Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-08

ooeP IRON tine steamer like one searching
for truth. you must as Milton SAYS, go IN
and down, gathering up limb by limb still
as you can find them"
careful observer will find M rem s,,,k-
ing difference between the soc;,l l;Go or
England and that Of America. though n
superficial observer might fancy tho, bc sa,v
much. Remembering that it is noveltv ro,I
or alleged, which gives almost all it's intorost
to book Of travels, you will not he surprised
that the tourist is apt to magnify the pecu-
iiarlties which he may see, and even to make
them where there are none. The thought of
another country and that three thousand
miles away, OF people under government
formally different from ours, and acknowl-
euSlhS social distinctions unknown to US,
very naturally suggests great differences in
the style of living but the notion is yul-
gar one and the traveller who comes with il
Will he dIsarpoin ed. - Lors bless me ~ said
AN old Works. ire woman of 90 wears. looking
at me through her srcctacles, you from
Ameriky what do people do there, DO
they eat and drink and work and all inst nc
We do said they did Have thew any
baccy there, - taking her pipe out of her
mouth, land do they sneuk - said tbcv
ana. Her comment again was Tors bless
me let an honest American after read
ing certain sriccd and peppercd descriptions
oi English manners come and observe for
himself in hall and cottage, street and lane.
and he would fill his pocket book with rescm-
biancrs rather than differences.
Besides, you must remember that England
| IN Its different counties has as great a variety
/ Of these small differences Of character and
manners as America has in its ya.tcr Iiyis.
/ ions. y cockncy both in language AMI man
her'' Is quite ms much a curiosity at York as
Bostonian would be in Texas. 1t is much
saler to say of any popularity which falls
under your notice that it is Yorkshire or
pcvonshire or Cornish, than that it is
/ English. 1t is almost needless to remark
/ that these lrovincidlsms are much more
strongly marked in the lower and uncducatcd
classes, and that education and rntrcioon,
mcrs', lndisrrlnlnat'ly. the Yorkshire man.
the Northumbrmh and the Cockney, into the
EngIishman We may 60 further and saw
that while lanke backwoodeman and n
stafl0rdshirc miner are as unlike rs an Amer.
lean and an Englishman can he, a wcll-bred
American can move in well-bred English
society without betraying anything foreign
and rice rorso, But there is one thing
little curious-and yet not 50 curious after
all that foreigner who would pass for an
Engishman in high circles is detected to be
foreigner in the lower. have heard this
mentioned by others and have had it repeat
eddy verified in my own case On one
occasion guide who wished to commend
himself to me remarked that he had very
often been employed by men of my coun-
try 4" And what's my country" asked
- America to be sure. thought | would
try him. - am not an American | said.
(Literally am not, =. G. by birth). He
answered promptly and confidently, Then
you are not far from 1T Once when was
passing through the Thames Tunnel. n
woman held out littla transparency urgent
ly adding :" Buy the Thames Tunnel to take
home to America with you" | hadn't
spoken word. On the other hand | have
been for months in daily intercourse with
weIl-bred people without their once suspect
ing Inc of being an American.
When you coniure up your ideal English
man-your John Bul-don't YOU always
make him AN enormous eater In nv exne.
! rience-and it has extended to all classes ex
cept the titled, TO merchants. tradesmen,
farmers, professional men and private gentle
men-the English are not great eaters. do
not believe that they eat as much as New
Englanders. am very sure that. conforming
to the customs, eat less with "A better appe-
tte than when | lived among New En-
Sldnders-and this seems To the point The
EngIlshmen of novels are always represented
as eating fabulous quantities Of roast beef
and cold mutton, and with a relish which il
makes one hungry to think of but if this
was ever 50, it must have gone out of vogue
with the - fine old English gentleman" and
his hunting accomplishments With per.
sons of any responsibility it is almost uniyer
sal to take four meals day, but brea fast il
s.,
is radically different institution. An egg
or bit OF bacon with a slice of toast and a
cup Of coffee is a breakfast for a king
ought to say, in these matters. for an Alder
man. Tea is mere postscript mot a lady's
postscript) to dinner, and is made less and
less OF, as you ascend the scale of fashion.
Among stylish people, the gentlemen are not
supposed to leave their after-dlnner wine
until at the ladies bidding they adjourn to
the drawing room to sip cup Of tea and
sometimes taste bit of thin bread and butter
or muffin Supper is more substantial
meal with its cold meats and ale that is,
for those who can afford them. The humble,
classes generally take their bit of supper too
| found in Yorkshire that it was verv COM
mon custom to make supper on oat meal
Cruel. This good Yorkshire farmer assured
me was " nice for d 'booels"
But whatever deficiencies the Enrlsbman
may have as to the amount of his food, he
makes all up in drink. | was not pre-
pared to find drinking habits so universally
prevalent in England. During an eight
months residence have not met with one |
tea-totaler Divines scholars, members of .
all churches, people in all stations take their
glass of wine for dinner when they can get it,
and their porter when they can yet nothing
better, Indeed the whole etiquette f social
life is formed upon the supposition that
everybody takes little. For my own want
of manners in failing to ask the ladies at the
table if might " have the rleasu of drink
ing glass of wine" with them, each and
several have been gently rcproved by mine
host saving :. WHY Mr. e. hero ara s,,,,