San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-08

And finally, what weuld Happen, II o
promissory note should be mist before
L il dswpAB,a4Gnyson KdsSi4ys.'rAS
asapNA Rebuilding Lond9qn%o
London presents the appearanceCof q
city in the couyse Of being rebuilt. In
ALI directiohs houses are being tomdown
for che purpose Of widening existing
streets, or making new onss, or creating
squares, or clearing sites for new blocks
Of shops, hotels or private residences.
Theibuildings now in course Of erection
are invariably Of the most showy, and at
b the same time substantial orders Of ar
chitecture The road-beds are exceed
ingly firm and the surface smooth and
hard. The pavS,nsnts are wide, STRONG
and we'll laid. y The gas.lighting IT, lib
eral and occasionally tasteful, particu-
larry Oh the north bank 81 the Thames
from Westminster to Biackffists Bridge,
along the new, embankment, which is q
pparteerrreeT Of flowers and skfdbs BY day,
fanh afairy11ike Illumination by night.
But all this. is modified. and the aspect
ofithe city, to . certain extent, .disfgur-
ed, like blotches onlta fair face, sbygex-
cavations, heaps Of rubbish, and the
vast piles Of earth, lime, stcnes brick,
Timber and iron, everywhere blocking
the streets. There appears literally no
end 70 the rebuilding and rec9nsstruction
of the metropolis. One set 81 improve
ments is-no sooner finished than another
Is begun In ten yearsIILp9dop will
probably be more, beautiful IA in every
quarter than Paris, Already many for
eigners consider London, on the whole,
preferable to the butterfly metropolis of
France, But when the vast changes now
progressing progressing Are, phrtly accomplished,
f'London VII be Without d rival foetaste
ana elegance tas d residence, asiit al
readyris peerless for wealth, influence
and populationp In tile meantime, the
stream of tourists, travellers, pleasure
seekers, business men, ihvalias and 9TH
ers visiting the metropolis seems to be
1 forever INCREASING. Va Never was ANY
thing seen like IL. Wonderfulla as the
|day is, the morrow ~ equally crowded
with marvels.. q london Is Succession
4 Of surprises, and they newer cease.
~ % Al s1A ustra7Iasn Court hip..
Many curious anecdotes illustrative of
! the manners 81 Tire early settlers in
Australia are tolH III Connection with
the strange travels through the bush
, made by the late Mrs. Chisholm. On
\ one-oecasion, while journeyingowith q
4 party of girls,ia strong thush-raan sud
denly sprang fromthe thick covert, and
took hold of the rsins of her horse. The
driver, taking him for a. ebpsh-ranger,
was about to strike him over the head,
when Mrsv Chisholm ARRESTED his hand.
The man asked, irAre syoh Mrs. CHS
holmp1ol bun yci7a 9dt oi va IoEi
} nt'I aM.pas sis0d yTGiilim 10 irr7
TO- aYou are the yeryuperson Iowanted
! to- sseea DO you see that nice-looking
farm on the side ofthe hilllFpS''m ODD 10
81 do" AYR ,qs
swell, then, the face and smile of
\ woman never : crossed my threshold.
fNow, for God's sake, Mrs. Chisholm, if
you have got 4 nice Tipperafy girlwith
you, leave me one ;''dsndI pulling ont a
large bundle of tbank-hotes, he added:
" This isthe thing that will, do it. with
the clergyman. % II,wish you would see
what 4 have in the cottage- several
Hitches Of bacon, "a chest Of, tea, o bag
of sugar, and plenty Of every thing.
Besides, ! have 2 bullock, .dray, horses,
cows and calyes, with lots Of fowls and
pigs, too, Wa ~ 49,. go. ,.,.., IN. ''g,
Mrs. Chisholm said to the modest
| bush-man, "I have several nice Tip
perary girls with me in the drays, but
at present am going through the dis
trict, and I never make matches on the
road" 2" nNair 49, 'i7"
"Oh, would feast your whole party
] for week If you would only consider
my case, and may God bless youP"
Mrs. Chisholm did settle on farm
not far off a nice Tipperary girl that
she thought would suit this well-to-do
bush-man, and had no fear that he
would not soon find her out; and some
months afterward Mrs. Chisholm had
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