The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-06-27
| Former Jasper Msn Writes OF the
sights Seen BY Him 10 Europe
BERLIN, Germany, june Z, %

Dear Sir:-I, is with great pleas
ure that address you from the city
Of Berlin, in the old world. / LETT
Anderson, Ind, April 26, and sailed
on the new steamer ICELAND. Of
the Red Star Line. from New York
City April 80, at II o'clock noon.
The scenes and incidents OF the
leaving OF the ship shall remem-
Der as long as | live, and were the
most trying and touching ! have
ever seen; as the little tug boats be-
gan pulling our ship out Of the port
the engineer blew the large. strong
whistle Of our boat at least ten min
utes. Peepe were shouting TO their
friends (some cryine)- The way-
ing OF handkerchieis by the 500 OF
more on the pier and the 400 OF
more on the ship, was great sight,
and the many flowers presented to-
the passengers by their friends were
indeed apprt ciated.
The ship Iceland is new and
has made bat ten trips across the
ocean. II il beautiful and well ar
ranged. Through the courtesy OF
the captain was shown all through; );
the officers are very nice and &C.
commcdating gentlemen. and leave
nothing undone 10 make everything
pleasant for the people on board
When this ship landed in New YORK
previous 10 this sailing they bad on
board 1880 steersge passengers
alone, saving nothing Of first and
J secosd cabin passengers. The Zee
! land isa 12000 ION boat, some go
feet long. 90 feet wide and 81 feet
6 high to the promenade deck, and L
so built that where the machinery
D is located. that in case OF accident
: doors can be closed around the ma
-chinery, making il water proof, n
: the doors are water tight. etc I've
! hours after we left New York We ar
rived at Sandy Hook, where the
e pilot who took Us out TO sea lett ouI
r ship and went back 10 New York II
: a ship that was there Tor that pur'
: pose. We had very bad westhe
d coming across. as it was raining TO
u several days, very cold and windy
Il so much so that the wind woul'
e blow the waves across the top OF ih
J, ship. which was so feet above wa
u ter. We had but two clear day
y during the whole voyage OF Tel
DAYS. The first land we saw wa
! the Sicily Islands, on the evenin
g Of the sth Of May, and everyood.
Y was happy. The next day we sa'
;, great chalk banks. where they sc
Il the writing chalk used on black
le boards in schools. | have heard
said that you see no fowls at sea
Is / have seen some kind OF fowls o
'e birds nearly every day We sa'
n ships every day with the exception
J. of four. We arrived a; Flushing
el Holland. on the evening OF the 9Th
p bat did nc. land; however, the ma
ie chnery was stopped TO allow apilo
ID to cume on board to take US int
$ port. After sailing until 10 p. n
u we anchored. awaiting the tide. A
h 8 a. m. Saturday morning, Ma
10th, we again sailed, landing q
y Antwerp, Belgium, at a. m Her
N we were all given breakfast at .
ID 20. after which we disembarkec
O. took cabs for the depot. The fir'
n thing | noticed when looked va
IL a man switching railroad cars wit
e. two horses; these cars are gre'
ly deal smaller 10 this country than
a. ours.
Us They make grea, use OF dogs her
'er as they hitch them up in carts
to Belgium and in wagons in &c
We many. 1t is surprising to see no
Mt much q dog can pull. | arrived
p INV cousins home Sunday, May /
&c which is in Lauffen am Necka
lt- Wurtemberg, where | was for tw
weeks, owing to the exceeding
". ,iisaQreecble weather we had in Ma.
'rolIt was very cold and raining near
h. every day. visited my uncle do
RI, ling these two weeks, near the DO
hnI ders Of wi,zerland. From there
ad could see the beautiful Alps.
IA On May "a I started on my lou
J a ney. After having visited Stut,ga'
rm New and several places, ! went
'ial Karlsruhe, the capital OF Bads
then TO Baden Baden, one OF q
tie finest resorts in Europe; then
Dr.. went to Heidslburg, where ! :.
ag- the remains OF most wonder'
lst, castle, the grounds around viii
nee are charming, and the castle, itse
de. half palace aud half fortress, i gre
,ial I went through it with q guide, '
theIiting also, the chapel AMI cell
a awhere the great Hsidelbuig Tun
thelthis Is indeed wonier- RS
aticih.o 7 rant "a Mavence or Mai