The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-18

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discoveries have crowded upon each {
,ther In hurried succession. with all {
heir attendant revolutions in the at !
airs of mankind. Ii, to all this, We
could add the sudden, tDlpctuOUs rush
IF the fiery train, bursting upon their
vision, would not these
ancient spectral lords and soyereigns
ls they retired to their resting places,
be led to exclaim that, verify, the old
world has passed away, leaving the
boosted castle as the only wreck OF Its
former existence.
Taking a cab, we rode out about
three miles to the town Of Kenll
worth, near which is situated the re-
mains Cf one Of the most ancient and
stately structures Of fcudal times, but
its falling towers and crumbling walls,
now overgrown with ivy, mark, upon
its grim yisage, the sad effects which
time and the action of the elements
have had upon it. Although roOlless
and partially shapeless, yet its ruins,
which seem to have been. charmed to
sleep for thousands Of years, bear the |
most unmistakabie evidences Of its |
former strength and magnlhcence. 1t |
was in contemplation of such an in
teresting and imposing pile, that the |
poet wrote, when he said:
aGaze on ION arch, and mark the while
OF all that Feudal glory shared,
How Time has reft what War mad spared |
Oh for bard of Olden time,
To yield thee back thy life in rhyme
To Sing afresh thy glorious prime,
When vasSeI rout conYulsed thy. tower
When BANQUET shook thy festive halls,
But all is still Thy erumbl1ng walls
No more shall echo back the tread
OF prancing SteedS; no more snail war
Roll at thy feet his iron carr
Nor trumpets' aEg, nor clashing swords,
Nor prisoners sigh, nor loves last words
Whisper anid thy voiceless lad
Leaving KenilWorth and returning
to Warwick, we took the tain to the
town Of Stratford on Avon, a place
rendered ever famous on account of
its being the birthplace Of William
Shakespeare, who has, either ftly or
unity, been styled the w orld's
Poet" For the sum of one shilling
each We were admitted into the house
| of Shakespeare, and were shown into
| the identical room where the dIstln-
guished bard first drew the breath of
| life. 1t is a oue,story dwelling, with
attic windows opening towards the
street. In one end of the house is
kept the Shakspearean Museum,
WHICH contains the works and writ.
ings of the post-various manuscripts
and deeds signed by him, his office
furniture, walking canes, seals, pic
lures, statuary, glasses, Jugs, &c;
amongst which were not less than
half a dozen likenesses of Shakespeare,
no two of which looked like the same
person: and what is very remarkable,
the people in the PLACE do not seem
to know which is the true likeness of
their own favorite and almost idoliZed
poet. Before leaving StratfOrd, we
called upon Mr.. Edward Il. Flower
to whom one Of our party had a
letter of introduction-who owns a
very handsome property IN the edge
of the town, and lives in afhuence.
He and his sons carry on the brewing
business on a very extensive scale,
requiring sixty thousand barrels
to be always kept on hand.
They have large aeellars Of beer
and ale in the principal cities of Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland. This
family Is related to a family of the
same name in the State Of Illinois,
u. S. A, some of whom were holding
: a religious meeting in the city OF
Evansville, Indiana, some time during
5 | After breakfasting with Mr.. Flower,
s and taking a look at his beautiful
r tpremises and those of his son, we
| rode With him in his -earriage about
3 four miles il the eOEGtry, to q large
2 real estate belonging to his family,
$ | where hundreds Of acres have actually
I. been worked over, from ten to fifty
J feet deep. All the stone suitable f0I
! building. pavement. lime or cement,
! being taken out, while the refuse
J stone is thrown back into the pit
upon which the soil is carefully re-
placed, making it more productive
than before the broken stone below
! giving it more perfect drainage. = ]
t inquired about the price of land in
: that region and found it-selling al
/ e65, or about 1925 in gold, per acre
! During our ride we passed through
some beautiful farming country
/, where the farmers were busiiy en-
2 gagqdih cutting hay aud blowing the
] fall0W grounds. We saw some plOwS
9 which measured fifteen feet long, be
: ing drawn ) by as many as i've large
t draft horses, placed tandem, with q
boy leading the first horse. baa u S. ~
: Leaving Stratford, we passed b.
:. rail, the town of Redding, but die
: not stop to see the little 6dl,Ing es
+ adjustment in operation there which
J. employs fourteen hundred hands, an(
:, consumes nine hundred barrels, OF
;, ninety tons, of flour per day aEssf
II The city of Oxford was our mex
?. objective point, where we arrived lat
e in the evening of July 10th, and re
IS posed our weary limbs In tn
y Queens Arms" which is o very re
}, spectacle and well regulated hotel
t Thisis indsputa bly, ione-eE the hand
D, soonest cities in all England.
y stands on q slight eminence betWeel
d the rivers Isis and Cherwell, and nea
g their confluence. No other city i
IS the United Kingdom can compar
Wlthlt IN its rich display Of medieval
a and academic architecture. It is sur
n rounded by hills of gentle. elevation
ct from many of which its matches
n array of domes, towers, and spires i
Y seen to great advantage. From tn
y great dome Of the Radcliffe Library
20 towering high amid the sourroundin
20 spires, may be seen the loftier parts c
a the various colleges, arrayiug them
is selves in picturesque order, while tn
/ quiet old city lies slumbering beneath
r, linked to an origin long lost In til
le dim shadows Of antiquity. There il
k perhaps, no other city that can bOas
r. of as many fourishing institution
q Of learning. or nobler literary fam
ly than can the City of Oxford; while
le on the other hand, there are but fey
r other places whose past history sink
n lower in the depths of bigotry an
IS superstition, and whose trials ofmoek
1T cry and deeds Of cruelty could NOR
s, appropriately be written with pencil
IL dipped in blood. From the top O
, fbTS dome we l0Oked down uY,oy nina