The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-30
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Pleasant Visit to BranfOrd-Funeral of Miss Kanahan, Yesterday, at the Baptist Church-A Very Large Attendance.
 Dr. and Mrs. Edward K. Roberts of PA Grand avenue arrived home Satur- day after a delightful tour of nearly two months in Europe. Both are in excellent health and show the bene- ticial effects of their vacation. They sailed from New York. July 10, on the Cunard steamer Etrurla. The voyage proved very stormy, one of the rough est passages in July ever encountered by this line in twenty-five years. Mrs. Roberts suffered considerably from sea sickness. From Queenstown to Liver pool there was succession of fogs and the steamer arrived twenty four hours behind schedule time. Several days were spent In London and trip to Antwerp was taken. Several days were profitably given to Brussnis. The great exposition was at its height and the Roberts enjoyed the sight seeing. Dr. Roberts says the illumination of the streets in honor of the exposition was the finest he had ever seen. Globes enoircling electric lights were used by the thousand and whole blocks of streets were most beautifully ilumin- ated In many designs. This ilumina- ton was also In celebration of the in- dependence of the city from Holland. The doctor states that the American exhibits at the fair were not very cred itable. The visitors were delighted with the cleanliness of the Brussels streets and the general air of tidiness all over the town Mrs. Roberts was greatly interested in the lace manu- fracture and purchased some of the fine product. She has also a magnificent fan as reminder of her visit to the beautiful city. She speaks in praise of the beautiful botanical gardens which are one of the important objects to visit.
 At Cologne the visitors attended ser vices in the renowned cathedral and listened to the beautiful music The streets and walks are narrow and most pedestrians walk In the street. Their sail up the Rhine formed one of the most delightful trips Embarlsing on a fast steamer, the trip required twelve hours run to Mayence. The sail along this tortuous stream took the excur- sionists near nine clad hills, studded here and there with great castles. At intervals were shrines and altars. The scenery was magnificent and greatly enjoyed. After a short ride about May ence, the doctor and his wife went to s Heidelberg and visited the famous r, tun, now in dfsuse It has been filled three times with wine. Its capacity is 49000 gallons and 1t required the pro- duct of an entire province to fill it.
 Their visit to beautiful Lake Lu- zerne, to the town of that name ana its great cathedral, formed a delightful chapter in their enjoyable tour. They { enjoyed one of the magnificent concerts given every evening in the cathedral ' and speak in praise of the splendid music. From the Rigi they counted fourteen beautiful lakes. The ride over the narrow railroad to the top of G.1f- dlewald, 5000 feet high, proved great delight. They also ascanded the high est peak, Schynize, 1000 feet, and saw snow lying twenty fee. deep in the month of August. On the crest of Grin dlewald are 1000 Jersey cows and the tinkling of their bells Dr. Roberts says is exceedingly novel and pleasant tc hear. At Geneva they were surprised to see the shops open and doing a good business on Sunday afternoon, when many come to trade from the country.
 Several days were devoted to Paris including visit to th, site of the great exposition of 1900. MT. and Mrs Rob- erts went up in the Eiffel tower 1 00C feet high, visited the magnificent parks the famous Louvre and its historical paintings and many other objects of n- terest in the beautiful city They next visited Geneva, returned to London fo1 a two days stay, visited Chester and Stratford-on-Avon, stopped over al Holyhead Wales, thence across the Irish sea to Dublin, where they saw the Duke and Duchess of York and witnessed @ portion of their splendid reception. They then went to the beau. tiful lakes of Killarney, rode over the Prince of Wales drive, and thence tc Bontry and to Cork Their visit in. cluded an inspection of Blarney Castle and of the famous Blarney stone, where seven persons lost their lives last year in climbing to the stone and endeavor- ing to bestow a kiss. The ruins of the famous castle were inspected pr Roberts visited several of the European hospitals and saw a number of surgi- cal operations His opinion Is that ir these hospitals the surgeons are not as particular as those in the better Ameri- can hospitals. At Queenstown, Dr. and Mrs Roberts bade adieu to Europe embarking on the Lucania which made a fine run of five days and eleven hours to New York. On board were Lord and Lady Duncan of the Dominion of Can ada. At Cologne they met pr. C. Purdy Lindsley. pr. and Mrs. Roberts were delighted with their trip, but say there is no place like America. They made number of fine photographs and also purchased some handsome pic lures. During pr. Roberts absence Dr. Beard has attended to his large practice.
 The annual visit of the members o the Sunday school class of the Grand avenue Baptist church, of which A Judson Smith of Totoket, is the teach CT, to his home, was was a very pleas. ant affair. MT. and Mrs. Smith had the good Judgment to select a perfect Au- gust day. just the kind of weather which the members of MT. Smiths class could enjoy while riding in his carriage to his farm. The drive was very pleasant and MT. Smith interested the ladies by describing the objects oI interest along the way asnaojolI,, WAY,