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  Diary Of European Trip.
  From August 5 - 1908
  To August 28 - 1908
  Momence -- London
  Varnum A. Parish.
  Momence
  U.S.A. ILL.
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    Diary.
    Aug. 5 - 1908
    Wednesday
  I left home at 5 A.M.
  for Chicago. Mother and
  Father went to the city 
  with me. I left them
  at 63rd St. and went to 
  the stock yards to see
  about my pass to N.Y.
  City. Mr. Pat. Trehey assured
  me that everything was
  all right. and he instructed
  me to be at the office of
  the Co-operative Live Stock
  Commission Co. at
  1:30 P.M. From the Stock
  Yards I went out to
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  Aunt Maggie's ; thence down
  to Marshall Field's where I
  met Mother, Aunt Ella, Willie
  Bowe and Anthony Parish.
  After buying a lunch for
  my trip from Chicago to
  New York and doing a 
  little shopping I bid Mother,
  Aunt Ella, Willie, and Anthony,
  good-bye ; and then started
  for the Stock yards. Mother
  tried to keep a straight face
  but when I kissed her, I
  could see the tears come
  to her eyes. Father met me 
  at the yards and stayed 
  with me until I boarded
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  my train. I got my pass 
  from Schwarzchild and
  Sulzberger , then Mr. P. Trehey
  The stock train left the
  yards at five P.M. A new
  crew took the train up about
  every 125 miles. The first
  change was made at Wolf
  Lake about six or seven P.M.
  The next change was made 
  at Garrett Ind. about 11 or 12
  P.M. The conductor that 
  took charge of the train at
  Garrett made me a good
  bunk in the caboose, and
  I slept well till we got 
  to Chicago Junction about
  4 A.M.
    Thur. Aug. 6-1908.
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  A new crew took us up at
  Chicago Junction and
  pulled us to New Castle 
  Junction. We got there
  about noon. I bought me
  a lunch while the train
  was being inspected.
  We arrive at Willow Grove,
  the name of the B.+O. yards
  at Pittsburg about 3:30 P.M.
  Here the cattle were unloaded,
  fed, and watered. I went
  to the Lincoln hotel, ate a
  light supper, and then
  went out for a stroll
  thru the business district
  of Pittsburg. I walked
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  down to the confluence of
  the Monongahela and 
  Allegheny rivers, forming
  the Ohio. I crossed the 
  bridge that spans the 
  Monongahela just above
  where it meets the Allegheny
  About seven P.M. I dropt
  in Child's Restaurant on
  5th Ave. just above Wood St.,
  and had a glass of milk
  and a piece of pie. This
  is one of the best and 
  most reasonable eating
  houses in the city. I return-
  ed to the Willow Grove yards
  at seven thirty only to
  find that my train would
  not leave till 3 A.M. next
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  morning. Three of the
  25 cars of stock that I left
  Chicago with, had been 
  cut out along the way be-
  cause of bad boxings. Our
  train had orders to wait in
  Pittsburg for those cars to
  arrive. Then upon their
  arrival, they too had to be
  unloaded and the stock fed
  and watered. Upon leanrn-
  ing this, I returned to the
  city and went to the "Volun-
  teer Organist" at the Alvin
  theater. This in a fine
  show house. The play
  was fair. After the play,
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  I again went to Child's,
  had a light lunch and 
  returned to the railroad
  yards. I slept on the
  operators desk from 11 P.M.
  till 2:30 A.M.
    Friday, Aug. 7-1908
  We left the smoky city
  about 3 A.M. The first
  change of crews out of 
  Pittsburg was made
  at Connellsville about 
  7 A.M. I spent all the
  forenoon riding thru
  the Alleghenies. The
  scenery was rather
  pretty. I had a very 
  congenial crew from
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  Connellsville to Cumber-
  land, Maryland. I arrived
  in Cumberland about noon.
  Shortly after leaving 
  Cumberland we crossed 
  the Potomac over into
  West Virginia. For about
  two hours we ran along
  parallel, or nearly so,
  with the Potomac river.
  We passed many quaint
  old Virginia homes. The
  country along the Potomac
  is very pretty. About 3 P.M.
  we were passing thru
  the Blue Ridge mountain.
  We recrossed the river,
  back into Maryland again
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  at the historic Harper's Ferry.
  I saw the monument
  that marks the place
  where John Brown's
  fort stood. We arrived in
  Brunswick about 4 P.M.
  Crews were changed here.
  I went from Brunswick
  to Baltimore by way of
  Washington D.C. We
  passed along the old Chesa-
  peak and Ohio canal. I
  saw several canal boats being
  towed along by mules. One
  boat was laden with melons.
  It must have had 3 or 4 cars
  loads on it; yet it took
  only two mules to pull it.
  Besides the melons there were
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  several mules on board. I
  presume that these mules
  were used to relieve those
  that were pulling the
  boat, at regular intervals.
    We arrived in Washing-
  ton about 8 P.M. ; it
  was too dark to see much
  of the city. The next stop
  was Baltimore. We passed
  thru that city about 9:30
  P.M. As the B.+O. passes
  under the city thru a
  tunnel, one doesn't get
  to see much of Baltimore
  in merely passing thru
  the city. The crew that
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  took us up here pulled us to
  Philadelphia.
    Sat. Aug. 8-1908
  We arrived in Philadelphia
  About 3 A.M. It was quite
  dark, and I saw very little
  of the city. We changed
  crews just after leaving 
  Philadelphia and just 
  before arriving on
  Staten Island. Upon my
  Arrival on the island, I
  Took a ferry across the 
  harbor over to Manhattan.
  The train load of cattle
  was taken across 
  the bay on a float.
    I arrived on in N.Y. about
  10 A.M. I went immed-
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  iately to Simon O'Brian's
  home at 966 St. Nicholas 
  Ave. . Simon, his sister,
  and I spent the afternoon
  and evening at Coney Is-
  land. Simon and I took
  a swim in the sea. It 
  was my first swim in 
  the Ocean. I enjoyed it
  very much. It is easy
  to appreciate the difference
  buoyancy between fresh
  and salt water. We visited
  Luna Park and Dreamland.
  We got home about 11 P.M.
  I was very sleepy, for I
  got very little sound sleep
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  while traveling on the cattle
  train as I had to change
  cabooses every 3 or 4 hours;
  so I went immediately
  to bed.
  Sun. Aug, 9-1908.
    I slept till 9:30. Break-
  fasted and went to eleven
  o' clock mass. After dinner
  Simon and I went down 
  town. We crossed the
  Brooklyn bridge; strolled
  about the down town
  district a while; and at
  five thirty I boarded my
  boat for Fall River. The
  name of the boat was the
  Commonwealth. There
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  are two good lines between 
  N.Y. and Boston, the Metro-
  politan, and the Fall River
  line. The Yale and Harvard
  are Metropolitan boats and
  the Commonwealth and
  Priscilla are Fall River
  boats. The Metropolitan
  is an all water line
  while Fall River goes
  only as far as Fall River
  Mass. by water. The rest
  of the trip is made by 
  rail. Some of the points
  of interest I saw in N.Y.
  were, the Statue of Liberty,
  Brooklyn bridge, Singer
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  bldg. (42 stories), Metropol-
  itan ( 48 stories), Broad-
  way, Blackwells Island,
  Williamsburg bridge, and
  two other bridges, which
  were not yet completed, 
  one between Brooklyn bridge
  and Williamsburg bridge,
  and the other one that cross
  es Blackwell's Island. This
  last bridge is about 2 miles
  long. I met a colored
  steward, that is, assistant
  steward, on board the 
  Commonwealth. He was
  quite a philosopher but a
  man of meagre education.
  Some of the words he
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  used were "sacrification",
  "dispression", "allusion" for
  illustration, "substantuate",
  and several others equally
  ridiculous.
  Mon. Aug. 10-1908.
    I didn't go to bed at all
  last night. My bunk was
  in a place that was very 
  poorly ventilated , so I decid-
  ed to sit up. I went into
  the dining room about
  9:30 last night and drank
  a pot of strong coffee, then
  smoked a cigar, I had
  no trouble at all keeping
  awake after that. We landed
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  in Newport R.I. this A.M.
  about 3. I got off on shore
  for a while. We left Newport
  about four and landed in
  Fall River Mass. about 5 A.M.
  took train from there to 
  Boston at 5:45 and arrived
  in Boston at 7:10 A.M. I
  went immediately out
  to Brighton to see Mr. Dud-
  ley. I arranged to sail
  Sat. P.M. at 1 on the 
  Cymric of the White Star
  Line. I then went down
  to the North Station in
  Boston to see if I could
  see anything of Willie
  Parish and Cecil Mc. Con-
  nell. They were to have
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  met me in Boston last
  Sat. but I was unable
  to get here on that date.
  I was unable to find
  Will. I believe he must
  have gone home. In
  the afternoon I went out
  to Mrs. Mary Sheridan's in
  Wellesley Hills. This lady
  is a cousin of Mary Hughes.
  I found the Sheridan's to 
  be a very fine Irish family.
  There are four girls Mary
  Margaret, Catherine, and
  Annie, and one son,
  James. I was asked
  to stay at Sheridan's and
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  I did so. This evening, I
  met Mr. Thos. Hide, a friend
  of Miss Margaet Sheridan's.
  He is apparently a very
  fine fellow. I spent most
  of the evening talking
  about the West with the
  Sheridans.
    Tues. Aug. 11-1908.
    As I was very tired
  from getting no sleep
  last night, or rather Sun.
  night, I slept till 11 this
  A.M. Ate breakfast and 
  dinner in one meal. Had
  quite a discussion at
  dinner table, on
  religion. Spent part of
  P.M. writing letters and
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  cards. Didn't leave the
  house today. Yesterday
  afternoon Misses Annie
  and Catherine Sheridan
  took me over to Wellesley
  College. Miss. Catherine
  Sheridan is a graduate of
  that college. It is a girls'
  school. The attendance
  is about 3000. Campus
  is beautiful; buildings
  are fair.
    Aug. 12-1908.
  I went down town  
  with Mr. Hide this morn-
  ing at seven. As his
  business didn't begin
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  till 10 A.M. he took me around
  the city for a couple hours.
  We walked down to the
  Tea wharf, where the Boston
  tea party took place. This
  wharf is use by fishermen
  at present. It was a
  interesting sight to
  watch them unloading
  their vessels. From the
  wharf we went back to the
  down town district. We
  saw the old State House,
  from the balcony of
  which was proclaimed
  the repeal of the Stamp
  Act, the Declaration
  of Independence,
  and Peace with
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  England. I also saw and
  stood on the spot on
  which the first blood was
  shed in the Revolution,
  the spot where the Boston 
  Massacre occurred. We
  saw the Old South Church
  in which was baptized 
  Ben. Franklin and in
  which many of the orat-
  ors of the Revolutionary
  period spoke. At 10 A.M.
  Mr. Hide went to his place
  of business an I went
  to the writing rooms of 
  the Young's Hotel and
  did some writing.
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  At noon Mr. Hide and I ate
  at Thompson's restaurant.
  At three after Mr. Hide work 
  was finished, he and I
  started out to finish up
  the historic points of
  Boston. We were in Fan-
  euil Hall. The lower part
  of this building is used
  for a market at present
  and the lower part of
  the state house, that is
  the old one, is used for
  an entrance to the
  tunnel. We also visited
  the Granary Cemetery 
  in which are buried Paul
  Revere, and the parents
  of Ben. Franklin.
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  The remains of many
  of the victims of the
  Boston massacre
  are also in the cemetery.
  We also saw the King's 
  Chapel and the cemetery
  where lies the Winthorps.
  The Copps Hill 
  cemetery is another
  place of interest that
  we saw. The Mathers
  are buried there. We
  visited the new State
  House. Court House
  Post Office. Touraine Hotel,
  and other important 
  buildings. One of the
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  most interesting things that
  I saw today was the
  Old Constitution in the U.S.
  navy yards at Charlestown
  Then was the dry 
  dock, the scout cruisers
  Birmingham and
  Salem. We were on
  board the constitution
  and Birmingham.
  From the Navy Yards
  we went up on Bunker
  Hill. From there we
  crossed the harbor; then
  back again on the ferry.
  While in Charlestown,
  we were on board the 
  Cymric, the ship on
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  which I sail. On our
  return to Boston proper
  we visited the Old North
  Church, Paul Revere's old
  shop and other points
  of interest. At night
  we dined at Crosby's 
  Inn, which is an old
  historic tavern. Washing-
  ton spent several days
  at this tavern. We got 
  home about ten. I enjoy-
  ed my nights rest because
  I was quite tired. Mr. 
  Hide is an excellent man
  to show one around the
  City.
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    Aug. 13-1908.
    I slept till nearly noon.
  I spent most of the day
  around the
  house. This P.M. I went 
  down to the Lenox Hotel
  to see if I could find Dr.
  Monaghan who is in
  the city at present attend-
  ing the Catholic Conven-
  tion. I failed to find 
  him, however. Went to
  bed about 10:30 P.M.
    Friday, Aug. 14-1908.
    As the result of a bet with
  Miss Katherine Sheridan, I
  arose at 6 A.M. and mowed 
  the lawn. Miss Mary Sheridan
  and I spent the day in 
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  Cambridge. On our way
  there we visited the public
  library of Boston. It
  is an excellent building.
  and the art on its walls
  is worth the while seeing.
  We visited Memorial Hall
  of Harvard, the museum
  and many other buildings
  of the university. I got
  a pretty good general
  idea of the institution.
  We dined at the Dunster
  Cafe on Dunster street.
  This is a very good restaur-
  ant. In the P.M. we saw 
  the stadium. It's made
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  of cement, and it will
  seat about 25,000. There
  is a quarter mile track and
  a fine football field in the
  center of the stadium. From
  the stadium we went to
  the homes of Longfellow
  and Lowell. From there
  we went to Mount
  Auburn and saw the
  graves of these poets.
  We got home about five P.M.
  Another of the points of
  interest that we saw in
  Cambridge was Christ Church
  an old building of warship used
  as barracks during the Revolution
  We also saw the Old Elm
  under which Washington took 
  charge of the Continental army
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  We spent the evening at home.
  I went to confession.
  Sat. Aug. 15-1908
    I arose at 4:20 and
  went to 5 o'clock mass. I
  went to communion. Misses
  Anna + Katherine Sheridan
  went to mass with me.
  After breakfast I packed my
  clothes and said good-bye
  to the family. Got down
  to the pier about nine. I
  watched the cattle being
  loaded. It is a great sight.
  After getting my transport-
  ation fixed up, I went
  down to City square in
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  Charlestown; cabled Leo Coontz;
  wrote letters to Mother and Francis;
  ate dinner on shore; and then
  boarded the vessel.
    The Cymric pulled away
  from pier 43 in Charles-
  town at 1 P.M. There were
  many women sighing,
  sniffing and crying as
  the boat pulled away. This
  was the first time I ever saw
  an ocean liner leave a wharf.
  It is quite a sight. A couple
  hundred. The sea was 
  quite calm all day. I
  did my first work about 3 P.M.
  The cattle were fed hay, and that
  was all they were given till
  Sunday. I spent most of my
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 { Left Boston light about 2:30 P.M. }
 { The pilot was landed here. }
  idle time looking the steamer
  over. Our sleeping apartments
  were better than I expected. Every
  cattleman is given a new
  gunny bag filled with straw
  for a mattress, a clean sheet ( one
  that slips over the mattress) and
  a clean blanket. Our apart-
  ment is about mid-ship,-
  plenty of light and air. There
  was some considerable drinking
  and boisterousness the
  first night but I was able 
  to rest well nevertheless.
    Sun. Aug. 16-1908.
    The cattlemen got up at
  4 A.M. to water and fed hay. We
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  got thru about five thirty. Ate
  breakfast about six or half past.
  About eight we swept the 
  alleys and troughs, then fed
  shelled corn. About thirty
  minutes after feeding we
  swept the alleys again.
  Our morning work was
  over before ten A.M. Dinner
  was at 12. Our afternoon
  work lasted from 2 P.M. till
  4 P.M. We fed and watered.
  Hay is all that we fed in the
  afternoon. Sunday noon we
  had gone 305 miles. Today
  didn't seem like Sunday at all.
  I went to bed early, about 8:30
  for I was very tired. We always
  have to sweep the alleys right
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  after supper, which we ate at
  five. These Englishmen always
  call supper tea.
    Monday. Aug.-1908.
  As usual we got up at 4, watered
  and fed hay. Breakfasted
  about seven. Fed corn about
  8:30. The day passed in
  the usual way. We passed a 
  couple ocean liners. Fed hay
  and watered about two P.M. Got
  thru about 4. Had tea at five, and
  then swept alleys which took about 
  20 minutes. My entire work
  for the day takes me about
  six hours. At noon today we had
  gone 343 miles. The sea got
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  rather rough tonight as
  the result of a northeast
  wind that came up. I
  slept much better tonight
  than last night for the
  men were quieter.
    Tuesday Aug. 18-1908.
    Did  our work as usual.  
  The sea was rough this
  morning and I became 
  sick as a consequence.
  My sickness was partly
  due to the fact however, that
  I had about 2 hours work
  to do before breakfast on
  an empty stomach. After 
  eating a good breakfast
  of fried fish and boiled 
  potatoes I felt well.
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  At noon today we had
  gone 350 miles.
    Wednesday, Aug. 19-1908.
  Today we had splendid weather.
  The
  day passed in the usual
  way. I worked way down
  in the hold when we
  pulled up our hay today.
  At noon we had gone
  358 miles. Had coffee with boatswain at 4 A.M.
    Thursday Aug. 20-1908.
  Rainy A.M. Fair P.M. Passed
  a tramp steamer this P.M. It
  was the only boat we saw
  today. I am writing this on
  a greasy old table in the cattle-
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  men's room. The fellows are
  playing cards and singing "Old
  Kentucky home." Milage at
  noon today, 352.
  Nothing unusual occurred
  today.
    Friday, Aug.21-1908
  Sea smooth. Weather fine.
  Run 355 miles. Day passed
  as usual. I am enjoying
  this trip much more now
  than I did the first few 
  days. I am getting the best
  kind of food, I have been
  taking coffee with the 
  boatswain at 4 A.M.
  before starting my morning
  work. I enjoy my morning
  coffee and rolls very much
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  because I take them in a 
  clean room. I also drink
  tea with the Boatswain
  after dinner and supper. He, 
  the Boatswain in a very
  pleasant and hospitable
  man- His name is Bob.
  Jones. Tonight and last
  night also, Louis Hickey,
  John Perot and I had a little
  lunch up on the fore deck
  about 8 P.M. We could hear
  the sailor on watch in the 
  crow's nest call "All's well,"
  to the captain every bell.
    Sat. Aug. 22-1908
  Sea calm. Weather fine. Run
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  353 miles. I slept up on deck
  last night with Ted Nuttall.
  Had a good rest up there in the
  fresh sea air.  I wakened in the
  night and heard the men
  up in the look-out calling
  the watch. We passed a
  tramp steamer today. It
  took quite a while to get our
  feed up today for we are
  way down in the hole near
  the bottom of the ship. Edd
  Hotchkiss and I worked
  down in the hatch.
    Sunday. Aug. 23-1908.
  Sea calm. Weather rainy
  and foggy as we neared
  the coast of Ireland. This
  hardly seemed like Sunday;
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  Milage today 284.
  there was so much work to
  do. Of course we only watered
  and fed hey once today, that
  was early this morning;
  but nearly all the rest of the
  day we spent in hoisting
  the surplus grain and hay
  out of the hold. There were
  about 200 bales of hay
  and 500 bushels of grain.
  Heretofore we had been pulling
  our feed up by hand but to-
  day we had a steam
  wench. We first saw land
  about one P.M. Got in Queens-
  town about 2:30 P.M. Our
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  boat did not land. She merely
  anchored in the harbor and
  a tender came out along
  side of her and took off
  the passengers and
  mail. We passed the
  Mauretania today. She 
  is an immense boat.
  An important light
  near Queenstown is
  Daunts Light. I could
  not see much of Ireland
  for it was too hazy.
  However, all I could 
  see was very pretty.
  The land was
  rolling along the coast.
    Aug. 24-1908
  I slept on deck last night . 
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  I was awakened about four by
  the sailors who were throwing
  a steer overboard that had
  strangled himself during
  the night. The little calf
  that was born last week
  about Wednesday was 
  hit in the head and thrown
  over into the sea last
  night. It seemed a shame
  to have to throw the calf over
  but the cow couldn't be 
  landed for beef if she had a
  calf with her. We got in
  Liverpool early this morn-
  ing. Landed passengers
  about eight o' clock. The cattle
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  were landed about 9:30 A.M.
  We cattlemen didn't get ashore
  till about 10:30 or 11. It
  didn't take much over 45 minutes
  however to unload all the
  cattle about 750 in all; but
  we cattlemen couldn't get
  off at Berken Head where
  cattle were landed. We had 
  to wait for the boat to pull
  over to the Canada docks.
  Swift had 459; Morris, 289.
  It was one of Morris's steers
  that died on board. We men
  worked in gangs. Each gang
  had a certain number to care
  for. Jack O'Neill, Ted Nutall
  and I has 116 cattle to
  look after. We had no feed-
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  ing or watering to do today.
  All we had to do was to get our
  cattle off the boat. Altho I
  have enjoyed this trip very much
  I wouldn't want to make it
  again in quite the same way.
  Yet it is an experience that
  I shall never regret having 
  had. The work altho not
  easy, didn't last long
  and was not disagreeable.
  If I had had to eat the food given
  to the cattlemen I would not have
  made the trip for $50.00. A
  large pan of boiled potatoes
  would be brought in and
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  dumped on a dirty old wooden
  table. The table had big cracks
  in it, and they had got full of
  dirt and food. As a result
  there were maggots
  in the cracks. They would 
  crawl out and cross the table while
  you were eating. However
  I didn't eat many meals
  with the cattlemen. They
  had in addition to the boiled
  potatoes, a big chunk of
  unappetizing looking meat
  in an old greasy pan, 
  Poor coffee out of a dirty old
  pot, bread and soft
  butter. I went to the
  steward Monday and made
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  arrangements with him
  to take care of my baggage and
  see that I got something good
  to eat for the rest of any trip
  for $4.00. After that I got
  the best kind of food, Fine
  fish , steak, chicken, chops,
  bacon, and liver, mashed
  potatoes, French fried
  potatoes, etc. But I couldn't
  get the steward to furnish me
  with coffee in the morning.
  All that I could get from 
  him was tea and I couldn't
  always get that with my
  meals. I became acquainted
  with the boatswain Robert
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  Jones, on Tuesday, however
  and from then on I got all
  the tea and coffee that I
  wanted, in his room. It
  was the best kind of tea,
  and coffee, at that. The 
  fact that I knew Mr. Jones
  made my voyage much
  more pleasant than it
  would have been otherwise.
  When I left the boat I gave
  Mr. Jones' son $1.25 as a tip.
  My entire expenses while
  on board for tips, drinking
  and eating, were $7.00.
  One unpleasant feature
  about the trip was the
  smell in the part of the
  boat inhabited by sailors
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  and steerage passengers. Our
  own apartments weren't so
  bad, but in passing along
  the alleyways in our part
  of the boat one would meet
  with many unpleasant
  odors. The cattlemen's room
  wouldn't have been a bad
  place to sleep if all the port
  holes were open; but most
  of the men wanted the
  holes closed at night and
  that made the air close. That
  is why I slept on deck
  when I could. I slept
  nine nights without ever
  having my clothes off.
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  I never saw a dirtier or a
  more miserable lot of human
  beings in my life than the men
  and boys that were
  loitering about the dock in
  Liverpool where I got off
  the ship. It is next to impossible
  to get along with out some of them
  almost pulling your baggage
  out of your hand, they are so
  anxious to carry it and earn 
  a few pence. Everything in
  Liverpool seems odd. The 
  street cars are doubledecked,
  Teams and cars pass on
  the left. All two horse teams
  or nearly all are driven
  tandem. The horses here
  are much better, on a whole
  than those in Chicago.-
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  fine large animals. Upon
  landing we ( the two Boston
  boys and I ) went to the
  Compton a first class
  hotel on James St. We
  cleaned up and changed our
  clothes. I didn't know that
  I ever enjoyed a bath more.
  I went into a little barber
  shop around the corner from
  our hotel and got a shave,
  hair cut and shampoo; all
  of these cost me only
  shilling three pence, that is
  6 pence for the haircut, 6 pence
  for the shampoo, and 3 pence
  for the shave. There are barber shops 
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  where one can get a shave for
  1-1/2d. and a hair cut for 3d.
    Most of the little girls here
  wear their hair hanging
  down their backs unbraided.
    We boys were so tired
  from our sea voyage that
  we retired about eight
  o'clock. Weather fair.
    Tuesday. Aug. 25-1908
  Weather rainy by spells.  
  We didn't rise till nearly
  eight. I spent most of the
  day in looking for Leo 
  Coontz and trying to
  get my pass extended
  till next year but was
  unsuccessful
  in both attempts.
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  While in Liverpool we boys
  took our meals at Cottles. It
  is a fine little eating house.
  The cheapness of the rates
  is surprising. A steak
  with potatoes chips, bread
  and butter, and a pot of tea
  cost only a shilling.
    John Hero left Louis
  and me at 3:30 P.M.
  He took a four a clock train
  for some little town where
  he has relations living.
  At six fifteen Louis and
  I left Liverpool for London:
  Got to London at 10:45
  P.M. We made the trip over the
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  London and Northwestern.
  The fare was 16 shillings, 6 pence.
  We stopt at the Euston Hotel.
  It is a first class house run
  by the railroad companys
  We found hotel rates here
  quite as reasonable as
  in Liverpool. Our room
  for the night cost us
  only four shillings
  apiece. 
    Wednesday. Aug. 26-1908
  Weather cloudy and rainy.
  We got up at 9:30.
  Louis and I breakfasted
  together and then parted.
  It was rather hard to
  leave him after having
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  been with him so long. The
  fact that we shared the same
  fate on the cattle boat made
  us feel closer than mere
  acquaintances. I went
  out to Marples' 6-8-10
  Clerkenwell Road, to get
  my bicycle. I found it
  there and was well
  pleased with it. I also
  found to my extreme pleas-
  ure five letters awaiting
  me, one from Dr, Monaghan,
  Hugh Craig, Leslie Mc Partlin,
  and two from Frances.
  After getting my wheel together
  I went to a near by shop
  and purchased trouser guards
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  and a carrier to put my
  carry all on. I
  then rode back to the
  Euston House. From
  there I went to the Can-
  non street station
  to inquire about the
  time of trains for Side-
  cup. On my way to 
  the station I dropt in
  St. Paul's Cathedral
  and whom should I
  run across but 
  Louis Hickey. I returned 
  to the Euston from the
  Cannon St. station
  I was unable to get 
  my room back for 
  tonight. I gave it up
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  this morning intend-
  ing to leave London
  today. As I was unable
  to get satisfactory apart-
  ments at the Euston
  for tonight I came
  over here to the Edwards
  House where I am now
  writing my diary.
    London too, like Liver-
  pool is a queer town. The
  means of transportation
  are many. There are
  double decker electric
  cars, horse cars, horse
  omnibusses and electric
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  omnibusses, All these
  vehicles are double decked.
  I can walk as fast
  as the horse omnibusses
  run, They seem to
  be more omnibusses
  than any other
  kind of vehicle.
    These Englishmen are
  much slower in answer-
  ing questions. Nine 
  times out of ten you
  have to repeat your
  question, no 
  matter how distinctly
  you enunciate at
  first.
    It is difficult, too,
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  to understand them.
  I asked a shopkeeper to
  repeat his question sev-
  eral times today and
  finally he said are you
  deaf or are you a Yankee.
  I told I was a Yankee
  and glad of it.
    This hotel that I am
  in at present is a
  very quaint old place
  I rather enjoy it.
    Thursday. Aug 27-1908
  Weather fair and rainy by
  spells. Instead of leaving
  London this A.M. I dec-
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  ided to stay over until
  tomorrow and visit the 
  Franco British Exhibition.
  The Exhibition is a small
  affair and this one day
  is sufficient for me.
  I sent several souvenirs
  home today. A book of
  views to Carrie; paper
  cutter to Francis; spoons
  to Aunt Angie and Maggie
  Knives to Will + Ause.
  After returning from
  the exhibition ground
  I rode around the
  streets near by the hotel
  on my wheel. Nearly
  all the pavings I have
  struck are India wood.
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  I saw the stadium at Sheperd's
  Bush. I was told by a guard
  that it would seat about 100,000
  people. There is a fine cinder
  path-three lap I believe,
  inside a cement bicycle
  track. Then in the center there
  are are a swimming pool and
  a green plot large enough
  for either a baseball diamond
  or football gridiron. It
  is a wonderful stadium.
    The old hotel where I am
  staying has crooked hall
  ways with many steps in them,
  fire places in nearly every
  room, and many other
  quaint old English features about
  it.
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