State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-02-29

the road, and blows his horn most
vocferously, when you approach the
stand for changing horses, and also
when he sees any cart, wagon, man,
or beast, in the way of your swift
coursers. And he cannot guard and
Jloao all day for nothing. In general
he remains with you till the second
coachmen comes to the end of his
route, and then tuches his hat also,
for the shilling. But this does not
always satisfy him, especially if he
suspects you are an American, and
have come to see your good old
mother country. In going from
Warwick to London, it was quite
dark before we reached the city.
After iolting half an hour over the
pnvements, the coach turned into a
narrow, gloomy valley, and our bag
gage was taken off. A porter was
at hand, and had shouldered nv
trunks to carry them to a boarding
house in Falcon Square, when | put
what | supposed to be the customary
tribute, into the hand of the guard. !
1t smote him like the shock of a
galvanic battery. Put down. that
luggage exclaimed he in a peremp-
tory tone to the porter. whats
the matter quoth |, 'hav'nt I given
you enough?' Enough, do you call
that enough?' well, how much
more do you ask?' ASK | ask moth
ing. Gentlemen always give what
they please /; but that won't do Nv
spirit, confess, was little stirred
within me. A man of the world,
and at home in London, would prob
ably have called police man, and
taken his g1cardship to Bow-street.
But there | was, a perfect stranger,
in the night, and in the heart of that
great city, which | had never seen
before, and not choosing to get into
quarrel Just then and there, for
slxpence, | gave the following
another metallic shock, about as
had as the first, and strange to tell.
instead of falling into commissions,
he walked deliberately away, saving
that will do little BETTER
ENGLISH HOTELS AND SERVANTS.
The more respectable public
houses Of Britain are very comfort
able. You are well served, and get
almost any thing you choose to Or
der at the shortest notice. NOTHING
strikes you more than the difference
between large dining hall in Lon
don or Liverpool, and one in New
York or Boston. In place of one
long table, for forty or fifty people,
you will see dozen or more small |
ones, where each traveller and
boarder sits down with one or two
friends, perhaps, and sips his coffee,
and reads the newspaper, and very
deliberately manages his own affairs
in his own way The bills are
considerably higher than in this
country, owing chiefly, presume,
to the heavy taxes upon the neces-
sares of life as the Injuries.
Nothing makes US Americans so
nervous, especially at first, as the
importantly Of the servents, when
you are about leaving. waiter,
slr'-'chambermaid, sir'-'boots sir
potter sir'-all in a breath. well
how much do you want:?' % Just
what you please, sir is the reply,
I'VE ask nothing But wo be to the
traveller, who does not give them
the customary fee. You are at
perfect liberty, according to the
theory of this system. to give little
or nothing, as you please. And yet
there is no escape. They compel
you to give freely and literally, too,
whether you will or not, and this is
what vexes you, ten times more than
the money is worth, till you make
up your mind to take things as you
Ind them, and console yourself with
he reflection, that for the most part
you are better served in an English,
han an American hotel, and that
your charges would be higher than
hey are, if the servants were not
oaid in this way. s.