Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-09-20
FROM GERMANY.
An Interesting Letter From Over
the Briney Deep.
A Hopklnsville Young Man Abroad.

T.. II
A HopkinsviIle Young Man Abroad.
tm LEIPZIG, Aug. 10, 1889.
To THE Ed. KENrUcKIAN:
SIR: IL was with peculiar feelings
that left Hopkinsville At a very early
hour Wednesday morning, July 3rd.
The excitement incident to such q
trip as had before me would nat
urally tend to eDgross ones attention,
out could not banish from my mind
the thought OF my long stay away
from relatives aud friends aud home
Il say home for, although have
spent only small proportion OF the
past six years in Hopkinsville, and
although it Is not likely that / shall
live there upon my return, shall
always look upon II as my home.
NV ticket was TO New York via Rich
mond aud Old Point Comfort. The
trip from Hopkinsyille 10 Hunting
ton, w. Va, was uneventful, but
shortly after leaving the latter place,
at midnight we came suddenly upon
the wreck of u train, which had
stai ted from Huntington only short
time before, and we were obliged to
wait until the middle of the next
afternoon for the track to be repaired.
But 80 great was the breach that
even then the work was not finished
aud we had to ride down TO where II
occurred and walk over TO q train on
the other side of the wreck. l shall
never forget that fourth of July, for
as we did not know at what hour we
should leave, We could not walk
around and see the town, but were
Obliged TO wait at the station or sit
la the cars, and long, long, time II
seemed, with nothing TO relieve the
mUDotony.
Proceeding through the beautiful
mountainous region OF West Virginia
aud crossing the state line, we came,
at length, TO Richmond, the historic
old city on the James. We arrived
at an early hour In the morning aud
had an opportunity TO visit some OF
the places of interest there. As II
was now Friday morning and as the
time set for my vessel 10 sail was
eleven o'clock Saturday morning, l
came to the conclusion that had no
time TO lose, aud that II would be
better TO buy ticket for the most
direct route TO New York, although
/ should have been delighted to visit
Old Point. So / left Richmond
shortly before noon and soon the
agnificent public buildings OF
| Washington came into view, while
on our right lay the beautiful Poto-
mac. IL was with feeling of shame
aud regret that l left Washington
without having seen the thousand
things TO be seen there and was
only consoled by the thought that l
shonld be able 10 visit itst some
future time. Had II been my inten.
tion to make visit to Europe for the
sake OF pleasure aud sight-seeing
alone, to have passed through our
capital city without seeing i would
have braided me as utterly destitute
Of patriotism.
Passing through Baltimore and
Philadelphia, We reached New York
at about ten o'clock In the evening.
| went at once TO inquire after my
baggage, but learned that IL had not
been transferred TO our train at
Huntington because Of the wreck, but
was on a train which was past due
but about fourteen hours late. Then
there came up before my mind these
stubborn facts-first, that my ship
was to sail at eleven o'clock the next
morning; second, that my baggage
would arrive in New York severa,
hours later third, that | had checked
my valise rs well as my trunk and
thatI had absolutely nothing with
me besides the clothes wore, togeth-
err with a linen duster and an um.
brella Hence l went to bed with
this problem 70 solve-whether 1
should 20 10 Europe under these cir
cumstAnces or forfeit my passage
money. You will believe me when
4 tell you that did not sleep well
i that night. Visions of making au
expedition TO the North Pole, Of dis
covering it and then sitting trium-
phanty upon an immense cake OF Ice
wrapped in solitude and linen dus.
ter alone, and wardiug off polar
bears with an umbrella-such Wis
IONS as these were the fruits of my
disordered Imagination and gave
scant opportunity for restfcl sleep.
/ awoke at an early hour the mex
morning, fullyn determined to go
.yen thought II were without baggage
But first had 70 attend 10 some mat
ters of business In the city. Or
driving at length to the Office of my
line of steamers / learned to m,
great 10y that my vessel had beef
detained and would not sail until the
following Tuesday. Then lbreathes
more freely. / had three days II
which to see something OF New Yorl
and made good use Of the oppor
tunity. From Central Park to thu
Battery l saw the most noteworthy
Of the things TO be seen. Expecting
10 fluid a confidence-man waiting 10
me on every street corner, saw M
signs Of one during my stay in New
York. Sunday morning heard
sermon from Dr. Deems in tn
Church of the Strangers. Sunda,
evening went over into Brooklyn u
hear Taimage, but MS Vacatioh MAJ
commenced and he did not preach
On returning l walked across tn
Brooklyn Bridge. II was q cain
! evening with charming moonlight
The beauty of the scene overwhelmed
I me aud I had to pause and feast m.
eyes upon It. On my left lay Brook
, llyn, on my right stretched New YorI
City, while ten Thousand light
helped to illumine the scene. l
front and beneath me flowed tn
= calm river with the moonlight play
ing upon II. In the distance Ne'
York Bay lay spread out with innu
merable small craft upon 1t and abov
All lowered the colossal figure Q
"Iiberty Enlighleniug the World
AS looked on this statue, holdin
the torch on high, ] could but fe
h,w real was the lesson that
taught and that to liberty were In
deed due the greatness, the civiliza
ton and the. enlightenment of thes
vast cities as we'll as of the whol
h,vnrld and that nm lihertv depende