The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08


band is still felt within the walls of
Osborne Castle. His dressing-room
and library remain to-day in the exact
state they were in the day he died.
Nothing has been removed, nothing
substituted, and this by the express
orders of the Queen. This is only an
other method of giving words to sor-
row. Many have blamed Victoria TOT
the unusual exhibition she made Of her
bereavement; but it may well be re-
membered that
"The grief that does not speak
Whispers the DER fraught heart, and bids
| it break
Everything is utilized at Osborne.
Yon can dine in the neighborhood on
the Queens mutton.and beef. You can
buy and shell the Queens peas. Your
horse can enjoy feed of Royal oats
and hay, and if one is fond of poultry,
there are the Queens ducklings and
chickens in the market. My expert
ence of the Queens butter made me
wish that Osborne was in closer prox-
unity to Washington Market; and as
for the mutton, it was superb. as all
English mutton is. The skinned milk
Of the Royal diaries is sold to the cot
tagers, which seems stretch of good
housewifery, as the stagnation in agri-
cultural matters renders the peasantrv
much too dependent and poor in this
quarter not to make SKINNED milk q
great boon to them. The ambition
to be
QUEEN's LABoRER
has not become ruling passion with
the young men in this locality. The
same rigid rule of making the most of
everything prevails on the Osborne
farms as in the gardens, dairies and
household. Each laborer receives IA
shillings-about $4-a week, and out
of that sum half dollar is deducted
for the rent of the cottage with which
he is provided. A quantity of thin
beer is also given each man per day.
The cottages are comfortable and we'll
built. and to each is attached small
garden. A single man might be able to
exc out an existence upon this pay.
How family can be reared upon it is
a mystery which has not yet become
clear to my mind. Yet it is done some.
how, and the privatlons attendant upon
doing 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 blouses and worked successfully
in the manufacture of brick. Many of
these bricks, together with vast vari-
ETY. Of knick-knacks, the work Of the
Princes hands, are shown in the muse
! um of THE SWISS COTTAGE,
charming retreat in one of the love-
lest spots on the estate. Each Of the
Princesses ha. garden adjoining the
cottage. which she cultivated with her
own hands. Many of the flowers in
the Princess of Wales wedding boquet
were sent from the garden of the Prin-
cess Royal, now Crown Princess of
Germany. Here cooking in its various
branches was taught, and the Queen S
daughters frequently sat dawn to a
meal prepared by their own
hands. In many ways besides,
their mechanical ingenuity has
been developed to large extent, and
they often exercise it freely for the ben
eft Of others. Among the Processes,
Louise, wife of the Marquis of Lorne,
has displayed the largest amount of
mental capacity. She is clever
painter, and has taken prizes in the
South kensington Museum for her
modelling. And yet she is not happy.
The fact that the Queen looked about
assiduously for
HUSBAND FOR HER
among the richest order of the nobility
IS we'll known. 1t is also equally motto.
rious that the Marquis of Harrington,
eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire.
and Chief Secretary of Ireland uni der
the Gladstone government, was obliged
to give the cold shoulder to those who
| approached him on the subject. 9th
| ers did likewise. Then the Marquis Of
| Lorne. heir to the Dukedom Of Argyll,
loomed up, and became the husband Of
the Princess. This marriage has not
been a happy one, and there are nc
children by it. Princess Louise's first
love was the Rev. Mr.. Duckworth.
tutor to Prince Arthur, who was pre-.
sented to handsome living in the
country by the Queen in a very timely
and graceful manner. At the present
time only Prince Leopold-who is ILL
and the Princess Beatrice are staying
at Osborne with Her Majesty.
THE QUEENS BENEyoLENcE,
though not of striking character. is
kind and gracious. The haste which
she makes to call on the sick and af.
fiicted among her dependents has al.
ways been appreciated among 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 gen.
uine distress is relieved by her. if not
in princelv style. at least in an of.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.
Osborue has been selected as the seat