The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-16
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE. THURSDAY \

little below their levels SO as to intercept
the sewerage and prevent It's polluting the
river In Its passage through London. The
cost Of executing this great design amount
ed TO twenty millions of dollars.
London bridge, with It's ccaseless rush of
life, has become proverb, and well does 1t
merit Its distinction among bridges since 1t
has been estimated that in the course of
twenty-four hours 1t Is crossed by 10000
carriages of every description. while the
foot paths accommodate not fewer than
1000 pedestrians. Every nation Of the
world is represented upon It's span of 92S
feet, from the Turk in his turbon to the
American who Is the most distinctive of
oil nor Is this the extent since under Its
arches dart each moment the myriad river
steam boats. or the lazy barges, laden
with merchandise slowly dropping down
the stream. The prUspoct commands
eight superb bridges, beside a range Of
vision from the spool" at the extreme east
end to Westminster Abbey and the houses
of parliament in the west.
The Thames entertainments arc marycs
of masonry, being wall Of solid granite
ornomcntcd with sculpturcd stone extend
ing along the river banks and cost the sum
of six million dollars. The space upon
the top Of the quay has been graded, and
forms II magnificent drive way bordcrcd
with horticulture and statues intcrspcrsed
with jets of gas in great bronze candclabrn
which mirror their lights in the running
water.
the BOOKS pr ioSDon.
These lungs of mercantile London arc
seven in number, and comprise upwards Of
900 acres of land with ship room for yoe-
sells OF 700 tons hurtbcn.
These docks with their massive ware
houses have all been constructed since the
beginning of the present century, previous
to which time the shipping in the port OF
London was obliged 20 dice barge IFS car
goes in lighters or barge. The London
docks, as the most ccniia! of the chain So
called, covers nIonc ninety acres
Of land: their docks contain water
room for three hundred vessels {;
their warehouses, 10 IN for 222 0C0 ons of
! goods, while the vaults arc capable of hold
ing 10000 pipes d wine. The tobacco
house covers five acr'- Oncc within the
gates and the odors Of Arabic tho blest"
and the ''rankest compound of vilainous
swels that ever offended nostril" alternate.
ly come and go as the spices and wine
vaults.or barn and boneIhouscs arc passed.
Here is the sugar house with its yislas of
hogsheads here the silk and tea rooms ;
there, Kaffraiian wool, tallow and Alri-
can hides beyond are foreign woods aud
fruits while, all around is the hustle and
confusion of the drays and the 5000 men
| who are employed in lading and unladng
the vessels. The entrance to the wine
vaults was signallcd by a group OF barges
loaded with thousands of cases of the
Schloss, Johannesburg of Rhine
wines Oh this side is large yard filed
with Spanish wines the brand of which,
Gonzalez and Byass, betrays its quality {;
near by is the Madeira house, while at q
wharf is vessel surrounded with casks of
Hennesseys Cognac, and in the distance
lies an old Dutch merchantmen well
stocked with Holland gin. In order to be
admitted to the wine vaults, which extend
for miles under the city, it is necessary to
obtain tasting order from an official,
and with shilling to the guide. the ar
rangement 10 complete The vaults con
sist of great stone cellars, meeting and
branching from each other, walled with
wine casks and dimly lighted.
The labyrinth is utterly impractcable
without a guide the interior view is eX-
ceedingly novel as one wanders from hall
to hail. each devoted to some particular
production, and meets parties bent on SINH
lar errauds with their little lamps and wine
testers. Upon reaching the open air again
a sensation of dizziness Expresses the
strongest head, from The mere fumes of the
VINE, and, alas fox the unfortunate who
his svailed himself too literally Of his
''tasting order" The amount Of business
performed within these docks of London is
quite fabulous, since every nation Of the
world is represented by its choicest pro.
ducts. All this wealth add extravaganza
lies within the territory between White
chapel and the Thames around the out.
side of the walls huddlc the wrctched Door
of London, while but Il few feet Of stone
and mortar separate them from the very
decay Of plenty within. Hungry eyes look
out upon the roofs that shield the produce
of the earth, and pennies parents return
at night to their children without morse
to support the fainting flame of life, while
the very parents if the dock yards rcek
with the scattered -four and grain from
every land. And yet the crime of London
is by-word . The city is burden to it.
self, it is too great I too crowded. Every
corner is crammcd with humanity, who
have exhausted all natural resources and
have caused the very necesssrics of life TO
become imports.
The fate of London should act AS stem
to the ambition of other cities which as ye'
preserve healthy tone in all grades of So
ciety. J.V.P.
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PECuLIAR TRIAIs.--In the year 1920,
the bishop of Loan Numbered against
plague Of catterpillars sentence of cx-
In 1876, swarm of cat
tprpillars was fnrmnllv triad bafo,o ,ha