St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-28
From Liverpool 10 Germany.
Extracts from private letter.
16 Turner St, Leipsic. Germany,

Extracts from private letter.
16 Turner St, Leipsic Germany,
Sept. 3, 1888.
A week ago we left Liverpool for
London, by the morning train. That
city is quite modern in appearances
it is in tact-cOmpared with many 9th
er English cities. Streets, railroads,
hacks, busses, buildings, ctc., all have
Il familiar appearance to an American.
But the hotel at which we put up
probably typical one-was strange,
to say the least. After agreement in
regard to price, we were shown to our
room, supplied with old furniture and
quaint beds, and chairs that, in Amer
lea nowadays, would he painted red
and put i'll the parlor as curiOsities.
The walls were covered with paper,
and that, i'll turn, was covered with
age. At 30 we were summoned 10y II
bcll-no gongS thereto table d'hote,
which was served i'll Il so-called "COm-
mercial Room with writing desks and
materials at one end, and two large
tables at the other. Breakfast and
supper were brought up long flight
of stairs to the cOffee-roOm, which was
used between meals for reading and
writing.
Our "luggage" was taken from the
hotel on IL wheeled man-cart,
about one mile, to the ferry for Birken-
head, just across the river Mersey
where we must take the cars. Our
trunks bore the mark of "City of Rome
steamship, and as she had made re-
markably rapid run from New York
this trip, every one was eager to hear
about it, and we became distinguished.
Birkenhead is the northern terminus
of the Great Western Railway. We
found our secOnd-class Carriage" (raiI-
road earl as good as the common rail
road coaches in America. Far more
people travel in the third-class car
riages of England than III either the
first or sec0nd-class. Hawthorn hedges
abound along the line of the railway
and the sandy cuts SO unsightly along
our United States roads were ex.
changed for green grassy banks or sole
masonry. The engines are funny, in
deed. Small in size with no ornament
no cab, no cOw-catcher, no bell, ant
scarcely any smoke-stack, with Il yer,
Shrill whistle, the most noticeable thin.
about them.
We passed under the old wall o
Chester and could scarcely keep on til,
train for wishing to see more of the oil,
city with its cathedral, "Rows," ant
numerous curiosities of aye Older
time" Through Birmingham, large
ancient aud smoky. Through War
wick, with its magnificent castle, turret
ed and strong with battlements an,
Banbury, famous for its cakes, of whic
we had Il very pleasant taste,
"Oh, pray tell me the way
To Banbury cross,
To Banbury cross said she"
Through Rugby and Oxford, famou
in the world of schools. To LOndO
town and Paddington Station, wher
we arrived about p. m.
A ride in hack four or five mile
, brought us to Finsbury hotel, whic
is only short walk from the banl
and close to Broadway street and Liy
erpool street stations. Speaking ,
writer says /: ''Let young man e,
map of the city and walk" Ne1
morning we bought map of til
city and walked. TO Lincoln's In
Fields, law offices, Strand, and to vi,
tOria embankment. There, seated q
,s the wall on the margin of the Thame
- we could see Blackfriars bridge, an
n beyond it was London bridge and ii
:; terrible Tower. Turning "a little, w;
o terloo bridge appeared, and beyond
.e in plain sight, thanks to a bend in ii
re river appeared the house of Parlii
mentand Westminster abbey. TOwar,
these we walked, with flower gardel
on our right and the old river on ol
left. In the garden appeared Il
/. statue of Robert Raikes, having Il
date 1850. Soon "Cleopatra's Needl
came in view, guarded by two coloss
bronze sphinXes. The English ha,
done better by their Needle than '
7. Americans have yet done by oul
III Close 10y is Charing Cross and Trafalg
h, square with its Corinthian colun
> surmounted by the statue of Nelso
which is guarded by Landseer's fo
immense bronze lions. We cOntin
to walk, and pass through Whiteh;
Is to Parliament street, and all about
is history. History recorded in stO
and hronze History made a. the n