New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPOND
ENT IN EUROPE.

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Here we are at last after most magnificent trip
across the Atlantic, during which we took m
(but not by force) the interesting and WeilWorth-
seeing citiesof Halifax, Nova Scotia and st. Johns
Newfoundland Until arrived at the last namea me-;
zens of the U s. of calling it MeWFouNDiana Win
the accent on the second syllable, but the New
foundlanders call it n ewfoundLAND, with I aca
rhetorically considered, is doubtless correct Geo
graphers, and the teachers in our public schools,
will please take notice accordingly. =. a+o.ro
4 Your Correspondent left Baltimore, BY the eteam-
ship ssEIbernian'' of the Alan' Line, on Wednes-
day morning the 5th Of June, 9 A. NJ sharp. me
sibernian is magnificent boat OF 5ooo tons, COIL s
manded by Capt. William Richardson bonny good
Scotchman from Dumfriesshre, and thorough
sailor. This boat in common with all the steamers
of the Allan Line, is provided with all the m9se
saloon, the entire width Of the ship. We had quite
a large party from Baltimore who 'sssaW or. .
number Of their friends, and we went down the
But alas! the fun was not destined to last long;
About twenty miles down the bay, the party OF OF
Baltimorians left us in the tugboat Shiaryiana
amidst the waiting Of hats, caps and hankercme.s,
and then were left entirely to our own resources
and the ships officers. .
Somehow or other, passengers on board an At
lantic steamer seem always to have enormous ap-
pehtes on the first day out Every man,
woman and child on board, promptly put IN an ap-
pearance at breakfast, luncheon and dinner on TINS
was the water and there was scarcely as much mo-
tion on the steamer as in railway train. Ine Al
what is nautically termed a "broad beams" hence
they roll less than other steamers length
in proportion to their width, and even IN neavy
sea, they are staunch and steady as compared with
other boats in which have crossed. Congratula;
ting ourselves upon our good luck we all turned
in' at ten O'Clock at night-but few Of us .turned
had passed the cape and got fairly out into % old
Neptune's domains, who rocked US, fatherly ike,
in the cradle Of the deep. Being. well myself, l
could not help notice that those Of our passengers
who did not have courage enough to appear on the
breakfast table seemed all to have sudden andpe.
cuar hankerng after s'porridge,'' OF oatmeal
and lobster salads, lambs fries and tenderlion
steaks, went begging and were entirely discarded
There was universal demand for porridge IN the
saloon and for tin basins in the statero0ms, which
kept the stewards busy as bees in the honey sea-
son. At luncheon and dinner, much the same state
of affairs prevailed; and Baltimore gentleman VINO
take Of sucking pig which formed Of the items
of the Bill Of Fare told me condentiay three days
afterwards, when saw him again on the deck M az
we were approaching Halifax, that he had thrown
his pig overheard half an hour after dinner Sucn
is life on the Ocean Wave!
But three four days at will cure almost the
stomach Of ana qy 9 Hstcs
was done to the excellent fare. Ale, Porter ana
Sherry gradually usurped the place.of Ginger Beer
as beverage and our captain tne psa ar
the DOCTOR but more for cigars and AZ
amateur minstrel troupn was: formed for the;
Of the Of which n your t%s amd eor
men;' my nose is black yet, because the burnt cork
has rubbed into the skin and wont getoH! ana we
nag games q shufeboards" or horse. .pllafas rus
noon We saw lots of whales, dolphins and other
fnny animals and sailed into the ltarbor OF Hall
1 eseng June 5 @
abundant time to dO'' this interesting clty wnlch
we did in the most approved manner, visiting IN q
body, the famous Roman Catholic Cathedral, the c-
tadel, the Armory, the Navy Yard, and the British
ronclad sBellersphon,' which is the flagship OF the
North Atlantic squadron. Wherever we went, we
with ssy and
y, but that was enough to insure ns friendly re-
ception Some of us visited the Colonial Asylum
opposite Halifax on the other side Of the harbor,
anu Is OF about the same size, ana managed very
much like, the Government Lunatic Asylum (no
I LEAVING HaRfs9 Z on Tsaesday we arrived
| at st. Johns, Newfoundland, the following Thurs
DAY afternoon, and remained there about two hours
and half The entrance tothe harbor Of s.: JOINS
1s one OF the finest in the world; immense clfds rise
almost perpendicularly from the water to hedgnt
OF SIX hundred feet, leaving narrow pass or. en-
trance Just wide enough for two ships to pass eacn
other. The scenery is grand and Wild; in the town
Itself there is not much to except dried cOdnsh
and newfoundland dogs. fine pup, genuine
breed can be bought for about dollar. and halt,
up here and buy up cargo of them on speculation
Wholesale they can doubtless be bought cheaper
The run Of seven days from St. Johns to Llver-
pool was attended by the finest weather 1t has ever
been my good fortune to witness on the broad Al
lantic Seasickness was legend ofthe past and Por
ridge I was nowhere The tastn nd
ox-tail soup, squads on toast sand slch al meals;
and in the evenings we had mock trials, muslcai
performances, and private theatricals on 1, board;
Among our passengers from Halifax for England
was the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia with his wife