Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-04-16
Communicated.
Visitation Extraordinary.
CHAPTER III.

wrote you my last letter / intended
to write you another while in Eng
land, but | had so many places to go,
and so many persons to see that | had
not time to write. Being now at
home thought | would trouble YOU
no more. But AS | have been asked
so many questions iii reference to the
country &c, | came to the conclusion
to write again, and subject myself
once more to editorial scrutiny.
Questions have been asked in ref
erence TO the railroads in EngIand.-
My opinion is that we are very far
in advance. Their roads are chiefly
broadgague, and are certainly more
even than.the NJ. X z du G. r. r. at
this time, but no better than our casts
ern roads. The running time is fast
er than our western roads, but no
faster than our eastern ones. The de-
lay at stations is from five to twenty
minutes, and at certain points near
some prominent station the cars are
stopped to examine tickets. At the
! intermediate stations you show your
ticket to pass outside the gate The
cars are perhaps about half the length
Of ours, and are divided into COM
partments of about five wide, by a
partition din ectly across the car. The
entrance is therefore Immediately
from the station platform. The pas
sengers sit facing each other, and SO
close that it is with difficulty q per
son can pass out. There is no fire or
convenience of any kind. After being
annoyed exceedingly in consequence
of Inconvenience, | as politely as [
could informed them that their cars
were nuisance. and thai they ought
to go to the"Colony" and take lessons.
{ AS to safety they said, "We have
more accidents than you do
In reference to climate, although
farther north than this it is much
milder so mild in fact that we saw
men spading in gardens in January.
Mr.. Prideaux attended blowing
match in February. The new year
set in very boisterous and cold, ac-
companied with heavy fall Of snow.
| suppose about four inches fell. We
also bad frost which froze perhaps
two inches deep. The Indicator at
the Royal Institution of Cornwall
showed the degree Of cold to be eight
degrees above zero. The coolest
weather they had experienced for 30
years. 1t continued thus until the
middle Of the month, and then it
rained, raine7, RAINED. | do not re-
member but one or two dry days
while there-about six weeks. After
| bad been there about three weeks,
the sun shone out brightly. Itcheered
me to see old "Sol's" kind face once
more. | remarked to some that be
was quite q stranger, and all acknowl-
edged it. Notw outstanding the mild
ness Of the climate, and green fields
even in the middle of winter, yet the
farmers told me that they dry feed
their stock about FIVE months in the
year. The cultivated land yields
well, but it must be well manured
Almost every piece OF ground, even if
covered with stones is inelosed and
cultivated Men will bestow nearly
as much labor in taking in one acre
of ground as would enclose two acres
perhaps more here.
The women (Saxon) are strong,
beatty and good looking. You look
in vain for that sickly hue that our
ladies have. [ will not say they are
more sensible, but you will never see
an English woman sweeping the side
walk with a 'strail" The dress is
long, but not so much so as to be in
convenient. ana in wet weather is
looped up, and looks neat and grace
full, with skirt which shows below
the dress. They spend more of their
time out of doors, and walk more
than American ladies do. Can't ours
improve in this respect?
England is now agitated from cen
ter to circumference about reform
In reading some Of the papers one
would think the country was about to
be ruined unless the franchise is exs
tended, while others are endeavoring
to reason the country will be ruined
if it is extended. Some contend for
class suffrage, others for household,
and Jew for manhood suffrage. In
extending the suffrage some are in ia
vor of plurality of votes; !. e., fix a
certain amount ofpropel ty as qualify
ing a person to vote, and if a man.
has twice or thrice that amount all
low him corresponding number of
votes. The general opinion favors
household suffrage, and in all proba>
bility that will be granted before
long. In their feeling toward Us they
/ differ, some favoring the North, and
others the South One may, howev-
er, take this as a rule: The reform
ers, or liberals favor the North, while
the conservatives or tories favor the
South. | had some little alteration
/ quite pleasantly of course,) with
some Of them in reference to the po-
sition of England ward US during
the late rebellion. | told them that
we were much surprised that anti SD
very England should favor a pro Sta>
rery republic, and that they should al
low pirate ships to be fitted out to
prey upon our commerce, ont that |
supposed they did it through igno-
rance. and would have to foot the
bill. One gentleman told me had
been reading RusselI's book, "Letters
! ~ TIM Tiandop Times y and was quite