The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-08-14
LETTER FROM EUROPE.
Our Quincy Correspondent Writes Us
Interestingly Of His Trip to -
Paris, Etc.
London, England,
July 26th, 1900.

London, England, =.
~, July 26th, 1900.
DEAR REPUBLICAN,:
When we left home our thought was
that we would be so very busy sight
seeing and travelling, etc., that when
we had written to our own folks at
home, we would have no time for other
letters.
The programme, as outlined by Mr..
Bartholomew-who by the way is a fine
leader-would keep us on the go SO con-
tinuously we saw no time for additional
writing. After our return to London,
where we will spend about ten days
more before we start for Glasgow, our
party ''broke up''-I mean divided up
and it is now every little company for
itself, and being brimfull of sight see
ing and the weather very hot (93 per
cent, we concluded to remain in our
room and write some letters, one to the
Republican.
We stepped aboard the Partisan at
Montreal, June 10th, and at 9:05 a. M,
we began to pull out of the harbor, the
band playing sweet music, among which
those that touched many hearts were
"America" and ''Home, Sweet Home"
Our trip down the river was without
anything of especial interest to record.
We passed Cape Breton Island about
dusk on the 17th, and in passing New
foundland, we saw large number of
whales. When we had been on the At
lantic short time, quite q number of
our people did not enjoy the voyage,
for reasons I shall not name, and on
Sunday, June oath, although at first
the weather was fine, the wind began to
blow, and by noon was blowing a great
gale.
The waves finally seemed to reach q
height of 40 to so feet, and from IL m
to IL midnight, the deck of the ship
was washed by the waters. Great
waves would often strike the ship,
which would make her tremble, and
the water would rise sometimes 40 feet
or more above our heads, and fall on
deck or inches deep, and find its
way out. twenty-five out of q of our
number succumbed to that terrible
sickness which comes to poor mOrtals
under similar circumstances. Well!
the weather calmed by next morning,
and was very bright, and calm voyage
through the Irish sea brought most Of
our people on deck again, and at 4 p.
m. the next day we reached Liverpool,
glad we were alive, having been 9 days
and hours on board the ship, but for
IL hours did not sail on account of fog.
Cooks special train carried US to
London, where we arrived next morn
ing at o'clock. After 3 days of sight
seeing and rest, we went to the city of
Paris, where we remained with the ex-
ception of one day spent at the old his
toric town of Versailles, until the 9Th
of July. Our stay at the Exposition
was greatly enjoyed by all Of our party,
Although the Fair does not cover as
great an area as did our great Chicago
Fair-having seen both-in excellence
it seems to be equal to it. 1t is all any
one can take in and enjoy, and is all
any one should ask for. We left Paris
by train at q. m. on the morning OF
the 5th, arriving at Basle, Switzerland,
about midnight. Found good beds at
hotel and enjoyed good and refresh
ing sleep until about Z am. We left
Basle at 1880 q. M, over the st. Ber-
nard r. R., and arrived at Balezona
about IL p. M, where we spent the bal
ance of the night. Our trip over a
part of this road was the grandest and
most picturesque of all our mountain
journeying, except where we made as.
cents up the high mountains. St.
Gothard r. r. is 100 miles in length,
has Sc tunnels which aggregate q
miles in length, and cost $40, 900.
Next morning, July 7, we left Belle.
zona at 500 and arrived at Milan at 1C
a. m. Left at LOS p. m, and arrived
at Venice about I p. m. Here we spent
Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday
night. Saturday evening, our party
gave a moonlight boat ride through the
streets of this old historic town as they
did, going from and to the railroad de-
pot.
Many of our people were fascinated
with the city, but we confess we were
not stuck on it bit--would much rath
er see fine street cars, carriages, bi
cycles, etc., than all the boats. We
did not see a horse in the city, and were
told they have none. If Venice ha6
been city of fine streets, instead O.
waterways, with its great commercial
privileges it would have been a city O
perhaps 2, 900, 900 people instead ofmucf
less than 1,OOO, 900; but as it is, there
is, and there never will be but one Ven
ice, and for this reason we Travelled
about 5000 miles to see this odd an
unique place.
Left Venice Monday morning for Mi
Ian, from there to Chiasso on the lint
between Italy and Switzerland, where
our baggage was run through just il
| time to make the mountain town o
Lugano where we got good hotel TO-
the night. Left Lugano July 10th q
$50 q. m. and arrived at Luzern at 4 p
m. perhaps the incest city in Switzer
land, entirely surrounded by mountains
The next morning our party left b.