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Show INTERESTING ITEMS- r From Old England. ! - d A Brief Description of the District in which I am " ' I;iboring. i ' . Denr IUnnkk .1 Hnvlhg been como llnic j r bIiicoI mMrcMcil you belote, perhaps I you will turcot ol 11 Mils I'ukIIsIi talk i ' again, vvliito I wrllo I will enlcnor to J j? (IvonbrtittUctcb ol rav travels through t , otinllMrld. Wo started out on ono of "? ,i ourfliio inoriilngD, Imt iioeun to smile '1 down upon ub. Alter pausing through ' tho lanes whero many wore killed and "i bohcuded In days gone by, wo nrrlvcd nt iho oldnnclcnt lllngo o( Kciniclvvortli J . (elx miles) where many tourlut go dally 't - toace tho old caatlo which ono would J ' suppose la tliusoiiyeiilrot tho town. On i '4, ,t tha out Bido 1 can best compare it lo tho 1 Jgj- old Miilllner grist mill which stood , f; 'vhcre tho sugar factory now stands. , t 't However there Is somo Ivy vluns drooi- ' . Ing, on' its walls, which resemble ,,.- hop vines which .ntnlno nround the 1 '" .' cottage doors of American farmers. On getting our lungs full of lCcimrlvvortli 4lr. we were soon in the lane which leads i tb Warwick, ' miles farther on wo I 'liter tho town, llcru wo sloped upon a o'rldge to rest, enquiring w hut canal is! this, and to our mirpriao tlio answer t '", " caiueitwaH a river, of course wo are ' ,k Himli-li now, and passed no remarks on , . its s're, it is itlwut 15 ft. wide nud 3 ft. I deep, ltut the greatest event was to seo "t twodrunkeumen fall into it, with beaJs downward, but you know beer barrels w llj flo.it, and these two could not get I any fuirer but came out well soaked. This ended our stop on tho brldgo so wo utarted up town enquiring alter somo iriendu, but not finding thorn wo Kent I through tho Warwick Castlo which I jfc.w - - will give n brief sketch of, sonio other K-tar"" Time. Evening iiliinlea were coming up-1 up-1 ' .ou us when wo left Warwick, and wo ' nad thrte.mllcs farther logo to Ibe placo licro we Intended to stop, lSutvvewcro . not recti v with open arms, and not ho warm hearted feeling that exists at lioru. was manifested, and we were told wo could not stop, mid was shown tho j-oad to Btratfoid on Avon six miles farther. Wo thanked our friend for his f'- iggrlrcy wlileh'he had manifested to us jnd started on our journey like pilgrims in the dare. We wat.deied on nud nr-' nr-' rived 0. K. but were very tired making ., enquiries as soon an wo arrived about a . N place to stop Afler seeking touio tlmo t we at last fouiul slielter In u i'ublic j iH'i'iiatt'iu an upstairs loom, but there . ji ypti w much beer bring drank below, and tho unruliy tongue of the KmjlUh " men and woman were htard till the early hours of morning, then in silence . 4vo sluinbcrid n few sboit hours. 'Morning soon tame wltli uuuther day '"- before us, bo we look bieakfast in u Cotreo House, where we satislled tho '( juncrman, and being in tho town which uearly eveiy body has heard of, the ' birth jilacof tlio gieat poet William Suakcspcatc, we proceeded to the house "S 1 whciehewas born. It is sltunltd on if f the r.orili side of" Henley St. about hall . f way down the St. At the tlmo of tin. t ) poets birth It belonged to the poeU . iatLer, John blukcspeur.. Alter liii f death the center part beeanio the dwell- - jug placo of the poet, and has been called -1 ' afler hlsnamooernln'o Tlio bouse av 1 '( largo rooms, 4 upstairs and 4 down, which nre named as follows: Itccord room, Kitchen, Mtislum, Comuilttc room, Hirth room nud Library, the other two Hot being ii.in.sd Tho Library contains nil tho poet's w nlngH and the Museum lias uicny old relics of his, such as bis old desk, chairs, trunk, quill-pens, quill-pens, his old ring and n number of other old collections that belong to tlio family, fn abcut lliocenlerof town Isnlwautiful statuo and fountain erected In his name, also a very large and beautiful McfTierlul Hall erect on the bank of tlio rive On-avoii, On-avoii, which wo passed on our way to Keinton 8 miles whero wo arrived O. K. and meeting with tho er.mo success as we shared last night, nnd could not find a place lo stop. We boardnd tho train for homo making our trip In much less tlmo than wo expected. With kind love to all friends 1 nin as over, Kd. Staffordshire, Sept. 10, HOI. |