The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-01-29

CHEAP TRAVELLING
4 Sew Sersey sehcelmastss 1eoks> ,
Trip 10 Iceland.
iS~~ York Times InlervSewJ
Among tho bric-a~ brac that cover
shelves and cases in tho library OF Jane,
l.icaltOn, the Travelled schoolmaster d
MaplewOOd, in south Orange, N. j., art
many cnr:osities and relics from Iceland
and Brazil. FROM tho former country
are ono Or two ok the curious whal0-oi
lamps that are used when tho Ions
nights come on, Icclandic whips with
carved handles, Inittens with thumbs Or
10th Sides, 70 that tho economical native
may wear ont both the front and hack,
queer snulf- boxes. jewellery, and numer
Gus other trinkcts.
MY trip to Iceland, with short run
through Germany snd France" sailI
Mr.. l.icalton, was made 1t the expense
OF less than $l5O-about the same cost
as my tour through Great Britain.
was prompted to visit this wonderful
country BY several circumstances. In
the first place. II contains in itself thoee
natural phenomena that are to b found
elsewhere only in three different quar.
tors OF the gl0bO There are tho eoysera
that can only be found elsewhere in the
Yellowstone park, m active volcano cx-
listing nowhere else save in Italy. and
the glaciers that should otherwise b,
Obliged to visit ID Switzerland. In leo.
land the three arc found together. Then
the people arc . very remarkable race.
aud rs interesting . any il the world,
from tho fact that they are the only do
seE slants Of tho ancient Normans, who
retain tho language In almost its print
hive purity. Their history dates lack 4
thousand years, and they had scttlcd IN
Iceland hundreds Of years before C0lum.
bus thought Of America
II started from H0bOken, bound for
Iceland BY way Of Hamburg and Copen.
hagen on tho steamer Hcrder of the
Hamburg line, on Juno II, 1884.
took passage In the stecrage, Is I had
done on my trip to Great Britain,
obtaining permission rs on tho other
voyage, from the steward to choose my
own quarters. The passage from Ho-
boken to Copenhagen and return was
ej2, and on the return trip added &lO
for permission to Use the quarters OF the
under officers. The passage from Co
pcnhagcn to Iceland, flrst-class, On I
Danish steamer was *2J, and on the
return trip | pail *lj for first-class
passage to Edinburgh, whence I came
back to sail for New York from llavrc
by way Of Toulon. Boulogne, and Paris,
stopping over several days In each place,
the total expense being, ~ have said,
less than $50.
MY trip over Was unevcntful, ami
arrived safely il Reikiavik, tho capital
OF Iceland, after spending one day on
tho Farce islands. put mp ct hotel
in Rcikiavik and remained there about !
week, walking about TO places OF interest
in tho vicinity. Was much interested
IN tho boiling springs, about three miles
from the capital, where the women do
their washing. These springs savo all
the expenses Of washtubs and kitchen
ranges. Tho women simply carry the
soiled clothing Of the family to tho hot
springs and do the washing IN the open
air. There would b from thirty to
forty Of them about the springs every
day. and they could choose Tho tempers.
ture Of tho water 10 they preferred it BY
washing nearer or further from the
spring itself. Then they spread the
clothes upon the grass and brought them
back clean and dry.
MY next jaunt was to Mount Esia,
on the coast, about twenty miles q tho
crow flies, or thirty miles IL the crow
had walked | think l underwent
greater hardship on this journey than
on any other during my travels. ! had
70 reach Esja by . circuitous course
around several arms of tho sea and four
shallow rivers"
After describing his visit 20 the
gcysers Mr.. Ricalton referred again to
the cost Of travelling:
my trip to South America / made
last summer ct an expense OF less than
800. sailed from New York June u,
and got back on Sept. II, the passage
being sixteen days out and twelve days
back. | spent three days In Para,
Brazil, and then went 500 miles mp tho
Amazon to Santarem, 1t the mouth Of
Che Tapajos. I spent several weeks
among the hospitablc planters in the in
terror, and visited several Of the great
cattle ranches. / took 4 portable camera
with me, and brought back It's photo
graphs Of interesting places that ! Wis
ted
do You think that your methods of
travel could be utilized BY other advcn-
turons young men who mo anxious to
sec as much as possible Of tho worldf'
Certainly. / have undergone no
hardships and suffered no expense that
would be too severe for any young man
q good health and sound mind.