New-York tribune., 1876-02-26


meat or bone which underlics is less given to the
habit of attempting to impose by an empty parade
either upon himself or others That he is apt to
have more to eat with fewer servants and plates
around, and better clothes on his own and his chll-
drens backs with less shine on his candlestcksf II
mistaken, apologize if right, will not somebody
tell me sol
The reverence for rank, already remarked upon,
is simply astonishing to one accustomed to consider
that lie himself has good right to the road as
any one. As an instance in point at the head Of my
street carriage was drawn up the other day. a
group Of ladies who had been making a call stood on
the walk exchanging few last words with the lady
they leaving. 1t was impossible to pass with
out brushing two or three of them off the walk, and
the streets were muddy they made sign of NOV
ing. and the only way, unless one wished 10 be a
brute, to take the middle of the road for il and
go round their carriage. "Who can these ill-bred
women be 7" | asked OF man who was forced ia
make the dctonr with me, pitching my voice rather
high for their benefit. "Oh, some of the quality,
you may be sure" he said in a subdued whisper,
with an apologetic glance at them--all unconscious,
he was, of the sarcasm his answer conveyed.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
1t may be thonght that | do not like England,
that | do not like Englisnmen. What then am |
it was my intention to stay but few days, and
then make a straight wake for better weather But
we still ingcr out of season though it is. And be-
cause : First, hold that can better see place
when the people are away. Next, there is 40 much
in London to sec. We are held as by chains. feel
Mt home here. These people are my people. They
speak my anguag-wth some variations, 1T IS true,
but still recOgnzably. | read history with which
have been from boyho0d familiar on every hand.
Scarce a stone in the streets that does not have
some story of its own to tell me- Think you jump
at the conclusion that this people know nothing |!
No. indeed. Nor yet on the other hand am | pre-
pared TO admit that they know it all am quite
conscious that theirs Is an older civilization than
ours /; that they have worked out not a few prob
lens at which we are still guessing by actual cX-
pertinent. The folly of attempting 10 teach ones
grandmother how tJ suck eggs is apparent -
ne. AZ the same time cannot forget
that Christopher Columbus showed tue grand
fathers oi a good many grandco7 how to stand an
egg on end! Think you am not willing to set down
to Eneaad's credit any points Of superiority Why,
blcS, your simple heart. the British Museum of to-
day even, beats Banum's at its best what It will
he able TO do m another thousand years or 50 no
human calculation canPrcdct. And London lrid 90,
and LONDON beer are better than ours--olGcr and
more settled If nothing more. England, | grant
Won. is given 10 anchoung OH holding ground that
she know. al ibouf We. a~ a nili0n--;hc fact l.
patrut-arc too .rady to experiment. Yet, were 1t
NOT for The American sewing machine, would not
scamstr.,cs in Englaad still br singing The Song q"
Tie SLiit aud many 8dvJcatcs of the old d. arguing
again. tangled notions without o'ci America
is a sort oi green apple at present. III admit bat III
that very Immatuuty is there not prom
i,e, Tlelg' indeed. uf growth Ana
is not PERFECTED rpcuc.s bat the frt STAGE
Of ri't.i.t-ss2 tn" vigorous yodug hickory and ihc
toni Old oak. rooted ind ucrcut soils. tua on oppl
site sdc- o. stream. ~ it were. an rivalry which
after all hut resolves itself mo lorticultufai
confess. 10 me. lopii inc ou from tn superior
hgts oc experience and observation, II j. apparent
that th. Lis yet 10 taxi dc 'prr ho.t "n 1 IL
uccs of the earth and bash out li'tl" iI.t.2 of
running up 80 fast. while th" other must submit 20
have soHc parrtical gr1wthS and eycu-"cnrr'
,crapcd from oh II, rough old back If n would lpo
ana tlasc. Wait hat a.. syt through VITA the
~ We begun lH T. y luu; %, she Nil emerge roa "a
under my hands. You'll have "A couuirN indeed
IioN long. for instance after The beams =" Ell
hghtcnmc % which avn now Shedding get back 4"
Lnglaud. viii 10 be held that rank }, tIc guinea
,tgiupg WI! not Ice discover u tI.st tn n Ills
lie around rather loose uuv-I-dIys. and that base
metal, are quito apt ID run iu a~ gold Sur,t
ID were only couIWuu commercial wisdom io test i.
coiu-ti least ruI a. oI the couIt'.-l,.f ~ P-r
mitic IL - pass currelt, # NOT bcior' pu.t ting the
stamp on. JOnN PAUL