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Show Letter from I.nuliiiul, hoiTisoiuu, Esu , Dec. 28, 1809. EijiTon Tiusk As perpromiie I pen n few lines We landed In England on the 2nd of December, De-cember, it13 day voyage. "All well." Took 111 ftrtt railway ride on the 4th. Wjiat llt'je bits of caia tho paisonger coachra nro' It would take three cf I tbem to rIiaxe.one of ourt, the locome I tlvesaret alto very small, 1 tinted all colon, (ouie green, tome red, tome I cherry, Ac , and the pattengcr coaches are not ( near 10 comfortablo ai tho 1 Aiuerlcanjcoachei. No stove, no toilet, j or ice watfcr. lint I hear that they have them on ckpret trains) I hope so and shall be glut to see some of them. I spentXhrlitmst with friends In the old townof Coventry, and with thein vltlted atorae of the lilitorlcal places of Interettjhere. EainwMicbail'a Church dulea back to the middle agei. It It full of tombe, monunrenta and celebrated atalned elate (windows, carvings, alien, ep'taplit), and linei sounding the praltra w( long departed hcroei In tho visitors Wok In which I wrote ray name, 111 thejiameof Joteph M.'Ofiote, the Airerlcfn MInliter, and it had been tlgned (bat very aame morning, 10 you tee I vxame near meeting our min-IttertoGreaiUrltaln. min-IttertoGreaiUrltaln. We also vWcd the old Town Hall ol Coventry , fulf of old rellci ol a by ) ' I gone age Suite of armour, tapestry repteientlngscenesof atluutand years j ago, and old fathloned fire places and apperatut, whero tho feAtlt nf feud.il timet uteil to be prepared mighty ceilings of carved oak lllart of stone dating back 1000 ycart) and the world renonned statue of Lady Godlna and l'eeplng Tom ol Coventry, The people here are very patriotic, and are'at the climax of excitement ov er the South African war Thern aro millions of people who aro ready to volunteer for ten Ice In the war should their country's welfare need them The people generally aie orderly and Intelligent, although there la lota of Ignorance. Intemperance npr.f-.in to be the growing curie ol this fair land. There are public houiet Innumerable where it It not uncommon to tee the gentler tcx Imbibe at freely aa the men. Co-operative atorca abound where the purcnatert are made profit ikarera In the earning!. Theprlnclpal Industries her are bicycle and elastic web manufacturing. manu-facturing. All the cities In thlt country are grow Ing and extending their borders to outlying out-lying villages The amount of building going on li ennrmoui Thelawiof the country appear to be atrlctly enforced The weather hat been to wet that not much mlttlonsry work could be done so far. Trailing that prosperity abounds at the old home, Respectfully, Join 11 Hall. Addres-W Itsdford Boulevard Nottingham, England, |