Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-02

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On Thursday evening DR.. w. H.
S. Aubrey delivered a lecture en-.
titled Impressions of America" at
the West Croydon Liberal and Rad
ical Club, Broad Green. The Rev
G. j, Street, M. A., presided.
DR.. Aubrey said he proposed to
speak to them about a few general
subjects, and to give them a sketch
of men and things just as the Ameri
can cousins presented themselves tc
his mind as q visitor. One thing
that always struck visitor to Am.
erica, was what the Americans were
prone to call the "blgness" of then
country, and they often used large
adjectives in expressing it. This
was, perhaps, pardonable when they
thought of the vast extent of THEN
dominion. One was struck with
the marvellous growth Of towns and
cities, and there was year by veal
such constant development that ii
was impossible to predict what the
immediate future would bring forth.
In 1880 when the last census was
taken, the population was 5O,20O,-
900, and it was now estimated at
60,000,OOO. The natural increase
would only mean about 100000 in
a decade, but every year there was
an enormous flood of emigrantS
pouring in. Last year $4,000 emf
grants arrived there from every part
| of the world. There were 10000
Irish emigrants in America during
last year, but the number was not
SO great as in former years. 1t was
pleasing fact to notice that with
the spring up of these great cities
came an adequate school provision
That was fact he always looked
upon with satisfaction, for where
ever a town was planned, certain
lots were always marked out fol
school houses, and it was gratifying
to notice the intense solicitude the
Americans had for educating then
children. Such thing as prosecu
ton for not sending children tt
school was unknown in America
for the simple reason that every
body appreciated the advantage o.
public instruction to such all extern
that they were all eager to sent
their children to school. Neither
had they the religious difficulty
which presented itself in England
and he was perfectly sure the Eng
lish people would not get over thai
difficulty until they dealt with edu
cation simply and solely on a secu
lar basis. (Applause,) There wa
a rapid growth of churches as well
but he need scarcely say they hal
no Established Church. A clergy
man simply went for what he wa
worth and what he could do. In tn
Western States there seemed to b
sort Of rivalry between differen
sections Of the one great Church 0
God, and they seemed to have
: desire to set up little conventicle
of their own whether they wer
, wanted or not. He appFehende
this existed in England, but it cer
tainly did exist in some of the w es
ern States. With regard to rallwa
travelling in America the cars wei
! somewhat longer and broader tina
the Pullman car in England. TIL
fares were, as rule, lower than
5 this country, the exception being
4 Colorado, and places where diflicu
!, engineering works had to be pc
& formed. The fare averaged abol
:, . a penny a mile. Hotel life in An
+ erica was an institution far more
6 than in England partly becau'
If many American families lived ;
Il hotels in preference to priva
3. houses and partly because the An
orleans were a more locomotive pc
S pie than the English. Referring
IL what he called the great nation
3, habit of expectoration, DR.. Aubr'
s. said he did not know whether tn
IL was one Of the modern forms of Il
IS declaration Of independence, but
is should be content with very mu
# less of it than he had witnessed d.