The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-21
AMERICANS ABROAD.
Tho Stage Yankee in Europe.

Tho Stage Yankee in Europe.
Foreign travel is doubtless a most valda-
bic instructor, and few Americans of aver
age common sense can travel to any extent,
either at home or abroad, without adding
to their stock of knowledge, and receiving
a certain amount of practical instruction Of
real value. But certainly l have met Amer
lear parties abroad as unfit for foreign
travel and who would receive as little in
teliectusl benefit from it, as student in
mathematics who has advanced no farther
than simple addition, would from weeks
instruction in calculation of logarithms.
The cheap excursion system has enabled
large number of this class of travellers to
visit Europe; and, although not for a mo-
ment denying that it has enabled many
worthy and well educated persons Of linn
tied means an opportunity for foreign
travel and sight seeing which they might
never have been enabled to enjoy, yet
many of the most outro and verdant speci-
mems of humanity that, even in our great
cities, would have excited observation from
all, and even ridicue from the unthinking,
attracted by the wonderfully low figure of
Cook excursion ticket to Europe and the
Vienna exposition, scraped together their
three or four hundred dollars, or withdrew
it from the country savings banks and
swarmed into the old country like crusad-
ers after this new Peter the hermit, who
preached the attraction of the distant CAPT.
tai to them, which they were to advance
upon, and painted the journey in glowing
colore. There were men from Vermont
who had never seen the Green mountains
from western New York, who couldn't tell
you the height of Niagara falls; an Illinois
farmer who had never been in any city in
his life but Indianapolis.
Great, tall fellows, with mourning
clothed finger nails, who chewed tobacco,
and spat on the marble floors Of cathedials
and were the very types of characters
which English writers have described in
their books on America as representatives
of our country-descripti which may
have vexed us, and caused more than one
to avow them to be caricatures. overdrawn
sketches, or malicious Misrepresentation
Yet here they were IN arOpria persona,
stalking through the Vienna exposition,
sticking their boots up on railroad-car
seats, or stumbling over kneeling worship
pers in St. Peters.
On of this class came into our railway
carriage between Munich and Vienna "a
tall, somewhat ungainly looking man, with
lnC uullOldl lbtlC5 VI lu6 AneTl-
can countryman as prominent as if the
word had been painted upon his forehead.
In the railway carriage, besides ourselves,
was an Engllshman and his daughter, our
pleasant photographers, on both
whom the newcomer soon opened fire, be-
ginning with the usual fusilade of ques-
tions
w, on, 4 duA ~Js. --- - ."
English, l spose p
yea:
"Yes."
81 sposc you mean to go 10 the Worlds
fair there, don't ye ?"
81 think we shall go to the Exposition
while we are there"
"What hotel shall you put up at =
"We shall go to the Hotel Metropole."
"Haow ?"
"The Metropolitan hotel" volunteered
in explanation for my English friend, who
was beginning TO be amused. The dialogue
was resumed.
"Oh! ah yes. don't understand
French; but our party-we're the eedica-
tional excursion paity-heY an Interpreter
who goes long with us all the time, and
translates everything
Englishman.-Sir, you are very fortu-
nate.
Yankee.-Yass. Whole trip from Amer
ikee, and back, only four hundred dollars.
Eng. -Very.rcasonable
Yan.-Big pile o'money for some on us
but l was bound to come. Ever been to
Vienny beforel
Eng.-Yes.
Yan.-How big place is it2
Eng.-lts city of six hundred thou
sand Inhabitants
Yan.-You don't say so BY the by,
Vienny is the capital of Orstrey, ain it?
Eng.-It is.
Yan.-Which way are you goin' when
you leave Vienny?
Eng.-North.
Yan.-Travelin' for pleasure, or bust
ness'
Eng. Principally for pleasure.
The reader will please to recollect that
this is 10 fancy sketch, but report of
conversation which actually occurred as
here set down.
Yan:-Whas part of England do you
come from?
Eug.-The city of Loldon.
Yan.-In business there?
Eng.-No, cir, am not.
Yan.-Carryin' on any business out of
town.
Eng. No, sir.
Yan:-What is your business, when you
are to home
Eng am not in any business.
lan.-Oh Retired?
Eng.-Yes.
Zone would have thought that the Amer
lean, having now run his quarry complete
ly down, would have "retired" also but
no, he returned TO the charge again.
What
you retired
Eng.-I was book-publisher.
Yan'-In business long?
Eng.-Foriy years.
fan.-Wal, you've got some time yet to
enjoy yourself. How old do you call your
At this point the good-natured Briton,
VINO had been more amused than vexed by
this impertinent catechism, changed his
tactics, and replied to his interrogalor's last
question in the true American style-by
asking another, and continued to follow
him up after the same fashion he had been
attacked himself, as follows:
Fng.-How old should you think me?
Yan.-Wal, about matter of sixty-fiye
or seven.
Eng.-How old are your
Yan.-Give a guess
Eng.-Forty-two. Are you an Ameri-
can
Yan.-Yes, sir; STRENGTHENING up.
Eng.-ln what part of America were you
born?
Yan.-Wal, was raised in Vermont,
but moved to Elmira, New York.
Eng Married.
Yan.--Yes, sir; married when l was
Eng.-Any children
Yan.-No, cir never he'd none.
Eng.-Wife travelling with you
Wanna air Pm a .yido,.,o.