The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-08

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Variety.

unlike the Am1rtcHus ne ntff2tns tso.
Variety.
The average Briton's dinner Is not
as varied meal as thc Americans.
Soup, a joint, some caulifowcr or cab
bage, rhubarb tart and cnstard, and no
Is through. Caulifiowers are grown in
untold quantities, and are tenderand de-
licious, cutting like butter and melting
In the mouth like cream IL seems to be
| the favorite vegetable. Gooseberries
are grown 10 an astonishing size, and 1t
In common to see them thce-quarters
OF an inch In diameter. They are served
with custard and art made into tarts.
always delightfully."- palatable. / think
gooseberries and custard or gooseber-
~ tnrts are the favorite British dessert
in summer. They deserve the estima-
ton in which they are held.
In America we seem only 10 be in our
infancy on strawberries. never saw
any strawberries until came here.
They are as large as Georgia peaches,
hardly believed my eyes when / saw
some fine ones first. fancicd they were
wax. II Is now In the midst of the straw
berry season. and the magnificentfruitis
MS cheap as III is delicious.
The average Briton has bit of cold
meat for ten sometimes, and sometimes
he does not. But he will have an abup-
dance of bread and cake and jam; while
the evening hour is the great time for
drinking tea. which is swallowed with
out stint. This Is also the hour of jam
generally raspberry. Jam, butter,
bread and tea is considered enough for
the ordinary soul here before retiring.
Naturally Jam making hns grown to be
n fine art, and il is of n superior quality.
Drinking is universal. Ales and stouts
nre the great beverages among beers,
while Scotch whisky leads by many
lengths among the stronger liquors.
The Germans send over their lager.
which is deemed better than the local
brew. Men and women drink together
in the saloons, and London is the great
est embarrassing community on
earth. In the East side about all the
children do Is 10 carry mugs of ale 10
their parents. The climate is so damp
that the people can stand large quanti-
ties OF spirits. Whisky is always drunk
mixed literally with water, and II Is
not gulped down, as with us. Time IL
taken In drinking, and you seldom see
men rushing in. showing down glass
of stuff, and running out. They halt,
think about IL, discuss il. and accumu-
lGte their jags with the greatest DELHI
Grafton.
Drunkenness is seen about as often.
Notwithstanding this great ease-tak-
~ xufth tht..Ix 10 t..
herited the habit of getting full on Sat-
urday night. The East end il some.
what crowded with jags on that day OF
the week.
Comparatively few cigars are smoked.
\ good cigar is higher in price than Mt
home. The pipe tobacco is generally
good. Pipes are used nearly altogether.
and the coster, wherever you see him,
has little white clay one stuck In his
mug II frequently hns tin cover.
and he smokes it with the mouth up or
down, IL makes no difference. Tobacco
Is not chewed here, and they look upon
this great American habi. with disgust.
The big hotels are steadily becoming
Americanized, but the English wilt
have TO improve considerably before
their hostelries are as comfortable or as
convenient ms those In America. The
majority of the hotels look on room
MS place TO sfeep-nothing more. The
lifts" the servants, the clerks-every-
Things SO slow that IL makes an
American wild with impotence. The
servants nre well trained and polite.
thanking you for everything on earth.
al
bring you n towel. she says: THANK
you" The greater the number OF tasks
imposed on them the more grateful they
claim TO be for IT, II you told Boots"
90 go to the devil and kicked him down
stairs, he would say hank you at every
bump, and would bow profoundly when
he reached the bottom London Cor.
Atlanta journal.