The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

po,S' ornaments the Green in not . fsw
W0@sex villages. I pass one every day
which 10 about sixty fest high: IL has q
cro@stree and 10 unfortunately painted
chocolate. In our village nothing sur
wives % the oldsn May Day celebration
except tbs name Of the mast. though on
several days % rejoicing. such a. the
King's birthday, Empire Day and when
the Hearts Of OAK or some other prOvi-
dent sOOisty marches out with q band.
the AAypOls becomes once more gay with
q LEAKAGE of bunting.
Our Green 10 Of irregular shape. a. IN
usually tho cane: our forebeArs annexed
q bit Of IL whenever they could. AZ one
corner q dnckpOnd with q white wooden
railing. TO keep you from driving into &c
after dark. HNces the village inn, before
which swinAS q aignboaru diaplAying a
fabulous orange beast between a calf and
a bulldog. no far a. you oan discern IL
through the weatherstAins. The inn dis
dains 10 tell its name In wordH; you are
ekpected 10 know from the picture that
Il u the Red Lion
Tho Red Lion has q matched roof. a.
most Of the village houses have. and in
deed all through this part Of England
straw coverings arc still the rule for all
but the gentry. A ! stroll &ong the
Green thia morning I notice several roofs
removed within the last week shining al
most like gold In the sun. for spring In the
season for matching.
The owner Of one Of the houses by the
Green. q well 10 do farmer somewhat adj
vanced In years. is just turning In at his
gae@ when come along. Two well bred
fox terriers noss his heels subserviently.
and when one Of them wanders few yards
past the gate he shouts at IL 40 savagely
a. he can prstend. Come here. or III put
some whip round yes'
Knowing that he In proud OF the house.
in which his family has resided for q good
many generations. pass q compliment on
its picturesque aspect. which he accepts
a. q mattsr Of course. He then informs
mo that 70 was built on the -fish belly sys-
tenn So far a. can understand that
antique msthod Of construction had some
thing in common With the stool frame sys-
tenn Of modern America. I gather that
under the fish belly regime oalSen uprights
were first erected the whole height Of the
building-this farmhouse has three
storias-ths tops OF the upriGhts being
somehow bent inward. like the ribs Of q
boat. 90 a. 20 support the roof: then the
several noors were jointed into the up
rights. and last % all the stone walls were
put up around this skeleton Of oak. Tho
timbsrs. he assures me. are still every bit
an sound a. when they were felled.
The farmer laments the death last night
Of q valuable mich COW. "A mouse could
a run across her cream he says. To
divert his thoughts from the loss I call
attention To q little poster on q harm wall
announcing an entertainment NEXT week by
local talent for an ambulance strctcher.'
The notnbilities of the neighborhoo9-
Lord and Lady r.. General T.. the vicar
and one or two unore-Are Get forth In typo
Of different sisss. according to their re-
spsctive ranks. a. patrons OF the entsr-
prise: and Close beside this bill appears
another announcing . concert which took
place nearly two years ago. IL happens
that &C this moment somS one working
inside che barn starts whistling Justify a
street song popular In London much
longer ago than that.
These little signs OF conservatism are
scarcely noticed by the farmer II he
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