Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-20

Hliis-Age Messed Mountain Hnmicts
and Drcamfai valley rowns-Idyiilc
sauntctings.
copyright, ls, by Edgar l.. wakoman.l
CmENcEsrEn, England, July is-Ono
does not know hundr,lth part Of England
even after years of travel among her his
loric scenes aud about her countless
shrines.
feel this more and more when. after
firing Of grand old beaten paths, ! stop
aside, but n step u sometimes seems, and
End maze upon maze oi sweet Old hooks
wonderfully winromo In collective or indi.
yiiunl aspects. and thrse could never De-
exhausted. n one set out to explore for
such ns these aud know them never ~ little
when found. during the natural cOu!sc u
lifetime
It seems TO inc that tho west II England.
say the western u the midland counties
furnishes the most extraordinary number
d these half mountain ocrics. You need
not 20 30 far south or west hs Devon aud
Somerset, nor even into Wales. where
scenery has rnorc the elements Of wild and
savage grandeur. and where tho good folk
who can speak English ~ well ~ YOU can
pride themselves In making you believe
they cannot speak Il nj all. aud that Welsh
wns the language Of Adam and Eve.
Neither will you have 20 so 80 far ~ the
lake district, which Is all sublimity aud
hotel nnd posting bills. nor 90 Northum-
bcrlnnd and Durham. yertlurclcss and sng.
gcstlye OF coal. nor again 20 York shire.
where the shuddcring fogs flap along tho
srcwsoinc moorN
Hut here Ia che very heart u England.
where anybply that has two days time.
though he should have two months In
stcad, and two stout legs, can come from
any great English city almost as In q holl.
lay stroll, are these MYRIAD places Of rest.
fulncss and beauty, hidden coy from the
globe trutters' lorgno'tcs In the Rlens and
hollowA of these midland hills. with his.
tories reaching farther back than the timc
Of the SaXons' first coming, with the moss
of ages upon thain, aud yet all II them ~
sweet and fresh as the dew trickllng from
the Hottest nrnsss " Cleeyc Clouds aud
broadway Beacon, which stand like grim
old tower. above the Cot-wuld hills.
know the live American tourist Il
hardly worthy of himself II. having ar
lived In Liverpool on Tuesday or Friday
evening, he hes not "done" Chester, dash.
ID through bennington, nodded in n
friendly way 20 tho painted ciiigy oi
Shakespeare. become tired of London,
glanced 1T Kcnilworth aud Warwick and
swept around through the lakn district ia
Glasgow. tho Ttossarhs. Edinburgh, Alb
botslord and Molrosc. IN fact exhausted
Great Britaln.n as lac nhlyely and quite
correctly put, Il, before the first week has
barely rolled around.
But II this sort OF person could learn
NA.N g..
ldling rather than cyclnning through for,
iign space, and could got shuntcd away
from railways and then meet with some
sort Of dctaiu.ng accident that would hold
his lungs. eyes aud heart within region
like this long enough TO get them used {,
it, citation and radiance there would b,
one less ricochotting monstrosity amous
men. mud that much u u blessed calu
would come along thc maelstrom linua d
| travel.
A pleasant way 20 reach this lovely re
gion Is through Warwlokshirc. stop du,
or more ut strutiord II you like, aud loite
about the church beside the Avon. Thci
get an old boatman, mind you an old an,
| gArrulous bpatmGn, to row you down III
| historic stream. lie will tell YOU NOR
about VIII Shakespeare and his times thai
II the mighty bard had been his school
mate. DO not let him row fast. Give hir
time TO rest and dcscant upon the origin q
Roman roads and bauows and crumlrchs
and above all give him time for folklor
tales and bugaboos and whispered mys
terics OF the lordly halls high up anon
the parks and domcsnts.
Never care for the passing hours. tn
matches Of cottages lean everywhere Al1u
the Avon-almost to it, brink. You hav
no need for an inn. With your peasnG
companion you will be welcome every
where ut night among the pcaAntry. u
and 10y you will come TO the wales anon
the Cotswolds. Then will you see hnnlri
aud Villages dutting the valleys, imbcddc
In orchards, clustering on the hillside
pcrchcl upon the heights, and all In q NJ
cling OF lush orchards, waving fields With
shccketcd lines ~ hawthorn hedges ,
ienscr rows Of LINES, aga theme In tui
backed by banks OF forest primoNal, all
such droning quiet, ample content NJ
smiling opulcuco that, full OF the wine
tNultatlon Of u all, you again AMI aga
lrrcslstibly exclaiin, "llcre Is Already
last"
, BY and By your boat comes under u
shadows of gray old abbey town. Me-
Il is D,crhurst, whore kings older tlil
Alfred worship,d. Tho Avon has suf
itself 10 sleep In the bosom Of the slly
Severn, and there, by Olncy, Cnut aud y
mund Ironslde met and divided EnglHi
between Dane aud Saxon. Nearer still
the gray old abbey town Is the "liloo'
, Meadow" where tho War OF the Roses "
decided.
o Back past this now peaceful scene, pm
Q old thatchcd cottages, bright gnr'lens al
green fields, there rises upon the stranger
!. sight mighty silver gray old abbey.
!, Is tho abbey Of TcwkwhurN u Is mo
than Sl years old, aud tho Norman pilla
u OF It's dim old nave are enc hugrst al
highest In England. Few u the Engli
n abbeys, or. indeed Of the gsent Engll
cathedrnls, contain the materials OF h
u tory and stery which Tcwkrsbury pl
Y sesscs.
Then what wonderful charm there is
n the old half timbeFed houses 81 Tcwl
!. bury They lean over the shndowy stree
~ though they had como back from mi.
|. pad TO crane their necks and hends 10
" the affairs Of this bright and modern tin
Here you have Chester, Bristol, ENeterR
y, Coventry almost In one In the wealth
10 specimens of the old Tudor style In
gables, with their browning pinnaoles,
10 the porches, doors, inulliuned windows a
y huge chimuoys, In the oyerhanglng
4 stories and projection OF windows, IL
nrc no more quaint aud curious Ill
o. their interiors. with their spacious, J
" eoilingcd rooms, pHnelcd with oak OF ct
~ blaclsncss, deliberately carved and OF
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