The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-01-19
THE PALACE OF ALADDMN.
How Moneyed Man Makes Himsel
Comfortable.

THE PALACE OF ALADDnN.
How Moneyed Man Makes Himsel
Comfortable.
One Of the most enjoyable days ]
have spent in England was o visit tc
Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, the
seat of the lato Baron Rothschild,
and still the home Of his widow.
had known all my life Of the almost
fabulous wealth of the Rothschilds
but had no such vivid conception OF
the reality as I brought away with
me.
Tho estate comprises $4,000. or
10000 acres of the finest land OF
this famous shire. The approach
from Cheddington station, from
which it is distant about two miles
llos through u magnificent lawn load.
ing to a wooden acclivity upon the
summit of which the mansion stands.
From the tower th5 view is one Of
the finest i'll the Midland counties,
embracing OH one side the ancient
manor and village of Wing, on the
other the manor of Tring, and on
third the historic site of Ivanhoe.
How the course of the worlds his
tory has been changed by the blow
which an ancestor Of John Humpden
struck the Black Prince, the victor
of Crecy and Poictiers, for whick
"Tring, Wing, and Ivanhoe" We're
forfeited! In tho distance is the
value Of Aylesbury, and far away on
the right Of tho Chiltoln hills the
monument of tho Duke of Bridge
water bounds the range Of vision.
Tring Park, owned by another of
tho Rothschild family, is said to be
second i'll the beauty of it's garden
only 10 Nlentmore -; but this had
no time to see. Subtropical gar
dens, vegetable gardens, tho Foun-
tain garden, md The Italian garden
occupied us for hours. The first is
second, [ suppose, only to the Royal
Botanic Gardens in Kew; the second
embraces, with the fruit garden;
about twenty acres, the whole pro-
cccds Of which are consumed in tho
mansion. ....... "I..
In one OF the humorous graperies,
arrangeI SO as to furnish fruit every
month in the year, I saw single
cluster of grapes which would weigh
six pounds, the berries on which
were about the size of good, large
piums and the most luscious I ever
tasted. Oranges, figs, pineapples,
bananas. and other, tropical fruits
consumed in the mansion, are all
grown in tho conservatolics of
Mcntmore. When tho B,,roness is
absent yachting in tho Channel, or at
her London house, orders by tele
graph are sent to Mentmore daily
for the supplies required.
The vases in the Fountain and
italian Gardens cost each E1,O0O.
The statuary is all of the most costly
kind, executed by tho first masters,
many Of tEom copies of originals
which I saw in the Leuvre or in the
British Museum. The great hall,
which from the entrance seemed to
me about 20 by 30 feet, is filed with
vases and statuary. It's contents
must represent II value of not less
tnan ES00,000. We were not less
than three hours passing through
the rooms. Tho finish is exquisite,
and the furnishing of each sulnptu,
Gus. Some idea may be formed of
the whole from the furniture of Il
single bedroom, one of the many
groat chambers costing .c25,O00
or 100000. In the dining room
and baronial hall are furnishing OK.
cec,ling 100000 each. Costly cabi,
nets of the time of XIV. of ebony
inlaid with ivory OF gold jewelled
blocks, made of solid gold, di,t
monds, rubies and all sorts of pre-.
cioua stones walls hung with tho
costliest tapestry of Louis XIV, OF
covered with the richest needle EN-
broidered sltin may givesome idea of
the wealth lavishcl on this more
than pI,incely mansion. The cost
licst paintings adorn the walls
and the most skillful and expensive
workmanship is displayed upon the
ceilings. The idea Of the Baror
seems to have boen to build anG
furnish n mansion such ns no othe,
person in England, except perhaps
the Duke Of Westministor, coult
hope to rival.
The stud is said to contain more
high brod horses than any in tho
world. 1t embraces thirty-tive hun
terra and as many racers. None o.
which I heard wero loss in value
than 5000, while many, of them rul
up into tho thousands. Fnvonous
Alnccuroni, and Old Tom, tho las
patriarch of high bred racers we sav
all winners Of famous races. Fo
Favonious G12,000 were refused, IN,
for Maccaroni E7,100, were but re
Gently paid.--l&. Louis Republica,1
No matter what comes upon you
don't give up to it. Look it square
in the eye. Don't let it see yo
finch. If sorrow has entered you
life, and has rendered it bleak an,
chcerless, don't bow down before j
like "a reed shaken in the wind" bu
drive it out of your existcnce-cu
IL IN root md branch D,n't lot