Litchfield enquirer., 1846-10-01
Rdmbles tit ENGLAND.
Letter from ElihN Burritt.

ELlHU BURR1rr, the learned Blacksmi tn,
is making the tour of England on foot, min
Cling with the mechanic and laboring man,
and acquainting himself with their condi-
,ion. He is giving the result of his obser-
vations in his paper-the Christian Citizen
published at Worcester. The following
are extracts from his journal:
Monday, July 2Oh.-Wrote like steam
engine till noon, to clear off from my hands
peck of letters which had accumulated in
the course Of day or two, under the auspi-
ces Of penny postage. After dinner noun
ted my stan ana KnapSaCK, 10 open my pc
destran campaign with an afternoons walk
towards Worcester, which lies IS miles south
of Birmingham. Good Joseph Surge ac-
companied me short distance, then bid
ding me God speed, in all the bcnevolence of
his great heart, left me, like Bunyan's pill
grim, to go my way rejoicing. In few
minutes / had reached the summit of an
eminencc, upon which EdgebaSton Hall
stands half. hidden and half revealed in the
solemn shade of its ancestral oaks De-
sccndne this, Birmingham, with all its tow
ering factory chimnies, disappeared, and
found myself surrounded by the beauty ana
magniiccncc Of the country scenery of Eng
land, in its summer portrailure, and sum-
mer music; for the very foliage of the trees.
that in some cases over-arched the road
seemed to be vocal with singing birds. of the
merriest mood. The little thingS-they
must have been small, else l should have
seen some of them,--uwed nature and art
all the melody Of their threats for such a
beautiful world to sing in. In these lovely
groves and hedges, and along tie green Dor
ders of the meadow. brooks, they were out OF
the reach OF the 'villainous saltpetre,' and
oftruant school boys, affected with the mania
of speculation in speckled eggs. 30 the
wee, twttering sohgsters may sing right on,
without semiquaVer Of apprehension from
these sources of trouble and Interruption
Having time is about half over, and the
wheat harvest has Just commenced, and the
reapers are ON the road, sickle in hand, to
gather in the crops. What with stopping
occasionally to talk with the hay-rickers
or walking little way TIP the narrow lanes
walled with living green to see an unique
cottage through the meshes of its ivy veil
or with looking through hole in the hedge
at a herd of sleek, notified cows feeding OF
Illuminating gracefully in new-shorn mead
ow, was four hours in making eight miles
/ reached the Rose and Crown about eigh
O'Clock, where found everything in keeping
with the rigid simplicity OF an English
country inn. The hostess-for whether
married or not, she is the most visible anc
vigorous person about such an establish
ment-a neat, rnddy Englishwoman, in ;
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menls of romantic frugality. One of thes'
articles is worthy Of notice, as 1t is com
mon to every table which have seen thu
far in this country. 1t is shaving, not
slice, of butlered bread, not much thicker
than a shaving which fore, plane woule
take at a stroke from a straight-grainee
board of pine. A hungry man would eat
souare ward of these bread shavings at
meal, without much impairins his appetite
for substances less superficial.
AN HOUR WITH NATURE AND THE NAIL
ERs.
Tuesday, JULY 2l.-After quiet, COSY
breakfast, served up on little round table
for myself alone. sat down TO test the prac
ticability of the plan had formed at hom'
for my peregrinaiions in this country viz
to write until one o'clock P. M, then Il
take nv staff and travel ON, eight or tel
miles to another convenient stopping plac
for the night. AS much depended upon tn
success of the experiment, / was determines
to carry the poin. against the predictions O
my friends. So at it ] went, CON G"aore.-
The house was as quiet as if a Profoun
Sabbath were resting upon IL, and the win
dows ofmy airy chamber looked through tn
foliage Of grave eims down upon gree
valley got on swimmingly; and after
frugal dinner at she little round table,
buckled ON my knapSack with a feeling. c
self-congratulatiOn in view Of the litera.
part of my days work: Having paid m