The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-10
EXAMINING BAGGAGE BY WEIGHT.

Trajectory testimony ca the few English l
met in the French capital. The first even
ing was trying to tell the commissaire at
the omnibus station that / wanted to go
the route that would take me nearest to
the Rue Galilee, when a very pleasant look
ing old lady asked in English what l want
ed, and explained in French to the official.
As we rode along she enlarged with en-
thusiasm on the many good qualities of
the French; how they improved OH ac-
quaintance, how much more agreeable
they were than Englishmen, how the
longer one knew them the better one liked
them, and how the Belgians were decided
" the best of the French speaking peoples.
/ was not surprised, therefore, when she
told me that she left England young, mar
ried Belgian, and had lived in Belgium
and France for forty years. My landlady,
on the other hand, was unmarried, and had
lived fifteen years in Paris, and any qUes-
ton as to the nature of the people drew
from her some emphatic remarks On their
fiippancy, want Of sincerity and general
carelessness in regard to truth. 1t is just
as we often see two good witnesses go to
some disputed section of the United States
south or west, and return with totally diff
ferent accounts of the people, according to
the society they fall into.
But this is depression; let us return to
the itinerary. There are several ways from
London to Paris, and the fare for the
round trip varies from two pound five to
four pound ten, with moderate extra
charges for dinner on the steamer and
very heavy extras for berth. / took sec
ond class and by the long route, viz, by the
Southern railway to New Haven, then by
steamer to Dieppe and thence by rail
through Rouen., In France as elsewhere
there is more vivacity and free exchange
of information among the second class
passengers; for in the third class the great
majority are not able to tell what they
really know, and many in the first class
are not under the necessity of knowing
ANYTHING. 1t is the middle class generally
who know most about their country.
The railway lies through the same sort
of lovely country which noted on the way
from Liverpool to London, but the agricul-
tural interest is much depressed by the
continued cold and wet. The channel
voyage of four hours was delightful. We
were exceptionally favored. The sky
cleared just as we went aboard, there was
scarcely breath of wind to ruffle the
water, and the air was warm enough to sit
on deck without overcoats. The coast of
Normandy at first view is much like the
opposite coast of England; but drawing a
little nearer one sees that it rises rapidly
inland. and the queer old castle literally
overlooks Dieppe from lofty elevation.
To the American tourist the town has all
the charms of novelty, with its quaint
pinnacles, old Norman gables and walls
made in geometrical figures of variously
colored brick. Allis old, clean. quaint and
interesting.
The entrance to the port indicates that
there was considerable difficulty in max
ing it q port at all, for high stone walls
extend far out like jetties, and the steamer
enters between them as if it were into g
funnel The natural beach is of white
sand and gently sIoping, more like bath
ing ground than a harbor; and in fact
Dieppe is now favorite watering place.
There is much to see and we had very few
minutes to see it, The French officials in
specs baggage with rapidity amazing to
an American. They did not even ask me
to open my yalise; the big deputy simply
said, mo tobacco-no liquors, eh?" Then
lifting the valise he answered his OWE
question with. mo. too little" scratched
the cabalistic green chalk marks on 1t AND
was through the custom house.
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