The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-07-30

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house.. With hundreds Il 81 varieties
from lie OuFAng Osilang 10 the cater !;
tie vast qnansities . hiris. from the
ostrich aud esgle to the humming bird.
have been gathered together bere for
years These gardens areopeneu.wssls
days On payment q > shilling Sundays
only 10 FaelnhsFs, or ticket from mem
hers, therefore Sunday istHc eiay Of all
days to ~ il you can, for on that shsy
Il pleasant. come the elite Of London. =.
Charlie and ] were determined TO 60 an
some way. Havingno tickets, bnt some
tin aud plenty Of check. we watched our
time and caught the old gate keeper
alone. and after little whispering in
his ear. at the same time slipping a half
crown IN his hand the latch spring was
loose and we went in. an old trick With
me in this city when ] am very anxious
to see some choice thing; i found out
that these poorly paid gate keepers in
London, love money, when they can get
it from strangers and foreigners who
won't tell. Well, once in and taking n
good look at the garden sights, We get
our position to see the elite enter, ~
this was a sight worth all the rest Near
the hons den is green patch of about
an acre, broad gravel walk divides IT,
on either side Of this walk are pleasant
seats and chairs TO cover the wholep patch
AS they enter the gate they haste for
CHOICE places. They began to come
about four o'clock, and continued to
come until there was no less than two
miles Of empty carriages strung along
in waiting out side, and over five thons.
and ESQ we were told by the gate keep
er. where the number is registered, waf
in and seated or promenading back and
forth in this walk. The whole object
Of this visit, as we learned, was to sec
how richly they could dress, and to SCI
and be. seen. To look upon SO many
and the great majority ladies, all dress
ed beautifully, SO rich and expensive
that You would say it was for court
! Wedding, ITO say nothing of the pretty
faces, (Which, by the way, Charlie in
sisted there was only three inthe whole
crowd, you would think that oil of the
fnery Of the shops of London had been
brought out for the occasion, Some
ladies, we were told, had on no less thar
$4,000 sterling in value, OF course
i Charlie and ] took our place with thu
promenadefs, until we had feasted onl
eyes to sufficiency, and then we left
wondering at the vanity Of the human
heart that should bring SO many togeth
er on every pleasant Sunday to th'
same place and for no earthly purpos'
only to see and be seen. l
i The old Tower of London was tn,
business OF the next day To see thi
alone is worth a trip across the ocean
:. One of the old Beef Eaters as they ar,
called, conducted us about. and pointec
out all things of interest. The Traitor
gate where all state prisoners ant
where Queen Elizabeth entered whel
she was imprisoned by her sister, Mary
the Queen Of England, the room sh
!, occupied for the long years she wa
there. The bloody tower where the tw'
Princes were murdered. The spot il
{ the yard where was fixed the block Of
which SO many thousands were behead
} ed, by Mary, and on which was be
{ headed the wives of Henry Sth an,
Mary Queen Of Scots, and as we enter
. ed the Tower he pointed out the bloc
and the axe used for this bloody work
[ The. Tower covers about II acres, an,
! is walled in. Its form is holloN
square. The buildings are four AM
some six stories high, upon which ar
towers. There are twelve on the inner
, and six on the outer ward To tell Q
! what we saw in the museum OF tn
J white tower, of all the images of King
and Queens from the time Of William
, the conqueror, sitting on their horses
on standing dressed in the identica
dresses worn in their day, and all th
antiquities which are presented her
, would take too long, and win onl
say that to look upon them and upol
! this old Tower, dark shadows Of th
past history comes up before You wit
terrible impressions of reality, such a
reading left in the mind as stories on
~, dating way back to the Norma
Conqneror. This old Tower was b.
gun BY William the Conqueror and ha
been the residence Of Kings more 0
less up to the time of Queen Elizabeth
Now except for some state purposes
it is only monument Of the past,
museum Of relics, and curiosity {
, great interest for the world to visit.
Our next visit was St Panls Cathe