The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-28

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baby died in the second cabin, and ON
Thursday morning another burial took
| place.
| Wednesday and Thursday were cold but
Friday was warm and beautiful. We We're
in Latitude SO and Longitude %, having
journeyed 2, 145 miles. On Sunday we
made 81 miles, Monday 367, Tuesday 1854,
Wednesday 3773, Thursday 1862, Friday 1862,
Saturday 80, and 269 from Saturday noon
to Sunday forenoon, when the journey was
ended. AS nearly as | can estimate about
200 of the passengers have been unable to
come to their meals during most of the
voyage. All the ladies in our party and
at our table, except one, were compelled
to surrender. This one is a Miss Walker
of New Haven. and a graduate of Welles-
lev. class of SO. She told me at dinner,
when nearing the end of the journey, that
of all the Wellesley graduates on board
and there were several-she was the only
one that Neptune did not disturb | re-
marked that whatever eXcellencies the
college might possess, it was evident that
it did not average very high in turning out
good sailors. But several more have been
in their berths during most of the passage.
am sorry they have missed so much, the
lectures, the concerts, the games, the
promenades, the changing scenes of the
ocean, the forming of new acquaintance
the bountiful tables and the bracing and
stimulating atmosphere.
| There are quite number of distinguish
ed personages on board, among them Mr..
John Barry, member of the British Par
lament. He is very gifted man, apro-
nounced Christian and Presbyterian.
[ have heard him speak on two occasions,
once on the subject of animal life on the
oceans bed in connection with DR.. Muir
ray $ second lecture, and once on the Sea-
mans Orphanage at Glasgow, for the ben
eft of which concert on Friday evening
was given. Mr.. Barry, l noticed is an az
dent supporter of Gladstone. But hap
pened to get into conversation with two
other Englishmen on board who are Just
as ardent on the other side With men of
both parties | talked freely and asked
them many questions in regard to Eng
lands colonial policy and the develop
ment of colonial resources. In few years
she will buy all of her tea from India and
none from China, and about all of her
grain products from Egypt and India;
while the POO millions of people in those
possessions are yearly increasing their
demand for Enelands manufactured
goods. Egypt has now virtually become
an English possession. During my jour
ney through Italy and Germany and other
countries | shall look carefully into the
museums, art galleries, cathedrals and the
like: but art and historic ruins will not
occupy so much of my time as the social
and political life of the people.
Since coming on board the steamer have
changed my proposed routes of travel
somewhat. | shall 90 with our party
through Belgium, Southern Germany and
Switzerland. After this my room mate,
Rev. D. A. Newton, and myself. will
90 through Italy, France and England
alone. My first Sunday in the old
world will be in Glasgow My
second Sunday will be in York. and
shall worship part of its day in the cele-
brated cathedral. Then [ start at once
| g, Ia.
cries and cathedrals at Antwerp and
i Cologne, and while at Brussels. our party
will drive to the field of Waterloo. [
should like to write you from Venice and
Rome and Naples, but | know that my
time will be so busily occupied that
shall hardly drop a postal card to my
friends. | shall make my STAY several
weeks longer than | first expected. am
writing this sitting in my easy chair on
the steamers deck sailing along the
Northern coast of Ireland. There are so
many objects of interest to admire, and so
much noise all about me, that had | time
to read these pages over, my pen would
| probably cut out half | have written. MY
rapid scribbling must be very imperfect
| We are soon to enter the mouth of the
Clyde, and l must drop my pen and get
my baggage in shape for the Custom
House officer and the coachman to take
me to the hotel.
| have been week without news. Wars
may have been declared and noted men
may have died since have been shut out
from the world. As soon as | reach Glas-
gov L will patronze newsboy, if they
have such in that city. The nights are
very short. In this high latitude, one can
read ON the Steamer deck at O clock in
the evening, meridian time. The voyage
has been so enjoyable that | should like to
take it over again, and | presume | shall
not be satisfied without coming to Europe
every summer. 1t is much easier thing
to do than supposed | find that there
are over twenty people from Maine on
board. Some half dozen of them are
going to spend the winter in Italy and
Paris, and return next summer. They
are going to study music and painting.
The large steamships to Europe this sum-