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

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msr,lgyin If porpbyry, and % much else
We Ire now il tho crangery, the end
door II which opens ont into the gar:
den; and here we take leave Of %,
friend the housekeeper, not forgetting
handsome douceur, 10 entrust our
selves to tho tender mercies Of tl,e: ga gar
densr. Who happens to be opppoortu2ely
waiting. g S.. .. 81 y. ''s>-s@, -.,.'.S..
The onl1 way ia which these could
be 10 any way described in the short
space still remaining to your contr:ba-
tor would be by adopting a narrative Of
The kind which found favor in the we'll
known Mr.. Alfred Jingle,,--smooth-
ls!hayen. lawns, strawberries, fountains,
rocks waterfalls, flowers, fragrance,
sunshine, shade, &C., &c. i Of what
these gardens are like, Of thoirg extent,
Of the perfection With which they are
r. r..
kept, some idea may be formed swheniI
have said that tho number of garden.
ers IN regular employ at Chatswor.h are
one hundred and twenty. The fruit
and vegetable gardens extend over
twelve acres, sand are furnished With
iveland- twenty hot h5uses. .s's 'z.9:,';;-
Past 4 magnificent group up . Of flower:
beds; W are ed Is the foot of "a att AT /
fetal waterfall, or rather series IF water
falls. aJust Il present The water does
not happen to be turned on; but our
guile is sobliging. He gives a myster-
ious whistle, which communicates With
some unseen sgent::' "The falls" We
are told, s"~ill soon be full" We wait
= few minutes, and then we hear a kind
Of gurssinS echo II is the water in
the distance. Another minute, and
then along the whole gradual descent
e. :.
Of moro than1aS hundred feet Of the
stream comes, naking 1t each separate
step . species oftiny cataract: The ct.
feet i eharming. Seen from one Of
The library windows i has the appear
anee q being one continuous stream Of
watsr. This, however, Is but one Of
The narveh. You walk on. on each
aide Of you are rocks towering OCCASION
ally to height Of q hundred feet or 50.
They are III artificial. Under the su-.
perintendenee Of Sir John Paxton
they have al been placed in their pres
ent. position. The stream which you
Zee leaping down the crass flows not BY
nature but b art. # yen look up you
win gee : large plantation Of pine trees.
Well, beyond that is the Chatswcrth
reservoir, and from this reservoir all che
water comes. @,.-.----------.->--
On still We wend our way, till at
last W. come to q kind Of grotto But
thess Is path. cut. We follow it.;
sdi5'deniy our cgre $ is il stopped By a
huge beuf:er of rock thrown straight
athxart our track. t'&"Can We get no
f further r. We ask! But wait one i, mo q
msnt. That immense stone r re-, liSi :
On = kind of pivot: VI a lady's hand
pushes it and it moves aside Through
tho aperture thus made We 90. That
huge building Of gla.s yonder is !. none
Other than the: big conservatory which
covers something mere than an Q acre,
aud which: is the model OF the building
of the Great Exhibition Of 1856 It
d filed With different exotic trees and
plants and yonder stands cocoa-nut
tree which has been compelled to 9:un-
dergo the process of; decapitation, be-:
cause Twas outgrowing the height Of
the building. So. s,:..t Isl = 20
r Back we wend our way, epast. the
French, the Italian, and The, Persian
gardens, through thick strawberries;
now looking into other Conservatives, ).
and now looking down upon crystal
clear pools, whose depths are ;. stocked
With gold and silver fsh and trout.
Tho stream Of Derwent is .chattering
near. The trees arc tinged With 8 the
gold Of sunset; and here We are back
once again At the great gates through
which We originally entered. We bid
adiea TO our agricultural. Mentor; We
reolaim our umbrellas, &c; We dis
burse moro 'half.cro~ns, and We have
seen Chatsworth. a 40 80 'zss'S,S. ~, -
q Again We, IRE Il the Peaeost inn
our dinner is:ready for Us ia the same
charming room mentioned ailready. We
arc hungry, and We de,justice u What
il placed before ". Tho moon is up
befots. He leave the little viilage.S We
,aaa only dimly dssny the Outlines et
the DssbyshiTsi hilkiin the distance, ton
or return Journey. But We have oar.
med Away with us:sneatal pictures
which j. spite Ct the shades Of even.
ins we sas - clearly snosgh PIC
tarss Of sadlsas suites q gorgeou,
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