The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-14
ACROSS rnn SEAS



GLASGOW, November ~, iss2,-[Cores-
pondence. l-Ailerarather superficial exam
inaton Of our baggage by customs officials,
we stepped from the good ship Furnessia
into the tender, and In five minutes we're
ashore at the railway station at Greenock.
The Firth Of Clyde from the sea to Green
ock rivals In picturesque beauty the scenery
OF the Hudson. On either SIDE are the
beautiful Scottish hills, and In the distance,
opposite Greenock, the famed Ben
Tomand IFS It's snowy head heaven.
wards; indeed, all the outlying
hills were snow.clad and glistened
with peculiar beauty in the morning sun
beams. A special train to convey the
Furnessia's passengers in waiting at the
depot. The guards assigned us q COM
partment in a carriage they call the cars
placed at your feet by the porter The doors
are closed, shrill whistle, like that OF
Dallas policeman sounds, and out OF the
depot we shoot for the twenty-mile run up
the beautiful clyde to Glasgow. The COM
partment in which was placed was about
| The size of an old-fashioned Concord dill
gence, and upholstered in leather very sim.
| liar to that old.time vehicle. The seats
are comfortable enough, and the advan-
tages of privacy are attained. l must not
dc1cribe Scottish scenery to you and your
readers Scott and Black and host OF
other noyelists have familiarized IL to every
intelligent reader.
SUCCESSION OF HILL AND VALE,
cut into small plots of ground hedged with
hawthorne or stone fencing, pretty AVS
shire cattle, Cleydsdele horses and black
faced sheep partly fill in the picture From
1 Greepock to Glasgow there is succession
of manufacturing villages, unit! we reach
! Paisley, when Tor the next seven miles
it is pretty much continuous city.
Glasgow as you know, is the second city
in size in Great Britain, containing some
thing like million Of people, and its wealth
is beyond computation, i'll fact, owing to
the blessings OF free trade, all Scotland is
wonderfully prosperous. Would that the
terrible burden oftaritf legislation could be
lifted from us at home. ltgrlnds the iarm'
ing population of the United States into the
very earth, and were its iniquites hGli
known our deluded people would sweep IL
forever from our statute books. No pen can
picture the harm that it does 10 Texas and
the south and west, nor could tongue or
pen portray the prosperity, power and
haI piness of America If this damnable
ROBBERY WERE TO CEASE.
We are ushered into the great hotel OF St.
Enoch, a lady clerk takes our name, writes
and hands us our room number on clreu-
lar piece of paste-board, somewhat larger
than silver dollar, directs the hall porter
mated as Gifts here, and we are shot uE
to room 80, an apartment elegantly fitted
up, with all the conveniences Of
r lo, una attached. A luxuriou:
warm bath, most refreshing after this sea
voyage, the attentions of q def and garru
lous Scotch barber in your own room 1ol
q Il 10, tfNf hn
for lunch You will know that we lunch
here at 1:90 o'clock and dine from to p
M. long after darkness has fallen upon the
earth, and in mid winter in this high latl
tude it falls early. There are some pecu
liarities about
SCOTCH LUNCHEON
or dinner, that may be mentioned. Inc
walters are dressed in swaliow-tall coats
black trousers and vests, with great SHOW
of shirt bosom and white neckties. The
butter is unsalted and placed on the tabl'
in small rolls in the exact simllltud'
} of boys marble and is lifted K
your plate with fork. Your egg-cup i
the exact counterpart OF an hour glass, only
open at both ends, and hollow throughout
| had to take notes of my neighbours ectloI
before could handle an egg de rigeuer;.
seems that you should cut off one end o
the egg deity with your knife, set it il
your cup salt and pepper it and dispose
It from the orignul shell with spoon spe
cially adapted to that service. Dishes
the table d'hote are served in courses and ar
excelently cooked and pleasantly seasoned
The coffee is good, better than IN America
Except, possibly, in New Orleans and tn
tea incompatible. We never get such tea
, in Texas ss are shipped from Chinese
3 Russian ports to Glasgow. The mutton, G
course, is well-nigh unexcelled AS TO
beef, we can't tell whether we are eatln
: American or English beet, That served to
day at dinner may have been part OF tn
identical 500 beeves brought over by us I
the refrigeratiDg compartments OF tn
Furne ssa.
The rarity of male clerks here strike
one as a novelty. The bars in the hotels
/; and as far as / have observed about tn
city, are presided over by. women
That superb specimen ct the genu
homo, the male hotel clerk and cashie
gives way TO an easy,iaced, plump Scolc
maid or matron. Your bath is arrange
by female attendant and your door ke
: left in charge of the matron in the seryic
! room on your particular floor. The male
are evidently
BEING FORCED FROM THE SOFTER PLACES
here, and quite properly too. Speaking
. female bar-tenders reminds me OF the enoi
nous amount of whisky drank by thes
hearty Scotchmen. They don't tolerat
the American fashion of fancy drinks, it J
either whisky and water, or whisk.
and soda, and naught' else. But it is tn
! best whisky that ever went into a man
mouth. There is no more headache in
than il the sparkling streams flowing from
frosty Ben Lomand. l approached tn
drinking of raw whisky here with Scotcl
friends with fear and trembling, for l re
membered how a thimble-full of Dalla
notwithstanding" would provide me with
three days steady headache. But ar
agreeaby surprised TO find that no such re
suits follow its use here, but, on the col
trary, 10 has proven benehcial 10 health
Tomorrow visit with friends TO the ce
? ebrated ship-works of the Clyde and driy
to the famous places Of this fine old city,,
q s.