Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-03
AsHTABULA OHIO SATURDAY, OCTOBER g. 1874

cottages are comfortably and wei
| built, and to each is attached :
small garden. a single man nigh
. be able TO exc out an existence upoI
, this pay. How family can b.
reared upon it is a mystery which
has not vet become clear to my
mind. Yet it is done somehow anC
the privations attendant upon do
ing it are borne with sullen discon
tent.
All the young Princes were taught
some trade. AS brickmakers in the
Whippingham brick field they wore
their Llouses and worked successful
" in the manufacture of bricks
Many of these bricks, together with
vast variets of knick-knacks, the
work of the Princes hands, are
shown in the museum of
THE SWISS COTTAGE,
a charming retreat in one of the
loveliest spots on the estate. Each
of the Princesses had a garden ad-
joining the cottage, which she eul-
cultivated with her own hands.
Many of the flowers in the Princess
es of Wales wedding boquet were
sent from the garden of the Princess
es Royal, now Crown Princess of
Germany. Here cooking in its va
roius branches, was taught, and the
Queens daughters frequently sat
down to a meal prepared by their
own hands. In many ways beside
their mechanical ingenuity has been
/ developed to a large extent, and
they often exercise it freely for the
benefit of others. Among the Prin-
cesses, Louise. wife of the Marquis
of Lorne, has displayed the largest
amount of mental capacity. She is
| clever painter, and has taken pri-
zes in the South Kensington Muse
um for her modelling. And yet she
is not happy. The fact that the
Queen looked about assiduously
for
A HUSBAND FOR HER
among the richest order of the no.
bility is well known. 1t is also equal
ly notorious that the Marquis of
Harrington, eldest son of the Duke
of Devonshire, and chief Secretary
of Ireland under the Gladstone
Government. was obliged to give
the cold shoulder to those approach
ed him ON the subject. Others did
likewise. Then the Marquis of
Lorne, heir to the Dukedom of Ar
CYL, loomed up, and became the hus-
band of the Princess. The marriage
has not been happy one, and there
are no children by it. Princess Lou
ise's first love was the Rev. Mr.
Duckworth, tutor of Prince Arthur,
who was presented to a handsome
living in the country by the Queen
in very timely and grateful man
ner. At the present time only
Prince Leopold-who is ill-and the
Princess Beatrice are staying at Os-
borne with Her Majesty.
THE QUEENS BENEvoLENCE,
though not of striking character,
is kind and gracious. The haste
which she makes to call on the sick
and afflicted among her dependents
has always been appreciated by
them. She approaches the bedside
of the sick and suffering, and hears
their tale of sorrow from their own
lips. Nor must it be supposed that
it is only verbal comfort she offers.
Every case. OF genuine distress is re-
lieved by her, if not in princely
style, at least in an off-hand manner.
To the children of these poor people
she is particularly gracious, and she
often amuses herself by talking to
them, and urging them TO be clean
and regular in their attendance at
school. Osborne has been selected
as the seat of many interesting fam
lily events. The Prince of Wales
spent his honeymoon there, and so
also did Prince Christian. Among
the regular visitants to this palace
now is the son of the famous but
unfortunate
THEoDoRE, KING OF ABYsINIA.
The Queen has adopted the little
fellow and he spends his holidays as
Prince with her own children. At
the present moment he is being edu-
Gated at the Naval College, South
sea, under the Rev. DR.. Barney.
The little Abysinian displays -consld-
erable ability, and will, it is said, be
placed, upon his fathers throne
through the influence of Victoria.
There is a strange phrase in use
here and throughout the county.
Indeed, it has passed into proverb.
tits "Queem's weather" In a ca
PRECIOUS and humid climate like this
outdoor fetes are often marred by
a pitiless downpour of rain. The
Queen, however, has been so unfor-
tunate in this mater that people are
very confident that any celebration
in which she participates will not be
disturbed by the elements. That
day it was SO. While the guns at
Gospert thundercd rezal salute to
her on her way from Windsor, to
Osborne the sea was as smooth as
glass, and sparkled like "a mirror IN
the brilliant sunlight. OF course
there was a huhbHb at Cowes, and
the Islanders awoke from their
dreamy Rip Van Winkle mood to
buzz about again and display their
mouldy crests and ornamental car
riages. Then ende;lvor to antici-
pate all the Queens movements, and
to make all her journeys outside the
walls of her estate as comfortable
as possible by brusHue enthusiasm
and imprudent staring.
JOTTINGS BY THE WAY.
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