Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22
From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter.
LONDON. Eng, Sept. Z

Our European Letter.
LONDON, Eng, Sept. I, 1880
Brighton, but short distance from
London, is one of the most famous water
ing places 10 Europe. 1 had just five
hours and twenty minutes before me
wherein to enjoy visit there on Saturday.
so prior to a constitutional drive, followed
by an equally constitutional walk on the
before dinner, thought that
about the best thing to do was to visit the
Great American Hippodrome, of which
an open air performance was just then
going on in the polo ground in the pretty
pleasance on the Preston road heretofore
a park, the property of Mr.. Bennett Stan
ford. | think that once attended dog
show in this smiling and verdant expanse.
Circuses have always had for me strange
fascination; and have smelt the sawdust,
CAPPED with never diminished amaze
ment at the fair "equestrians'' piuoretting
on bare backed steeds and bursting
through discs of tissue paper and have
heard the familiar sounds of H0up-t !
and listened to the merry gibberish of the
clown during very many years in most
parts of the world. But an open air is
even more enlivening than an indoor ring.
The alfresco equine entertainment is AS
gratifying as a horse race, without the
betting. 1t makes you feel a little classi-
cal, too. You rub up dim remembrances
of the first ode of Horace; and vague
recolectons of ruined circuses of ancient
Rome float through your mind. l wit
messed in the inner circle most tasteful
performance of "Haute ESole," or high
school horsemanship, by Mrs. Rose My
crs, her daughter. Miss Ida Myers, and
TWO attendant cavaliers. The four highly
trained steeds were respectively of Amer
lean, Italian. Russian. and Prussian ex-
traction; and they pranced, ambled
curtsied, and at length waltzed in thu
gracefulest fashion imaginable. But
like outdoor equestrianism best. | left
the elephants standing on their head
upon wooden pedestals in the inner circus
and looking, in that position, unutterabl.
wise. Endeavor to realize, if you can
the idea of the late Lord Eldon standing
on his head in the middle of the woolsack
You can dine better and more varousl,
at Brighton than in any other seaside
watering place that l am aware of, Mic
and Scarborough alone expected. Brigh
ton dinners, arranged to suit every grad,
of the pocket. The historic Mutton's, c
whose mulligatawny soup for lunc
William w. was so very fond, has beef
recently enlarged and re-beautified,and i,
additional restaurant and hotel accomoda
ton is fully appreciated by its patrons
who need not the reminder of the Judg
in "L'auocat Rltelin," and are Away
ready to return to their Mutton S." A
tea dinner the natural and most agreeabl
wind-up to a Brighton Saturday is a Wis
to the aquarium. The water palace WA
crowded on Saturday last, and ther
permanent guests, the fishes. to say notl
ing of some two thousand season tickt
holders and casual visitors, were regale
with an excellent concert, with MADAM
Antoinette Sterling and Mdlle. Colini 8
vocalists, to the attractions of harmon
being added the performance of SignC
Elbert's Crispini, the king of Tylopht
nists," and DR.. Cavendish's Entertain
ment of the world of wit and wonder.
The sea front Of the aquarium has no
been converted into splendid terra
garden, with spacious promenade NJ
orchestra, overlooking which is
ample terrace with handsome ca
and appliances requisite for smoking al
refreshment. 1t was very delightful al
very continental, and [ hope at the san
that it was not very wicked to sit at OIL
of the comfortable little tables on tt
terrace, inhaling the fumes of the Indi,
weed, and inhaling the fragrant decoctc
of the Indian berry, gazing meanwhile c
the great crowd of promenaders chez
fully hut quietly stroling about belo,
and listening to the enlivening strai
discoursed by the band of her Majesty
, 10th lancers. And all beyond were Il
great silver sea, and cloudless sky, wi
an atmosphere as balmy as that of t
American Indian summer"
AUGUST.