The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-30
BERT HADLEY WRITES
HOME FROM ENGLAND
The following letter has been re-
celVed from Bert Hadley.

celFeu from Bert Hadley.
Preston. Eng, Aug. 9th.
Dear Folks at Home. .-We-Dr.
Forbes and I-are stopping here wait
ing Tor a train TO Glasgow. Scotland.
My last letter left us at Dublin about
starting for our return to Liverpool via
Chester.
Everyone knows of Liverpool but
rev know Of Chester. The former Is
the great gateway of England, OF
Great Britain, In fact More than half
the people, merchandise and products
that enter the United Kingdom, land
on the docks OF Liverpool. II is equal
~ true that the exit of the Ike Is
over the same docks. Neither persons
or things stop long Everything goes
there 10 get away as soon as possible.
Chester is different Chester is the
most ancient and at one time. the
most Important seaport OF England.
The shifting sands of the river Dec.
filled Its harbor and other ports were
more easy OF access. 1t Is still an
important railroad center.
Chester as a well preserved relic
OF the past. deserves a more extend
ed exploiting than / shall be able TO
give 1t Fifty years before the Chris
tian era tho Romans under Julius Cae-
sar commenced the conquest Of Brit
ANNA Within the first century Ches-
ter became fortified Roman city and
through the viciseitudes OF 1000 years
1t has retained many of It's original
peculiarfties- The parts of Roman
and later walls still are standing and
the numberless relics continually be-
ing added TO the museum collections
are unqucstioned records written in
an esperantian language that He who
runs may read" Nothing so far has
interested me equal to the great col
lection Of ancient Roman remains Of
Chester Coins. inscribed tablets,
tiles and sepulchral slabs, foundations,
columns, statuary, etc. mute evidences
OF the arts and culture of long ago
are unsurpassed. I am assured, by any
locality In western Europe. Caesar.
Tacitus. Strabo, Pin, Livy and other
classical histories of your library,
gave me more or less knowledge OF
the conquest OF Britannia, but nothing
of their habits OF handiwork Here
| sec the walls they defended, the
foundations they built upon. the stone
and bronze weapons they fought with.
lead pipes that conveyed water from
outside and hidden sources. utensils
that cooked their food, implements
and ornaments. all tell the story of
life at Chester 1000 years ago. The
four principal streets, running north
and south, east and west. arc unique
They are eIcavated several feet be-
low the general surface. The roadway
Is far below the level of the buildings.
These streets are lined with shops and
stores over which are galleries for
passengers reached by stairs, at inter
walls. Here again Is a second row OF
stores and dwellings above tho others.
The "rowe." as they are called, are
exceedingly curious and interesting.
There are scores OF other interesting
features Of which I should like TO
write. but you probably already think
I am a little off. but Chester stirs to
the bottom all my readings of -ye old
times. Wait TIL | get TO Pompeii, I
will give you another dose OF Roman
antiquities that will make you take to
the mountains.
AT Chester we stopped at the Edgar
Inn, one of the Oldest in the city and
once inhabited by King Edgar
We shall arrive at Glasgow to-
night at ten. where we shall stay for a
day or so. We shall stop In Edinbure
about the same time and then go TO
London for a stay of perhaps a couple
of weeks. Bert.