Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-13

themselves 10 your ears, and through one
OF these n continuous stream Of Fronch
invades your ccrebrum. whilo through the
other similar stream of German reaches
your cerebellum. The genial professor
turns the crank nouns, verbs. prorouns.
and proportions pour in with bewildoring
regularity, and in nine months YOU are
shot out upon an a,tonished world fri-
lingual sandwich. composed on one side
OF German Schwartzbr0dt. on the othor OF
acrust OF jiH-1ie-SVcie French, with @ strip
or American III the middle.
coskoSI...
Well. when ] put foot arain on land l
went M to an Antwerpian red-nOsed lndi-
vidGal who stood with his hat on tho back
of his head. and the following colloquy
eneuel:
Myself with m c7qG1inJ smilo): "Hen
HerT', kOnneH .sle man Gcpic.t III ttnenl Oflnl-
bus trdfeRsn
(Look Of nstonishment on tho face of
red-nosei individually
Myself with smilc less confdenN :;
Mo''S51r. Eourez-rous porter mes baJdgeS a
Increased stupefaction on visage Of re-
| Myself Gmpatiently): Il don't believe
this blockhead understands any language, =
Ked-nJsed individual: The diyl !
don't, Fax. thought We wor Kooshian.'
Myseif: "All right. Pat. Take this
baggage to a bus. think adime is about
enough for m lrlshman thst don't under
stand the foreign languages
Red -no,ed individual gazing sadly on
the deprecated American cOin): Fax
yer honor. ITS worth Lape more than this
TO undeTs,gnd pr honor foreign lingo
LIMITED SUPPLY VIII DO.
| FTbio l,,+f. ba.ny al
justed was soon installed at the H0tel d'
Courier. where in Justice both TO myself
and Professor Iassclef's machine am
bound 20 sag my foreign lingo" wa
readily understood. Ard here | may OBJ
serve hat n man can got along very wei
on the Continent with only q limited
knowledge OF the languages. The people
are extremely KIND about aidinga stranger
and was once followed and oyertaken a
square away bv lady snd gentleman who
had given me some directions they feared
| did not understand. The greatest trou
bic II AZ the railroad stations. where 'her'
Is often glass window between you and tn
oficls'. with an opening about SIX niche
wide at tho bottom. on level with IN
lowest button on your waIs'coat. Nhel
IN al attitude OF great humility you nav
put your nOsa down to this llitie hole an
requested ticket II IL very hard TO under
| ttdnN TIE cur question" ltii ~ vi a.
the route Won wish 70 take. ETC.. especial
~ there IS generally fellow sitting on III
small ( your back waiting for his turn.
Another great difficulty 10 tho money
The countries over here are SO plefue
small that You can be in four or Ave q
theu in ono day and each one has lts oN
currency. For instance. the Dutch nave
ridiculous coin they call q cent. which
, only worth two-h.ths as much ~ one.
ours, all the Gcrman' rejoice IN pier
mg," worth one quarter o. II cont;
secured few of them ca curiosities, bI
= % what use they are cannot imagine.
found little III Antwerp TO repay M
trouple in going there. There - & 200
Geological garden; and the o.d Cathedt
and cavalry church were interesting. -
d, former from possessing Nubrus's pa.nuu
r of t1e c,ucinKlon. dstei 1910. and II
hitter from some most extraordinary Voc
. caryrgs, A.o sic.
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