The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-05
OUR YANKEE IN LONDON.
LONDON, Sept. 18th, 1871.

euouRu 10 lcdIu LIldL III was WluG awake
city of ITO, 900 inhabitants. It is noted
for the manufacture of the so called
Brussels lace At the railway stations
heir arrangements are admirable. The
country is thronged with travellers of dit
terent nations, and each station has three
Interpreters constantly on duty, and the
,igns for the different apartments, offices
Sc ARE in four different languages, to wit );
Way 0ut" "SortSe" 'AusgGmg." "U5t-
gang English, French, German and
Holland Dutch. Again in same order:
"Waating room" ",Satle d. attente."
.'Wartesaal." Watchkanaer." "Lus gage"
"Baggages "Gepaeck" Reisepakken,"
thus the traveller feels quite at ease
about enquiries. We heard of cholera
in various places, but on inquiry it al
WAYS seemed to be IN some other city
A nights ride of eight hours and fare
of forty-seven and half francs brings US
to London. On crossing the boundary of
France passports are demanded and again
on landing at Calais. They are taken from
passengers, as they pass through a gate
and taken to the passport Office for exam
ination, and if not poperly Uased 10y the
French consul at some other place, the
traveller is subjected to delay. They are
again demanded on going aboard the
steamer on Dover. The whole process is
annoying and while no other nation IN
Europe IS demanding passports, since
order is restored in France, travellers feel
that it is humiliating to be subjected to
such requirements. The English ana
American tourists left anything but bless
| ings for the French government,
A rough passage OF little less than
two hours, and the steamer is at the docks
at Dover, on the shores of old England.
The oddlty of seeing and hearing every
thing in plain English, after an absence
of four months, was only equaIled by our
experience on entering countries where
no English was spoken, and before we
were aware of it zoe aoere trying to speak to
some one IN broken Dutch.
London is almost nation Of itself, and
contains nearly as many inhabitants as
Holland, and to become farniliarized with
the city reqrires long residence. Our
limited time would permit us to visit but
few of the most noted places.
The Tower of London is a place OF
great interest, its early history being al
aost involved in obscurity. The erection
of the principal building, the guide in
| formed us, is attributed to William the
Conquerer, soon after 1865, but its com
mencement dates farther back than that
if we recollect history Alright. In addi-
ton to IS, 900 stand of arms kept ready
for use, the principal collections of inter.
est are the ancient armor in use during
the early ages, for both man and horse.
It's appearance is very similar to the col
lections seen in Munich, Vienna, Berlin
and other cities but much more extensive.
To those who have never seen a set OF
ancient armor, it may be interesting to
know what it is It consists of an entire
suit Of steel, with flexible joints, covering
the whole person, with helmet for the
head and visor for the face gauntlets for
the hands and shoes for the feet The
whole, we should judge, could not weigh
less than forty pounds. The burden of be-
ing incased in such a suit could not have
been otherwise than fatiguing. The ar
NOR for horses covered the head and most
vulnerable parts. The spot on which
Lady Jane Grey was beheaded is marked
by a small tablet, the axe and block used
on the occasion having been consumed by
confagration which occurred in 1841
bat another axe and block used on other
occasions for the execution of the state
prisoners, is shown, the latter showing
the marks of the axe. In the tower is
deposited the crown which was placed
on Queen Victoiia's head at her corona
ton, made at cost of more than e1 ,000,-
600 sterling, also the golden baptismal
font used at the christening of the royal
family. These are only particular treas
ures, deposited among numerous others
of q similar kind. So many of Old Eng