Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-22
A QUICK TRIP.
Miss Johnson Returns From Europe After Spending Twenty-two Days in Making tae Journey, Nineteen of Which arc Snent on the Ocean.

| Miss Johnson Returns From Europe After Spending Twenty-two Days l in Making tEe Journey, Nineteen of Which arc Spcnt on the Ocean.
 Miss Bessie Johnson, confidential clerk in the office of Attorney James Gardner Clark of this city, ,returned yesterday from somewhat remarkably short trip to the other side of the Atlantic. On November 24 MT. Clark discovered that in order to have controlling vote at special meeting of the stockholders of large western cor poration to be held December 19 it would be necessary to send someone to England to solicit the proxies of the stockholders there. Miss Johnson was the only one in the office knowing the details of the busi- ness and explanations necessary to be made in order to obtain the proxies, and no time was left to explain to anyone else. Noth- | ing was left but to send Miss Johnson, and I and she, when requested by Mir. Clark to undertake the trip, unhesitatingly anxiety of mind as to whether she would be able to transact the business in the short time given. Tickets were ob- tained on the steamer City of New York, of the Inman line, and the next day at | noon Miss Johnson, with one small valise, left New York behind, on voyage of sev- eral thousand miles. On board the steam CT Miss Johnson made many friends and after a pleasant trip landed at o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday December 2 in Liverpool. Remaining there until 10:3O o'clock the next morning she then left for 1 Manchester, arriving there about an hour ' 1ota Horo he ba1 txu0 honrs tn transact her business, that of obtaining several proxies, and at 1 o'clock that afternoon she left Manchester for London over the Midland railway, reaching the latter city about 4 p. m., the distance be. ing about two hundred miles. Here 1 Miss Johnson remained over night, and having secured several more proxies, Jeff London at 10 o'clock Friday morning fol Workingham, arriving there an hou,
 later. From here Miss Johnson took z drive of several miles into the country anc obtained another proxy.
 Workingham was left at 1 p. m., anc late Friday afternoon Exeter was reached
 where the remaining proxies were secured
 This left our traveller until o'clock thu
 next day to reach Liverpool with thu
 proxies and send them by the Servia
 which arrived in New York December 15
 This Miss Johnson accomplished by leav
 ing Exeter at 10 o'clock Saturday morn
 ing, and at 4 o'clock the same afternoon
 she was in Liverpool, having travelled oye
 1,500 miles in Europe and secured ever.
 English proxy between 40 clock Wednesda,
 afternoon and o'clock in the afternoon
 of the following Saturday, being less thal
 three days. Our tourist having safely de
 posted the proxies, and her work beini
 done, and having until Wednesday, De
 cember g, before sailing, decided to see tn
 sights and visit friends. So leaving Liver
 pool Saturday at midnight she arrived at
 o'clock Sunday morning in Edinburgh
 where with friends she took the first res , of any account since leaving the steamer 1 During her travels in Great Britain Mis- Johnson found many things to anus
 her in the manners of the people and cut toms of the country, but in all her travel
 she met with uniform kindness and COT sideration on all sides. Miss Johnson lei , Liverpool on the "City of Chester" o , | Wednesday, Dec. g, and after 8 very roug } passage lasting twelve days, she was ovel | joyed to once more see New York loomin , up in the distance at an early hour yeste day morning. Numerous newspaper me were waiting on the dock to greet Mi Johnson, as the steamer made her landing but the custom house officers had bee l warned not to let them know of her a 3 rival, and her baggage was quickly passet and she was soon on the train for Ne 2 Haven, arriving here about o'clock ye terday afternoon, having spent ninetee days on the water within the last montl and not having been sick minute. Mi
 Johnson speaks in highest praise of En- land and English people, but thinks Anne | ica the best place after all.