The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-05

- continuously on the other aide. Thus
No Is ON the Strand h opposite No. $40,
and similarly all over the city; - you must
know something Of the length az street
And calculate closely. II you are near the
middle. 70 know which way % 50. In =
very long street this would make intoler-
able confusion: but they avoid that by the
simple and truly British prorss OF fire.
ouentIy changing the names. No matter
how continuously thoroughfAre may run
they have new name for II every time u
makes the least bend and every time IL
passes through an open space or y inter
ceptcd by 4 square, and sometimes they
change the name Just for luck" The
nat urnl result Is that I1ondoners never di'
rect 10 place by street and number; u II
con- such terrace, or "ofT" such square,
or lin" such place. or down" such .
way. and 90 on Exasperated Americans
declare that all this IL maintained 20 COM
pei the wayfarcr 20 hire cab, aud Il GER
tainly does have that etfect.
4 It w;ss so bewildcring for me 20 remcm-
her the names ON the route 70 my room ~
1 Z Bedford place-"cff bloomsbury square
that curiosity led Inc 70 try street one
Sunday morning. and though Il was com
parativcly straight the name changed nine
times within less than mile II there IL
one street which runs quite straight for {
mile il Il not laid down on any map. and
all the lanes, ways and thoronghfArcs
which maintain tolerably uniform course
as far as half across the city do not exceed
nine. OF these the most uniform and prob
ably the most noted Il the great Gust and
west route. Where Il enters the metrcp
oils on the west II Is Cold Hawke road. but
In few squares becomes uxbridge road
1t then takes on so many titles Of square, 4
l'placer and Terrace that there II not
room for them on the largest city map
after which il Is known rs Oxford street
for quite distance, with only minor varia
tions here aud there. II then turns very
little and Is known successfully - Hol
born, High IIosborn. Holborn Viaduct and
Newgate street. There q small squars
breaks it, and 1t Is thcnceforth called Cheap
side, Poultry lane, Cornhill and lHaden
hall street II then forms junction OF
" with Fenchurch street. and eastward TIT
one thoroughfare Is known a. Aldgate
High street, Whitechspel road, Bow roas
and Stratford road, by which last name I
leaves the city; and yet II ID practically ON
street all the way, with only slight bends
though many Of them. Oh, II il all ver!
distressing, but il Is money into the pocket
Of "cabby," who knows II like prime
and whose assistance you are bound =
have.
BY natural selection and survival Of tn
sweetest our Americans soon divided int
little squads, and my particular squa'
proceeded to take the most importan
sights systematically and In this order
The Tower, Westminster Abbey. Parlia
ment house (they call IT, New Westminste
Palace, Hyde park. the Thames TO Green
wich and return. Whitechapel. and afte
that every fellow at his own pleasure. q
mr. aces in London Whitechapel 10 tn
disappointing. was 90 certain the
nad not shown Us the real thing (beca rs
ladies were in the partly that went bac
mex: day with but one companion, an
when we had rambled two hours anon
the alley and viewed the scenes Of some q
"Jack-the- Ripper's" murders my frien
lifted his hands and exclaimed, "Gres
Scott. Indiana. is this alli"
Apparently it was all. but ] can IN
worse places in any city Of 10000 peopl
II in the United States, and some In niue
smaller cities. New York city can beat
out Of sight Is far q III looks 60. II
street pavement Is very hard and smootl
and Is swept daily. The houses are mostl
Of bright colored brick, and 20 the who
quarter has . clean and bright look
fact, did not zee . street In London
dirty A Broadway between the Ast<
house and the postofiice. The whitechap
children are ragged but not dirty, and q
people generally are - clean IS the ave
age was like the Hoosier in the o
story, who went TO see . hanging and on
succeeded In seeing fist light. felt III
hid been imposed on.
To all questions about the once not
dark places Of London the police invariab
I reply: "Oh, there are none such. They
) all been cleaned out" Sometimes th
| add that there is still devilment enoug
( but It Is done In quiet and genteel va
/ And must add that IN many days RAJ
} bic in all sorts Of places have mot "
/ messed an alteration or heard IN oath
{ obscene word On the whole really
. gin to like our British cousins. They q
+ not half bad fellows. j. II. BEADLR
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