. St. Nicholas [serial]. h ; on Wed-nesday, Theres naeluck aboot the hoose ;on Thursday, See,the Conquering HeroComes; on Friday, Life Let Us Cher-ish; and on Satur-day, Foot - GuardsMarch. In 1838 fireagain devastated thestately building, begin-ning soon after ten atnight, and by the nextmorning the clock-tower alone was stand-ing. It is significantthat the last air playedby the chimes beforethey went crashingthrough the towerroof, crushing the en-trance arch below, was There s nae luck aboot the hoose ; then theeight bells ceased their clanging. The grasshopper was unharmed, and to thisday r
. St. Nicholas [serial]. h ; on Wed-nesday, Theres naeluck aboot the hoose ;on Thursday, See,the Conquering HeroComes; on Friday, Life Let Us Cher-ish; and on Satur-day, Foot - GuardsMarch. In 1838 fireagain devastated thestately building, begin-ning soon after ten atnight, and by the nextmorning the clock-tower alone was stand-ing. It is significantthat the last air playedby the chimes beforethey went crashingthrough the towerroof, crushing the en-trance arch below, was There s nae luck aboot the hoose ; then theeight bells ceased their clanging. The grasshopper was unharmed, and to thisday remains, eleven feet of shimmering metallooking down from its perch one hundred andeight feet above the busy streets. There is a legend — containing how muchtruth no man dare say— that Thomas Greshamwas brought from Holland and left a poor andhapless waif on the moors—left among clumpsof heather and sage-brush to perish. A hunter,attracted by the shrill cry of a grasshopper,followed the sound and found the boy. Thus. LOMBARD STREET—REVIVING THE OLD SIGNS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THECORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII. rescued, the lad, a comely fellow, was placed inschool, grew up to be the counselor of kingsand queens, and the founder of an exchange thatholds a dominating power in the commerce ofthe habitable globe. The fact is that the golden grasshopper of Sir 164 THE SIGNS OF OLD LONDON. [Dec. Thomas Gresham is of classic derivation, datingfurther back than the Roman era. It was thefavorite ornament of the proud Athenians, whoconsidered that the grasshopper cast a spell ofenchantment, insuring riches and good Street, noted in history as the greatLondon street for bankers, derived its namefrom the Longobards, a race of rich bankerswho settled there in the reign of Edward II,and whose badge, the three golden balls, taken street were revived for the recent Coronationfestivities, and Londoners of to-day were thusable to get an idea of how the crooked oldplace
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