Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-04-13
SUMNER SIGHTS.
Life by the Seaside With Glimpses of the Cliffs Of
Sunny France.
BkACHY HEAD.

BEACHY HEAD.
One morning we drove to Beachy
Head about FIVE miles on the coast. In
a fair day you can see the Chalk cliffs
of France, and one could imagine that
at some former time il might have been
one country. The ride was charming.
We rambled about while our rampant
steed took refrcshment from a long bag
over his neck. The horses have won
derful adaptability, eating when and
where it is most convenient. If YOU
take drive the driver is always anxious
for you to 90 and see some wonderful
thing or other-On foot of course-which
time he improves by giving his horse
his dinner consisting of meal. can
not become quite reconciled to the
cropped appearance the horses have
with their short tails like stubb brooms
Very ungraceful for a saddle-horse. par
ticularly II lady's Trotting seems the
prevailing style for all.
Along the coast are "Martello Tow
crs" every half mile to mile; the one
here is built If stone and garrisoned rs
Il protection from invaders. Wind
mills are one of the special features in
England. They swing their great arms
wherever you look We visited the
RUINS OF PEvENCY CASTLE.
noted as being the landing place of
William the Conqucrer, when he came
over in 1866 The castle was 1000
years old at that time The ruins are
very handsome though crumbling each
year and are covered with ivy, the stalk
being as large as ones arm and covered
with flowers, had never seen one like
it before. The outside yard or space
was $50 feet across. The wall was 20
feet high The outer wall left much
larger court yard, with watch towers at
each side. We eat our dinner, which
we had brought with us, in the ruins,
and then watched large party partake
of an elegant collation., with plenty of
footmnn to wait upon them. after which
the servants came, and took much
longct lime 10 satisfy their appetites
than did the master and mistresScs. A
fine garden is just at the entrance,
whcIf we walked through, buying some
fresh gigs and the finest black Hamburg
grap4', ever had the pleasure of eat
ing. eve returned quite delighted with
our eursiun, but next morning found
we b 4 paid dearly for sitting too long
in III damp and draughty winds, which
brought on Il severe cold and laid us up
for a week We saw Mrs. Howard
Paul one evening, in her many person
atlonS of character.
1.-THE IRISH SERVANT"
was perfect. y fresh importation from
the Emerald Isle could not have done
better One evening We spent at the
skating rink. The building was large,
with glass doors, a high platform in the
centre for the band, and we'll lighted
II seemed very hard work, but perhaps
the pleasure to the young people was
equal TO the outlay; but to me. who was
used to seeing rivers and ponds frozen
over for mouths at a time, where the
skaters enjoyed the pure ont of door air,
could hardly realize that any one
could find pleasure skating in this
covered room in hot weather, on roller
skates, over concrete floor; but find
| am far behind the age, and the same
would be luxury is INDUCED in in my
own country to n great extent. We
left Hastburn stopping on our way at
Brighton, London by the Sea" one of
the most fashionable watering places Of
Eng Fand. Its fifty miles from London.
Its sea frontage Of handsome mansions
and hotels extend upward of three
milts, while it, depth at the centre in
land9s more than mile. The pavilion,
with is strange assemblage of domes
aud ainarcts, was built in 1884 as a
residence for the Prince Of Wales after
wards George " and about 1918 was
refa~hioned into u grotesque imitation
Of Chinese architecture. In 1850 it
was purchased by the town and its spa
cious rooms. altered from time to time.
are now appropriated to various uses,
museum. assembly room and picture
galleries. The pavilion dome, once
the royal stables. is now magnificent
hall for tine musical performances, it is
lighted by glazed dome, with a dame
ter only twenty feet less than the dome
Of s. Paul's of London. There are
TWO PIERS
which serve aS promenades, one is of
chain fabric. it is 1,136 feet in length, /
and fifteen feet wide, the four cast iron
columns ON which it is suspended being |