Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-09-15
Correspondence the London Daily News,
Low Life in Elinburgh.


than the aspect which the old town Of Edinbur.
presents from Princess street, with the gray oll
castle on its massive rock. On the right th,
. ridge extenis d9WaEard, its sky line broken bJ
tCrrets ard gables hOIry with aye; but the
grand Old houses in the narrow Wynds and
closes have loag since become ne ha6itatious Of
the poorest Of the poor and the lowest Cf the
low. Badly of IS is London for suitable dwell
iuGs for her poor working casses. Edinburgh is
in an infinitely worse condition. and this ccudi-
tiea IS ntea'idei by the Circumstances that v hie
the houses Of Lonlon inha5iei By such classes
are 10Y the most part comparatively modern, the
poor of Edinburgh arc packed and huiiied into
the huge antique piles Of the Oh town, where
claaGire-s, and, indsel, common deceucy are
pAysioa. impossibiiit.es.
At II Jas, hight ny guide met me under the
shsl0E If 81. Gles's Church. The High Street
public houses were closing slowly, AMI reluctant
iy llscaarcug ths.r occupants. On the pave
meut tle tarong w's siresly dense and noisy.
e-ouety was the exception, not the rule Some
staggered sJoHily along. mutterirg imbecue
Iriye 70 themselves AS tIey larcheI o. aud fro;
others, mad Grglk, fought 2l1 yelled and
cG.eeL Women we're the worst-ragyel. bare
foot, unsezel wretehes, with tangled hair, bose
ons H.ii bare, mouths fall @. the most terr.h..
a.-sqhemics. Some Of them hal Chi. lren ir
their srms, whom .t seemed as ifthey mus, drop
az every -aTEs-. One miserable creature. with
+ scarce cIl-les elaura 90 Be des.nr. was nickel
gp ou. oi -0g. gutter bg the police and taken
. Of. o. lhc ..l,. n ualice-.srl clrTr.n, Oh. fsia
which his l4.--e bt} Stumbled over when r;4.io.
. 40 the mother The most uiteou- s.vb, Of III
was o. watch -..e chi. lrea round the cr.1B4 thai
tou-it sf. cursed. nos, s.i--erin, as some o7s
tael-.1, rtbii ran sr,ucs ,7il iii A. eye-vtb-n,
now e.o.iu- t.l ar-.,u r1.lr.i Two y,b, c.ue T5
cIs. .--f-. f.s-io,, et.5 other even s.-,..i-,-e
btir. E.a wild bsss-s The ebu.~.n win
tma-ars hands wr,l4 cl,-.b the rl-s'f a
-ersrr AMI rI..i .-i.r.,ve-. q. q. .,-ea seemed o.
tfsr. l.aii. ava. -..t5.-.'' W .. Diam, b-l,
f.-..rr. E,-l. a,,ta.-. ,-,s IL "a, S., a f--fs
g.. & -eir, -..-.--. zeir, g,-e5 fv the rs.s.b
Of tls close over a rsrcnt. aud striving On
avert the attention Of lie r..... from tre
s.irI.r ie.ia.ul.'- ..rert..-1 s.asls'ity he'll
c.--.... Arv s--a-,i-- b. .s4lrrs rho NELLY lf
sound Wal. smrssslf.t: c.u,Ira- o.. u5-si
r... what fearful t.-.e-.,.s tle s....g cane ONT
4 l-.r..- f-u ION mob ,ur-rg f.s.l.Ir. fnf .-, .
i,s a.tts t.rrs lisa vau-o 'ess1e-s rt h ..rss
% listener Che f!tt tat- are mere cy. -.iv.s.
Burite g.a.-ssr-atIl 1eI ee.ae aftae H-s
street .lr..l et.t other r.rl .. i.- fr..~.
l-r-i Intensity iast mad .a.-s f-.l .rs.-
ll-.iu.- .le .a..u.-u .uf l.. U..l sfl..t .
y,.rt..... ..,r f. .... H.s .a-. -... .-...
1f.'.- f-.r -..-...r- -s .,. $40. s..re
t-e t..l tal-el ror..ls The ga. IL. .fH.-I-
,rirr ra.ta a-.al af drunken. .t..-. y.-s-..os.
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tl1.ss. and f-. s-.er. ~.r rr
t.--...i Boz. lanes ,ri.r v.-. fi.5.l--- e.-.r.
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