Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-25
AMERICAN CYCLERS
| In England.
Cordial Greetings Every
where.
Old Chester and its
| Sights The Roman
uQll.
Banqueted in Birming-
Stratford-On n-AVon. shakespeare
and his Bride Relics
Autographs Of Emi-
nent Americans.
English Ways and Ideas Of
our Country.
Oxford and its Universities.
The YaStneSS Of London.
English Ways and Ideas Of
our Country.
Oxford and its Universities.
The YaStneSS Of London.


LoSDoN, June IL, 2,lss9.
England is receiving US with open arms.
though with somewhat less demonstration
than did Ireland, for which we are
on the whole rather grateful than
othersise. Rare good will has b. en-,
of course, intended in every case, but ban
quoting and late hours mean heavy heads
and " 'ariness the following day. so that it
has been a relief to have an occasional even
ing without reception. We feel that We
are here to see all that possibly can be
viewed in the brief time allotted each place
and not that We are on exhibition But the
cordial greetings extpn led 10 the party arr
after all very pleasant, aud collectively we
have seen sights ID which AS individuals
might frequently have been barred.
Monday evening, June 3. we embarked
at Dublin for Liverpool. voyage the en-
tire party co-incide in calling very rough
Many. though having successfully withst0od
the tossing. of the additionally stormy Allan
tic here became vic inns to Ncpture's allure
ments To see the clothes in your state-ruom
swinging back and forth, and watch the un-
easy motion of the lamp, is an operation soon
becoming monOtonous, then distasteful, and
finally horrid if the pitching is violent, As
in this case The trouble is that when you
has been furnished, there is no way to stop
the incessant rolling The curtain cannot
he drawn ON the scene at will but the drama
must be sitnessed to the end To the actor
the finale has all the elements of tragedy
for he either fears he is going 20 die or is
afraid he won't. Such is the suffering of
seasickness in many cases. But to the un
enthraled spectator il is farce of the most
amusing description. On this certain Mon
day night there were many actors, and few
spectators If any one who read. this has
thoughts Of being seasck. Just take the ad-
vice of one who has been here and seen the
entire play. ard don you DO it. There is no
sport in it at all
We reached Liverpool in the early fore
noon, and proceeded at once to Chester, over
a road far superior TO any thing We had seen
in Irelaud The cycloneters made the dis
tance to be II miles In this grand old city
the rest of the day was spent. Foremost If
all attractions is the long wall dating from
the very dawn of English civiiz alton
There i. absolute evidence of its founGat OF
be the Romans as early as the year ST. The
two mile circuit of this wall the most com
plete in England was probably he most in
tercs,;rg walk | ever took. With Stod ais
lecture of last winter fresh in nllld. The
VIII be place seemed peculiarly entrsnciny
The thought Of walking on rsuipsrts built
probably under the direction of the great
Caesar aroused an almost uncomfortable feel
ing of reverence for the massive works OF
the uast. and shouts of admiration we're oily
PARTIALLY restrained. phHaix tower on
which King Charles | stood watchdog the de-
feat of his army in 1915 is the part of the
wall most visited. The Water Tower
is also we'll worth seeing, bearing, as it does
marks of some well-smed shots from Crom-
wells army. Ships used TO come close by
hut the river $ now long wsv off. Further
along the artistic Grosvepor bridge over the
artistic river. Dee, is seen the largest single
s'one span in England our stav in this fine
old citv was far too short. vet we all man
aged t. have promenade along the Rows, "
trc lines of stores on the same si1e Of the
street the roof of the ground floor ones
forming the sidewalk fronting the second
story shops. This is the only place where
such curious arrangement of stores is
known to exist, but il certainly is a practical
manrer of utilizing ever inch of land though
that is probably not the reason why in the
long ago the buildings were so erected \
brief visit was also given to st. John
Church. the foundation of which
ly the walls are standing of the Oldest part
and these are covered with ivy and other
green giving every indication of great age
In Chester also is the great cathedral, 80
often described, one of the fines, specimens
of Norman masonry e1tsnt- Il is rich in
eleesut mosaic decorations. beautiful wind
eas and elaborate carvings. The size OF
the transepts and rave Is extraordinary, al
. - fr-fr -ua n 10 n h
line.
Mex lay saw us so niles on the road to
I.ondoi. passing the evening at Stafford, a
plesssa' city but Of trilrg historical inter
est. Following this the elegant Litchheld
cathedral as seen. as we'll as the house il
wIsrh Samuel johnson lived. That evening
We vere bsnqueted in Birmingham, and
/ shown the sights in that large city in fine
.,,le by ~heelmen. From this 81.
r1u,e has been most interesting, leadin.
through kenilworth and the many othel
well known places in the indian is. Tbs
! remains of Leieester's famous castle charmed
all and an hour or more we were wandering
+ over the vast ruins Everything is now in :
truly ruired state, of scme of the magBlh
cent rooms only the mefest outlines nov
being visible. Climbing the deep. wori
stone stairs, ard walking through the "siie'
APARTMENTS where so many nOtabies Of an
Gent times have been. seemed like treadini
over sacred soil. The room in which IN
unfortunate Amy Rohsart vas confined, be
side many dungeons in which kings sn'
queens languished, were all seen with won
iering eyes. Ivy pTofusely covers th
crumblinz walls. making the ruins exceed
ingiy picturesque.
Warwick. with its strong aai veil pre-
served castle, vas only four mile
further. bat there We arrive
so late in the afternoon it was impossible
see the interior But the exterior, seen fror
across the river. vas decidedly imposing
ard regretfully We had to wheel on to Sta
ford on-Avou There the next forenoo