Connecticut western news., 1890-02-05
A TEXAN ABROAD.
AsLiterary Genius Does Up Three ooun-
 tries in One Short Lesson.
In Imitation of the Dodge Club'' He Dodges the Walters and the Beggara, but Pays His Way-Impressions of Flying Trip

NOW 5A mISu ut nave icd0 AOI D uOAou years closely, of the history. manners and customs of the peoples of Scotland, England France Switzerland and Italy, and l should not have gained the practical and accurate information about them that thls short tramp has given me. Then you know some folks need broadening. Welt. such 8 trip as this is a wonderful broadener. He who resists the influences of travel in foreign land and is still narrow. un- charitable, selfish and proud has about exhausted the means of reclamation. The following conversation occurred in railroad hotel at Genoa, between a Texas traveller and a German gentle man.
 The Texan rushes in with his lug gage, sits down to ttble and calls for his supper The German was at the same table. Do you speak German" in that language.
 '.No sir. Do you speak English"
 Yes; but you looked like 8 Ger man."
 You are quite complimentary. I am an American"
 Travel you alone?"
 Entirely alone." ''Do you speak French?"
 ''So very little that 1 rarely attempt it."
 How do you make yourself under l stood thenp"
 Well, get along somehow" | '':Do not the confusions of the rail- way stations disconcert you?" ii
 Mot in the least. l bought all my tickets in London. These present at an office window. saying not word They are stamped, and l follow the crowd. The master at the gate punches my ticket, points to my train. and go and get in. l have time tables of all the roads I expect to pass over, and only go to the depot in time for every train. I es- chew the assistance SO often urged upon me by the army of boys, walters and porters. carry my own baggage, black my own shoes, help myself, wait on myself, and give no gratui- ties." .s,
 Do you mean to say that you can travel without giving tips to walters, chambermaids and porters ?'
 "Yes sir, that is precisely what l ' mean. ! pay for everything I get for every service rendered. but not one cent ever for nothing. I pass the open palms as if they were not there. l am quick to recognize an obligation | and to discharge it, but If had the whole world against me intend to fight against this paying something for nothing. Whats the use of having a ten year old boy to carry 8 mans valise, when the man is the stronger, l1 0Ef else, unless indeed he does it out of the matter on wholly different foot ipg. If man wants to give employ ment to the boy let him do it and pay for it. But I do not feel myself able to go through the world giving en- plovment to the people meet con- sider it more in accord with my feel ing of findependence to wait on myself. | despise this waiting and serving bus mess anyhow"
 "Well! You surprise mo. It is re- freshing to find such independence. It could only be found in an American. :"
 The Texas traveller having finished his supper and paid for it without giv- ing the grinning expectant waiter one centime, he.lifted his hat to his Ger man companion and passed out. A hundred proffers for assistance to car ry his valise, his umbrella, his Over- coat to show him the way and to in- terp1et for him were all passed un- needed to the great disgust of the troop of idle beggars who loitered around the station when they should have been in some factory or on some farm.
 SCOTLAND
 is superb. What lovely lakes, what lofty mountains, what limpid rivers, what peculiar people! Scott has inn [ mortalized Scotland, and Scotland has immortalized Scott. The great poet and novelist saw the natural beauties of the country and took inspiration therefrom. He saw the peculiar sim plicity of Highland character, heard their legendary lore and resolved to combine the whole, the stories, the scenery. the people, and weave them into verse.
 Most happily has he succeeded. His first novel ''Waverly'' was laid in the Highlands of Scotland. It was my good fortune to view the same grand scenery described iu that charming tale Then 1.-The Abbott ''The Mon- astery." ''The Heart of Midlothian md other of his Waverly Series, all had their rise in actual occurrences, or In legends generally believed to be true, and the typograph of the country is beautifully and accurately describ. { ed. His poems partake even more O. description of real scenery, and rela tion in rhyme of real facts. A.His Lay of the Last Minstrel" with it's hear quivering around that most entranc ingly beautiful of all ruins, Melrose Abbey. ''The Lady of the Lake, witt it's warp, 8 true tale, and it's wool { lovely description of the widest ant most romantically beautiful place mine eyes ever beheld the Vrossachs an( Loch Katrine. All these stories ant verses, told in that fascinating style that Sir Walter knew so well now tt use, renders these natural beauties o such worldwide fame that thousand of travellers flock every year to behold them.
 ENGLAND IS ENERGETIC. Girted in by the triumphant seas with no room on her island for expan sion, she seems determined to us' ; what space she has to the best possible advantage. Her soil is valuable, ever! inch. It seems to be underfaid witt , coal all through. Her rocks ara ful of iron, her soil full of fertility ant [ her people full of vim. So the whole , country is dotted over with cities
 towns factories and farms. London is world within itself , Nearly five millions of people in thi . one city alone. Still it grows in ever, direction-up, down and all around