Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
From Over the Water.
WARWICK, July 3D., 1S9

WARWICK, July Sd, 1891.
My Dear Ones ALL
Not a word have written in my journ
al since sent my Queenstown letter, bu
we've been rushing as fast as we coalt
ever since. We landed at Liverpoo
Wednesday evening, about o'clock, il
the rain. Had to 60 over from the Cit,
of Paris to the docks in s'tender'' be
cause of low tide Then we went through
the tedious custom house process. 'Twa
done very rapidly. The large store room
was full of baggage when we went in
and before we left it was cleared once anC
filled again. They roll the trunks up by
a machine that looks like a horse power
rolling floor, you know, and the speed is
something startling. 'ris all done with
out confusion and noise, comparatively
speaking.
Our first night in England we spent in
the Queen Hotel in Chester. 1t was very
near the station, and, unlike most hotels
of that kind, is clean and nice and not
dear We had delightful breakfast
| nicely served in room all to ourselves.
After breakfast we took walk round the
walls built IN Caesars time. We climbed
into the tower which overlooks the sea
up to the walls. The old cathedral was
visited, too. We walked through the old
cloister and met company of choir boys
going to practice. They were little fell
lows, with white surplices and 'mortar
board'' hats, and stood with barred head
until the bell rang, when they filed through
the cloister, followed by priest. The
view from the top of the walls is beauti-
ful with the Dee and Welsh mountains
just beyond.
On the way to Warwick we stopped a
short time in Shrewsbury and had a
glimpse of the castle. The grounds are
mag gnificent. and such flowers, sod and
ivy! all in perfect order and looking as
though they grew SO OF their own accord.
A long walk leads up a hill to the tower,
and each side mass of green ivy, ferns in
wild confusion and beautiful beyond de-
yond description. The Severn could be
seen from the tower.
AT Warwick we took carriages and
drove to to Kenilworth five miles,, and
that has been to me the most enjoyable
part OF the trip. We passed the Percy
estate, fine mansion, and was reminded
OF Little Lord Fauntleroy as we looked
down the walk from the POrter's Lodge
and rode past the well kept grounds.
Then there were picturesque little cottages
with tlatched roofs and flowers growing
OH them. 1t would all look very much
out of place in America, but it is beauti-
seems to be so well kept, with flowers
everywhere: the tiniest cottages have
flower gardens 1--WE saw beautiful large
pansies, forget me- nots, Canterbury
bells and the largest sweet peas) or win
dow boxes. In the cities there are boxes
outside the windows or flowers growing
just inside. On our drive we saw varie-
gated elm tree, the leaves green and white.
Ills very rare, the only one in England
the driver said, but when hard pressed |
said the only one they talked about, any |
way.
kenilworth castle should be seen to be
1t stands on a slope, and IS
an imposing ruin. The part called |
Cnsar's Tower is the best preserved, and |
grand with the ivy growing all over the
east side. We saw the ruins of the old |
banquet hall where Elizabeth dined with |
Leicester. The walls and foundation of
the central pillars are all that remain.
We peeped into dungeon and climbed
the part known as Merwin's tower; [
think Scott mentions 1t. On the way back
we stopped at The ''King's Arms, +" the
hotel where Scott stayed for three meeks
while he wrote the book 'kenllworth. -
We had tea there, another OF those cosy
family hotels. We had ham and eggs,
mutton chops, marmalade, bread, butter
and milk. My glass was fresh from the
COW; | had to wait little while for It-un-
Ill they milked the COW, / suppose. The
showed us Walter Scott's
room; the furniture remains unchanged.
There is large illustrated text. Like as
!. father pitieth hts childlen so the Lord
Ditieth them that fear him, - which hung
N frame Oh the wall. The old inkstand
was there from which tie great man
wrote. We got out of the carriage few
minutes to see bit of landscape. Twas
IN old mill water wheel on the Avon. and
rom the bridge could be seen the rear of
Guys Cliff" the name of the Percy
mansion.
We spent the night at Warwick Arms,
lot quite so pleasant as the other inns we
visited. We missed seeing Warwick Cas-
lie because if was not open during the
1ours we were there. Prof. Powers left /