Show IN ENGLAND spring has opened up most auspiciously the weather for this part has been exceptionally good and the opportunity offered farmers and nd gardeners for getting their crops in was very gratifying trade in the north has bas steadily increased since the ofena opening of the y year ear and the outlook for or IV its continuance was never better than at the present the miners are very busy and as a very healthy sign of good times the wages have been increased the pit men of northumberland getting 14 per cent increase but even with this advance on former prices the wages are extremely low many of the men not being able to earn more than a mere subsistence the miners of durham work on what is known as the sliding scale s the benefit of which Is felt more by the employer than the employed emp loye by this system if the price of coal increases sixpence in the ton the men receive one and a quarter per cent of it the yorkshire miners have received ten per cent in crease the shipbuilders ship builders have their hands full some having work to last a couple of years and as a consequence the iron works of darlington consett bonsett and middlesboro Middle are very busy this state of affairs is very gratifying the people of the north have witnessed some severe times partly through their own fault they have passed through several long strikes within the past few years which made their condition a deplorable one but good times have come again and their former comfortable condition is returning still there are clouds gathering in the distance that forebode no good there is talk of more strikes not only of pitmen but others this seems to be the effect of prosperity in england and the result is that trade is driven to the foreigner and cheap laborer A successful is becoming next to impossible and recent events are making it more apparent to every reflecting ting mind the american tru trust system is gaining ground in england and there is now to be found a salt sugar and a prospective glass trusts since the the sugar trust was formed a sweetmeats sweet meats and candies have gone up and sugar is a balf halfpenny penny dearer per pound by the formation of these trusts and the amalgamation of capitalists 5 interests te their hands are strengthened and the laborer must submit or starve A deplorable thought the are now going on to many of your readers a hiring day would be something novel it w was as to your correspondent I 1 beheld one on tees on that day was gathered into town as many ghost shows shooting ga galleries Herles hobby horses switchback switch back railways peep shows wrestling contests cir P cusses of a primitive order and d diminutive compared to sells amerlean american swing boats and as many bidny other take ins as would more than till fill the eighth ward square it was a grand sight the town was crowded the steam organs of the various shows were going at fun full blast everybody was jolly looking the girls from the country were enjoying the hobby horses and swing boats and a ride in the new purifier and kidney cleanser the switchback switch back railway the more serious took in the ghost sho went to see the circus that was parading its single pony on the stage of the show for the benefit of those who pay but who were keenly watching the various antics of the single clown and acrobat of the company this was waa the attraction your correspondent spent four cents to see the ghost performance and was rewarded by seeing jack the ripper and his dream what a terror there was in that name jack the ripper to the women of the united kingdom there was not a woman who shake in her shoes at the very mention of it when he was prosecuting his bloody work the show was a miserable sell the singing and dancing of the ladies of the company on the outside platform being the best part and that was gratis iro see the farm servants hired for the season six months was rather amusing people selling themselves for that period of time at the low rate of from 25 to 70 for the whole season when the contract Is i nwe made the parties hired failing to keep to their agreement oan an be imprisoned if they neglect to send a god Is penny 1 in the shap of a shilling that thatis Is merry england for you this will be nothing new to many of your north of england readers but here is something hot it if not surprising for them middles boro the Iro of the north is shortly to have a crematorium the sanitary committee have considered the matter and when their report was brought before the council the resolution was almost unanimously adopted to establish a crematorium mat orium in connection with the chapel and cemetery this manner of disposing of the dead is becoming pular p in england the public 90 wealth e alth is in danger by burying in the earth so the bodies must be consumed and the ashes preserved under glass cases for the inspection of the curious and as a solace for the bereaved another item of inter interest ast in connection with the north has developed itself your readers have not forgotten I 1 presume the name of mrs rutter putter this lady left ogden some time last fall and created such a sensation among the pious but fabricating people of chicago that her name was raised from obscurity to the pinnacle of popular comment the story of he her r disappointment misery and escape from utah was telegraphed fra hed to every part of the civilized world when she came back to south shields she was assailed by reporters in regard to the lying stories that aej were circulated about her many of them she denied but admitted some but the now famous mrs rutter butter has repented she longs for the pleasant vales of zion there is no rest for the soles of her feet in england and her son cannot content himself in the land of his birth she opened a little store in shields but it did not pay and she has been paying visits to the saints lamenting ing her rash act in coming back and her mind is set on getting out to utah as soon as the money is raised she still considers herself a latter day saint I 1 may say that the DESERET WEEKLY s much appreciated here by all who have the pleasure of perusing it it is highly interesting valuable and instructive success to it JOHN HAYES 15 CARDIGAN STREET NORTH ON TEES may 1st ast 1889 |