Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-08-05
LONDON TO COLOGNE,
DR.. Neville Makes a Tour
of the Continent.
SIGHTSTHAT COMPEL INTEREST


Crossing tho channel-The City Of
ostend Magnificent Brussels -on
the Ffsld of WaterIoo-BeIsium and
the Belgians-Arrived at Cologne
Tho Falls of the Rhine.
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
NEuHAUsEN,S Switzerland, July 90
Thursday, July IA, We leave Lon
don for the continent via Dover.
The ride on the cars from London to
Dover is about three hours long. This
ride was without special interest; ex-
cept that We had an addition to our
southern contingent in the persons OF
DR.. Morris and his daughter, Miss
Hattie, from Atlanta. At Dover we
take a steamer for Ostend, which Is IN
Belgium. We crossed the English
channel in about three hours. This
body Of water has the reputation Of
being very rough and turbulent, and
we were expecting a great deal OF
sickness; but we were greatly sur
prised to find calm and placid
body Of water. Nobody was sick, and
we enjoyed the passage across the
channel very much.
We arrived at Ostend about 8 p. m,
and after having our baggage exam
ined, we took a carriage drive over a
part of the beautiful little city. This
is an attractive looking place. The
king has his summer home here and
It Is quite a summer resort for the
people. The place claims 10000 inhab-
itants, but in the summer this number
Is about double, in consequence OF the
visitors. Our party has grown to the
number Of forty-seven. We are under
the guidance Of Mr.. Frank c. Clark
of New York. We find his conductors
very competent and accommodating.
He takes us to the best hotels and
gives us first-class service in every
way. It is wonderful how these large
parties can be managed so efficiently
and satisfactorily.
In Ostend, I saw two things which
were new to me. OF course, I had
read Of them. The first sight was the
drawing Of carts by dogs. 1t was as
tonishing to see the heavy loads which
these dogs could pull. just thought
If the many dogs in South Carolina
could be harnessed up and put to some
practical use that it would be better
for the country. Sometimes one dog
would be hitched to cart, sometimes
two dogs and again three. The people
in Belgium are made on a smaller
scale than those in England and Scot
land. I don't think the people In Eng
land and Scotland would condescend to
drive a dog to cart. But I have
been told that in some places on the
continent you will see woman and a
dog hitched to a cart and a man $50
called) driving them. The man! But
I have not seen this anomaly.
The other picture Of life in Ostend
which attracted my attention was
man going through the streets with
seven or eight goats. In speaking OF
the goats, one Of our party said they
were the mans milk wagons, and ne
was correct. The goat procession was
followed by a number Of children
mostly boys. Some of our party con-
cluded we would join the procession as
we were anxious to see the milkman
deliver the goods. We all marched on
for a square or two, and the man and
goats stopped in front Of house. A
vessel was brought out and before we
could hardly take in the situation, one
Of the goats was MIXED and the goods
were delivered. There Is one advan-
tage in this plan to the buyer at least
the milk man has a poor chance OF
watering his goods.
After spending about three hours
in Ostend, we take train for Brus-
sells, arriving there at II p. m. We
stopped at the LIE Grand hotel on one
Of the principal streets Of the city
Brussels Is the capital Of Belgium and
has about 100000 inhabitants including
the suburbs. 1t Is an old looking city
in many places, but Is very pretty IN
many parts. 1t has many beautiful
stores with very attractive looking
goods. 1t is noted for its carpet and
lace manufactures. We visited one OF
the lace factories and saw the ladies
making lace. We did not visit any OF
the carpet factories. They were too
far out. We took in a good deal Of the
CITY in a coach drive Of about three
hours. The Palace of Justice Is a
magnificent building, covering 27O,ooO
square feet Of ground, more space than
that covered by st. Peters at Rome
This building is considered by some
the most beautiful building IN the
world. But it is not as pretty as the
Congressional Library Building In
Washington. 1t is larger, but have
seen nothing that equals the Library
building in Washington in beauty.
This building in Brussels Is said 10
have cost over ten million dollars. 1t
certainly reflects credit on the little
country of Belgium, which Is not one
third the size Of South Carolina. II
has, though, four times as many peo-
ple as South Carolina, and Is, 1 be-
lieve, the most thickly populated coun-
try in Europe.
While in Brussels, some Of us visited
Waterloo, which is about ten miles
away. This is the place where Well
ington defeated Napoleon who Is con-