The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-02

terror also suggests the same. Here are The
famous giants, Cog and Magog, perched on
| pedestals in the marrow gallery that run,
across the end of the banqueiing hall, where
the municipal entertainments are held. The
Mayor lives at the Mansion House. near tbs
Royal Exchange and Bank Of Englsr d
where his gilded coach. with four noble
horses in trappings. gold-mounted. driven
| by q coachman in tightly curled gray wiz
and gorgeous livery, may be seen almosl
| any day; but Lis entertainments and oflicisl
meetings come off at ''Guiidhan." under
the patronage of the ancient giants sfore-
said, Cog and Magog. they being two colos
tall, very old, and representing the ancient
Roman and Briion, respectively, 10 foil
| armor. A rare and wonderous museum is
| also connected with it-free as the air TO sll
who behave Themselves, as are the British
Museum. the ROYAL Academy of Fine Arts
and the Tower Of London, on certain days,
whose untold treasures are treated as the
property of the people, and all may enjoy
| them without let or hindrance
the officials being strictly forbidden
TO ACCEPT EVEN GRsrUITIEs.
Yesterday l cav three ragged Young Brit
| ons strolliDg hand IN hand with the gres:
throng that filed the gorgeous halls OF he
Royal Academy, and these gamins OF tender
years seemed as much at home and strGtted
around with as much the air Of conscious
possession as any one in the bailding And
they did have as much right there as the
Queen herself. So with the free libraries
attached to various public institutions, sn
Englishman, or any foreigner, for thai mat
| ter, has unrestricted access TO the stores OF
| learning contained in millions OF volumes
in the aggregate. Isn't il grand? The fail
ure to take advantages of il all does not i'm
pair the glorious nature of the golden oP-
portunity offered TO all Like 1.-The Gospel OF
the grace of God" free as air and ligat n
every soul, yet, alas. neglected by so many
Grace is grace, for all that.
To return to ''Guildhall." Another thing
| Jet me notice thai is also perfectly unique.
In front of Guildhall lies q small rectangular
court, twenty or thirty yards across, aud in
this open space hundreds, IL not thousands
of pigeons feed in perfect security. so tame
that they will not fly out of The way, and
one has to be careful in going in lest be
should tread upon the pretty birds. A quick
eDed walk TO prevent being crushed by
thronging footsteps is the only mark OF fear
| they EXHIBIT This mlliennial exhibition, re-
member Is locsted in the very heart OF
This great Babel, and is the prettiest thing
have yet seen in the city. In tie Old
sleepy mcs qUes in India, where the pigeon
is sacred bird, ard the Moolahs have
little 10 do but TO feed the pretty creatures.
/ have seen the same; but coming upon it
in the center Of L0odOn, without warning,
| can not write how the sight effected me-
Easier Monday Willie and | took a
short TIM mo the country 10 visit the
village where my father Was born. We
! found II without much difficulty, though
| everything is greatly changed ice | was
here twenty ODD years ago. Csrshalion lies
but twelve miles from London buGge and
and is almost ia the suburbs of the great
city, being reached By L nd "a, Brighton
aud South Coast Railway. Tnis gives ITS di-
rsction in Psr; IL is to the southeast and on
the south OF Sdrfey side %! tie Thames from
| NiddleseN
OUR PLACE or PILGRIMAGE
was chiefly 10 tie Old Parish Church. We
came to il as some service or other was
| breaking, and the beadle in full costume
gave Us all the information he could, be-
| sides volunteering to run for the Parish
| Clerk, whose business it Was to show, for a
| half crown, the Parish records. The kind
hearted beadle found him. and'very soon we
had the uuwoDted qualification of looking
upOl ana inbaling the musty odor of parch
ment records OF centuries as far bsck as the
middle Of the sixteenth. They are carefully
preserved in an iron Lox and beside il is It's
mae containing the Church plate, of great
/
\ beaten silver-the youngest piece in the col
lection being chalice of 1927. The Others
are l600 and something The cups sre
models OK beauty and elegance. All. aims
dishes and bread-plates iBclnde6, are gifts
/ from cody people of the past at various
times, az invaluable IS relics.
The old Church was built in 1850, and al
| though added to, the structure remains, ivy
severed and time-honOred. OF course ii
| hnt hu Haft nd fho frio r-
who ministeTed are buried, some Of them,
under the stone fiags 0le ancient vicar
records the fact on his funeral tablet that
| by his special desire his bones are to be de-
posted side by side with the good friar who
sas bis predecessor. and. in Latin. sends
down to following ages his conviction that
he Lord accepted the friar as well as HIM
self, and that they would both rise joyously
together In the last day. This good vicar,
who died in 1854, seems to have administer.
ed in the old Church good while, and for
long time acted as clerk in writing up the
records, owing to the detection OF Richard
Smith, the regular official: and one page
OF the ancient vellum record is taken up
with an explanation, in very quaint spell
ing, of the gap In the records where the
aforesaid Richard had neglected his duty,
although profuse in his promises TO write
up the records, having all the requisite
1 IncIhUIduQ6 NJ manu-, WnSfSdS, W0en dsL6r
long delay, being fervently pressed by the
Vicar 10 delay no longer, il came out that
he had not siDgle scrap to show, and so the
records for births and marriages for quite q
spacs went by default. All of which the
good Vicar deplores and puts the blame on
the right shoulders, that posteritv may not
hold Lim-Wiliiam Qnelck-respoosi5l
but the Aforesaid delinquent Richard
/ Smith. A. Smith died the next Ear, let us
hope that J. e was not hurried to his grave by
| Temorse Tor remissDess in dnty, though a
minute OF the Vicar would seem 10 imply
as much
GOOD wM. QUELcH
was bit of wag, too. In his naulaI
Handwriting appears this record in 1912:
| This yeare of marriages, not one; wo to sc
vicar! '-binting not obscurely, his grief at
the failure in receiving certain fees, that
then, as now, appertain to the minister S
office in connection with the holy ordinance
of matrimony. Crcmwelrs "Ironsides''
stabbed their horses in the old Church during
the wars of the Commonwealth, and the
great window at the back OF the altar was
| then bricked up and has not baen disturbed
since. As there is a thickness ofnearly three
feet occupied by this bricking-up, the pres
ent parish Clerk. who is quite an intelligent
antiquarian, thinks that there is an elegant
window and perhaps other treasures (paint
ings possibly secured between the walls oil
the brick. The Vicar, however. will not
consent to an investigation, and nobody