The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-09-07
Charles Ellis Writes of His
Travels Abroad
HAvIN G TIME OF HIS LIFE.
Napoleon Man Visited Many Interest.
ing Spots in the Land Of Bobbie
Burns.

From Fridays Daily.
Charlie Ellis of Mapleton, brother of
William Ellis of this city, is touring
Scotland and having the time of his life.
In letter published in the Mapleton
Enterprise Mr.. Ellis gives something of
an idea OF what he is doing across the
briny deep. The letter is dated Aug. ID,
and says that he sailed ON Saturday,
July 2Sth from New York on board the
steamship Caledonia, of the Anchor line.
The trip across was quite pleasant. Some
700 passengers were aboard of which one
half got off on reaching Neville, Ireland
The time passed very quickly with
games of all kinds INDUCED in during
the day, and concerts in the evening. He
says he sung there some "guid auld
Scotch sangs," and was highly encored
Fogs prevailed a day or two when off
the banks, and at times were very thick,
causing the captain to order steam shut
off, when the crew stopped. A number
of loud blasts was given from her siren
and on hearing no reply proceeded on
her way. This occurrence caused con-
siderable uneasiness among the passen-
gers and Charlie was one of the number.
Lord! Sandy says he, II was getting
scared when she stopped"
A sad incident happened during the
voyage. A poor Finlander with his young
wife were intending making America
their future home, but he being of a
sickly nature, they were not permitteJ
| to land and were forced to return back
| to their native country on the same ship
that had brought them over. The poor
fellow died when only day or so out.
ward bound and was buried at sea, caus-
ing his poor wife to return alone. A
purse of ,over 5000 was raised by the
cabin passengers and presented to the
lone widow g
That dear spot called the Emerald
Isle" was the first land sighted on the
afternoon of August 4th, and at 900
O'Clock, the same night touched at Mo-
vile and as before stated, about one
half of the passengers got off to spend a
happy holiday in the land where the
shamrock grows.
Mr.. Ellis first saw the rugged peaks
and heath clad mountains of Bonnie
Scotland on the morning of Aug. 5th, the
sight of which was grand and sublime.
Friends met him on his arrival at
Greenock, where he disembarked and
spent a few days at this place, which
is noted as the birth place of James
Watt and where Burns highland Mary
lies buried.
Across the Clyde from Greenock lies
Dunnoon, famous summer resort for
the wealthy class of Glasgow; here
very enjoyable day was spent as the
guest of Mrs. John Horn, widow of the
late Mr.. John Horn, printer, who is So
iourning here during the summer.
On Aug. 18th, Mr.. Ellis left Glasgow
for Dumfermline, 1.-THE birth place of his
parents, and also where the great phil
anthropist, Andrew Carnegie, was born),
where he found his Uncle John Ellis,
Jagged so, and an old veteran of the Cri-
mea), well and delighted to see him. He
visited at Dundee where David Will used
to herd the skye" when boy, also at
Edinburgh, the seat of learning for all
of Britain, and was intending paying a
visit to Ayr the land O. Burns the follow
ing week.
1t was a difficult matter for him to
get onto the pounds, shillings and pence,
and he also found that tobocca was ex-
tremely high in price, he says he paid 2
shillings and pence t60c) for three )
cent cuts of Piper Heidscick chewing to-
bacco. 4l ass ~
The weather most of the time was cx
tremely bad, good deal of rain. Crops
were looking splendid, but harvest was
a long ways off, very little sunshine but
as whole it is most beautiful coun-.
try, people all happy and in a prosper
Gus condition and enjoy themselves to the
fullest extent.
The reason he returns so soon was not
because of any dissatisfaction, neither
was he homesick, but simply because he
had to come with the Columbia that sail
ed from Glasgow'last Saturday, all berths
in future sailings of steamships We're
booked in advance up to the middle of
October, and his ticket expires Sept.
30th. He expects to land in New York
next Sunday and will be at home about.
Sept. 7th.
OF all the places he ever saw Coney
Island, New York, takes the cake. The,
Sunday he was there, it was estimated
that 100000 people were on the Island.
He and Alex Ramsay Topped the loop at
this place, but Charlie says he would
not do it again for all the money in tho
Mapleton State bank. The sensation is
something awful n