Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-25

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wonders of nature. The beach is over
seven miles in length and about 100
feet wide and is made in terraces by
the action OF the tide, the pebbles are
almost as smooth as glass and perfect
IN form, the majority being round or,
oblong, and are of a whitish limestone
from the size of an egg to a large
orange.
Visit Former IoWan.
Then after visiting David Rosser,
formerly of Abba, at Swansea, we took
boat across the Bristol channel to H.
fracombe. This was the most beauti-
ful seaside resort that we visited.
There was situated on very high hill
an Old church some 700 years old
which is now used for lighthouse. 1t
is constructed of stone, all the mater
1al for it's construction having been
carried up by hand, which would seem
10 Americans to be an endless task.
With English Nobility.
cat Cardiff we visited distinguish
~ NIesti' y, Oh tAlllGu 1uOludS, HE'LL
Der of parliament. Here we were en-
tertained in the style of the English
nobility, and it is needless to say we
thoroughly enjoyed it. In London we
visited all of the larger places of i'm
portance such as Tussards Wax I'M
ages, Earls Court, Crystal Palace,
Geological Gardens, st. Paul's cathed-
raj, Westminster Abbey, the houses
OF parliament and palace connected
Herewith.
The London Tower.
We were present on the Tower
bridge, when it was opened, was all
through London tower, formerly oc-
cupied by the kings of Great Britain
hundreds of years ago, but now kept
as government museum. 1t is guard
ed by soldiers, part Of it being used
for barracks. Here are kept the roy
al jewels, the crowns of King Edward
and the queen consort, the gold din
ner service, the jeweled maces and
all the gold service, all of which was
in use at the coronation banquet. The
guides wore the costume of the histor-
lcal beef EATERS 1t was here that
Anne Boleyn, Queen Katherine How
ard and Lady Jane Gray were execut-
| ed, the spot where the scaffold was
erected being marked with their
names.
See English Plays.
I'VE attended the opera, "A Country
Girl at Days theatre, and saw Car
men and The Devils Forge, at the
Alhambra.
A Dou Cemetery,
"In passing through Hyde park in
London dog cemetery was pointed
out to us and we were informed that
the fashionable set had buried their
fancy dogs and their pet pups there.
1t looked to be about half an acre in
extent and was said to contain from
200 to 400 little monuments about
eighteen inches in height appropri-
ately inscribed to the memory of the
departed beasts.
In the Land of Scott.
From London we went to Scotland,
making our headquarters at Edinburg,
one OF the most beautiful cities we
saw on our entire trip. We visited
the Forth Bridge, the longest and
largest bridge in the world. From
Edinburg we went to Sterling and
| thence made a tour of the Trossacs
and the lake regions where Sir Walter
Scott gathered his material for his
Lady of the Lake In this tour we
passed along the side of Ben Lomond,
Craigmore, Ben-Ledi. Ben Venue, Ben
| AAn, high on the side of which is a
large white stone which marks the
spot where Fitz James gallant steed
| fell, Loeb Achray and Rhoderick Dhu's
watch place. We took the steamer
Walter Scot making trip up Loeb
Katrine and around Ellen's island,
which is the small island upon which
| Loeb katrine and her father lived.
Passing all of Rob Roy's haunts we
proceeded again by stage to Inver-
snaid where we took the steamer down
Loeb Lomond to Ballach Pier. This
| is certainly trip never to be forgot
ten. The landscapes on the banks of
Loeb Lomond must be seen to be fully
appreciated.
Travelling in England
"Take the country as a whole they
are far behind America and nearly ali
intelligent, people will admit it.
Their railroad transportation is miser.
able. Yon can't check your baggage
and you have to look out for your own
stations and see that your baggage is
transferred from one train to another,
and in many places you can travel by
day through tunnel after tunnel and be
in total darkness. The passenger
coach holds about one-third as many as
an American passenger coach and you
have to stoop to enter the door on the
| side of the car. In the stores the
clerks are very slow, it almost takes
an age to buy anything. Many retail
stores look like wholesale houses. with
the goods all done UP in bundles and
tied and re-wrapped and tied again. In
some of The largest stores they will
have cash clerks carrying tho money
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