Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1878 — THROUGH EUROPE IN STYLE. [ARTICLE]

THROUGH EUROPE IN STYLE.

I What it Costs to Keep a Real Nice Party Six Months Abroad. C. C. Fulton, editor of the Baltimore American, writes as follows of his recent European trip: MSSy>.of your readers who traveled with us on this journey will naturally have a desire to know at what cost such an European tour can be made, and the length of time we gave to each of the principal cities on the continent. It may seem to some that our stay at Rome, or Naples, or Florence, or Vienna, ; was not long enough, but we assure , them that we viewed everything of real i importance in all these cities. We did | not have any idle days, nor did we halt I for rest, or stop for rain or bad weather. , We were always in motion, going to bed • tired and getting up refreshed. On the ! same day that we entered the ball on the dome of St. Peter’s we were down ! in the bowels of the earth, exploring the I catacombs, passing on the route the Coliseum and the ruins of ancient Rome. In the evening we would take a drive in the parks, and at night attend the operas, concerts or theaters. In short, we were on a five months’ frolic, and every moment was precious and enjoyj able. We flew over the continent singing, rejoicing and happy, and were i everywhere regarded as “the jolly Americans.” We never traveled on Sunday, and this was our only day of rest, being all that we needed or desired. We were absent from New York just ■ five months and one day, or 155 days in i all, which were spent as follows: 10 days on the ocean. 1 day in Liverpool. ! 4 days in London (first visit). 8 days in Paris (first visit). 1 day at Marseilles. 1 day at Nice. 1 day at Monaco. 1 day at Pisa. 1 day at Genoa. 6 days at Rome. 4 days at Naples. 3 days in Florence. 6 days at Venice. 1 day at Adelsburg (cave). 7 days at Vienna. 3 days at Munich. 1 day at Bingen. 1 day going down the Rhine. 2 days at Cologne. 3 days at Brussels. 33 days at Paris (second visit). 1 14 days at London (second visit). 3 days at Edinburgh, i 2 days at Glasgow. 1 day at Belfast and Giant’s Causeway. 3 days at Dublin. 2 days at Killamey (lakes). 2 days at Cork. 22 days in railroaxl travel. 9 days on the ocean (homeward). ; 155 days from New York to New York. It is an admitted fact that the cost of i travel in Europe with a party of ladies is much heavier than with all gentlemen. ■ The cost of living in Paris is also onethird higher this year than ever before. Still we find in footing up the costs of this extended tour that it amounts to but $946.35 for each of the tourists—about $6 per day. This includes the ocean passage out and home and all the expenses of travel, including carriages, guides, fees, operas, theaters and amusements. We traveled first-class all the time, stopping at the best hotels, and made no special effort to economize, but the most strenuous efforts to prevent being swindled. Three or four young men traveling together ought to make the same tour for about SBOO, and with rigid economy at a still smaller figure. It may be proper to add that the whole of our party were persistant water-drink-ers, and, although we were everywhere told that water was unhealthy and ice destructive, we stuck to our favorite beverage, with daily improving health and spirits, and entire freedom from Roman and other fevers. We think that our combined weight on returning was fully fifty pounds more than when we embarked, and that the increase was judiciously distributed among those who needed it most. Queer Proceedings. The military authorities have just been informed of a curious proceeding at Santa Rosa, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. A number of Americans are - residents of the place, it appears, and recently they were called together by the Mexicans, put under a guard of armed Indians, and commanded to sign a paper denying the truth of a recent publication in a Galveston journal, which charged the Santa Rosa Greasers with joining the Indians in raids into Texas. Col. MacKenzie, commanding at Fort Clark, Texas, has written a sharp letter to the officer in command at Santa Rosa, denouncing the outrage. A more effectual way of bringing the Mexicans to their senses would be to send troops enough there for the protection of Americans, with orders to destroy the town if any further cause for complaint is given.— Chicago Times.