The Republican journal., 1901-10-31
IN KING EDWARDS DOMAIN.
Notes of Six Weeks Trip to England and
Scotland.

When my friends learned that l was
to cross "the pond" this fall, many and
various were the remedies prescribed
for that most unpleasant malady-sea-
sickness. Among the prescriptions
were dried fish, chewing gum, raisins,
boiled sago, lemons, brandy, rice, apples,
citrate of magnesia, and salt pork on a
string. Unfortunately, SO many things
were suggested that l was unable to
choose between them and consequently
started for Portland one warm Septem-
Der day, fortified by nothing but the
determination to endure whatever
came. The heat was so oppressive that
we were forced to open the car windows,
and our clothing and persons were con-
sequently covered with such a thick
coating of fine coal dust and SCOT that
our friends would hardly have recog-
nized us. 1t was almost with regret we
left the familiar Burnham station, and
bade goodbye" to Engineer Shaw as
he flashed by on the engine, and also to
Conductor Jerry Sullivan, the first
familiar landmark to the homecoming
| Belfaster.
I We arrived in Portland about P. NJ,
and after checking our luggage at the
Dominion Wharf went directly to the
West End Hotel, where we made an
attempt to remove the outer layer, at
least, of dust and dirt, and then sat
down to an excellent supper, but with
appetites somewhat impaired by the
shocking news of the assassination of
President Mckinley, which greeted us as
we were entering the dining room. We
were greatly surprised, when in the mid
die of our meal to see DR.. G. c. Kilgore,
accompanied by his nephew, Harry Kill
gore, and Harry and Frank Condor, en-
ter the room, cross it, and seat themsel-
yes at a table on the other side. At the
| conclusion of our meal some of the gen
| tlemen had short conversation with
: the other Belfasters, who were as much
surprised to see us as we were to see
| them. Shortly after supper we went
out in quest of a green car, which we
ton, the Dominion Line pier A blue
car, a red car, a yellow car, a white car
and every other kind of a car passed in
rapid succession, but no green car ap-
| peared for some time. At last, getting
desperate, we hailed the first car that
| put in an appearance, and as it proved
! to be of the long desired green variety
we boarded it and were soon ''under
way for the Dominion Line wharf
and the "Vancouver" We passed the
lights of the Falmouth Hotel, and the
! Preble House and soon were told that
we had arrived at the jumping off place.
After stumbling over many railway
tracks and switches we got into
blacker darkness than before and
found ourselves in the shadow of our
steamer. We boarded her by a gang
way, and after descending into her
depths by two stairways we found the
steward who showed us our state
rooms and promised to get our luggage
brought aboard. We settled few
things in our rooms; which, by the way,
| we found very comfortable indeed, and
were soon on deck again, ready for the
return trip uptown. This time we
walked as far as the Falmouth, where
we expected to meet Mr. Elwell, the
oon611 of art1y A flor
some time the two ladies retired to the
maine Room,' and wrote few let
ters. We found upon looking around
us that we were in a very interesting
place. The walls of the room were
hung with portraits of famous Maine
! people. Among them we noticed par
ticularly fine pictures Of Ex-Governor
Powers and Governor Hill, Hon.
James G. Blaine, and many other faces
familiar to everyone. The furniture
! and all the furnishings of the room
had been contributed by Maine people,
and therefore were particularly inter-
esting to the two "Mainites, so soon to
leave their native State for six whole
weeks We returned to the Vancouver
by Car and about ten o'clock turned
in'; and oh, how good those berths did
feel to us poor wanderers. Our minds,
also, were at rest, for before we went
to sleep we heard the gentlemen well
coming Mr.. Elwell, who had been de-
tanned by business and unable to meet
us at the Falmouth" Although it
was fearfully hot we managed to get a
good nights sleep and were up bright
| and early the next morning and on
deck long before we heard the welcome
bugle-call to breakfast. After that
meal, interesting to us as the first on
| shipboard, we appeared on deck again,
looking for our fellow passengers, and
scrutinizing closely the people who
| were to form our little world for ten
whole days. The dock presented quite
lively scene, being filled with the
usual throng of friends, loafers and la
borers. Promptly at nine o'clock the
| lines were cast off, the final fearful
| Uood hvoc cold apd tho ssVapocnuor