Telegram-herald., 1889-06-02

fESts.r~phis K14sh~. Eaksn A. tbs Great
Sty ~ Frs@xtes "A alf0sa-
f-4s.risn Fs.s-v-..<.sss.f.s-.-s

Y H Z A1l-4- Al l@rss1c rAt- Lrt
- = lug. Dont -sk for pitcher "
water over there. Nobody vii knos
shat yoa mean. Warning ale IN cold
we4sheF tley cali chilling T. Dons
IA sort II brass h0pper kept oD lar.
Noo.dy la Lousoa knOss Thames -
a nser. IoLd dEIver once 70 drive
he " river. Diems knO~ ~t-At
as-4nS. Must "a for bridge YOu " ant
that crosses Ihanles Such ~ '- " estLnin-
ster," ~ WaEerloo. Biz kfrIars " Lon
don, etc. CC>l spoken of as Goals.
NJ "buggies. aol4sses known as
'stresscle" Sold ~ the pound Chem
ist7 and druggist, different Affairs.
People spoken II as starved with cold
London English better spoken than with
u. All syllables sounded. None cut
or. Full justice done 10 the terminal
ing" Thus. London says speak ing,
America, ''speak-ln-" Lancashire Ens-
Ilsh next u Ciroctaw. Dey0nshire Eng
lish resembles New England English
Liverpool English sprinkled with Welsh
Few restaurants. Mostly coffee houses
or chop houses. Coifee generally sloppy.
Tea good. Frequent notice in windows:
NO charge for cooking" Meaning
this; Customer buys chop or steak at
market Coffee house cooks it without
charge. Charges penny for coffee. Ditto
for bread and butter. Special shops for
cooked food abundant. Ham and beef
shops" Corns.i Oeef. Ready at noon Can
buy down To two pence worth. Shaved
of very thin Superbly cooked.
Freshly boiled potatoes and turnips by
the ha'penny worth. Given you i'll paper
roll. Also soup kitchens. Soup only.
Pea soup and beef soup. Penny bowl.
Bowls chained To table. Also fish kitch-
ems Busy mostly 1T night. 1870 p. m.
for late suppers. Fish fried In watts of
oil. Potatoes ditto. Eight cents buys fish
supper for two. Pint of porter two
pence. Fish kitchens crowded at night.
Customers, plate i'll hand, at counter,
two deep. Also hot sausage shops. eel
pie shops, kidney pie shops. Boiled
"winks" on hand cart. Otherwise salt
water snails. Picked out Of shell with
pin.
Britain a land of bars, otherwise pub
lie houses" Our saloons there are "wine
and spirit vaults" Brass mounted. Heavy
brass work and ratings outside. Endless
polishing required. British bar mounted
for heavy work. Heavy liquors, gener-
ally taken straight. Liquors cheap and
as a rule better than ours. All measured
out to customer. Customer never touches
bottle. Buy by the ''go." Thus "a two
penny go of rum, "a threepenny go of
GIN" British bar divided into compart-
merrts and departments. To suit classes
and wants of customers. Thus ''bar
parlor,' for sedentary and social drink
ing. Bottle and Jug department" or
Family Entrance" For the maid with
the family beer jug. Other departments
for stand up drinks. All front on same
bar. Bar maids abundant. Bars as free
to women customers as men. Equality
Of privilege. Ditto at times of drunken
ness, especially on Saturday night at
Londons East End. Drunken women
common in parts of London. Also wo-
men in rags. Also women in rotten
rags. Find them on sunny days sitting
in rows on curbstonc. Blear eyed.
Slouchy. sOoty, s!ovenly. Beg of you
for penny as you pass. Live on gin and
herring Live in holes. Live anywhere.
Can't tell themselves where they do live.
One roof this week. another that. Not
much woman or humanity apparently
left in them.
Gin and milk favorite morning bever-
age. Among working classes. Reputed
nutritious .s well as stimulating. Gives
massive headaches and runs in to knees
If too freely used
Streets very cteanly swept. New York's
pig sty in comparison. No liberty poles.
All flag staffs sticking out of church stee-
pies. Economy of space in burying
grounds. One grave holds entire fam
lily. Twelve feet deep at first. One cof-
fin atop the other One tombstone does
for the family Epiiaph spaces left for
those who are - ,-nOw. No room for
long verses. Plc, ~ of sepulchral and
ghastly taste. ., in stone carved
over old church d...a.
Pomp at funerals. Collins black
Hearse horses ditto. With names two
IttL III ieI-lh- 4t.liS SWe"pin, the
ground Peculiar breed. Raised for
funerals. Broke to hearsos. Pirates
flag half yard in length from hearse
drivers hat. Plug hat. Hired mourn
crs. Clad in rusty black. More plug
hat and red noses. VIII mourn for You
at 50 much Per hour. No matter who
you are. whore YOU came from. what
you've done ca where you're going to.
Afterward adjourn 10 tavern near GEM
eterv, and refresh ou beer aud cheese
Ruby TINT on end of nose renewed.
Ready for next mourn. Business of
a prolonged perfunctory mourn. Al
vertising posters with scale Of prices for
funerals common On streets. Four or
five grades of funeral Lowest fifteen 20
twenty dollars Highest one hundred.
Burying a big business in England.
Every body dies there some time IN their
lives.
Copied following epitsph from a Wool
wich grave yard.
W. NJ o. ~.. 49, ys--.rs. .f-.r-