Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-18

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right, at an angle of about fifty de.
grees, two fingers of it resting lightly
on his rein; face clean and shaver.
he takes no notice of things above or
below. Orders are communicated. to
him through Jemes, who sits by him,
and who opens the carriage door, and
hops up and down when bid. But the
coachmau never moves. As he passes
his brother dignity on another box, he
salutes with his whip, never moving an
eye or muscle. The salute is a gentle
lowering of the end of the whip. When
he has discharged his duty, he drives
to the coach-house, hands the reins to
his minion-the helper dismOunts,
and re.ires, while his horses are wash
ed scraped, and rubbed. A mighty
map is he. 1 have seen no finer sight in
England than Hyde Park on bright
afternoon, with thousand carriages
in double rows, moving at walk, two
up Rotten Bow and two down-every
color and variety Of livery and car
riage. Here comes q brilliant yellow
coach with heavy springs; the coach
man in powdered wig, in solitary state,
with two footmen standing behind
white coats, crimson collars, cuffs,
waistcoats, and knee-breeches; hair
powdered, and wigs with four little
rows of curls around the head curled
as tight as your little finger. After
awhile gay four in hand moves along,
the gentleman driving, and q young
lady by his side. Behind on a perch
are his two tootmcn, clad in green, with
white shoulder-knots, heavy white
braids across their breasts, yellow
breeches, and white stockings. In the
carriage q lot of middle-aged women,
badly dressed women. He may be the
Earl of Montresor, who has Just come
into one hundred thousand pounds,
about three hundred thousand dollars
in greenbacks, q year. Following this
is . simple phaeton, dark maroon
pricked with red, iveries in blue and
yellow shoulder knots, and top-boots !;
and in the carriage, with an exquisite
parasol warding off the August sun,
in perfectly gloved little hand, sits
by herself young lady, probably
twenty five. The face il charming, her
figure perfect, her dress exquisite in
subdued and quiet taste, and the whole
air of the lady-her dress, her turnout,
her liveries and horses-is 80 quiet, so
perfectly elegant, that you may ask
your friend, "Who is that; this is the
best dressed and most refined looking
woman l see in the row2"
"Ah," says he, with laugh, ''That''
Anonyma, otherwise called Fiji" So
it is. No lady in England appears in
public by herself. She must take a
friend, duenna, or child in her car
riage if she wishes to drive in Hyde
Park. She may shop or she may visit
sol,ts, but may not drive. Her equip
age is perfect, her liveries are elegant,
her tournure SURPRISING, her toilet
charming, but she is Anonyma-not
to BIO named-an institution as vel
known and acknowledged in the Eng
lish world as the Marchioness of West
minister herself; but Fi-Fi-we are
good. There shall be no more cakes
and ale.
The equality" here (as we used K
call them in Virginia. are sui generis
have insisted on having some fun on
of them-an extremely difficult article
I can assure you, to extract out of al
Englishmap.
! DR.. johnson said Joke could OIL,
be inserted in a Scotchman's head by
surgical operation. NY experienc
and belief is that nitro -glycerine is tn
only substance that will convey one t.
an Engiishmar.
was invited, in virtue of my Con
, federate service, to grand review O
. the royal artillery at Woolwich, q
: which seventy.five guns passed in re
: view before the Czarowitz, the mex
Gear of Russia, and the Prince q
Wales, the future King of England
They manmuvred, and the Stuart Hors
/ Artillery or the Baltimore Light Al
!, tillery would have knocked them int
( a dozen cooked hats before they &c
. into position unless they had don
1 better than they did before the Czart
!. WITT or the Prince of Wales. Howeve
0 they got through, and after their Roy;
f Highness, the before mentioned, an
8 Prince Arthur, and the Duke of Can
!. bridge, the commander-in-chief, la
Q lunched, we went in. The dining-roo
Q of the Royal Artillery is the hani
. soonest in England belonging to IL
;. service. It is decorated with portrai
n of different Kings presented by then
statues of the first merit; one partic
larry, of EARNED Science;" and the
tables groaned under gold and silv
plate - superb pieces, magnifice
10 vases, and exquisite statuettes. I'll
~ plate alone must have represent,
= three hundred thousand dollars
- gold. The servants were attired
II whitc cutaway coats, crimson plu
q waistconts and breeches, and viii
stockings and powdered hair, and y,
= felt exceedingly grand.
n Besides this, the tables and windo
~ were filed with beautiful exotic plan
a in full bloom, and the whole made
- scene of Oriental luxury.
e The meme showed you every de
~ cacy that Londcn caterer could fl
:. nisll, and besides, fruits of the me
h delicate cu'ture-pineapples that pr
- badly cost five dollars apiece, peacl,
u dollar each, grapes, apricots. meet
rines, and all that. We lad our lunc
10 and in returning thanks to our no.
1t Major Blank, of the Royal Engineer