Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-17
LETTER FROM EUROPE.

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The fairs are all big pumpkins
weighed-big snakes measured and
their tales told-the big porker wax
ing fat, but not yet ready TO be
weighed-and it may interest some Of
your readers to know something of
the homes of their forefathers, and
what their relations on this side of
the water are doing. | landed at Rot
terdam at 10 a. H. after nights ride
by boat from England. Rotterdam
lies inland an hours sail from the sea,
and YOU get a good view Of the flat
country. They are very inquisitive,
and looked through all our luggage,
and put us ashore quite close to the
railroad station and had train ready
to ship us in. So | concluded they
were not anxious for emigrants and
could not stop. / took the train, sec
ondly; beer firstly. You can compare
beer to g. Washington, only the beer
fills q different part of the anatomy.
Railroad companies are very accom-
modating; have four classes and each
different price. Second class is quite
good and the price about the same
with you. Third class is good and
about cents per mile, and is the most
popular. Fourth class is quite cheap.
| may try it later. 1t is only on very,
very slow trains and for short sta
tons. 1t requires more time than
ANYTHING else to travel in these parts.
Cars are divided into apartments and
have doors on the sides. The guard,
as he is called here, goes along the
outside and looks in the window.
Holland is flat, and the North Sea is
very excusable for going over it, and
it does not get very high to do so.
Near the coast it is well watered by Il
system of dikes-looks like half land
and half water-and it looks more like
the earth was thrown up TO get it out
of the water. Altogether it is a good
fix and saves the expense Of fences. a
few draw bridges for stock and many
boats to move around the farm in. a
good, wide dixie is quite ahead OF
goats, and many of them grazed qui-
etly without casting wistful eyes at
the nearby fields | rather liked the
view, and wished for the water before
| was far into the interior. 1t was
dry and sandy, and the cars or en-
gines carried all ashes and cinders out
Of the smoke-stack and has a most
perfect system of distribution OF the
same through the train; but with a
Jolly set of fellow sufferers, and thanks
to the beer. we were enabled to stand
it. They make frequent stops and al
ways long enough to get beer, and
there is rush for it, And you must
drink it. Nothing else is provided;
and to say you do not want it, at once
brands you as a phenomenon. At 2
D. III. we were halted on the frontier
of Germany for luggage examination,
and Of course we were thirsty. At 3
we got TO Overhausen and had a good
dinner and found we could wait twen-
tv-one hours and get faster train
and get to Hanover just as soon. 80
with an Englishman and German
we took in the town, not noted for
beauty, but large iron works. But 1t
was too warm to investigate, and we
found a factory for the big German
pipes and very cheap. Also found
comfortable home (homes are all at
the gardens, a beer garden, and we
rolled ten-pins to roll the time away.
At left for Hanover and arrived at
II p. H., and my friends bade me
adieu. | took rest and an early
train for Berlin, which is hours, but
before forget my companions will
tell Of the Englishman's experience
with the Germans. He goes to Han
over often on business. On his first
trip he and his friends were eating
todsts. His turn and he thought he
would eat his to the Kaiser (EmpOrer).
So he says: Here's to the kase
Cheese They told him OF his ms
take. He stopped on German and
never tried it again. But / do not
think he missed it much. Cheese Is
about as important as the Emperor
if not more so. | arrived in Berlin
Found her in her best clothes aud do
ing her best TO entertain 1000 Nj. ID. =.
Congress was in session, and all ma
tions were represented: $50 from l..
S. and found some friends among
them and soon felt at home. And if
any one did not feel comfortable it was
not the fault of the town. She gave
a grand supply of welcome at the
Topn Hall. 1t was immense, and |
have forgotten how much beer and
wine was consumed and what it was
prescribed for, but | am sure it was
more than was needed for stimulants.
Everything was done for the pleasure
and comfort of the strangers, and all
agreed that it was successfully done
and carried away among other things
a lasting impression of the hospitality
of Berlin and of a most charming lady,
the Empress, made by her visit TO the
Congress. The Emperor was aV ay, so
he could not be in for his share. He
was visiting his granny, as all good
boys should. Congress closed August