Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-03-28

entered from the side. One OF these Is
called First class" another in the same
Car ''second-class, and another third
class There is no material difference
between them. The first.class carriage
is upholstered In broadcloth. and the
second in hair-cloth, while the third Is
apt to be wooden, as to its interior.
But as between the first and second
class carriages-they are called car
riages over here-there is no choice
whatever. In fact, the better part OF
Great Britain travels second out OF
preference. The second-class passen-
ger has the same spring, the
same lights, and the same space
as his high-priced brother. The
only difference is that he doesn't pay
as much for it. There are eight seats
in a compartment-four facing the To-
comotive and four backing it. II you
want compartment to yourself you
must pay Just eight fares. Generally
speaking, you don't want 1t.
Shortly after starting one begins to
understand why the English traveller
always carries a bundle OF shawls or
blankets with him. just before the
train begins to move the porter has put
two or three brass cans, of about two
gallons dimensions each, into the car
rage. These are filed with hot water,
and are intended as heaters for the
room you occupy. In ten minutes they
cease to heat; in thirty they are chilly;
in an hour they are frozen; in two hours
one of them has burst and the others
are in danger. You shiver and wish
you had known all this before. You
have been locked into your compart'
ment, and you can't get out, no matter
how deeply you may desire it. At the
stations the guard let you escape fol
an instant, and expects you to fee him
for your liberty. Everybody expects
to be feed in England. If you ask any
body on the street where a certain
place is, nine times in ten he will &C
and show you. That will costyou from
five to twenty-five cents, according tC
the number of times you have beer
bled that day, and the consequent state
of liberality you are in. Anybody in
England who does anything for you
expects TO be paid. Well-dressed peo-
pie, whom one would as soon slap in
the face in America as offer q fee, touch
their hats when you give them 81,
cents, and say: Thanks, your 'onor.'
Even tho policeman will take four cents
from you, salute you, and say: "Thanl
you, SIR" Imagine offering Boston
officer four cents for any information
he chose to give you! Yet that is {
munifcent price for almost any com
monplace breach of discipline in Eng
land. And it is singular thing tha
Just as much service can be bought fol
four cents here as can be purchased TO-
S.. They take four cents as a matter
of course. If you give more, they think
you are either an idiot or Prince, will
a strong predisposition in favor of thu
idiot theory.
Upon arriving in London porter
seizes your valise and rushes of with i
to the baggage-car, where you pick on
your trunk. 1t doesn't make any diff
ference which one you select, if you
are quick about it. The railway com
pany gives no checks, but is response
bic to passengers for baggage los
through the Vaccinations of thieves
And thief would not be obliged t.
machinate much in order to get ava,
with the trunks of English passengers
When the tourists trunk has beer
picked out, the porter takes it ant
hoists it to the top of another four
wheeler. Twenty-Five cents you pa,
him as the cab rolls away. A drive o
a mile, or even of two miles, costs
quarter only, which, considering tina
the streets of London are so crooke'
that nobody but the cabman can Tin,
the way with any degree of certainty
is cheap. London Cor. Boston Herald