Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-05
MHRRIE ENGLAND.
GROUSBSHOoTINGO NTHB MOoRS OF
DRRBYSHIRR.

The News of the Rochester Tornado at
Observation-Disclosures of London During
the Dull Season-The Attractions at the
Theaters.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe.
AANoHEsrKR, Eng, Aug. 25.-I am here
in Manchester one of the great nanufac-
turing and commercial towns Of England.
Have bssn grouse shooting on the noors
in Dorbyshire at place called Chapel en-
lie Firth, one Of the most charming places
fer scenery have yet glanced at in Eng
land; billy and mountainous, with sxtel
sive valleys more picturesque than the
Nshawk valley or "Rip's" Catskill noun
tains. The clouds or mist settling on tho
mountain peaks just enough On hot sum-
Her day to lend enchantnsnt to the
charming scene. more lovely than if, 10
imagination, some virgin beauty had in
maiden nedssty enshr0udsd herself in the
thlnnsst gauzs, or that you coald bshsld
her loneliness without is being too gl.r-
ing.
Chapel sA 10 firth means q chapel In the
woods. The woods have disappeared, s1-
esPt here and there, and the country ia
adapted for grazing and dairy purposes,
and the fences are stsRe walls. Sach pile
of walls Ia looking down some valley I
never saw before. In Norman timss this
chapel was great resort this chapel in the
Woods), whore Nsrnans came from far and
near on the Sabbath day to sing praises
unto God land give thanks for his greal
Esod.sss ana mercy.
Oar Niesisa to Chapel was for grouse
shooting, for which We gave thanks also.
Instead Of shooting grouse ever dogs as
they do In Minnesota, they have
to be driven, On account of the lisht
osver the Moers afers, and We are placed
behind bxstss or walls, OF breastwo,ks and
lot of men With dogs start several miles
away and drive the game towards you.
They come Qiks ducks ever q pass) at a
fearful rate Of Sight and the volley fred
along the line as they turn
from the frat shooter for safety
only 10 fad another and another, and so
on, sometimes al along the line, only dem
onstratss that II IL not always best to leave
a straight course On the Arst apProash of
danger.
The dead birds are gathered, and per-
haps We exchange places and e on the
ether aide the bst6ss, aal the grouse are
driven back; OF " 70 10 anchor place,
and - change until lunch time, whom We
made for aa ed building that locked like
small castle, In shape, sad there va
found coed laslish ehssT;;' ate and drank
hearty, soIstsa 1l eur game, teld some
stories, qut left 1t to the good dinner
aftsrvar d 10 talk over the good or bad
shots nsdA, a. well 40 an occasional dis
puted assertion - to who killed 3sosk
robin" with good jolly stories to aid to
the "bilarity Of the occasion"
Forty minutes brings US to Manchester,
and now my shooting friends
have departed to their several businesses
and your correspondent is sitting at desk
indicting this epistls,a in one of the
efices of the great commercial house OF
Lyon, Lord Il Co., wholesale dry goods
(my friend being one of the ARM who
have branch houses in Liverpool, and
Bombay, India, who do business of ono
and half million of pounds sterling per
year, their business being mostly with
India, our tariff rendering it Improbable
to trade with tho United States.
I have not written to you for
long time and am reminded of my
neglect and Of Minnesota by reading in
this mornings paper of the great loss Of
life in the terrible tornado that has dsvas-
tatsd Rochester aRd vicinity in southern
Minnesota. sympathize with all In mis-
fortune. I know Rochester we'll from its
infancy in 1855 when a few shanties,
a log tavern and stsre were about
all there was of Rochester, with no rail.
road nearer than Dunleith, and houses and
claims on the praire were few and far be-
tween.
1t seems like q dream in thinking OF
Minnesota now and what it was In 1855.
Manchester is city of 100000 inhabitants
and does large business with the United
States and its citizens are very friendly
to Americans.
London is very dull. Everybody that
could get away have gone to the moors or
the fashionable watering places. Parlia.
ment still "holds on" few in num-
bers, and the Maternal Grandmother
at the head of the
government is greatly tried at the IN
friendly thrusts that the "Home Rulers
throw at him after he has tried to do so
much for, and to pacify Ireland, and also
at the rebukes of the Conservatives. Truly
Mr.. Gladstone Qike John Bright is g man
of peace-a good and accomplished man.
He smooths over the Madagascar affair by
gaining time, so that when the facts are
fully known and the outrage proved, the
wrath of the people will have subsidized and
the clouds of war will disappear by friend
ly diplomacy.
The theaters in London are nearly closed
for the season, and soon its greatest actor,
Irving, will be with you. I have seen him
at the Lyceum in "Hamlet," and "The
Bells" and "The Lyons Trail' since I wrote
you last. As Hamlet, in some scenes, his
acting is grand, yet in others, to me, it
was not impressive, but in "The Bells" and
"Lyon's Trail" his acting was very fine. I
have seen the great Sarah Bernhardt in
Fedora. To say her acting is grand little
expresses her merit. l saw and heard
Patti in the opera of 'Dinorah," and heard
her sing one of her Oldest and sweetest of
songs, the SHADOW Song" have visited
nearly all the theaters, and seen much of
London, dined with good fellows at the
clubs, ETC., etc. That I have, like
the rest, sought change and.
have rushed from "town," first to a fash
ionable watering place, and am now rusti-