Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-07-31

any left for me. The birds build their nests in
the richly carved figures, and twitter and sing a
striking union of death with life, and yet not
death, for a spirit of beauty and song 10 certainly
there in an enchanted sleep. ~ know not
whence the sadness, but it was there. and the
brisk ride and the bright sunlight fully after
time dispelled it. Now Abbottsford H just tooety,
as the girls say. Such wonderful curiosities IN
the armory, great swords, and skulls, and guns
and hatchets, it would put your teeth on edge to
see them there are men in armor. or sticks
rather with armour on them or various dates,
but you think of the Crusades and Slladin. Her
aldic devices, ugly and meaningless, but IN the
same room are dear Sir Walters desk and chair,
the leather worn by use. and In case like
coffin with glass lid, lie his old white hat and
clothes, with the neatly-btnshed shoes, one OF
them with thick inside sole. That par OF Shoes
love; there is q whole history of pride and NOR
tihcation and noble purpOse in that inside sole
A fine picture Of Scott and his dog MAZDA hangs
over the chimney piece in the drawing room ana
from those windows over the terraced garden
you lsok right down on the meadow through
which the little river Tweed runs, not hundred
yards away. pretty little picture OF Prince
Charlie and laughable one OF Bailie Nicol Jar
vie and Meg Mucklsmonk hang in the library.
He must have been great reader, from the
number OF books he has left many OF them worn
by use In h study, there are two stories OF
books a narrow gallery reached by slight stair
case like we see in Washington and other libra
ries runs around the wall half way up from 1t as
above The guide said that Sir Walter was ac-
customed to rise early and go down this private
stairway to his study, and accomplish great
deal OF writing before meeting his guests in the
breakfast room
| Al Derby we had the banquet and Il royal one
| il was, in the hall of The Midland Railway Co,
| and the speeches and the toasts aud the super
| Auons waiting kept us till nearly midnight. DID
you ever go to dinner where there was
| .'Toast MASTER and did be stand behind the
| Presidents chair, in white gloves, with mace
| in his hand, and pound on the table, and say
CHAR, gentlemen" in ferocious way every
| two minutes. Just as IL he were Boin5 frantic
Whether there was any need for 1t or not he
| would dance about, and pound and scream
Char. gentlemen" as il mob we're attacking
the President How they eyar got their speech
| es made thro his interruptions cannot tell An
English reporter for some country newspaper sat
| beside me, and reminded me wonderfully OF MIR.
| Alfred Jingle. He was very communicative ana
gave me much information, which, thanked him
for at the time, and have forgotten since.
| He WAS deeply mbued with tho importance OF
| the Midland, and truly 1t il grand railway; 80
smooth and solid, such prompness in the trains
| such quiet conductors, such comfortable cars
and uerv rapid travel Then the hotels that they
| own are Just palaces. The linen and china are
| of the handsomest quality, the rooms are large
and we'll furnished. and the table superb. Such
meats We are living ON two meals day now
and tough beef, we remember all the more
keenly the delights of the table in England and
Scotland. ,.,
wish could give you some of the bills oi
fare we have had in Belgium and Prussia; one
day there were eleven courses counting tht
toothpcks and two hours consumed, withou
getting enough to eat either They change th'
| plates every time and bring lst one thing a
| opce little scrap of beans, tnen mite OF nan
then peas, then fish again, PERHAPS. and so on
don't know whether will go away easy IN IN!
mind without eDlightening them on the subIec
of dishwashing, it is such waste OF time AM
labor to wash so many and change so often.
| Brussels saw the cleanest incest kitchep eve
dill, long rows Of copper pots were ranged OF
| the shelves, according to size and the bright cop
| per lids below them, hung like graduated plate
in perfect precision against the wall remoV'
one and it destroys the harmony of the whole
As we came down 10 London they say we passe'
within 12 or l5 miles OF Charlotte Bronte,s hous
we came over moors. l know And at Brussel
actually saw the Pensionnat with its little darl
} windows let iuto the rough white-washed wal
} and looKng more like pfiS6n or an old Iaotor
than a school, where Jane Eyre or Lucy Sac
went when young girl and suffered and Cedrhe
, a great deal too.
That word ''suffer" makes me think to te
you that at Derby, among all the speeche'
made at the banquet, by far the best was by
LADY, Mrs Nelson. a teacher Of the freedmen
Texas She was brief, witty, and pithy, bu
limited that she had suffered some, when Ia
months not one white woman Addressed hel
> The English people are much interested in sue
' subjects aud applauded her warmly. Il W.