The sun., 1900-08-15
REV. GRISE ABROAD
Feels Well Acquainted With
London After a Weeks Stay
in That City.
DELAWARE AND GOOD ROADS
This State Ought to Have as Good
Highways as England, says
Mr.. Grise, and Farmers
Would he Saved Half
Their Present
| Expense.
DELAWARE AND GOOD ROADS
From Tho SUMS special Correspondent.

From The SUMS Special Correspondent
London, England, Aug. 4.-The ocean
letter writing finished, l turned to view
a most welcome sight, the rugged hills |
of the irish coast off Queenstown. 1t |
was the only land we had seen for ten |
days. Up St. Georges Channel and |
through the Irish sea, we steamed for
another day and night until Liverpool
was reached and we stepped ashore.
Soon we passed the custom inspectors
and were taken to one OF LiverpooFs
finest hotels, the North Western. Prof.
Townsend, the guide, who is to look after
our party'while we remain on the con-
tinent, was at hand to look after all our
wants. He is all we could desire. After
staying long enough in Liverpool to see
the special attractions, we boarded one
of England's firest trains for historic
Warwick, by way of old Rugby.
| At Warwick we had ample time to see
St. Mary Church, founded in the twelfth
century, and whose walls and vaults
speak volumes Of the doings OF kings,
mobiles and plebians. After exploring
Warwick Castle, where lives the Duke,
we mad pleasant drive OF ten miles out
to Stratfoid don Avon and inspected
Shakespeare's old home and surround
ings, including the beautiful monument
erected BY George w. Childs OF Phila-
delphia.
A drive Of five miles took us to Kenil-
worth Castle, whose ruins tell the story
ot Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Rohpe, i'm
mortalized by Scott. A few hours of good
train service brought us to Oxford where
we had the pleasure Of viewing the thirty
or more immense colleges of It's famous
university. Our next move was to the
! metropolis OF the world. Reaching here
late Saturday night London is full of in.
terest and at this writing, almost week
! after reaching it, we have an excellent
e idea of life in London. On Sunday l hac
y the pleasure OF attending services at City
: Roads Chapel, st. Paul's Cathedral anC
l. Westminster Abbey.
: 1t has been my object to acquaint my
e self with all phases of life here, high anC
T. low, business and leisure. One feels a
9 though he lived in ancient times, SO nu
a merous are monuments, tombs ant
g statuary of a thousand years ago. 1t ha
IS been my delight to visit almost ever,
> place of note and make such study Q
e facts connected with the places as viii
Q readily recall the written and traditions
i. history of the hundreds OF years past. Il
old st. Pau's Cathedral, hangs a bell c
ancient make, which is never tolled eX
cept to announce the death of membe
?. OF the royal family or some church dign
tary. ! have heard it twice, first to te
p us of the death OF the Duke of Edenbur
l. and next on account of the peath of a
~ arch deacon OF the established churcf
:. Old St, Paul's is full OF interest.
IT. The woods and streets of England d.
III serve special mention. Beautiful as pill
rs and clean as recently washed street
- they make travel easy and pleaean
Delaware can and ought to have just sue
roads. They would save farmers over or
MI half Of their present expense for hor
II; food ard rolling stock.
is One of my surprises here, is to learn
prices and see the happy condition
h, the wage Garner. can go to any of tt
Ii, great stores of our large cities and bu
ug almost anything as cheap or cheap
th than here. Some wooden and kid goo,
Ia are striking exceptions. The wage earn
gets as goou pay, for the same amount
work as we do. But he does less wor
.oS | believe that in a given time the ave
'n age American workman will do an eigh
"' more work than aEy | have here obst
we'd. These people are accustomed to
The employed for ages, hundreds of years
zen the erection of buildings. At home
md want to occupy the house in it
months after the contract is given and
er- our house workmen rush. But am L
rty to philosophise.
Today we leave for Holland, af
III. which we will get real idea of forei
tnv Inv tongues for 27 days.
ios G. A. GRIsE,
Pastor Union M. f. Church