The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-30

r. LONDON, July 13.
We remained in Liverpool only
over one night and half the next day.
Yet even so briefra visit gave us some
new impressions. Indeed thousand
things seem strange, in first coming
into new country, many of which, no
doubt, soon become so. familiar as to
fail of exciting attention. Yet these
things are desirable to- be written of.
in order to a faithful and full picture
for those at home,,eeJ ,si si...,,i. a.. ID
Almost the, first thing I observed
at liverpool, as We drew near the
named from the inventor low gig.
like vehicle, with the. driver. perched
on a high seat behind, looking over
the Il, gig7top. down upon the horse.
These are Intended for two persons,
are very easy going and are much pa
tronlzed, Hundreds Of them glide
through the winding thoroughfares of
Liverpool, while here they number
many thousands a
My first view of crowd of English
men, told me of the Importance of the
stove pipe hat in this country. Even
cab drivers and tide walters must have
their heads surmounted by this enor-
nifty of civilization. Nobody looks
Quite so grotesque under this hat, as
thea little Johny Bulls thirteen or
fourteen years old Their bell crowns,
now the mode here,y seem ready to
extinguish them The fashion ex-.
tends not only3ito boys; even the
Il oh
the other day. almost invariably wear
it in riding on horseback. a Is IA
We had a pheasant ride. ina Ham
som, through the principal streets of
Liverpoohanaaround Princes Park.
The city is 9sn bstantially built, the
streets are wonderfully smooth and
clean, and the swardsof the park is of
the richest greenx We met an endless
variety of whatcto US were odd looking
vehicles, and in meeting them we
always akeptrto the left 'as the law
directs3s gHG q3gi> eat I'D aE3 l.
jal bse CHESTER so ba3 eG g
Almost directly south Of Liverpool,
at the distance of sixteen miles, is
this old Roman town. It was in our
plan tolyisit it, ahd,We did so, stopping
at the new and beautiful GrosTenor
Hotel, (pron6uhced GfoDe- nor, owned
by the Marquis of Westminster, whose
famous residence, Eaton Hall, is some
four or five miles from the town.
Chester, as you know, is the county
town of Cheshire, renowned for it's
cheese. The cheese making has just
now been sadly abridged by the pre-
valenee Of the cattle plague. The
Roman wall makes an entire circuit
round the older part Of the town,
distance of two and a half miles, keep
ing most of the way along the banks
of the Dee. The walk on this wall is
interestinggp At enc point you come
on castle built by William the Con-
dueror, used now as barracks; at
another, on Charles the First's tower,
thus inscribed" King Charles stood
ON this tower, September oath, 1645,
and saw his army defeated on Rowton
Moor ~ The wall also passes near the
cathedral, giving a good view Of this
large old Gothic structure. 2i3a
7f2 4 Walk INTO THE COUNTRY.
It occurred to me to. make a foot
excursion from Chester into rustic
England wished to ,miingle with
the common people and learn how
they thought and talked and lived, to
hear the birds sing, and to take near
view of the fields and woods. Thus
Thought it would be possible to get
away, in measure at. least, from the
modern England, of commerce and
manufactures, to the old England Of
history and poetry, On, inquiry /
was told of the village Aldford, pro
nounced Odford) FIVE miles out,
mile to. one side of Eaton Hall, and
rejoicing in the possession of two good
inns. SO putting myself in pedestrian
trim, / made for the village. The af-
ternoon was cool and cloudy, fresh
breeze laden with the fragrance Of
flowers and new mown hay, blowing
from the direction of the Irish sea.
The road was hard and free from
dust, and almost level. Sometimes,
the hedge rows prevented any Wow
even into the adjoining fields, but
most Of the way fine prospect was
enjoyed of fields and crops, with an
occasional glimpse of the mountains
of Wales. f.
s The birds kept up an incessant twlt-
tering among the Ivy clad trees, NOW
and then a carriage would pass, but
more frequently little donkeys would
be met, almost buried in the huge
baskets slung over their backs and
the bundles surmounting them. l
had read that English women were
GOOD walkers. and now | found it
true: for not only did / meet many
women Walking-as. many as men
hut sometimes they overlook and
passed me. Now and then stopped
to converse with working man, and
almost invariably found him intelli-
gent. / was surprised to see how
much the common people we're dis
posed to talk of national and interna-