Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-01
TRIP TO EUROPE
SOuth Inn m ptOn and EnvirOnS,
By JOHN ). BENDER, Esq.

1 indicated ram, and the general Stale Of
the atmosphere put on gloomy cast.
Having the day before enjoyed the com
pany Of the most distinguished Saxons
and Danes of the 9tl:, 10th and 11th, cen
turies, (that is, what remains of them)
and having felt that pleasurable sensation
that usually attends the association and
company of high dignitaries, when they
can do us no harm, the question was, to-
day, how we could he le. down from the
dizzy height To which we had climbed
yesterday, without being stunned
There were numerous places OF inter.
est sufficient To keep up the excitement,
and MANY were suggested. There was the
Isle of Wight, the Armofy at Portsmouth.
the Grave of William Rufus the son of
] William the Conqueror, and Stone IIenge.
AS we had no acquaintances in the Isle
! of Wight, not much of lover of muni-
tions of war only so far as they are re-
tanned as trophies. and relics OF the past,
and having seen the stone coffin of Ru-
tus the day before, VIC decided at once to
begin TO climb down at
STONE HENCE,
which is 81 miles northwest of South
arnpton, and ID miles southwest of Lon
don. 1t is reached from southampton by
taking cars Oh the Branch ofthe London
S Southwestern II. X. to Salisbury, from
thence by private conveyanc Waiting
a short time at Salisbury, or New Sar-
um, gave Us few minutes to view the
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
This grand structure is ot the very
tincst'Ensli>h architecture, and from the
ground te the top OF the spire is $50 feet,
or 20 feet higher than 81. Pauls of Lon
don, in fact it is the highest church IN
Great Britain and only is exceeded IN
heisht by 81. Peters at Rome. An effort
20 obtain admission inside tins building
proved unavailins. Determined to go in
at all hazards, we approached the great
laor. but found it Us solid as that ot II
burelsr proof safe, vi h the following
u6 iice on the hook: "So visitor admit
Ted ithin this chapel Turing the hours
OF service" We happened here during
solemn service hence made no farther
effort, sn tka. whatever of interest was
insi1le mUS; eemain secret to the world
AZ present, 80 Tar IA we are concerned
Whatever lass this misfortune may be to
mankind II was nevertheless some gain
To me. had more time To view the out
beautiful yaui we SAW the porch. Viii. h
from sts i1lstquatcd appearance was much
older than the balance ot the Cathedral.
and is of Roman architecture. This
i'urce Nc were told Was brought from
Sarun. an ancient Roman town. but =
miles East OF Salisbury and placed here
on the exact spot where the SaX,'ls and
ancient Brittons had their memorable
L.. A. i.
ry int0Ms us was fought by The Saxons
underline Generalship of Cynaic who put
the Brittons to flight, which must have
been Il complete conquest. as we have
never heard or read OF any achievements
by the Brittons since that time.
Salisbury was originally called New
Sarum.
Our ore horse chaisc being now ready.
We started fer Some HeDge. The drive,
took uS.s by what is called the Amesbury
road, which is as smooth as a floor, as
sOlid a rock. and one horse seemed To
lnoye with as much ease as two horses
would cary the same weight in America
This road carried us past Old oarum
Here for the first time in our life. we had
tle pm gilege OF an actual view ot the plan
al AN ancient Roman and Grecian City
No houses are now remaining at old Sar-
um but the terraced hill, ai6i ancient cita-
Gel, is az plain to be seen at this place as
at the ancient site OF Rome or AclopOlis
at A thens.
This road led into what appeared to he
a Hotel. and upon looking up we saw a
sign on which was painting of beard
cd rssu, with a cap on, and under the
portrait, the words Druids Inn" 1t be
ing extremely chilly, il was thought best
tn stop and see whether the Druids were
in Knocking at the door, To our aston
ishmcnt gentleman, who We were in
formed WI the landlord, appeared, who
was fac simile OF the painting on the
sign, who was soon followed by his
Druid wife and children Having tarried.
conversed and lunched with the Dluids,
until we were comfortable, we again star
ted for Stone Henge, which just miles
of "Druids Inn" Proceeding about one
mile our attention was attracted by doz-
en- or more quadrupeds, which We sup
posed were big rabbits; but our driver
soon informed US that they were English
Hares. Neyer having seen hare before,
our first impulse was to get out and catch
one a re lie of Salisbury Plain; but
though they were apparently tame, our
eyes had scarcely discovered them until
considerable space intervened between
and The hares. We however never lost
sight of them until the driver remarked
that we were in sight OF Stone Henge.
Forgetting all else, We now prepared for
an investigation of the principal object
of our visit. On aligh,iDg at the Henge
our rrSt impulse was To take a chip OH
one of thnse Mammoth stones: but re-
membering that We had neither hammer
or chisel. We were compelled to omit
the barbarOus practice OF destroying an
cient monuments to crafty our thirst for
relics. and contented ourself with a bunch
of moss which grew on these moss COW
cred rocks, which we packed in our
trunk, and now carefully preserve.
Our opinion is that Stone Henge
is the remains of an ancient British Tenn
pie, which had been dedicated 70 the Sun.
In connection with the temple was race
cuurse, similar to that used by the Greci-
ans near Mount Olympus, which ST. Paul
evidently referred to in his Epistle to tae
Corinthians. Near this temple are
traces of an ancient burying ground,
which appears frosa the number of mounds
resembling the Irdlan mounds of Ameri
lea. Not satisfied however with the