Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-28
/ TRIP 70 EUROPE LETTER NO. 4.

beautiful countries, but wild. and
desolate, with their big mountains of
solid rock and lakes and fjords. The
sun goes down about $50 O'Clock
here, but it never gets dark, as you
have twilight all night long.
Stockholm itself is a very good
city, being built almost altogether on
little rocky islands, and it has, in my
estimation, a good right to be called
the aCity of Bridges" for you have
a bridge on almost every corner.
The castle here is by far the best
we've seen. 1t is very large build
ing, with a stream of water about Is
bt wide rushing around it like
mountain stream. On the rear por-
tails are two very large lions, which
look. as if just ready to spring, while
on the front is statue of justice,
with the coat of arms of Sweden.
underneath. / should Judge that
the castle must cover about three
acres of ground.
Yesterday morning we took a
thirty. mile steamer trip out to
Gripsholm Castle and came back in
the evening just in time for dinner.
The trip both ways was very fine, es-
pecially coming back. You may 20
for miles through little lakes and
fjords until there seems to be no end.
One minute you'll be in little lake
and you'll think your journey at an
end, for you can't see any possible
way out, and the next minute you've
turned into one of the fjords, with
barely room for the boat to pass, and
with high, solid rock walls above
your head.
The beauty of this country is its
changing scenery. Even Stockholm,
which is built on whole nest of lit
tie islands, and no matter which way
you look, you see different bit of
scenery.
Gripsholm Castle is very interest
ing, being very large old building
of the fifteenth century, with every
thing preserved intact, even to the
old Moat drawbridge, etc. The
whole castle was full of paintings,
that is, portraits of different Kings
and Queens of Norway and Sweden.
Every room has some ancient his
tory. / saw the room where King
Eric XIV was imprisoned. From
here we 60 to Finland, then Russia,
and then to Germany.
st. Petersburg-Letter No. s.
st. Petersburg, July s, 1906
We arrived here by steamer July I'd
and found the dock guarded by SOL
diers. They would not let us land
until they had thoroughly examined
our passports, baggage, ETC., and
then we had to sign papers saying
where we were from, what was our
business at home, why we had come
to Russia, what we we're going to do,
and how long we were going to stay,
and lastly had to sign up that we
were Christians.
When you enter St. Petersburg
it's just like leaving 1906 and NOV
ing back to eye olden time" They
have had 80 much war and internal
trouble that they have none of the
latest mprovements--not even cleo
trio cars. Most of the travel here is
done by means of cabs, of which
there are something like 10000, and
the streets are just full of them all
the time. You can form some idea
by the card sent you.
They are expecting revolution
here every day. The people all look
worried to death. Very few look as
\ if they had enough sleep. They are
3also having all kinds of strikes and
the streets are alive with the police
and soldiers, mostly Cossacks, who,
from what / can understand, are
about the only troops the govern
ment can really depend on. They
certainly are fine body of cavalry
men, and look just about as fierce as
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