The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-11

Flag-stafts are poked out Of the
church-steeples. Omnibus drivers ara
qrite dandyish in dress, wear gloves.
and sometimes rose in the BUTTON
hole. Local elections and business NJ.
tees are posted on the church doors
Grave-stones in old churchyards are laid
Hat on the ground, and grayeyaris are
paved with epitaphs. NO drug-stores
open on Sunday until 6 o'clock d. m.
single woman, after 40, Is called
Mrs" out Of courtesy. No free loung.
ing offices or halls In the hotels. Every
bar-room is a "public house." Women
and men are promiscuous patronizers az
bars. In dress, women are cumbrouslv
baggy about the skirts. Average female
shoe clumsy and ill-ftting. Sad change
from the Partisan grisette in plain BLACK.
white collar, low slipper, and bare head
But the English soldier Is far beyond
We French In build, carriage, Uniform.
and general appearance. Fine animals
Shops for selling cooked food abundant:
such as roasts Of all kinds, corned beef
and boiled vegetables. Fine meat. Too.
For six pence a square meal NAV be
bought and carried home in ia.
per; also, eel and kidney pies
for penny. . Noted Eel-pie
Houses" all over London. A working
man may buy his steak or chop al the
butchers and have IL cooked al the
chop-house. The sign "No charge for
cooking" is common in chop.house
windows. A cup Of tea is one penny.
coffee ditto. The tea is good, the coffee
villainous. This is plain poor mans
living. A penny will give beggar
meal, viz. bowl of soup and bread
Shops much ornamented with heavy
brass holdings mounted on wood. In
this damp climate it's one eternal scrub
and polish TO keep them bright. They
are frequently movable and are taken
within at night; otherwise they are
stolen. Singular sight, though, TO see a
shopman thus dismounting the orna-
mentation Of his shop doors and win
dows. There are miles on miles OF
small, two-story cottages. In these live
the working people. Six-story tene-
ments Ia New York are unknown.
The poor mans street here is narrow
and grimy, but the house has more COM
fort than that Of Gotham. Tens OF
thousands In London have their BIZ Of
back yard and strip of front garden.
Baths, warm and cold, are abundant.
Cold, one penny; warm, two pence.
Best class, six pence, including soap
and towel. Excellent gin a. 40 cents per
pint. The stuff sold in New York for
''Old Tom" at 81 per bottle is alcohol in
One needs now to visit
Europe 20 learn what good liquor means.
Dirt is abundant on both men and
women in East London. For greasy
and rotten rags on men and women,
London may stand AL. Thames steam
Ierry-boats cheap. dingy. and dirty.
chesp Can be buried for $50,
with four hired mourners. Grape
yard in length dangling from their hats
ike Q pirates flag, red noses, black
suits, well linked At seams Don't know
who you are, what you are, where You
came from, or where you're going 70.
No matter Will mourn all the same,
md after funeral adjourn to nearest
'ublic-house and pray for another sub
ect 70 molrn over. More gas in the
street at night than in New York. More
lie, stir, hustle, and street shows, such
y Punch and Judys,- band Of street
negro Ministries, Irish ballad singers,
Highland pipers, Italian ditto, German
bands, pavement skctching artists with
'olored chalks, Bible readers, perform
NJ dogs, cats, mice and birds, acrohats.
Ind umblers.--London Cor. Ncw Tors
Jraphic.