The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-15


and the door closed The Guard (who
answers for our conductor) says nothing
about your tickets. 1t is his business to
see that YOU do not get out At the end
of your journey, if you do not produce
your ticket, you are arrested for defraud-
ing the company. There is no arrange
ment for checking baggage, no transfer
companies, or anything Of the kind. The
country from Glasgow to London is mag
nificent; beautiful farms and in a high
state OF cultivation. The farmers are
just now in the midst Of their grain and
hay harvest, the yield is good The
wheat, especially, looks to be heavy
We arrived at London Thursday morning,
August 18th. London is truly a great
city, 1t is with difficulty that can keep
from getting lost two squares from home
without a guide. Yesterday, through
the kindness of a friend, was shown
number ofthe great sights Of the
LARGEST CITY IN THE woRLDp
To-day we were granted permission to
90 through Westminster Palace, through
the Houses of Lord and Commons
To attempt description of these would
be useless; suffice it to say, that the
grandeur of the scenery surpassed any
thing that had ever been pictured in my
Imagination, especially in the House of
Lords, wherein was the Queens throne.
We went from the Palace to West~
minister Abbey, where we were soon sur
rounded by the tombs of the illustrious
dead. Westminster Abbey may not in
aptly be called the Pantheon of the
glory of Great Britain, for it is its monu-
ments and remains which render the Alb,
hey so precious to Englishmen, and the
whole civilized world. Here lie nearly
all the Kings, Queens and Princes oftLis
country from Edward the Confessor, to
George ii. At the mention Of the very
name what crowd thoughts rush upon
the mind. Here kings and sculptors,
princes and poets, philosophers and war
riors, and the authors of imperishable
strains, silently moulder in the dust; en-
during marble embalms their memory
Here side by side rests the crowned head
and the chancellor, the philanthropist
and the naval hero. Here the rival
81 Of he
of the orator is mute Here the first
English Bible issued from the press. As
you enter. you take off your hat. All is
quiet; there may be great many visitors,
but they scarcely speak above a whisper.
And during the hour of service, 90 and
3 o'clock). the pealing organ and the
swelling choir reverberating through the
lofty grey-grown aisles, attunes the mind
to solemn thoughts and sobriety of de-
meanor. l had a special desire to see
the tombs of Shakespeare, Milton,
Charles Dickens, and some others, and
finally found them in what was called the
''poets's corner" Shakespeare was a
full-length statue of the immortal bard -,
leaning on pillar, whereon rested a
scroll inscribed with lines from the
Tempest" John Milton was a bust on
tablet, beneath Tyre encircled by a SER
pent holding an apple. | was surprised
to see that Charles Dickens had no statue
or bust. His was simply a granite slab
on the floor, over which hundreds Of peo>
pie walk every day. On the slab, in
large brass letters, was this inscription,
Charles Dickens, born February l4th,
1912, died June 9th, 1870"
The English have many peculiar char
acteristics about which l have not time
| 10 speak now. Some of them are very
good-some not so good. They are GER
tainly a charitable people. There seems
to be no end to the charitable institutions
of London. They seem to be a religious
people also. Notwithstanding there are
bar-rOoms enough in London, if placed
side by side, to reach IS miles, as yet l
have not seen a man drunk or heard an
oath on the streets. j. b. w.