New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
THE SIGHTS OF SLOUGH.
Spots of Legendary, Literary and
Historic Interest.

The soil of England is so tticky s0wn Wiz
legends and historic and literary shrines that
one should Unexpectedly be set down from a sai-
loon or an automobile in any part Of the Io.Hes
OF the United States he would be likely to ma
something TO interest him This IS illustrated oy
the contents OF a little pocket guide about sousA'
recently published. Slough Is town Of approx
rnateIy fourteen thousand inhabitants. stuatsa
eighteen miles west OF London Il stands on US
Great Bath Road" In earlier DAYS. before a d.
rect rail line built TO the royal country sea~
members OF the royal household used 70 leaVs 'as
trains at Slough on their way TO Windsor. -tN'
miles distant. Within radius OF nlne mi-es' -
the distance from the City Hall 10 l5oth stress
this city. one may find the burial places OF Hs
mund Burke. Edmund Waller. the poet. ana %
author OF the 'EIegy Written in CounlE
Churchyard-" Two villages in which John Nl--
lived one still containing a cottage whose Io9
IS said to have sheltered the head OF me 0'lA-
poet are in the neighborhOOd Only SIX ms
from Slough is Runnymede. indissOlu5y conne0s'-
with TIE signing of Magma Charta by King JON.
There are relics Of Dick Turpiu to be seen =
ConbroOk. only four miles away and E1SA -
lege is only one and a half miles distant
The first public telegraph line in England IS SAD
~ have been erected between Paddinston anu
Slough In 1874 and the first time the teesIas
was used for the capture OF criminal was -
employment CT this line when TaWell- @11Ao. @1N
endeavored to escape to London afteT Coli-i :,
n
the city being known he was shadowed Iroh -
moment he reached PaddingtOn. and he was -, !,
uauy arrested Salt Hill. which IS suo9lo
Slough it will be recalled. for nearly Two ceIl1 -
was the scene OF the triennial hoid-ups Os -
Eton schooIboys Before the opening OF @ tns e. .
road age the highway adjacent TO THIS "'' =
freuuented by numerous travellers once IN - -.
three years IL was the custom OF the ScHui' -.
march in procession from Eton 70 mound % -
south side Of the Bath Road Here. aceoHpAs
with much ceremony, witty speeches "sfS - -.
bv, the captain OF the school and others A
same time and indeed for some DAYS 49,
certain OF the scholars. some wearing guam .s
forms with brass epaulets and small sN''- -
others carving long slaves with round na' !, ~
bearing Inscriptions. secured the couh1IS -
highway and required all Ito stand siiu
The money thus collected was known - : ne
II was applied to providing the cap'a'"
school with nlnds going to the univ - fss
vcss his custom TO express his thanks H ',,,.,rn
,r, f Salt FiU IL IS said that King -.
IN WAS not exempt from the attack % ,,,,ea
licensed Young highwaymsn. and hs eut
guards ignorant OF the custom. wouiu - m
the lads down az robbers had not the -, At
tervened Ktns George III was also a fes~-t ,a
tendant at the exercises and a conirl'U' ,,snsd
the last occasion. before the custom N'' -sssnL
IN lSs4 Albert the Prince Consort vas ,,r,s
The mound may still be seen. though i - -
what hidden by the surrounding house. v-rlzn
II was while living az Slough that sH =, tss
HerscheI the famous astronomer. disco' -. nd
Dlanet Uranus with It's four moons l"e -. 10
ot the great rejecting telescope WIN ..,-vsard
made his discoveries. and which Was - .-.nd-
used by his son. SIR John Herschei anu "a, "a -
son. Professor Alexander Herschel Is S.. s., xss
seen iying on the grounds. The Hs.' ms.
broken in two by falling tree IN A'