The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-29
LIFE IN LONDON,


Associations Of Trades-M isceIianeous.
Resular Correspondence Ner North Vest.
One Of tie most singular things connected
with London commercial life Is the selection
Of the sane locality by several members Of
the same Trade, 30 that certain thoroughfares
consist VI various shops In the very same
line Of business, 10 the almost total exclu-
sion Of ell other trades.
Mncing Lane, for instance, Ii conveniently
sitasied 10, far from the London docks, and
Is the recognized locality for tea and coffee
breks,s. and one can scarcely find . tea
broker VI importance in any other part Of
The city.
Jewellers and diamond merchants m the
@I@!esaI~ II sde have their locality In Clerk
ea~-li and Haitsn Garden, and transmit
their valuable merchandise TO ell parts Of
the country By mail-a fact which was duly
acted by gang Of clever rogues, who made
o sscr-ssful raid on the local postoiliee some
Tine az" and got away with packages worth
somr 5000.
The headquarters of the furniture trade 10
situated m Curtain road, and here, ell day
long, may Ire heard the scream Of tue steam
saws ss they glide through the planks Of
yell s-a-o"ed mahogany and walnut, to be
mad. up Into high class furniture, artistic
and .dhei wise. Here may be purchased
ARTICLES .'th.t are Dot what they seem
cheap ,-n~~rsd goods being foisted ON the
uus,.v-.ss iag customer rs solid mahogany,
chairs Shlch are Rocked together In few
ininut-,, and fall to pieces again IN a. many
hour; shsms aud frauds Of all sorts.
Fleet a..rt and the S,raud have, from
time imnismorsbls, been the home Of the
English printers, aud scarcely . building can
be found aiich does not resound With the
ubiob Of IT." steam sngine aud the CHATTER of
the newspaper machine. Here, within o
lim,"t a"-4, are published the leading
pslrIs Il Tie country, and within few
yards Of Que sn0th-r can be found the
spacious offices Of the Standard, Chronicle,
Telegraph aud Daily Se,,s, with scores of
others clustering closely around them, in
cluding the various product ions knows -
"Comic" papers, which, on the whole, are
the Iuost dismal reading In the universe.
Fleet street Is rather narrow, compared with
other less important tborsuRhfares, and ns
buildings are fer from being the noble struc-
lures which one would expect to find In 80
wealthy n neighborhosd.
BY far the most imposing block is that 10.
Gently erected by Mr.. Levi, proprietor Of the
Telegraph, who boasts the proud distinction
of the "la-gest circulation In the world, ;
and he doesn't forget to let people know it
for most of the London boardings are extern
sively placarded with posters announcing hi.
average daily issue rs al POI copies, and a,
no other paper challenges this statement, Il
may he taken q about correct. The Strand
is western continuation Of Fleet Street, ant
is also largely patronized by the members o
the press. The Detroit Free Press issues III
English edition at No. 1926, and seems to bt
steadily growing In public favor.
Many other instances might be named il
which districts are monopolized by one par
ticular trade, such a Bermondsey ant
Hackney hy the shoe trade, Smithteld b.
butchers. Billingsgate by fish statesmen
l.ea!cnhall Market for game, poultry, etc.
but perhaps one of the most curious associa
ti"us of all ia to be seen In Sclater ST., east
This Il the home of the London bird fanciers
1t Is a narrow, diugy thoroughfare, and sho
af>er shop is crowded with its stock-in-trad
Of birds, beasts, aud fishes, and nearly every
thing that crsepethon the face of the earth
This is the resort of the swarthy foreign sail
ors, who seldom make their voyage London
wards without investing In . collection C
foreign birds with which to turn All homes
penny OIL their arrival in England, but al
afraid 1t Is often losing transaction for poo
Jack, as there ere plenty of land sharks abou
ready to impose on bis simplicity. If yo
feel al Interest in the feathered creation 20
can be suited here In every way. Do ye
want bird with . csnary's head OIL tn
body of a sparrow, or cice oersa! Do yo
want bird spotted like q leopard, or stripe
like zebra? This is the place to get il
any bird not In stock procured to order
colors warranted. Do you want bird 70
breeding purposes? Here you can buy hen
which are as innocent Of laying eggs as the
male companions, and will ever remain 81
Saturday afternoon being general holida
in London, these shops are besieged b
throngs Of enthusiastic students of naturi
history, aud l was somewhat amused th
other day at seeing small crowd round or
Of the trade who was trying to do bushes
. with q novice In the art. The article
commerce consisted Of a bright, yellow c.
nary(?), aud whilst its owner was enlargiI
Oh its merits Of song aud plumage, the feat
cred sopssler volunteered personal testimor
in the form Of lively chirrup which, to n
ears, bore a suspicious resemblance to tt
note of the London cock sparrow. The dea
or, however, used his arts Of persuasion
successfully that he soon sold both the biz
and-the boy. KKMPsHILL.
LONDON, England, Dec. 8, 1882.