The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-02

~ years dBOt w nat were bnelf tnOuRntl
| when they first saw Ireland after al
those years Of hardship and privationl
on the far Western prairies? What die
they expect to find in the old country
pleasure? | think not. | questioned
them and they did not know.
There was one American drummei
who smoked the first half OF his cigal
and ate the other half. This man owned
the greater part Of New York city, which
probably was his greatest fault; We
shook hands till the bones ratified Their
there was big Scotchman with 1
equally big heart, who had been in
\ Mexico, and who soon expected to sec
/ his BARNS and CONAN" Then there
were two Englishmen who came from
Venezuela; one New Zealander who
had been in the Boer war and now in
tended to revisit Transvaal, and possibly
settle down in that country. Two q
three more there were who craved my
attention, but whose business / do not
remember. And SO of "Lucania'sn 40C
passengers none but three were left tc
keep us company on the third stage oi
our journey, and they were Danish
couple on their wedding trip to the old
country and Swedish girl on her way
to visit her parents away up in tie
Northern part of Sweden.
1t would be interesting to know where
all those 400 people now are and what
they are doing. love to dwell ON the
recollections OF this voyage, for on the
whole they are pleasant. Our accom-
modations were luxurious and the ser
vice perfect. There were stewards on
every turn to do our bidding The food
served was equal to that Of first-class
hotel and we were treated with the
utmost respect and civility. There was
considerable musical talent on board
and we were treated to several fine en-
tertainments.
At nine o'clock we went ashore and
through the custom house. Here we
expected to have everything in our pos
session turned upside down, bat to our
surprise we were only asked if we had
anything which Brother George or his
government could possibly have right
to lay toll on, and upon informing them
that such was not the case they bade us
pleasant goodbye.
We intended to 60 from Liverpool to
the land where for centuries the brawny
Scot tickled the British lion with two
handed swords till it roared and skunk
back into its den again; but the season
OF good weather being far advanced and
my memory verdant with earlier .recol-
lections of the North Sea, we concluded
to push on to our destination post-haste
| therefore made inquiries Immediately
concerning the best and quickest route
to Copenhagen, and having this mapped
out | bought tickets from Liverpool to
Harwich, small seaport town on the
southeast coast Of England. This route
is the most convenient and the one fol-
lowed by an ever-increasing stream Of
tourists. The aforementioned three
persons went the same way on this, the
third stage of our journey. 1t was
pleasant riding through England, with
more variation of scenery than | ex-
pected to find in this part Of Great Brit
ain. We passed through Manchester, a
city that contains more factories than
any other in the world, and also through
Sheffield, that far-famed town where
cutlery has been manufactured for more
than seven hundred years. The train
did not make long stop at the latter
place and | had therefore little oppor-
tunity to "look around" The most
noticeable thing was the dense smoke,
which covered the city and surrounding
country to depth OF thirty feet Above
this mantle OF floating particles Of coal
could be seen the tops Of numberless
smokestacks, all emitting black clouds
which added to the denseness of the
poisoned atmosphere. When we emerg-
ed from this pail the country lay before
us in all its glory. Some parts were
rugged enough to imagine ourselves
back to the "Wealthy and wonderful
West" Hills and rocky bluffs, wastes
where nothing grew but the sturdy
heath which served as pasture for the
frugal sheep; then again beautiful val
leys would meet the travellers gaze, in
tensively cultivated fields with haw-
thorn hedges as dividing lines, velvety
meadows upon which grazed horses,
cattle and sheep of blooded stock were
in evidence on every hand. The crops
OF grain and hay were tremendous, but
owing to the cold and rainy summer the
season was an uneommonly late one,
and fears were entertained that a large
part of the crops would be ruined, or at
least of poor quality. The country from
Liverpool to Harwich, as seen from the
car window was in truth varying pan
Drama OF the most lovely landscape that
the good Lord ever presented to man.
Cities and villages, hills and dales,
brooks and canals, pleasant farm homes
neatly snuggled among groves of birch,
beech and oaks. Our English cousins
have indeed lovely country, and, by
jove, doncher-know | am glad Of it, for
have always found them civil, pleas
ant and obliging, both as individuals
and as a nation-the anti British blather-
sixties to the contrary Notwithstanding,
No one who has come largely in touch
with or seen the English in England
dare to maintain the opinion that they
are anything but true, kind-hearted
and straightforward people, without ex-
posing his bigotry or ignorance. As to
the accommodation on the English
railroads | will cite one instance. In
ouiring OF the conductor whether the
train stopped long enough about 6
oclock for the passengers to get some
lunch, he saluted and answered very
politely that it did not, but he would
send a telegram ahead to the next sta
tion and order one if we would kindly
state what was wanted. AS supper was
waiting for us on the boat at Harwich
we did not want anything but sand
wiches, so | ordered Is Of the latter and
four cups of tea. A half hour later the
train stopped and in came a waiter with
a tray loaded with the requested food,
which was of excellent quality. | ex-
pected to have to pay pretty stiff price
lor this unusual procedure, but before
had time to ask, the waiter said Zone
six-pence, sir" That is, the whole
thing cost SO cents. paid it with a
"tip" and English money, and off we
went. ! wish to state right here that
from the time we left the Pullman
sleeper the tipping system was adopted
in modified form. When you go
abroad don't be bashful about offering
tips, and generally speaking the money
thus invested is not "dead capital" n
the contrary it seems to create life. We
ate our sandwiches and drank our tea