Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-10
TFrom Our Regular Correspondent
Our Washington Correspondent In Eu'
rope.
NORTHAMPTON HOTEL. LIVERPOOL, I
June q, 1873.

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! June q. 1873.
Here we are at last, after a most mag
nificent trip across the Atlantic, 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, had been in the
habit, with most other citizens of the
United States. of calling it Newfound
land, with the accent on the second sylla-
BILE, but the Newfoundlanders call il
newfoundland, with the aecentation on
the last syllable, which, logically and
hetorically considered, is doubtless cor
rect. Geographers, and the teachers in
our public schools, will please take notice
accordingly.
Yonr correspondent left Baltimore, by
the steamship Hibernian, of the Allan
line, on Wednesday morning, the 9th OF
June, at 9 A. NJ, sharp. The Iiibernian is
magnificent boat of three hundred tons,
commanded by Captain William Richard
son, bonny good Scotchman from Dunn
friesshire, and thorough sailor. This
boat, in common with all the steamers of
the Allan line. is provided with all the
most recent improvements, elegant state
rooms, and saloon the entire width of
the ship. We had quite large party
from Baltimore who saw off" number
of their friends, and we went down the
sparkling Chesapeake merry as mar
riage bell. But alas the fun was not des-
tined to last long. About twenty miles
down the bay, the party of Baltimorians
left us in the tugboat Maryland amidst the
waving of hats, caps and handkerchief,
and then we were left entirely to our own
resources and the ships ofiicers
Somehow or other, passengers on hoard
an Atlantic steamer seem always to have
enormous appetites on the first day out
Every man, woman and child on board
promptly put in IN appearance at break
fast, luncheon and dinner on this our first
day out Even those of frail constitution
secuted the idea of sea sickness, so calm
and smooth was the water, and there was
scarcely us much motion on the steamer as
in railway train. The Allan line of
steamships are all constructed with what
is nautically termed n broad beam; !"
hence they roll less than other steamers of
excessive length in proportion to their
width, and even in a heavy sea they are
staunch and steady as compared with other
boats in which have crossed. Congratu-
lating ourselves upon our good luck we
all turned in at 10 o'clock at night, but
few of us turned out again in the
morning.
During the night we had passed the
cape and got fairly out into old Nep-
tunes domains, who rocked us, fatherly-
like, in the cradle of the deep. Being
well myself, could not help notice that
those of our passengers who did have
courage enough to appear at the breakfast
table seemed all to have sudden and Pc
culiar laundering after "porridge," or oat-
meal Cruel; and the delicious salmon
steaks, chicken and lobster salads, lambs
fries and teuderloin steaks went a-beg-
ging and were entirely discarded. There
was universal demand for porridge in
the saloon, and for tin basins in the state
rooms, which kept the stewards as busy
us bees in the honey season. At luncheon
and dinner much the same state of aff.irs
prevailed; and u 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 conIilentially three days after
wards, when | saw him again on the deck,
AS we were approaching Halifax, that he
had thrown his pig overheard half an hour
after dinner. Such is life on the oce an
wave!
But three or four days at sea will cure
almost the weakest stomach of seasick-
ness; and by degrees the seats at the ia
bles became filled, and full justice was
done to the excellent fare. Ale porter
and sherry gradually usurped the place
of ginger-beer as a beverage, and our cap
tain pronounced the passengers convalesc-
ing. There was less demand for the doc
tor, but more for cigars and champagne.
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 won't get offD
and we had games of shuflleboards," 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 Saturday 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. WIS.,
iting in body the famous Roman Catholic
Cathedral, the Armory, the Navy Yard
and the British ironclad Bellersphon,
which is the flag ship Of the North Allan
tic squadron. Wherever we went we
were received with courtesy and hospi.
tality. Oar only passport was that of be-
ing citizens of the United States, but that
was enough to insure us a friendly recep-
ton. Some of us visited the Colonial
Asylum for the Insane, which is situated
at Dartmouth, just opposite Halifax on
the other side of the harbor, and is of
about the same size and managed very
much like the Gov eminent Lunatic Asy-
lum (no joke on the capitalD Mt Washing
ton.
Leaving Halifax at noon on Tuesday.
we arrived at St. Johns, Newfoundland
the following Thursday afternoon, and re-
manned there about two hours and a half.
The entrnnce to the harbor of ST. Johns is