The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-16

Sept. +, ts.5. x,i
" Fri1ss1 Charlie IL always Feel =
little dif5dent in writing shout any Q
the great cities OF England because
know 80 little OF our own ! have
! only known Chicago, sna Chicago =
so different from most Of these cities
that it will baDsfy serre for com
> nar;son. or course no one expects to
see T ondon in the sense that he can
see sny Other town in England. Bir-
mincbam i something Of city; but
walked almost around it. would
want to take my lodgings with me il
4 undertook to do the same in Lon
don. ] shall spend just two weeks
here. and hope to be home in time to
read nv own letter in print. In those
two weeks hope to see good many
OF the places Of interest; but shall
90 away feeling that have been
very much hurried. ] am more and
more impressed with the wisdom Of
Betsey Trotwoods adrice as motto
for travellers. Take time. Irot, take
| time. Most Of Americans make
travelling slavish hard work instead
Of 4 refreshing pastime, BY attempt
1 ing 10 see the continent in two or
three months. | met two such wor-
thies in Edinburgh. One Of them
told me he could moi be hired to take
the Journey again. He wss complete
~ weary OF sightseeing. - If any
Of your readers are meditating tour
Of any kind Jet them consider well
this truth: Il Is better to know one
CITY or country well than TO know
little about dozen / write with
tone Of authority, you see, as becomes
sage Of three months experience.
However, think the theory have
just stated is one that any sensible
man could evolve s-fron the depth OF
bis own consciousness
Isrired here Saturday. ANY one
Who Is at al acquainted with London
could tel as well as myself what pla-
ces hare visited | have seen &
Paul's Cathedral, oi course, and " est
minister Abbey, and tie Houses Of
Parliament, and The international
Exhibition, and ibe National Gallery,
and the Crystal Palace. ron say. Ct
course, not vet, but ] viii. ] cant
hope 10 describe al these places, yet
the are al worthy Of more than mere
mention. s.. Paula ought to bead
the list. 1t i the grandest building
in England. 81 course that i equiv
alent 10 saying il Is the grandesi
building | have ever seen Il il in
the form d . cross. Ill feet long and
2sG wide. Ii is surnount-d by a
central dome BIS feet high. and has
two smaller dcrnas ca the west -ifl
The ceiling Of the main room. Judge.
is 100 feet high. The central dome
itself il . grand building at least 100
feet in diameter. There ] don't be-
lieye | can give you any clearer idea
Of this unless il is by adding tina. the
whole building cost about eight mil.
lion dollars. A. a work OF art it is a
noble success: but as place Of wor-
ship fear it is failure. From that |
point Of view the money could have |
been better expended.
To-day ] visited Westminster Alb
hey. This il entirely different from
St. Paul's. II is very fine specimen |
Of the Gothic architecture Of the thir-
teeuth century. 1t is not as large a
building a. 81. Paufs, and wants
something Of the massive grandeur
that is Characteristic OF large build
ings Of classic STYLES Of art; but il is
nevertheless noble building and .
richer in interesting associations /
than almost any other in England |
1t j. a little more than slx hundred /
year since the main part Of the |
building yas crested. Since that /
time il has b-'eA the burial place of
nearly 81 the kings 81 Esgl46d- s,s1
all aer nosle., men. II the chapter
h1use tie Hggse II Corar1or4s net for
rseariy three hundred yeas-, and there |
xere g1a nearly I'll the earlier tfi-
un1pas 81 Iagl.sh lit-ry. The chap
ter bo2se n4s teen sor he most part
rttt0ilt; t8t the lower walls are still
the s4fae and have the quaint old
picture. painted b. the monks c..ntn-
I..-- ago. il g.4ss Gaze are shown
the charters granted ~ the .Abtey by
different kings, and many other in
portant documents. They are al in
Latin, and written in style that
would Re the envy u most r our
professors q peumanship. ! don't
mean that i Is a. easily read. The
charters arc quite Is strange; but
one can Judge Of some things OF
which he is really quite ignorant.
Many Of the monuments in the Abbey
are interesting as works Of srt-some
OF them giving us likeness or men
in whom We feel an interest. One
can not but feel an interest in the
busts Of such men as Wilberforce,
Chatham, Pitt, Milton or Ben Jon
son. 90, rare Ben Jonson," has quite
kcef-cating face-not much Of
the lofty subhmi,y II though. and
feeling that one finds in Milton. Two
of the monuments are Of especial IN
terest 10 an American. One was
erected by the province Of Massachu.
sets to Howe who fell at Tlcondero-
ga in 1858. The vote for erecting
the monument was taken in the Com.
mon Council in 1859. The other is a
monument to Major Andre. HIS re-
mains were brought from New York
in 1920 think aud deposited here
and this monument erected over them
i, presents the figure Of woman re-
Ginning on sarcophagus weeping
underneath is a group of several fig
ures showing messenger presenting
to General Washington the letter OF
Andre, requesting that he might be
shot rather than hung. The inscrip-
ton mentions his honorable services
and his devotion to his country,
which led him to undertake a hazard
Gus enterprise, failing in which he
lost his life. No doubt Andre was