Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-06-29


built as early as the thirteenth cen
tury, Her public buildings are st.
Georges Hall; Brown'E. Free Library,
gift to the city; an Art Gallery,
Museum and Merchant. Exchange.
These buildings are all very fine and
would be an ornament to even Lon
don or Paris. At the Exchange is a
splendid monument to Lord Nelson.
1t is perfectly grand, and every one
who passes through the city and
misses it never knows what he has
lost. Besides these there are many
magnificent business houses. The
Covent Garden building, used for
offices, is very peculiarly built. At
first sight it would seem to be con-
structed entirely Of glass, so large are
the windows and so many of them.
One of the buildings here also dis
plays to the gaze of the curious a
clock which shows the time in all the
principal cities Of the world, New
York, London, Paris, San Francisco,
Calcutta and others. Gilmor's Ameri-
can Band was in the city when we ar
rived, and the people OF Liverpool
We're much pleased with it.
Tie customs Of England are some
what different from ours. In the ho-
tells they have gas everywhere except
in the bed chambers, where candles
are used. Butter is rarely used ex,
cept for breakfast, and water for
drinking purposes is something almost
unheard of. With great difficulty a
hotel guest may get glass of water,
but it will be given him out of glass
decanter and will be warm. Every
one is expected to drink beer, porter
or wine. Although we are partial to
these we nevertheless like cup Of
water occasionally for the sake of
variety. "Smoke room is used for
smoking room, though on the cars
smoking IS painted on some OF the
windows.
In Liverpool we met good many
Of our fellow passengers, among them
an Englishman belonging to q party
of tourists to America. He had been
to see his relatives in Connecticut
and was returning home disgusIed
with America. In our interview with
him he said he could not understand
how American flour and bacon were
sold cheaper in England than America
itself He SAID the Americans with
few exceptions, ourselves among the
number) were "a nation Of swlndlers,
and that only the scum of the hearth
come to Hamerica. He had been
taken in by some Of the hotel keepers
and knights of the reins, and was
venting his wrath upon all Ameri-
cans generally.
Early Monday morning we left for
London. Remembering the Euro
pean proverb, "Only princes, fools and
Americans travel in frst-elass cars, -
we chose the third-clas3 car. We
took our seat and were soon express
ing our indignation upon the Euro
pean railway companies and cars. |
had heard Of the cars before but had
no idea they were fixed in the way
they are. The American cars are
palaces to them indeed the only suit
able name we can give them is dog
kennels. There is not the least ar
rangement for the comfort or the
convenience Of the passengers. After
the passenger gets in he has to stay
there till the manager is pleased to
let him out, though any passenger can
buy a car key and carry it in his
pocket and unlock the door. To pro-
vide against thirst he must take with
him bottle Of wine and his own
luncheon, though at some of the sta
tions the train will stop for about five
minutes when he can buy something
and pay four times the value Of it.
The advantages in riding in third
class cars consist first in riding
cheaper, and second, coming into con-
tact with persons who will tell you
something about the country through
which you are travelling. Since our
arrival we have tried all classes and
have CONG to the conclusion that the
third class is the best. We advise
every one travelling fol information tc
take the third class car, unless they
wan to rlie secluded ana say nothing
on the way. The only difference il
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