The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-05-24

ran along the Ireland coast for about
IN miles. and with . pair Of field
glasses We could see the farms and
farm houses, but there seemed to he
more farming done there than In
Wales. We ran through Wales for
l2j miles. crossing the line at New
Port. where the river Is the dividing
line. \ peculiar thing there is that
on the Wales side the houses are all
built from stone and Just across In
England they are all Of brick. Tie
balance OF our trip to London was
through England. ltcertainly looked
good TO me. The country IN England
icing practically level. There l.
quite a little more farming done than
In Wales. and everywhere you want tn
look u Is a. neat a. wax. and to help
this out are the pubic roads. 10th
through Wales and England they are
simply out Of sight. all OF them being
macadamized, OF a width from Ii to
~ feet, and Just as smooth a. a floor.
most places hedges and trees on either
side and grass growing up to the
grading on both sides. How | should
Ike to motor through that country
] never saw a wagon road cross the
railroad on same level. All crossings
are graded up and arched over the
railroad. thereby eliminaiin all acct.
dents such a. ". have IN the tinted
States.
Now We arrive al London, which l.
To say the least, very interest ing.
The town u built. as are all o, her
towns We saw. only much larger.
Outside Of the business district the
houses are all built practically the
same. There are rows and rows of
dwelling houses for blocks and blocks,
and might say for miles and miles.
and II seems that the first house bull,
was good enough for his neighlwr.
therefore when . new home was bull,
u was put up Just the same: same
size, style. etc. They do not Seem To
care about having = better house than
any one else. and are satisfied with as
good. Very seldom you see a dwell.
Ing more than two stories: the chin.
neys are all built. lshould say, about
: feet wide and all lengths aud on
top Of these chimneys are placed from
- and To ~. what ! would call
joints OF terra Gotta, such ~ We use
sometimes for fiues. You can there.
fore realize the effect. and by being
elevated = bit you can wee for miles
with thousands and thousands Of
these small terra Gotta Joints being
tie prominent feature. They should
call London the house of chimneys.
Houses are all built Of brick. The
business section Il different with ref.
erence To uniformity Of buildings.
There are no skyrrapers. and on, side
of the government buildings We saw
no, hing very large. the hotels liz.
Ing larger than any other business
buildings. We were IN London part
Of two days only, a. We were no,
sight. seeing. however. We saw the
Parliament buildings, Westminster
Abbey, Windsor Castle. and one or
Two other places Of interest. We
then took the train for New Haven, "A
point on the English channel. about
no miles from London. where We
again took a boat, crossing the chan.
mel Ia Dieppe, France: distance nj
this point - miles. After landing
there and again having the proper Of.
frials inspect our baggage, We board
ri a train for Paris, l2j miles from
Dieppe. arriving al Paris a, I:l2 p. m.
IN Friday. The country through |
Paris i about the same as Wales -
that Is, In hills and 'hollers, hut ev-
eryiling Il not nearly so neat as IN
Wales or England, We followed the
Seine river for perhaps half the dis
'ance to Paris from Dieppe, and
'rossed the river numerous times. l
really was not very much impressed
with the Seine Valley, for the reason
hat grain did not seem to M doing
very we'll. u may la an on year for
his country, but ! had no way of
hiding out, We had \ or 10 French
nen In our compartment, hut none Of
hem knew a word Of English. Nege.
alton l. very much farther advanced
ierc than In the United States. Far
y apple, peach. cherry, and other ear.
y fruits have blOssomed and blossoms
rave practically all dropped of, The
Weather has been tine ever since land
ny.
Now we are IN Paris, and ] would
rot attempt To describe and tell you
ust what Paris II. ! couldn't do Il.
will just tell you a few things.
The first Is that Paris IL the
most wonderful city ! ever saw.
With three and One.half million OF
,eOple she cert ainly yOeS some, What