Newark post., 1919-02-26
DESCRIBES TRIP TO
HISTORIC WINCHESTER
W. II. LOGAN, JR, A RECENT VISITOR
WRITES TO NEWARK RELATIVES A SPIRITED
ACCOUNT OF THE QUAINT TOWN

Confessor, was here with Emma,
his wife (for whom the Charing
Cross and other markers were
erecteD, after his return from the
Crusades. Cromwell captured the
Castle in 1645 and destroyed all !
but the Great Hall. He also put the
Cathedral on the blink-broke all
the statues but a few, shot the
nose off William Of Wykeham, who !.
built most of the Cathedral (there
were four churches on this site be- |
fore this one, from Norman
times) and destroyed all the popish
symbols. The Great Hall has been
a Court Of Justice for over 600
years and many Parliaments met
here. 1t is now the entrance to the
new Court House of Winchester.
It's chief interest at present is
the Round Table of King Arthur,
which has been hanging on the
wall for many years before 1400.
1t has the names Of his "a named
Knights, Sir Galahad on his left,
and next is Lancelot.
We were lucky enough to be the
only ones in the building and the
boy in charge, who has been there
for fifty years, showed us all over
the courts, the Judges rooms, and
answered all my fool questions. He
has shown a million American
soldiers through this place. In the
wall, below the Round Table, is a
wooden pipe through the ten foot
wall, called the Kings Ear, be-
cause he could sit in the room ad-
: joining and hear what was going
on in the Parliament.
That was all we got done that
: day Had good dinner and sleep
and got on the job at ten Sunday
morning.
: We first went out to Winchester
5 College, founded by William Of
f Wykeham as St. Marys, in 1882.
. 1t is in the style of the colleges
A of Oxford. William built New Col
! lege there which was new in fol-
t lowing St. Marys at Winchester.
t For all these years it has been, is,
A and probably will be a seat of
D learning. There are book of
= stories and patter slang and lots
|. of interest about this place. In the
: cloisters, among many other
:. graves in the pavement is one with
= this verse in Latin:
t "Under this marble lies buried
d Thomas Welstead, whom by the
r blow of a stone, death laid low. In
/, the school he was first, nor, as we
h hope, is he last in Heaven, whittier
e he went, instead Of Oxford. Il
e Jan. 1876. Aged 49,"
It Another verse from the Visitors
# Book at God-Begot is:
d reception warm to Alfred came
l. When, sheltered by British dame
S He burnt, of cakes, plateful.
IS More fortunate our sojourn is,
Who, for a welcome, warm as hes
e Yet gentler far, are grateful"
e From the College we went to st
Cross Hospital. This is higl
class poor house and like Chris
d Church Hospital, Philadelphia, i
not for i'll persons. The inmates
are called Brothers and wear blacl
k or red gowns, (there are class dis
stinctions among them even here)
and have a silver badge on the lef
breast with the cross on it, callet
the cross potent, because the arm
terminate in potents or crutch. Th
dole, which is the thing to get here
is not served on Sunday we dis
covered. For 780 years all way
farers are given this.
D. After lunch we went to the hom
of Mr.. Adams, green grocer, VIII
is the Verger Of the Cathedral, be
cause one does not get to do Eng
ly lish churches or cathedrals o
Sunday. He was kind enough t
j. forego his Sunday nap and took u
re over. We met him at the prett
IN entrance to the Deanery, where
some Roman pavement and wher
Id Charles the First went in to b
married.
ut Mr.. Adams gave me the pass ke
to for the Chapels while he lit tn
er lights telling me that | was tn
le first American who had that.
1e think he was stringing me. How
to ever we saw lot and he gave u
6. ten minutes, instead of the usus
re two hours Con account of the SCI
ey vice coming on) for which we Wer
lie lust as grateful as we had pole
S. up on a guide book the night bt