Telegram-herald., 1890-05-10
THE SEVEN DIALS
one Of the Interesting Sights Of
london Town
TALES OF THI OLDEST INHABITANTS
Ghe shops tsHUHaef<els Anc fhsiE heef-
So DtneFeEes Between hagtss
sRd Ssiitax hsss BtEas AGe
flshcs Ia Steck

-atttr "a $50 e..
EyeTy stranger WHO oornc- IL London
inquiries soon after he has caught h.s
breath, where the Seven psais are, Ii
Is always source of comfort o. learn
that they form a single family, and alt
nol scattered. Upon reaching the
locality the stranger looks about hm
aud Wonders. bic wonders number
oi Things. bal the frs, thlns he desires
% gtt OF his mina relates solely a. the
nsme-.Ine seven Dals On ali
SIDES of him De observes men. women
and children who seem willing to give
hln al tiae information iu ther posses
sion ID retum fog al tho loase SILVER lac
inay have o. h.s person. lie never
before saw any men, women and ch.id-
rem resembling these men. women snd
children, and tsls KNOW ede. belcis "a
alm 3 retlcelce ihat May hl e.lr,iY
foreign g. as natlre.
lt ls sSlCuuI, however, iAat tAe
stfangel Is perm ttca 90 t.sIt ihe Seven
llalsWltuDuf setur rc some ulafmatNH
aboui the uega.orao4a. l3e asks WHY
the place ls rsi..to ~ Atl llas aud ls
informed tlat seven horouEniares Ia
dlato NOM conan uan ccuiei. 10 90 an
aI aIthmclcl tUrc az pa ud, hC counts tne
thoI0ug gniarse ln slgut, and discovers
that There arcn seven. lie HINTS a.
muCh, and thg hnt = received a. M an
indication ol seufu. IL tae oldest ln-
h&htant happen 60 bC within hearing.
ne VIII az once al faHce great cc4l uf
Information that caa lot D. found E
the books. Maat coe, tle stranger ez-
pectY lie b. aware. of course, thai tle
Seven Dals Was populols ne gabof-
hood when William the Conguerar
"Camg over" There were some weak
minded persons wlo mag red that the
Dlals came over with tie t0nQueror.
The idea was ridiculous. Na4 tnc
stranger ever heard oi a gentleman
named NOahy Wei, he was q person
Of considerable consequence before
William the CcnQucfof was heard OF,
and AOSh was frequent ylsltuI 10 The
Dlals. He became - enamUred Ol the
place that when hc was about 10 moor
the ak lac gave tips 10 las
| fayorte Misunderstanding birds
and fishes-that the finest spot on
! earth for such Of them a. did not pre-
! fer a roaming existence was the seven
| DIals. From hat day 20 thls, the
| Dlals had been famed spot among
! such members Of the animal kingdom
As found the greatest favor IA the eyes
| Of mankInd-in which the oldest IN
| habitant included women. II anybody
/ else was able 10 give any more lnforIns-
| ton about the D.als tie oldest inhAbl-
| tant said he would ike 10 see the per
son, after which he would, he thought,
| buy him as a curiosity. There are
many shops IN the Dials, and the con
1 tents of most Of them are 80 alike that
/ only the most intimate acquaintance
/ with them-ano a certain amount OF
| watchfulness on the part of the resl
| owuers-will prevent one proprietor
| from claiming the goods OF another.
1 There is a tradluo IN the Dlals that
! every shop has male proprietor 30
/ far as the information Of the
casual purchaser - concerned,
the tradition has no foundation.
! Ia the particular shop
! visited, there were two women, gfl
and a b0y. One of the WOmcu-the
| young one-was feeding 3 small, but
! strong lawcd bull-pup. The old woman
was descanuug on the virtues Of by
gone days and keeping both eyes open
/ for customers.
/ Whence come the animals, birds AID
/ fishes 10 bc found n Seven Dials, lf a
/ problem which would be thrown awsv
/ upon a policeman. 1t If pOss be that
| the fishes might not develop new
| characters Ia different surrounding.
| but i would boz useful % calculate that
the animals and some q the birds have
not al least two characters apiece. The
| stranger who wants - buy q oog ob-
serves with pleasure that between the
animal and the small gil there seems
exist a strong bond Of affection. The
! small girl d giving the the dog lump
! Of sugar, knowing That The dog likes
| sugar. and also knowing that
| the stranger has about made
| up bis mind 10 purchase tho animal
! He saw IL seems % be an sfiecuOnste
/ little beast. and the female proprietor
at once produces a list of virtues too
long 70 pat 10 one pocket. He buys
I the dog. and - rather disspponted 90
1 find that 10 shows no desire - llck his
| hand. but docs show strong desire 20
take pieces out of various parts ~ his
/ person. The dog displays no regard
| for sleep on the part ~ the entire
/ household On the following dav the
dog disappears, and experience no d'-
fculty ~ finding his way back 10 the
I Disls. Parrots that are warranted o.
speak nothing bat the most refined
/ Eng SD. and whose language while iu
the shop. "a Of the most rrepr0achshie
character have beer known after Their
removal 20 finer quarters g. carry dis
may n the hearts ri thef new owners
by beichlng forth words never heard ln
polite circles Birds n That sort
/ constitute = burden that can not
he got rd o. zoo quickly. Jt 20 curious
how lsrge s TIE margn between the
buying and selling priCe In the DisIs.
Show any desire e. buy 8 dog and tht
market Tor dog is extremely short
say you want ~ eel q dog. and there %
simply Eiut ~ oogs Bot the IaalF
car always - depended upon - fur
nisb any 6escr ption r dog for q vas
Their bone long before the bone fof
iost 50gs was thought q lt isan B
struct 20 quarter and can eas ly -
found by sur one possessed - MOD
erstsly fus seuse n smell.
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