The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-10-26
EnRlish characteristics.

England Is mellow country. and tho
English people nrc Il mellow people. They
have hung on the tree Of nations . long
time. and will. no doubt, hang Ms much
longer: for windfalls, reckon, are not the
order IN this island We arepitched sevc'aI
degrees higher Ia this country. By con.
,ras,, things here are loud. sharp and gar
isL.
In lpyiapti. everything is "u u lower key,
slower, sipa,Ilr. gcaticr. i.i"ls, no d"t'a',
~ iuli or Iuiicy III j., ii.,.:cgi..i iorns and
IA ~ ur 8. bu! lis v.ortt an! Aggressive.
Tue buffers the Eug!i.n nave heiw cen their
cars u break the si,nk g. typical Of mnch
unc sccs ihcrr.
All sounds are softer in Ensia"d; tue sur
tace Of things 10 less hari. fnc eye ot day
and the fecc If nature are less brisat. l'
.ryihing has mellow, suodueu cs>'.
rncrc IS no a:rupt ncss ~ the landscape; no
sn.,p aud vn'Iant c'n'rsstT NJ brilliant ana
triK.ng ,inls ia the foliage A soft yellow,
,,alc sunlight is aii one sees in wsy Of tints
along tho borders of the Autumn woods.
rugIsh apples VERY small and INFERIOR
by tho way are not SO highly colorcd as
ours. The blackbcrrics, just ripcning IN
October, are less pungcnt and acid; and the
garden vegetables, such Us cabbage, celery,
caulitiowcr, beet and other root crops are
less rank and lbrous; and am very clear
that the meats also are tenderer and sweeter.
There can be no doubt about the superiority
of tho mutton, and the tender and succu'
lent grass and the moist aud agreeable eli.
mate must tell upon tho beef also. IS,
English coal is all soft coal and the stone
is soft stone. The stone with which most
of the old churches and .cathcdrsls arc built
would not endure in our climate half oen~
,ury: but in Britain the tooth Ot time 10
much biun,er, and the ancient srcnaettdre
slsnds nsif . miilenium, uoIil II u slowly
worn away by the gentle "''F'''"n Ut tue
wind aud rain.
At Chester. the OH n Mnan wall that sur
rounds the towu,- bu'b in lhs hrse century
And repaired in the ninth, Is still standing,
w,,hou, break or swervc; Though IN some
uuyxs the outer face Of the wsll Is worn
through. s-e-i
The timber also lasts an incredible long
lime. Beneath one of the arcned ways, ID
The Chester will above referred u, sa~
,im,ers ,hn, ,nuat lave Ocsn IN place five u
six hundred years. The beams In the Ole
nuuses, also, fully exposed t'ths wsseser
sevm inc..t taulc Of decay; those dating f'ou
shAkslsare's tine being apparently ~ ''rn
as ever.
l noticed that the characteristic aspect
the clouds in England was different froil
ours soft, hcrcy, vapury. ihdistinEuishsol
never II. firm, compact, sharply defined
deeply dyed masses and fragments ." com
mo, in our own sky. II rains easily bu
slowly, Storms accompanied with thundc
arc rare; while the crashing. wrench'"g ex
p,osivc thundrr.gusts. 50 common Will "
! deluging the earth and convulsing the hes
vcns, arc never known.
4 In London, the boo. black salutcs yo
with respectful bow. and touches his cal
and would no more think OF pursuing 20
or answering your refusal than he would
jumping into the Thames. The same
lrue OF the newsboss II They were
SCREAM and hellow in London, rs ihes do
. N.y York or .Wasnnst"R, ihny wond !
supprcssel by t,c pn!ire, ~ ID J "ash
he. The yeadcr Of papers stands a! u
corner Of the stree. wii the goods ~ y
+. arms. ard lar.c placard spread OF a. u
; feet: giving il his letters the pr'hc:pa! new;
/. headings.
Even their locomotives ara las, noisy th'
= ours. having a shr'i:, iafan'iis whist
tina, contrasts strongly with the loud 9
mo.,,ac y.li that makes arcside"ce near
railway Or dept, ia ,h,s country. 80 unoea
. lrhlc. f'iic trains thCmsclves move ~
/ wonderful smoo,hnyss ard csssri,y. maxi
/. mere ffac,ion Of tho 1aokst made " 9
:. flying nAlscssas they. 70 svaging and tolt'
over our has,y, III lwllasted roada
II Is CHARACTERISTIC Of Ne .Ensii1h p
dence and plain dealing that they put
na uttle on the cars andso much on the ~
while the reverse process is equally char
teristic Of Anesjcsn ekeeepstr. Our =
,,vav sys,am. M doabt lsas ycsriaia sdya1
- Of rather convsniences ovsr thc kagla
! sat. for ~ part, I'had rasAsr rid~ sisso
.}lSSvaeslysAA sissaw ass1a6gs0sNsesa
- issked asd jolted v deefegellqA y
= vslvoe ,aad .vsssssiag & eas pa'ass casl
- u aff.as az