Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-10
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A Trip ID eW6aen.
Horby, Sweden; June is, 1912.

A Trip 10 eW6aen.
ttSrby, Sweden; June is, 1912.
Editor Willmar Tribune: ssr>..
As I am reader Of your valua-
bic paper, l will write a few impress
sions Of my trip abroad for publ
cation.
Some Of my friends advised me
not to go for fear Of icebergs, but
of course having made up nv mind
to go, the Titanic disaster would not
stop me. I left Willmar on the
four o'clock train in the morning of
May 10th. At Minneapolis 1 was
joined by Mr.. Paul Bengtson, an old
friend from Hallock, Kittson county.
We left Minneapolis at 8 p. m. the
same day on the Chicago, Great
Western. I stopped over at Chicago
one day with my brother and sister,
leaving there at 8 so Sunday after
noon and arriving at New York at
10 o'clock the next Monday evening
The scenery along the railroad was
interesting. The farms in Illinois
and Indiana looked all right, altho
the buildings will not compare with
Minnesota buildings. After striking
the state Of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey We found the land poor. We
went thru much mountainous coun-
try, large hills where space for the
tracks was cut out Of the solid rock
and sometimes we went thru a tun-
mel. Occasionally we would see a
shack Of a house in some valley
with a few cattle and sheep grazing
in the mountains. Occasionally We
would go thru cities Of small houses
in the valleys where the miners had
their homes. This is country from
which we get our coal supplies. We
went thru Buffalo and spent a little
time sight seeing at Niagara Falls.
We also visited the place where
President Mckinley was assassina-
ted. This is a great fruit country.
We see big fruit orchards every
where. We remained in New York
one day. The sky scrapers are a
wonderful sight. One Of the strany-
est sights in New York was to see
old street cars run with horses,
something we have not seen in Min
neapolis or St. Paul for many years.
| At 8 O'Clock we went on board the
R. NJ. S. Mauretania, which is con-
sidered one of the fastest boats on
the ocean. 1t took five hours before
all were on board. At one o'clock
on May 22nd we left New York. The
weather was fine and the water Was
still as a mirror. In a few minutes
New York and it's thousands of beau
:: tiful lights were out of sight. The
second night on the boat, while We
were all asleep, our captain received
a wireless message "Look out for
ice bergs." There was an iceberg a
} few miles ahead of us which was
estimated to be fourteen miles in
diameter. Our captain obeyed the
warning and turned the boat fifty
miles further south, taking new
course, so that We were in no danger.
We saw a good many steamers On
the ocean, some Of them we met and
some We passed, for, as mentioned,
!, our boat is one Of the fastest afoat.
We had all kinds of amusement so
that the time passed away very
rapidly. We had a very fine journey
indeed. 1t took us six days to sail
| across the ocean. At the beginning
Of the sixth day We could see land
in the distance. There We're about
l 100 passengers and about 900 peo-
/ pie in the crew. There were two
D ministers on board and we had re-
|ligious meetings every afternoon and
two on the day Of Pentecost.
. We arrived at Fish Guard at
a. m. May 9th. About five hundred
>; passengers got off here enroute fo7
/ London. We proceeded on our jour.
ney and got to Liverpool at 6 - clocl
Tuesday morning. Here We Were
met by the omnibuses Of the Cunar'
line which took us to the hotel AM
We stayed here one day. We were al
happy to walk about on the LAM
again. We left Liverpool Wednes
< day morning, went by rail thru Eng
land, came to Harwick in the eve
> ming at 10 o'clock, and went aboar
! on the boat De la Cour to sail acros
a the North Sea. This voyage Wa
h. more disagreeable than our frs
n ocean voyage. The weather Wa
y cold and stormy. After twenty-five
IT, hours we arrived at Isbjerg, Dan
3 ish harboi, boarded a train an
~ went thru Denmark in twelve hours
During this time we made change
r from train to ferry and from ferr
~ to train three different times. "
n arrived at Copenhagen at noon Ma
4 3lst. Here We had our last Dime
- with the Cunard line company an
We were all served like kings to-
After dinner we boarded ferry
an take us to Helsingborg. Sweden, on