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Show interesting items From OLD ENGLAND OUR CORRESPONDENTS. To tho American youth this is a queer country In many ways, and ono lias to keep his nits about him in crder to get nloiiK here. To ono w lio has been 11c-custouicd 11c-custouicd to straight streets, nnd towns In)ed out nceonlliiR to n plan, these towns sceni n veritable purMe, nnd as ono of tho Ixiya express it "Vcu start down one street and soon meet yourcclf Ooinin back." besides tho streets lnlii3 crooked tho houses nre nenrly nil nlikcoyoncar.'t dud your way by theni. Then no ono can direct jou, forthoydo not know tho lire Hon', so n compass is of no practldo aluccxccpt to dctcrmino w luro tho sun should rise, and to most of tia It rises in every place except the right one. When ono gets out on the country roads it Is better, for at each road crossing there aru guide posts Blunting Blunt-ing which road to lake. . TIUs pari of tho country is vory hilly 'nml the roads wind in nnd out, nround ilia hills hi the I'rookcdcst manner possible, nnd ono innyhinn to follow the road 11 long wny to go n shurt ilistnure, but people nre not afraid to walk so they do not mind crooked roads. Many of the people hero nro coal miners, many of whom walk. lor t mites tu the pit and then wntk the same distance under ground to their work, so you see they do 11 days work wnlklng besides netting on, tho coal. Then tho talk of tho Yorkshire natives Hounds as strange to mu ns nny foreign tonguonnd X can't understand Hall yet; but may became a native in lime. Such expressions as "Cilooer." 'Sum111et ta yent," and other expressions nro gradually grad-ually working their wny Into my vocabulary. Their many curious word are liegiunlng to mean tomethliigto me though many times I have to aek for the sentence to bo repealed. The lower class eieak much worse than the educated. All of tho children must intend in-tend Fchool now, and in the future this may lielp tho spcnlitignf tho C!.H,ri' NV'e live , near ihp ehurch yard, and Mst Mcei??I Vttcndcd 'nburlriteriro thero which to mo wns dHrerciirihsii anything I ccr wltness'cd. NenriJr ualo nre twochurthc,oncfor.lhccriirch Hi lielonglng l tliAJIiiircli Huid fo, ijio Clapel Kllouging to HThls thoMS thu HFnuiKUbted Chritlhin Kngland ar Ironi being united religiously. U.r scrlc at tho church, the corps Ittusuitrleddown n grassy walk lothe ikraiL wlnro tho relatives nnd friends fciuliei mound while the luhiistoi rends It tie b.uial uervicu fioiu 11 bouk. Hut be-loie be-loie he in gun, the lollin without un out-Lule out-Lule bo., Iiuil Iijlii low cud Into niinrro 1 lritvi', and us he leads "dust tu dud, itsliua to jiilieu" tho grave-digger sprlukhd 11. tittle dirt on the coltiu. vVlmt ho reads aives no hope for llio duul, ana but Utile coiiBotation to the living. After l.o had Mulshed, thu rtlntlrei and friiudo lookhir the last lime ni the collln, and leave the church ymd, after whivli the giave digger lllla in llio grave at Ills leiriiiu. Thus ihdul the llralhuii.il th.itltuw in 1I1U country, .iud II show vil to mu it.. If.llacj of their ulijlon. 1 am now laboring among tho people of Uiirmtky, 11 tcivn huiuit for Its will pus, clog light, ux.k lihis, plguu Hying and rough people, but 111 jet 1 have imno aerotw none A them, but have met sum..' nice people bete. I'vory morning u areuwakenid by the colliers tramping down the pavements witli their wooden cloia, gotiig to the ptild to Ughi work- f hey mnUu a teriiablerackoi and cafi b , heard mute a itlaiiiiiu' An I In re are no dim. is here, we go to vurlous parts of the i.on(reu- on Buud.iys to attend utiet-lags utiet-lags and are always will paiJ for our tripa, fur these aro Boinoof the Ust mealing I evornttcndid The singing id not ipilte ns gool ns famed Udil choir would ilo, but it is our best, nnd tin li)iiinn aie snug with as nnuh rpirit. Tl.e0 gntheiliiga are more like I11111II) gatherings Hum meetings, and IhoHahilti llku thuineuiberu of one family. Iaisi Wuu.hiy ll.i). Hubiiuii uiid.l weie np-pi)iiit,ijl np-pi)iiit,ijl to v;ilt Uoncasbr Wo left liere baturday aftcruooii after 11 lain, and soon walladfo Wouilmcll where )i suvv 11 Hue parade of the I'orcslers or A 0. 1". ll W11411 grand allalr nud'liad in hue time Hue brass binds. Tills is a iroug orgiiiiuitloii in this district. We I iidfrwiinls went on ll miles farther to 1 Mcxbro whore we stayed nil night with Hi... Smith and wife. Next morning we' reached Doncnsler in tlmu for Huuduy rtclioul. Ji'ho nftvriiuoii and evening meoiings were well uttended, the room iieiugfull and wo had twog.iod inciting' iiuiug to Doneaier Is to me llku going home, for so many pcoplo tliero ore acquainted with friends in Lchl, and I heard so much "nbout tho town and pcoplo that I seemed to bo ncqunlnUd before I saw tho town, or met tho saints there. I have met Mr. ItagshnTr several times nml talked over with him his trip to Utah, which ho greatly enjoyed, lie lant present traveling In France. Tho weather wns very stormy nnd we did not go bnck to Barnsley until AVcd-ucedny. AVcd-ucedny. H Is very cold nnd wet for this time of the year. There lias not been one warm day since my nrrlvnl In this country. The early ot:itoes have been frosted, und grain nnd vegetables grow very slowly. 1'crhaps It will get warm nil nUonco soon. Wo nro nil looking forward to the 4th of July, which wo expect to celebrate nl Doncaster. YV. linrnsley, June 7, 1891. |