The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-08
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an excellent opportunity OF seeing holiday
life among the cOmmoncrs and of studying
the extremes which hucksterng is carried
by wretched humanity for the sake of an
honest penny
or all sidc-amusements in England, |
am convinced none succeed as to do the
performances Of The traditional American
negro minstrel. There he is with his banjo
under some wide-spreading elm, while
around him II circle Of Englishmen gape
and display their vacant minds by their
fiattering roars Of laughter.
The individual himself, in bandana and
striped jacket affects slave songs, both
grave and gay, which delivered in his cock
ney English, are quite in harmony with
the sandy beard, yylng strangely with his
cork-Dlack complexion, and renders him
monslrosity of no ordinary sort. At all
events he scryed to amuse the pleasure.
seekers until cry far down the river an
nounced the start Scarcely had our eyes
been rivcttcd in the right direction. when,
between the bargcs and steamboats, that
clogged the chanel, flashed the contendnp
crews Cambridge leading by a boats
length, The rowing was of the most ap-
proved description even, long and steady.
The coNswains set like statues. the men
pulled calm and well, and there was none
OF the ordinary hot-hastc and excitement
usual upon such important contests TIE
spectators, at a glance, approaching the
situation, checrcd the light blue and silent
~ congratulated themselves that the ma
Jorlty of the Wagcrs were laid upon Cam
bridge. The race was rowed from Putncy
to Mortlake and occupied twenty-five min
utes and thirty-liye seconds The oxford
crew made severed desperate attempts to
fax tlp Ion t,,l.p,, Al,
were being worstcd, but, notwithstanding.
the Cantabs shot in three lengths and
half ahead making the fifth time in success
slve years that Cambridge has come off
victorious. In the evening the contestants
dincd together in tratcrnal harmony.
THE DEBIT OF THE PULLMAN CARS.
America has nj last made a ten-strike in
the estimation Of her English cousins. bv
the introduction of our Palace and draw.
ing-rOOm cars. The event is no inconsidcl-
able import since. remembering the reluc-
tances to innovations, and more especially
those fom the west, it prognos,icates
great. advance in the modes OF life and
travel abroad. As well us an increased re-
speCt for American invention
And how uncomfortable is English rail
roadlng' Since time immemorial have
been herded in a species of Catle-trans-
port, locked in and left without the least
means of communication with the next
carriage in case of accident. illness or
murder. j. b., with all his arrogance and
conceit, is Obliged to write to his fayoritc
journal; 1t is thus reserved for an Amer
can to introduce INTO England the com
plctc accommodation which has long been
demanded as positive necessity, and no
one could better furnish this than the III
vcnor of the system which is the marvel
of American railway travelling The
cars, at present, run between London and
Liverpool, aud are creating intense admit
ration and comment by their advantages.
The American company provides the cars.
furnishes, serves and keeps them in order.
leaving the railway company to light,
warm, and look after the carriages to THE
same extent as would he observed Will,
their own rolling stock. Whether. in the
future, the English will claim the Pullman
cars as their own invention, rs they do the
sewing machine, remains to he proved but
Just now the most elaborate critiques arc
appearing in The daily journals. and one
and all. are nobly laudatoiy. Those won
dertul barbarians Of the west
FACTS AND FANCIEs
Mr. Disraeli has declined to receive q
deputatiOn urging the release Of the,Fenian
convcts who are still detained in prison
Mr.. Gladstone is going TO the Holy Land
to recruit and study Homer Report says
he seemeih nearer the land Of the wood
bine than Palestine.
4 mastery parody upon Tcnnyson's ode
to the Grand Duchess has appeared III
Panch, upon tine subject of the :" King of
Ashantecs Umbrella.
There is trouble already in the royal wig