The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-10-02

Our first stop was at Salisbury to see
the Cathedral, which we found beauti-
fully situated in very large space of
level green turf, surrounded by magnifi-
cent elms; and at little distance the
pretty houses of those belonging to the
chapter; altogether the most churchly
and charming surroundings of any Cathe-
dral we saw. The building, of grey
stone is very plain but massive, while
the spiTe is the highest in England. The
English Cathedrals are very fascinating
study, they are so different, architecture
is so quiet and dignified, and the sur
roundings so beautiful. The town is
typhical English place, queer old build
ings, little crooked streets, and such mar
row sidewalks, scarcely room in many
places for one to walk. In the old days
the man went first and his wife followed
mcekly. In England they say husband
and wife so enter all drawing rooms, in
France arm in arm, but in free Americd,
the ,cDe goes first. The High Sheriff.
drove up to tho old White Hart Inn on
his return from taking the Judge to
court, and we had a chance to see the
fuss they made. He rode in very fancy
coach drawn by four horses, the leaders
ridden by postilliares; two fOotmen
stood behind the coach, and two men
rode alongside, all in handsome white
rubber suits as it was raining Almost
as stylish as the way in which our judges
go to court. We were Just too late to see
an English church wedding, but the car
riages conveying the people from the
church to the house were a sight, the
whole interior of each lined with flowers,
mostly roses.
Looking down on any English town
one sees a perfect forest of chimney pots,
made of terra Gotta, sometimes as many
as ten on one chimney; the reason |
found to be the few stoves or heaters,
used generally crate being in each
room which necessitates a great many
hues. Our next stop was at Win
chester to see the Cathedral
there, a large very old and quaint
place. The Cathedral has fine front, a
splendid groined roof, and is surrounded
by handsome grounds full of grand old
trees. Perched up on the choir were
several very old stone caskets, contain
ing the bones of Saxon Kings. Several
very queer old gates are left in the city,
remnants of the old ramparts; and a
great curiosity is the old banqueting
hall, now part of the law courts, with
walls nine feet in thickness, dating back
to the times Of the Saxon Kings. On
the wall hangs the great round table of
King Arthur, about thirty feet in di-
ameter, which was found in some out of
the way place, painted and hung there
by order of King Henry VIII. The
town was decor t d with flags aud
banners in honor of the fair then in
progress, but as it had rained contin-
uously for three weeks, it was fair
under difficulties. Reading we found to
be quite large and nice town, with a
very pretty park in which was splendid
colossal lion, sculptered in stone. There
was more to be seen in Oxford than
in any city of the size we ever visited,
more than twenty great colleges with
quaint old buildings, fine museum and
gallery, the famous BOdlcin Library
with its wonderful treasures of books,
old bibles, illuminated manuscripts, and
the Sheldonian Theatre where all hon
orary degrees are conferred, the candi-
dates standing in elevated pulpits.
Narrow three feet stairways lead to the
gallery where the students sit on series
of wooden benches, each row being seats
and fOotrests at the same time. They
raise some lively breezes here at some
particularly solemn times. All the
colleges have beautiful grounds and are
built generally about two open courts,
one behind the other; the queer old
architecture, some of it very handsome; {;
the walls thickly covered with ivy; the
beautiful chapels, and the common halls
where the students have their meals, and
which are nearly as fine as the chapels,
, all go to make up most charming
picture. Nearly all the roads and small
courts are paved with little round stones
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