Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-12
Brooks Letters.
Correspondence Of The Portland Advertiser.
THINGS IN ENGLAND.

\ iAliNbO IN FblNGLAND.
! No. X.
Il JUNE 1S, 1895.
l write you from place called Pat
ley Bridge,-and the English villag
ugly enough to the eyes as almost al
their villages are-on the river Nidd, -
a rirer with something more than thin,
BILE full OF water in it. Ii was quite dark
made SO by Scotch mist, when W,
reached here OH foot, and made for
little Public House, in which there wa
collection Of Yorkshiremen disc ussins
something or other over their mugs o
beer, but in a tongue, which was al
Greek to me, for | could not even guess
out one word in forty, as they rattlee
off together word after word in amaz
ing volubility. This is England then
thought this the place where sucf
pure English is spoken that Eng trav-
ellers come over to us, and ridicule the
mass OF our countrymen who do not spe ak
by line and rule, not one of whom, low.
ever, cannot be easily understood. This
is the boasted English language of an
Englishman's home-this eibberish here
this broad-mouthed jargon, that an
Englishman himself cannot understand
at all! listened with astonishment. |
had no idea that there was race of men
on earth, who pretended to speak Eng
lish, that spoke such English as this
Upon my word l could not even guess
what was the topic Of their earnest con-
versation, for the rattling Of their sclog-
shune" us they call them (shoes with
wooden soles) was as Ineligible to me
as the music of their throats. But more
Of this by and by.
AT York l resolved upon new way OF
travelling. In coaches and Steam boats,
every body travels-but I came to Eng
land to see The people of England, and
them mean to see, cost whatsoever of
labor it may. therefore sent my port
manteau on to Edinburgh, "a portman-
teau or valise is all ever take in trav-
elling, and that holds twice as many
things as are necessary to go over the
world with, if one has depot in some
principal places-the top of ones hat is
quite large enough,-and a portmanteau
will hold an entire change of clothes,
Sunday dress and alD-and then bade
adieu to coaches and made for the bye
ways, and crooked ways, with only my
surtoM under my ARMAND my little
writing materials in one Of its pock cts,
holding paper, pen, ink, sealing wax,
waters, seals, pencil, rule, and line, pins,
needles, silk, false collars and other no
tions Thus armed and equipped, sal
lied forth for the heart of rkshire.-
Plague on a coach-we had not walked
two miles before one passing by tempted
us'in, for we had not philosophy enough
as yet to resist such temptation. We
rode to Ripon, about enty miles, be-
lieve,-over very good road passing
one place where a few retired gentlemen
lived on an estate which had been devo-
ted by bequest for such purpose, with
other funds TO keep up the establishment,
and observing nothing very remarkable
unless it was some hordes Of Irish labor
ers coming over in search Of work, begg-
ing, and chasing after our coach, crying
for "pennies" with broods Of children in
their train; or patches of ground close on
the road, outside Of an estate given to
the poor ofthe parish to cultivate. BY
the way, the poor Of England, consider
ing their number, are wonderfully taken
care of. An English beggar is seldom
seen. Mendicity is often forbid by law,
and mendicants are taken up as vaga-
bonds. In the streets of London, pla-
cards are carried about all over the city,
cautioning the public not TO give, and
stating that all the poor are provided for
with work food and clothing. Thus beg
gary is put down,-and but few pretend
to beg in England unless they invent
some quid pro quo in the way of a song
some little mineral or some pretty flow
er, which almost always opens ones
heart.
did not tarry long to look at the
Cathedral or Minister, as il is called, for
after having seen that Of York, my curl
osity was not very sharp,--and this was
upon much smaller scale. gave the
town Of Ripon but glance, and started
for Studlcy Park, some two or three
miles ahead. The first view we had ol
this wcl-known Park was after our G.
merging from some ugly villages, when
all at once, we came upon beautiful
green stretching as far as the eye could
reach, studded here in irregular beauty,
with wide spread clms Of luxuriant foil
age, and dotted all over with groups ol
deer and sheep grazing upon the matted
grass. The spectator at first, iancies,
he has slept into another sphere, so beau
tllul is every thing he sees about him
Here are gravel walks--and under the
shade Of the trees, are circular seats
where ono can read in peace for hours