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Show '; SOMETHLNG MORE B-"Hticam OLD ENGLAND. 'f SHGMIlsl.D CONFERENCE. i ' Dear Uannur: i 4 . Tho cunloiiis ot people ', ' lunll i-ltnica dilTer, nml ulieii ymigct Mp acvon or tight tliuUBitml miles outeiile ol ' 'HaV" ' llio quiet precincts of l.uhl, onn bcoi- 1 - m.niy thliw not kooii nt liomo. I will i , tell you briefly of i few Hint may 1 ' ' bccm, nlinu.it nny tiny from my wimlou ', it 1S!5 Darlington b feet. Not lonj titter my nrrlvlnl, I win - ,, wnkciU'ilontMnoruliigtiyn peculiar nol-t i ' on tlio windows. Looking out I buw n llttlo girl nbout fourteen years of age wllli a roil about llftcou feet long, on ono end of which wni dangling a iniinbvr of loo) wircH. This llttlo fclrl was Rolnjr down thustraut waking people up by ruttellns tlies3 loo; wires naiint tlio ,xl neconit story windows. Slio would rap 1 B1 -- -"""' ' "In nnsjwcr was given, tlien pass on 1 totlionuxt. Tlicso p;reon3 are called B "knockersup'1 nn I get from ono lo tbrco ' Jj pontiles nor week from meli person awakened Nearly all who wofk In 1 itie factories and coal-pits employ (hem fic and iptlw n number earn alivelyhoodln ffl this way. a Tlio colliers aru tlie llrstdnes at1w'ork 9 in the morning, and nbnut -1 a. lii.jl nm I nuiikeded by their Iron shod clogaetrlk,- I ingon tho pavements. Theeo moi) earn I ' .nil they gat. It will be remembcre that I l.irt. year tho colliers of Kngland carried I on a striku against a reduction o( i5 per i:cnt, until they c.imo nearly starving. This year tie mine owners havocut them Oom u 15 per cent. It is Impossible for theui to lay by nnything under present i-oiulltiuna, so when anything befalls thum they are thrown upon the, charity of the public. Tliejr drees f speaking of outsido drcsn) consists of a ,. HBaM" Hnall cap, J.tckcttKiuacM jnU pgs. Z3rr "vli'e"iro'rkiiig lliefn eir ilniyVirati-rc- pants wlilrh come nearly to their knees nnd n pair of clogs. Tho average collier U now making from $4 to $8 per week. I'fliey i'.et from fifteen jence to' two BhIII-ingB BhIII-ingB per ton for mining tho coal, but tho mino owners get ciht tiitcs thai much iromthocuitomcrtt. About nn hour utter tho colliers sn, aio factory girls can be lieaid making tho idr ring with the patter of their clogs on the flagstones. Tho claltir of their -logs and their Incessant "gammon" I always awakuns me. I have told vou of their drees nnd appenranco outside. j When in tho mills they don" nearly all j ihelr clothing and put on a long cotton ! jtpron which i caches below their knees J mid just ubovo their dhows. Tho I - ' factories-oro rfgularly insK'Ctcil audi u-licu obo of tin.' girls becomes ill, shu Js i 3iroUltoriiiM"liillimuny."A penny1 1 3or week is kept outollhelr wages for' this purpose. When ono of their mem-' I hern cliangoa her single ntntc, an mum- ' i r sner.t of two or three pence Is levied vvlth which to buy a present und n tlcmljon of ale with which to celebrate, i t' Their hours are from 11 a. in. till 0 :S0 p. : m. for whleh tiny receive from (I 25 to H ,8.) per week. Ten reach ft.BO, thu nvcrngo being about )3.25; Forordlh-iiry Forordlh-iiry bleechiitg thev rcceivo SpciKoOU i ueiits) for every 00 yards. Getting mnr- yled does net seem to stop them from M-orklngin tho mlllsjono old lady who ... . Jins given birth to nlnteen children is threading shuttles as whan sho was a Mushing danil of sweet sixteen. Tho streetcars Hint pass by are run bj ileum, ns yctlliavn't seen nn olcctrlr ar In England. They nil havo two itorlcs. It would not bo English If they lid not linvo npartments for the two las!e. Tboso wljo rldo In the lowei apartments pny tbrco "apenco" poi mile while those In thouppcrnpartiucntr pay ono penny. 1'romOp. nr. on, the air Is rent with soundB ot traveling mcichnnta who Bel1 everything from "perywinkles" up, "1'irry winkles" nro In shells slmlliar tc those found on tho shores ot our lnkt and nro picked out with a pin, tho paint ot which is ellghlly bent. Virst ia tin milk wagon. "Milk threepence n quart." America is not tho only plate where "I.itllo drops ofwntcrnnd llttlo grai.nr of panel make tho milk nnd grocery men mighty In tho land." Last evening I wished poino milk for my supper, so hailing a young fellow, ho enmo running over with nqunrt. I raised tho lid from tho can and noticed tho milk being rovcrtd with BcmethlngHinilnr todust, drew his attention to It. Taking hh jack knifooutho handed It to mo saying, "Oh, just fllr It. It'll go off." I belcivo that boy Is too honest to wnlei Ids milk, but milk quite thin is prefer able to milk made thick In an uunaturn way. Thoro h nn "old man whoromes by driving n donkey whoco ery Is "Fresh llukes, tupenco n pound, limy 'iiddy, klppeied 'erriiif, thrco n penny, cockles, perywinkles 'apenuy n quart, all fresh' all fresh," Tho old uiun lias a habit of whittling n stick, so characteristic of a Yankee Hint I win induced to buy some "fr-'sh llukes," but I learned that ho was whittling tho stick only to proguo thu donkey with, nnd Hint his ilukeswcrc of tho kind that 'might have been." Many wagons loaded with nlo (lx-cr) pass by my window each day, 1 should cellmate ten or fifteen tons per day. Nearly every prominent corner in the kingdom isndorncd withaealoou (called u public house). Tho colliers are so noted for '.heir Unchristian worthlpof llacclmsj that ono of the papers Bpcaklng ot u certain Incident headed tho article "A light between Colliers nnd Christ-fans." Christ-fans." A party once Eoko ot us ns rAineilcnliq nnd-wlici) nkc'd Kowlio know Tt7TcniafUratlfalha"1faw" us "drinking water at certain fountain. "Englishmen" "English-men" ho continued "always go Into a public houao when Ihey arc thirst)." Living on u fashonablo street, wo ceo many funeral coaches und wedding' carriages pass by. llio grooms who, drive thcei' coaches hayp n drnis pecullcrly their own. High silk hats, spotless linen, colnrs coming just beneatli their ears, stylishly cut coat with two rowsot brusH or silver buttons in front and tour largo ones behind, tight while panto, and yellow fcgglngs, really, tho most gentlemanly looking follow in England. The funernl coaches could not be used for wrddlugH, audit would bo un unpardonable un-pardonable blench to use n weddlm; coach for funerals. The horses used for a funeral are of a dillercnt pedigico to all other horsy-i. They are jet black, long built though nol good travelers, and have uuusuhlly loii nidus and talli. All other horses are conspliious for their abridgement In this latter! respect. It coata qulto an amount to die leej-fctable in this couniiy, for theiu roaclus i'omiq )igh and none other kinds aro permissible. i Yctiteidny tins joung lady living on the opposite elie of the etriilfruin m 'was wedlocked to u Scottish baron, !a great number ot coaclmj was ' present teponwy tho lilnnliiiiK piir to ' and from tho chunjli lyhoro tho nuptfal knot wai tbd, Thero weri) sov-iral hundred of tho neighbors present who thromigcd tho "walks outside. When it was announced that tho brlda wni about to appear, u death liko stilliKs prevailed, nnd na sho trippingly ran to her rnrrinpo'n Miow cr of rise was jiourci1 titjon her from n hundred hands. Thii was nli rejicatcd asthcy left tho chuieh after llic ceremony. Itelurning n grand featt was In store, after -rhlch they ro-entered ro-entered thelrjcarriago and tookthe first train for Scotland thero to spend n few months thinking over what ihey luu! done. As tho carriage drove away it shower of old slippers followed It, anil 1 noticed two satin oes dangling along ha ing been tied behind ns un omen ot lowl luck. f am informed that in a certain part ol Lancashire when thu bride andgroum are relurnleg from the church the boyt of tho neighborhood throw n lot of pennies, pen-nies, 'appenlcs and thrlpenny-blts at the groom who after tho feast adds a few more to them, make them red hot In nn oven nnd throws them back at tho little urchans. Hut nil marriages nro not the samo na described above. Often a factory girl will leave her weaving frame at six o'clock in tho ( veiling in her slngl stale, r.nd icttirn to work at six next morning, nnd her husband be digging coal nt his usunl time as if nothing noth-ing out of the ordinary way had ever happened, the only cxjicnso having Ucn n "two and six pence" for the pareon. Yours Truly, l.OHj. Vlsan,Sept.l.', 1S3I. |