Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-08-12

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b the bal .hng whscn " very nsrsksae
IL some places lti- white aud ofher-
black and bath seem - b. lr-i IN
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laS- -suiIful
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a. lrv.ag saws produces . '-psussand
and my-ser'oas ave. Vel may
the LazlI-h regard At ~ sisssr tea-
pie of tane A. one ks,ks .si the
hsn lFcds of measrsals ~ famous
peeple ysa sre really sys,achless
with admiration. TLo~eA - many
are familiar 10 all, ! must meaa,oa
last one IL was plssssns H. see the
basi Of America keloved pe,ei.
Longfe.lo~ standing ost - promi,
neutls and underneath IL ins ribei
To America poe, by hir aimirers
the English poess
The Houses # Parisaaseni are near
the Abbey 0R the banks # the
Thames These hoass.s contain So
many rooms that If yoa visited one
a dav Il would take a year aud 1--WE
months 30 e IN them all.
From Westmlnister bridge We
sailed ap the Thames o. London
bridge Near this is the monument
erected liz IN commemoration OF
the great London FIRE n l66G
wnen 400 streets, - churches and
1920 houses we're barned
We went 30 the Tower, historically
the most Interesting spot IA Eng
land Ii covers IL acres II ground
aud until lSI3 was surrounded by a
moat which can still be flooded if
desired Here Queen Anne Boleyn.
Sir Thomas Moore aad many others
we're beheaded For years the Tow
er was used as prison bat is nov
used as a barracks. In one portion
the crown Jewels are kept Queen
Victoria crown was made in 1888
aud contains 21s3 diamonds besides
other Jewels The Jewels kept here
are of fabulous value.
On Tower street is All Hallows.
a quaint church which narrowly es-
capped the fire of '66. Ii is interest
ing as 1t is the church where Viii
liam Penn was baptized in l64i and
where John Quincy adams WAS mar
rIed TO Louise Catherine johnson,
July 26, 1897.
We next visited The space on one
side OF which stands the Bank of
England 1t is an old building
there being no windows in the ex-
ternal walls. 1t is one story high
and covers an area Of about four
acres The wealth it contains, of
course, is enormous.
On the other sides Of the space are
the Royal Exchange and Mansion
House. Both splendid buildings.
Passing along Cheapside, we
turned down Mix street and saw
where Milton was born. A little
farther down we saw the tavern
where Goldsmith, Ben johnson and
others used to meet. We kept down
this busy street until we came to St.
Paul's Cathedral 1t would be inn
possible here to give the history of
this magnificent cathedral or to tell
you even small portion of the
beautiful monuments and decora-
tons we saw in going through it.
Saihce to say it is surpassed only by
st. Peters at Rome, being built much
ON the same plan, and the cathedral
at Milan. St Pauls is in the heart
of the city and from its dome,
which contains a whispering gallery.
can he seen about thirty miles over
London
We passed into Fleet street the
aone OF the newspapers, on to, the
Temple, formerly a lodge of the
knight Templars an order founded
at Jerusalem in the twelfth century,
for the pilgrims and those who were
the protectors of the Holy Sepulchre.
1t became crown property in 1873
and since l346 has been leased to
students of law. We went into the
Middle Temple and saw the room
where Black stone the famous com
mentator lived. where Oliver Gold
smith lived and died and where
Chas Lamb WAS born.
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