Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-18

wine Gay and Prior ana Pons wsf,
sort 'N
Toms stood at the corner Of tbo
letza. II was on the north side. over
against fButlon's.n 1t was started Ia
th4 by subscription lis most famous
tg,eq1eatera were Garrick, Goldsmith.
alr 4oghua Reynolds. Moody. Fcoto.
or fhlhp Francis aud Dr. Johnson.
Near IQms' at 5 Russell street. was
the nookshppp Of Tom Devices. ia whose
til.y BACK parlor Bowel first met Dr.
johnson.
Then followed the era OF famous Cav.
eni Garden taYerns. There was aHum-
NUNS two doors from "Buttons
most comfortable Of old London ho,tnl.
rles, sacred to the memory Of Coners
Don and country parson' III was irs m
the Bedford Arms Hogarlh ana his
friends SGT forth On that famous holiday
launt to Gravesend Rochester and
Sheerness. The Bedford Head in
Muidcn Lane, was the iavurite retreat
Of the journalists. Ancient Tavistocx
sun stands on one side OF the market.
lingy, mellow and comfortable as VIXEN
the century oama in.
""b =. ~ al ~ MNftlu1 iNne
was the chief resort Of military officers
until supplanted by the United States
service club. Inc Piazza tavern, where
Mdcklln had ms old academy Of Bellies
nettres, was next To the Tavisiook.
Inc Is uiord Coffee house and tavern
was me great resort Of actors OF those
Garrlck, gum, f0ote' Murphy, Mack
I'm, t9wcett, Charles and John Philip
kemble VIII be the best remembered,
And the "Shhkespear,N the first tavern
set up IN the garden, stood ut tho cor
ner Of the Piazza and Russell street. 1t
was here We famous Lions head let
ter box was placed TO receive extra
ordinary inquiries, lampoons, prophe-
cies, scandals and all the odd pasquin-
AIDES Of that time OF free thinking and
writing
OF the more noted Covent Carbon
resorts Of the present time perhaps the
most unique something like old time
Cooweb Hall IN Now York, Is Jack
Harris, okussel street It's practically
an all night house for printers, report
ers' night editors and men Of the town.
who drop in before daylight ior part
ing glass on cup 81 coffee. The costcls
and market p0rtors resort here lHter in
the gay, AROUND IN Mhluen Lame IS
the welsh House former haunt OF
Dickens and the wits and epicures Of
ms time. ! have already mentioned
Rules, just OFF Southampton street.
II is the most famous oyster house OF
London, and the occasional presence OF
the Prince Of Wales brings 20 The place
every swell and nobleman Of the great
metropolis, while on the eastern size OF
the market is the National Sporting
Club andthe Pelican Club. The former
was the notorious 'Evans Rooms Of
earlier date, lnsthese too club houses
occur the greatest glove fights Of
Britain.
OF all the Intellectual giants who
knew and loved the Coyent Garden re-
gion, Thackeray has left by far the
most charming picture, "A pleasant
land he says, mot fenced with drab
stuccO like Tyburnia or Bulgrayla; not
guarded by a large army OF footmeui
not echoing with noble chariots; not
repleto with chintz drawing rooms and
noat tea tables; a land over which
haugs an endless fog, occasioned ~
much tobacco; II land OF chambers,
billiard rooms, supper rooms, oysters
a land OF song a lana Where soua wa wa,
ter flows freely in the morning land
Of tin dish covers from taverns, and
frothing porter; land OF lotus eating
with lots Of pepperli --a lend whore
men call euch other by their Christian