The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-13
ACROSS THE SEAS.
An Interesting Letter from Citizen of
Dallas now in Scotland.


Ry m. Dallas now in Scotland.
AeDsde GLASGOW, November % 1SS9.-TCorres.
7o, ,ondence After rather superficial exam.
ieorss. nation Of our baggage by customs officials,
'unias We stepped from the good ship Furnessia
R'v into the tender, and in five minutes were
Louj, ,,bore at the railway station at Greenock.
fleas. The Firth of Clyde from the sea TO Green
ain Ark rivals in picturesque beauty the scenery
md Y; If the Hudson. On either side are the
@i beautiful Scottish hills and in the distance,
AZ NJ. opposite Greenock, the famed Ben
~ Tomand lifts its snowy head heaven.
pso.. wards; indeed, all the outlying
nt o Kills were snow.clad and glistened
Fran with peculiar beauty in the morning sun
ansas beams special train to convey the
I'd all hpessia's passengers in waiting at the
depot. The guards assigned us a COM
~ partment in u carriage they call the cars
carriages here a copper box of hot water is
No. placed at your feet by the porter. the doors
sIe closed, Il shrill whistle, like that of
Dallas policeman sounds, aud out of the
: DEPOT we shoot for the twenty-mile run up
as the beautiful clyde to Glasgow. The COM
-. partment in which | was placed was about
XIV lhe size Of an old-tashioned Concord dill
III gence and upholstered in leather very sim.
liar to that ld.time vehicle. The seats
and are comfortable enough, and the adyan-
tages Of privacy are attained. | must not
describe Scottish scenery to you and your
ns readers; Scott and Black and host of
other noyeliss have lamiliarized it to every
lee intelligent reader A
SUCCESSION OF HILL AND VALE,
cut into small plots of ground hedged with
hawthorne or stone fencing, pretty Ays-
shire cattle, Cleydsdalc horses and black
sI@ faced sheep partly fill in the picture. From
d GreenOck to Glasgow there is a succession
Of manufacturing villages, unit! We reach
aud Paisley, when for the next seven miles
it is pretty much a continuous city.
Glasgow, as you know is the second city
ec in size in Great Britain, containing some
thing like million of people, and its wealth
10 isbeyond computation, IN fact, owing to
~ the blessings of free trade, all Scotland is
wonderfully prosperous. Would that the
terrible burden of tariff legislation could be
100 lifted from us at home. 1t grinds the farm
:. Ing population of the United States into the
~ very earth, and were its iniquities half
known our deluded people would sweep it
M forever from our statute books No pen can
picture the harm that it does to Texas and
~ the south and west nor could tongue or
= pen portray the prosperity, power and
hal piness OF America if this damnable
ROBBERY WERE TO CEASE.
We are ushered into the great hotel of st.
En0ch, a lady clerk takes our name, writes
u and hands us our room number on clrcu-
lar piece OF paste-board, somewhat larger
% than silver dollar, directs the hall porter
TO show us the life elevators are den0m-
mated as lifts" here), and we are shot up
to room 30, an apartment elegantly fitted
up, with all the conveniences of
h hot and cold water bath
rooms attached. A luxurious
warm bath, most refreshing after this sea
voyage, the attentions OF a det and garru-
lous Scotch barber in your own room for
halt an hour and down to the coffee room
iorlunch. You will know that we lunch
here at 1880 O'Clock and dine from 9 to p.
M, long after darkness has fallen upon the
earth, and in mid. winter in this high lati-
tude II falls early. There are some pecu-
harltles about
A sCoTcH LUNCHEON,
or dinner, that may be mentioned. The
waters are dressed in swallow-tall coats,
black trousers aud vests, with great show
Of shirt bosom and white neckties. The
outter is unsalted and placed on the table
IN small rolls IN the exact similitude
OF boys marble, and is lifted to
your plate with fork. Your egg-cup Is
the exact counterpart of an hour glass, only
open at both ends, and hollow throughout.
mad to take notes of my neighbours Gctlon
before could handle an egg de rgeuer. 1t
seems that you should cut OIL one end OF
The egg deity with your knife, set 1t in
your cup, salt and pepper it and dispose of
IRON the original shell with spoon spe-
Cally adapted to that service. Dishes at
the table d'hote are served in courses and are
excellently cooked and pleasantly seasoned.
Inc coffee is good, better than III America,
Except, possibly, In New 0reans,) and the
tea Incompatible We never get such teas
IN Texas rs are shipped from Chinese or
russian ports to Glasgow. The mutton. oil
course, is well.nigh unexcelled. AS for
beef, we can't tell whether we are eating
American or English beet, That served to-
uay at dinner may have been part oil the
identical 800 beeves brought over by us III
ine reirigeratng compartments Oh the
Furnessia.
The rarity of male clerks here strikes
one as q novelty. The.bar in the hotels,
and as far as | have observed about the
city, are presided over by, women,
hhnat superb specimen OF the genus
gives way TO an easy.taced, plump Scotch
maid or matron. Your bath is arranged
1y a female attendant, and your door Key
lelt In charge of the matron in the service
room on your particular floor. The males
are evidently
BEING FORCED FROM THE SOFTER PLACES
mere, and quite properly too Speaking OF
female bar-tenders reminds me OF the enor'
nous amount Of whisky drank by these
nearly Scotchmen. They don't tolerate
me American fashion OF fancy drinks, 1t is
either whisky and water, or whisky
aud soda, and naught else. But II is the
pest whisky that ever went into man,
mouth, There IL no more headache IN IL
than in the sparkling streams flowing from
frosty Ben Lomand. | approached the
drinking of raw whisky here with Scotch
friends with fear and trembling, for re-
membcred how n 'thimble-iull OF Dallas
misunderstanding would provide me with .
three days steady headache. But | am
agreeaby surprised to find that no such re.
suits follow its use here, but, on the con-
rary II has proven beneficial to health
Tomorrow visit with friends to the cell
ebrated ship.wcrks of the Clyde and drive
10 The famous places of this hne old city,
FORBID drunken nostrums in your family.
Parker's Ginger Tonic is al invigorant that
never intoxicates