The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-24

and Mikado-the Temple of Asa
kusa, which is a sort of Vanity Fair,
the he, space around it being filled with
all kinds Of little shops and stands.
and a throng of people constantly
passing IN and out as though it were
some special gala !day, even when
it is nothing Of the kind. Takara-
wa or the graves of the forty-seven
co-n.ns or wanderers. who some sol $50
years ago. avenged the death Of
their Dalmio upon another Dain,io
who had caused him to be put to
death. ard thea altogether on that
spot committed s'hara kin" Their
armor is shown and there is a room
filled with images of them, and a
temple where they worshiipped. These
are only part Of the things we saw
when we were in Yedo last year
Now | will tell you of the rest Of
this visit and what Gen. Capron is
doing. Soon after we had returned
from our walls through Shiba, we
had dinner and started off in jim
rickis for The Farm This was
several miles away, though still in
the very heart of the city. 1t is a
large tract of several hundred acres,
on which Gen. Capron is raising
good stock and teaching the Japan
csc to cultivate the ground and to
improve their fruits an | grain. 1t
was begun only year ago last Au-
gust, and it is wonderful how much
he has already done,
The whole place is laid out with
finely made roads, nurseries of fruit
trees are planted. houses built for
cattle and we'll filled with all kinds
OF foreign and native COWS, sheep,
horses, &c There is too a pretty
park laid out for ornamental garden
ing with ponds, and paths and flow
ers and arbors. It promises soon to
be sort of Central Park for Yedo,
and the people are beginning to re-
sort to it in laoge numbers every fine
day.
l will send you a map of Yedo,
with the different places [ have men
toned, numbered, so that you can
have some idea Of their relative local
tiles, but [ can really give you no
true picture Of the appearance Of the
city with its narrow streets, long
black fences. low houses, odd-looking
people and strange sounds.
l will leave all that for III. to de-
scribe when she gets settled there.
L wish, however, that | could give
you some idea Of the appearance Of
the Tycoon's grounds, and as much
Of the Mikado's as one is permitted
to see. Of the former palace of the
Tycoon there is scarcely stone re-
naming. on y portion Of the stone
flooring to indicate where the build |
ing stood, and somewhat of its out
line. 1t is reached by long flight
of broad stone steps, for 1t is the
highest piece OF ground in Yedo and
commands view of the whole city.
A high wall goes up on one side of
the moat, fully 80 feet, 1t is built /
of huge stones, those around the
castle or ga eways being some Of
them Is it. by 5 #. A few Of the
buildings of the Tycoon Palace are
standing but are quite deserted and
overgrown with vines and moss.
We, of course, left our vehicles
outside the gate where we assembled
the high steps and walked around
the top of the wall on which there
are seveaal old cannon still standing.
When we got into the jinrickis again,
We started to ride around by the side
Of the moat, but when we got to the
bridge, by some special favor we
were allowed to cross and ride more
than half way around within the
walls Of the Mlkado's grounds. 1t
was villa picturesque drive, with a
wooded hill on the inner side and
the rn0at Or a hill on the other. Of
'ou rso we saw nothing Of the Palace,
u any buildings, but we were near
N oUgh to them to give us very
range sensation, when we remem-
oered how, a few years ago, not a for