Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-08-23

TnlS Is large collectlOn OF paintings,
furniture, china, ETC., gathered from
many quarters Of the globe and repre-
senting many ages, and which Is open
to the public. London certainly has
her share Of the interesting things of
this world.
| Let us look for moment at anoth-
er side Of London. Go with me to
Smithfield market. This, suppose,
is the largest meat market in the
world. 1t is said to cover ten acres Of
land, and in the morning this whole
territory Is studded with beeves,
sheep, hogs, etc., hanging close togeth-
er, just enough space left for walks
through the market. Just think Of 1t,
ten acres Of meat! This meat is sold
during the day and carried away in
carts, wagons and trains, till late In
the afternoon very little Of it is left.
1t takes an immense amount Of meat
to supply the people Of London. The
city draws from many countries, only
about one-third Of what she receives
being home raised. London receives
each year 100000 cwts. Of beef and
100000 cwts. Of mutton. Her supply
Of fish Is immense. At Billingsgate
market 100000 tons are disposed OF
each year. She receives and distrib-
utes 44,000,000 sacks of flour and 20,-
100000 bushels of wheat. believe the
most of this wheat Is made into flour
in London. London's supply Of eggs,
butter and cheese Is immense
The longer you stay In London, the
bigger does 1t seem to get. 1t Is al
most impossible to grasp the volume
Of travel in the city. In 1902, over
331 100000 passengers were conveyed
over $4,000 miles of railway. All
kinds of public conveyances are, as
rule, filled and frequently crowded.
And the city Is still growing. The
population increases $500 every year,
and about 5000 new streets and TO-
900 new houses are built every year.
What will the city be fifty years
hence?
On August 8, We left London for
Stratford -on-Avon Clio miles away.
the home Of Shakespeare. On our
way. we stop couple Of hours at Ok
70 J, one Of the great university towns
of England. A carriage drive at this
place, gives us a birds eye view Of
the city and its many institutions Of
learning. There are, believe, forty
four colleges in Oxford, and Of course.
there are thousands Of students there
every year. Some Of the college build
pearance-none Of them especially
imposing. But here is one Of the
great fountain heads Of England's
power and prestige in the world. We
were told that there were in Oxford
the week before we were there $4,000
medical students standing their exam
nations prior to entering upon their
life work. Special trains were reQuir-
ed to carry these students away. Eng
land Is small only in geography. We
drove by the martyrs monument In
memory of the following illustrious
triumvirate: Latimer, Ridley and
Cranmer.
We leave Oxford at 2.30 p. m. and
in about a half hour pass through
Banbury, a place inseparably connect
ed with child literature. We pass
near Rugby and go through Warwick.
but do not stop to see the castle at
the latter place. Iregretted this very
much; but we can't see It all. we
reach Stratford- on-Avon at p. m,
and entered a coach which awaits US.
We drove out two miles to Anne Hath
aways house. This Is q very old and
quaint looking house with thatched
roof, simple and primitive looking fur
niture, etc. Anne Hathaway was
|Shakespeare's wife and no doubt the
lgreat poet courted her In this house.
We went from this house to the church
at Stratford in which Shakespeare
was buried. This is very old church
and over the place in the rock floor
where the renowned bard was buried
Is an inscription which ends with
curse upon the man who removes his
bones. I suspect this inscription has
kept the body Of Shakespeare from
Westminster Abbey. We now go to
the house in which the poet was born
and where he spent his boyhood days.
The house is old and quaint like that
OF Anne Hathaway. The ground moor
lon the street and there Is beautiful
flower garden in the back yard con-
ltaining all the flowers mentioned In
the poets works that will grow In that
climate We also saw the grammar
school building in which this man OF
all time went to school. It Is indeed
Thrilling to walk over such historic
ground. Stratford Is not large
place: it has, suppose. about $1,000
looking little city. OF course, Shakes
peare's connection with the place
makes It what 1t Is to the world. The
|public has erected a beautiful memo
rial building in the town in which the
lmost celebrated actors OF the world
render from time to time Shakes
|peare's plays. I was impressed with
the literary and benevolent evidences
which I saw that reflected credit on
the people. On the attractive public
fountain in one Of the main streets
were many quotations from prominent
literary sources and on one OF the
horse troughs (cut out of solid rock) I
saw this inscription: BE merciful to
all of Gods creatures" I walked over
1.-THE bridge that spans the river Avon
which gently flows through the town,
and I thought Of Wickliffes ashes,
which were thrown into these waters
and then carried to the Severn and
thence to the sea, a striking emblem
Of his doctrines which are now dis
persed all the world over.
On August 4. we went from Strat-
ford to Chester, reaching the latter
place at S D. m. mentioned my visit
to Chester while in Liverpool In for
rer letter: but was glad to see the
place again. I walked all the way
laround the old wall which encircles
1.-THE old part Of the town and which
was built hundreds Of years ago. and
which is now In a good state OF pre-
eervation. This wall Is nearly two
miles long. 1 passed right by the tow
er on this wall on the top Of which
King Charles stood and witnessed the
defeat Of his army, Sept. 26. 1647. At
lone point on the wall we got a splen-
did view Of the mountains In Wales.
Ii passed by the long single arch made
of stone which spans the river Dee
that flows through Chester. This
claims to be the longest rock arch In
1.-THE world, with one exception, which
Is over the Danube river.
aFtar onan1;nc verv nlea SAINT night