The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-26
WRITES FROM FATHERLAND
Rev. Henry Wolf is enjoying His Trip
Beyond the Atlantic.
WAS NOT SICK AN hOUR ON OCEAN.
Speaks OF the Great Cha &c in the Comforts
OF Ocean Travel Sine His Voyage,
Fifty'one Years Ago.

ago to visit Germany, see his old
home, and the friends of his boy
hood who are left, gives the fol.
lowing brief sketch Of his Jour
ney to that country.
Heubach Hessen Darmstadt Germany.
August 8, 1905,
EDITOR NEWS: In compliance
with your kind solicitation, shall
endeavor to give through the
News somewhat broken ac-
count of my trip to the Father
land. First of all let me state
that the first friend | met ia Ger
many was the FULTON COUNTY
NEWS; it reached here before
did. Second, | will correct the
statement in the issue Of July 10,
in regard to my trip. For GER
tun reasons | changed my plan,
took Mr.. Shaffuer's advice and
took a White Star Line Steamer,
and took the route over Ireland,
England and Holland.
The Germanic sailed at high
noon on the 18th of July from
her berth N the harbor of New
York with 500 passengers aboard
Of which was the only German
speaking person aboard. | Will
say here that all Germans take
the new German Steamer, which
are the fastest sailers on the
ocean at the present time. But
the English aud American Lines
are strongly competing with the
Continental lines, by redu cling
their rates. I have already
bought my return trip ticket of
the American line aud have saved
much money by so doing. !
bought both tickets gong and
coming-in Philadelphia.
The Germanlc Is not a new
boat, butts still very good ship.
1t is $50 feet long and 40 feet
wide. 1t requires 200 men to
run it. l made the trip in just s
days. The finest view of any
thing l ever saw, and what i'm
pressed me most deeply, was
Greater New York its harbor-
the many big ocean liners and
other crafts, Manhattan, with it's
many buildings, 100 high to be
credited, the wonderful Suspen-
sion Bridge between New York
and Brooklyn, the Statue of Liber
ty, and islands in the bay-all is
like dream in wonderland
worthy of the great Metropolis
of the West. When all this beau.
ty passed out Of sight and my
dear adopted country, my heart
felt something | never felt be-
fore--my feelings were all broken
up. | began to feel so sad and
forsakened. | do believe / was
just then real homesick.
The weather was splended on
the ocean, so calm that the coffee
In the cups did not spill on the
table cloth. But the weather was
almost too cool for real comfort.
! was not seasick a minute, never
missed meal--and such board
| never had better in my life
Oranges, bananas and new Amer
lean apples were served daily at
dinner. In fact il is like living
in a good hotel. There was
pump of real nice fresh water
free to all passengers, for all
uses.
1t is now just 81 years this Au-
gust since my mother and broth.
er left Germany the first ii me.
The journey took thirty-seven
days, twenty.seyen Of which were
spent on the ocean. The ship
was three-master or brig, be-
longing TO the Merchant Marine,
and ust for the time being used
Tor passengers, of which there
We're about 300 packed in like
herring IN box. This multitude
OF people had to do their own
cooking on stove with eight pot
holes on it, IN a kitchen nine feet
square. insufficient water and
that of an unpleasant smell aud
taste, was tolled out to them twice
we.k. IL was the hardest time
we ever had in all our hves. My
mother then said that n she would