Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-19
Notes of Foreign Travel.

parted from you at the Liverpool
Docks, and after we had disentangled
our several packages from the other mul
titudinous packages, and had them eN
amined; and after had paid our wharf
dues, and 5s Cd duty on pound OF to-
bacco that cost less than two-thirdS of
that sum in the land of a protective tar
itf; then-and not till then-did become
aware of a great British Institution.
mean the Institution of Tips for ].
had to Tip" the railway porter who
wheeled the luggage. and the man who
handed the things to the porter and the
man who handed the things from the
porter to the cabman; but when two or
three idlers put out their hands for
tips" ]. drew the line, and we drove off.
! was put in better humor at once
by the beauty of the Liverpool horses,
which are the finest and most perfectly
kept beasts ever saw. In the three days
was in Liverpool dill not see a single
horse whose coat did not Glisten like
satin, and when | looked with adnira-
ton and envy at pony and trap that
would have made Jack happy for life,
found it driven by the eats meat" man.
| had learned in my first geography that
Liverpool was the most important sea-
port in the world, and had the most
wonderful docks; docks that have been
steadily improving all that time. But |
was unprepared to find it also a very
beautiful city, with broad, perfectly
paved streets, magnificent public build.
ings, beautifully kept parks, and the
residential portion OF the city rich i'll ele-
CANT mansions, with trees. shrubs, gar
dens and Conservatives. We took ride
in the elevated electric railway along the
docks, which are seven miles in length
with quay space of thirty-two miles
their cost was about sos, 100000 The
many public buildings are ornamented by
monuments and statues, both without
and within, and the Museums, Art Gal.
leries, and Libraries have some of the
rarest collections in the world.
We left Liverpool by the Mersey tunnel
in one of the funny little railway car.
riages, which, with their quaint little en-.
gines looked like so many toys | have
learned since to like them much. They
open on the sides, and are built in usually
four compartments, each labelled l, 2, Or
3, according to the quality of upholstery,
and the tickets of each class vary CORE.
spondingly in price. have seen some
very Objectionable people in first class
carriages, and some of the utmost refine
ment travelling third class. Each com
partment is about six or seven feet long
and has two seats facing each other with
racks for light luggage above, J, and
have made long journeys with com
partment to ourselves; but each will
comfortably hold ten persons. Our way
lay through beautiful English fields witt
their wealth of trees and hedgerows, ant
ivy growing over every stone or bricb
wall or bridge arch. believe there are
no buildings or fences OF wood in tn.
United Kingdom. Our journey soor
brought us to the ancient town of Ches
ter, and there we remained for twenty
four hours. would gladly have made
it weeks! Chester enjoys the distinction
of being the only town left in England
which has it's walls unbroken. Built in
TRUE Roman style, there are four main