Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-16
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A SUMNER In EUROPE.

upon three days in the week the public are
at liberty TO inspect them, without money and
without price Those who may have objections
10 mingling with the masses on The free
days, can save their dignity by paying six
pence for admission on any Of the other sec
ular days OF the week.
Among the pictures, my uncultivated eye
was struck by one Of extra dimensions. which |
illustrates I'd Samuel, xiii, 2O--"Beniah
Staying two lion-like men Of Moab" One Of
them lies dead upon the earth--the other,
with broken sword, is reeling under Beniahs
blows. The figures are gigantic, and the
whole scene is one Of fiery vigor The "Quar
rel of Oberon and Titania," and its mate
''The Reconciliation, are beautifully fanciful
pictures, exquisitely colored. MARS and
Venus" by Paul Veronese got second look
from me, not, am sorry to cay because dis
covered anything extraordinary in it, but be
cause any work of its distinguished author de-
selves inspection and study. ! am bound to
believe it is a very fine picture because so
many good judges say that it is, but my dull
lencies The murder of Holofernes by Judith
three immense pictures-on the other hand
told a story that interested me at once and
the fact that they were the work Of an artist
that never heard of before, did not prevent
me from gazing at them long and earnestly,
and with intense pleasure The first one rep
resents girl, a friend and accomplice of Ju-
Idith, erouching among the sleeping guards at
the door OF the tent listening and watching
that she may give timely notice of approach
! ing danger Tho serond shows Judith aiming
blow with sword at the bare neck OF her
sleeping victim, and in the third she is emery
ing with the CORY head in her hand.
{ In the Museum which stands near by, ad-
mission to which is also free, we saw an i'm
mense number of old and curious things,
among which were the branks a kind Of a gag
: made Of iron, used by the old Scots ''as a-cor-
rector of ncorrigble scolds;" the thumbkins,
an instrument of torture used BY gentle folks
r in olden times against those who dared to differ
with them in opinion; the maiden, an arrange
, ment for clipping heads off, in the style OF
n the French guillotine, OF which it is said to
Y be an ancestress; Jenny Ceddes Stool, which
q the strongminded covenantng girl hurled at
= the Dean of st Giles when he attempted to
1t read the service from the English Prayer
= Book, and John knoX's pulpit from the church
lof ST. Giles. This last is small wooden ar
Z rangement, neither large nor strong enough
= one would think to resist the pressure
- which the enthusiastic old fellow was wont tc
bring upon it, The historian tells us "that hii
ID vehemence in the pulpit was at all times tre
/ mendous, and, for effect upon his hearers, h,
seemed TO have trusted almost as much TO th,
o display OF physical, as Of mental eiergy
n When he was an old man, he would go slOwll
h and feebly 20 church, leaning upon his staff
y, and when he began his sermon, his limb
IN seemed unable to support him, but before h
a. finished he always became so active and Wig
49, orous, that his congregation feared he woul
% "ding the pulpit in blads and file out OF it,
at The pulpit now to be seen, certainly bear
an marks OF severe service.
There are several intensely interestn
u localities in the immediate vicinity Of Edil
v boro. Among others, we visited Dalkert
,1 the residence of the iirst--that is the highe;
in rank-and tho wealthest gentleman
OF Scotland, the Duke Of Bucceuch. As W
,s- alighted at the gate, q gentleman in liver
touched his hat and invited us to leave ou
'u' names in the visitors register which is keJ
m in the gate keepers lodge. This ceremon
wi performed we took broad path which winC
through the woods, and in few moments "
n gained the open lawn in the midst of whc
ed stands noble palace. The Duke was in Io
don, and nearly all of the rooms we're opone
freely for our inspection. A very haudsou
IN. Young woman, wearing the white cap whiC
seems to be distinguishing badge Of II
on female servants in Great Britain, led us fro
,ill room to room giving US modestly, all the i
par formation we desired concerning the mar
:, beautiful and curious things we saw. III
me interior Of the house is as elegant az goC
ur- taste and unlimited wealth can make it,
0oo There is not such a shortlived and plebeia
Nv thing in IT, as a wall or ceiling Of lath az
ent plaster--riehly carved wood is there instea
the and the floors are of wood mosaic, high
"a. polished and so slippery, as to require almo
''0 as much care in walking on them as il tb,
ry. we're of ice. Every room in the vast buildiI
des is hung about with pictures, many of the
real gems Of art and fine pieces Of statua
OF stand in every corner There are portra
ion Of George ", the Dukes Of Marlboroug
Monmouth and Argyl-of Lucy Wate
Anna Boleyn, Nell Gwynn the Duchesses
ave c eyeand and Portsmouth and others of /
surprisingly fair and frail sisterhood, "
,ort graced the lcentions Court of King Char
H. The portraits Of these women arc all
lur- lovely as painters poets or lovers drea
Q to Nearly all OF them we're OF the Saxon "
OF loYelness, and with but one or two exc
tions had blue eyes aud golden hair.
om- The Queen visits Dalketh whenever $
.os; comes to Scotland, which ordinarily 10
often as once each year, and an apartment
re- set apart for her especial use. We walh
no through It and considered 1t interesting enoa
but don't think we felt that veneration
llIy the place which in the estimation Of ey