The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-09-09
ST CLOUD, MINNESOTA,

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throne'--trom the Russian: Empress
Tho view from this suite Of cbambcrl
ls superb-a :: magnificent avenue o.
tfses, : lake beyond, and beyond thai
10 the vast distance tho bold outline ol
tho Peak range = ...>..sy ~::... 81.
sa "tWould you like to SEQ the ehapel?' p
was the inquiry Of our guide. "Csr'
taioly;", and to the chapel, according
ly, We proceed. As you enter this you
are met by delicious odor.9 On look.
ing round you see that the whole build,
ing is lined With cedar wood. Here,
too, the carving, as 10 the: state apart.
ments, is exquisite. The altar-piece is
BY Verrio, and represents, the increduli.
ty Of St. Thomas. On either side
stands statue Of Faith and Charity
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/ At this period On our tour, AZ the
housekeeper above mentioned seemed
to be expecting US to make our DEPART
uro, We asked the question 4,c -.
"Is this all that we can see p >..< ::
A little hesitation, on the part Of our
cicerono, little gentle d4llying with
the bunch Of keys in her hand, and
then the answer u:..,,. =. -
"Well, sir, We don't generally show
any MORE"
But here one Of US by kind Of gal;
vanic movement happened to insert hs
fingers in his waistcoat pockets, aud to
move some loose coin which were lying
there. The hint was taken.
"You know, sir, if you particularly
wish to see the other rooms you can"
To the other rooms We duly went.
And first to inspect the drawing rooms.
Of these there are three, and the bill
lard room forms one Of the sans suite.
The large drawing-room is about fifty
feet long, thirty !roed, aud perh.ps
twenty high: 1t is lined, :. the 9TH
ems. fact which constitutes their
principal feature-vith very rich silk
brocade of different colo1s: A few,
not many, pictures decorate its walls; ;
there is great deal Of statuary about,
and there are'some very beautiful spec
linens of agate and malachite tables in
all these rooms. ...
From the drawing-rooms VIC were
led into the large. dining-hall: The
ceiling is divided into a number of CON-
partments or pancls-laqueata tecta,
E&rrace would have <al ed them-orna-
mented with figure aud divers devices
carved in gilt upon ground Of white.
To the room itself there are two en-
frances, one between columns. af Sicil-
ian jasper, the. other between columns
Of Italian marble: As for the chin.
ney-pieces. there are couple Of them,
they ale Of a kind to-, be seen no
where else. Their material is the mar.
bic Of Carrara; the artists who have.
executed them are tho younger West.
macott and ,Sievier. Those OF my
readers who care about financial statis-:
tics may be interested in hearing. that
the cost Of each fireplace wasabout two
thousand guineaa A Bacchus, and
Baccbante surrounded by children, al
the size Of life, are portrayed in both.
Here, again, the tables are superb
marble, granite, agate! On the same
floor as the grand dining-room Indeed
in straight line with its the libra
ry, nearly one hundred and twenty
feet long. An anteroom it has at. each
end, one called the "ante-library," the
other tho "cabiuet library" The
ceiling is decorated by paintings by
Louis CharoI, Freach religious refu-
gee. A gallery ruus, round the length
aud breadth Of the room. =. Bookcases
divided into compartments by semi-cir-
cular metallic .pilasters, of nine. feet
aud three feet alternately in breadth,
line every portion Of the walls. One
side there is .; magnificent chimney
pieco Of Carrara marble; surmounted
by a mirror six feet by four feet. six
inches. Altogether the effect given by
this room is ono Of superb richness. 1
have said nothing about the volumes
which the library contsins but as. At
the time We were in tho room there hap
pened 70 be an elderly gentleman basi-
y engaged in oataloguing them, who
We we're told bad been similarly en-
ployed for three weeks, md whose work
was net yet haltI completed: it might
seem idle to essay tho task, :: !. ,n.
But description Of the Palace Of The
Peak is really N endless business ;
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