| Show AN ENGLISH LORD AND L LADY A Y last evening lord and lady harris went down to salt lake on oil the regular train wo we had the of irn introduction to her ladyship who is young good look ing active and affable flable af in her manner there is not tho the slightest tin tinge tine L e of affectation in coave conversation m sho she exhibits unreservedness tinged with becoming modesty sho she informed us that this was her second visit to this country she was much charmed with the scenery and drew attention to the lake the sombre mountains enveloped in the evening a haze and the cloudy sky tinged with the golden and fiery tints odthe of the departing rays of the setting sun lady harris is an adept at sketching and has made numerous etchings in the course of her travels we husband yare arc on a tour round the world like most indolent people you know wo we tn travel vel a good deal for pleasure on the dewil we will leave for Yokohama japan from thence we ft ill proceed to china and visit the notable city of peking after that w we e will probably return home we considered the self accusation of indolence somewhat unjust for judging from appearances we would take lady harris to be unusually industrious during a portion odthe of the journey from ogden to salt lake she passed the time in sewing or working embroidery we subsequently had bad some conversation ver bation with lord harris he ile is a fine looking gentleman a little over medium height and of fair complexion hells he lias tho figure of an athlete which ho he in reality is having been one of the celebrated english eleven cricketers crick eters he was in this country as a member of f that quorum of experts with the bat and ball in 1872 when they carried off the laurels from Ar america in matches at philadelphia and other places his lordship is a conservative in politics and arid expresses the v view bew i that the operations of the radical party arc are tending to the gradual disintegration of the british empire he lias no doubt about the ultimate to passage of a parliamentary oaths bill and the admission of bradlaugh during the next session session of parliament his lordship looks forward to his prospective trip to peking with considerable interest the journey is a long and arduous one and is made by probably not more than eighty europeans a year in answer to an inquiry regarding english agriculture he stated that it had deteriorated during the last few years largely on account of the incessant rains A good deal of the virtue had gone out of the soil having been actually washed away by the flooding showers with which the country had bad been for some time almost continuously visited |
