Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-09-12
EUROPEAN TOUR.


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v,,w,NGTONIAN'S PLEASANT
roIp-sOME OF THE MANY
PLACES VISITED.
:. n p. Smith, the well-known
M ,alsr of 81 Market street, this city,in
"nany n with his daughter Matte, left
i1pminpton on the 22d of June last Tor
","tended tour through Europe and
nrincipal cities of the o!d country.
an absence of over ten weeks Mr..
N arrived home at II O'Clock Sun.
y evening, and learning Of his arriyal, 4,
snorter Of the REPUBLICAN called
" the gentleman for the purpose of
,ning some points in reference to the
:, which was a very pleasant one,
Vino the exception Of sea. sickness.
',or "S "cSonpratulating the gentleman and
laughter on their successful voyage
i % safe arrival home, Mr.. Smith, with
,s hook in hand, Che having taken
,ss of his Journey proceeded TO re-
- ,he adventures of his trip which
ciyen in part as follows:
TSev bale adiau to Wilmington on
& oond Of June, going by rail to New
srk Citv, where they boarded the
f,itv of Chester" Of the 1ninan line,
i sailed out of New York harbor on
following day, bound for Liverpool,
gAnl. The passage was delightful
e. and caused numerous comments
II; the eighth day out when terrible
'rm arose and the remainder of the
was very rough, especially through
channel from Queenstown 10 Liver
ii Many on board were sea-sick and
i,ea number were 30 afflicted that
musicians were kept busy In atten-
no to their wants. The subject Of
d sketch, however, suffered very lit.
during the entire trip over; but Mrs
little was terribly sick and shudders
en now whenever she thinks oft.
After being nine days on the water
boat landed at Liverpool, where
passengers separated. Mr.. Smyth
|Oceeded at once to the London and
brhwestern hotel, the finest in the
", and upon his arrival there was
rprised to find that, without a previ-
d understanding, l5O of the saloon
,sengers had also registered at the
|me hotel, from which select party
as soon formed for theremainder fthe
Gp, as nearly all of them were bound
4 .he same places of interest.
On the Sd of July the party took a
live through the city and Princess
erk, visiting all the places Of note and
lmirng all the handsome buildings,
b, streets and other objects as they
trc whirled along. After spending
pAay in sight seeing they boarded the
Palmer bound for Glasgow, Scotland.
be- steamer landed the party at Green.
;Hr next morning, from whence
| ey we're conveyed by rail to Glasgow.
1,rprhcy took quarters at St. Enoch's
: mrr hotel aid remained for eleven
{ys, spending the time in viewing all
{ Important places of interest TO be
und at this aucient city.
On the l4th of July they bid alleu
Glasgow and embarked on a steamer
! Port Thrush, Ireland. The boat
fOrIed accommodation for about T.
ks .0gers, Int there were about 100
5yard, and it was sight to see them
FETCHED out upon the deck and lying
Bound everywhere.
Just after starting out, the boat passed
9 immense shipyard on the river
yde, and those on board had an OPP
brnnity to view the wreck OF the
|tuner, which recently sank, just
rrr being launched, with such fatal
(Su,t,, the particulars of which are
\ fresh in the minds Of our readers.
At the time they passed by, workmen
ue engaged in raising the sunken
(oat, which was already several feet
bovr water, and their operations were
P.trIy watched by fully 5000 people
[ho lined the banks of the stream.
|M, curiosity was mainly due from the
yet that all the dead bodies had not
Fen recovered. During this voyage
|ey encountered another terrible |
Forn, aud all on board experienced u
frrihIt shaking up, and ont of the
uiber on board only about dozen
lpeared at the dining table for their
lcaIs. This trip was even rougher
nan the first one, and Mr. Smyth was
bmpelled to succumb to the inevitable,
III 'or time he, with the rest, felt no
ltrtes' IN their surroundings.
His sickness, however, was Of short
aratlon, and in a few hours he again
lade his appearance on deck and ell
'yed the eXhi,irating br-eZes from the
a'"r. Nothing else Of note transpir.
! "htlI the party arrived at Port
hF'sh at O'Clock ON the morning of
r I'th, where they boarded an Irish
uniting car and were conveyed TO the
''r'' After satisfying the cravings of
IT inner man, they boarded a train on
e electric railway for Giants Cause
aE, wherctLey spent the day. This
one OF the most beautiful pieces of
''"rt'S work ever seen by the visitors,
~ 'i'ty were i",h 10 leave the place,
!" aidhot return until they secured Il
rye stone froIG one OF the pillars. After
'arnlng to the hotel and spending the
sA', they started the next day for
'''aolderry, city enclosed with an
intrllse nt wall wide enough for two
images M, TO pass each other.
lney drove around the city on top of
~ hage wal and had a glimpse of
w. cahnoLs which were used during
siege Of this city. A week was spent
,,l'wlng the various objects of inter
w., III 'ils locality, when they left Port
=" a"si Tor Belfast, taking steamer at
", la''er place to Liverpool, where
~ arrived on the morning of July
AMI a. 5p, m. Of the same day they took
a'n = ior London, where they arrived at
~ y M and took quarters at the Royal
@i. !" Eleven days were spent in Lon.
~, uurlng which time many places of
ieres, i' were visited. After taking a
he ,I through Hyde Park, visit was
ue 70 Buckingham Palace, and also
nss'al ,!. Palace, some miles distant. A
,s,hy ay was made In the Tower of
o, ""oll, where curiosities innumerable
Iaapled their attention.
a., az thls place all kinds of relics are
a.Id, .pi'ed, together with the crown
'.,s' ',' including Queen Victoria $
,r ,"n, which is very handsome, and
'y y, o.her curiosities. Leaving here
- party visited the British and South
ol"niLgIoh lgIoh museums, together with the
oElcai n. Gardens, the latter of which
i. ,,,al,is III the largest collection of ami
~ W eYhrY lnan ri nfion 1.E nun ,,lnno L ,