Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

and no matter how unsightly or old his
house may be. it is always made attractive
by pretty white curtains at the windows
and boxes of flowers on the lodges. In fact
posies are everywhere. There is always an
attractive little flower garden in front and a
vegetable patch behind the abode of the
humblest peasant who is willing to work,
and dirt and untidiness are practically un-
known where there is industry. r.
LIKE EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
Just at this moment am surrounded bv
one of the richest and most beautiful
stretches of farming country have ever
seen. 1t is south of London, in Essex, one
of the prime agricultural counties of En-
gland. The only acres in fertility, beauty
of landscape and perfect culture that can
compare with it are between Philadelphia
and Harrisburg in the counties of Chester
and Lancaster, along the line of the Penn
svlvania Railroad. If the farms in that
garden spot were smaller, the homes of the
rich larger and more beautifully surrounded
with flowers and shrubbery, the roadways
lined with the pretty little homes OF the
workingmen, one might readily mistake the
one for the other.
But rich as that single section of the
United States is In all that makes agricul-
such evidence OF comfort for its farm labor
ers as does this, and indeed most other sec
tons OF England where the soil is titled at
profit Romford is a beautiful little town,
quaint and old, where 10000 people live,
with as much satisfaction as in anv place 1
have ever seen. Quiet and coutentment
reign, and it is so secluded in its rural dig
nifty that almost all of the real typical con-
ditions of English countryside life, high
and low, can be found within easy reach
of it.
CoNTRADICTS COMMON REPORT.
/ have been travelling over the maguif-
cent roads which lead out of it in every
direction for week, mingling with the
peasantry in the fields, and at their own
homes, and cannot possibly reconcile what l
see on every hand and hear from nearly
every lip with the romances of poverty and
sadness that have so often heard at home,
and read of in our newspapers. To those
who have considerable of this worlds goods.
this is especially true and as to the country
families, who own the land, and let it out to
tenants, or till it themselves, nothing can
be more perfect in the way OF rural life than
the manner in which they live.
Their homes are beautiful bevond descrip-
ton, and their existence one hevdey of COM
fort and delightful association. Their orlv
concern is to give directions to their bailiff,
who orderssll the operations and manages
all the men who do the work. This leaves
the day open for driving, riding or visiting,
and as-ease and pleasure is the ambition of
the average Englishman from the highest to
the lowest, there is nothing to be wished for
on that score. All life seems complete and
nothing wanting. There is no struggle for
dollars or rush after position, such as we find
at every crossroads in America among those
who seek to accumulate.
CLASS LINES CLEARLY DRAWN.
Everybojy's place is SO fixed and reliable
tha. it is acknowledged by everyone and
cannot be disturbed. All seem perfectly
contented.
Whatever else may be said of this view of
life, it produces good 1aborers in all
branches The gentleman farmer is a curl
Gus character TO an American. He gener-
ally lives in a handsome house, has his
carriages, horses and servants, which he en-
joys, while the men whom be employs earn
his living for him. He paws little attention
to the details OF his farm operations, and
gives all his directions through the farm
bailif, whom he holds responsible for work
and returns.
He has no particular position with the
county families who own land and till it
themselves, but he belongs to the next grade
below them, and usually enjoys their re-
spect and is quite dignitary in the village