The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-18

| by mAue uuIluk my Travels ~ 6teA
Britain. took the Flying Scotchman
on the Northwestern Railroad, to Londsn
at cost Of Fl, or about s, travelling in
comfortable car with cushioned seats,
spent three weeks in London and saw al
there was 10 be seen. For the inst foR
days | put up at an inn at an expense o
81. per day for my lodgings and breakfast
thought that was too expensive, and o
I found pleasant little houss in thu
suburbs, where / paid only los. per Weel
for two rooms and got my meals Tor tlihi
extra. rode back and rthbstween my
lodgings and the city at the cost Of Id
each way, or ID. a day, and did all my
sightseeing on foot. visited both house
OF Parliament, and was fortunate enough
to see both Disraeli and Gladstone, whom
| recognized easily from the caEicatures
had seen in the papers. obtaAed per
mission to both houses by means Of ticket
l purchased 81 o policeman in attendance
at Is, each. / visited Westminster Abbey
several times and attended service there
by Dean Stanley. sailed up and down
the Thames several times, aud visited the
Observatory at Greenwich and the Wool
wiCh Arsenal, and also Hyde Park, the
100, in Regents Park, the Kensington
Aluseun, the British Museum, the Nation
al Gallery, the Crystal Palace, the Tower
the Postollics, st, Paul's Cathedral, the
Bank OF England, and a hundred other
interesting places. heard one Of Spur
seon's sermons and several other famous
cleTgymen, and walked everywhere, with
out cent Of expense,
''From LonuOn | went by rail TO Dover,
visiting the castle and the chalk cliffs, re-
turning to London day later, That
night took the cars to Fleetwood, q port
on the Irish sea, and took passage Tor
Belfast, Ireland, atan expense Of about 81
for q third'cass trip, my companions be-
ing cattle droYers and that class Of men.
The trip occupied one night, and arrived
At Belfast in the morning, where | spent
one day. The next morning started to
walk into the interior through farm
ing community, ! visited country
school by the Wayside, and though the
.eacher was pleasant and well educated
man, did not gain very favorable i'm
preston OF his methods Of instruction or
discipline, | walked twenty miles that
DAY to BallynahiRch anil stopped over
Ilght at a tavern, where the fare and &C,
iOmmodations were good and the charges
reasonable, ! visited another school here,
md then walked back to Belfast By an.
other road,
II remained day longer In Belfast and
look steamer for Glasgow, Tor wished
to see more Of Scotland. Ilelt Glasgow at
noon Of the day | arrived aud walked
thirty miles to KilmarnoCk the same
afternoon, reaching the tllesn's Hotel az
s o'clock In the evening, attended tue
lnveiliug OF \ statue OF Burns in KiIm9r.
uock the next day, which brought great
people from all over Scotland, There was
procession q 10000 people, and the adj.
iress was delivered byG member oil Parlla'
nent, who was diItant relative Of the
heroine Of one Of Burns poems. / walk.
sd from KtlmarnCCk to Ayr to visit the
birthplace Of burns, In the Vicinity OF
Alloway Kirk, and remained there four
days, living with Scotch family In a
EhatChed cottage, within 100 iiet Of the
famous bridge upon which the goblin
seized the tail Of lam O. Shanters horse.
During my stay l walked over to the
coast OF the IIish Sea to look Ut old Ailsle
Craig many miles out from shore, men.
toned by Burns, las deaf as Ailsie Craig"
Gwentbark to Glasgow by rail, where re-.
NAMED Two days before returning to New
York In the steamship Bolivia, Of the
same line as that by which crossed be-
f1le. made the same arrangement with
the steward Tor my quarters and got back
nome in the best heall and spirits in time
TO take up my school NJ the end oil the
summer vacation.
During my tour through Great Brit.
ain" Mr.. RiColton concluded, II had
walked over 800 miller, travelled 500 miles
by rail and 400 miles by water, and yet
my total expenses, including the passage
to and from AMERICA, was under $3.50. The
Cooks tourists, who came over on the
steamer with me, spent one day In Glas-
gov, one In Edinburgh, and perhaps two
In London, while ! spent from one 10
three weeks in each place, besides visiting
hundred others they never thought Of,
FhOir expenses were Slh0 before they
reached Liverpool" '
Mr.. RiColton's experiences In South
America and Iceland were Of an adyen.
turous and even hazardous nature, and his
recital Of them furnishes an interesting
chapter. lie Is at present contemplating a
visit to Africa.