The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-13

take one-No. 16-and walk to a carriage.
He looks at my check and points me to
We get, and are 500 at our hotel, which
fronts on the Alster Basin, and we are
soon Mt home in this part Of Germany. |
We find the country, so far, fiat but
rich. No waste land; all in use, and it
looks very prosperous. But one thing we
see do not like. Most OF the German
ladies in the country seem to have to
work on their farms, hoeing the potatoes
or tilling the ground, which indicates to
us hat our glorious country Is ahead of
them in this particular. Hamburg is q
nice city-more Of a pushing and Q COM
mercial city-and much larger than
Bremen. The city was in its glory while
we were there, as the Emperor was IL
pected, and the city was decorated beau
tifully; many electric designs at night all
in readiness to give him a grand reception
when he comes in a few days. He we see
our greatest wonder l had read of them,
but had never seen - m electric car
riage. We were standing, looking up the
street. The street was full Of carriages Of
all kinds, passing to and fro, when here
comes one OF the finest equipped ones,
with neither horses nor driver nor foot
men in sight. As 1t comes closer we see q
finely dressed gentleman and his family
in it, the gentleman steering 1t along and
1t running as nicely and as fast as any OF
the others. We were of course charmed
with it.. We again see very man dogs
hitched to the small hand carts, pulling
the wagons and their loads along. We
take a ride on one OF the small steamers
on the Alster Basin, which, by the way, is
q large lake some one and q half miles In
diameter, right in the heart of the bust
ness center OF the city, and all around 1t
are beautiful drives, and on the upper end
handsome residences. We view 1t over,
admire it and pass on.
We are now, June 10Th, at the city oil
Christians, in Sweden, having arrived
here this morning at $50, having been 10
Kiel, the naval German City, where We
saw thirty that we cOuntsd) men-of- Wal
OF the different nations, called there ia
celebrate the opening OF the great CANA
there which connects the North Sea with
the Baltic Sea-; thence by boat to Korser
In Denmark, where we again take the
train for Copenhagen, the capital city OF
Denmark. There Is no more beautiful
farming country anywhere than between
Korser and Copenhagen. We again go od
by train TO Elsinor, thence cross over thu
Sound on q transfer boat to HelsingfoI
where we come into Sweden. We pass OF
thence to G~ottenborg, which Is the mos
beautiful and leanesI city we have eveI
seen. We arrived here at 1854 In tn
evening; had our supper, or dinner, 81
they call IL, and then out for o walk IL
the city, n return to our hotel, Q I'm,
one, u look at the time and see II Il
1890, and yet broad daylight. We com,
to the conclusion that 10 we are going u
sleep any up In this country, we must q
to bed. dark or not dark; so we retire
aud shut out the daylight by closing tn
blinds tightly, and are soon asleep.
stayed up q few nights before this, at Kiel
TO see about this daylight business, and !
was never real dark, until about midntgh
commenced to break again. and at 2:30
looked at my watch and easily saw tn
time, and retired for the balance of tn
/ so-called night.
8 From Gottenborg we went to Trolhat
ten TO see the great falls. They are YER
around them, where We saw q ship ruI
into h bottom OF the canal, or lowe
part Of 1t, and after passing through som
fifteen locks, and these being Allied an
emptied with water, she finally climbs U
the mountain, n Is above the falls, an
has come up o 500 feet In height fror
where she started. We are charmed wit
{ what we saw at Trolhatten. We MOI
o leave here at 3 O'Clock at night; pass th
night In q sleeping car, and arrive heI
: all right. The sleeping cars are very dti
e ferent from ours. We sleep crossways {
e the cars; have no upper berths; only tw
= lower ones form q compartment, with
y curtain Ia the compartment for . separa
Q ton, and doors which we can lock, 30 q
to be entirely private. We have electr
n lights, blankets and pillows, but q
o sheets. Thus we pass our first night In
foreign sleeping car. We have seen
9 great deal of this city (Christiana), au
e have yet seen, although the dinner serve
e today at 2:3O was in the finest and mo
e beautifully decorated dining room v
n have ever seen In any hotel In any cit
Dinner was served Table D. Hote. Thu
had ten musicians playing while e:e
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courses were served, the last being coffs
d Lighted candles were placed on the tabl
and cigars were passed around. b
j. who smoked would take up the candi
stick, light his cigar, and sit and Pr
away, and now and then sip his COTE
n All the walters In full dress, with viii
d gloves on, made lots Of style; butt cam.
say we enjoyed the dinner Except for l
novelty half as much as II our good COO
p Kate, at our beautiful but far away HON
re had served US. You can rest assured Of
8. feels homesick occasionally, when 7
h think of being so far away from hon
1T and good friends and neighbors, such
Is we have the good fortune to hav VIII
3 we do not like the Idea of seasickness
60 crossing the ocean, yet we can cheerful
N say, seeing what we have seen, to d
ps nothing of what we yet expect to see
10 these foreighn countries, it Is well wor
h the trip for one to go to Europe. b
W while these are our sentiments, we G
1t also cheerfully say, give us our beauti
~ land Of liberty In b United States, al
X let US live and die in old Lexingto
which we can yet call the garden spot
q the world-the best land and the b
es people.
We We leave here in the morning to go
I'd through Norway by rail; through . lak
III several days by cariole Tor carriag'
riding through some wild scenery; then
h. by steamer on to the North Cape. w
sh try and give you another letter soon;
In with kind feelings for all at home, q
be love to our children and relatives, ! q
ur good bye, and close my second letter.
Xonra frnlu q q