Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-01
WATERBURY EVENING SATURDAY 1894


Iation, st as soon as the clocks strike 10
the saloons close and everybody trundles
of to bed. 1t is almost a crime to strike a
match after midnight. The police and fire
departments are inferior to ours but the
former are far moro reserved. They use
all sorts Of kindness and sweet words to
avoid having any trouble with you, but
IL you once get them aroused look outl
The English boobies are really the finest
set of men have ever seen. Indeed they
are ahead of the militia. They arc from
to feet tall. Their salaries start at
about 81 n week, hut when they become
veterans in the service they receive good
pay.
Scotland is very like England, only the
natives are less bright. They are q ho:ne
loving race, which pays much more atten.
ton to churchgoing than to patronizing
the playhouse. In fact, Sunday is better
kept there than any place 1 have ever
heard OF. 1t is an unusual thing for the
people to go anywhere on that day or do
anything at all. Edinburgh is indeed a
beautiful place, and although rs far north
as Labrador the climate is delightful
Impressions of Ireland.
was surprised in Ireland. expected
to find grim poverty stalking about star
ing visitors impudently in the face, but
in this belief was happily disappointed, al
extremely poor. Dublin is the best city.
1 went through the brewery where GUM
ness stout is manufactured 1t is CAPT
talized at $780, 600, 900 and pays 10 per
cent on the investment The men in Dub
lin are good looking, and thought the
girls and women very, very pretty. There
is a great deal of business [ ne there. I
saw Phenix park, where Burke and Cav
endish met their deaths, and also Dublin
castle.
Belfast, famous for its linen and linen
mills, is much like an American town.
There was an Uncle Toms Cabin COM
pany playing there the week after we left,
the members of which were all American
negroes, mostly plantation hands.
While in Ireland kissed the blarney
stone.
In Belfast the people arc mostly I'M
demonstrative. They did not go into rap
| lures over me, although / am an Irish
Catholic and my uncle a priest. 1t is said
that 40 per cent of the people of Ireland
are Protestants, but 1 fancy this must he
| a mistake In Ballinrobe, where my uncle
| lives, all are very poor. If the crops turn
| out good, they are all right; if not, they
simply starve. In one of the provinces
! where we were no English is spoken, only
! Gaelic. 1t seemed to me the folks were all
| talking in German, and you can judge
my astonishment when thought 1 heard
| Irish people talking in that tongue.
There is more poverty in Limerick and
Cork than in Belfast. 1t is said there arc
| 60, 600 Irish who speak no English.
There are plenty of railroads throughout
the kingdom, but the cars are much in
ferior to ours. If you take an all night
car, you must roll up in n blanket, and as
they seldom heat the coaches and then by
hot water tanks it becomes cold enough
to freeze the hair off an arctic dog before
| morning. Should the car roll off the
track you would probably die like rat in
a trap, for you are locked in it.
| Cost a Barrel For Tips.
The children and people generally over
| there are civility itself. Ono rarely
hears a man or boy swear, and they will
sir you to your hearts content. The
! servants attend to you, every want, but
they expect to be tipped when you leave
your hotel. guess it cost me n barrel of
money for tips, for gave up literally.
Bobby GaylOr the Irish comedian of
our company, became about as popular as
1t is possible for n man to become in Great
Britain, and in London they nearly went
into ecstasy over him. He was offered a
| good big salary to go back there next year
and this he may do.
While in Paris / was presented to the
late President Carnot, the present Presi-
| dent Casimir- Pcrier. the American cmbas-
| sadOr, Mr.. Eustis, and others. They were
| all introduced in French, and l couldn' {
| understand n word said, but it was explain
| cd to me later. Never in my life have
| been better treated than in the French
| capital, and shall always be glad to go
back there. learned that Casimir Pcrier
| had said he wanted to meet the American
giant" and that he had an idea was
| built something like John l.. sullivan.
! When he found wasn't, he said he didn {
know much about pugilism, but he sup
posed l represented the coming genera
ton of pugilists and thought it remarka-
| BILE l should have ability as an actor as
| we'll. Casimir- Perier wears the grand
Gordon of the Legion of Honor. / doubt
not that the French people already love
| him as they did his martyred predecessor.
When l left New York for Europe on
the Fuerst Bismarck, Charles 4. Dana and
Baron Hirsch were among my fellow pas
sengers. Coming back on the Majestic,
there were many people whom l knew.
During the voyage it was our misfortune
to run into n small vessel, and one of her
sailors was drowned. We gave a benefit
for the ones who were rescued and real,
lied 81, 500 by this means. Inade speech
at the first cabin concert and presided al
the entertainment given in the second
cabin.
And in closing let me say that as the re
suit Of my tour | am moro enthusiastic
about America than ever before.