grand Duke
says his reception in New York almost
stupefed him. Up to the last moment
he had not thought that 80 brilliant a
reception would be rendered in republi.
can America to the son Of q monarch
he was very weak when he landed in
New York, and during bis progress up
Broadway frequently felt like tsinting.
But every body was so kind to him
that f'e tried hard to look pleased, as
he was in his heart Of hearts. Broad
way, he says, in lis opinion, is the fin.
est tboroughfare in the world, because
every thing there-bouses, shops and
the people-look not monosooous, but
gay; lively and bright. What amused
him perhaps more than ii: thing else
vas that the bands, upon catching sight
OF him, struck up, not the regular Rus,
sian anthem, but the so.calIed 'Dirge
Of St Catharine,' which is played in
Russia onl, at the funeral Of . member
of the imperial family. The cheers of
the people were more deafening than
any he had heard 10 Europe, from
which he pIayfully concludes that lung
diseases cannot be very prevalent in
the New World. As to the seldiery,
the variety of uniforms struck him as
extremely odd He says be saw, peace
fully side by side, helmeted Prussians
and "'kapied' Frenchmen, relocated
Englishmen and Irish troops bearing
the bsnper of the Green Isle.
"Tbe Grand Duke cannot praise too
highly American hotels. Amer1osn fare,
he thinks, b. wever, is too rich There
Is at their tables he exclaims, naively,
always too uuch + good thing. I
asked tor the peculiar dishes IF Amerl-
ca, aud at the hotel they could not
give me any Their cooks we're Italian
s"d french. The landlord shrugged
his shoulders when | asked tim about
1t. Out West, b ,wever, my desire was
at once grsti6ed, | dined one day on
baked pork and beans, q very palatabie
dish, which would certainly bear trsns-
planting to Russia
"American manners, the Grand
| Duke thinks, are little awkward and
angular, but d. cideaIy pleasant on &C.
count Of everybody's frauknsss. Hs
tells number uf curious anecdotes On
his experiences With the abvriginea In
Washington be Was told chat the Irish
ser want girls at tn. residence Of N. Cat.
scszy were dying t1 seai.' HoSPnt
I'd cap aud an old travelling cloak,
aud went .upheralded down into the
kitchen amvng them. He Was not re-,
cvgu,z, d"b, sae Bodies, aud chatted
With them for lii an hour de found
out that one OF them had 40 idea Of
where Russia Was situated, and one OF
the girls even asked him it the Czar o.
ways wore crown % bis head, adding
that she knew tue Qaeen of Eos gland
always did Equally amusing is the
sccouat OF his reception At Omaha, in
Nebraska, where Il mem5er of the Log.
islature congratulated him on tho sue.
cess Of his father in the war with
France Another Legislator of that
State wanted to know If it vas always
cold inzR .ssia. .
"These funny episodes 10 the West,
however, we're amply made up for BY
the extreme kindness and consideration
with which tho army officers there
treated tie Grand Duke. For Gener.
al Custar and his subordinate officers
the Grand Duke has words of the
warmest gratitude. General Cussar's
photograph is published In The volume,
(which is m, st sumptuously printed and
profasely illustrated. Ouly q few hun.
: / died copies of the book will be issued" i"