Connecticut western news., 1875-01-08
WinckwOrth in London
 THE ROYAL MINT.

LONDON, UEC. 14tu, loI4
 The Royal Mint is situated in the eastern part ot the city, and the stranger easily recognises it as g government institution by the scarlet coated sentries on duty. Upon presenting an order for inspection. granted by the Master of the Mint. you are admitted after signing your name in book kept for that purpose. You are con- ducted through the building in regular or der from the Melting to the weighing room. The Die room. is particularly at tractive as it is there that the perfect coins are turned out. All the presses are self feeding and when once sett. require no particular attention only general super vision. In the weighing room are about thirty of the most beautifully balanced scales ever saw, perfect mArvels of me- cbanism. They are also self feeders. if the coin is correct in weight 1t drops straight down, if too heavy or too light It is thrown to the right or left accordingly. so the scale not nly weighs but separates the heavy from the light coins and as the va riation allowed on a sovereign ($5) is only l-5 of grain you may imagine tue perfec- ton ot the balance.
 BARCLAY AND PERKINS BREWERY
 has become one of the sights of London, It covers nine acres of land and is the larg- est in the city. The arrangements for do- ing their immense business are as near per lection as can be. They have Aye coppers for brewing each holding three hundred barrels which are emptied every two hours. It does not take as long to brew as it does to cool. After cooling it is pumped into small vats holding ten barrels to cleanse, that is, allow the yeast to work out. then pumped into enormous vats in the store room, holding, some 800, others 16OO and 2OoO. and the largest $500 barrels, remem, Der barrels, not gallons, each barrel con- tains 36 gallons here. They have an arte' sian we'll 4sO feet deep and besides they are taxed $lO, 900 in gold annually by the Water Company for what they use of them. The firm was originally established 25C years ago and has been kept in the family eyer since. They have l5O horses in use daily at their London stores and if any one hkes large horses, just take look ovel their stables
 sNITHRIRLD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.
 This last week all London has gone era zy over the cattle show. Thousands have gone to the Agricultural Hall, 1slington tt See it 30 of course my business took m' that way as well. It is an immense bull ding, ss large if not larger than the 42ne street depot in New York. The ground floor is for live stock and heavy machinery and the galleries for vegetables and lighter machinery, all agricultural of course. cannot expatiate upon the merits of thu different machines or the fine breed of the animals. it is . subject upor which am not posted, only judge by size, and as for that, some were perfec mountains. Just imagine if you please one of our Salisbury butchers killing ar animal weighing 2654 pounds, and yet thai was the weight of the largest animal, z Sussex steer years and 6 months old The largest sheep Booming 4) weighed lo2A pounds. How should like to have hac aome of my Connecticut friends with me- Ithink they would acknowledge it the finest show of live stock they ever saw. The bad weather probably prevented many from attending but as from 10000 to 25, ,OOt visited It daily, quite number avaiIeo themselves of the opportunity.
 E. WrSCKWoRTH