Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-12

/ tcHa you hnt" tnem personally fuf nO0uc
frohrm. While We were al solaeirth and
Reidsdale, they hardly missed meeting At
Hackney ard Drill aall, and often came
with hamper Of vegetables from the
Grange garden, or fresh laid eggs and gol.
den butter from the poultry yard and
dairy, adding to our comfort in housekeep-
ing not little. We would sometimes Wis
IL the young bachelor, and be sumpiuous-
ly entertained, enjoying tennis on the
lawn, or the lauehable antics Of "Jack, I"
Georges pet raven;-a veri,sble GRIP" Of
Barnaby Rudge;-who with the gray Afri-
can parrot, and the little green Australian
ditto; and the four Maslitf pups, capering
in the stable yard; and Dash" the Span
lei, fat and old, but still useful In finding
lost tennis balls, and wonderfully trained
TO do cunning things az he ats bolt up
right on his hsunches after the educated
dog fashion, the world over; and the snow
white cat, also capable Of doing things not
generally done by cats; and the coal-blsck
ditto, sleek and useful. but uneducaied;
and the little jet Irish COW that don't allow
herself to be MIXED except BY the man
whose regular business II IL; and all these
things within and without quaint, an
cient farmhouse Of wood, with low cell
ings, and rambling stair case and cute
rooms, little and big, furnished In pretty
styles, the ancient and modern comming-
ling very sttractively; these may give a
rough idea Of the "Grsnge" as II is just
now. The rather numerous family are all
back now from the seaside. and our jolly
bachelors have subsidized from sole proprie-
tors into two members Of the family, but
we are still welcome guests. We spent the
day there, yesterday, dining and taking tea
between the meetings making the better
Acquaintance Of the kind widow.mother
and the lovely sisters-a very happy and
attractive family circle, with whom we
shall have more TO do. when the tent is pitch.
ed That imaginary epoch is already be-
ginning TO BE- a land mark in our English
EXISTENCE, you see.
Late last night we received sad note
from our dear William Noble. "Noble
Willism"--eyer TO us. II ran:
I" Dear Brother Bcne:
The dear wife is dying. She is full
Of Joy and peace. PRAY for us. Ever yours,
VIM NOBLE"
We still trust, hoping against hope
that she will live. Wife has gone over
this morning with Willie to see il she can
be Of any use. o. this ruthless invader Of
our livesl Who can think Of death but as
the enemy" the LORD ever holds him to
be. Thanks to the grace that out Of even
this "eater can bring forth meat" But
death is an enemy" always. And he shall
be "dead death" one Of these dayr, Praise
the LORD. "The last enemy that shall be
destroyed is death" Thanks be to God.
Yesterday we "broke bread" with the
Brethren" again, and wonderful to relate,
| was asked to Officiate AT the table We
had a blessed time, remembering together
the LORDS death. can not praise HIM
enough that He has thus again brought me
into contact with this large body Of saints,
in peaceful way. have another invita-
ton TO hold meeting in another Of their
Halls at "High Barnet" from Nov. 4th 10
18th. after the Glasgow services. What
does it mean, we are asking. in great
amazement.
By the courtesy Of our dear friend Will
Ellis, we visited the famous Bank of Eng
land last Saturday morning. A "permit"
duly signed and countersigned admitted us
to reception room, whence we were led by
a Bank Porter, in light chocolate swallow
tail coat with silver gilt buttons. scarlet
waistcoat, and black pants. first to the great
room where the Directors meet 10 settle
questions that affect the finances Of the
world. II is handsomely furnished
apartment, with long and broad table,
massive and appropriate, and with great
doors Of solid polished mahogony; all
quite in keeping with the greatness Of the
Institution. Then we were taken to the |
room where a dozen or more clerks were
busily counting and sorting cancelled |
notes. The Bank Of England bills-the
least Of which is one for e5 or E25-is a
very PLATA unornamented affair, only con-
'picuous for the delicacy OF It's water lines,
and exceeding toughness. 1t is well nigh
impossible 10 counterfeit il, but at the first
glance you would never take it for Bank
bill 1t has rough edges, like the pres
ant fashionable note paper, being printed
in long slips Of two notes each, severed in
he middle, perpendicularly, giving each
note one smooth end, though reversed in
ZACH second bill, Of course. No ornament
'ut medallion figure Of Brittania on the
upper left hand corner and the G sign
heavily shaded in the lower ditto, with the
sord give" in heavy black German text
'fter ii. "F. May, Cashier" is the magic
word that represents so many millions, in
he lower right hand corner. Printing in
unning text, perfectly plain and black,
lpon paper pure white. Not color OF
my sort in either figures or words. II is
'early twice as large az our greeubsek.
'uch is the famous Bank Of England note.
Put once into circulation and cancelled az,
DON az il comes back into the Bank for
exemption in coin, and laid away for
ears. After that destroyed. If you take
e5 note, say, to get the gold for it, you