The Chickasaw messenger., 1881-05-26

Letter rrom Dr..' Va. Bnehasaa.
pruBug4 GROVE, !
InNnnx- AlaN ;. 81. [

CT Do So CiiN There is 90 tu heh
lic evidence. to show 60 what liu Che
Dfitous lrsi setl1d on ibis $40 aaa
lt was olopt the time oi y DO that
London fret b-cama of any inn /
portance, this was due 90 iiq stm- I
tion, ns the Thames afforded ready /
access Tor shipping, hut even 90 this I
time London vac comparatively .
small, and surrounded by q wall /
Il is useless for me to 20 into The
details Of The growth OF The city, SO
TO make q long history short, l viii
only say that IN time L became the
capitol Of one OF the Anglo Saxon
kingdoms and continued TO increase
in size and importance. As time
advanced, the corporate limits were
extended, and village after village
was swallowed by the ever growing
city II was not until the 18th cen-
tury that London began to put on
anything like its present appearance.
Up TO this lime the houses we're small
and the streets we're narrow, but now
began the epoch Of broad streets and
public houses, mansions, &c. At
present many Of the streets are still
very narrow, but they arc being i'm
proved, and many new ones con-
structed and old ones extended.
This brings rs uptO the present time.
London of to day, is undoubtedly
the most populous city in the world,
and presents quite q different appear.
anoe from what it did when the
Romans we're here. Itisno longer a
small city capable Of being surrounded
by a wall, but to oil appearances is
a world In itself. The city proper is
about IA miles long By s broad /;
but the metropolitan Police District,
which is in fact the city, extends
from II miles in every direction from
central point. Quite a village eh 2
In 1871 the population was 3 3,S00,000
The census will be taken this year,
and it is safe to reckon the present
population at 1900, 900 souls This
vestnumber gives variety Of people,
and it Is said that there afe more
Scotchmcn here than in Edinburgh,
/ mo;e Irish tnan IN Dublin, more Jews
than in Palestine, and mole Roman
( Catholic than in Rome Statistics as
TO the consumption OF food by this
vast hiYe OF human beings, are net
easily obtained, but it has been esti-
mated that there are annually con-
sumed about 100000 quarters oil
wheat, 400, 900 oxen, l 800, 600 sheep
10000 calves, 250, coo swine, 5000,
600, head Of poultry and game, 400,
| 100000 pouhis of fish, 100000, ,O0(
oysters and Holsters, and 3,000,00l
salmon. The butcherel meat is esti
mated at s250,000,000, The Lon
! doners wash down this annual repasi
with lS0000,0O0 quarts Of porter
and ale, 5000 600 quarts Of spirits
and 10000, 600 quarts Of wine, not Ia
speak of The 100000 gallons oil
water supplied every day by Q water
conn auies The sun ofmoney spent
| by The whole people each year may be
estimated S970,00O,0O0 The number
ofvesscls which enter theporl Of Lon.
/ don is about 10000 while the average
annual value Of exports from the
Thames is not less than $780, 000, 900
! have given YOU these statistics "a
/ give You some ides Of the greatness
and importance Of the city. Ono
more illustration-not long since q
/ gentleman speaking Of London told
me the f0liowing Two men were
speaking Of tie different countries
and their cities, one asked the other
the following questions Where ls
Berlin Z Berlin is in Germany.
Where is Vienna ? In Austria
Where is Paris Paris in France
Where is England England Is IN
London London no doubt appears
very large to you, but in fact there
are no distances here. ! will venture
to say that / can 90 from one end OF
the city to the other In o shorter time
than il would take q person to do the
same in Mobile Why Because
thereis perfect network Of railroads
running Under the city IN every diree
ton. ] live some 4 or miles from
the hospital, but for G cents ! can 90
and return in a shorter time than /
could walk from home to the Artesian
well. These roads are a necessity as
well as convenience, If people
depended on horse-cars or omnibuses
business would be quite different
from what it is. Perhaps tits hardly
fair for me to say what / think Of the
people, as / have not been here long
enough to form a correct opinion Of
them, but at this time, am sorry to
say, l do not fancy the English much.
They are ratherinclined to hold them.
selves alOof from strangers which
goes to make one feel that be is
indeed a stranger. feel this more
than ] did in Vienna, even before I
could speak the German language
There Is especially one class that ]
dislike-they arc called "snobs."
They wear striped clothes, tall hats,
and one eye-glass. Every time I see
one I can hardly restrain from utter
ing a word that would sound very
much like EsEL in German.
Business as q general thing opens
between nine and ten o'clock. The
people sleep late, and it Is a hard
matter to get breakfast before nine
! never could 90 long without'hreak-
fast after rising. so am compelled TO
sleep late You know how hard this
is on me, as I was always such an
early riser II / get il The habit ofl
sleeping late, what win You DO with
me when ! get home
London Is not as gay as either
Vienna or Paris,consequenily doesn't
present az many attractions for Ger.
tain class Of people, but one can OBJ
tain amusements here Of the irst
water The opera, during the sea-
son, ls only surpassed bv that ml
Vienna, and some af the theatres are
Ell one could desire, especially iastl
G this time Booth is playing With /
Irwin, the greatest English actor on !.
the stage, and It is useless for NE to
aar tI.ss 49, ell A. y