Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-01-27
On Board the Steamer "Cleveland, ,,
CHINA SEA, December IL, 1909.


DEAR FRIENDS:
Well, we have made one more stop,
and, in my poor way, / must try and
tell you about it. Yesterday the 10th,
we cast anchor at Singapore, about
seven, a. m. AS soon as we came to
anchor we were met by a lot of ten
ders and quickly taken ashore, where
we proceeded to investigate the town.
We took carriages and were driven
to the station, where special train
was waiting to take us distance of
seventeen miles across the Island 1t
did not take ns long to make the trip
across this tropical country that
is aboundirg in all sorts of tropi-
| cal fruit and flowers. They soon drew
up to a station which we found was
the end of the road and on the bank of
body of water. We boarded the
small steamers awaiting us and in
fifteen minutes found ourselves on the
mainland of the Malay Peninsula with
more Rickshaws in waiting to take us
about mile to see the palace of the
Sultan of Johore. Well, they filling
the Rickshaws so fast they we're get
ting scarce and told to get into an auto
two of which were standing there
and we soon filled one. We were on the
front seat. We all told the driver
where to go, and at last the guide told
| off OF arto hnf in he
wrong direction. No use of our try
ing to tell him where to go, for not a
word could he understand, so we quit
telling him and let him go. We had a
fine ride and view of the place for
about two miles. At last he stopped
at low rambling shed-like place with
a lot of natives around and looked as
if it might be an opium den or the back
yard ofthe town. He got out and mo-
toned for us to get out, but we did not
get out as we were two miles from no.
where and surrounded by natives.
Well we did not know what to do but
sit still and jabber to him and he to us.
Finally he started off and evidently
found some one who understood the
situation, for amid great deal of
laughing and merriment from his
friends and looking very foolish he got
back into his auto and took us back in
jiffy to the place we started from and
left us to ourselves. At last we got in
a Rickshaw and was soon on our way
to the palace of the Sultan of Johores.
We found long low building, on the
outside, but after ascending fight of
steps we found ourselves in very fine
ly furnished place, each room about
twenty feet high and very large, and
the building was two stories high. We
wandered around until we got tired
servants to show us around and Incl
IDENTIFY to keep their eyes on us. We
understood that the Sultan was
away. We returned to Singapore and
arrived there about noon and found
lunch ready for us, at the Raf1es Ho-
tel, of which we partook freely, for I
can assure you that this kind of hustl-
ing is very hungry work, In the after
noon we did the town as it pleased
ourselves and took in the parks and
other show places. At about p. M,
we returned to the ship and at 5:3O
were again on our way. AT one a. M,
we crossed the Equator, with blowing
! of whistles and other racket To-day
at two p. M, we witnessed the celebra-
tion of Neptune with an invitation to
all OF the crew that had never crossed
the line before as we'll as all other that
that they could get into it. Yesterday
they gave the passengers to under
stand there would be something doing.
Well oldNeptune and his Queen board
ed the ship to find out why lot OF