Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-10
prsssn. use Of Tho British army, stored

present use Of The British army, stored
here.
We went also 70 shs Crystal Palace,
and heard the celebrated Nilsson In concert,
and several other Of the best and most no.
ted singers in Europe. and chorus Of 5000
voices, splendidly trained. The palace it.
self is marvel Of beauty, and filed with
flowers, and sta:ls full of al sorts of fancy
work, besides statuary and plaster copies of
al the noted pieces Of sculpture to be found
in Europe, Asia or Africa, and all arranged
beautifully. The grounds around shs build
ing are indsseribably beautiful, and alto
gethsr the place is one Of the most inter-
esting the world affords.
We went to the British Museum and the
National Gallery Of Paintings, in which
are to be found vast amount of all that is
rare in painting, Sculpture, archaeology,
zoology, biblioloey and geology, but Of
course We could make no intelligent exam.
ination Of anything. We rode on the I'm.
derground railroad, and took ride in one
Of the miserable little steamers on the
Thames, getting view Of the city and the
bridges from abe water. We went to the
Geological Gardens and saw it, rich variety
Of animals and birds-the greatest in the
world, and TO score Of other places Of in.
tersss, which TO describe, would be to ex.
tend this letter out to the "crack Of doom"
I also went 70 Cambridge, and saw the col.
leges there, in which WAS very much in.
teFsssed, although had but few hours to
I was Just in season for English straw
berries, which are very sweet and delicious.
They have some pears and plums for sale,
but nothing ct al 6ne that have seen in
the way Of fruit, except their gooseberries,
which are enormous-some Of them are
nearly - large - your Lombard plums-
larger than the biggest wild plums. Their
flowers, however, are Of very rich hue, and
geraniums abound everywhere.
The general idea Of the cheapness Of
things in England il . great mistake. In
few articles Of clothing you can do better
than with Us, but not much, taking the rel.
alive prices Of gold, and am pretty we'll
satis6ed that I could buy everything which
I have bought - cheap in the United States.
In the way Of general living you cannot be.
gin to do ~ we'll - in the United States.
For such dinner a. one gets at one Of
our 6rst.class hotels, You would have 70 pay
thrice - much here. II people live cheap
CT here than in the States It Is because they
do not indulge in what they have in the
States. An American gentleman who has
been on the continent and in England for
the past four yeMs. says that such is the
case, and that the American people live like
princes compared with any other people liv:
ing. certainly 90 believe from my limited
experience in England. Then there is
wonderful sight of outrageous mendicant.
ism in England. You can't ask even men
in good clothes question but they put out
their hands for fes. The cabman begs
little extra for himself the way Of per.
sonal fee. The servants At the hotels want
something u every turn, and at al the pub
lie buildings iees ass demanded and gratuities
extorted. l did not expect it Of John Bull,
and I am sorry to see it. A good deal Of il
is uncalled. for. and is unblushing beggary.
The rates of faro on the raiiroad. &c ;:Icss
greater than on ours for half the accommo.
dation, and my purse assures me that il 10
well we are not going to stay any longer in
Britain, or should have no means of get.
ting anywhere else.