The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-06-07
BACK FROM ENGLAND.
Hon. J. HI. Boutwell,. in an In.
terview with q 'BazOO" Re-.
porter, Graphically Des-
cribes His Visit to
England and the
Continent.

his home from St. Louis, where h
spent Friday, having reached there
after a continuous journey from Lon
don. He WAS found al his Office in
the afternoon, engaged in business
matters, but consented to be inter.
viewed BY the BAzoo representative
who called upon him. In reply to
inquiries from the reporter, Mr.. Both.
we'll stated in substance as follows:
81 left Sedalia April 18th, and
went directly through to Washington
City. At Athens. Ohio, was joined
by Mrs. A. D. Jaynes and her two
daughters, Misses May and Jennie.
We spent two days very pleasantly At
Washington, although 1t rained much
of the time We we're there. We met
the senators from Missouri, and were
received with great kindness by both
of them; slso saw Mr.. Heard and
several other Missourians, among them
Mr.. John Hannsy. On leaving Wash.
ington We spent . few hours at vii
mington, Del, with my cousins, Mr..
and Mrs. John Bancroft, and spent
two nights and a day at Woodbury.,
N. j., with Colonel G. G. Green and
family. Who visited Mrs. Jaynes here
about a year ago. Two days were
spent in New York City, and then We
embarked on the steamer Majestic of
the White Star line. We were fortu-
nate in our choice of steamer, and
were favored with fine weather, ex
cept that quite gale visited US to-
wards the end of the passage.
transatlantic travel is very sim.
pie, comfortable and safe now as com,
pared with twenty and forty years ago,
and has improved very much within
the last ten years. The passage is
made now from port to port in seven
days, and from land to land
within six days. Every regard
for safety and comfort and pleas
ure ls shown by the rival steamship
lines, and to any person seeking change
and rest, the trip across the Atlantic is
most enjoyable if they can be free
from sea-sickness, the bane Of so many
ocean-travelers. l left Sedalia quite
worn out with ngapplication to bust
ness, and had not been in good health
for several months, and l can give
thanks to old Neptune for very great
in my health, and for
q very agreeable trip in both my pas
ssges. l was not sick at all, and was
favored with good appetite, and was
able to sleep with great deal Of en-
joyment.
"We reached Liverpool on We'd
nesday, May Alb, and remained there
about twenty-four hours. We then
went to the old city of Chester, which |
lies near the hills Of Wales, and about |
forty minutes ride by rail from Liver
pool. This is one of the oldest places
in England, and is very interesting |
on account of her walls, castle, cathe.
dral. etc., of great antiquity, still
From Chester we went
to London.
"London il q very interesting city
on account of its commercial import
ance as the trade center of the world,
and ss a place of great historic inter-
est; and yet, aside from its public !
buildings and palaces. and some places
IF special interest, it does not COM
pare with some of our best American !
cities, except in its extent and com.
Much of it is old, and very
few of the buildings are either fine or
in any way, but with its
i've millions of population it is place
hat presents q thousand varying
Genes of interest to the traveller. II
,ould not undertake to give even a
of what l saw, or of the
made on me by it all. T.
vas favored with an opportunity to at
end the House of Commons, and to
listen to a debate participated in by
many of the leading members. Of
curse, visited Westminster Abbey,
It. Psul's cathedral, the tower and
many other famous places of interest.
"Iu order to visit the Hon. Edwin
1. Terrell, minister of the United
states at the court of Belgium, l went
o Brussels, which place | reached on
he 1S'b of May, after spending a few
avs in Holland and at Antwerp. Mr.. |,
,errell is from San Antonio, Texas,
ut was reared in the State of Indiana, i
nd was friend of my college days.
lie married in Sedalia about 1874.
lis wife was Miss Maverick, of San ,
Texas. who was then living
18th her brother on Broadway in this
ity. Unfortunately Mrs. Terrell died I
, Brussels about sixteen months ago.
Ifter leaving Brussels l spent two I
avs in Paris and then returned to 4
,ondon for two days. and sailed from 4
;varooo1 nm MAJ % roeoh;u~ No-I d,