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

b ~ superb & magnificent ! ayenuo o
ttses, I lake beyond, and beyond TIA
IN the vast distases the bold oatliss Q
1 iIhs Peak range ..,a ma 800
/ .Would Jon Ike to zee theshapslf'
xas the inquiry q our guide, Ger
taiolly';"' and to the chapel aoeordisg
! ly, sxe proceed. Asyousentsr this 20,
arc met By > delicious .odor.s On, look
ing round you 80 that the whole build
ing y lined sith cedar wood. Hs1e
to-, the carving, Is in theilstatsl apalt
lmaasents, II exquisite. The eltsr.piees i
b. Verrio, and represents the incredali
II q ST. Thomas. On either sid
stands : statue Of Faith and Charity
by .Cibber. TN ,aets : {, g:,i.
Attn a this period a. or tour ~ The
hE,epsekeepet aboye' 1. n.ieaed. seemed
70 30 expecting 81 to make our depart
uro, We asked, the question s.a,;:ft*s:
.at ..Is this All that We can zoe z esss4d
4, little hesitation, on the part Of oas
oicerono, . lit. little II. gentle d-lllyipg With
the . bpppsh Of lkeys ins her hand, and
then the answer i, .,s,ssz..sa "a. ii:
s1s sWen, air, ne don't gsneraAy, show
any more ri nil b z.ss.ss#t o.: L.sss
But here one Of Us BY kind Of gal
v ,''q movement happened 70 Insert his
fingers il bis vaistcoat pockets, and to
move some loose coin which we're lying
there. The hint, was taken. zs ssz L III
"Yo !a know, sir, if you particularly
wish to see the other rooms you cam,
To the other rooms We duly went.
Ana f1st 70 inspect the .dnxing.rooms.
OF these there ane three; and tho bill
lard IS room forms one Of The 49, suite.
The ! "a large dnwing-rsoeomt i .eost ffly.
feet ct long, thirty: sroad, and perhaps
twenty high: It's line, {. Ito 9TH
an. rfict. which eoa.titu.s. their:
Pri1sipal feature, With d .eryz rich silk
b1ecade Of different ,eoloEs: A few,
not many, picture. decorate; it, walls !;
there here is . great deal of 1statuary about,
and there are-some very beautiful spso-
linens Of agate and malachite tables in
all these rooms. .s:g .s<e a:,sz 3
From the drawingsrooms We we're
led into the 81 large dining.h.ll:s So Tho.
ceiling is divided into 2 number of COM
partm ents or panels laqueata tecta,
Hsrrace would have { d Cd them-ornas
mented with figure and divers devices
carved in gilt upon ground Of white.
To the room. itself there are. two on
frances, one between columns Of Sicil.
ian jasper, the, other between columns
Of l Italian marble: . AZ tor the chin,
nsy-pieees there ll' ase ,eouplsot then'
they ale Of kind to BE- seens no.
whore else. Their material is the mar.
bic Of Carrara the artists who have
executed 4 t'u them en- a az. tho younger West
/ la '' and .,sievier. r: Those Of my
readers who care about financial, statie-.
tics may DO Interested in hearing. .that
the cost t Of each fireplace w.slabout two
Thousand % y gnineaa A B.eehas, iaad j.
Bacob.nte surrounded BY children, al
the size Of life, are portrayed in both:
Here, again, the tables are. superb
marble, granite, agate On the same
| fioor . the grand dining.room Indeed
in : straigght line with it's the. libra
~, nearly one d: hundred and twenty
feet long: An auteroom it has at each
end, one called the 'ttante-library," the
other, tho cabinet library" The
ceiling is is decorated la BY paintings by
louis Ch,ror, = French religious 1efa-
gee. A gallery runs round the length
aud breadth Of, the room. 81: Bookcases
divided Dc into compartments by semi,cir-
g eular metallic ,pil.aters,, Of nine feat
aud three feet alternately in breadth.
Il line every portion Of the walls. One
side there is 'l i; magnificent chimney,
piece q! of Carrr raa marble;; surnounted
BY mirror six feet By fur fest six
i. inches Be Altogether tho effect given BY
this room is ono Of superb richness. i
have said nothing about; tho. yolpmea
which the library contains; but q, 4
tho time xe xere 6 tho room there. hap
peped e bo g elderly gentleman 1bssi-
y engaged i o.t.loguing thsn. Who
y we're told bad been similarly. en-.
lployed iot three xeets, "a, Who. work
v,s nes "a b.lt' eoupleted, i nigh.
sem idle . 10y "a IA tx !|,,s !, ). 30,
Bat description q ths P.lsee Of d.
EPsat = re.lly q =, :eadless basias,s
sad = inventory of vhat a. ssel
Eshep 90 give but ) u very poor aea q
10 sst ea.sM5s: You night jul !, !,
vsll hops . gain ) tine kaovleds, . !
ths nature I, q poetry b, .n.ly .ins N
| you conceive g % e component paris
= discover What Cha.svorth i ike ),
! reading over ! catalogue Of i contents
/ Enough win have been said e conve,,
an impression to the reader that Ii,
scale upon which ever, thing Is % b
witnessed, and the .pleadour Il g
rkmauship displayed .rs 4 any ri
/ things . % surprised II. Much I
/ what I Nv I miust forbear 70 nsntio,
e. dsail. Tbsre xere v, ,,riiou. ole lthe
rooms Into which ths housekeepsir;, !, rs
"a y th;. t'ns ttaxsdf ito ftta, comu, nun
e.llveaeas showed = = bu. il / v.r.
y fnaarshA thAan sskn.l = J. = 800.