Show I BERT HAlLEY HADLEY WRITES HOME FROM The leter hn has been re received from Bert Hadley Pren Preston Eng Aug E Dea Dear Polka Folks at ad and Iare stopping here lag Ing for Cor a train t to Glasgow M My lat last leter letter leon left u us at Dublin abut about Chester starting for our return to LiverPOOl va via Everone Everyone know knovs or of bUt row few know of thester Te The fore former i iS the tho goat great gateway or of Ead ot O Britain In faeL More oro ta than ht half I the people merchandise and produCtS that enter the United land landon on oa the doks docks of oC Liverpool It it Is equal equally 13 ly true that Lo the exit edt of the like Is over te the same dos docks Neiter Neither persons or tings things stop long Everything goes U there re t to get away a a son soon a as possible Chester Is Chester Is the most and at ono one time the most important seaport of oC Englad England The shifting sands 01 of te the Dee Deo tied filled It Its habr harbor and oter other ports er more easy eay of aces It is still an important railroad center Chester as a wel well preserved relic or of the past deserves extend extended a more ed exploiting than I sal shall be able able t to give It IL rt Fifty years before to the Cbs Chris Chrisian ian er era to tho Ras Romans unde under Julius Ce Can Cansar sar commenced to the conquest or of Bit Brit Britannia anni annia Within te the first century Ce Ches Chester ter became a fored fortified Roman cy city ad and through te the vicissitudes ot of 20 2000 years It has retained may many of Is its original yr peculiarities The Tho parts of Rom and Inter hater wals wails sUll are standing a and the numberless relics be belag In lag ade added to te the museum collections are unquestioned records written In In Inan nn an language tat that He who k runs may rea read so far h has interested rae me to the gent great co col collection lecton lection ot of ancient Roman remains or of I Chester Cons inscribed tablets lies ad and sepulchral slabs foundations I clums columns etc elc mute evidences es of te the a aits a and culture or of Ion long ag ago I I are aro unsurpassed I am assured by a any locality In In weste western Europe Caesar Tacitus Stab Strabo PUn Liv Lisy ad and other classical of yo your library gave me moe mere or ls less knowledge or of I Ithe the conques conquest of Britannia but nothing Ii of their habits or handiwork Hero Here I s see the was walls tey they defended tb the foundations te bult built upon the stone and bronze weapons they fought with lead pips pipes tat that convoyed water from rota and hiden hidden sources utensil utensils tat that cooked their Cod food implements and a ornaments rc nt al all tel toll te the story o ole of life at 2000 The Tho le yea years ag ago femur principal street streets nn running nor north and south et east ad and west est are arc unique They are excavated several feet be be low how the tho general surface The roadway Is i fa far below te the hovel of to ho buildings The These streets ae are lie lined with shops ad and store stores over ocr which arc galleries for or passengers reached by stairs at Inter inter mis Here Hore nn again Is n a second row or of stores and dwellings abT to tho oter others The a as tey they are arc cled called are curious ad and Interesting There Thoro are scores of oher other Interesting features or of which I shoud should lk like to write but you ou probably aready tInk tInkI think I am I a Ute little au off bt but Chester sUr t to the itom bottom al all my readings or of ye o old Ures Walt yat tl till I get et to Pomp PompeIi I I wl will give o 01 another dos dose or of Rma antiquities that wi will make mako Ju o take tako to i the mountains At chester wo stopped at the tho Egr Edgar Inn one of the oldest In te the city and once Inhabited b by King Eg Edgar I We sha shall arve arrive at Glasgow Glasow t to tonight night at ton ten where we Bol shall st stay for a a aday day or so We shall shaH sto stop In about the sanie time ad anti ten thea go o to abut London for a stay star 01 of perhaps a cople couple of oC weeks Br Bert |