The Chanute times., 1909-04-09
A Visit tOthe BritiShISIeS
fContinued from last week. }

| fContinued from last week.
S. G. Button talks interestingly OF
his recent trip across the Atlantic
ocean:
After a few weeks stay Oh this
island, we started on short trip to
England and Scotland, taking tur-
bine steamer from Ramsey to Liver
pool, and from Liverpool we pro-
ceeded via Chinley, Derby and Leices-
ter to London. LOndon's business
buildings are low, being seldom over
four stories. Her street car lines are
few. The people are conveyed to the
different parts of the city In omni-
| buses, motorbuses and street ears, all
dou ble-deckers, and with all the
rustic and hustle and the streets
crowded in all directions, the police
have good control oyer the traffic.
People are seldom Injured and one
meets with but little delay In going
from one place to another. After
spending a few days here sight seeing,
we left for the north, visiting many
places, among them Warrington,
Manchester, Wigan, Carlisle, Edin-
burgh, Glasgow and Il chdale, the
latter the birthplace of the first
successful cooperative stores, which
were started in 1874 Thus far Edi :
burg Is one of the prettiest cities we
have seen. England and Scotland so
far as we have seen, are very pretty
The country is mostly rolling, the
trees scattered about on the small
farms and occasionally In groves.
The fences are stone or hawthorn
hedges. In addition to the stone and
hawthorn hedges on the Isle of Man,
there are a Thousand miles or sod
fences around the small farms, which
range from one to ten acres. A 500
fence is about feat thick at the
bottom, about or feet high, with a
row of gorse bushes planted along on
ton of the hedge. Tie yellow blossoms
on the gorse in the months OF May
and June look most beautiful. Tha
buildings in England, Ireland, Scot
land and the Island Of Man are either
stone or brick, with either tile or
slate roofs. The thatched roofs are
out of date, although there are some
left yet. Some of the towns in She
north of England are entirely made o.
red brick, with slate roofs. ln Eng'
land and Scotland most cities ar'
payed with cobble stones. Tit
business part of London is paved will
wooden blocks.
After becoming tired Of sightseeing
in London, we returned to the Isle o
Man for a few days rest and theT
went to Dublin. There at the land
IHp we we're met by dozens OF lrisl
iaunting ears, numbers Of porters ant
small lads who wish to carry luggage
There are no baggage or ticket Office
on the islands. They are luggage anf
hooking offices. The lads want
penny fer carrying your baggage ant
some instances the parcel is as larg
or larger than the boy. Dublin ant
the surrounding country is lew, tn
buildings are low and are made o
brick and stone with slate roofs, IN
city has but one good, wide stree
(Sackville) that we say, the balanc
being narrow. Dublin claims to hav
the largest brewery in the world,
! know one thing: she has one OF tn
finest natural history museums l eve
saw; also a Ane park. After seein
: Dublin, we took the Great Norther
railroad for Belfast. On our way W
! passed a lot Of fine farming countr
/ with good crops. The crops are mostl
: small and fenced with stone, haw
thorn or have a ditch around instea
Of fence. Many places we saw th
turf drying, many bleeching green
!, near linen mills. At some OF th
farms the women and men we're cut
ting the crops with the old-fashione
hand sickle. and in places women an
men we're hauling hay on carts draw
7 by one horse. At many places, bot
in town and 1 / the country, are to b
: seen women, girls, men and hey
: travelling about in small stiff-oacke
2 carts drawn BY very small donkey
mot young ones), which to us locke