Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-10-05


littIe outlire Of nv trip.
Our party leIIt New York Sept. ead.
per =. $. Etruria. Cunard Liue, for Liy-
erpool. The frsf day ous was very
pleasant and agreeable. but ON the sec
ond day brisk north wind sprang up.
causing . heavy sven. which In turn
caused many Of the passengers 10 anuse
themselves feeding the fishes. am.
however, glad TO say that did no, miss
= meal. nor did l lose one after getting
II down. There was 4 Jew and his wife
aboard BY the name OF Jacob and Re-
becca Euistein. Rebecca was leaning
over the rail vomiting, and very sea-
sIek. when Jacob came nm and said
.sIind gracious. Reppecke-. What a waist.
don't Won know ve have baid for dot
dinner
On the fourth dav the wind ouieted
down and we were treated to musical
enterta;nmens A which : calIecf;on ,r.s
taken m for the sailors, orna.ns ~ New
YORK and Iiverpool The chairman Of
the committee nm arrnnpements w.s a
.ea.s. oia r,.,;.h-.~ n. Ioh, u.-
Cabe bv name Who haa visited soue
parts Of America II his address to thaa an
slience ha enaka verv <sstsarfn rlx az nny
f.onntrv. h,,t nnfort.ns( $ 4 .re.hsne
Of how we did thines ~ ! n;cefv said
that everything he saw vas done to .
finish. from the dressing OF our hogs in
a Chicago Pork Packing House Ia the
dressing OF our ladies in the PARK
(meaning the dress of our new woman,
This comparison was considered AN in
suit to our fair sex. and as soon as the
entertainment was over we pu, him un-
der arrest, and locked him in his cabin
over night, and the next morning Mr..
McCabe was subjected to mock trial.
Being on an English ship the prisoner
claimed the privilege OF trial before an
English Judge, which was granted. The
Queens attorney was. however. an
American, and though not a full fiedged
attorney, afforded us great amusement.
was the first witness called for the
Queen, and when asked what South
ern gentleman did when his fair sex was
insulted, nv reply was. that we shot the
offender on the spot, and in INV opinion
the prisoner should be punished in that
way. The Judge at once issued bench
warrant for my arrest. ON the ground
that was dangerous character. The
warrant was, however. never served. as
the dinner bugle sounded Immediately
after Mr.. McCabe's trial. The prisoner
was found guilty and sentenced to nav
pay a fine of six pence and TO be ex-
cluded from ladies society for the bal
ance of the day. The prisoner spoke
very ably against the last mart of his
sentence. It was. however. carried ont.
and it was arranged so that some LADY
was constantly in the dining.room. and
in that way Mr.. McCabe was cut off
from his meals.
At Liverpool there was little or moth
ing to interest one. but Chester. which
is a quaint old town. we found very in
teresting. It dates back as far as A. ID.
73. 1t is not only one OF the last places
in Britain quilted by the Romans. but
has the honor of being the last CITY
which succumbed to Saxon rule. Among
the many things of interest are the citv
walls, built by the Romans for protection
against invasion. Cathedral of ST. Wer.
burgh. which was erected durin gthe re;gn
of Henrvs vi VII yTu 9, I.mss
Church, and the adjoining ruins arc the
most interesting in Chester. The buil..
ing dates from ESQ. when II was founded
by King Etheired. in consequence of
visionary admonitions. 10 build IL ON the
spot where h. should And a white doe
Phoenix Tower. from where King
Charles saw the defeat Of his armv Sent
26, 1647, on Rowton Moor On Water
Gate street. the oldest street in the 9 tv
we find house with the date 1e5o carved
upon il. also bearing The lannon's ;nscrin.
tion of "God's providence IL mine in.
heritance.n This house Is known as
f" Gods Providenee Housen v hacause
wben the nIague aav....,aa ar
-. sae s,ss
.uis was sue ohiy cweiiing IN Whicn the
escaped the pestilence.
At Harwarden (Har6en). a small viii
lage about six miles from Chester, we
visited Harwarden Castle. the home of
the late Mr.. Gladstone, which surpassed