Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-11-07


home. II isa Singular position, yet
beautiful; the park isshGt In on Svery
side bat onehy pfaeiflstSas rocks, CT
almost eqally precipitous shils: three
remarakable ohelisks, like fhoses Ia the
Garden CT the Gods, actually ogerhang
the dwelling. They ere ezile5 the
Needles. butto on. eyes they much
more nearly rasembled e gigantic alder
man, his iEb-sllsPs,l aifa, sad their
| bses' daughter, endasvoring to do thoe
,honors Of their hrst reception they
looked SO stiff and uncomfortable, and
were so outrageously fail In addition
| TO these strange 1eigah0rs. the house
hes one OF the widest csaons in ColOTa-
do stretching ont az one sids, and form
| ing an extension of th7 pleasure
grounds.
The ineorfur OF the villa eviAees the
same eccentric bGt nohie taste ss its
environments. The hall hes q deep
fireplace, over which stsse5 the head Of
q gigantic buffalo, 50 isEgs that Il lakes
ones breath away, and seems more ike
some monsters OF an extinct species
than any sfinrsl that can h1ve surviy-
led these times. The heErth is Iormed OF
3 choice saiecti0a Of ali the stOnes
/ feund in this geTn-besriBg region, while
| ecTcss the face OF the carved mantle
| piece Uhs 3 graceful 'deeign IA natural
| leaves, fastened there by some ingeDi-
/ ous process. i buffalo calf, head, feat,
skin, and aTl, IS fsshioDed into a luIuri-
/ ous chair, so cOntriYed that an appear
ance Oflifs il preserved to tbs clumsy
I hit DO eEful bessE. Faded and tatter-
| ed iisge, won ~ battle for the Union,
hang ever surerb elk horns. n sbO-t,
| time would fsi! TO tell the Tsy5 in
which love and admiration for this
| paradise OF Q country have beea shown
by the ownsr of this unique country
seat. OF sac mere eksiiy-aPprsciateei
taste shown In q fire library and we'll
used grand piano we fOrbesc 10 speak,
as we toT50re 10 iiEgeri il thsir neig gh0cr-
hood, and toTc o:fsciyes away because
as strangers We were sansEed 10 tres
pass azy more, ard also teesuse the
famous Queens Canon fsamed after
Mrs. Palmer) was still to be visited.
TIE QUEENS CON0E.
TO this gorge nsture has cunningsy
framed an entrance 50 RsrYog thas go
impartineat vehicle can ever disturb
her sacred ~ nusic and We gladly diseeas-
cd with all carriage but our own feet in
threading thoee enchanting shades.
Imagine perpendicular walls Of rocks
many hundreds Of fest high, full ofin-
viting caves and grossoSs hung provok-
ingly out of reach ofanybody but bears
I~and catamounts, and holding close a
roaring torreat so full of resonant mo-
ton that it seems to hsar away ones
breath upon its seethinE foam, and SO
even in its force that the hasins which it
csrves in the solid stone are s circular
as watch crystal.
What poet, wh&t woyG-coDqusror
shall yet rise 70 &tlT deSeriba s. Coicra-
do mountain brock? Cold rs ico, clear
rs diamond, fostering thS ioveEest
ferns, Taosses, and creeping plants on
its rocky borders; shadOwed by solemn
white. pines whose pictured trunks
shoot up one hundred feet, and then
spread into interlacing branches; and
above al, n cZeesu 0fd2ep6st, ts1de-est
blue, sp:iakleG With white-CsPPed
waves of cicuG taat ebb and low oSe-
dent TO the tides Of upper mir. This is
Queen's Canon in Glen Eyre, and We
reveTently thanked God that We bad
seen Is.