The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-16

nice drop OF rain, isn't it DO lots
of good" Until | was almost beside
myself for something like an Amcri-
can sky. We have so much clear
sky here but there it is rain, rain.
Went from Livcrpool to Derby.
where we lived for ten years just be-
tore we came to America. ii is d beau
| tllul city OF from one hundred fifty to
two hundred thousand population. 1t
IS almost in the center OF England.
bcre ! expected TO preach in tho Mid
| land Railway locomotive works to five
hundred men. had preached at these
| WORKS many times when | lived in
| Derby. l;lt arriving Il week ahead Of
my schedule, | was unable to stay for
the appointment which was made for
me before left home. Another ap-
| po!ntment was made for August eth
but was home in Denson at that
time and | missed ii too.
From there went to Bristol on
Monday. July 9Th. This is the lar%.
est city of importance in England. the
largest next to London. ! mean. |
had some legal bushes to attend to
there. You lawyers take notice, you
lawyers are not the only ones who
can do legal business. worked ut
this case for man from Colorado.
WHO came to see me just before LETT
home and asked me to attend to it
for him: and | worked at it inCessant-
~ for two weeks. At Bristol it
rainel torrents, and again the same
story went up Nice drop OF rain. is
Mt it? DO lots Of good" But fail
ed to see where the good came in
After two nights anu Il day went
to New Port, 4 seaport town known
possibly to some of YOU The railroad
goes right under the river Severn. 1t
takes about eight minutes to 90 under
the river. But that is not what | was
going TO say, what was annoying me
was this. that between those two
towns, Il distance Of thirty miles. /
had to show my ticket five times. You
have to SHOW your ticket so many
times there without any reason that
could see. Sometimes the very man
who sold me my ticket would come
out Of the station, as they call it, and
make us all show our tickets before
the train started don't know why
this was done Perhaps knew once,
but have forgotten.
better.
The railroad system IN England is
almost perfect, at least us FAR as the
mechanism is concerned. They have
Il cast iron chair on the ties to hold
Inc rail, which is much heavier than
on" rails and is screwed down to the
ties and held with Il bolt and nut.
Then a hard wood block is driven i'll
between the rail ana the jaw OF the
chair. this makes it impossible for the
rails to spread You are as safe i'll a
railway train there as in your own
home But there are many cOnven-
fences which we have on our roads
here which thcy haven't. For instance
if put my suit case i'll the van us
they call the baggage car, | put 1t III
at my own risk, for the check system
which we have here is minus there,
since no guarantee can be given
for its safety. or course England is
a small country compared with this
and very thickly settled as there are
small towns every few miles, so ne
ccSSitatin% stops every two or three
miles. A cousin of mine who is Il
minister wrote me while | was in Car
diff inviting me to his home to spend
the day with him. He specified Ger
tain train on which | could 30 all the
way without stopping. He lived Just
twelve miles from Cardiff.
left New Port for Il town called
fEh;,. il: l1y nj
the beauty spots of Wales. 1t is in
the rich valley of the Clydach river
and is almost ovcrhun@ by Holy noun
tain and Sugarlosf. From this town
the London and North western have
built a double track railway along side
OF one Of the mountains which IS Il
fine piece OF engineering work. ms
road leads up to the very base OF the
coal mno regions. There is i'll TINS
quiet, peaceful little city castle. per
haps one OF the oldest in England. 1t
is on little elevation and often
came here in the morning and looked
up that beautiful valley OF green llelus
and flowers and dreamed OF my boy
hood days, for was born and reared
only five miles up this same valley.
The people of the Old country are so
different from us in ways and uSageS.
Indeed we are Il joke to them, we do
things here on such Il large scale that
when we speak of them they simply
laugh and say. Another Yankee
boast" Space will not permit me TO
90 into these differences but must
give one or two to make this complete.
one morning while walking out into
the country | CHANGED TO meet Il man
going out to his hay field. passed
the time of day With him and asked
him if he was going TO make hay, he /
in the atliratiVe. ! SAID
YOU don't do here like they do in the
where | come from. lie
said. What's that" cut the hay i'll
the morning and stack it in the eve
ning." | said Get up he said to
his horses. That was all the answer |
got from him, for by this time l
believe he had me identified as a Yam
kec boaster. But that is the way it
went, many of tho things We see done
almost daily they regard as mere
boasting when we mention them.
Brynmaur was my next stopping