Milford chronicle., 1907-06-07
On the Pacific Coast.
1868 Turk Street, san Francisco,
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California, A pril 9TH 1907.
Mr.. ]. B. Anderson. Frederick, Del.
My Friend You will see by the above head
ing that / am away ont here on the Pacific
Coast, still a good long distance from my old
native State, Delaware. My being here is
mixed up with a concatenatiOn Of circum-
stances that would be tedious 20 tell and
might not be interesting to read, but suffice It
to say that when left New York last 10Th day
of November, / had DO more idea or expecta-
tion OF going around the world than had Of
going to the moon, ard becoming resident
of that planet aud close neighbour Of the
man who is said to be engaged in the laudable
occupation OF burning brush up there.
You Will remember that John Wanamaker
was Postmaster General under the Harrison
administration, and that Morton was Vice
President and very rich man, and amongst
his property he owned a fine hotel in the city
Of New York; and during the Harrison ad-
ministrati0n, little was said about the White
House that was not connected with Baby
McKee-the granddaughter of the President
So on one occasion, John Allen, the witty and
funny man and Representative in Congress
from Mississippi was making speech in
which he criticised the administration Of
President Harrison, for its policy on many Of
the issues that agltated the public mind at
that time, and wound up his speech as near
as 1 can recolect as follows:
"Wanney runs the sunday School, and
Morton runs tne bar, ana
Baby Mckee runs the White House,
And dam II here are we"
So here 1 am after quite long route Of
travel, inside Of the Golden Gate on the soil Of
my native country, but still some few miles
away from my native State, Delaware.
think l wrote you while was in Naples,
in Italy. Well, / left that city after staying
there five weeks, for this city by the way of
the Suez Canal. From Naples to Port said,
at the entrance Of the canal, is 1lO0 miles and
IS miles through the canal, 1904 miles down
the Red Sea, and from Alden TO Colmbo, on the
Island of Ceylon, is 2lO5 miles from Colombo
10 Penang, on the Isthmus OF Mallacca, is 1870
miles, and from Penang to Singapore, near
the Equator, is 4O5 miles, and from there to
Hong Kong is l4iO miles. and from Hong Kong
TO Shanghai $40 miles and on to Nagasaki in
Japan is AS miles, and thence to Kobal also in
Japan 800 miles from KOba to Yokohama
363 miles, and from Yokohama TO this place
by the way of Honolulu, where we spent 10
hours, 54SS miles then take the distance from
New York to Naples, in Italy, 1850 miles, and
nave Travelled since 1 saw you IA Dover last
fall, almost twenty thousand miles.
I haven't been Ill or lost one meal; was 36
days on one steamship from Naples to YokO-
hama, and Il days on hesteamer from Yoso-
hama to this place. Have passed through
some pretty rough weather been pitched and
tossed on the ocean Travelled considerable by
rail the two weeks ! STAYED In Japan have
seen much and have, to the best Of my ability
tried to observe the customs manners and
habits Of the people amongst whom I have
Travelled. 1 have seen the beautiful trees and
the great variety of plant LIE within the
tropics have eaten of the fruits Of these cauu-
tries; have ridden many miles in the Jmrink-
esha, or as it is more familiarly called the
"RIckshan"-it is a little two-wheeled carriage
with man for "A motive power, and It is as
tonishing their powers OF endurance. They
run or AZ, and ifin hurry, miles per hour
1 have watched with delight the millions OF
flying fish as they would raise out of the water
scared by the big ship as she passes along. 1
think there are more flying fish than any
other variety Of fish In the world they are
not seen outside OF the tropics.
have made the acquaintance of great
many people and have talked not a little
have kept journal and written three books
full. Book No. has 2OO pages; book No. has
1877 pages, and book No. has l76 pages, asd 1
am on my fourth booE, and to-day 1 fill 81
pages in It, so ! have kept myself busy, both
at sea and on the land.
When left New York weighed 242 pounds
after arrives at this place, without an over