The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-15
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ANxEsLEy PARK AND NEWCASTLE AB-
|BEY.--On the confines of what once was
Sherwood Forest stands, in large and
ancient deer park, Annesley Hall, which
early in the present century was a
shrine to poetic-pilgrims, for Annesley
was the home of Byron's famous first
love, Mary Chaworth. Her broad
acres adioined those of Newstead, and
marriage with her would have restored
the fallen fortunes of his house, but, as
all the world knows, the lady did not
return his passion. and chose instead OF
the sutton who was to become, to use
Lord Macaulay's words "thc NEST Gel
ebrated Englishman of the nineteenth
century," a violent tempered hunting
squire. one John Musters, Of Colwick
Hill. near Nottingham. Her choice
proved no. a happy one. though il may
bc doubted whether Miss Chaworth's
chances Of bliss would have been much
greater had she married Lord Byron.
Musters was cast in rough mold, and
was anything but n tender husband To
his devoted and sensitive wife. After
few years her health gave way, and
at length a very sad incident sent her
rapidly to the grave.
At no place was the Tory opposition
to the passage of the iirst reform bill
more resented than at Nottingham, and
one night il was resolved by the row.
dicr Radicals to demolish the houses
of obnoxious gentlemen in the neigh.
borhood, including tina, of Muster's. i,
NAV he conceived what CONSERVATION
seized the family Of Colwick when the
tidings Of the approach of the mob
came. Mrs. Musters was hurried into
the gardens. and too weak to walk to
a cottage, where she and her daughter
were directed 10 betakc themselves, she
passed the cold. damp Autumn night in
the shrnbbcry--her daughter, lady
now living, contriving that her mother
should lie upon her to keep her from
the damp ground. Mrs. Muster never
recovered the shock Of that dreadful
night. She left several children The
eldest son inherited the melancholy cast
of mind which disappointed hopes early
gave to her disposition, and in fit of
ALTERATION put period to his life
But he left two sons, and the present
generation have seen far happier days
A paragraph in the London Guardian
gives details Of the church which has
been recently completed at the expense
Of Mustcrs, who has already expended
thousands in erecting schools on his
estate. He appears 10 be a man in
every way anxious to do his duty as a
bcneicent landlord, while at the same
time he maintains his reputation as a
worthy descendant Of his grandfather,
Jack Musters,s renowned in the annals
OF the hunting field. His only brother,
Lieutenant Masters. is well known as
a~travclcr whose remarkable work on
Patagonia we some time since reviewed
at length in these columns.
But while Anncslcy thus remains in
the same family, its neighbor, New
stead, has twice changed hands since
lit left those Of the Byrons, and is now
teaantcd by Captain Webb, celebrat-
led traveller and light of the Royal Gle
|ographical Society, to whom . prorni-
lnent part was allotted atthe ebsequies
lot Livingstone. Il NeIotead is lprooa-
bly, seen now to greater advantage
than at any time these 200 years.
Long before tho poet came into the es-
tate it had begun to fall into an i'm
poverished state. In 1906 oil the best
timber was gone. and of the large herds
of deer which had once roained the spa
cious park, not one was left. while the
ground itself was turned into ridge and
furrow.s Colonel Wildman, who first
purchased it, brought it into admirable
order, and the present owner is under
stood to have keptittup to Is high a
standard. The Lord Byron Of to-day
|is . minor. The world Is all before
him, and he may i've to regain tho nm