Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-26
WHOLE NO. 295.


house We entered, we found party ca-
r"uSipg over some ale, ali half drunk
bur the house was lnl aud could not
nccnmniodat- us In short, we ir,ed alt
five al the public houses, and all IN vain,
for all were full of the people gong Z"
the lair. began to fancy how it would
seem to he sleeping on the road. My
companion took NV writing materials,
and wrote letter to the parsOn of the
village, stating "our depl"rable CASE
but luckily the parsOn WAS abed and t.
steep hours before, for which ] was
heartily glad. The people were rude
and unciyl-but nevertheless they pro-
vlded us a place near the fire, and this
was much. as we were cold and wet
Al last, "A fellow more generous hearted
than the rest, pit, ing osr condition, and
intending himself 10 drink his ale all
night, gave va his bed, and we received
il with a thankl lul heart. j never had
so good a sleep.
When We rose in the morning, the
rain was yet pouring down, and there
fore we resolved 10 tarry IN doors, aRtI
study character, for never was there IL
finer opportunity than this, IA il was
some holiday, St. Monday, i think it ~
called, and all the people were crowded
together A social glass Of ale put us
upon the best terms with our new friends,
and anon they were our teachers IN the
Cumberland dialect and when they
talked this dialect among themselves,
they were mo,e incomprehensble than
even the York shireman whom ] have
before another spec men by
the way of tho purity with which En-
elishmen speak English! l have before
me a letter written in this dialect, and |
defy any person wfro has never read VI
or studied it to make out hall ITS mean
ing-and yet writer's coming from such n
people make sport of our English! The
F, Lord help their impudcnce!
!, The rain in the afternoon clearing up
we started for the Fair which was at
! Roslcy Hill, four miles off! My out
ward man by this time was in melan-
! cholv condition. My boots gaped with
! holes, rent in the said route over the
! Moor. In this condition, | was we'll
fitted for "good society,"" at the Fair,
but my companion whose outward man
was far better than mine, was altogether
! too mu, h of "gentIe man" for such n
/ place,-lor in the old world as we'll as iri
ours, they Judge a "gentleman" very
much by his clothes. / peeped about
all over the Fair, here, there and every
/ where,-no among the mount ebSRks,
anon discussing the merits of horse or
! an ass for sale, and soon pIunging into
! the dance hall where the "gals and fel-
lows" with their iron-soled shoes, we're
knocking out "double shuflles," and spin
ming off ''Iong reels" very much as n
blacksmith's sledge hammer would act
the same part could see that my COM
panion was very suspicious character
among .hem-but my appearance admit
ted me into "the very best society,"" In
my early days had gift myself in
these "double shuines, and never
was more tempted just Tor the sport OF
the thing, than now, to make contract
with the fiddler for dance or so. Ma
nv of the sports of these Fairs resemble
our New England general musters,--
but there was more OF intemperance here
than have ever seen at one OF them,-
and the fair girls permitted Liberties to bo
! taken with them, which an Englishman
(, would, of course have been horri6ed by,
if he had seen in America.-Hamilton
would have had paroxism IN the sight,
and the new tribe that have just writ
ten, would have indited chapters there
upon. But of truth the Temperance
Societies could do great good here
I, Drunkenness was mournfully prevalent
in eyery quarter Of the field, and fights
, were not a few-the ever fruitful Off
spring of this insanity. These fairs, l
suppose all your readers know, are held
at certain times Of the year, to which
the yeomanry, and others resort with
whatsoever they have to sell, and then
, there are shows, "Royal Beasts and
. Birds "French giants, with many
= other articles too numerous to mention.
The Fair over, and the sun declining,
= q we engaged passage to Carlisle WIN
d one of The persons who had a tent at tho
J, Fair. in carriage that has an opening
q in the middle, containing four persons,
two of hom face the other two, and a
box in front where the driver sits. ny
5 sunset we were in Carlisle, and hero 1
was SO covered with mud, and 40 rusty
|" " from the past lew days hard fare, that ~
| stroIled about the streets, with my
{ hands in my pockets staring at every
: : thing, the very boys looked up IN aston
g shmen,, wondering who or what was.
y 1t is pleasant to have a new character
once in n wbile-but for a little while.
l. | soon forgot all, however, in another
e excellent public use,-and was asleeF
=, a. s,op ms | touched the bed.-Frou