Mohave County miner., 1889-05-11

the Eldest Twelve Years Old Iaby's
Eajeymant--Tbs Ousat
| Mrs Adafna Acton Of Autnyside, ST. Johns
wfNfsI, ond urnlllsle. ArraB. is the heroine Of
this latest remarkable pedestrian feat--a
waya ef 500 miles in England and Scotland,
beginning at London aisd ciidia. in Glaigow,
and performed. net alone, but In tho com
pary of hsr whole family of six children, the
eitisIs 81 whom 10 II yuaru end the youngest
is mouths The latter, 10 need hardly bs
said, dsd not walk the ahole distance, being
wheeled IN fact, toge.ber with his feding
tottlc and appartenai.ces ti,creto belonging.
in u peramoulator
with pleasure" was ara Acton's cheer.
fnI resf,nrlsi 70 tte request for particulars Of
her rerHirkaaae wrlk
ITO begia with, os whosn did your party
coaglstF
"There were ths siz ehiidren, tho youngest
In our fagtsss i'eranibalator which kas Dccn,
/ oh. theas8atLs u u!Ica on the contiaen, ent
in England ard Seosiaad, and my husband
| ard myself aEd t8o g,aida--tsn la all"
LIoHT OUTFIT.
"Thag wes youF outfisga
''yghau ue started tTbig suaaysldc, our
Aouse ia 81 JONAS Wood, sga each took
small blaca bag Ia our hands, but We soon
had 30 give thuse up Aftsrward We batl ab
Goiuiels notAlng l:s aightgown and a
rnackiutosa eacal here was o1e brush and
orc comb for nyse.r and ali the children.
We really eoalaat carry more than the Ieasg
possibls quantity % luggage, you know. Tea
| -~Tay husband Is 80 foiid Of q good cup oi
tea--So we carried onr tea NIL the way irom
Loadotl; and We -i,ad o kattle, too. ons Of
those Gst ones - boil over tpir!s lamp, and
tio spirit lamp Itself And, of course, TIC
b&5y. hflng a youug baby and fed on the
bostlc, c't'isesi as u cafry tin can 81 milk ?
't5aew a.a you maaagof and, by the way.
slsI. a'ItS your iarpi
"'T5 he'd yery Light faro. AS soon al, we
Es laEp the north OF England We ala,ays
bad porfidgo for breakfast We never had
nineh iaest On the only two occasions
wsGeH Fts had O really good dinner we foani
He could not walk afterwards We had tggs
and niill ard bread aud butter 10 any
amount The meat we had was almost en-
tiFely t!1nea naat, whien ws bought, with
bread, in tae town or village in mornlng
and carried with us I'LL we came 20 aHlt
cole piRco for dinner We had dinner in the
cgea air always Then for tea we had Jus.
| to call at cottage and get kettle Of water
aud the use % tea things, which they were
always glad 70 supply ls with for a shilling
rnEyEgrIxs soRE EErT.
''Oi cougsa tho trouble was booss," Mrs
Acton Continued Eve were recommended
oil sorts Of 'hygisrlic soies' and everything,
| aud wc tried everything, and we had 10 give
them all up. We gave up boots altogether
and took 10 sand Shoes'-canvas shoes with
india rubber Boles Those allow the fec. 20
go anyhow they ike; there Is no pressure,
and we found them admirable. We never
got blstcrS or Sore feet or anything We
used to sOep our toes and heels and the in-
sides Of cur stockings before VIC started;
that Is very good thing. Then ss 70 wash.
ing, VIC could not possibly stop to have every
thing wIIsied al tho inns and places, 50 the
.ay we fHauags gsa our washing was 70 have
one thing aashed each night We found We
could always get one thing washed and
qujckly got up, and 50 We had clean things
without the trouble OF carrying any with US.
''Vo carried no umbrellas A city man,
neighbor Of ours In Lonaon, asked me before
we started; How many umbrellas are you
going TO takcF and when l replied, Mot
one.' be was perfectly Mortified; Il made him
quite III. But, though the weather was very
bad in England, we did very sell without.
In the GrBt part Of the time we walked in cur
mackintoshes and hats that the rain would
not hurt Or course, 1t was very muddy;
aud, what with the mud and the rain aud
the sun, our dress got into such O state We
wero quite ashamed Of ourselves; and on
Saturday nights we had to stop somewhere
aud buy flowers or some little friIling or
something to brighten up our hats to go to
church in next morning. But we never had
colds, in spite Of having no umbrellas, and
though We had great deal Of gray cold
weather that people complained Of, we found
it splendid weather for walking
''AHd the babyF
''Oh, baby got quite Ike gypsy; he quite
enjoyed it. First thing in the mcruing he
used to say, 'Tite ready; tits ready to gor"
AVERAGE PER DAY.
"What distance did you cover in O day On
the averageg'
"We walked sixteen and eighteen, and one
day twenty miles, but the average was
twelve. We made it rule to go twelve
miles day. Sundays we rested. We always
felt very affectionately disposed toward the
milestones. Here's another delightful mile
stone the children wonld say. And that was
one matter in which we saw most remark.
England. Directly we got over the border
there were neither milestoDes nor direction
posts. We did find some near Ayr, but all
broken, not the slightest use; while iu
England they were all so well kept you
couldn't go wrong"
"What was your plan OF walxingr "We
made it rule TO start by 7:30, after break-
fast. We walked a few hours and then restel
during the heat Of the day, and walked again
in the afternoon. Having SO many children
with us, the anxiety was TO get into soma
place for stopping at before dark--by 9, II
possible, but never later than T. Sometimes
we had great difficulty in getting accommo
dated-at Beiper, for instance. somotimes
we had tho rcuShest lodgings, and sometimes,
we were at the most splendid hotels. We
just took what we could find, in fact. W.
found we had to keep to the high roads, for
two re1sons--irst, that We must have good
road Cor tho perambulator, and tho side roads
were so frightfu!ly heavy and lumpy; and
for another thing we had to 10 to the towns
to put up--ten people arriving all at once
and wanting beds is something alarming in
small place. Pail Mall Gazette.
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