Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-08-03

temperate climate, also hay, wheat
and other grains The farm build
ings are we'll kept, and indicate an
Industrious and prosperous people.
The pastures with their groves Of
beautiful shade trees and . stocked
with horses, sheep, goats and cows
principally Holsteins, as this is
Holstein, the native home of that
breed) add much to the scenery. In
one place the canal is built up so the
surface of the water is twenty feet
higher than the surrounding land,
and makes one feel as though he
were riding in a ship on an elevated
road In this section are vast fields
of peat stacked for drying. Oc-
casionally there are wealthy man
sions with their beautiful lawns
decked with flower beds, extending
to the very edge of the canal.
There are three arched railroad
bridges about five miles apart, under
which we pass. At s p. m, we ar
rive at Brunsbettel lock and pass out
into he Elbe river about thirty miles
from it's mouth, down which we
steam and across the North sea, to
the mouth of the Humber river, and
proceed up river to Hull.
On our arrival here we missed the
genial, social. courteous treatment
accorded us by the different nation
aIities we had met. The first thing
said to us when the pilot boarded
was, What the b1udy ell did you
banker ere for?" The people here
were an insolent, domineering, re-
pulsive class, especially to Ameri-
cans Johnny BuIl' is a very APP
propriate name for them. They con-
stantly harangue about how they
had the Germans licked when the
"Bludy Yanks" butted in just to
claim some of the glory.
them that there will soon be war
United States if the Yanks aren't
more careful. couldn't refrain
from asking bunch Of them one day
rs and 1912.
Hull is one of the largest COM
mercial centers of England; imports
lumber, grains and food stuff. Its
parks, streets and public buildings
are rather unpretentious for city of
its size.
From here, I went by rail and
spent three days in London, visiting
the famous tower, built in 1867, for
William, the Conqueror; since en-
larged upon, until it is really a
| group of fortified buildings, built in
| the form of a square, with court in
| side. At each of the four corners
| is a tower. The original tower has
served at different times the pur-
poses of fortress, palace and prison.
| The bridge of Sighs," covered
walk leading from the death cham
Der" on the second floor to the
execution dock, is in this tower, as
is also the TRAITORS gate" Other
places of especial interest are the
House of Commons, Guild Hall,
Royal Court of Justice, st. Paups
cathedral, the London Monument, the
Houses of Parliament.
| I also visited Sheffield and it's ex-
tensive cutlery, and the Doncaster
race tracks.
September 5 1 took the steamer for
Zebrugge, Belgium, where l arrived
the next morning and joined party
of nine for tour of the battlefelds
of Belgium and France, which was
made in an high-pOwered autobus
Zebrugge, Ostend and Bruges were
captured by the Germans in October
1914, and were very valuable as
set to them as they are all con
nected by a canal and Bruges, by
rail, with the interior of Germany
Submarines were shipped in sections
from the inland factories to Bruges
which was an ideal base and ther'
put together and sent through thu
canal to Zebrugge, which, owing t.