Butte record., 1855-01-27

es and who says they halnt beauti
ful ?" retorted the other "they was
made by the best Hitalian hartist in this
country"
They was made by jim Caul, and
showed all over the country twenty
years ago." rejoined another "and
arter that they laid five years in pawn
in old Moll Wiggins's cellar, covered
with mould and dust"
Well, that's good 'un, that is ~
replied the proprietor of the beautiful
wax-works, with look of disdain.
| made Il move to depart, when one of
the head showmen exclaimed, "Come,
Mister, don't be shabby can You think
of gong without standing treat all
round !"
& Why should stand treat - asked
'Cause 'ta.nt every day you can meet
such bloody lot of jolly brother show
mcn," replied Mr. Wax-works.
| handed out a crown, and left them
to. drink bad luck to all the " foreign
vagabonds that would bamboozle their
Queen with inferior dwarfs, possessing nc
advantage over the natyces but the pow,
er Of cha6Ing'
We returned to the hotel, took a
post-chaise, and drove through decided
ly the most lovely country ever beheld
Since taking that tour, I have heard
that two gentlemen once made bet,
each, that he could name the most de-
lightful dive in England. May persons
were present, and the two gentlemen
wrote on separate slips of paper the
scene which he most admired. One
gentleman wro e, "The road from War
wick to Coventry )" the other had writ
ten, " The road from Coventry TO War
wick"
In lrss than an hour we set down at
the outer walls of Kenilworth Castle,
VIII ch Scott has greatly aided to imnor-
talize in his celebrated novel of that
name.
This once noble and magnificent cas-
tie is a stupenddvus ruin, which has been
so often detcribed that | think it unnec-
essary to say anything further about it
here. We spent half an hour in exam
lnng the interesting ruins, and then pro-
cceded by pOst-chase to Coventry, a
distance of six or eight miles. Here we
remained four hours, during which we
visited St. Mary's Hall, which has at
tracted the notice of many antiquarians.
We also took a peep at the efigy of the
celebrated = Peeping Ton." after which
we visited an exhibition called the
" Happy Family consisting of about
two hundred birds and animals of oppo.
site natures and propensitics, all living
in harmony together in one cage This
exhibition was 50 remarkable that |
bought it for $4,000 $780, and hired
the proprietor TO accompany it to New
York, where it has ever since been an
attractive feature in my Museum
We took the cars the same evening
for Birmingham, where we arrived at
ten O'Clock, my friend Albert Smith af-
terwards published a chapter in Bently's
Magazine, entitled 4 day with Barn
um," in which he said xe accomplished
business with such rap:pity, that when
he attempted TO- write out the accounts
of the day, he found the whole thing so
confused in his brAin, that he came near
" locating Peeping Tom in the house
of Shakespeare, while Guy of Warwick
acoud stick his head above the ruins of
of Kenilworth-t the Warwick Vase in
Coventry etc.
During our journey, I amused him
with many of my adventures, including
the history Of Joice Heath, the Mer-
maid, the Buffalo Hunt, ETC., which he
afterwards served up in his Scatter
good Family" making me the hero
At this time, my friend was an author,
dramatist and dentist, but subsequently
he was exalted to the dignity of show
man, and I am most happy to learn that
he has accumulated fortune from the
exhibition of the panorama illustrating
his extraordinary ascent of Mount Blanc.
ESSIf there is heaven on earth, it
is on soft couch by your own freside
with your wife on one side, a smiling
baby on the other, clear conscience, a