The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-10-02

the body slid into the water. soon sink
ing from sight, and the vessel went on.
| shall never forget that little bundle as
it floated off out of my sight into that
waste of waters here four miles deep.
Passengers on ocean steamers ought to
visit the boiler room to see at what cost
of human suffering the steam is made
that drives them on their way, The
stone hole, Hades it ought to be
called, was forty feet below the
deck, an opening in which is
the only place where air enters and heat
escapes. There were twelve fires on each
side of passage not over eight feet wide,
twenty-fOur in all, between this row OF
fires the men work, four hours at
time, the temperature ranging from
1909 to l40o, with s hours rest between.
One man tried to work his passage in the
fireroom, but swoOned one day and had
to be taken up on the bridge where he
lay like one dead for two hours. Inc
next day we had very heavy sea, the
spaces between the great waves that
raced after us seemed large enough to
engulf our ship; day of misery to some
and of great hilarity to others, such slid,
ing down slippery decks and being fished
out of the scuppers, sometimes chairs
and all would go provoking roars OF
laughter, while at meals, in spite OF the
racks on the tables, there would be sud
den avalanches of dishes, amid the fran
tic clutches of the diners to keep them
in place. Eating soup became high
art, and comical it was to see the various
expedients adopted, while the Gathering
of the dishes accompanied by feminine
shrieks made oueer music. altogether n
I i l. han al
had bepnn to regret the coming separa-
ton, but the last day the sea was so
rough and they were so shaken up that
the only cry was ooh! for solid ground
that does not roll nor dance"
The Scilly Islands were passed in the
dark (but our arrival was signalled and
in the next DAYS New York papers), so
| the first land we saw was the steep chalk
cliffs of England with the famous downs
behind them: and how good to our sea
The great chalk cliffs of the Isle of
Wight soon loomed up ahead, and pilot
boat |. w. No. 7 furnished us q pilot:
we looked at him curiously for this was
the first communication with the outside
world for over week, and what strange
things might have happened in that time.
| IL lS VubCI llOW d snip lOdtl VI puppy S"h
settle down for week to absolute igno.
rance of what may be going on outside,
not even whisper reaching them, nor
do they seem to know or feel the fact,
although probably at home every one
would look eagerly for the daily paper
The Isle of Wight is only about two
miles from the main land, and complete
ly shelters Southampton Water which
runs six miles up to the city, making Q
very secure harbor, and an exceedingly
pleasant approach for steamers. The
Isle consists mostly of elevated treelesS
downs, of a beautiful velvety brown, anC
the entrance to Southampton, about hal
q mile wide is guarded by strong for
on each side. One side was very mucl
like the Long Island shore going out the
East River from New York, many beauti
full residences all along, and the mos
beautiful dropping elms, altogether il
was hard to believe we were not il
America. Nettley Hospital on the righ
bank, for the military, is the most con
spicuous object, an immense building
and near it are tile ruins of Nettley Alb
hey. Considering how few things arr
dutiable in England, it seemed to me tn,
Customs examinations was unnecessari
ly strict; evidently it was new expert
ence to many of the passengers and sOm'
hardly knew what to make of having
their belongings tdmbled about. South
ampton has about $4,000 people, gOoC
harbor and splendid docks, but l wa
surprised to find only one railway, th'
London d th-Western, entering TIL,
city. The railways in England seem t.
have divided the country between them
| ;e ,,,,itn N ntcn ntfV nlnnn mnp1n
! amized streets, many nice parks, such al
intense green as the grass is, and so thicl
and heavy. Considerable portions of tn
old walls yet remain, also several of th'
old gates, and green structures they are
: The tram cars, horse cars as we call them
have seats on top, the same arrangement
prevails all over Europe; but such greer
omnibuses / never beheld, they looke'
exactly like the cages Barnum uses Il
carry animals in street parade. In tn
suburbs each house had nice grounds
| but after the prevailing European fash
ion all were surrounded by high walls
We like people to see our grounds. ther
! they are afraid some one will see them
, The buildings are entirely different frOT
= ours, and queer ideas some of the ARCH
e tects had. here noticed, what l foun
( all over Europe, the shops try to get thei
: display of goods in the windows as clos
e as possible to the glass: many had front
9 entirely open; closed at night by rol
: ling iron shutter. All the meat shoI
n had great slab of white marble slantin
; down to the extreme front, on whic
@ meat and fish were tastefully arranged
Il sprinkled occasionally with water so
; to look fresh and nice, n most appetizin
i show. In the fruit shops the display VIZ
!. ali of domestic sorts, scarcely any 70
. leipn. The Strawberries. raspberfies an
y p6oseberries were the finest | ever say
l. lesneciallv the strawberries. which wei
p very large. of bright color and perfe
Il shape. All fruit and vegetables are sol
N bv the mound. the proper way. The be
" ries are never in small baskets as vii
+ MS but i'm those holding six to TWEEN
"a 0uarts. One holding about six quar-
~ was marked one shilling q pence {
,e cents) certainly reasonable enoug
,s Fruitis NOT very nlentv in Enrlan
# neacbes and pears being yery high, al
' Il is very strange they do not bring the
IN from italy where they are plentiful al
"a Ichean: a distance OF only about 9
a milea while we tbinl, nothing of brin
n inc fr,it from California, a OtJO miles.
~ hoy vas bIacLing INV shoes Mt A corne
+. wien nm came a narty of Young peop
in and one of the ladies' a very pretty ri
4 stonned before the next how and had h
as shoes cleaned. another took INV place
nt soon as / left, no one seemed to thil
+ ANYTHING of il. but il looked very que
,c to ms I noticed block of houses bull
~, ;ng those already sold had n sipn To M
he affect in tbe window: the same thing
he done where new houses are rented,
n. saves people who might wish to buy
IL rent unnecessary trouble. 1t was We
ms refreshing to be thank ed very politely
'al every purchase, but / was dumbfound
nv when the ticket agent at the railway S
en ton thanked me for buying a ticket,
rd did the conductors on the trains a