The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-03
Chas. Wisen Writes Letter From
ENGLAND

England
Chas. Wisen, prominent Berthold
farmer, who left Minot last fall ac-
companied by his wife, has written
the Independent an interesting letter
from England The Wisens will spend
nearly year visiting Mrs. Wisen's
relatives in England and at Mr.. Wis
ems former home in Sweden. The let
ter follows:
"a Weldon Crescent, Middlesex,
Harrow, England.
The Independent, Minot, N. D.
Dear Friends: When | left Minot
you made me promise to write to you.
l have been very slow in fulfilling my
promise. Really, | have seen so many
interesting things since l left I don't
know where to commence. We had
fine trip all the way across, but have
seen very little of the sun since eav-
ing North Dakota. We were on the
boat from one Saturday to the other
on the "Olympic" of the White Star
line. We landed in Southampton
about 3 o'clock p. M, but it took till
after before the special train left
the station for Waterloo station, Lon
don. All baggage had to be taken
care Of first and then our passports
had to be examined again and land
ing card issued to each passenger and
the customs to go through.
We had time to send telegram to
friends in Harrow to meet US at Wat
erloo, and when we arrived they were
right there. We had to take a bus
to Baker street station to get train
for Harrow. We got here at II o.
clock p. M, all tired and hungry, as
we had had nothing to eat since noon.
But we soon had splendid meal.
Harrow on the Hill (as it is called
locality is noted for it's splendid
schools. 1t is city of about $1,000
inhabitants and on hill 400 feet high
a mile long and a quarter mile wide.
One street called the High street,
where all the schools are. 1t is really
nice and picturesque up there. A
good many of the men in Harrow
work in London. They go by train
morning and night. They buy season
tickets, which is much cheaper. Har-
row is 91A miles from Baker street
station, that is we'll in London, but if
one wishes to go farther one must
take either the street car. bus or I'M
foreground railway, which they call
the tube. By the way. there is Won
derful underground system. They have
no conductors on the trains. One
buys ticket, goes either to the lift,
elevator" or escalator, moving
stairs" where guard stands to punch
the ticket. The tube must be all of
IS feet deep, as it goes under the
river Thames-and what rush to get
in the trains. They have what is call
ed the inner circle and all lines lead
to it. 1t was woman from the coun-
try some time ago rode on the inner
circle, and every time she tried to get
off she was pushed in again. She rode
around seven times before she finally
got off. | fully believe the story is
true
AS London is an old city there nat
urally are many places of historic in
terest, which l might speak of one at
this time, "The Tower of London, a
castle founded by William the Con-
queror in 1918; it covers IL acres of
ground, by the banks of the river
Thames. AS we walked along the
river we saw the Traitors Gate"
in the white tower are kept old arm
ors, swords, guns, in fact war mater
ial of all descriptions and in the
"bloody tower" where the prisoners
were beheaded, were instruments of
torture of all kinds, and at another
place are the crown jewels.
We have been to quite few Sal
walton Army doings and like to
speak of one festival; there were II
bands present and they certainly tried
to Guido each other, about 200 bands
men and they played enmasse, too. Il
never have heard anything like it. It
was grand. could not help but
think if they can produce such won
derful harmony here, what will Hea-
ven be like?
We are enjoying our visit and as
our relatives live in different parts of
London we get around quite a lot. We
get the Independent fairly regular.
altho sometimes we miss copy. It is
like getting long, newsy letter from
home.
Very respectfully yours.
CHAS. WISEN.
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