, 1877-03-11
American Products in Competi-
ton with British.
Ritualistic Tooth---" The Rits, The
Rats, and the Rum Cats
Popular Ballad Concerts---Hear-
ing Great Artists for a
Shilling.
Latest Partisan Modes-Yellow Your ONLY
Wear'-Hats hade Entirely
Of Flowers

out Of London half an hours ride by rail, (No,
that atn quito sure VIC were really out Of Lon
don eycn then: it is an extremely difficult thine
to say where the Metropolis begins or ends but
it looked quite country-likc.) As soon as nc
passed beyond the denser regions ot
fog and smoke, I was startled by the
: sight OF a peach-tree in full bloom,
This proved no isolated instance; all along
the route, and in the gardens about Lewisham
and Backhcath, they sprang into view again
and again,-great pyramids OF pink buds, masses
Of rosy blossoms. Nor we're they the only
flowers eenturing into the midi February mir:
Goruses, 1onquils, and hyacinths enlivened the
borders with purple and gold; vine with brill
iant-scarlet flowers was climbing oycr
window; and whole shrubs we're
covered with white buds bursting into
flowers. A little farther south, in
Kent, the first butterfly has been seen and
noted.-the earliest bee; In short, there eau be
no doubt that the winter Of 1867 will be chron-
iclcu hereafter as
ONE OF THE FAMOUS TEARS
an annus miratais as to weather. Yet this
morning, when there blew up a chill wind with
brief attempt at snow, I could not help pity
ing those confdfng pcach-trees, those credu1ous
shrubs; for in what latitude was March ever any
thing but Turtara It is not worth while,
however, to make much lamentatiou over the
fruit-crop in England. Emerson quotes some
bodY's SAYING that 't Nothing ripened out of
doors In England but baked apple -; but that
is an objectionable overlooking Of gooseber-
ries- shall set up no wall till hear that
these ornaments of English kitchcn-gartens
have pushed giddily forward and been nipped
by the inevitable March fruit. Amer
ia has her. apple-uusurpassable; France
her grape. Italy her olive, and Cuba he. orange;
but England says pettish1y, In the language Of
Old Middlewick in tour Boys'': "Do let me
know something OF gooseberries!" Great pur-
PIE globes Of lusciousness, n1ay shrouding nets
the caz11ner's derice-repcl the frosts and re-
strain the impetuosity of your bushes till the
soft rains Of April give them leave to bud and
blow.
Speaking OF apples reminds me that
AMERICAN PRODUCTS
arc rapidly entering the market here Ameri- /
can apples, duly ticketed as such, arc exposed
for sale at Covcnt-Gardcn Market aud many
street-stalls; American dried apples and to1na-
toes in cans are sold on Regent street and else
Fherc,-the drst are excellent, the latter not so
good; American cheese Of the better sort is
high in favor here Jana also in France). The
English press has already Informed you what an |
event the importation of American beef this
winter has been. It is surely full time |
that the great New World, with its fertile soil, |
should pour its orer1o"ing plenty into the lap /
OF the Old, with her hungry, stunted millions.
English, " roast bcef" " is provcrbial for its ex-
ccllence, and the mutton-chop is Of Traditional
virtue; but have never tasted in England beef I
whose flavor eQunlcd tnat ol the best Illinois
aud Kentucky product: and. though the South
Is Ri, |
tenderness, and jucfncss, tlere is line
ness Of flavor, sweetness, in tic
American, for which. to some paIates, nothing
will compensate. But leaving the best out Of
the question. there can be 10 doubt whatever
that tho beef brought here from America this |
winter is vastly superior to the inferior kinds Of
English, sold at the same, or generally higher,
prices. American prairic-el.ickcns, also, are sold
at Covcut Garden. Now, if The finer kintis OF our
apples could be imported over here by the large |
cargo, instead Of Us now, in small qnantities;
II sweet corn, canned, and tomatoes in fine pre-
serfatlon, could become regular arrivals,
GREAT CHANGE
would be effected in the diet of the lower and
middle classes here. Perhaps the poor, over
worked laporcr would not 60 often resort to the
to get up sudden, fictitious warmth,
il he could attain more permanently y-comfocta-
bic sensation from hot soup or appetizing stew I
provided in his owu home.
You have doubtless long before this had at
tention called to the report Of the Swiss Com
subject Of American Matchmaking. The whole |
report is Of the nature of an aarm-bel1, warn |
Ing his countrYmcn that, it they do not rouse !
themselves to extraordinary e1crtious, the
worlds matchmaking will have slipped from I
heir hands. And now the same CRY comes ! {
rom the manufacturers OF Birmingham and | I
u Itolverhampton as to the /
CoNrETiTIoS WITH AMERICAN WARES 8
n Australia, New Zealand, the Wtst Indies, +
md Canada. The American articles are DE- t
Jared to be superior in design and finish, to be | il
hcaper, and more carefully aud ineeniously q
'acked: 4 representative OF 4 hardware firm n
2 =; Staflordshire writes home from Canada: t
american travellers soliciting orders at
alc: feel sure that very large share Of the I
ecurcd many Of the leading lines OF Birming- /
am and WolrcrhamPton W2res,-such as door I
ocks, cupboard and till locks, butts and hinges I
gas and boiler tubes scnlcs, and {;
ollow-warcs+ And, from all can learn, they b
re IN position to retain the hold they have Il
4 more striking instance Of carrying the war S
ito t.le enemy's country is, that d
AMERICAN WHITE coTToSs 4
superior quality haVc been observed in use *
some Of the shirtrmanufactories here Some :.
the large customers Of Manchester houses Il
I've declared preference for the Rhode Island It
Tinted cottons or calicoes, on the ground Of IT
lpcriority OF design and general excellence OF p,
lor and fabric The author Of a book RI
, "Busincss,'' himself large wholesale bi
:alcs, fierccly attacks his country1uen of the S:
anufacturing interest for lowering the charac- as
+ and destroying the reputation Of English 4
oducts by loading with clay and paste their 10
NJ and bleachcd cotton goods and native | az
'eeds. Hc declares that the natural and legit- at
ate results are beginning to follow; that India la
d China are beginning to loathe their produc- II
'ns; and that their tra 1e is falling into the fe
nds of Belgium and the United States. He. til
gues eloquently in favor Of free trade, and GO
en- SAYS: ''n only American laborers and
pitalists would be content with the wages and vi
offs current in Great Britain, there is moth co
. that know of to prevent them from hold Go
!, their OWN In any markets to which Man OF
ester and Sheffield send their wares" ALI of on
ich shows that it may occasionally be Ell By
1rag1ngs to see one's self in his neighbor's as
SIS. TOT
The case Of at
THE REV. ARTHUR TOOTH, a1n
ctor OF ST. Jants', Hatchan. has no doubt di1
N fully reported to you. Mr. Tooth, even wa
er his Incarceration, refused to give up the mc
; to his church. The doors were, therefore, she
ced open to allow the cnrate who had been as
ced in charge to officiate- The performances ane
Il she church last sundar, when the services q