Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-18

rector, and -vesper services began.
As it was Monday, this was more than
We expected, so we heard some fine
singing-the best yet in any church.
Maybe it was the acoustics, but the
whole service was beautifully har-
monious and lasted about 45 minutes.
We saw the bishops house, which
is inside wall to which you get over
an ancient chain drawbridge, the
whole surrounded by the old fortif1c-
alton wall and moat with t he water
in it from the wells, which are with
in the walled portion of the grounds.
to which sixpence admission is charg-
ed. Next we saw the ''Vicar's close
and kitchen, when here the old monks
and students used to live, aud which is
still used by students aud others as
residences.
AS it was getting close to tea time,
we took the train for Shepton MalIet
at b.30, having put in very busy
day. The next morning at we
started for Bath, which was used by
the Romans when they were in Eng
land. AS the old Romans were high
livers and great bathers, they had
Hannah baths ready-made for them
here by nature. The uncovered ruins
-sixpence each to see them show
they appreciated the fact by building
fine swimming tanks for hot or cold,
with the hot water always on hand
heated by Belzebub ard his imps.
They also had hot rooms for sweating
| the vino out OF them with cold
plunges to make them ready for more.
They had all the piping and drains
leadlined, 40 lbs. a square foot The
tanks were also leadlined. These old
baths are not now in use, but the
waters are used in modern bath rooms.
You can get drink for twopence in
the grand pump room, hot or cold.
As we did not need a dose of EPSON
salts we did not indulge. but passed
on to Bath cathedral, which,is not as
large not as fine as the Wells. On
the outside front are lot of statues
of saints, and two long ladders, one
on each side, on which we're saints
and angels climbing up to st. Peter,
who is waiting and watching for them
on top. Inside the church is, like
all the cathedrals, beautifully carved
with fine old windows and puIpits,
and each church has Its own special
beauty of architecture and design.
In two end half hours we had seen
all we wanted of Bath, so got on the
train for Oxford again, where we had
to wait two hours, so visited the
places where they actually roasted the
martyrs with fire, and not in news
papers as we do now; also the places
where they make bibles and preachers
that we missed when we first passed
through.
Christ church cathedral and colleges
are very fine inside, but like all old
Oxford buildings, badly time eaten
outside.
After viewing this and the old walls
of the city we got on the hurricane
deck of the horse car, and took ride
to the end of the line. Coming back
we saw the Magdaline bridge and
Botanic gardens, Magdalene tower
and st. Martins clock tower, which
is an old town clock with two jacks
striking the quarter hours. Our
time being nearly up, we made for the
depot, and started tor Northampton.
where we arrived in time for supper,
having travelled over $50 miles going
and coming from Wells. Having seen
about all we wanted hereabouts we
will next go to London in few days.
So with best wishes to all yours,
WaltenspieI.