Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-11

salt air makes on hungry.
Meals are served at s a. M, 1890
p. m. and $50, and besides for those
that wish it, boullion is served with
crackers at 10 a. NJ, and a late lunch
at $3.50 a. NJ, so we had five chances
to partake of the boats elegant meal
service each day. Salt water baths are
furnished each day to all desiring
same, as most of the passengers seem
to do.
2,1o0 on Board Vessel.
There were on this trip 400 first cab
in, 200 second cabin and 1880 steer
age passengers, which together with
the crew, made about 2,100 souls on
board. The weather during the whole
voyage was all that our hearts could
wish and after weeks trip we touch
ed at Plymouth. England. where 300
or 400 passengers, principally for
Wales and the west of England, dis
embarked. We then crossed the Eng
fish channel and the following morn
ing were at Cherbourg, France, where
q great many passengers bound for
Paris and other points on the conti-
nent, left u.s.. We now recrossed the
English channel and the afternoon Of
May %, about / p. NJ, we disembark-
ed at Southampton, England. We felt
loath to leave the vessel, as the trip,
all in all, had been SO very pleasant
to us all. During the voyage, every
day at IL m. chart was made show
| ing the progress we had made during
the preceding "a hours, and each night
at midnight the clock was moved for
- hot
| when we reached England we were 6
hours behind with our Iowa watches
and timepieces. The writer at 1880 p.
m. sent cablegram to relatives at
Charlton, Iowa, and by letter he has
since learned that this was delivered
to them at 1880 a. m. the same day,
or three hours earlier than it was sent
from England, owing to the difference
| in time.
English Buildings Stone or Brick.
| An hour after landing we found our
selves on board an English train bound
for London, where we arrived in about
two hours. The country through which
we passed was very beautiful, with
fresh spring vegetation on every side,
revealing well kept fields and farms.
One thing that strikes the stranger
is the fact that every building one
| sees on a trip through England, is
either stone or brick, no frame build
| ings of any kind, not even coal sheds
or outhouses. They all have durable,
substantial look about them. During
our stay in London we avaiIed our
selves of Thos. Cook & Sons Tour of
| the City, as a stranger coming here
unacquainted with the city, can by this
| method, accompanied by a good guide,
such as we were fortunate to have, ,in
or 4 days and learn as much of the
city as would be the case If one
would ramble around alone for 2 or
weeks. Besides, if there are any points
of interest that one would wish to see
more thoroughly, he can go there
again and take all the time desired.
Among places visited we're London
| Tower, Westminster Abbey, Parlia-
ment Buildings, British Museum, st.
Paul's Cathedral, where we attended
service also the following Sunday, Art
Gallery, Prince Albert Memorial, Ira
falgar Square, and many others. One
thing that seemed strange to me in
London was the fact that in the
crowded part of the city one sees no
electric cars, nothing but tramways,
with winding stairs at back and which
most of the passengers ascend in or
der to get seat on the top of the bus.
One has fine view from
the top and gets plenty OF
fresh air, not the close and
stuffy kind we so often have in the
American street cars. These tramways
are pulled by two horses, not over any
tracks, but on the street proper. One
can ride quite a distance for one pen
ny G. cents) which seems very cheap
to an American. In England the tram.
ways and vehicles pass one another
to the left instead of the right. and
foot passengers the same. This is also
the case here in Sweden. After five
| days stay in London we started for
Paris, leaving London at 2:20 p. M,
we took train for Folkstone, about SO
miles away on the coast of England
Here we boarded vessel across the
channel to Boulogne, France, where
we again boarded train over "Che
min de fer du Nord" for Paris. The
distance is 100 English miles and we
covered the same in two hours and sc
minutes, making the fastest railroad
ride it had ever been our privilege to
| enjoy. At 9:15 D. M. or in minutes