The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-13
LETTER FROM LONDON.
4 HENDERSON YOUNG MAN So
JOTRNING IN ENGLAND.

He Writes Readable Letter Giving
an Account Of His Trip Across the
Atlantic-PcoDle and Things as He
is Impressed by Them-Many Differ
ences Noticeable Between English
and American Customs, &c.
LONDON, Eng, Dec. Is, 1897.
EDrroR GOLD LEAF:-Thiuking you
and some of your readers might find
letter from a "hOme boy" temporarily
staying on his side Of the great pond
not altogether without interest, | have
decided to drop you a few lines by way
of pastime But am unskiled in the
art OF letter writing for the public prints
and so ask you to pass all Imperfect
tions by.
| shall attempt to give only few items
concerning my trip from New York to
England with the Btunum and Bailey
show. left New York Saturday, Oct.
goth. 1t was d very jolly crowd We had
On board and they enjoyed themselves
with the many games and in various
other ways 1t was fine day and no
one was sick as the sea was as calm as
a mill pond. Our vessel made 296 miles
from $3.50 A. NJ. until 6 i. NJ, the first
day out.
Sunday, November 1st, was Il little
rough, but no one was SICK. AT ii
O'Clock we had religious services in the
dining room and ali went to ''church,'
as We called it, aud perhaps it was the
first time some OF us had heard preach
ing in many Il day. Some one played
| the hymns on the piano as there was no
organ On the ship and all Joined i'll the
| singing and we got along very well.
Just alter services dinner was an
nounced. 'tI% over all hands were soon
on deck again looking tor passing poats
and ali such things but none were 10 DE
sern We We're now OUT OF s'Sht Oh land
Tor n" hrat time. ne boat only made
| 2S:' nIii''~ on account OF th. rouShnesS
OF th" sea, but did not rock ut all. At
| about or o clock the o. ok was de-
| serted as it WAS very windy and cold and
| most oi the people were i'll bed by 10.
Monday, the End, was not as rough as
the previous day had been, but it rained
all day aud it was very miserable on
deck 50 no one went up. Many were III
| the cabin playing checkers, domInoes
and such other games while most OF the
ladies We're embrOidering, crocheting or
| doing sewing of some kind to pass the
| time away. About - o'clock one of
the mail steamers was passed and all
went on deck to see it. There were many
signals raised and our boat answered
| them, but | did not understand the
meaning or | would explain them. All
| | could see was that the mail boat would
send up two or three flags and our boat
would do the same and then pull them
| down and raise another, and by that
time it was by us and soon PASSED out
| Of sight Then all went down to the
sound OF the dinner bell again. We were
all punctual to that CALL 1t did not let
up raining all day. Our boat made 2S6
miles, "A little better than the day before
Tuesday, the Bird, was also very disa-
| greeabe as it was still raining and from
what can understand it is continually
| raining in that part OF the ocean. Most
of the passengers enjoyed themselves by
| singing and playing the piano something
like the day before. About or 3 O'Clock
| We commenced to see the sun shine and
| it cleared up and in a short time all were
| on deck and it was like coming I'D out of
| cave from that cabin We had many
deck games which we used to play. |
| cannot well describe them as they were
very odd. We did not see any vessels
or land all day. Our boat made 2S5
miles.
Wednesday, the 4th, WAS very rough
and water WAS splashing all over the
deck. We We're therefore forced to stay
IN the cabin or cave as call 1T, again.
This was not very pleasant and lots OF
the passengers were afraid the boat was
going down on account OF the spashing
of the water One was on the sick list
and did not feel hungry when the waiter
went to find him. He did not care for
anything but to be left alone. We felt
sorry for him but he said that did not
help him bit. Then some of the other
boys got up on deck and danced the
Highland Fling over his state room
which made him very mad. But not
knowing who did it he was none the
wiser. He was the "Firc King" but said
he could not eat fire or anything else
that day. The boat made only 26S
miles on account of the heavy sea-
Thursday, the 9TH. was lust as rough
as the dav before and it was also very
pleasant (nit). The Fire kinr'' was
Joined on the sick list by the sword swal-
lower and the boys also danced over bis
state ROOM He yelled as loud as he
could for them to stop but they only
stamped the harder and laughed the
louder at him. He put on his clothes
and started to 90 up on deck and ask
them to let him have rest but thew had
all disappeared. no one could tell where.
They could not be found anywhere so he
went back to his state room and retired.
He had not been in bed long before the
old familiar stamping was heard above;
and finally it ceased as a sail boat was
sighted about two miles away going in
the same direction we were 1t looked
as though it was going down every min
ute. | don't know whether it did or not
as we We're soon out of sight of her. We
lost horse that day. He died and was
thrown overheard immediately. Instead
OF sinking he tloated away on the high
waves until lost to sight. We made $50
miles again today
Friday, the 9th, was not quite as
rough as the two previous days but we
had Il slight fog which cleared up about
noon, however, and we made Il little
better Roadway. All enjoyed theIns elves