Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
Some English PecuIiarities,

Flag-staffs are pOked out of ho
church-steeples. Omnibus drivers srs
0site dandvish in dress, wear gloves
and sometimes rose in the buttoD
hole. Local elections and business no
tees are posted on the church door,
CIrave-stones in old churchvards are laS
flat on the ground, and graveyards an
paved with epitaphs. No drug-stor,,
open on Sunday until 6 O'Clock D. M
A single woman, after 40, is called
4" Mrs" out of courtesy. No free lOune
ing offices or halls in the hotels Ever
bar-room is 4 "public house" Women
and men are promiscuous patronizersd
bars. In dress, women are cunbrouslv
baggy about the skirts. Average femals
shoe clumsy and ill-htting. Sad chanCp
from the Partisan griseJte in plain black
white collar, low slipper, and bare head
But the English soldier is far bevOnd
the French in build, carriage, uniform
and general appearance. Fine animals
Shops for selling cooked food abundant
such as roasts Of all kinds, corned bee
and boiled vegetables. Fine meat, too
For six pence q square meal may be
bought and carried home in a "a.
per; also, eel and kidney pie,
for penny. Noted Eel-pe
Houses " all over London. A working.
man may buy his steak or chop at the
butchers and have it cooked at tbs 4
chop-house. The sign "NO charge fU 4
cooking" IS common in chOp-hous 4
windows. A cup Of tea is one penny ]
coffee ditto. The tea Is good, the coffee
villainous. This is a plain poor mans I
living. A penny will give a beygars /
meal, viz: bowl OF soup and bread t
Shops much OrnamenJed with htaVy Il
brass holdings mounted on wood. INF
this damp climate it's one eternal 81 ub
and polish to keep them bright. ! eVy
are frequently movable and are ta en- d
within at night; otherwise they n;sl
stolen. Singular sight, though, to ahl
shOpman thus dismouucing the Oraa d,
mentation Of MS shop doors and win.
dOws. There are miles on miles did,
small, twO-stoTv cottages. In these HWC
the working people. Six-storv tenRor
ments q Ia New York are UnknOWnpc
The poor mans street here IS nauOVL,
and grimV, but the house mas more cOmov
fort than that of Gotham. Tens da
thousands in London have their bitd
back yard and strip OF front garden nj
Baths, warm and cold, are abundants
Cold, one penny; warm, two pencasn
Best class, six pence, including sOapns
and towel Excellent gin at 40 cents pGIrt
pint. The stuff sold in New York tNac
"OId Tom" at 81 per bottle is alcOholil
comparison. One needs now to visit
Europe % learn what good liquor means ~,
Dirt is abundant on both men and ~
women in East London. For gresSJ ~
and rotten rags on men and women I .
London may stand Al. Thames steam -.
ferry-bOats cheap, dingy, and dirtyH,,
ulI0L S'Ao 0HC'sP S0'4 "0 I1O'' ~ V-'1 {
with four hired mourners. Grape ane
yard in length dangling from their mats
like a pirates flag, red noses, black Z
suits, well mixed at seams. Don't know; =
who YOU are, what you are, where yW-.S:.'
came from, or where you're going TO- !.
No matter. VIII mourn all the same =,
and after funeral adjourn to nearesto ,
public house and pray for another SUBJ,
iect to mourn over. More gas in ths.:a.
street at night than in New York. MOr,o,, e,
life, stir, bustle, and street shows, sucE :, !
as 50 Punch and Judys," band Of stresa ~;
negro minstrels, Irish ballad singer; i ~,
Highland pipers, Italian ditto, GermasS; /,
bands, pavement sketching artists WIG, 70,
colored chalks, Bible readers, perform i, :
ing dogs, cats, mice and birds, acrobas.n, J,
and mblers.-LORd0n Cor. NelC EmSSin'
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