The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-27

ure common prices for land in this
neighborhood.
There are IN London two tbobs.
and eight Hundred streots, wi iob
measure three thousand miles IN
length. Twelve hundred omni'busset
aud three thousand five hundr cd cab.
with forty thousand horses, traverse
them every day.
was gricvously disappointed,
however, in the appearance of the
st:rSs Of I,ondon. They are, gener.
ally speaking, snail and diugy, de.
voted to special purposes, aud with
mona OF thnt vast, brilliant display of
goods SO char" ctcristic Of Americao
stores. In fact, in Europe, these
are universally called ".hups"-aud
being each confined to tho eute N
some specific article, are contracted
in size, dark mud low in pitch. Such
thing as q huge general establish
ment where a SaIumagundi Of all
sorts OF com modities is sold rs of very
rare occurrence.
But, after all these are small Gle.
ments in the makeup ola great city.
The 'People,' tho never-cessi,g
never.dim.nishing tides of humsn
life which swell and roar, day aud
night, through the narrow, crooked
streets the vast swarms which cvu.-
mence movement about 3 o'clork.
A. NJ, and which grow and become
nolsler as daylight grows on-,hcse
constitute tho city. One Of the most
interesting sights of Luudou is "Odl
london Bridge" at 8 O'Clock A. NJ ,
lake your stand on one Of the piers,
end watch the constanly incroasing
throng which presses, as the day
grows older, with constantly 'incr.as-
ing violence, only kept from break
ing out into daily riot by the ex.
ertious of rhe police, and YOU will
be able to form some coaceuti,n of
the population Of Loudon. Aud if
one of their eeusc fogs should wrap
the city in gloom, you will have feel
,ng experience, i'll trying to GROSS
Fleet street or tho Strand, how many
chances there arc Of being knocked
down and run over by hacks, cabs
and onni buses.
The first thing for every traveller
to consider is ''lodging OF course
he will ordinarily put up for n day
or 81 at al inn, or hotel but he
speedily discovers that the expenses
of this mode of living gro ruiuous;
SO he seeks lodgings.
Alter roaming over pretty much all
London, goud Samaritan IF cab
driver proposed to carry mo where
lie declared, | could procure genteel
rooms upon moderate terms. Aud he
did, too HOLES street, narrow.
short passage. from Oxford street
to CaVendish Square, was tho place
OF our permutcnt nhode. Here Lord
Byron vas born. Ny lodgings were
ju.t oppTsi.e the house, viz No. l6.
Living in lodgings in London has
always struck me az the meat delight.
ful style Of travelling accommodation
in the world. W. lad two bed
rooms and parlor at two guineas
week. This included the service Of
q cook and housemaid. Every morn
ing this latter ftn,tionsry would
make her appearance in order TO take
our orders ftr tho day following.
These having been given, ,ho land
ludy charged US for tho actual
cost. OF Course, if you choose to do
so, you can make these pu. chase, OF
the raw material for yourself. Tray.
clers generally Ind that the landlady
can make them much cheaper than
themselves. Then there are charge,
made for gas, fuel, use Of c,uets at
dinnor, ct ;. all of which are minute
ly specified in the weekly bill. We
rarel ly took our dinner at home, ex.
cept on Sunday, finding it more con-
vcnient TO dine at a res aurant or
coffee house, as they aro called over
there. Bfeakfast cost US about n
shilling, GA cents) piece. This
included Il beef ste k or fish. Tea
was literally tea, al d nothing else
but bread and butter.
And now, having ,ettl ID down in
West End, wo will .Apl,ro tho great
city at our leisure. Ine best way
to do this will be to mount on the
box Of an ON ibns. The driver you
will Hud sbre~d, impudent fellow,
who knows all about the places
poirts and persons Of interest, aud
you cannot do better than to pin you'
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