The Panola weekly star., 1884-03-01
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In The northwest Of England thcre Il
4 certain great city, which. 10 serve my /
purpose, ! may call lrkiord. Though |
lar from being second London. il has
n cosmopolitan character, which some
how sets i apart from other provincial
towns and cities, II Is pre.emlnently a
great manufacturing center, but its |
numerous other branches Of commerce
have drawn to II merchants Of almost
every kind, aud Of all nations; aud
..Iews, Turks. Iniidels and lIcrellcs."
taking tho words In their broadcst
sense, may be daily encountered, either
In the streets OF the city itself, or in any
of its large and numerous suburbs.
Greeks also. French, and great abun-
dance of Germans II would be difficult
20 find tho nationality which had not
contributed at least few specimens TO
the population Of this great, dingy
city. Naturally, In 10 large u center u
wealth aud commerce. all sorts and
conditions Of men flourish, or the re-
verse. according TO their circumstances
or capacities; from the merchant prince,
with his house Ike palace, down
through every grade Of smaller capital.
ist. assistant, clerk, cmployo, till we
come 10 factory hands, artisans,
'sropics and yagabonds. miscellaneous
trades and professions. good, bad and
indifferent In the great city there 10
place for some Of all. and they are all
20 bc found there; high and low jogging
elbows pretty often In the crowded
streets; but--and this Is ono of the
great characteristics Of the Irkford
psople--one and all, from the merchant
prince at the top of the ladder 10 the
beggar at the bottom. so busy that II
seems rs II hundred years would
scarce suffice In which for them 90 nc
compIlsh their purposes; too busy 10
notice when they knock up against one
another In the street, too busy, Il al
most seems, 10 pause and speak 10 q
friend whom they may meet; fof II You
will take the trouble, and be so friyol-
ously careless Of your time rs TO watch
the meeting Of two acqualntanccs In
1rkford, You win generally find that
they dash against each other, recognize
each other with kind Of shock; begin
20 talk very rapidly, both nt once, each
gradually cdging away from the other,
until at last tho slIghily-clasped finger.
slowly separate; one mans iingcr-tlr
touches the nngcr-ilp Of tho other man,
and with short nod. they may bs
heard scycrally mntiering "Moinlngr
In an absent manner, after which an,
ono can see them tearing up and dowr
the throughout streets. with almos
impossible haste. as II grudging tha
meagcr parley of n minute and q half
Just concluded. such things A. thcsl
take place during The hours " toll -thl
business hours. After the factor,
hands have ceased 10 work, when thl
warehouses and Offices arc closed. an,
the city streets werc somewhat lis
crowded. then. II would seem. Irkforsl
young and old. rich and poor. has som
leisure todevoto 70 amusement, rclaxa
ton. rest Of one kind or another.
It Is town surrounded on all side
BY suburbs. There are certain region
built over with handsome houses. stand
ing back from the ruad. where none br
the rich OF very well-to-do live. Thcf
Il the second.class Kind Of suburb, III
inhsliianis of which may be- comfort
ably oil. but whom no one would acctl.
of having n supcriiulty Of wealth. Thei
a-e yet others. 90 walk or drive thruug
which gives one sense Of melanchol
so endless are their long unlforl
streets. 20 exactly alike tho lntcrmnl
bio rows Of small houses; 80 porten
ossly similar the organ-grlndcr and u
man with tho street piano; tho blin
bcggar with the dog; tho Every 30.
but serupulonsly honest mrndicnn
who peramhulate them. singing son
of tleir mournhll hymns, or YET mo-
lngubriou< como songs Therc are
many of these streets; they are 50 lon
- monoionous. 40 dinghy hot In sur
mers - hopclessly bleak and gray
winter; every llttla housc In every lol
row Is 20 Inevitably inhabited. nj
brimmlng over with Children; the gree
grocers cart passes througa them wi
such mechanical regularity. one wo
ders how the Inhabitants can bear H.
II i into a street Of the second ord
that ivould lead ynu- a street In who
homes one would think there ought
~ happiness. since In II live, 10 quo
from The geographical primer Of youi
mo t'<rv rich. and no sxfssmsly poor
but chiefly those who are nalthsr o
nor tho other--it Is strictly midd
clax street, Lawrence street was
name; twas rather long. and p1sscss
che attraction of bend about mIdw
n ~ length. The houses below /
1>ud we're smaller and meancr Than The
ohose n This upper end Of l.awren
street cnpyed sescral advantages OF
elae loutr unr. inelndIne row II hor
chesinuts On either side the road. whIs
= The time ! speak Of. were, thou
r1unted n -irc. and occasionally m
oAafea, jusl beginning 10 burst into
oE(1I1llo network of dazzling. Yell
- yoenx buds and leaves. Il v
= l'n1iok q May, these buds a
I11y<1 uerp = ye1 100 young 20 hs
o..n 1nlfohed y the dust vii
v1llI@1 y I'm ~ passing carts Z
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