The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18
LIVERPOOL, June 81, 1878.

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LIVERPOOL, June 81, 1878.
Here we are at last; after most mag:
niaccpt trip across TIE At.ahllc, during
which we "took in" (but not by force)
the interesting and well-worth-seeing
cities of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and ST.
Johns, Newfoundland. Until arrived
at the last named place, I had been in
the habit, with most other citizens Of tie
United States, of calling it Newtoandlanrij
with the accent GU the ss6ohd syllable,
bit the Newfoundlanders call it New
founddand, with the accentation on the
last syllable, doubtless correct. Geogra-
pliers and the teachers in our public
schools will please take notice accord
iugly. ,.,.. g.,
the steamship "Hibernian,," Of the Allan
Line, Oh "Wednesday morning, the 5th of
June, 9 a. m. sharp: The "Hibernian"
is a magnificent boat of 5000 tons, COM
manded by Captain William Richardson,
q bonny good Scotchman, from Lumfries-
shire, and thorough sailor. This boat,
in common with all the steamers of the
Allan Line, is furnished with all the
most recent improvements, elegant state
rooms, and saloon the entire length Of
tho ahin We had uuite q large plrty
from Baltimore who ''saw OFF, number
of their friends, and we went down the
sparkling Chesapeake merry as niar-
riage bell. But, alas the fun was not
destined to last long. About twenty
miles down the Bay the party of Balti-
moreans left us in the tugboat "Mary-
land" amidst the waiting of hats, caps
and handkerchiefs, and theh. we were
left entirely to our own resources and the
ships officers! i,
Somehow or other, passengers on board
an Atlantic steamer seem always to have
enormous appetites on the first day out;
Every man, woman and child on board
promptly put in an appearance at break
fast, luncheon and dinner on this our
first day out. Even those of frail consti-
tutions secuted the idea of seasickaess,
so calm and smooth was the water, and
there was scarcely as much motion in the
steamer as in railway train. The Allan
Line of steamships are all constructed
with what is nautically termed "troad
beam;" hence, they roll less than other
steamers of excessive length in prDpor-
ton To their width, and even in d heavy
sea they are staunch and steady as COM
pared with othef boats id which have
crossed. Congratulating ourselves upon
our good luck, we all turned in" at ten
o'clock at night; but few of us "tnrned
out" again in the morning. During the
night we had passed the cdpe aid got
fairly out into old Neptune's domains,
who rocked us fatherly-like in the cradle
of the deep. Being well myself, 1 could
not help noticing that those of our pas
sengers who did have courage enough to
appear at the breakfast table seemed all
to have a sudden and peculiar hanl.ering
after "porridge," or oatmeal Cruel; and
the delicious salmon steaks, chicken and
lobster salads, lambs fries and tender
loin steaks went s-begglng, and were
entirely discarded. There was univer-
sal demand for porridge in the saloon,
and for tin basins id the stateroomS,
which kept the stewards as BUSY rs bees
in the honey season. At luncheon and
dinner much the same state of affairs
prevailed, and Baltimore gentleman
who made bold to appear at the dinner
table and partake of sucking pig, which
formed one of the items of the "bill OF
fare" told me con6dentially three days
afterwards, when I saw him again on the
deck as we were approaching Halifa1,
that be had thrown his pig overheard
half an hour after dinner. Such is life
on the "Ocean Wavew
But three or four days at sea will cure
almost the weakest stomach of aeasick-
ness; and by degrees the seats at the
tables became filled, and full justice was
done to the excellent fare. Ale, porter
and sherry gradually usurped the place
of ginger-beer, as beverage, and our
captain pronounced the passengers con-
valescine. There was less demand for
the doctor, but more for cigars and cham.
pagne. An amateur minstrel troupe"
was formed for the amusement of the
passengers, of which your correspondent
had the honor of being one of the "end
men," (my nose is black yet, because the
burnt cork has rubbed into the skin and
wont get off!) and we had games OF
:'shufleboards," or "horse-billiards," as
the sailors call it, on the quarterback
every forenoon. We saw lots of whales,
dolphins and other funny animals, and
sailed into the harbor of Halifax Satur-
day evening, June 9th, where we were to
remain till Tuesday noon following.
This gave us abundant time to 'do" this
interesting city, which we did in the most
approved manner, visiting, in a body,
the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Che Cita-
del, the Armory, the Navy Yard and the
British ironclad "Bellersphon," which is
the flagship of the North Atlantic squad
ron. Wherever we went we were re-
ceived with courtesy and hospitality ;
our only passport was that of being cltl-
zens of the United States, but that was
enough to insure US a friendly reception.
Some of US visited the Colonial Asylum
for the Insane, which is situated at Dart
mouth, just opposite Halifax on the other
side of the harbor, and is of about the
same size, and managed very much like,
the Government Lunatic Asylum (no
joke on the Capitoll) at Washington;
Leaving Halifax at noon on Tuesday,
we arrived at st. Johns, Newfoundland,
the following Thursday afternoon, and
remained there about two hours and a
half. The entrance to the harbor of St.
Johns is one of the finest in the world /;
immense cliffs rise almost perpendicularly
from the water to height of six hum
dred feet, leaving a narrow pass or en-
trance Just wide enough for two ships to
pass each other. The scenery is grand
and wild in the town itself there is not
much to see except dried Goldfish and
dogs. A fine pup, gen.
uine breed, can be bought for about a
dollar and half, and it might pay an
enterprising yankee to come up here and
buy up a cargo of them on speculation.
Wholesale they can doubtless be bought