The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-18
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n0W ID YRAvEL CaEApLY.
thu Experiences Of Village school
master.

Ths Experiences Of Village school
Esv Hok TiHa
Mr.. Ricolton's experiences as travele
are so remarkable rs to seem almost in
credible when considered hastily, but an
calculated to turniah encouragement t
any young man Of limited income vino de
aires to see other parts OF the world thai
that in which he was born, On a salar,
OF $500 per year Mr.. Ricolton has brough
up q family Of three children, and ye
found the means within ths lost Ave year
to travel all through Great Britain, il
France and Germany, Norway and swe
den, In Brazil and South America, ant
even to thoroughly explore isr.away Ice
land. He lives Ia a pleasant cottage II
MRpleYood where pretty l5'year,OlC
Lizzie RicOlton presidea aA housekeepe
and ministers 70 her father and .twI
younger brothers, besides Ut ending tChoo
ave days in the week. The house Ia
museum. The bones OF mastodon at
tract attention from the front Verands, lh(
paFlors are filed with Indian and Euro
pean relics and curiosllies collected b.
Mr., RlColtop in his travels, and in u cage
In the rear Is beautiful jaguar GaptuTeC
IN the interior oil Brazil, q thousand MILF
from the mouth Of the Amazon, while I
playful little South American pecCarJ
gambols about the kitchen with the fam
ily cat, Mr., RlColton's travels have, O
course been Of great bentiit to his sChol
ars, and once a week he gives them object
lessons in geography, illustrating with tht
trophies he has brought from tar.away
countries,
Ins uost remarkable feature Of Mr.
Ricolton's travels have been the slight ex
pense under which they have been made
yet not Involving any discomfort that 4
stout and heavy Young fellow would cal
hardship. His trip through England, Ire
land and Scotland In 1870 coat him lest
than $3.50, including passage both ways
though he was absent two months. Three
years later he visited Norway and Sweden
Germany, France and Iceland at the SAINT
cost, anu last summer he made triI
through Brszil, extending over period
Of number OF weeks, at even less ex'
pense, Only to give Others the benefit OIL
his experience Mr.. RiColton consented Il
relate his travels and ad yentures.
u was brought up GU FARM" "he
said, but have always had a passion lol
travel, 10 read u book Of travels would
almost set NE crazy with desire to see iOl
myself the places described. realized
that the extent Of my income would moi
allow me tO travel US other tourists do
and 80 decided 10 make an etiort 10 s.t
other countries at an expense that II
almost trlfilng. lnAde the experiment
and succeeded. My father was Scotch
man, and 30 my natural desire was to wish
Great Britain first. All my travels have
been made during my two months sum
mer vacation, and therefore my ist TIP
vas In the summer OF 1879. took !
steerage passage on the steamer AnChoria
Of the AnchOTia Line, and was astonishet
to find how comfortably the passage Coulc
be made. ltcost S2S'0ach way then, but
1t iB only $ljnow. | took the preCautlOU
to go 10 the steward Of the vessel and re
quest permission TO choose my apart
ment. ~ allowed Inc TO have my choice
AS oil stewards are willing TO do. Then
furnished my berth with my own bed
ding and utensils, and took very fON
iuxurieR for uss In case OF seaslCknesj.
found the ships fare abundant and good
and noticed the only perEons who UouI
planned Of II were Irish, emigrants, who
tlad been used TO living upon half.CookeC
potatoes in q peat bog,
1--WE left New York on June % ant
reached Glasgow on July 0. A party o
Cooke tourists had taken cabin passage
on the Anchors, but 1 saw nothing o
them, except on tho Fourth OF July, whiCl
they celebrated by drumming on tin pam
and making speeChe1. l remained In elias
VOW one week, and found very cnmiorta
BILE quarters with family ln BgocleuCl
street, AZ cost oil IT,, or 20 cents, pe
night, with very small additional chargC
for my breakfast and suppGr, which gen
orally took where lodged. These twt
meals did not cost more than 3d., thougl
they were very good. While in Glasgow
made excursions on foot up and dow
the Clyde, visiting several Of the locks ant
the leading Rhip building yards. l alst
visited the university snd all the othe
points Of interest Ia The vicinity, goinl
about on foot entirely, at no expels5 saw
for my meals and lodgings, From Glas
gov ! wentthird lass by rail 10 Edinburgh
at q worry triaing expense, and here | re
NAMED i week, obtainine ladging with {
respe ctable family at the gaIn0 rale I pait
10 GLASGOW, At no additional expense
visited, on foot, Hollywood Palace, the Gas
tie, the National Art Gallery, the Botani
cal 6ardeug, the Aquarium st. Gle
Cathedral, and oil ths other places Of in
terest.
~ took q third class passage by raj
from Edinburgh to Dundee, crossing tn
fay bridge on a faw weeks before IL fell
only remained In Dundee long enougl
to look Rbout q little and then proCsed OF
foot to Perth. Istopped over night at tn
coy little matched cottage ot Peasan
Horne, who made me very welcome ant
comfortable. When ! asked the price {
my lodgings In the morning they laugh
ed at me and saidi
"'A strange thing wad II be II we CoulC
ma keep body the NIGHT without maxim
the charge for It.
$50 babe nay hospitable entertainer
good morning with many thanks, and lel
them my name and address. A peculla
incident was that two yeatp later reCeiyet
letter from Horne asking for information
about a lost child whom he thought to b.
| in America. After looking about Perth
walked on tosterling, famous for the battlI
OF BsnnotkhurD, which Is marked by
banner tioatipR from the battlefield.
also visited the historic old castle, thl
Wallace Monument and The old TOURNEY
field, spending a day In the place. ! wen
back to Edinburgh by rail, and then b.
rail to HawiCk, walking thenceto Jedburgl
and the Oheyiot Hills, u distanCeoi twent!
miles over . moor, upon which lost IN!
way by night Ny object In visiting jed
bufgh was TO lnd my fathers cottage
He had been shepherd Id the employ 0
q farmer named Douglas, and Btrangel!
enough, willis wandering on the moor
caught sight Of a light, which followet
anddound To be the residence Of the Boi
OF my fathers old master. ttoll him IN.
Grand, and he received me with grCS
kindness and showed me much attention
The following day l walked 10 the toI
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