The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-29
IsOME LONDON NOTEs.
AS told by the Danbary MAN.

ANVAAspt
as told by the Danbnry MAN. r 3
London overaows with courts that
seem to commence nowhere and end
somewhere near there. y = u I'm ~
Many OF them Gre so narrow that peo-
pie leaning from the opposite windows
can clasp hands. II tak0s o prettyjgool
reach, but tho inhabitants Of those
places are good on the reach. @
There are lanes with q roadway Just
wide enough 10 accommodate one wagon
with bustliug business places lining
ecah side Of the way. The sequaint thor.
oughfares have been in existence for
centuries, bpt the payements arc rs.
clean as the day they were laid down.
Londoners like all the rest Of the
English are fond OF titles. Itthey cant
make display on the front doors they.
do on their envelopes. How many times.
I have pondered over their complicated
addresses, and wondered II tho coming
man would ,nnderstand them, ,
We have james Jones, 10, Blood
street, North Court. Pineover square,
Great Mercer road, 3. O. (east central
district, London,
II is well to mention North Court as
there may be other Blood streets in the
city and fthey speak .of \Pineoyer
square to show that tho special North
Court in question is not my other Of
the North Courts /; Great Mercer road
is THUS mentioned to protect Pineover
squhre from being conio,,nded with
the Pineoyer square, elsewhere, and tho
whole is cllnched by i, o. beyond Rll
possibility OF loss inthe mazes OF w.
O.; S.sE.tC. ;letc.l sailsse ttsoT
Among other things the stranger no.
tices is tho Substantially Of everything
but the breakfasts at the boarding
houses. The Englisliman is hot osten.
tatious to- q Ydegree that is Offensive in
1.-THE matter OF ndornment. But he ID
solid and substantial in whatever he
builds. This is frat evident in the
carriages, cabs and drays which throng
the streets and parks, unless. you are in
a crowd, when tho first Indication Of
his great body and. weight is indicated
in1iis hob.nailed shoes. l don't mean
to- say yithat every EpglishmRn wears
hob-nailed shoes, but enough OF them
lido to satisfy and convince you.
There are no spider-webbed carriage
wheels here, no gaudy coloring of the
boxes, no wafer springs. Everything is
staunch, plain but rich, and awful solid.
Iwouldras Soon think OF being run
over By. o steatn roller as by one Of their
,one.horse carriages. There are no bug.
gies, no Brainards, no phaetons, no coal
boxes here /; but dog carts, .drags, and
coaches. ,l0iae n ,iiAilS bnfa11
Common on every prominent thor
1 odghfare is the carriage Of the wealthy,
with one or two horses, "a coacllman and
one or more footmen. From q reason-
able hour in the morning until IN iin.
reasonable hour in the night these car
riagesinnd their occupants are sailing
around wherever you 60, astonishing
you bytheirnumbers, and taunting you
by their comfort.
Some Englishmen cannot afford q
whole horse, so they doIwitha pony in.
stead. The wandering and reflective
tourist is surprised by tho abundance
Of little ponies which he meets hitched
up To carts three times as big as them,
selves, and drawing around people who
will probably die of dropsy.
An inscrutablei fate OF anti!B !Bergh au!
tescedents has portioned of tho big
horses to the little men, and the tiny
ponies TO tho .fat men. III
I have written to Parliament about it.
Once in q while you come across
something familiar, tho one thing in
particular is the placarding of dead
walls with adyertisemhnts. One ofmy
many objects in coming to Europe was
TO get rid Of such defamation but here
IL Is carried on with all the yehemence
70 deprayed nature is capable Of. In
this connection itstrikes me rather, odd.
ly, that while the advertisements in the
daily papers arc crowded into small
space and solid type, like the dreary
array Of sheriff notices in o territorial
paper, those in many Of the weeklies
DIRE displayed 10 d degree! tint is ab!
surd, especially on the title page.
I Men dressedin grotesque rigging OF
nm advertising nature are not allowed
hero 10, scare hoses mud offend ,fastidi,,
Gus tastes like mine; but you can sec
numbers OF them. parading up and
down with announcement boards car.
ried in front They are not allowed on
the walks, however, but must confne
their stroll to the. cutters. They are
paid fourteen pence per diem, and
rarely lose day through dyspepsia.