River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-29
r. N. JENSoN IN ENGLAND.
From a private letter from Mr.. Jen-
son we give the following interesting
extracts:


extracts:
SOUTHAMPTON. ENGLAND.
June IA, 1898.
We have to stay here from last
Saturday night till next Friday morn
ing, so we are looking about and
making the most it. Here are several
old towers, dating back to the 18th
and 18th centuries. They are queer
old structures and the people that
lived in them must have been fiery
old fighters.
went over to London Sunday and
Monday, seventy miles from here.
In that short time | saw Hyde Park,
Buckingham Palace. Westminster Alb
hey, st. Paul Cathedral, the Bank of
England, Royal Exchange, and The
Tower built by William The Conqueror
about the year 1910. That alone is
worth a trip to London. IL contains
the crown jewels, all kinds of old i'm
plements of warfare, the old istru-
truments of torture, the death block
and axe, the cells where the prisoners
were kept with lots of inscriptions
made by them, and the old chapel
where the Norman kings worshiped.
l suppose it is the most historic spot
in Europe outside of Rome.
The country between here and Lon.
don is dotted with towns all along, and
every bit of ground is utilized for
farming. gardening. or parks. The
crops look poor. There has been no
rain here for twelve weeks. There
are long hills or ridges here of white
chalk. There are no buildings here
nor in London over four or five stories
high, at least have not seen any yet.
Travelling on the streets in London
is mostly by large two-story busses.
drawn by two horses. Fifteen or
twenty persons sit on top and about as
many inside. No cable, electric or
motor lines are in use; underground
and elevated railroads are preferred.
The streets of London are narrow and
crooked but well paved, and generally
crowded with people like Madison and
State streets, Chicago, and Broadway,
New York.
| saw the Lord Mayor of London
driving by. First came two liveried
men on horseback, then his carriage
Ia big, clumsy, gilt thing drawn by
four horses with two footmen be-
hind and a horseman bringing up
the rear. OF course there was
man on the front seat driving the
concern. This was only his private
mode of driving around the city. |
should like to know what his official
outfit would be. The mayor of Lon
don is elected every year. Generally
be is some business man, and he must
have served as alderman one term,
believe.
As you travel over the country
you will notice every now and then a
wall or three or four arches or heaps
of stones half overgrown with ivy.
These are the ruins of old abbeys or
churches. The country is full of them
and they are not destroyed, but left as
old relics.
A good deal here seems to be dedi-
Gated to the Queen or royal families.
They have the Queens Tor Prince Of
wales1 butcher, baker, shoemaker,
tailor, ETC., all oyer.
Nearly all the stores in this town
are very small and box-like, hardly a
decent sized store in town.
Everybody here in the service of the
government, city, marine, around hotels
etc., have uniforms, and red coats are
to be seen everywhere. They are
awkward to look at and appear stiff
and formal.
| do not find much difference in
the prices of things here and at home.
Labor is little less, so is any service
such as shaving, and rigging up gener-
ally, but not much. Taylor-made
| clothing is considerably less. don't
think the material is much lower, it
is the labor.
We go from here Friday morning to
Hull and there take the steamer at 8 P.
NJ. for Christiana. Will probably be
| in Christiana Sunday night.
| We are all well. X. n. j..