, 1879-03-18
His WALT nntl Failure In England.

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His WALT nnd Failure In England.
kanst7n !,trs, Nureh !.
Wcston's attempt 10 cover the unprecedented
drsta,,u NJ n.fsYy mt}es IN nm I,nrs h.s f,,Icd
.,sas .,.,t,, .,.,ns,, ..,. -, ,,,. ""a ."so
a'te' e0'lahe at1ueeie ~'h M Inc worst ot
luck Throughout tn shc shape Of ono uf thu most
trying winter" known for many years. With s|l
.Lo bad roads In the Kingdom to travel over III
lneu Wy W.. s"'"'s'o'' ".', va" 'a'ee
cfowus A. every CITY, Town, anu Village to co'l-
tend with, Weston llas Just fal;e:l by twenty
twb and ouc.,lalf miles to con,pleto IN tho sprc.
ur W ,I,ro A. M aos, u,,,rnll.,c. t"s,, m =, w.,
sa .".u ~, ,,.a...s...s IVA" W NV
Annals IN, u pcnesfra'''sm' ' ~ t'i' arrival a.
mI,r. to r,, u,ul tvrpty l,uurs to ,lo +. iu: Int
w 49, ~. ..'. '' ~
,e, .e I1''.s.s". " "s 'cse'a" "ss up"n n'S
hiaily'strung nervous systc'.' 'on'p'c'eIs pros
prarct, within .ts grasp lie left tic Castle
5In,nt at ~. acau,,,,murd hv mn. NJ
use' .l'' ,,,s.. -. ~ s,,'.a ."..,, ~ "'' ~
proceeded US far as the twenty
SECOND milestone OF The bath road, wiicn
In dfsmmntcd. mil wns soon trnln;m. nwny I'm
iuot 1T II i..pJ naco 1ntil lie fourteenth sione
rst. n,abt,g tle fifteen niles ut :i;D Yesterday
murnin- Hn tic,, rc.icd fur ifftv n,,,,i,tra IL
lie rorfjuyc. Tj,ls was nos sufficient. as ilu ),ai
To repeal its int, directly a,aerNurls. in r.
kNfuittr. III. rnElrH all 1{H WOFH like
fH's a: iat a @ r q a ~ y, u" a~1sG ny saSe m r t
!. ID, whici, uertn,i iii elaI,tu oI t,ire"ss hni
rome. lie now wen! on slowly, and BY ) 10 i,n.l
lin, 40 to do, a,ui ,iti hours to ii, Il in. Iio
rrstc,I iii I'd .b yor frrakfast. wl,r hc nt,rtrt
ind walked out i tniies OF, Tic MuilrucaL roai
n,mi hnri;: this I,c rr,mnt"d' ,nuI;nr Is utirs.
Wc th.n ~ rarei his strns o!S m,iI"s am, i,as:'
which. viii mi rxt,n Inif uI,lr tutn stnmri
made 17l5 st.rr breakfast. Willie rrstlI,,, herc
tImu-4 :f{,-cx,trru, lis record for the ,WN)
hn,,r. hahn, il?71[ m,ins IL, I.ft ,t xxx T.,
ortcr To- iIrIsi, its distance, About 1O:3o ho
nassc,1 th.atirh Iismmrrs,nI,h. liz rxnrctci1
10 rrart, Tic KDyai Exchange about midnight.
Londoa Stsrs Wa'ea !. iiAtoria,
We publish elsewhere n description of the last
| day OF Wcston's wn1k. 'rhls attempt tn ascDm-
p!sll the task lie had assigned himself o1 waikin.
:.,u0O miles III 1,000 hultrs t,as filled. but ha
nicn Whining Or los!ne of thr Dct, tho few ntlcs
more or few MILES less really inn,tered ycry
little. Tic generous contempt Which slr. Mini
tiin! expressed for imfpcnce ,n,ay, with sono
iNu torn! amounts to 2Oo0. Tn all intcnts aud
purposes the proposed tnsk may bc said to hnyc
beei, achieved, ;s,nl 1t has been proved tllat a
nun cun 10 s sixty MILES a .lnv over roads,
UNI! certainly very bad roads soInetinus, steadily
for Enllr stx weeks Tile lact IL nut without
interest, a,ui III virtue Of this interest Wcston's
| performances tnny fairly be said to stlinl
On 4 different basis from ,hc senselcss
! exhibitions which have often pf tate
| bucn witnessed OIL platforms ul,sl
| nn walking trauks III England a,,.! III Amcrlcr.
Wes:on's gronna WIS tlse Queens Highway: be
| couid take such TeAt food, sulni kceI, rs Ee
thought proper, nuI ills nttcIt,u. WAS IN Ills way
| hot nu unreasonable onc. 1t carnr within tho
limits Of allowable EyEnus',c exercise; thft Is
to tay, It bnrc definite relations tu tt. rtqutre
!ncnts which mirlt eonceyably be tnalc hi the
human Iife, Ia wur Or travel, sport or business,
cither Ut hone or asrosd.
proportion of tlip usual element ii absurIjty
mixed up In the natter niu 1t wus this clement
uf ahslsstllty precisely which jcupard,zcl The pr-
dcstr1an's success. There ran lio no dulht ti.at
| II Weston lIul taken Ills WALT tu d Thoroughly
reasonable manner, tllslns lis miles W Ills
days, uild 1nuIsing uu sl,u.t walk one day by
long one anotlicr, liu wuu!i bAvu won l,ts wngrr
with Il grvat DIAL Of time to spare. 1'ic slight
lew weeks will show this at oncr. 1,u, uar,ly,
# may be, for ll,o saka OF profit, aid
partly also Tor tle sake Of introluu-
liz The usual artificial rctInc,nrnss u,Ii re-
| tto, was ut,i1cj Thr i,cdcstria,1 was pryiirnrti
or bound 10 deliver ffty lectures on waking 1T
nifty difrcreu, PLACES, 'rnts arrangement lundc
Il Gloss ailhcreneu to tic tInle.taGlu necr-sary,
nn,l It soon hccatuo nppage,1t tt to it Tic walk
i,,:s ,,fopcr WIS to be sacr,t,cl, long watk II,
Janiary mil February, uyor snow.hcalmd ani
slipprry roads, is nut Journey ,yh!rI, can b.
Under ordinary circumstances that would uut
lIayo mntnrci; but III orlcr to snyu ti,c lecture
I ifxt,rs It IIecamo nrccssary for Western To DE-
I mari from Ills rlnu ri siu1t,a wnlkinv. lin oil.
tuincd leave fronl lis harkcr Sir tiuh,, Asticy,
to traycl when he liked Iy rull or bY curruru 10
Ills usstuations, c,.c travelling being ri tvursu
ut,t coli,lted a. part 0f tIlr 1tSS) ml..s. in ts
WOW nj, imnlsnse amount uf time wns wastrU,
nut to iepti, tItnt t genuine character Of ne
| walk VIVA seriomsly Injured. At tne ,,if-
frrcn. towus where, tn "iectuses j wrr.
delivered ihc nojtco ,uast Inv. ler,.
scantiy rrntefu, 10 Air. Wrs,un, i,Its~
] murl, ns lis ,,erfnr,na,cts constantly look
nlnst, nj n ,vcry intn hn,,r nmt r,I,srn,,cniIy
entries bs.u,l,t nbo,t. ,raoa ,lcal nf hustiti".
duo nt,t II, INV ill.ten,nrr. Lut eIuiply tn III.
rM:,lrai nrrxsl,rr .,f sn,,. cruw,ls. Snr,. tIalI
.,nr. III, ,,.s,it nj tjtis w,s nltuaI h"iiIy d.
tYsnfart nnI in,urv f., th. walker. n,ui II ,u,,st
inv" scrin.s,v tntrrfrrsi vii, 's cl,ant"s Il
inst l,u rrsnrtcI In tin, mini Of rl,:. iutu ,l
n,,t NJ tnwms in n,i"r sh t"e,, liz lsrt,,r,, .'n
,,nrrr,nrn,s il ,In.s unt "n,s.or t1mt Wss,n,,
Ias afvtny nnrttsnar ri to az nb't't wuik,,r..
mi tIirruin1e th. ie.tr1n,r I'M trurccty hn re-
,sr,f,+,i ns l., my wnv ISt.ltmatn Mill, n,, ~,
s"+Noo ~ -" 10y "NJ 's-'s,"' 4,. ra"t' wa ~