Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-07-07
OUR LONDON LETTER.


Guilty 4 subject IS chosen. The noted
sights have been 81 thoroughly ex-
hausted. however, that I have De
cided once more i tarn from the
regular route aad tel you 81 1 visit
We have made . Wentworth. War
wick and Stcatfor.}-oa-Avon The
very names are full OF interest to-
Americans as well as Engiishmen.
but no one can realize how intensely
interesting tie places themselves are
] until one has visited them.
We LEFT London II decidedly Eng
Ish weather, as the rain was pour
ing down and umbrellas were III
great demand. But in England no.
one is kept at home by rain, and
people walk about in il with their
inseparable companions, their UNI
brellas, apparently as comfortable
Is # the sun were shining. Tie
couatry could hardly have been
seen under moro favorable circum-
stances. Everything was So fresh
aAd green. Is the train lew swift
" On we caught giiapses q lovely
fields bright with peoples. butter
cups ant daisies. suddenly We
would flash through tunnel, and
Oil emerging ToUl% sye some pictUr-
esQuc village, lovely country seat. or
shady .oad. such Is oao would Ike
t. drive oEer, tor certainly English
ro2sis arc perfection. We passed
through Rugby and thought Fl Tom
broGn. we stopped at Coyentry, ana
had time 10 so cut aul stand upon
| the bridge, 10 gaze ct the distant
spires and think If Lady Godiva.
Soon we reached Wentworth, i
quiet, quaint little town. But few
got oli there, 50 with q PARTY con
s!sting Of an English lady, her
/ children and goyerness, we took tie
! bus in waiting and drove 10 the
castle, a distance Of about Il mile
Upon reaching the lodge gates we
were bcsieged BY the inevitable
guide book sellers, Who seem always
ready and waiting tor tile tourist
wherever he may 50. After paying
the snail admission fee, We passed
the lodge and assembled the grass
grown hall upon whose summit
stands the castle which WAS once
graccd by Elizabeth " Virgin Queen
Of England i when she came to pay
4 visit to her favUite, the Earl OF
Leicester But I'LL Is changed since
/ then The moat i now grass grown
and waterless, the turrets and towers
have fallen, aad only a beautiful
ruin remains q ,uin which is Is
well kept and preserved as 4 ruin
can be and not lose its originality
and interest. The stone of which
the castle is built il WY like cur
LAKE Superior sandstone, and the
! castle With its mantle 81 IVY presents
: Very picturesque and imposing
i appearance, As oac views i upon its
] elevated sIte against the background
! 81 sky. The greatest interest at
i tlches Itself to Wentworth by
means of Scltt's novel ofthat name.
y We cannot but feel as we wander
through the ruins and look ut the
spet wheie the u4.oItmatc Amy
Rohsait was imprisoned ~ the Earl
:. Leicester, that, her t,usAins lis
toy and sad death, a. portrayed Is
Scot, add more to TIC interest Of
kelhlworth than the fact that Queen
.lizabeth bouored il with her royal
\ presence.
We lef the castle regretfully and
walked back to the village, through
tile fields ana past the churchyard,
wherein rests ali American GIRL once
q pilgrim like ourselves t. tile prison
! q Amy Bobsar.
From kenilworth We e. to Var
| wick ana are unfortunate enough 70
have rain again We proceed to the
Warwick ArMs, the best inn in
the town, and find amusement
III looking over lie visitors book,
which seems 70 IL filed with the
names " tourists, mostly Ameri-
cans. some Of or country-men
have left commemorative verses il
regard to the castle, the Warwick
Arms, and principally tile weather,
which according to these chronicles,
is always rainy in Warwick. The
castle is u course the attraction, but
~ il is closed lit four O'Clock we were
to- tate u visit ii until the next day.
81 despite the rain We devoted ou;-
selves ~ seeing a little eli thc town
aad visiting Leicestei's Hospital.
This quaint pile Of buildings, over
SIX hundred years Old, is net as it's
name would infer a hospital for the
sick, but il the home of twelve SUI
porannuatcd veterans who have de-
voted their lives to their country.
and are judged worthy iii their oil
age to bc thus cared Isl. Tie CHAPEL
in connection with tie hospital IS
very interesting from its age ana
associations, and the hospital itself
Is oac ot the most perfect examples
eNtant of the odd English domestic
architecture 1t contains many
articles Of great historical value, some
I Old Saxon chairs, tile chair Of James
|, some embroidery ~ Amy RobSart.
4 tine collection Of old weapons and
4 priceless ell chest Of carved oak.
Nothing could be more comforta-
Die and charming than the old
fashioned hospitality Of the War
wick Arms. The old-fashioned bar
with IT array OF old china and
silver, the delightful eoflee-room
with is view " nc quaint ola High
street, or ponpous aud obligiug
waiter, aua above an our silver
candlestieks e light Is to Bed il
spotless dinity hung bedrooms, at
these viii long remain unforgottcn.
We Were fortunate enough to have
pleasant weather nex. day for our
visit tothe castle. IheappToacil irom
the lodge to The castle is cut through
solid rock for 4 hundred wards ana
the sides are covered with shrubs,
vines ana lichens. * tie castle
dawns upon is We believe with Sir
Waiter Scott THAT il Is the fairest
monument ofancjent aad chiyalrou9
sp.cndor which remains uninjured
hy time. Tne deep moat encircling
the walls now constitutes a walk Of
green srayi Theloyely Avon flows