Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-18
TRIP TO EUROPE
From Mid-CCenu fO London
By JOHN 5. BENDER, Esq

The blank being filled in our diary, by
giving yon a mea.r- sketch of our p'lS
sage from Liverpool 10 New York, OF
the homeward stretch, we now com
mence our jotings where we left of, in
our Letter written at Mid Ocean
Having heretofore referred 10 Queens
town. Ireland, we now omit that part OF
our diary.
On the morning of the 2Sih of No
vember, A. d. 1874, We awoke to find
ourselves on the Bar, in Mercy River.
Here our ship anchored, awaiting the
convenience of the friendly tide 10 help
us over. This bar is 20 miles South al
Liverpool, and We were compelled to re
main here three hours, which time was
] spent in conversation, smoking, and
watching the fishermen on their slr,ll
crafts catching soles. n half sole is u
handsome meal lor anyone.
At precisely II o'clock, NJ. the tide,
/ true to its instinct, lifted Us over; and at
Clock, a. n., we again anchored at
ii point i'm the river. with BirAenhead at
oui lett, and LiverpoOi To The right. IL
this point there WAS Il general arlang ing
oi trunks and ba= gage, l0r The iIspec. .lon
ol tie Custom hOu,c oticer, whO Was
lao" ni board Undcr such circumstan-
ccs passengers become extremely selfish
Every one walcnIng his own luggage"
I'VE use THIS term 10 desc iDe all Kinds ot
baggage BECAUSE here tle people would
not InIlcfsian,. what Was meant by any
0thrr,j to 9ei passed ShIOGgn Il, suon AZ
posslDic- hno~lng oI course, that had
n"ti.ing ShUsglcd had my trunk and
Nausc uleued ami reauy Watching IUr
The "hi~cr. 1he nrst oppOri unIiy, 1
oution hnled han. who seeing that liis.
eaerythlng open iOr Inspections, without
iiir'n inquiry put his stans3 upon tlie
tfuifh anu saiis ,ailu tncy "cie on tne
ic.,der, among the very first to be taken
|" tne waari. Shortly aiterward an
English gentleman Whispered in The ear
DI ihc OI..Cer tiI1 81 WOido-''i am "A mtm-
oer OF Parliament II i, need ess Ia sily
ills franks were all ran>acked from top fo
ootiuIa. regarded TIA, a. highly Com
plinicntary la Amcii,si. Soon the Lug
sage together with tI,c owners were ON
BOARD tnc GciI,.'f, Ia ne carried la the
Dochs. This short interval wls t,hcn
UP In liz and blessings We had
also ime M0nur oi AN insIiatiur front The
uculDer tom liaBvhc>tcr 10 Visit b1th
houses oi Parliament, vino promised 10
Introduce us To- toe English dignilaric,.
Tor which we ihanked him, uLd would
gladly have aocer'ed, but Tor the lac.
That our time n";id no; permit rs To
wait I'LL February, for Parliament ID com
menee.
As we were s'cp-ing ashore. a.yonssS
Lawyer wi,n lcli. .n,eU in his sor, proc
tiviticS, rcu,a. kctl To me: ~ Ienever
you near lac 'jr:lI,h Liun roar lake OF
your hat Bo~ing to iiim wc rrpicd-
~ men YOU notice the American Eagle
-t,;tr. put on sour b 'ns We did not
use This language b, Cause We thought il
witty. but because It WAS the first that
...me Ia MIMI il. Il We are writing Just
wliat uccu.Icd
The next thing WAS to secure cab 10
take our baggage anti sell To Lime slleet
station. 10 lli.u one We had 10 go Out
side ui the Docks al no hacNu.an Is per
mlticd ta cOilIe In. Ihe ncAt in order
Was to hire IA Porter ie carry our baggage
out. Bat ~ our trunk Mas the first put
on the Tender il would OF couise, be the
lasi one Ia iie Likcn out. We found that
IL would make Us late 10 wait, and as the
Ship company WAS bound to deliver it.
We STATED Tor the staIion without H.
Reaching the station in due time, We
soon had the pleasure of seeing our trunk
on the platform, amt immediately after IA
very puliic Porter tep,ed up and de
niand.d TWO shillings SAID | ''for
" wllat." SAID he tor bringing your
trunk from the docks" but said /,
:rhe ship company Is bound 10 deliver
that trunk al the Station House without
charge 70 get rid of the unscrupulous
pInip. paid him. and then hired de-
cent Porlcr To nj my trunk on the cars.
and soon WAS aboard myself for London.
y person accustomed To travel in
America, will be much surprised on bis
first arrival in England
TIE RAILROADS,
As general rule are more permanent
structures than ours. The bed is very
complete, the rails oi steel, and on most
roads The track is double. The motion
of the trains is swiiter, running from 40
To 10 mikes per hour. While We admit
England and France are ahead of Ameri-
Ca for road beds. we feel proud OF A.neri-
can railroad cars.
The first Introduction of an American
to an English car, reminds him at once of
an old American stage coach. Indeed
the cars, in England. are called coaches,
and are constructed with four wheels,
and two apartments in each coach, with
capacity for six passengers i'm each apart
mept. Having got aboard of first class
coach, I'VE would not have dcne so. hut
our ticket WAS paid for, and deserving To
attain all advantages To be derived from
it, were soon on our WAY To London.
The INSIDE
of the coach was upholstered in the finest
couch style, and contained two seats. one
back and one front, aufiicient to accom-
mediate six passengers. 30 that when
seated, three passengers on one seat and
three on The otncr would face each other
There is no fiie in The coaches. hence
In cold weather, travellers in Europe must
furnish themselves with rugs, wrappers
and oversbo.s at their own expense. AS
soon as the passengers are aboard, the
coach is locked up. to remain for the
journey. which, fiom Liverpool to Lon