Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-02-21

thick, the outer two feet being nbou
five feet higher than the remainder o
the wall, and with openings at shOr
intervals. Thus, large body of sol
dier3 could stand protected on the wall
and fire upon the assailsnts. A mum
Der Of the original gates still stand
These run up to almost double th'
| height of the wall, and over the arch
way are number of rooms, with mar
row openings in the walls, through
which an approaching foe could bS
seen. In the book above referred to
| read an account of King Arthur dri
wing the Saxons from York in A. D
52l, with Il loss of $4,000. Long aftel
this, Christmas was here celebrated
for the first time in Britain, by the
king and his army. / also learned
that the first English Parliament oI
which there is any record, here as
sem bled, being convened by Henry III
in 1160. Here still stands a tower thai
was built in 170l, by William the Con
queror. And the last thing l shall
name in this very interesting old town
Is York Minister. This old church o.
which everybody has heard doubtless
had its origin in A. d. 624. In A. d
720 il was rebuilt, and with great Addi'
tiOns made In the 1lth and 18th centu
ries, still stands, magnificent monu-
ment to the artistic skill of those old
times, as we'll as to the devotion, OF
perhaps the pride OF its founders. And
| shall add, on my own account, to
their folly, and sinful extravaganza,
for building of such proportions GER
tainly was never filed with worship
pers, and if even One-fOurth filed,
am quite certain not One-half OF those
could hear anything, except distant
echOes of the music. But then the
building didn't cost As much as one
might think, for 1 ind that In those
days the wages of master carpenter
or mason was six cents day, and OF
the apprentices three cents. Wonder
If there were any strikes in those good
old times? attended choral service
in this church, This was held in the
''choir," Which Is not more than one
tenth of the whole building. The sing
ers consisted of twelve boys from nine
to thirteen years old, and about the
same number of men. Fhe music was
fine of course, but scarcely equal to
what heard at Manchester Cathedral
last October; and then I have been at
service at st. Paul's since, so per-
hsps not in position to impartially
criticise. There are in York, in addi-
tion to the Minister, half dozen
churches that are about five centuries
old. Several Of these visited. The
people are quite proud of them, and
the church officer (Which you would
call a sexton or janitor) takes great
pleasure in pointing out the attractive
features, and informing the visitor that
this fine window is one of the originals,
and that one was the gift OF Lord So
and-So, and was put in ut such date.
In Immediate proximity to the Min
ster, are the beautiful ruins of st. Ma
ry's Abbey and other buildings con-
nected with it, which were erected
from the eighth to the eleventh eentu-
ry. But L promised to quit at the
Minister, and SO must not protract my
account of York. Let me only add
that many of its streets are very an
cient, several through which passed
being only twelve feet wide, and with
the upper stories of the houses project
ing towards each other, so that one
might almost climb from one window
across the street to the other. And
yet business shops line both sides Of
these narrow streets. To do justice to
this ancient town, one should spend
week in it. A few hours were all /
could give it, but these were very
much enjoyed, and be sure that you
never pass through York without stop
ping to see it.
am located here within easy reach
of several of the great hospitals of this
great city, and expect to greatly profit
by the great doings of the many great
medical men whom / am seeing and
hearing. / shall remain here as long as
my allotted time will permit, and
strive to make every day count, only
looking at the many attractions of the
the city as am passing around in the
pursuit of my chief aim. As
usual, am in firstrate health, and ho-
ping to SO remain, l am s. l.. j.