Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-09-20
Many Shrines Sacred To The
Memory of Genius, Where AS
soCiations Abide
BEN JOHNSON is BURIED
STANDING AWAITS DOOM
Stroll Through Temple Bar Floods
One Brain With Reconections
of the Great

The day we entered London the
king departed for Scotland and we
gave our tour manager, L. w. Best,
the credit for the privilege &C indulg-
ing in little hero worship. Soon af-
ter being Quartered in a hotel in Rus
sell Square machines appeared and
we went for a drive over the streets
Of the native city Of our conductor.
AS we passed Buckingham palace, the
kings gate, the portal through which
no equipages pass except those
of the royal family, swung open and
the crowd began to gather. For this
gate to be unlocked is a signal that
the king or queen is to appear, and
since the queen had left town in the
morning, it was known the king was
soon to leave the palace. Besides IL
had been announced the ruler Of the
empire would be off on hunting trip
that day, so the passing throng was
ready for the approaching event.
First there appeared on the square
tower man to haul down the col
ors as soon as the king was off; next
two enclosed wagons, with prancing
horses attached drove u t
with the baggage; and at last, after
much waiting, the king himself ap-
peared in an automobile no better
than many in Baraboo In the en-
closed car with him were two friends
invited o o n g
trip and not far away were a Scot
/ land yard man or so. AS to equip
ages the king is said to be very de-
mocratic, often using an ordinary
taxi; but the taxis in London are tho
finest we saw on the trip. AS the king
drove between the two extended lines
! of spectators the men removed their
hats, the ruler bowed gracefully, there
was a courteous cheer, the man on
the tower pulled down the flag to
let the world know the king was not
at home, we thanked out tour mana
ger for arranging so fine program,
and the crowd dispersed.
A Shrine of Famous Men
There are many interesting and
famous places in London but nono
more fascinating than Temple Bar
or rather the immediate region-fol
the venerable relic was pulled down
some time ago TO meet the demands
of a more unitarian generation.
Here stands Temple church and sew
eral buildings devoted to the needs
of lawyers. For others to reside here
or do business here is strictly taboo
The edifice just mentioned is known
as the Round church, the Tenn
plars and dates back to the time OF
the Crusades. G'emplars of the well
known fraternal order pay their re-
spects to this house of worship in
London on account Of sacred relations
with the order. Inside the church is
a prison where disobedient Templars
we're confined and through the mar
row Sits the penitential ones could
look upon the choir and through the
opening could hear the service. There
IS a grim tradition that some of the
more refractory ones were starved to
death there, something like 800 years
ago Within the church are the tombs
of nine Crusaders, recumbent figures
in full armor In the little plot OF
ground without the wall are other
tombs of knights, cross upon the
upper portion Of the stone, hewn Sc
butchers indicating they were adven-
turers of that distant century. Since
the day of their sepulture, some of
the upper portions of rude stone cof-
fms have disappeared and the half
buried, partly filled tomb of the Tenn
pars are now struggling to produce
a few blades of grass. The remains
have long since crumbled to dust in
the disintegrating London atmosr
phere and the names of the occu-
pants are no more.
Across a walk and but few PAGES
away one reads on an elongated block
of stone:
* * * 3 * = y = X = = =
X HERE LIES y
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH y
!. - 81 81 s. * = y = = y = y * *
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