Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-09-27
Notes Of Foreign Travel.

lea-cr trap Lnt We began a. fear amy en- .
eroaylmput ui QUA time Ia England 4
journey OF "a icN hours through Lcauti-
tai country. wher, the L .gh luud ana les,
fertile fields madcmc almost believe myself
at home. brought, us To Ncw Haven. sea
por, close Ia Brighton, where we took
the packet boat across the channel The
crossing WAS very rough. and should
not Greats any envy Ia relating my own
experience. Il was. however, uuly about
Uu, hours IN duration. Reaching D.cppv,
qua:u, old town somewhat resembling
Qucbec, when the tide WAS low We were
forced to land by gangway almost per
pendicular and the cgrcss of about i've
hundred passengers was very low aud
tirrsome. The railway service IN France
IS very interior To that OF England in
every respect. The Journey through Nor
mandy itself was somewhat disappoint-
ing; it has been SO highly eXtolled by
English people that l expect d to find
scenery almost eq1uliing what had left
and my expectation was in no sense full
filed. The country looked barren ana
uninviting. the fields brown and stubbly,
the grain sparse and low, even the beauty
of the trees DESTROYED by looping tbs
branches TO within q few feet OF the top,
leaving only a few sprays on the other
wise bare trunk. There WAS a certain
picturesque quain,ucSS IL the uu-EngliSh
looks Of the towns and villages wc passed
through, and here and there a chateau
reminded one Of the ancient glorics Of
France. The ancient and cathedral city
of Roucn is full Of interest, the cathedral
being equal to almost any ecclesiastical
structure in purity OF architecture and
laboratories of detail. coupled with
special interest to English people tromitS
historic association with 50 many English
Soyercgns and their consorts The en-
trance to the Seine valley brought a
change over the face OF the country
which then became mainly low-lying,
rush,tringcd meadow land, bright and
green, and the landscape, had the trees
bo., ~. ,,rdafor,,,.5 ,n;gl, bayr hcen
very. ,rc,+y
! 1t was evening when we reached Paris.
and paris o,l,o,v.,rdg.1 o,c. Of, mos,
heqrt,t,l cities in tr. world is a4 me
b,;,,,,t of its h.au.,. ~. artificial rrht
The Rorirvards bIaze with g,s and ,.,cc-
tr;,;tr rca,ctad IN the oI;s+e,;,o Mate
o,,ss ,y;,d,u. ,yb;cb e,,crose +ho mist
axo,,;s;ts f,br;cs aud or,,o,,,.,,t.,I .,-o.
drtr:or. or,.,.,gcd with a,ral1ed
h,. ,,,,. hut , p,r;sia, L,+ o,,,rcc;,t
! ed by ,,,erv ohsorver and o,t on tho
RorIcvords u,iIv dressed raugb;,g or,r,,s
If men wo,re,, and children NOT noss;ng
aIono ike the London crowds tn , rer.
tain goal but chatting Ionnpina or
seated at the orts;de cafe tables sinnino
,;,, or,j;,o;-, ~, e.,,,.s,,rre aud s,,ol;,n
c,,aro+,es soer,,;,,,,i,. without o cara j.,
,[e world Nnrnnos nf sr,ol,;r,, b,,.g
been more than nroynLed v.;+r tba rr;.
vers,l rr.,..,e,,ra or ,ho h,h;t !, Fro,.,,,d
and fine ;I,.Lrel ,yo,, in which tobac,o !,
nnred cycrvyharc Ne, a,rsrc,.,1, -,
tbe very hest cpl+rrr v,Ir.;r,-+o cl,,.rc,
with their graceful and ELEGANT ,,;,,s
n,,ffng ot an old nine or dr;v;rg j., ero
cant nr;vate c.,r;a,ras with tr,,.,. ,;.tcrs
wives mothers s,nol;no in tbc;r t,cos
as n matter of course. In France saw
nuch less snolinul We won't ali ovo,
the royal and historic ral,c.e that ar,
left in Paris Versailles NOT hear,;t,,
without brt within fin. most ev,rav,.
can't beautvt he lrxurious and ,r,G;o,ts
monarrbs Iou,s XIV aud or;e Ky
couId dev;se-n,arhle hrouze nor,,b,,,.
orvx and oold ,vror,ht ,,d ;n+e,.
vrounht IN evou;s;,o srbc,,,es h,. III,
most uifred artists and n,ost eL;I>el
workmen every atom NJ wall snace No,
81 emhellishe1 Lear;nr ca,ros.s from
the hands of the most renowned na;r+
ers eocb room, YARN and nIow;pcr ,,.;+l
historic associations THIS room, III,
h;rtbnIoce of H;ngs aud r,.;,,ces +ba,
ho1d;rg rrcharo.d tha co,,nh NJ Maj.
Antoinette here +hc roo,,, she n.,+e,
from, he, children tr.re +he staircase =,
which she fed this the window wbenc,
amar+;re bar,ra,.d tho n,ood+h;rs+,
,noh j., the revolution ot1e1e that III,
balcony where the darnb;n k;nc wa.
eiezad bv tbe r,+b1eee Terro,.;s+s :, 1-o2
pass;na opt tbrorrb ,dIo,,e,,,.
+ecr,;rg with l;fe,ikr sta+res of ;,r,,ort.