The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
q BySR. Walton Moore.

ss cIIEsTE BNGLAND August y. 81
Last Saturday I visited the country Of
the westinghouse 1t Is less than two
hours BY rail- from Oxford to the city
4 ct Northampton, the capital of n orthhnlp-
'tonshire, and from that city I'll is q drive
5uf AK d miles over a y ftst class road
tire highways Gthrough out ngland 5& are
as perfect aA liberal expenditure and
constant care cnii MAJ c q them) 70 g q
locality that can never fall to interest,"
Americans 81 ana "a espec lly4 ~ irginiar,s. "a
~ N 5rshch tfleE Village Of II tile B rington.
whare "a ana died Lawrence w ashing-- 4
Ton ana his wife Margaret Butler Wash lf4a,
kinnton. THE lineal ancestors Of George
washington, II drove through Il the most 't't
attractive farming cotntry Imaginable
gently rolling, vefys Highly cul uvatod.
and divided into fields by the aup ivers 'l-
ha wthorn hedges, 4 In which 4 am sorry
to sly the nlghtingales are not sing 81! 4
I'M. at this season. On each side OF ne
road wheat. oats and barley ~ N every
shade OF green and bro were tip
for the harvest, which has Just peg e !, un,
and here ana there we 70 great sire =.
OF turnips and beans, crops t i y. are 9
raised wherever the dairy busln ess &i +!
carried On IN Eng d. 81 In S the rich
meadows herds n Of cattle and W. n ace
of sheep were grazing or 81 seeking snel--a
ter from the rather iuncomforta able sun
Shine OF such a coudless day 80 i !s not
rare here In sumner. y here was il Nc
appeara,lco anywhere OF E$ haste OF Of
worry, ana here. I rs $s com mn, monty
IN rural n England, life sI8 seemed IS !. y
approach the very limit Of serenity 9.
III Is touched by "a spirit OF repose, "a
which the poppy growing wild ana .el. ploonl.
ling brilliantly along the road Sides, inisht,
@narhans. Be taken as the outward and
visible sign. III Nj q n u
Was Once Battle FOUND.
Very q peaceful now Is the 81. . coun-i
~ ~ Of Nor champion, and yet It was We
L one Il of the most conspi cuous theatres ire
- y acton n during the civil conflicts Of
Bthe mast, @ The Brington road almost ira.
verses one Of the bait Ell elds Of the W ar o.
tha roses and but few miles distant is#
the memorable field ~ Of Naseby.I! l me g
Washingtons participated lin these stru g
aeas and then some Qof them sought even en-
more strenuous experience s cross 81 ms the
ocean. N AT Sulgrave. In n Northampton 2.
( shire, is the washington manor 20. mouse
dating back the middle OF \. the si d;
tenth century, its porch xhiDitlng tlle
.fumily N arms. Is said TO- PC Huhoccu.
pied now In the adj Joining county g 9
Warwick X. rejoicing forever In the pos ses-
h alan of stratford on Avon. Kenilwortht
ana the castle 8of5 Its Searls, is q church CHI
IA ckhamford, where Is 81 he tomb 'i1 o.
Penelope Washing ton. bearing the same
arms These places I did not Wis IL n 9''
AZ n little Brlngton + was in the aW Y, assn
singtonS N house and II at III Greats BTU gton,
!, Nah M 4 second small vtllag e, q mile
gSurther on. III was ( in Y the church where
the progenitors Of the American " aSn-
8ingtons Are buried E3 ,s8f
Tn q house was bull y IL 16O6, me very
year the first Jamesto wnS ex ~ sct y
sail ana while sha kespear - \. tae
county line oyer$in Warwic k, wa g writing ~
h.a@niavs. II Isl 81 brick and sto ne, & aPdt
,$iike the Anne lHn thaway ottage a. g
stratford 0 has small IL 70 ms 18th low
ceilings q ana large I'll replaces and 4. 9. 9
matched 4 straw ROOT. Bull e flush with
ira road. there Ii n o I'd bu tsS IN 9Stne
rAa e Ia a "a rdenS bright wit Towers. ;sll
mousse and the Inn nearby, still display
ipp * I 8 name OF $'.Yel Saracen 9 Head
were doubtless the beginning of the 3y IL
&lnge, which has nj II I'D ened out very e..
much infthe three hundred yea rs q 81 us !
existence. ri The Is house was Al built II i and
has ways been owned by the spencse y
whose splendid sSat the th l' Caste.
annd mark. IL ( connected with the yitlage
M m avenue shaded by great oak and ans!
cir trees Il which could not have been
young even In the days Of the earliest s les
washington OF B ngton. 81
The spencers and " astin st-o on are re-
lated Il heard a nat I've remark that the
present Earl Spencer, who is az. eminent 81
statesman and leader Of the q berals N
the House Of Lords, Is vel " proud Of the
relationship and quite prob the Lord
OF Althorp In sbuil ding the h house. was
prompted by e q wish to have !. near ~, MN nm
his washington klnsman, for those were