Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-11-23
TOTALLY BY WATER.
Twelve Days on the Steamer Kaiser VIII
helm 1.-THE Atlantic, The Azores, Glib
raltar, The Mediterranean.
GENOA, Italy, Nov ?, 1893.

On the 2lSt of October. at , p. m, the
good steamship Kaiser Wilhelm of the
North German Lloyd line, drew slowly ont
from her dock at lIobukcn To-day at ~ |
a. III, she touched the dock in this ancient
city The voyage. though little longer
than usual, owing to contrary winds al |
across the Atlantic, has bccnu favorable and |
exceedingly pleasant one. The steamer. a.
regards size and convenience of the state |
rooms. elegance of all her appointments. OK
ccllence of the table and service, stcadincS'
in rough weather is one Of the best boats |
that sail the sea: Of iOOO tons and driven by |
engines of GOOO horse power, she is exceeded |
in size and speed by the ocean racers of ~, |
0OO tons and IS. 600 to 20, 600 horsepower; |
but is surpassed by them in no other respect |
Her captain is very proud of her and things
are done on her with an amount of style !
not found ON every steamer. The meals |
for instance. are announced 10y bugle calls
instead OF by the inslIlicrablc gong. and din
ncr is served in eight or ten intcXiblc
courses, each introduced by and acCOmpanl-
ed with music by an excellent orchestra.
The steamer carried l3j cabin passengers
and 500 Italians in the Storage Her off
Gers and crew number l0j; and She vas thus
Il floating village Of over 100 inhabitants.
Among the passengers were Bishop Potter of
New York and Mrs. Potter. on their way to
Constantnoplc; DR.. Ncvin OF Rome fer ~
wears rector of the American chapel in that
city. returning thithcr after a hunting trip
| on PUGET Sound. in which he shot bears and
| elk in a tract never before, 50 far as is
known. visited by a white man. and stunned
| 10y the Indians because they believe it to be
haunted by bad spirits; Prof. Samuel Hop
kino of Auburn. \ v, and Iii, brother
| Col. ". Il. Hopkins of Stamford, Conn.
who wa. chief quurtcrnustcr OF the l2th
army corps in the civil war: Gen. f. H.
| Ripleyoi New Nork and of Mendon. VT and
| his wife and children, with Mrs. Rip,ty's
mother; Mrs. Van Dorcn of New York; Mr.
! George \. French, son of Charles q. French,
formerly of Burlington, and many other in
tclligcnt Americans together with a sprink
| ling Of German barors. freuchmcn italians,
Egyptians on their way homo from Chicago,
one or two russians &c. etc.
The ocean route from Now Work to
Gibraltar follow, the 4Oth parallel of lati-
tude for most of the way and is a lonely
road. After leaving the shores of the United
States we saw neither sail nor steamer till
we reached the Azores on the seventh day.
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east wind. which scnt tNo-thirls of the pas.
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