The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-01
LOW LIFE IN ENGLAND.
Amusements Of Yarmouth People and
Their Visitors on the Beach.


Their Visitors the Beach.
[Joseph Hatton's London LetterI
The railways and the steamboat com
panies periodically enter into con.
spiracy with each other to empty the
sweepings of the cities upon Yarmouth
beach And what an ugly crowd it is
IL blasphemes, yells, drinks, rolls il
the sand, plunges into the sea, swarm'
on the piers, breaks the backs of hireC
donkeys and ponies, and generally
spreads itself like blight over tn,
place. ] don't know whether tn
women or the men are the worst speci
mems of humanity. They both indulge
in the same recreations. They drink al
the bars, ride the donkeys, plunge
about on tricycles, sing and s"ream
roll in the sand, and lie about on tn,
beach with their brutal partners IL
every kind of vulgar pastime. They
are cheaply but extravagantly dressed
feathers in their bOnnets, rings in theiI
ears, high -heeled boots, and long oil
short cropped hair. Their language is
as vulgar as that of the men, and they
speak in several dialects. The mer
tell them horrid stories, at which they
roar with laughter. At night they
make it impossible for decent people to
walk either ON the beach or the es
planade.
one wonders how many more years
must elapse before the influence of the
school boards is practically shown in
the conduct and manners of the com.
mon people of England. Democrats re.
sent this phrase, 'the common people,
and go wild in their denunciatIon of the
term lower classes" But use both
adyisedly, and unhesitatingly declare
that there is far wider z al of feel.
ing, sentiment, and moral worth be.
tween the upper middle classes of Eng
land and these Aries and 'Arriets' OF
the summer seaside than there is be.
tween the rnglish lower class and the
savages of the Borneo or the worst re
Indian of the plains. Take the people
of ngland en- maSse and it Is a great,
moral intellectual, and brave race; bU'
the lower strata OF it is As deprayed and
brutal as tho world in its baSeSt corners
can show.
But even on these bad days of Var
mouth, the place has its cOmpensationS.
Nothing can contamnate the wind that
comes rollicking across 800 miles OF
open sea- ,Arry's oath or 'Arriet'i
scream are smothered in its salty
breeze, and the 'Arries and Arriets.
like the crows flock together. They
hate solitude They drink and scream
in company. They only monopolize {
certain tent of the beach opposite the
terraces of fine houses on the espianade.
night and left of them there are vast
sandy deserts You can have the Coun.
try right and left to yourself, or yo
can 60 to the most picturesque and i'll.
teresting spot on the immediate coast
the mouth of the harbor.
This place is called Uorleston, and il
is here the ships come and go, the tide
racing in at sdch speed that this is the
third or fourth harbor Yarmouth has
constructed for herself. 1t was here
that Nelson landed after the bat le OF
the Nile, and here to this day is ex-
hibited the proves of the fritish sailor,
for from hence be goes forth tc
fight the breakers of the North sea-
Sitting at the mouth of the harbor one
day l dropped into conversation with
an American from Philadelphia.
What has most impressed you or
this side2" | asked in the course OF oul
conversation.
Its solidity," he replied; ''its solidity.
The English are the best builders,
should say, in the world; they seem te
like building; where we have fence
they have wall; where we have a
wooden city they have stone pier
where we have wooden sidewalk they
have granite pavement; we are IN a
hurry about everything; content with
makeshifts; the English are never in a
hurry, and they hate makeshifts.
reckon We lick the English in inventing
things, saving labor, and in steamboats,.
and except that admire the little gar
dens to the humblest homes in England,
l think Philadelphia can match the Ole
country for homes; but, as said be-
fore, solid is the word | should write
down to describe England.