The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-21
A FRESH BRITON.
An English Tourist and His Sad Ex-
pcriencc in This Bloody Country.

Mr.. Alfred Cummings, q toncy En-
gishman from London, was seen by
Times reporter at the depot last even
ing, en- route to New York. Mr., Cum
mings has been visiting friends in Den
yer, having obtained twelve weeks
leave of absence from his London en-
ploycr.
What do you think of the country?n
Mr.. Cummings was asked,
80, | say, don't ask me. don't
like the place; it is 50 different from
England, and the people and customs
are SO queer. l only left London
about a month ago, and wish wero
there again.
What appears to strike you as be-
ing so diilercnt?'
"Why, everything. just look how
they travel here. When got to New
York my luggage was in confusion,
and | had to pick out the things my
self You know, | offered man |
thought was porter siX-pence if ne
would find one of my bags, and he
said he thought was pretty fresh.
What did he mean by fresh? And
then | hired cab and drove to n hotel,
and the cabby wanted to charge me 81,
and | asked him how much that was in
English money, and he said English
money - and he used perfectly
horrid expression, and | gave him 10
shillings and took his number, and he
said he would bring me my change,
but he didn't. complained TO u po-
liccman, and he also said he guessed
was pretty fresh, and when | asked
him what he meant he laughed.
"And then when got on the train |
asked for first-class carriage and Off
cred the guard six-pence to find me Il
good seat, but he laughed and said
this was free country. The train
hadn't been long started before some
fellow spoke to me-some fellow, you
know, had never been introduced to
and he said it was fine country. |
put my eye-glass in my eye and looked
at him, but he didn't seem to mind,
and then he said would get used to it
in time, | said to him, Are you speak
ing to meP' and he said That's what,
and so / moved my seat. Then at
night wanted to 60 to bed, and |
found | had secured an upper berth,
and when | was climbing up that
wrctched ladder tore the curtain un-
derneath, and the porter came, and lie
also said | was pretty fresh, but that |
would catch on. think the railway
carriages are miserable; there is no
secIu..on, and people speak to you
w.tEOu, an introduction.
Another thing which | think very
d.ssgreeable is the way YOU Americans
take your meals. You only have three
and We have four or tive day. | can't
get used to having only breakfast, din
ner and supper, in place Of breakfast,
dinner tea and supper.
Then the Americans are too famil-
lar for me. and don't par enough re-
sgect 70 great people When was in
Neg York ! wa, walking behind an or
binary looking man, and some one
said: DO you know who that is?' and
when said didn't | was told that it
was President Arthur The idea Of
the pre.idcn. OF the United States
walking on the streets Ike that, you
know, il positively shocking. No one
raised his hat, and no one seemed par
ticu.arly 70 care. Why, in England,
YOU know, whenever the queen drives
gu, she ia, q guard Of honor round the
carriage. and a.. the people raise their
hat. when she passes, and the police
man and soldiers salute, and treat her,
5y JOyc, az though she were the queen,
and not just az though she were an or
tinary lady driving. Then ! noticed
some one stop the president in New
York, shake hands with him, and have
quite an animated chat with him in the
public street. Whenever any Of our
princes 20 on, they are followed by de-
tect.ycs. Scotland yard men, you
know; not followed in an obtrus.ye
manner bu, carefully watched and pro-
tectcd; and ] should ike 20 See anyone
rush forward and talk to one Of our
princes like they DO 70 your president.
A man in England takes off his hat
when talking TO any Of the royal fami-
| Is, and it is very few Of the ordinary
run Of people VINO ever speak TO them.
Another thing which seems very
peculiar to an Englishman is the way
Americans carry on their business;
they ALWAYS seem 70 be in a rush and
hurry. The English clerks commence
business al 9 or 10 O'Clock in the morn
ing, and have from Y to for dinner
then they leave at 6 O'Clock and,
at o'clock on Saturday afternoon, anl
man who would make bis clerks
work on Sunday would be socially os
tracised; but here see lots Of bushes
houses open on Sunday, and man,
shops. and the theaters are open OF
Sunday, a thing you never see il
England. Your public houses appea
to be open all night, but at Englan
they open at o clock in the mornin
and close at II O'Clock at night.
How do YOU like the America
CRISP
80, | haven't made up my minC
They are so different to our Englis
girls, you know, and don't quite kno'