Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-19
AROUND THE WORLD.
Lancaster People Given Unique Treat
Friday Afternoon and Evening.

Did you go ''around the world"
on the excursions given by the ladies
of the M. E. church Of this city last
Friday afternoon and EVENING" II
you did not you missed one Of the
most unique and enjoyable social
affairs of the season. The ''excur-
sionists" we're so numerous that 1t
was impossible to take care of all
who applied and low fares were re-
funded. One lady who took the
trip has thus described it for the
benefit of Herald readers who were
not fortunate enough to go:
''The first excursion left the
central depot (city halD at 2 p. m.
enroute for Ireland. Being although
train we arrived on time and put
up for entertainment at the Nc
Cormick house. This is a typical
Irish Inn where we saw the pig in
the parlor, kissed the blarney stone,
found the celebrated washerwOman
and many others things of interest;
Irish Iasses sang Irish songs and
were prettilY dressed in costume
and quickly served us with Irish
potatoes, fish, brown bread, butter
and buttermilk; a good little lassie
gave us a piece of shamrock for g
souvenir.
From Ireland we visited Holland
and put up at Morse's. We could
hear the thump, thump of the
wooden shoes and smell the kraut
before we got inside. The little
dutch girls, in their dutch costumes,
served us with q good hot lunch of
coffee, weiners, sauer kraut and
pretzels. The china from which
we ate was over 100 years old;
there was the spinning wheel the
dutch pipes, windmills and many
interesting things to be looked at
and we would have enjoyed staying
awhile but we we're obliged to take
passage for England, where we ar
rived without any disaster. The
fog was not noticeable as the day
was clear. We took refreshments
at the public house kept by man
named lockwood, a good landlord,
who provided we'll for us. Dign1-
fed English maids with little lace
caps and white aprons brought us
tea, saffron cake, seed biscuits and
frumety. The place was attractive
with decorations of red and blue,
the colors of the flag. Many pictures
of the English nobility were to be
seen, among them the picture of
Queen Victoria at eighteen, and
others. We were given an English
flag in miniature as a souvenir.
From England we travelled to
Japan and China. We arrived
without delay and made our way to
Stones tea house. AS we entered
a little Jap in costume punched our
tickets and we passed inside, where
three Japs met us and bowling grace
fully toward us, led the way in for
refreshments, where we all sat on
the floor and were daintlly served
by pretty Jap girls in costume, with
tea in tiny cups and saucers, sweet
biscuits and rice. We were enter
tanned with piano solos and little
Jap heating the drum. There were
many beautiful and interesting
things to be seen in these countries
and the home was magnificent with
its festOOns of chrisanthenums,
lanterns aud umbrellas. Our time
was limited and we were all aboard
again for our native land, America,
where we found Uncle Sam and the
Goddess of Liberty at the landing
to greet and present US with a
souvenir of their country. Sweet,
familiar strains of music greeted
our ears as we stopped at the
/ Draper cafe for ice cream and cake
We saw there America in all its
stages-The wigwam with the
Indian fortune teller and her two
boys in costume; the log cabin with
the grandmother knitting and rock
ing the cradle, and in strong con-
trast America as it is today. De-
cOratiOns of hearts, in honor of st.
Valentine, were everywhere evident
where we ate, and all the place was
gay with the national colOrs- red
white and blue.
| The conductor punched our ticket
on the last section, and thus ended
a very delightful trip around the
world"
Between $50 and 400 took the
trip, and the cash receipts were up
wards of ninety dollars.