The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-12
ON THE NETHERLANDS.
An Interesting Extract From a
Letter From Mrs. Bertha Grove
Reed to her Mother.

Through the courtesy of Rev.
j. l.. Grove of this place, we are
permitted to give an extract of a
letter written by his daughter,
Mrs. Bertha Grove Reed, while
on their voyage from Egypt to
Switzerland, mention of which
was made in last weeks News.
In Justice to Mrs. Reed it should
be stated that the letter was not
intended for publication and is
inserted here without her knowl-
edge.
Quarantined Above Naples, Italy,
June Is, 1900.
Ny DEAR misunderstanding
to plans, we sailed ON the Gut
tardo on Thursday the 14th at 3
p. m. Mr.. Brinkerhotf and Rev.
f. NJ. Giffen and family are with
us. The sea was beautiful but
the ship was not ladened and
rocked like hammock. In less
than two hours every one of us
was sea sick. Mr.. Reed not eX-
cepted. | think the passen-
gers were all sick. Faith and
Willard were the only ones of our
party that did not "Pay tribute
to Neptune" Faith cried little,
then went to sleep. Neither she
nor ! took any supper. Next
morning she walked up saying,
Pm better, not hurt now" And
she was perfectly well all the rest
of the voyage. | do not know
whether they arranged things
differently or not, but the vessel
did not rock so much next day
and we all got better and have
been better since. But whenever
| tried to read or write | got sick
so | just let it alone.
We have had Il lovely voyage.
esterday we passed Sicily,
through the strait of Messina,
between the historic Scylla and
Charybdis. They are really very
near together, and in rough sea,
must be dangerous even yet. We
were in sight of Mount Etna for
several hours. Its top was
patched with snow and it was a
very pretty sight. Before day
light we reached Naples harbor.
Then steamed away up here. A
high hill rises straight out of the
water to the south of us. 1t is
surmounted by II castle. You
can scarcely imagine how beauti-
full it seems to us, covered with
trees and flowers. We have not
set eyes on anything like it since
we entered Egypt. Vesuvius is
lust now concealed from us by
the cliffs. The gentlemen went
up in them to see it this morning,
To our west is lighthouse and
all around are green-covered
hills. Our quarters are quite
comfortable, Our first meal at
8 a. m. is biscuits and strong
coffee without milk. Hard tack
would be a better name than bis
cuits.) Fortunately we were in
formed of the customs and
brought with us crackers, teas
= Jams and lemonade. So we get
on very well till breakfast at 10 a
M, which is really dinner. AT
p. m. and 6 p. m. we have gooc
meals again. The passengers are
made up of Il conglomeration o
people. Italian is the predomi
mating language, and we find oul
:. knowledge of it very useful
English, French, German, Sla'
and Arabic are also spoken, z
7, Catholic priest is on board wh'
!, smokes and plays cards on Sab
= bath. He slept in the same cabil
with Mr.. Brinkerhotf and Mr.
7 Salim, and the odor was so often
. sive that they could not sleep il
the cabin. Mr.. Salim is Chris
tian Egyptian who is going Il
e Switzerland for his health and 81
n may be with us all summer. III
d is a very nice gentleman. Mr.
= Brinkerhoff is ON his way t.
= America.