Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-05-24
A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION

From Chambers Journal
soxie is tbeec capital of one the smallest
counties in England IL is an assiEe town,
ana our funny man 20 yes, We have ones
ne once sent a Joke TO punch y asserts,
on every opportunity, that the persons
who conferred that honor upon II were
very bad judges Of a size Inc poPuls-
dor, indeed, only consists OF TWO tpous-
and inhabitants, and i am one OF them !
AZ iupIor partner 10 the bank. open on
ordinarv occasions from eleven TO three,
and on market days from ten 70 nVe,
NAV add. an important one OF them
OuT street IL broad, our shop windows
beautiful. the red bear which squats ,oeg-
oing, las n for custom) over the portice
n our principal iun is of gigantic size,
and. "A a work of art, unique. Yet tue
pnssing stranger might think us dull
lie would, however, be mistaken the as
sizes are followed by ball the militia
training Is followed by ball the nun
ting season is closed by ball ana the.e
ks An annual county ball. -Four oails IA
= wear On these occasions, tho Red
Rear. on whose premises the assembly
,soms are situated, is full, overnowlng
lnto beds out but geDerly strangers are
acaree. unless you accept the paglnAn,
nm. make themselves at home every where
and are never really strangers-an tne
woyld,s their shop, and all the men and
woman merely buyers. II was diherentln
thsdays Of coaches (not so distant as you
NAV ,maeiuel for then travellers GU thelr
nav N the picturesque county twenty
miles further on, would oiteh toJouIn
with us for a night pedestrian TOURISTS
almost invaribly did so. NO" tney Pas'
byin railway trains wlthont noslIe, up,es' nns
.Soma lover Of architecture cries OUT
u sssrS :. : a., ala ahn rch for such a pOkel
little place. - o,ha
or course we have dinner and otne
private parties, but the only publie enler
z.innaent provided for Soyle and us en-
svirona. besides the balls, is billiard room
aisn attaehed to the benehcent Red bcar
Here there is q pool every afternoon, lroi
ahree I'LL half-past five or thereapout'
In the evening the room ls full OF IN
bagmen and tradesman OF tne pisce,
she gentry never enter II ai'er uiuns
rhIs is no great disadvantage, for MOI
.,fthem live from two 10 ave miles OF
The doctor, indeed, has house In u
actual town, the vicar (who, howeye
aaes not Indulge In pooD resides with
! stone's throw OF the church, and ma
10 lodge al the bank but we a
hone that no one will be shocked
KNOW that all games of billiards
looked upon with dread by many
~rrioua mother, and that more than Q
respectable gentleman, who would ratn
fo,s0o his dinper than allow his oalan
"a his bankers to sink below. three =
ures. would frown at the Idea oI u
banker making habit OF attending az
board Of green cloth every ai1e,ns,
But, really, we are not last. Ooio
Rsyner, n ever. be had any wila oats,
sown them long before me- crop o.
hair came MI. Rice, ehalrhiSn ot
board Of magistrates, never spo"s
desire, like sbakspeare's beadle, 70
thoss hinge for which be punisnes oth'
Captain Woodwall, R. N, has lost
I'd naval habits except an oecasio
% " iutsriection, with bis LETT leg
nesl. u model farm celebrity, Is asin
1onk ope Of his fat bullockei
Ssn' -espected by all except the
ss q. v which come into his
uts o,aI ~ H. 'UdA, and If he had &c
P.s'.s,, n IA NeTey for manslaugh
" pIcr,ns ind 'lges In punnipg,
-. ~ hIs opiy vice, ifyou observe
a hsd mead be, do not eonlraales
sr,..~s are ssyeral othtrs who oecaS
t.iIx drop into the billiata ROOM
,srsIlT engaged 10 huntiog, OF sn
- A. tishiur, or who ouly reside IN
aalshhorhood for a portion OF the
~ .d,ne OF these may have repreh
M tnclioatious, but " so, they rel
thsm overawed by the virtue Ell
hsbltues, OF these latter, | am
young ed. and used ill lately TO
therefore, as the most frohesome'
was, and am, the slowest OF tne
The school at which was educated
conducted on Pestalozzian prinel