The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-27
Young England.

The following letter-was received s
few days ago by gentleman in thi.
city, from a young friend OF his ii
London aged eleven: l'
REaEST's PARK, LONDON.
DEAR Mr.. b.: I received a news
paper from West Wheeling, which, o.
course was from you, and thank you
tor 1t. i have not yet been home a week
! from my midsummer holidays, and !
often think it wRs only one year since
you left England and / have not seen
/ YOU since. You sent me some stamps
for which | have 10 thank you.
In the winter holidays, which passed
away much as usual, only we had an
uncommon lot of regular good skating,
Ofcourse you heard ofthe Regents Park
accident. Luckily / was not among
those drowned, for l was skating IN the
| Botanical gardens. We also had lots
OF parties, such Jolly ones, good dane
| ing, and fine grub, and etc. My sister
| Mary has quite left school, and has a
ticker and gold chain, and stays al
home, quite II young woman. James
! goes to DR.. LIS school at Peckam
/ where he learns German and not
S-m grammar school, the master OF
which died not week:ago. Igot to H-y
| College, AS usual, and am two forms
higher thar L WAS before youleft Jim
has a watch. and chain, and l have a
watch, and papa has just given me a
chain. I am doing "Phileo." "timao,
and etc, Irregular Greek verbs, and
Xenophou and Ovid in Latin. Papa,
mama, and aunt, and sister went
abroadtO Paris and Switzerland and
went to the Exhibition. Are the
Americans going to have an Exhtbi-
ton? think 1t is time they do. be-
| lieye YOU were in London when there
1 rot in Hv1n PARK ahnnf the
Reform bill, and there have been loads
| of meetings since then in which the
Police did not interfere, and now the
Reform bill has been through the House
OF Lords and has passed. Well have
shot my thumb since last year; 1t kept
me in H-y sick room for weeks.
/ shot it with saloon pistol. Since
Easter the sports have been simply
bathing, which can enjoy by swim
ming like fun and taking headers. div
ing, etc.; also cricketing, in which take
long stop. dare say you would like
to know how your friend Jacky Il. is
| in the upper school at H-y, and Q.
has lust gone there and is lower than 1
am. Mamma forwarded TO me the
newspaper at school and have mislaid
it, and so have very nearly forgotten
your address, and l was very glad L
was not forgotten although you were
| in America, aud hope you will some
ing epistles, and 1 hope 1t will not be
long before hear that you have made
your fortune, and I see you return TO old
England, again. We had an essay
on "Instinct OF animals" at Easter for
Holiday Work, and l think that we
have another one to do upon "Future
Prospects and Present Motives"
The oxford and Cambridge boat race
took place in the Easter holidays and
the Oxford was the winner by one-halt
a length. think Cambridge did well
considering, but poor old Cambridge
won in the cricket match, out and out.
How did you get over to America ?
We're you sea sick ? How did you go
BY steam, by Liverpool, or on a Mer-
chant ship oVer2 How do you like Amer
ica and as my mamma tells me they
make cheese In America, do they churn
any near you? Do you hunt? and II
so, what do they hunt, wild boars and
buffaloes? Have you ever seen "A prairie
on fire, or any other wonderful adven-
lures that Capt. Mayne Reid writes
abuut2 We British have been honored
to a great extent by great many Roy
al visits, Viceroy of Egypt, the Sultan
of Turkey and 2 500 Belgian volunteers
and they were highly entertained.
There was Ball at the
AgriculturaI Hall and Burdett Couts
entertainment, and very grand con-
cert, at which the Sultan and Prince of
Wales attended, and the seats were as
much as 10 guineas; and also, grand
naval review at SptLhead, which was a
failure on account of the wet and rain,
so that 1t rained nearly all the while
our Royal visitors iwere here and the
relic of England was to be an umbrel-
la. Oh, If you were in England you
would see such sights, every step you
take. the young and old both wear a
load of false hair at the back of the
head called chignon, / mean to say
1 ladies only. 1 hope you will excuse
| two spirited sketches of the head-dress-
es of the period-ED.) There are such
such a lot more newspapers since you
lett. Judy" and "Tomabawk" like
''Punch." The "Day," The "Belgra-
via" which was a very fine paper for a
few weeks; but Il has gone down very
much lately. Every body is out OF
town because it is the season, and the
| operas are all over now. They ended
| last Saturday, and in fact London Is so
very slow that think of going down
to SOuthsea, by Portsmouth, for week
or ten days. Just because Of that
blessed Sultan everything ls the Sultan
| and the etc. There was a great banquet
given at Child hall by the city. 1t
| cost Ell 600. Is IL not an awful sum
and all the plate ETC., were lent, and the
crockery man refused to lend II without
detectives served as walters; so the Sui
tan and Prince OF Wales were waited
on by detectives. Since you left us the
dog tax is lessened from l2 shillings to
| S, SO that every body, laborers, navvies,
| etc, all, every man Jack has some cur.
And now think that L have spun such
\ a long yarn that you ought TO be salts.
fed. With kind love, hoping soon not
only to bear that you are 10 return with
good fortune, but see you on the
shores of Old England, believe me TO
remain your sincere friend, a. P.
P. SIT you ackno Wedge the re-
ceipt of this letter by another West
| Wheeling paper, or by what prefer, a
charming letter from you, in my next
epistle I will enclose Jim's and my own
| photograph. Since you were in Eng
land / have made several acquaint-
ances, most of which are H-yians, and
1 know jolly Marlborough fellow who
generally go out with. Mamma,
can slang? how do the Yankees talk;
do they talk English? Have you any
animals, tame 1 mean, in America2
August the Sth, 1867.
From Me Bostsn Ratchman.