, 1875-10-23
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! this fine country seat. y rush OF visitors,
/ both buyers and sight-seers. Was expected,
( and extra trains were run TO and from the
/ York road station, and great siv-h0rse
coaches were in waiting at the depot 10 carry
the thrOng 10 the sale. The spectators were
not disappointed. The II o'clock train from
the city was almost stripped of itspassengers
when the old York road was reached, and
each succeeding train did its share toward
swelling its numbers The sale was late, aS
sales always are, and the curiOes whiled
away the time before the aucriOnser's GLIB
tongue began 10 rattle in walking about the
extensive grounds and inspecting the
INTERIOR OF THE VAST BUILDING,
and II IS well worth inspecting. Built Of
light gray stone, it rises, in the central part,
to height of three stories, and Is supported
by three wings of two high stories each, the
space between the north and south wings be-
ing covered with roof of glass. forming
conservatory, in which are blooming the
choicest flowers. There is pleasing irregu-
larity about the whole place which Is in
creased wheu the visitor finds that the main
tower. the central front of the building,
though apparently three stories high without,
measures five full stories within, with high,
ornamenred ceilings, and an iron OF stone
vrranda 10 almost every window. Once in
side the door, and everything shows unmis-
takably the presence of a fat purse and the
disposition to draw on it freely. The main
hall, which Is entered through the wide,
heavy carved front door, is almost, as one Of
he visitors remarked yesterday, "wilo
enough to turn 4 coach and SIX in. As You
step over the sill you sink inches deep, seem
ingly, in'O the brilliant carpet that covers
the hoor You cannot hear nybody step,
and the further in yoI 90 The deeper YOU
seem 10 sink On both sides Of you, quite
through to the other END Of the house, are
rows and tiers Of
-----..- .Jl4hryE .ag ,.-EiJNTISGS. 60. 49,,
STOPPING down tc speak TO you. One of the
most lfs-like of these Is a full-Sile portrait Of
President Grant, life like, but mnch too
straight and sober 10 be natural. Another
.present~ fire On the prairie, il great sheet
of flame with beautiful edging of black
smoke On the left Is a handsome hat-rack
| in the form of steers head, carved in wal
nut with two genuine horns. Just over
| your head a. you enter the front door is a
carved blacl, walnut platform, with an ex-
| pensive railing, and this Is the landing that
| you first reach when You 70 up the wide
main stairway. But You don't reach the
landing till you have pissed on the way up
real bronze deur's head, a bronze urn, two
walnut pedes'aIs and one of Rogers groups
Of sta'uary. The second story like I'll the
stories above It, Is one of the best places IN
the world To get lost in. 1t is
FULL OF LONG ENTRIES AND WINDING STAIRS
and unexpected corners: and when you once
turn one of these corners look to the fares and
q good guide 70 get back again. One Of the
| side rooms in this story was Mr.. Cookies pri-
Vate office. 1t was handsomely fitted with
leather-covered furni ure, chairs, tables and
desks. On an open desk, the other day, lay
an excellent ambro'ype of DR.. Kane, the
arctic explorer Immediately above this Of
fee in the next story is the billiard room,
where still stands fine table, supplied with
the roundest of balls and gilded cues to play
them with. The furnishing of the second
and Of every subsequent story is fully on q
par with that of the great entrance hall.
Paintings are everywhere, and statues and
mirrors. The catalogued list Of single
chambers contents Is a sample Of the whole
Suit of carved walnut chamber furniture
silk Jerry walnut couch. four walnut chairs
walnut rocker, two walnut reception chairs
walnut oval centre table with Italian marble
top, walnut towel-rack, decorated china toilet
ware, composition group, 'Joe's Farewell,
two decorated French china mantel vases
French plate manfel mirror, in walnut ant
gilt frame, 6 by IS inches, suit lace window
curtains with gilt cornices, two suits blu,
silk terry window curtains with silk cords
tas~els and coruIces." That's all On IN,
outside everything Is on the same scale;
A GRAY STONE PALACE FOR THE HORSES.
Long stretches of horhouses, stone balloon
les, stone walls, and long shaded lanes unde
the overhauging trees. Que Of the lorges
and shadiesr, aud prettiest Of these lead
down gentle slope, over a rustic stone bride
past a shaded pond. and ends in front of
magnificent white marble mausoleum. almos
hidden beneath the weeping willows an.
lowering CHESTNUT trees. u Is while DlaTbl
all over, foundation, walls and rOof, aD
through the Iatticed iron door the visito
may see that in six OF the twenty spaces ar
buried the father, the wife and several Of IN
! children Of the overrhrOwn banker. This
: the saddest sight of all the sad scenes tha
r must ensue when home Is broken up an
strange hands are laid upon everything an
the visitor turns away feeling that
8 "The paths Of glory lead but 20 the grave
. And not always 70 nearly 20 comfortable
grave either Sitting in the conservatory
and looking due east up gravel walk, bord
cred by fower-beds shaped like stars, an
!, ovals, and crosses, relieved here and there
i rustic fountain and snowy swan, Is a
I imitation of q ruin The builders art ha
T been called on 10 initiate an old stone build
. ing rapidly falling to pieces, aud he has suc