Connecticut western news., 1884-10-29

| just like any baking soda stirred Into water. If you ask for lemonade 1t will be brought bottled. If you wish it fresh you must ask for "a lemon squash. Ice is scarce here. The best is brought from America. Mutton is excellent, much of it is brought from New zea- 1 land and Australia.
 | The weather has been very beautiful and so far we have had none of the trn- ditional London fogs. One morning the sun was like a red ball of fire in the mist and the gas had to be lighted at nine o'clock. and one could not see block ahead on the streets, but the ma tives assured us that was nothing, that we must not talk of fogs till the cabs give up running and old residents are lost in the darkness block from home.
 We find the people here very cordial and very kind, always ready to direct us; and often in answer to some ques- ton, going blocks out of their way to show us some object of interest.
 The spot in all London that has had the deepest interest for me Is West minister abbey, albeit it Is a solemn thing.
 Through the aisles of Westminster to roam, Where bubbles burst, and folly's dancing foam, Melts if it cross the threshold"
 With bowed head and gentle tread we entered this arched city of the illustri- ous dead. Around us and beneath us were the graves of kings and queens, warriors and statesmen, poets and phil osophers. We went by the Poets cor ner, first of all to the statue of Long fellow, where some friend had offered the tribute of sweet roses. Near are the graves of Chaucar Spenser, Camp bell. Beaumont, Macaulay, Sheridan, Samuel Johnson, Gay, Charles Dickens and ''Rare Ben Jonson." There are also in the corner, statues of Milton, Shadwell, Thomson, Southey, Thaekery, Handel, Garrick, Shakespeare and Addi- son. Addison's grave is in the chapel of Henry the seventh, among the kings and queens; with most enduring king ship of them all.
 The most ancient tomb Is of Edward the Confessor, the founder of the abbey, who died in 1865. The most recent are of David Livingstone, who died in 1878, and Charles Robert Darwin, 1882. In the North Transept are the graves of Pitt and Fox. There Is monument to Sir John Franklin, with inscription be- ginning Not here <! The white north claims his bones." Mention is made also of his wife, who, having vainly sought him many years on earth, went at last to find him in the heavenly country.
 The chapels of the kings are beauti- fully built in various styles of ancient architecture and ornamentation. Within, above their tombs, are many recumbent statues of the kings and queens, raising meek hands prayerfully to heaven. They were not always meek, but now they lie low and humble in the grave
 ''The Knights bones are dust,
 And his good sword rust;
 His soul is with the saints, We trust
 In the beautifully decorated chapel of Henry the Seventh are the tombs of himself and queen, with their recum- bent statues and uplifted hands. Here is the tomb of. Mary, Queen of Scots; less happy as a queen than the hum- blest peasant maiden in her realm. There is the tomb of Queen Elizabeth. Here in a small sarcophagus are the bones of the little princes, who were smothered l by their uncle, Richard the Third, in the sad old London tower. Near Is sarco- ] phagus in the form Of a cradle with a canopy of stone. It is the cradle of the dead children, two little daughters, of ] King James the First. The tomb of 1 James the First is here also.
 l Among the tombs in the chapel of ! Edward the Ccnfessor Is his mosaic shrine and the grave of his wife, Queen Editha. Here are the graves of Ed ward the First (''Longeshankes'O and his wife, Queen Eleanor. Near are tine two coronation chairs of England, One was made by order of Edward the First, to hold the famous Scene stone.
 "Kyng Edward with tine lon9shankes fro Scot land hit fette,
 Buyde the shrine of seynt Edward at Vest
 nlinstre het hit sette.''
 The other Was made by order of Will
 liam and Mary for Queen Mary.
 All the monarchs of England since
 Edward the First have been crowned in
 the old coronation chair It looks dingy
 and tattered now; but on coronation
 day it is covered with cloth of gold.
 Among the slabs in the south of the
 abbey is one of Thomas Parr, of ye
 county of Sallop, borne in 4. D., 14S3
 He lived in the reignes of ten princes,
 viz: King Edward ", King Edward Y,
 King Richard III, King Henry VII, King
 Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James and King Charles; aged 152 years and was buryed here Nov. 15, 1885" Leaving Westminster abbey we re- member that Addison used often to l come here to wander alone among the graves and that he said of 1t, When ] 3 look upon the tonbs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when | read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every t inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon tomb r stone, my heart melts with compassion . when l see the tomb of the parent. r themselves, consider tine vanity O l grieving for those whom we must quick