The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-06

1 bread q. which is called the English
and which rs pronoupched "ah.
used by The ''swellar and by the "c?t
bi, $" and "navvies, - the two extreme
- Of the socifl order. the great classes D
81 ieiwecn employing a modified form
like the q in fdf. IL is. perhaps the at
sence o. this IN our American speed
: which leads Englishmen to speak Q
the American accent" | have "A dis
tiugulshed friend who was travelling
with an Ergli.hman once, who said
You iankes talk through your noses
on know"
Yes. know the Yankees do. SAT-
my freud complaceDtlv. but IN ;
Vifginian don't talk through N,
nose "Oh yes YOU do. you know.
SAID John Bull feel sure that | bav'
met that very Engli-hmau tins summer
aud h talks through bi- nose like one
OF Cromw-ll's old troopers.
All OF this Is a good way from the
| era g of the DaIryman Daughter
which. lying in the quiet churcn-yaro
with weil-wOrn p,th leading TO II
across the grass, is If more interest t
me personally than Leigh Richmond I
famous tract which gave her Immor
laiity. bought the book and intended
to read IL. but although | admire ~
simplicity and esteem Its pure and sim
cerr piety. | confess that | found II
dry.
THE OLD SEXTON
who showed US around had been there
flr sixty years. and his father had been
there before HIM. He is gettif < very
dun now. and keeps on repeating over
ADD over a few set phrases which. from
sixty years Of usage. have worn so deep
in his memory that even failing mind
cannot dislOdge them.
As we drew near home the full moon
rose on one side before the red sun sank
on tine other. and we hal the very pic
turc which must have been 10 TenDy-
son 5 mind, when, in the Lotus Eaters.
he wrote Between the sun and moon
upon the shore" The great sun set
and left another Of the poets scenes.
Lit BY low. large moon.
Another day we went To Brading
Just back from LandowD. a village
which has dOzed among its great trees
since the day when the old stocks
which still stand on the street for show
were in use. and when the great iron
staple. as large as man g arm, planted
IN stone. beside the roadway, was EN-
piOyed To bait the bull. The most 10
teresling thing, however, near Bradng
Is the.
THE Old ROMAN VILLA.
which was discovered in field not far
of. y few years ago some men were
digging IA the field By hedge for
sheep fold. when they came on pave
ment three or four feet below the sur
face. After a time the place vas care
fully uncovered. and the foundation Of
large Roman villa in excellent preser
walton was found. The Mosaic pave
ment formed Of small stones. is broken
in some places. but in others Is nearly
perfect, the designs being admirably
carved out. All SORTS of utensils were
found. and human bones were in four
different places. The remains of
man being discovered forty feet
down in the we'll, with a great
Hat stone as large as hearth
stone ON top. What a tale OF murder
was there Perhaps the Brltons broke
in and paid an old score for BOadicea
and her daughters. 1t all lies buued
now under the dust Of centuries. BY
the way, | never thought until lately
how literal that phrase is. Excavations
ID London show traces Of the old settle
menis IN strata one below the other
the Roman remains being ten or fifteen
feet below those Of OH London. The
crypt of St. Mary Le Bow must have
been III comparatively nt.times on
level with the street, if not above II. for
the Court Of Arches sat in what is now
The crypt. taking its name from the five
ole arches. The street level has now
ciepi above the tops OF the windows. /
and Wren S Church is built up on top |
Of the old one. Modern London Tres /
above the old city. which. IKE Nineyeh /
and Troy. lies literally buried under
the dust of the ages.
We left the HehdersOus with MANY
regrets and returned to London. as our
business required our presence there.
We. however. had
ANOTHER CHARMING COUNTRY TX
PElIENCE.
Among The people who have been kind
20 us here are The Giliiats. 10 whom we
lai letters from Jrm Gray, and who
DOT only were most civil 10 Us here
u London. but nave treated Us in the
most hospiiable manner Ii seemed
Wellington Club. a. we were by Nh
IDWard Gilliat. about Richmond
nends. one after another H. remem
rcd their names a,tODishiugly. ana
etalus the pleasantest recollectiOus of
neIr stay. No man in London stands
etter than that of the Gilllats. and it
: worthy of mention. for no one IN
.lndOn has such intimate relations
Nth Richmond. We found among the
ictures IN the drawlng-rOom at Mr.
lgernOn Gilllat's pictures OF Palmer
nay and Lightfo0, Wormley ; two
Oys
After being in Europe for four
ionlhs. | can say that perhaps the most
rlking event l have witnessed took
lace at Mr.. Algernon Giliiat 5. IL was
HARVEST FESTIVAL.
4 harvest festival " what we have
cen reading all our lives-the occasion
men the laborers and poor people Of
ne parish are entertained OH his lawn
Y some wealthy man Of the upper
lass; but a harvest festival within
ght Of the ivy maniled tower ~
m0ng the descendants of the very
loughmen whom Gray celebrated. Is
ldeed an event.
Mr. Gilliat Is senior warden Of the
lurch at Stoke Pogis. and owns
,vely place within slight Of the spre.
here he lives with his three Sons. two I
whom have visited Richmond. He Is
man full of good works, and is type s
the first-class in England--the class {
which titles can add 10 dignity.
irving along the lanes between the
gh BRICK walls over-tOpped with
lruberv. one would have little idea OF !
le beauty which lies within. Tue car
age winch had met us at the station
Opped at door. aud We entered a |
lrden carpeted with the thick green {
9glish grass. and filled with flowers. d
i-siDg through the house, we founu C
fore Us yet other lawns stretching
re behind the other. each like velvet. =
/ which The drawing-room opened. il
bout 3 o'clock the visitors began to :,
rive. aud by four there were over :
ur hundred on the lawn. each one in y
; or her best clothes. They were all {
eil-dressed and Nell-lOokiHg Three n